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; FLAG - USED - Colleen Learn, Jackson school sixth grade
'- member of the school safety patrol, holds one of the older
" models of flags used by Medford safety patrol units. The flag
- consists of a standard stop sign mounted on a pole. New flag
equipment, recently issued, consists of a yellow slow flag
' made of reflector cloth mounted on a pole. The flags are not
used by many Medford patrols as most major intersections
have traffic signals installed.
FULL-TIME HELPERS Safety Patrol Executive Lt. Thomas
LeFaive and Capt. Ronald McGuire show Patrolgirl Colleen
Learn' the full-time patrol members used by Jackson school.
The standards, "Sammys',, are used by most Medford schools
'as caution signs to motorists. They are mounted in the street
by patrol members before school each day and are taken in
each evening after school children have left for home. Patrol
advisors said posting and storing the Sammys are assigned
to the boys because of their weight. The three youths pic
tured are in the sixth grade at Jackson school.
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INSTRUCTIONS Roosevelt School Principal John Child
ers gives last minute instructions Safety Patrol Officer
Janine Lusk before she takes her duty station at the Main
st. and Lindley ave. school crossing. Janine works as one of
two students on the Roosevelt school patrol unit who help
the early-dismissed first graders across the heavy-traveled
intersections near the school. PatrcJ. members used for the
special duty only are on duty for less than 15 minutes for the
younger children while regular patrol members serve about
30 minutes per shift. ,
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Safely Patrol Was
!j Organized in '47
At Local School
By HAL LESSER
Mail Tribun Staff Writer
The Medford city police
have more than 135 grade
school youths who assist them
in making school crossings
safe for students walking to
and from school each morn
ing, noon and evening on
school days. The youths are
members of the school safety
patrol.
Seven of the eight Medford
public schools and St. Mary's
school have patrol units or
ganized to protect students at
street crossings. The eighth
Medford grade school uses its
safety patrol as a method of
general supervision of stu
dents' walking and bicycle
riding habits in the school
grounds area.
The program for the patrol
units was first established in
1947 by Clyde Fichtner, city
police captain, at Roosevelt
school. Prior to establishment
several events . indicated a
need for the program in the
city, according to Fichtner.
He said since the patrol has
been in operation, no acci
dents involving children walk
ing to or from school have
been reported at protected
crossings. Before the patrol
was organized, several acci
dents were reported each year
at school crossings.
Patrol Equipment
While on "duty," each
school patrol officer is equip
ped with a yellow "Sam
Brown" belt, yellow fiber-
board helmet and a yellow
flag. If an automatic or "push
button" traffic light is oper
ated at the school crossing
by a patrol member, no flags
are carried.
Yellow flags used by patrol
members at crossings have
"school" printed across them.
When first put into operation,
the patrol used red flags with
"stop" printed on them. Fitch
ner said the yellow caution
flag was adopted because it
is more easily seen and be
cause it, when extended, does
not mean a motorist neces
sarily has to stop 'at all times.
The yellow flag used by
the patrol means the same
thing as a yellow traffic light,
Fitchner said. A motorist must
use caution when seeing the
yellow flag extended into the
street by a patrol member, he
explained. This means the
driver must stop the car if
he cannot proceed with cau
tion through a school , cross
ing intersection. When stu
dents have cleared the car's
lane of traffic, the drive may
then proceed with caution,
Fitchner said.
Furnished by Stale
The equipment used by the
patrol officers is furnished by
the 6tate department of motor
vehicles and is ordered by the
school's patrol advisor
through Capt. Fischtner. In
addition to flags, belts and
helmets, raincoats of a yellow
reflecting material also are
furnished for use in poor
weather and dark days.
Some Medford schools use
a street warning sign at cross
ings. They are metal stand
ards, called "Sammys," about
four faet tall with a picture
of a school safety patrol
youth painted on both sides.
The youth carries a sign
which tells motorists they are
approaching a "school .zone."
In addition to the metal stand
ards, traffic signals and patrol
members, each school cross
ing recently was marked with
yellow paint by the public
works department. When the
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PRE-DUTY INSPECTION Lt. Thomas Le
Faive of the Jackson school patrol, inspects
two of his unit members before duty. He
points out to Sherry Dwight (left) that she
had put on her Sam-Brown belt in the
wrong manner. Patrolgirl Jean Grigsby
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PROTECTS CROSSING Roosevelt school
Patrolgirl Terry Jean Tibbott works each
afternoon at the Academy pi. and Reddy
st. crossing east of the school. The crossing
is little traveled but could be dangerous to
younger children because of the number of
TALK OVER PROBLEMS Jackson school safety patrol
Advisor Paul Gandt talks over problems of running the 18
student unit, with Patrol Captain Ronald McGuire, sixth
grade student. Jackson school is one of several which has a
fairly large patrol unit supervised by student officers as well
as teacher-advisors. Ronald and other student officials of the
patrol check each member before he goes on duty at one of
Jackson school's two crossings.
crossings begin to show signs
of fading, they are repainted
at once, Fichtner replied.
16 Crossings Protected
About 16 crossings in the
Medford city limits are pro
tected by the youths, accord
ing to school records. Each
school has a different type of
patrol unit which is designed
(for the best protection of the
! students, school officials said,
j Some schools have patrol
j members on duty before
! school hours while other
! schools also have a special de
i tail of patrol members who
! act as an "escort service" to
younger students dismissed
: early, i
Each school's unit has an
: advisor which acts as a gen
eral supervisor and instructor
; for the program. Some schools
. also have student officers in
, the patrol whose job is to
; supervise certain portions of
; the program. The ranking of
I ficers are usually elected by
the patrol with the approval
: of the advisors.
1 25 Patrol Members
A few schools have more
than 25 patrol members while
: others have less than five, de
pending upon .their needs, j
i school advisors noted. Some
schools work their officers
each day while others, with
j larger numbers, rotate jobs so'
! a youth may work one day
per week and give others an
opportunity to take part in
. the program.
Regular meetings are held
for patrol members in most'
schools with large numbers of
patrol officers. Members dis
cuss problems of enforcement,
learn new methods and hear
from their advisor on how ef
fective their unit is compared
with other schools.
The most crossing protected
each day by the patrol in one
school is St. Mary's, which
staffs four crossings, or about
one-fifth of the total cross
ings, each day during morn
ing, lunch and evening.
School Program
The school program, form
erly called the "school boy
safety patrol" is now known
as the "school safety patrol"
since several schools are now
using girls in addition to
boys. Several girls active in
the units are in some cases
more safety minded than
boys, an informal telephone
survey indicated.
Few violations of school
safety rules have been re
ported by patrol members, of
ficials report. They said rare
ly does a patrol member re
port to his advisor or prin
cipal that a youth has dis
obeyed a patrol member and
acted in an unsafe manner
with his bicycle or while
walking. The offending youth
is usually talked to by the
advisor and if the safety
violation is considered serious
enough, a fine of not bringing
his bicycle to school for a
certain period may be im
posed. Annual Dinner
Each year a dinner is held
(center) seems to pass Thomas' inspection.
Girls take an active part in safety patrol
duty and most units include a large per
centage. The girls have proven as good at
the" job as boys and in some cases better,
according to school officials.
parents' cars passing through the intersec
tion. Although Roosevelt school is several
blocks from well-traveled crossings, park
ing is a major problem during rain storms
when cars line up waiting for children.
for the safety patrol members
in the city as a reward, ac
cording to Fichtner. He said
the program for this year will
be held in late May or early
June. A speaker on safety is
normally featured at the din
ners. A safety patrol pencil is
also presented to each youth
at the dinner.
Police credit the outstand
ing record of the patrol to the
alertness of the youths. Po
lice said they have found the
patrol "most efficient" and
have received several com
ments from parents 'on the op
erations of the patrol protect
ing crossings.
Medford schools winning
awards for the school safety
patrol units for outstanding
achievement in school safety
were listed in the October is
sue of "Safety Education," a
magazine for teachers and ad
ministrators which" deals with
school safety problems.
Schools winning the seven
year award were Jackson,
Lincoln, Roosevelt and Wash
ington. A three-year award
went to McLoughlin Junior
high school. A two-year award
was given Hedrick Junior
high school, and schools re
ceiving first-year awards were
Oak Grove and West Side.
To receive the awards,
schools must have to submit
a check list of all phases of
safety education carried on
during the year and have a
testimonial from a committee
of local people formed to
evaluate the school's pro
gram. Klamath Air Base
Construction Told
Klamath Falls (TO The
Air Force will spend S2,900,
000 for construction at Kings
ley field here during 1958. it
was announced Friday by Col.
J. V. Etter, Air Force instal
lations representative for the
Pacific Northwest.
Included in the appropria
tion, he said, would be an air
men's dormitory for 133 men
and a base theater with floor
area of 5974 square feet. Also
to be built are navigational
aids, .lighting, and a para
chute shop.
The public works office of
the 13th Naval District in
Seattle is in charge of design
and will be construction agent
for the Air Force.
Conversational English Class
Among Adult Courses Offered
A class in conversational
English is among classes be
ing offered by the adult edu
cation department of the
Medford school system during
the winter term. Classes will
start the last week in Jan
uary, according to Lindsey
Vinsel, adult education direc
tor. The conversational Eng
lish class will consist of the
fundementals of English with
emphasis on conversation. The
class, is designed for foreign
born persons who wish to
gain use of the fundementals
of the English language, Vin
sel said.
Registration for winter
term adult education classes
will take place by telephone
this week. . Interested adults
have been asked to telephone
SPring 3-5341.
The purpose of advanced
registration, Vinsel said, is
to determine whether suffi
cient adults are interested to
hold the class. The classes are
adult sel f-improvement
courses and no school credit
is given, he added.
The following are courses offered,
indicating the type of class, time,
location, registration fee and in
structor. CLOTHING Construtcion of cot
ton dress or skirt and blouse. In
structor asks that no materials or
pattern be purchased until after the
urst demonstration. 10-week course.
Class 1. Tuesdays, Jan. 28, Armory
aayroom. 9 a. m.-noon; S5; Mrs.
Shirley Keid. Class 2, Wednesdays,
Jan. 29. 7-10 p. m.; room 340. Hed
rick Junior high: So, Mrs. Dorothy
Sneed. Class 3, Thursdays, Jan. 30,
room 340, Hedrick; 7-10 p. m.; S5;
Mrs. Reid.
GARMENT ALTERATIONS De
monstrations of basic principles of
luting, altering a dress or suit. 10
week course. Class 1, Tuesdays,
Jan. 28. 7-10 p. m.; room 340. Hed
rick; S3; Mrs. Mollie McCaulley.
Class 2. Thursdays. Jan. 20. 1-4
p. m Armory dayroom; So, Mrs.
iviccauuey .
TAILORING Making lined gar
ment. Stuaents asked not to pur
chase material or pattern until after
instructor has had opportunity to
advise them. 10-week course. Class
1, Mondays, Jan. 27, 7-9:45 p. m.:
room 8, McLoughlin Junior High;
ivirs. Jonnev Lamp. Class z
Wednesdays. Jan. 29, 9 a. m.-noon;
Armory dayroom: ao: Mrs. jYlccaui
ley. Class 3, Thursdays, Jan. 30, 7-
9:4o p. in.; room b, McLoughlin; So;
Mrs. Joanne weatherlord.
ADVANCED SEWING TECH
NIQUES Designed to give student
confidence in step by step pro
cesses. As time permits, special sew
ing proDiems 01 individual class
memoers will be analyzed and
worked out. 12-week course. Meets
Mondays, Jan. 27, Armory dayroom,
1-4 p. m.; S6; Mrs. Orma Franham.
PaII'LRA MAKING Making
mushn patterns fitted to individual
lor shirtmaker type of dress, blouse
or roDe. supplies neeoeo are regu
lar sewing equipment, four yards of
unbleached muslin, one yardstick
and a red pencil. Eight-week course.
Mondays and ihursaays, 7-10 p. m.;
Jan. 27; room 15, Medford high; S8
Mrs. F arnham.
LAMP SHADE Techniques of
matting lamp snaaes lor tne nome
bix-week course. Mondays and
Thursdays, 9 a. m.-noon, Jan. 27
Armory dayroom; $6. ' Mrs. Farn
ham. MILLINERY Covering buckram
shapes, matting wire frames, flower
hats, others. Eight-week course.
leusdays. Jan. 28, -lu p. m.; room
15, Medford High; So; Mrs. Lucille
Collins.
CAKE DECORATION Simple
decorations ana advances through
three types of rocs, daffodils, lor-get-meyiots,
pansies and wedding
caKe decorations. Supplies: box for
supplies, pencil, notebook, apron,
small pieces of cloth for wiping
pieces of cloth lor wiping finge.s, 3
butter spreaders or long thin
knives, scissors, 2 small bowls, '.2
pint jar, 1 pint jar, toothpicks or
pins, 1-pound package of powdered
sugar, small round cake, iced white.
10-week course. Class 1, Mondays,
Jan. 27, 7-10 p. m.; room 340, Hed
rick Junior High; So; Mrs. Mildred
Alder. Ciass 2, Tuesdays, Jan. 28.
1:30-430 p. m.; cafeteria, Medford
High; So; Mrs. Alder. Class 3,
Thursdays, Jan. 30, 7-9:45 p. m.;
room 9, McLoughlin; $5; Mrs.
Alder.
GENERAL MATHEMATICS
Aritnmetic computation, numbers.
elementary algebra. 10-week course.
217, Medford High; $5; Marvin
Kautz.
ADVANCED MATHEMATICS
Geometry, elementary trigonometry
and slide rule. 10-week course.
Tuesdays. Jan. 28. 7-9 p. m.; room
217, Medford High; S5; Marvin
Kautz.
CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH
Fundamental of English with em
phasis on conversation, designed
for foreign born persons who wish
to gain use of fundamentals of Eng
lish language. 10-week course.
Mondays and Thursdays, Jan. 27,
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2-4 p. m.; room 37. McLoughlin;
S3: Miss Annette Gary.
BUSINESS LETTER WRITING
Business forms and letters, includ
ing study of sentence structure,
punctuation, spelling, good usage,
and vocabulary. 10-week course.
Thursdays. Jan. 30. 7-9 p. m.; room
244. Medford High; $5; Mrs. Edna
Stewart.
BEGINNING TYPING Learnine
keyboard, gaining proficiency in
typewriting 12-week course. Mon
days and Thursdays. Jan. 27, 7-10
p. m.; room 231. Medford High; S10;
Warren Brenner.
BEGINNING BOOKKEEPING
Fundamentals, including analyzing
and recording business transactions,
preparing financial statements, oth
er items. Textbooks and paper may
be obtained after first class meet
ing. 10-week course. Mondays and
Thursdays, Jan. 27, 7-9 p. m.; room
233. Meotord High; $10; Miss lier
trude Fredrickson.
BEGINNING SHORTHAND
Theory and development of speed.
lextoooK ana paper may De oo
tained after first class session. 10
week course. Tuesdays and Thurs
days. Jan. 28. 7-9 p. m.: room 232,
Medford High: S10: Louis Mahar.
riBLic speaking Speech or
ganization, language improvement
ana aenvery. io-weeK course, lues
days. Jan. 28, 7:30-9:30 p. m.; room
329. Hedrick Junior High; S5; Jerry
McDougall
RADIO WORKSHOP Script
writing, production, engineering.
10-week course. Wednesdays. Jan.
29. 7:30-9:30 p. m.; at radio station
KMED: S5: John Williams, KMED
staff members.
SPANISH Vocabulary develop
ment for local, travel use. 10-week
Six People Hurt
In Two-Car Crash
Six people were treated for
injuries suffered in a two-car
collision at Highway 99 and
Birdseye Creek rd. about 4:45
p. m. Friday, according to
state police.
State police said a car op
erated by Ira D. Childers, 68,
of route 1, box 390, Gold Hill,
was attempting to make a left
turn from the northbound lane
into Birdseye Creek rd. when
he was struck head-on by a
southbound car operated by
Joseph J. Drucker, 39, of To
ketee Falls. Childers was cited
for failure to yield the right-of-way
following the collision,
police said.
Childers suffered head cuts,
chest and back injuries and
Drucker suffered chest injur
ies in the collision, police said.
Passengers in the Drucker car:
Edyth Drucker,. 30, suffered
head cuts, chest and back in
juries; Josie Drucker, 11, suf
fered a broken arm and cuts;
Joseph J. Drucker Jr., 10, suf
fered leg cuts and Johnny Joe
Drucker, 9, suffered minor
cuts and bruises, police said.
The group was taken to the
Sacred Heart hospital by Med
ford Ambulance service where
all but Josie Drucker were re
leased by Saturday evening,
police said. Both cars were
destroyed, police added.
BUS BOY TACKLES THIEF
Miami, Fla., (W A bus
boy threw a flying tackle at
a thief Wednesday and saved
the day's receipts for the res
taurant where he is employed.
Police said Eddie Dowling,
30, was accompanying a wom
an bookkeeper to the bank
when two thugs approached.
One seized the bag contain
ing the money and fled, but
Dowling sprinted after him
and brought him down with
a headlong dive. Two other
suspects were captured a short
time later.
An arch of whalebones,
commemorates the Falkland
Islands' entry into the Brit
ish family of nations, the Na
tional Geographic magazine ;
says. The arch, made from the
jawbones of two sperm
whales, overlooks the harbor
at Stanley, the capital and
only town of the island col
ony in the South Atlantic.
course. Class 1, begmmng. Mon
days, Jan. 27. 7-10 p. m.; room 329.
Hedrick; $5: Bert Villanueva. Class
2. intermediate. Thursdays, Jan. 30.
7-10 p. m.; room 329, Hedrick; $5;
Bert Villanueva.
MUSIC APPRECIATION Basic
aspects of music appreciation from
classical through modern idiom in
cluding instrumental and vocal.
Eight-week course. Tuesdays, Jan.
28. 750-9:30 p. m.; room 333, Hed
rick Junior High: $5: Jerry Dvrud.
BLUEPRINT READING Princi
ples of reading interpretating blue
prints and techniques of makinc
stop sketches. 10-week course. Wed
nesdays. Jan. 29. 7-10 p. m.: room
21. Medford High: $5: Harold So-
balle.
MECHANICAL DRAWING Basic
components, including lettering, ap
plied geometry, perspective draw
ing, orthographic projection and
use of instruments. 10-week course.
ivionaays, Jan. 27. 7-10 p. m.; room
18. Medford High; S5; Harold So
balle. ART APPRECIATION General
survey of great periods of painting.
Six-week course. Mondavs, Jan. 27.
7:30-9:30 p. m.; room 14, Medford
High: S3: Warren Wolf.
DRAWING and SKETCHING
Figure drawing and studv of per
spective problems. Six-week course
Class 1, Tuesdays, Jan. 28. 7:30
9:45 p. m.; room 7. McLoughlin
Junior High; S3; Jack Teeters. Clasx
2. Thursdays, Jan. 30. 7:30-9:45
p. m.; room 7. McLoughlin; $3;
Jack Teeters.
WATER COLOR PAINTING
Color theory, demonstrations, and
experimentation in color. Eight
week course. Tuesdavs, Jan. 28.
750-10 p. m.; room 306. Hedrick
Junior High; $4; Miss Catherine
Fonken.
SCULPTURE Development of
two or more designs in clay. Six
week course. Thursdavs. Jan. 30.
730-10 p. m.; room 306, Hedrick
Junior High; $4; Miss Catherine
Fonken.
INDUSTRIAL ARTS PROJECT
Woodworking projects with instruc
tion in hand and machine tool op
erations, methods of construction
and finishing techniques. 10-week
course. Wednesdays. Jan. 29. 7-10
p. m.; industrial arts shop, Hedrick
Junior High; S8.50; Duane Richard
son. SHOW-CARD WRITING Basic
types of lettering, alphabets, lay
outs, and review. Six-week course.
Class 1, beginning, Mondavs, Jan.
27. 730-9:30 p. m.: room 306. Hed
rick: $3; Dick Walsh. Class 2. inter
mediate, Wednesdays. Jan. 29. 7:30
930 p. m.; room 306, Hedrick; $3;
Dick Walsh.
CHILDREN'S GAMES Group
and self entertaining games for
children between four and 12 years
old. Five-week course. Thursdays,
Jan. 30, 7-9 p. m.; room 226. Med
ford High; $2; Miss Shelia Schuer
man. FIGURINE and TEXTILE PAINT
ING Designing stencils to apply to
aprons and other materials. Six
week course. Wednesdays. Jan. 29.
7:30-9:30 p. m.: room 7. McLough
lin Junior High; S3; Mrs. Audrey
Sims.
BEGINNING PHOTOGRAPHY
Use of camera equipment. 10-week
course. Thursdays. Jan. 30. 7-9:30
p. m.; room 235, Medford High; S8;
Hal Carver.
ROCKS and MINERALS Basic
principles of geology with emphasis
on methods of rock and mineral
identification. 10-week course.
Tuesdavs, Jan. 28, 7-10 p. m.: room
226. Medford High; S8; Norman
Peterson.
ELECTRIC ARC WELDING In
struction, practice in flat, vertical
and overhead welding. 10-week
course. Class 1. Tuesdays, Jan. 28,
7-10 p. m.; welding shop, Medford
High; S25; Del Bergman. Class 2.
Thursdays. Jan. 30. 7-10 p. m.:
welding shop, Medford High; $25;
Del Bergman.
DRIVER TRAINING Instruction
in traffic laws, theory of safe driv
ing, operation and care of car. Six
week course. Daily, Monday
through Fridav, Jan. 27, 4-5 p. m.;
room 33, Medford High; S25; Hal
Carver.
NURSES AIDE COURSE Basic
bedside nursing procedures, first
aid measures and anatomy. 10-week
course. Class 1, Tuesdays, Jan. 28,
7-10 p. m.; room 11. Medford High;
So: Bertha Morrill. Class 2. Wednes
days. Jan. 29. 7-10 p. m.: room II.
Medford High; $5: Bertha Morrill.
NUTRITION Nutrition and diet
for different diseases, menu plan
ning, figuring calories, balancing
meals. 10-week course. Class 1.
Tuesdays. Jan. 28. 7:30-9:30 p. m.;
room 239. Medford High: $5; Mrs.
Jane Little. Class 2. Thursdays.
Jan. 30.-730-930 p. m.; room 239,
Medford High, $5: Mrs. Jane LitUe.
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