SIX MEDFORD (ORESOK) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, August 20, 1957
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TOUGH JOB! Eleven-year-old Mike Anhorn, Central Point
Dough-Nuts, 4-H club member, grimaces a he stirs up his
brownie dough. The picture was taken during the recent 4-H
home economics contests and demonstrations. The Dough-Nuts
are led by Mrs. Clinton Charley, Central Point.
Well-Rounded Plan
Designed for Youths
In FFA Organization
OThe Future Farmers of Ameri
ea is an organization of farm
hovs enrolled in vocational agri
culture classes taught in high
schools throughout the United
States. Their program provides
well-rounded ir' ruction, in all
phases of agriculture.
Such instruction offers four
years of credit toward gradua
tion.
This program covers all phases
of animal and crop production,
leadersh training, speech, par
liamentary procedure, fafm rec
ords, farm management, soil sci
ence, weed and insect control
and all rm mechanics.
Practical Application
The academic studies and farm
shop instruction are integrated
for practical application at home
on the farm.
$he main theme of vocational
agriculture is to "learn by
rfninff" Student oarticipation in
demonAations and practical
nmrlr U utilized to a large extent.
Th$y are encouraged to build
their own agricultural libraries
and be familiar withll researcn
methods. Whenever it is possible
qualified persons in industry ana
the various professions are asked
to assist in demonstrations and
counselling.
The program provides a sound
science background In geeucs,
nutrition, nimal and plant
physiology, botany, entomology
and elementary chenjistry. It is
also designed to offer a common
sense approach to agricultural
training by presenting locally ap
J&oved farm practices and keep
ing instruct practical at all
times.
Activ in Farming
Instructors and advisors real
ize that the number of boys who
will become active In farming
will be small. However, the re
mainder of the graduates will
enter fields closely allied to
farming. Such training received
will be beneficial to all regard
less of "their future vocations,
instructors say.
Taking one ' phase of the in
structional program, farm shop
Is designed to teach vo-ag stu-
Phoenix FFA Group
Recently Organized
A new chapter of the Future
Farmers of America was organ
ized this last year at Phoenix
High school for 61 charter mem
bers.
"The new chapter experienced
its share of growing pains and
organizational problems in its
Initial days of activation," Ad
visor Jack Dube said.
It got off to an early start last
year by sending a livestock judg
ing team to the Pacific Interna
tional livestock show at Portland
where the team made a credit
able showing, Dube said.
Chapter members also organ
ized a strong parliamentary team
and entered into competition
with five other southern Oregon
schools.
Chapter members also started
a work program during the last
school year which helped accom
plish several community service
activities. These included
Thanksgiving and Christmas
campaigns to help the needy. So
cial activities of the newly or
ganized chapter included a skat
ing party and costume dance.
Since the chapter is entirely
self-supporting, Dube said, va
rious campaigns were organized
to raise money so the chapter
could participate in local, dis
trict and state FFA organeation
activities. Four members and the
advisor took a five-day trip to La
Grande for the state FFA convention.
dents basic fundamentals of met
al working, both arc and oxy
acetlylene welding, farm car
pentry, rope work, farm electri
fication, farm plumbing, farm
machinery operation and mainte
nance and concrete work.
In fact, farm shop and the
agriculture classroom are closely
tied together. For example, dur
ing the course in basic electricity,
the lecture and discussion in the
classroom can readily be trans
planted to the shop for practical
work in actual wiring hookups.
Adult Education
The facilities and materials of
the vocational agriculture class
room and shop are designed also
to provide another important
service to the community courses
adult education.
This program covers a wide
field of subjects depending1 upon
the needs of the local agricul
tural community. The three vo
cational agriculture departments
in Jackson county. Crater, Eagle
Point and Phoenix, will offer ap
proximately six courses in adult
education during the coming fall
and winter.
Exact dates of classes and lists
of courses will be announced
later. Courses are expected to in
clude soil management, veter
inary medicine, welding prac
tices and farm management.
Holiday Added to
Kiwanis Events for
Charitable Work
A statment from officers of
the Kiwanis club today indicated
that more than $4,000 was ex
pended by the club on its chari
table and educational projects
last year.
Officers pointed out that in
order to supply funds for these
projects it is necessary to con
duct money-raising events each
year. Only those events which
offer the public full value for
their invested money are con
sidered, they added.
This year, the board of di
rectors have added the Town
and Country Holiday to the ros
ter of such events. It is antici
pated that the event will be con
tinued and expanded each year.
Earmarked for Projects
All the money raised as a re
sult of the Holiday show will be
earmarked for projects which in
clude work with underprivi
leged children; support of a lo
cal dental clinic; Boy Scout and
Girl Scout work; educational as
sistance to youth; contribution to
Kiwanis Founda ion and civic
activities such as renovation of
Maple Grove park south of Med
ford; annual Easter egg hunt and
Medford Safety Council assist
ance. Dr. Abner Clark, president of
the club, stated that every ef
fort was being made to make
the Town and Country Holiday
a community event.
The Town and Country Holi
day, staged concurrently with
the 4H-FFA fair opens Thurs
day evening at 5:30 p.m., Aug.
22, and will conclude Sunday
evening, Aug. 25.
Admission charges of 50 cents
for adults and 25 cents for stu
dents has been established. Pre
school children will be admitted
free.
Plans Made for
Parking at Show
Off duty Medford city police
men and other qualified person
nel will be retained by the Ki
wanis club, sponsors of the
Town and Country Holiday, to
assist in traffic control, security
patrol' and other duties at the
new Medford armory during the
event.
Several acres of parking area
are available near the armory
and the adjacent fairgrounds
property to accommodate antici
pated crowds. Attendants will
assist in orderly parking on the
armory grounds with adequate
direction markers indicating
overflow parking areas.
Armory board officials have
indicated that sufficient work
has been done on the grounds
surrounding the new building to
permit easy access to and from
the parking areas.
Special police details will be
assigned to possible congestion
areas if this is necessary. How
ever, spokesmen for the Kiwanis
club event believe road work
completed recently by Jackson
county road crews on entrances
and exit roads will prevent such
congestion.
Tractor Loaned
To Help Youths
Use of a tractor and imple
ments loaned by the McCormick
farm equipment store in Med
ford has enabled Phoenix FFA
chapter members to start their
supervised farming programs.
A nijmber of chapter members
were able to start their super
vised farming program through
use of a tractor and implements
loaned by the McCormick farm
equipment store in Medford.
John Kesler, Phoenix dairy
man, also helped the chapter
enter a farming partnership. Ap
proximately 15 acres of wheat
and 25 acres of barley were
seeded this spring and will soon
be ready for harvesting, the
chapter advisor said. The chap
ter expects to farm even more
acreage during the next crop
year, he added.
Phoenix FFA members have
appeared before the local Phoe
nix Grange where they explain
ed their organization and demon
strated their public speaking
abilities. Other members have
assisted the Crater and Eagle
Point chapters of the FFA in put
ting on a short TV program.
Chapter members are now ac
tive in the Jackson county 4-H
and FFA fair.
Bigham, Jossy Made
FFA Honorary Members
The Future Farmers of Ameri
ca have welcomed Bill Bigham,
chairman of the fair board, and
Earle Jossy, county agent, into
the Jackson county chapters as
honorary members and salute
them this week for a successful
fair.
Thanks has been expressed for
their interest in the boys and
girls in Jackson county, and for
making it possible for them to
exhibit their livestock and show
their crop and shop projects.
One of the most important
sacred symbols used by the
Fueblo Indians of New Mexico
is Awanyu, the plumed serpent.
According to Pueblo mythology,
Awanyu is the guardian of
springs and streams, and thus
the preserver of life. Awanyu
is also said to have "thrown him
self across the sky," and left
his trail in the Milky Way.
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STIRRING IT UP Janice Neel, 12, of 790 Ellendale dr., stirs
up the "fixin's" for some brownies. She belongs to the Barnett
Brats 4-H club led by Mrs. G. E. Hackett. Janice is shown par
ticipating in the recent Brownie baking contest in the 4-H home
economics contests and demonstrations.
Two Special Awards
To Be Presented to
FFA Fair Winners
Two special awards will 6e
presented to FFA winners dur
ing the annual 4-H and FFA
Jackson county fair starting
Tuesday.
The Grange Co-op will give a
rotating plaque to the FFA
youth who is noted as doing the
most outstanding job of cattle
herdsmanship. Recipient of the
award will have his name en
graved on the plaque, which
will be displayed in his chapter
for one year. He also will re
ceive a small trophy for himself.
The 1956 winner was Glenn
Clifford, Eagle Point.
John Bohnert Award
The ' John Bohnert Hereford
award will be presented by Mr.
and Mrs. John Bohnert to the
youth considered to be the out
standing FFA Hereford exhibit
or at the fair. The rotating
plaque will be awarded on ex
hibit, showmanship, herdsman-
ship and project boo.;.
The plaque will be engraved
with the youth's name and be
displayed for one year in the
youth's chapter room. The FFA
boy also will receive a smaller
trophy to keep. The 1956 win
ner was Bob Elden, Crater.
The FFA livestock judging
contest will be held at the fair
grounds Wednesday, Aug. 21, at
10:30 a.m. Chapters from neigh
boring counties of Josephine,
Douglas, Coos and Klamath also
have been invited to participate.
County Chapter
In Jackson county, Phoenix,
Eagle Point and Crater chapters
will participate.
As a preliminary event to the
fair, Eagle Point and Crater
chapters held a short judging
Sports Car Show
Scheduled at Armory
The foreign car and domestic
sports car section at the Kiwanis
Town and Country Holiday will
be the most complete ever staged
locally, spokesmen believe.
Every major model of the
popular "smaller cars'' will be
represented at the four-day
showing. The growing national
popularity of these cars leads
representatives of the sponsor
ing club to believe that this por
tion of the show will be one of
the best attended.
Several new lines of foreign
cars, only recently introduced
into this area, as well as most of
practice at John Bohnert's and
the Al Higginbotham's farms at
Central Point Aug. 12.
Following the county fair,
Jackson county chapters will
participate in the state fair judg
ing contest at Salem Sept. 7.
The winning team of the state
fair will enter the national con
test at Kansas City in October.
Fly-In Scheduled
For Oregon Fair
Salem The Salem chapter of
the Sportsmen Pilots of Oregon
will sponsor a fly-in Sunday,
Sept. 1, celebrating the opening
of the state fair the day before.
All pilots in the state, wheth
er members of the association
or not, are invited to join the
fly-in. Breakfast will be served
at the Salem airport for $1 and
then all pilots and their guests
will be given free transportation
to the fairgrounds.
There are 15 chapters of the
association, mostly in western
Oregon, with over 400 members.
The Salem chapter is headed by
a woman pilot, Mrs. Paul Geh
lar, wife of a Salem cannery
owner.
the other familiar names will be
on display.
This section of the Town and
Country Holiday will be located
outside of the armory, adjacent
to the front entrance.
Interest in Kiwanis
Holiday Said Keen
Interest in the Kiwanis spon
sored Town and Country Holi
day is considered keen and the
sponsoring club is looking for
ward to a successful event, ac
cording to spokesmen.
Dr. Abr.er Clark, president of
thi. Medford Kiwanis club, ex
pressed appreciation to valley
firms, clubs and organizations
for their participation in the
event.
"Our aim is to establish this
show on an annual basis," Dr.
Clark said, "to serve as the base
for a representative fall fair for
Jackson county."
Special thanks was expressed
by Dr. Clark to the rural and
urban groups which are help
ing to bring the atmosphere of
a county fair to the show.
The Texas Rangers were used
to protect homesteads against
Indians while the men were
fighting for Texas' independence
from Mexico under Sam Houston.
$ff 2 BIG -Events At.Th
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5 BIG DAYS - HERE'S THE PROGRAM
Tuesday, August 20
1:00 P.M. Rabbit Judging and Contest
1:00 P.M. Poultry Judging and Contest
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4:00 P.M. Showmanship Contest Rabbits and
Poultry
Wednesday, August 21
9:00 A.M. Crops and Forestry Judging Contests
10:30 A.M. Livestock Judging Contest
1:00 P.M.-Beef Fitting Contest '
1:45 P.M.-Beef Showmanship Contest
7:00 P.M.-Beef Showmanship Championship
Thursday, August 22
6:00 A.M.-Market livestock Weighed
9:00 A.M.-Swine Judging & Sheep Showmanship
10:30 A.M.-Dairy Judging Contest
1:00 P.M.-Beef Judging '
Sheep Judging
- 7:00 P.M.-Swine Showmanship .
Friday, August 23
9:00 A.M.-Dairy Judging, 2 Rings
7:30 P.M.-Livestock Auction
Saturday, August 24
9:00 A.M.-Dairy Showmanship
10:30 A.M. Agriculture Demonstrations
2:30 P.M. Tractor Driving Contest
Sheep Shearing Contest
7:30 P.M.-Style Revue
Special Awards Program
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THESE MEDFORD FIRMS URGE YOU TO ATTEND THE 4-Hr
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ALEXANDER &
BROWN
128 East Main Street
Phone SP 2-6139
NU-WAY
CLEANERS
601 East Main Street
Phone SP 2-9169
MORTON
MILLING CO.
10 West Jackson Blvd.
Phone SP 3-1031
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HUBBARD
BROS , INC.
335 East Main Street
Phone SP 2-6189
MEDFORD
REALTY CO.
1045 South Riverside Avenue
Phone SP 2-5750
JACKSON COUNTY
FEDERAL SAVINGS &
LOAN ASSOCIATION
"Whert You'r. Paid Te SaVe"
126 East Main
Phone SP 3-6201
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MASON-EHRMAN CO. - 2195 SAGE RD. - PHONE SP 3-3668