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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. October 27, 1957 o DO Phair Named to Elks Post, Replaces Scott Program Starts V " f J ST ,, , f f9C '," 6 ' 1 - COACHING CLASS MEMBER Bruce kelson, Hednck dean of boys, in charge of the Hunters' Safety school program in the Med ford system, checks the position of Student Gary Wheeler. 3033 Genessee st. The prone and standing positions receive the largest amount of instruction, according to Nelson. However, other posi tions are covered during the time alloted for the program with the hopes the student will later become a member of the Junior National Rifle Association club. J? ft ' few." Xtrfi CHECKING SCORES Theron Boyd, 1325 Covina st., looks over one of four bullet traps used at Hedrick Junior High school for the Hunters' School safety classes. The traps are designed to stop a bullet without danger of it ricocheting. The Medford school district shops have constructed a total of 12 such traps, four for each school holding the classes. Payroll Tax Raise Likely In Spring Salem IP Oregon employ ers may be faced with a 50 per cent rise in their payroll taxes next spring unless the state's economy improves enough to bolster the sagging Unemploy ment Compensation Trust fund. John A. Norton, administrator of the Unemployment Compen sation commission, said that some 27,000 employers might have to pay a flat 2.7 per cent if the fund falls below a "floor" of $31,500,000. Employers maintain the fund now by paying from .3 of 1 per cent to 2.7 per cent. ? Norton said that unemploy ment fund to 46 million dollars. If it falls to S31,500,000, the employer increases would go in to effect automatically. He added there was an "even" chance that the fund would hit bottom next March. The average payroll tax is now about 1.45 per cent. Some 3.919 employers now pay the low .3 rate. About 10,000 em ployers, representing more than half the state's payrolls, pay rates of 1.5 per cent or less. Oregon's unemployment fund A Brand New ONLY Month Try Before You Buy! 3 Months Rental May Be Applied to Purchase Price CallSP3-1731 I Since 1927-YOUR OFFICE BOY 115 W. Main St. 9 7 - TO INSPECT HERE Arthur S. Genet, president of the Grey hound corporation, is expected to arrive in Medford Friday for an inspection of Greyhound fa cilities and conferences with local company officials and civic leaders. He is touring facilities in all western states. Accom panying him will be F. W. Acker man of San Francisco, president of Western Greyhound Lines and a director of the corpora tion. is in the third worst shape in the country, according to Norton. He said only Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were worse off 1 than Oregon. PORTABLE Medford, Oregon I.h,"" i f'Tj-'r mm - Medford System Is One of Few Vilh Course in State By HAL LESSER Mail Tribune Staff Writer A Hunters' Safety school in struction program is now being conducted in Hedrick Junior High school, one is planned for McLoughlin Junior High and at Medford High school, according to Bruce Nelson, director of the program in Medford schools. The Medford school system, by adopting the new idea for making people aware of the need for safety in use of fire arms, becomes one of the few school systems in the state with the program, Nelson said. He in dicated that the program may become a required class in state school systems within a few years. At the present time th class is on a "sign-up" basis for in terested students. The program now in progress at Hedrick is held after school on one day per week in the school's gym. Hed rick is currently the only school with sufficient equipment, an in structor and space to permit operation of the program. Proper Use of Firearms The Hunters' Safety program consists 'of instruction in the proper use of firearms. Safety rules while using firearms, cor rect position which offer the best shot, and other information on the use of firearms will per haps someday save a life, Nelson said. The complete course being followed is designed by the Na tional Rifle association in a booklet, "NR Hunters Safety In structors' Guide". The NRA has long been interested in teaching Americans how to shoot in order to prevent hunting acci dents, according to Medford NRA member who is backing the program. Parents' permission in writing must be secured by the student who wishes to take the course. Nelson said no parent ha? re fused to permit a student to take the course, and some parents have urged their children to take the course. Five, Six Sessions The course is considerably shorter than most school classes. It lasts only five or six sessions of about one hour each. Rifles used in the program are 22 caliber target rifles loaned to the school by the Federal gov ernment on the basis that a Jun ior NRA club of interested stu dents will be formed upon com pletioh of the hunters' Safety school. Nelson said a small amount of ammunition also is given schools. He said it aver ages to about 15 pounds per stu dent taking the course at Hed rick. There is a small fee to pay for ammunition for a student taking the course under the safety pro gram. Dues for membership in the Junior NRA Rifle club which will be started at the fin ish of the program will be paid by the school with the students paying one cent per shot. Exjreme Caution Extreme caution is used by the instructors before a student is allowed to fire a "live" round of ammunition on the range. It will vary according to the indi vidual student when he gets to fire his first live round, Nelson said. He first has to be sure the student has learned the program thoroughly before he will per mit a student to fire one of four rifles the school is using. Standard range procedure is used when firing, he said. Only one shell at a time is put into the rifle. A coach, another stu dent, observes the, shooter to make sure safety rules are obeyed, the shooter assumes cor rect positions and to correct mistakes before they are made. Most instruction is given for the prone or lying position. Nel son said. However, students are being given some instruction in the standing, kneeling and sit ting positions. Nelson stresses the prone and standing position although the rifles are a little heavy for students to hold, he said. 'Bullet Trap' A special "bullet trap" has been constructed by the school district maintenance staff. The trap consists of a square face of about 18 inches covered with fiberboard about one inch thick. Sides of the box are J-i-inch steel and the top is 1 2-inch. The steel is set at an angle to deflect the bullet into the back of the DR. LEE MELLISH, D.M.D. Announces the Removal of his office from Medical Center Building to 836 East Suite 1 PREPARING TO FIRE Robert Heide, 1605 East McAndrews rd., (lying on mat) prepares to fire a "live" round of ammunition, during session of the Hunters' Safety school classes now being conducted at Hedrick Junior High school. Checking to make sure everything is trap so it will not riochet. The bottom of the trap is also Vi-inch steel. All sides of the box are welded to prevent a bullet from escaping. This type trap is standard equipment and is in use on many 22 caliber indoor ranges in the United States, according to the NRA. So far, Nelson said, no one has missed the 18-inch face of the trap. If a shooter does miss, the wall will absorb a 22 long rifle bullet of the type used in the program. Nelson said he isn't too wor ried about a student missing the trap and hitting the wall. He is more worried about replacing the center of the fiberboard, which already is becoming worn PARADE CHAIRMAN Al Carpenter, above, is chairman for the annual Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce spon sored Christmas Opening parade which this year will be held Nov. 16. Persons and organiza tions interested in participating in the parade may contact Car penter or other members of the Jaycees. Tickets Available For Cossack Show Tickets for the Medford per formance of the Don Cossack Chorus and Dancers are - avail able at the Music Mart and Swems, Medford Junior Cham ber of Commerce members re minded residents. The Medford performance, which will be the only one in southern Oregon, will be held in the Medford High school audi torium Oct. 31. The appearance is sponsored by- the local Jay Cees. Since 1927 the chorus has, toured all five continents and has crossed the equator 19 times in places like the Pacific, Atlan tic and Indian Oceans. The Platoff Don Cossack Chorus was originally organized in the capital of Czechoslovakia, Prague, in 1927. Nicholas Kos trukoff has been both the chorus leader and the chorus' adminis trator since it was first organ ized. The chorus membership is of the best vocal talent obtainable among the White Russian emi gres who fought communism in Russia during 1918-1920, accord ing to Kostrukoff. RED PAPER SHAKY New York IP The Com munist Daily Worker newspaper, hard-hit by dwindling subscrip tions and shaky finances, has dropped its Friday edition. Main St. PhoneiSP 2-9073 to a point where it will be diffi cult to replace a target in the bullseyes section. Program at McLoughlin Nelson said the program would get under way at Mc Loughlin Junior High school as soon as the new addition to the building is completed. The school also is waiting for its four rifles to arrive from the government. Plans for Medford High's pro gram are just getting started, ac cording to Leonard B. Mayfield, superintendent of schools. Hed rick lists about 200 signed up for the program, . McLoughlin Junior High school. He lists enough students signed up for the course to get the program Dr. Victor Discusses Projects of Friends Service Committee "India is the only country in which democracy is being im posed from above," Dr. Ralph Victor said Thursday evening at the United Nations 13th anniver sary dinner here. "We have to give Nehru some credit for maintaining the democ racy when a dictatorship could have so easily been established," he noted. Because there is 90 per cent il literacy in India among the 560, 000 villages and cities, dissemi nating practical democracy among these people poses some unique problems, he continued. Indian newspapers are not much help in this task, he noted. They, as many newspapers else where, print what readers want to read. What the people of India want to read at this point in their history, are stories 'about racial discrimination in the United States, he said. Three Problemi In order to help these people themselves with the three big problems found in every under developed county with a large population, the Friends Service committee has set up a short term program of education and technical assistance, Dr. Victor said. The three big problems of all these countries, as set up by the World Health organization, are safe drinking water, latrines and malnutrition. The teams of the Friends Service committee, com posed of Indians and foreigners, working with the Indian Gov ernments, help tackle these prob lems. By attacking the basic prob lems of Indian village living, these people are learning how to cope with their own problems and solve them in their own terms, Dr. Victor explained. They are not relinquishing their own culture or having to take on a foreign culture. Encased Pump In the province of Orissa, where Dr. Victor was stationed, it was found that an encased hand pump was an efficient means of obtaining pure drinking water. Wells, he pointed out, can be contaminated when private buckets are used. Installation of latrines and mo tivation of people to use them was a difficult job, he pointed out. Schools have been persuaded waht Tell as how much - You will be glad you chosa Oregon Finance. Here we have no hard and fast rules. You deal direct with the owner as we are home owned and man aged. Get the deal you want. See Gene Thomas, Manager Oregon Finance Co., 45 So. Central. Phone SP 2-4433. safe before Heide fires is School Instructor Bruce Nelson, and Students Gary Wheeler, James Winton, route 1, box B117G, Eagle Point, and Theron Boyd. When firing another student is always observing the shooter as a coach to correct mistakes before they occur. underway as soon as rifles are received. Nelson said it has been proved in other states that the safety program is highly effec tive. When comparisons of safe ty school graduates and non- graduates in the same age bracket was compared, the hunt ers school grade listed few, if ny accidents while hunting. Some states, including Ore gon, are discussing making a juvenile hunter show his gradu ation certificate, before he can purchase his hunting license, he said. Thirteen states now re quire proof of graduation from this type of school before a juve nile is issued a hunting license, he added. to use them and about 25 per cent of the people. Malnutrition is a problem, both from poverty and ignor ance, the speaker said. The peo ple have now been educated into steaming their rice, instead of boiling it and throwing away the water, and they now have gar dens with vegetables of various types to supplement their diet with needed vitamins and miner als. Educationally, the AFSC de signed a basic school structure, for which the Indian govern ment supplied the materials and the villagers the labor. The vil lage mothers learn how to cook nutritionally and care for their children through cooperative work in the schools. Many of the,village women are trained in simple public health work and midwivery, Dr. Victor said. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR A. L. Siebenlist, former high school principal at Harvard, Neb., is now assistant professor of mathematics at Southern Ore gon college. His work in educa tion includes 10 years as prin cipal, a superintendency in De nango, Neb., and a teaching po sition in the Air Force. He re ceived his M.A. from Greeley, Colo., in education administra tion. He also attended Kearney State Teachers college in Ne braska. Two of Mr. and Mrs. Sie benlist's daughters attendAsh land public schools and "they also have a younger son. efismi? We like to say "YES!" RICHARD PHAIR Assumes New Position Richard Phair has been named Secretary-manager of the Med ford Elks lodge, replacing Ernest Scott, who is retiring from the position this week after serving 23 years. Mr. and Mrs. Scott plan to move to Albany where they will manage the Modern Acres Motel, which they purchased recently. Scott started as secretary-manager of the local Elks lodge dur ing the depression, April, 1933, and has served continuously with the exception of a year's leave because of illness last year. He is past exalted ruler and past district deputy. He was sec retary of the state Elks associa tion for more than 13 years, and This Week's HISTORY Identify The Use Made Of This Rock And The Person Associated With It. CLUE: In 1845 a well known Oregon personage gathered chips of flint left by Indians at Willamette, Falls after making arrowheads and spear tips. From the subsequent use of these bits of flint is said to have come the expression "pocketful of of rocks." 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Phair has worked with Scott for about 18 years, and has vis ited and conducted business with all Elks lodges in Oregon. He has been active in organizing and assisting in the operation of the Oregon Non Profits Clubs asso ciation. He is a member of both the state and local Salvation Army boards. MYSTERY 1 i j 4th c sh-h . A,bi.t J
