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EIGHT MEDFOHD (OREGOV) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, Oetobr 20, 1957 chool Mevs Jackson School By MONTE NOBLE and CHERYL RICE The first graders are working on a fire prevention project. Everyone is supposed to discuss fire prevention with their par ents and fill In a chart. When the chart is finished each child will receive a fireman's hat and ring. Many of these have already been given out. The first National school as lembly of the year was held on Oct. 15, in the Jackson school gym. The show was given by Crawford Eagle and Grace Van Winkle who presented "The Van Winkle Marionettes". Everyone liked the show and many children became very in terested in making string pup pets of their own. The PTA is paying for the Na tional School assembles this year. St. Mary's High School Nine junior and senior stu dents became charter members of the Durocher chapter of the National Honor Society at an assembly Oct. 17 and attended by the entire St. Mary's student body. The National Honor Society is an organization devoted to the educational aspect of school life. Requirements for membership are: 3.0 or higher semester grade average; outstanding leadership, character, and service. Those chosen were seniors, Donna Fre denburg, Jackie Garrett, Kathie Metz, and Carol Robinson; jun iors, Francis Ahem, Bob Ferra, Mollie Reavis, Sharon Roberts, and Connie Sokolowski. Christmas cards are being sold by the junior class of St. Mary's this season to raise funds for the annual Junior-Senior banquet and prom. The class is divided into eight teams, each having a captain and three or four mem bers, and these teams will be competing for the honor of sell ing the largest number of cards. The class hopes that the citi zens of Medford will support their project and at the same time help to keep Christ in Christmas with holy greeting cards. The Sophomore-Freshmen in tramural volleyball games stand at one all. They are engaged in a tournament which will end with the awarding of a cup to the team that wins four games out of seven. McLoughlin Junior High By JOEL GREGORY The first National assembly was held Oct. 14, when Ray Dixon presented his portraits in make-up. Using models from the audience, he demonstated his ability to change the appearance of a person by the use of make up and a wig. The first PTA meeting of the year was held Thursday, Oct. 17. Ninth grade mothers were the hostesses for the evening meeting. A pep assembly was held Fri day afternoon to encourage the team for their game with Klam ath Falls. The Open House, held In each school in connection with Ameri can Education Week, has been scheduled for Nov. 14. All par ents are invited to come and ex perience an evening of the classes attended by their sons and daughters. Glenn Linn, principal at Mc Loughlin, attended the State Conference of Secondary Princi pals, which was held in Salem Oct. 14 and 15. Medford High School Edited by Karen Slonigen Staff: Allen Cone. Joan Lau rila. Judy Wayland, Inger Palmquiit, Colleen Riley, Roxie Sisemore The Future Teachers of Amer ica initiated 25 new members into their club at a semi-formal meeting Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Also at the meeting, plans for the state convention, whic was held in Medford Oct. 18 and 19, were discussed. Miss Carolyn Carr and Bob Allen were selected to be Medford's voting delegates, and Lynn Knight was elected to the nomination for the state presidency. Approximately 50 members of the Medford chapter attended the convention. Vocation blanks were filled out by students Oct. 16 in their registration rooms. The blank was accompanied by a list of vo cations rangings from ditch dig ger to engineer and included every imaginable type of job. Each student checked six in order of preference. These blanks will be used to determine which career programs are the most popular. The annual first aid study, a required course at MHS, will be gin soon for most juniors. The junior boys are taking the class now, and junior girls will begin in four or five weeks. Although most students take the course during school time, a special night course is given on Thursdays at 7:30 for those who don't have time to take it dur ing regular class hours. The night course, instructed by Mrs. Hazel Swayne, is attended by 18 seniors, 14 boys and 4 girls. The class is also attended by inter ested adults. The Northwest Independent colleges sent representatives to MHS Oct. 17 to talk with inter ested seniors about opportuni ties available at their respective colleges. Those schools repre sented were Willamette univer sity, Linfield college, University of Portland, Reed college, Lewis and Clark college, Pacific uni versity, Whitworth college, and two nursing schools, Sacred Heart in Eugene, and Good Sa maritan in Portland. According to Virgil S. Fogdall, chairman of the group, 20 per cent of high school graduates will attend college next fall. Fogdall said that approxi mately 5,500 freshmen are ex pected to enroll in independent colleges of the Northwest. It was also announced that later in the year representatives from the state colleges would address the seniors. A delegation of girle from the MHS Future Homemakers of America will attend the South ern Oregon District conference which will be held in Rogue Ri ver Oct. 26. To carry out the theme, "Build Your Home on a Strong Foundation," there will be a guest speaker, skits, and buzz sessions. A pep assembly was presented to the student body Oct. 18 dur ing registration room. The band played a few marches and the rally squad gave a skit, as well as leading new yells and chants. The assembly was closed with the traditiona senior yell and the Alma Mater followed by the fight song. Medford buttons and decals were on sale during lunch our this week. The buttons could be purchased from any member of the rally squad for 45 cents while "Tommy Tornado" stick ers for car windows were on sale at a table in the lunch room. Cattlemen Vote Favorably for Formation of Beef Commission Gold Hill Nineteen people attended a Friday afternoon hearing here on formation of a state beef commission. All at tending voted favorably. The state department of agri culture will decide after the 17 hearings are completed if there is sufficient need and in terest to put it up to a vote by dairy and beef stock owners. Friday afternoon's hearing was the fourth in the state. Roseburg was scheduled for Friday night. So far, the majority of farm ers attending the hearings ap peared in favor of the commis sion. In the Tillamook area, some opposition was voiced by farmers who feel the assessment for promotion of dairy products there is sufficient without addi tional charges. Appear Pleased Friday afternoon's turnout at Gold Hill is on a par with the number turning out at previous meetings, it was said. Agricul tural officials, appeared pleased with Friday afternoon's meeting and predicted the proposal would pass easily if such support con tinues. Dick Westerburg, Ashland, and C. W. Jensen, Rogue River, were the only dairymen present. Westerburg explained that the reason for the small attendance is many of his group are already for the commission. Since dairy men in this area belong to the Oregon Milk Producers associa tion which is already highly or ganized they probably feel their efforts will be most helpful when and if the issue comes to a referendum vote, he said. Westerburg, who is president of the association, said his or ganization is one of the oldest such commodity commissions in the state. "We feel the promotion is effective since in this state we have some of the highest paid producers for Grade A milk in the United States. It is not a question of supply and demand now. It's competition for the dol lar. Agriculture is big business and we have to act like business men." Explain Purpose Don Parker, hearing officer and attorney for the state depart ment of agriculture, explained the purpose of the meeting and the mechanics in setting up the commission. The organization would be pri marily a self-help program. Both dairymen and beefmen would be charged not more than 10 cents a head for all animals sold for slaughter or shipped out of state. Under the Oregon commodity commission act, the organization once set up could conduct ap plied scientific research, dissem inate reliable information based upon such research, study legis lation affecting their commodity and lobby for or against it on be half of producers, sue and be sued, contract for others to carry out the objectives of the commis sion, make grants to research agencies, enforce collection of taxes levied for the commission, hire employees and set their compensation. Before voting each farmer Five Greyhound busses were seen leaving Medford High at 2:30 p.m. Friday packed with cheering students. The busses transported the band, Pep club, Rally squad, majorettes, and miscellaneous students to Klam ath Falls for the game. Arriving at 5 p.m., the band and Pep club practiced before dinner for the combined half-time show with the Klamath band. A dance was held Oct. 19, from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. at the YMCA. A good crowd turned out for the event which was for junior high, senior high, and col lege students. Proceeds went to the United Medford Crusade. must register. To qualify for registration a farmer must be an owner of at least one cow or steer. In the final analysis, the state department of agricul ture decides who can vote. To have the beef commission approved, two-thirds of those voting favorably must represent one-third of the total production based on Jan. 1, 1957, records. Seven Members It has been recommended that a commission of seven members be appointed by the governor. One member would be a handler of the product, two would be dairymen and four cattlemen, it was suggested. The state director of agriculture and the dean of the school of agriculture would act as ex officio members. They would have no vote. Each of the commission would serve for thyee years with one-third being re tired each year. The Oregon Cattlemen's asso ciation originated the petitions, put up the required $250 deposit and provided the $2,000 expenses for conducting the hearings. It is these hearings which will in form the state department of ag riculture whether there is suf ficient interest and need for such a commission. Parker pointed out that two more commissions have been proposed, a broiler commission and fish commission. However, a hearing date has yet to be set for the broiler commission and the fish commission proposal is still in the pre-petition stage. Six commissions are now in op eration in the state. Part of Government Once established the beef com; mission would become part of the state government and would not be under the control of the state department of agriculture, Parker added. The money for running the commission would be collected probably the same time as the brand inspection fees. The commission is not allowed to get into price manipulations, it was pointed out. Ted Hyde, representative of the Oregon Cattlemen's associa tion, explained one of the aims of the commission would be to improve the sale of lower qual ity beef such as the dairyman has in his cows. Research would be conducted to discovers better way to process lower quality meat. Aiming at the housewife, researchers would' study better ways to tenderize the meat. Les Isham, newly located Grants Pass cattleman, remarked that marketing is still the big problem. Grading systems now used are antiquated, he re marked. He added that he had been working in the motion pic ture industry in southern Cali fornia and had recently moved into the valley to start a cattle ranch. Hyde answered that improv ing the grading system would be one of the aims of the commis sion although it is a pretty com plicated problem. Another big aim of the commission would be to establish a fact-finding com mittee to find out what's wrong with the American beef indus try, he said. Ward Spatz, Medford pear grower and member of the state board of agriculture, related how the pear business a few years ago was a "dead duck in the Pa cific Northwest." Approximately $600,000 was spent for pear pro motion this year compared with the $300,000 spent during the first year of the Pacific North west Pear bureau. "Beef is just about the only commodity which doesn't have advertising," remarked James F. Corson, upper Applegate, "This is the age of national advertis ing. Beef must compete on the market with everything else." Dollar Volume of Building Increases Portland Dollar volume of dwelling permits issued in Sep tember in the 64 largest north west cities was 22 per cent more than a year ago, and 3 per cent above August, according to Equitable Savings and Loan as sociation reports. . Permits for all construction in the cities totalled more than $37 million, the highest amount J for any month this year, the re port showed. Previous high month this year was August. The total dollar volume re ported from Medford in Septem ber was $104,000, the same as in August, and less than the $185,500 reported for dwellings in September, 1956, the report showed. Total construction in Medford during September was $234,819, a 16 per cent increase over Au gust this year when the total was $202,715. The figure compares with $263,342 reported in Sep tember, 1946. Chapman's Illness Causes Anxiety In State Politics Salem (W Expressions of regret at the heart attack suf fered early Friday by State Sen. R. F. Chapman, Coos Bay Demo crat, were mixed with talk of political repercussions here Sat urday. Top, state officials led by Gov. Robert D. Holmes and Secretary of State Mark Hatfield extended their sympathy to Chapman along with wishes for his speedy recovery. However, it appeared that the legislator would not be able to serve at the special session of the Legislature set for Oct. 28. This would break a 15-15 party split in favor of the Regublic ans in the state Senate where Gov. Holmes stands the biggest risk of running into trouble with his tax relief program. If Chapman resigns the post to which he was elected in 1956, the Coos county court will be able to appoint a Democrat suc cessor to serve at the special ses sion. If Chapman does not resign, the Democrats would have to pick up two Republican votes to get their tax program through the Senate with a constitutional majority of 16. Any successor to Chapman would probably have to face a general election in 1958 accord ing to an opinion of former at torney general I. H. Van Winkle and implications of Oregon elec tions statutes. There is no provision in Ore gon law for appointing tempo rary senators or representatives. Hearings Scheduled On Sugar Beet Crop Washington (IP) The Ag riculture Department has sched uled six public hearings on wage rates and prices for the 1958 su gar beet crop in all major re gions of sugar beet producing areas. The hearing for California, Southwestern Arizona, Southern Oregon and Western Nevada will be held Nov. 1 at Berkeley, Calif. The schedule for other meet ings: Detroit, Mich., Dec. 3; Far go, N. D., Dec. 6; Billings, Mont., Dec. 9; Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 11; and Greeley, Colo., Dec. 13. . ffk. CUO ' 'i-fr PLYW00DV V v WtnT- Vi" 4' x 8' 00K AT THESE 2nd ANNIVERSARY LOW SALE-PRICED BARGAINS! lewis Supply Prices . . . already the LOWEST Builder Supply Prices in Southern Oregon have been cut even more for this BIG 2nd ANNIVERSARY SALE! Ifs your chance to really make ter rific Bargain Buys! Every item in lewis' Big Warehouse has been discounted to sell FASTI There's THOUSANDS OF ITEMS . . . THOUSANDS OF DISCOUNT BARGAINS! 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The time came for him to get off. Impulsively he thrust the flowers into the girl's lap. "I can see you love them," he explained, "and I think my wife would like you to have them. I'll tell her I gave them to you." The girl gratefully ac cepted the flowers, then watched the old man get off the bus and walk slow ly through the eate of a village cemetery. Urging the need for greater co-operation between competitors In the book business, a publisher told a convention about the little boy alone in a yard who was asked by a neighbor, "Where's your twin brother?" "He's inside," said the boy, "playing a duet on the piano. I finished first." e 1957. by Bnnttt Ctrf. Diitributed by King Featurti Syndicate. IT AUTTLTT3 V1SX1S Falsane, Scotland (IB Th U.S. Navy's atomic-powered sub marine Nautilus arrived at the royal navy's third squadron base here Friday for a week-end visit. 10-11 Space Travel Foretold By Air Force Doctor Lancaster, Pa. (IP) An Air Force surgeon, who set a balloon flight record last August pre dicted that men will fly into space "in our time." Maj. David G. Simons, who took his balloon 100,000 feet into the air, said things happen so fast it is hazardous to predict the rate of progress of space travel. He said it is reasonable to make such a prediction about space travel. Accepting an honorary degree from Franklin and Marshall col lege, he pointed out that 10 years ago space travel was the wild dream of a few planners. He ad ded that today it's almost on our doorstep. The biggest problem, accord ing to Simons, is to be ready to place human beings in space. He said his record-breaking bal loon ascent proved that man can survive In the stratosphere. CANCELS CONFERENCE Washington (IP) President Eisenhower has decided to can cel his usual Wednesday press conference next week because of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's visit. Macmillan is due Wednesday. Pussey Footing around for a Loan? 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