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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) fOfh Annual Kivanis . 1 To Start at i - . t . r . . Climaxing weeks of inten s i v e preparation, Medford Kiwanis club opens the cur tain Wednesday night on the first of four performances of its music and mirth-filled stage revue, "Krazy Kapers of 1958.M The colorful production, which takes its variety of themes from nine types of magazines, will be presented at the Medford High school auditorium. Repeat perform a n c e s are scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Satur day nights. For the 10th consecutive year, prominent Rogue valley residents will sing, act and frolic in a compact two-hour show of gags, skits and dances. The Kapers have been designed to provide an eve ning of laugh-provoking en tertainment suitable for the entire family. Charitable Projects Purpose is to augment Ki wanis funds for charitable and youth projects. This year Kapers proceeds are ear marked mainly for support of a county-wide dental clinic service. Curtain time on Wednes day, only night when there will be a special price for stu dents, will be 7:30 p.m. Showings on Thursday, Fri day and Saturday will be at 8:15 p.m. Scenes of the first act of "Krazy Kapers" are take-offs fnr.i eight magazines, "Col ! e g e Playboy," "Esquire," "Ladies Home Journal," "True Romance," "Mad," Science Unable to Find Answer For 'Stiff-Person Syndrome' By DELOS SMITH United Press Science Editor New York m The "stiff man syndrome" which cur rently is a fascinating puzzle ijrfPTi to medical sci- now be called the "stiff-per-s o n syn drome" be cause a worn- an has been ifound who "i had it and died of it. Deios smith a f u r ther addition to the puzzle comes from the woman's autopsy re port. It showed definite ab normalties in muscles. Thus, "stiff-person syndrome" had a physical or organic base in her which means a hysterical mental state is not necessarily the most likely explanation. Drs. F. P. Moersch and H. W. Woltman of Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., gave the puzzle its name in describing 14 men with rigidity in neck, trunk 'and leg muscles which made them stiff and stiffer. No cause could be found, and no treatment worked. Cause Unknown Their report was read by Dr. Richard Asher of London and it rang a bell. Then years before he had seen a woman in such a state. Every pos sible test and examination had failed to show what was causing her trouble which in time subsided on its own, as it had before. Asher's nurse remembered her name and she was traced to a mental hospital where .she had been a patient for eight years. She was a help less cripple, bedfast and "rig id and deformed but moder ately content provided she was not moved." The spasms which now and then wracked her stiffened muscles had deformed her body. One spasm had broken her thigh bone. The break was mended with a steel pin Another spasm bent the spine, and so a steel plate was rivet ed over the break, but a spasm tore it loose from its moorings to the bone. That's how awesomely powerful the spasms were. Lost the Battle Physical medicine had ex hausted its every resource. A Dsvchiatrist reported that Masons to Meet In New Temple Brookings Master Masons will meet in their new Temple here for the first time Friday, Feb. 28. All vis iting members will be wel comed, according to Master Fred Blunt. The local lodge was char tered about 12 years ago nnd has been meeting in the IOOF hall. When the lodge had been in existence only two years, the late A. C. Thomp son activated a Temple Asso ciation and the new S45.000 structure, near the entrance to Azalea State park, is the result. Formal dedication of the Temple, by the Grand Lodge, is scheduled for the evening of April 19. MAIL TRIBUNE MHS Wednesday 4 4 tii i J "TTnl 1-1 linP There 3 a4 men "Snnrts Illustrated ." "Holi day" and "True Western." Act 2, featuring the Kiwanis Koristers, is based on "TV Guide." Local Talent All local talent is used in the Kapers with the cast made up to a large extent of Kiwanians and their wives. Professional direction is pro vided by Robert D'Arcy of Lassen Productions, Holly wood, Calif. Kiwanian songsters back from past years include Ron Rice, Irv Mirick, Isobel Sick els and Sally Champlin. Tak ing the parts of singing and capering mashers (end men) in the second act are Kiwa nians Ed Barnett, Jack Walk er, Edward Sickels, Abner Clark, Tom Anderson and Billy Blackstone. Like many club members performing in the second act, they also have one or more roles in the ear lier portion of the show. Among non-Kiwanian en tertainers are Eddie Thomas and Sheila Sherman, who have a duet. Thomas also has a solo number. Betty Case and Dorothy Sanborn are in a song group. From the high school will be Bobby Gee, soloist, and Rosemary Doo len, Sue Hall and Colleen Barr, vocal trio. Local secre taries and high school girls form dance choruses. t First Act Scenes A couple of the first act scenes generate school spirit with rah rah boys, majorettes, pom pom girls. One has the Rogue River Rockette chorus "she appears to have satisfied some emotional need in her illness," but found that she was out of reach of psychia tric medicine. Great efforts were made to keep the wom an "mobile," to prevent her sinking into helplessness. .Finally, these efforts at "salvage" had to be abandon ed. The house physician wrote into the record: "Very diffi cut and unco-operative. Pre fers to stay in bed. As this Brussels Will Be Site for Cold War Battleground Soon Brussels, Belgium (IP) A 500-acre plot four miles from this busy capital will be a new cold war battleground be tween April and October. Officially, the theme of the Brussels International Exhi bition of 1958 is "a stocktak ing of mankind's achieve ments on the threshold of the atomic age." ' But unofficially, both Mos cow and Washington think of the forthcoming world's fair as a chance to capture the minds of 50 million people the number of visitors expect ed at the exhibition. Who will win the battle? Russia Spending Big It is still too early to say, but if money decides the is sue, Russia's a cinch, the Rus sian pavilion will cost about S50 million, d o u b 1 e the amount the Americans are spending. Of course, the final verdict on which nation puts its best foot forward is in the hands of the visitors, but there is frankly some anxiety in the American camp be cause Congress is reluctant to write out a blank check for the exposition exhibit. By sheer mass, Russia's ex hibit figures to draw the crowds. Its severely classical, almost Partfienon-like pavil ion is built around a 50-foot statue of Lenin. The building of steel, aluminum and glass is 492 feet long and 236 feet wide. It can be dismantled after the exhibition and shipped home for use as an agricultural hall. Largest Since Rome The United States believes the advanced architecture of its circular building the largest circular building since ancient Rome built the Col losseum may cancel out some of Russia's advantage of sheer mass. The plastic roof of the American building is support ed by steel cables attached to a central hub which gives it the appearance of a huge bi cycle wheel 350 feet in di ameter. The exhibition, ten years in the making, has attracted 51 nations, ranging from the tiny Vatican state to the Soviet Union, as well as eight international organizations. Belgium has spent $400 mil lion preparing the site and roads and hopes to get some of this money back from the visitors who will pay 60 cents for admission to the fairgrounds. Tuesday, February 25, 1958 Kapers m line. There are ad men. mag azine salesmen, models, gov ernment officials and cow boys in the act. Robert Voegtly, Harry Barker, Lindsey VinseL John Weisel, Del Wright, Fred Morlan, Bill Singler, Merle Foland and Frank Perl are among other Kiwanis mem bers in the first act and Ki wanian Dames include Carol Clark, Jean Edson, Polly An derson, Wilda Barnett, Betty Barker, Phyllis Blackstone, Suzanne Singler, Norma Fo land, Lillian Morlan and Mary Jane Dellenback. Oth ers are in dance groups. Lynn Sjolund, Medford High school vocal music in structor, has been working with the Koristers. Ray Lewis, vocal music instructor at McLoughlin Junior High school is pianist for the show and organist is Mrs. Margaret Brown. A high school orches tra group will play. Preparations in January Preparations for the Kiwa nis Kapers got underway in January and rehearsals have been held most of this month. A put together was held Sun day and dress rehearsals were Monday for the first act and last night for the second. Wednesday night prices will be all general admission. Reserved seats for the other three nights may be obtained at Barker's Men's store or at the box office on the nights of the shows, i Printed program for the production features an outer space map.' makes it much easier for nurse, andas the patient ob viously does not want to get better, it is time we realzied we have lot this battle." At length, after a particu larly severe spasm, the worn and died. The abnormalities in muscles revealed at autop sy were extensive and con crete, and the changes seemed to be primary, without rela tion to the nervous system. In addition, the tourists are expected to provide a bonanza year for all parts of business from the plushest hotel to the smallest store. Construc tion of the exhibition has kept unemployment at rock bottom for the past three years. Tourist Commissioner Ar thur Haulot reckons about one million Americans will come to Brussels equal to the number who vacationed all over the world in 1957. FFA Groups Plan Special Activities Future Farmers of America members in this area have scheduled special activities to focus public attention on the work of the organization dur ing National FFA week, Feb. 22-March 1. Locally, members of Jack son county FFA chapters, which include Phoenix, Cra tera nd Eagle Point, plan win dow displays, radio programs and a television program on Thursday, Feb. 27. Membership in the FFA is made up of farm boys who are students of vocational ag riculture in high schools. The organization's activities are designed primarily to help develop rural leadership and good citizenship, and to stim ulate the boy to better ach ievement in their study and work toward successful es tablishment in farming. Jackson county FFA chap ters have 140 members. The National Future Far mers organization has 380,000 members, with 9,000 local chapters in the 48 states, Ha waii and Puerto Rico. Mem bership in Oregon totals about 3,450. NO MOON TRIP Providence, R.I. (IP) Prof. Charles H. Smiley, head of Brown University's astrono my department, says he would want to go to the moon after 999 successful roundtrips had been completed. "You might call me a conservative," he commented. NO ROOM . Masssena, N. Y. (IP) Ar thur Ferrante and Louis Tei cher had to cancel plans to hold a piano recital at the Civic Music Assn. hall when their twin grand pianos couldn't be maneuvered through the' doors of the building. School Phoenix High School Edited by Sandy Skinner and Lola Good Mary Cole was crowned queen of the annual Sweet hearts' ball, Friday, Feb. 21. Her court was Carol Clark, senior, and Pat Kidwell, soph omore. "Wishing" was the theme of the dance. Its theme was carried out with a large wish ing well in one corner of the library and miniature" wish ing wells as center pieces for the tables. A large cupid and heart decorated the corner where the band played. Cake and punch were serv ed. The hostesses were Lola Good, Ella Fay Keeney and Lee Bayne. Dana Halass and Dorcas Johnson were chosen to rep resent the Phoenix chapter of FHA at the FHA convention at Corvallis. Mrs. Evelyn Polas, adviser of FHA, will accompany the girls. They will leave for Corvallis on March 7 and re turn on March 9. When the slide rule is used it is often possible to save 90 per cent of the time other wise devoted to calculation," math teachers say. For this reason the members of ad vanced algebra are learning to use the slide rule, one day a week. The first lesson was devoted to learning how to place the decimal point in an answer; during the second les son students will learn the various parts of the slide rule and how to hold it. The fun damental operations of multi plying, dividing, and extract ing square roots will be learn ed in the remainder of the semester. Pictures and word cartoons were ythe feature of the Na tional' School assembly pre sented by Bob Wood Feb. 18 at PHS. Wood drew pictures to illustrate the songs, "The Road to Mandalay," and "Casey Jones" while he recit ed the words to them. Wood used Wanda Oetken, senior, as a model for a por trait and explained the use of the different colors in the picture. . Looking toward a success ful marriage is the theme of the marriage and family life conference which is to be held at Southern Oregon col lege, March 29. Several PHS seniors have signed to attend the confer ence which is under the direc tion of Dr. Howard Busching, a graduate of Colombia uni versity, which a degree in marriage and family life. ' The topics which will be discussed are dating, court ship, religion, money educal tion opinion of family and friends and behavior on dates. Hedrick Junior High By KATHY ALLEN "Linfield, here we come!" was heard throughout. Hed rick Junior High as'14 debat ers, orators, and speakers boarded the chartered bus last Wednesday. Destination was the Linfield speech contest at McMinnville. Hedrick students were ac companied by McLoughlin Junior High debate team. Chaperones were Jerry Mc- Dougall, speech instructor at Hedrick, Miss June Wheaton, dean of girls at Hedrick, and Don Darneille, speech instruc tor at McLoughlin. Debaters from the Medford High school also participated in the three-day event. Stu dents entered debate, oration, after dinner, salesmanship, interview, impromptu, read ing, and other events. Students from Hedrick Jun ior High attended were Fred Lorish, Stan Dowson, Jim Frake, Suzy Thompson, Ken Wise, Karen Christensen, Margaret Childers, Pat Dun levy, Jerry Gastineau, Jan DenHerder, Pat Cranston, Dave Lundquist, Linda Sam uelson, and Diane Lewis. Hedrick and McLoughlin combined forces to take sec ond place in the junior sweep stakes (total number of points) at the tournament. Jim Frake and Fred Lorish took second in debate; Jim Frake also took second in after dinner and salesmanship; Suzy Thompson took second in after dinner; Jerry Gastineau was a finalist in salesmanship, and Margaret Childers was a finalist in interview. Students from Hedrick Jun ior High school receiving scholastic ' art gold keys in Portland Saturday were Doris Felkner, Andrea Robinson, and Steve Minneci. Other stu dents who placed and re ceived certificates of merit were Nicki Mears, Donald Ford, Billy Austin, and Chuck McNair. The entry by Doris Felkner received a blue ribbon awara which means it will be en tered for national competi tion held in New York City. News The three gold key win ners were accompanied to Portland by their art instruc tor, Miss Catherine Fonken. There was a Junior Red Cross meeting Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Red Cross building. Representatives brought sack lunches. The first lesson in the baby sitting classes began Feb. 17 after school. This week's les son was "Child Care", by Mrs. Donahue, school nurse. Tuesday, Feb. 18, Bob Woods, cartoonist, entertained the Hedrick student body in a National School assembly. By using soft colored chalk, he created many beautiful sketches. Rebecca Rowan, freshman, acted as model for Woods. . The Future Homemakers of America's dance funds will be used to send two represen tatives to Oregon State col lege in Corvallis. The repre sentatives are Linda Morlan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morlan, 1625 Stratford way, and Susan Kennedy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kennedy, 2123 Capitol ave. Mrs. Dorothy Sneed, Hedrick's home economics teacher, wU accompany the girls. They will leave March 6, and will return March 9. The king and queen, prince and princess, and duke and duchess were chosen at the FHA dance, Feb. 14. The king was Kim Griffin and queen was Dayle Stratton. The prince and princess were Bill Ardry and Barbara Barnum. The duke and duchess were Bill Padgett and Pat Ellis. CP Junior High By Julia Rhodes, Jerry Morris, Sherri Sue Jordan, Maureen Mullen, Marie Brown, Michael Redhead, and Janet Hobbs. Library Week' will be ob served March 17-21. During this time new books and book covers will be displayed in the library. The Librarians' club has been making book reports during club meetings. Mrs. Helen Caster, school li brarian, and club members have been making suggestions for better management of the library. Some members have suggested helping . younger children select the type of books they like to read. The members also decided to keep records of the time spent working m the library. Recent scientific events have aroused a great deal of interest in science lately. The students are reading more about science, making proj ects, and giving current events reports on the. satel lites and other scientific sub jects. Various classes are hav ing discussions on the scien tific problems of today. The Pointers, the school an nual, will be completed and sent to the printer by March 1. Central Point school will have all copy in two weeks before the deadline. The an nuals will be received at Cen tral Point school on May 1 Diana Ryan, who worked with the staff on the annual and .school paper, moved to California. She received her journalism pin Feb. 18. Meat cookery is the main interest of the eighth grade homemaking classes. The girls are learning how to cook different cuts of meat and how, to serve them. Mrs. Lorna Meyer, the homemaking teacher, has used several charts to illustrate the differ ent cuts of meat and where they come from. The seventh grade girls are making aprons and matching potholders to use when they start cooking. The shop classes of the seventh and eighth grades are doing leather work and are starting to do some copper articles. With the arrival of several new students, emphasis on good manners has been noted the past week. In several classes the pupils have dis cussed ways to make Central Point Junior High a more friendly school. Along with this, courtesy and good man ners have been given some thought. The Pointers played their last basketball game last week, and have started track. There have been 11 boys out for this activity, but Don Spinas states there will be about 60 boys out by next week. On Feb. 20, the Central Point Elementary and Junior High PTA honored past presi dents. Mrs. Leo Ghelardi, the president, presented each with a corsage. Mrs. Norman Ca rothers sang "The Twenty Third Psalm" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." The fa thers entertained with a style show of what the well-dress ed man wore from early cave man days to the present. Oak Grove School Rerjorters: Teresa Lee Gard ner, Lynn TaylorChristieann Ayers, Kraig Parsons, Char lotte Martin, Janice Main, Steve Sandbere. Dane Hill, Ricky Howell, Sandra With- row, Gloria Rasmussen, Paul Larson, Sandra Rupp, Eliz abeth Hover. Peggy Singler, Douglas Black and Beverly Biehn. Mrs. Dena DeKorte's fourth grade room made a bulletin board in the hallway. It is a marine scene. Mrs. Knapp and Mrs. Cham pion cook for us. We all like them at Oak Grove school. There is going to be a PTA meeting Feb. 24, 1958 at 7:30 p.m. in the Oak Grove school gym. There will be a play entitled "And You Never Know." The Southern Ore gon Child Guidance clinic is Duttine it on. It deals with emotional problems of teen agers. Kraig Parsons brought two turtles to school. Their names are Ricky and Dicky. The second grade made a bulletin board in the cafe teria. It has George Washing ton's Dicture. with his name printed in big letters. There are also some of his life scenes on the background. Last Tuesday there was a play put on by SOC "Cinder ella." It was at the Craterian theater. This week Oak Grove is having the trees cut down so that the pupils will have more room to play. One of the trees was full of honey and honey bees. Four people have beeni stung by the bees so far. A cable is used to pull the trees over to where they are cut up. They are using two chain saws. After the trees are cut, the men put the chunks of wood on a truck which hauls it away. The fifth grade is making cherries and a hatchet out of clay for George Washington's birthday. They are making machines in science and the boys think they may make a robot. The sixth grade had a wea ther station for a science pro ject. They made a weather- vane to show wind direction, thermometer to tell the tem perature, an anemameter, speed of the wind; and a can't do driving 4lLl " RELAX ... GO GREYHOUND S CESS I CRUISER SERVICE' (D) LOS ANGELES V Featuring 4 new comforts that make driving yourself old-fashioned! 1. YEAR-ROUND AIR-CONDITIONING! 2. FULLY EQUIPPED RESTROOM! 3. PICTURE-WINDOW SIGHTSEEING! 4. AIR-SUSPENSION RIDE! Now available in single-level and dual-level buses at no extra cost! IT'S SUCH A COMFORT TO TAKE THE rain gauge to see how much rain fell. They made a weath er chart to show the condi tion of the sky. The fourth grade room has made a bulletin board. The sky is made of blue crepe paper with dark DurDle and orchid mountains. The grass is a dark green with cows, goats and chickens and all sorts of animals. In Mrs. DeKorte's fnnrth grade, we have Science clubs that are divided into three groups; one is nature, anoth er is rocks and the other is astronomy. The astronomy group nas a bulletin board of the solar system. On the bulletin board in back of the room are faces of famous men born in February. We have a game to go with it. One student has a picture and eoes in front of the class, he gives clues and the class tries to guess who it is. In Social Studies the third grade has been studying and reporting about George Wash ington and Abraham Lincoln. Last Friday we had a Val entine Party in the fourth grade. We had cookies, candy and pop. We are proud of the chalk pictures we have made in the fourth grade. They took a lot of work, but we finally got through. We have birds, fish, flowers and a mouse. We made some marine pictures too Last Friday we went to an assembly in the gym and saw the chalk artist Bob Wood draw pictures. He had a stu dent come up and drew her portrait. At the end of the program each teacher could come and choose a picture. WATCH THE FUMES Chicago HP) Slow-mov ing traffic can cause more than just frayed nerve ends according to the Chicago Mo tor club. Carbon monoxide gas entering the car is in creased, and cars from all sides eject the deadly fumes The club advises, motorists to keep their' cars well venti lated to avoid being overcome. Such a concentration as found in slow-moving traffic may not be detected until too late, Sequins, small bright dress trimmings, originally were Venetian gold coins stamped on both sides. Slate Gas Tax Is 39 Years Old Today The gasoline tax in Oregon celebrates its 39th birthday today by continuing to bring the state of Oregon up to SI,- Mix-Match Smart fashion strategy sew a separates outfit to mix 'n' match 'round the clock, 'round the seasons. Printed Pattern includes blouse with pert, stand-up collar, classic 4 gore skirt. Printed Pattern 9004: Mis ses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 Size 16 blouse takes 2 yards 35-inch fabric; skirt, 2 yards. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate, . Send FIFTY CENTS (coins) for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for lst-class mailing. Send to Marian Mar tin, care of Medford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. 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