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14 nMMfy, May S. 195S MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Stewardship Week Proclaimed In Stale The week of May 11 to 18 ;has been proclaimed as Soil Stewardship week by Oregon -:Gov. Robert D. Holmes, Sec retary of State Mark Hatfield land Jackson County Judge "Rodney Keating. - They said the goals of the .week can be achieved with the support of an informed public. Good soil stewardship consists of the wise use of natural resources of the state and nation. These include soils, waters, Tforests. glasslands, minerals and wildlife. All are essential to the welfare of the indi vidual, community, state and nation, Keating said. Natural resources are the foundation Jof Oregon's economy and way of life, Holmes and Hatfield J added. Groups with speakers avail able to further explain the purpose of the week are the , county extension office, soil conservation service, forest service, park service and state department of forestry. Groups wishing to obtain ; speakers may contact John Gribble, Medford, chairman lot the county committee. ; ex-controller DIES New York OP) Frank J. iTaylor, 75, former controller rof New York City, died "-Wednesday at his home in f Brooklyn. First Round of Fourth National MeritScholarshipProgram Held Evanston, 111. The first round of the nation's most in- tensive talent hunt opened this week as a record-shattering number of high school stu dents turned -out for the Na tional Merit Scholarship qual ifying test. '-' Final registration for. the ex aminations,, which began in 15,000 high schools on April 29, reached 575,000. Second semester juniors and first se mester seniors were eligible to take the test. An estimated $5 million. in Merit Scholarships and other, awards are at stake in the na tional competition, now begin ning its fourth year. S6nie ?12 million in Merit Scholarships have been awarded in the first three years of the program. Merit Scholarships are pro vided by some 80 corporations, foundations, professional so cieties and individuals, as well as by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation itself, which conducts the competi tion. John M. Stalnaker, presi dent of NMS corporation, be lieves that the heavy registra tion is due to the nationwide cooperation of school authori ties. "The entire nation is -indebted to the thousands of high school principals and teachers who are using the Merit Program to stimulate their able students to an in- Experience VOTERS: Experience i the best teacher. Send a man to repr tent yoi in the legislature who net enly hat had twe previous terms, but alse the ability,' training, diplomacy and friend ly personality that gets results. O. H. BENGTSON will aid and improve facilities at Southern Oregon College. Vote for 0.11. BEUGTSOU For State Representative M. Pol. Alv. Bengrson for Representative Committee George Tucker, Chairman, . 525 North. Riverside. terest in further Stalnaker said. The National Merit Scholar ship qualifying test, used as the first screen in the competi tion, is a three-hour measure of educational growth and aptitude. Emphasis is on broad intellectual skills, and on un derstanding and ability to use what has been learned, rather than on sheer knowledge of facts. A group of 10,000 students, composed of the highest scorers in each state, will ad vance to the semifinals next fall. Semifinalists will then take a second examination. Those who repeat their high performance on the second ex amination will become final ists in the program and will indicate their choice of college and course of study. Further evaluation of their grades, cit izenship, and extra-curricular achievements will follow, and the winners will be announced in the spring of 1959. Test results for all students taking the NMSQT will be re ported to schools about Aug. 15 and will be available in time for use by seniors and their class advisors. The scores may also be used in many high schools to help stu dents make decisions about college and the most appropri ate courses in which to major, Many students throughout the country who do notX' pect to win have registered for the test in order to learn more about their individual weak nesses and strengths. Five in dividual scores will- be re ported: knowledge of vocabu lary, ability in, mathematics and quantitative thinking, ability to read -and compre hend the social and natural sciences, and usage of English. Repeats Caution Stalnaker has repeatedly cautioned that there are many reasons why test results and J lists of winners cannot be used to evaluate the quality of the job that a school is doing. The distribution of "the population' throughout the state, the size of the school, and native intelligence of its top students, the percentage of students taking the test, the nature of the community where the school is located, the purpose of the school, and many other factors haying nothing, to do with the total effectiveness of the school can influence its number of.final ists. . education,", The test results will, how ever, enable students as indi viduals, to compare their scores with other students across the nation. The test hasbeen construct ed by Science Research Asso ciates of Chicago, and also will be scored and reported by that testing agency. ( Each Merit Scholarship car ries a stipend based on the need of each individual win ner, and is renewable annu ally without further competi tive examination. The average stipend in past years has been S650 per year. The minimum award in the 1958-59 program will be $100 a year and a maximum will - be ?1,500 a year. Sent to Colleges The names of all program finalists will be sent to col leges and universities and other scholarship organiza tions throughout the country; In this way many non-winning finalists are helped in winning scholarships awarded directly by colleges and other organiza tions. About 1,000 Merit Scholars, winners of the 1957-58 compe tition, were named on May.l, 1958. They are winners in the third Merit Program which be gan last October. The National Merit Scholar ship Corporation directs the annual competition. It was founded in 1955, on grants of $20 million by the Ford Foun dation and $500 thousand by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. , Collecting of Tax From Man in Space Presents Problem Washington HP The House Space committee wondered whether the goy rnment can collect taxes from a man in a satellite. Loftus Becker, Stale De partment legal adviser, said he believed the government could tax a space-man if he were within an area of space claimed by the Unit ed States. "Otherwise, it seems it would depend on whether you have the right to tax a citizen outside U.S. terri tory," he said. Chief committee counsel George J. Feldman said "Now the question is, how do you collect it?" FASHION EXPERT DIES New York (IP! Fashion ex pert Marjorie Howard, 80, died Wednesday in her room at the Sutton Plaza Hotel here. Miss Howard at one time was Paris fashion editor for Vogue Magazine. Later, sne was in charge of the Paris bureau of Harper's Bazaar. School Building Program To Lag Washington (IP) Admin istration interest in the aban doned 1957 school construc tion program probably won't be revived during the final months Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Marian B. Folsom is in office, it was re ported today. Aides to Folsom, who re signed Wednesday effective at the windup of the current con gressional session, told United Press administration emphasis has switched to a science edu cation program. ' The department sources said Folsom has no thought at present of reviving adminis tration school interest in the construction program. But a House education sub committee recently ressurect ed and approved, the 1957 measure, and it now awaits action by the full education and labor, committee. Dr. Arthur S. Flemming, who was named by President Eisenhower to succeed Fol som, has declined to comment on his plans. . FLOWERS for MOTHER POt PLANTS: Hydrangeas, Violets, Petunias Mixed Pots, Gloxinia, Caladiums CORSAGES: Carnations, Camellias, ' Gardenias, Orchids CUT FLOWERS: Snaps, Stocks, Roses, Dutch Iris MARSHALL NURSERY & FLORIST 12th & Newtown Opn Sundays and Holidays We Deliver PHONE SP 3-1657 Aircraft Firm Notes Earnings, Sales Up Van Nuys, Calif. (IP) Roy E. Marquardt, president of Marquardt Aircraft Co., today reported unaudited, net earn ings for his company during the first three months of 1958 totaled $188,290 on sales of $9,410,000. The executive said last year at the same time earnings to taled $163,130 while sales amounted to $7,877,854. The firm's backlog of orders is approximately $62 million, Marquardt said. Hiroshima (W Authorities reported the death today ' of 51-year-old Kosuke Matsuo from effects of the 1945 Amer ican atomic bombing of this tity. Matsuo lived less than a mile from the city's center at the time of the bombing and had long suffered from leu kemia, said to have been caused by atomic radiation. Student Body President Selected at Portland Portland JIB Dean De-1 at Portland State College Chaine, a prelaw student, was Wednesday. He defeated Rich elected student body president I ard Black by 10 votes. MAN FOR A MAN-SIZE JOB III r -vv- r i mm 5 r ,yi!iiaia Positive Experienced Leadership for Oregon Paid Adv.. Uncmdar (or Covmoi Committ . Owk A, Sprogvt, CtatfMoa. Dalmatians agree: ...because it's nutritious not just filling i . : ; : !' . - 8 CUP W Ml li PERCOLATOR j j 11 REG. $27.95 The right brew every time with the Selector Dial. Light signals when coffee is done. SPECIAL FOR MOTHER'S DAY NO MONEY DOWN TERMS AS LOW AS 50c A WEEK Suibeam ' RADIANT CONTROL TOASTER REG. $28.95 Toasting cycle au tomatically adjusts to each type of bread. Special For Mother's Day NO MONEY DOWN SET YOUR OWN TERMS IP 88 I 3 SEE OUR AD IN YESTERDAY'S. MAIL TRIBUNE FOR OTHER GREAT SUNBEAM MOTHER'S DAY SPECIALS! mrm AM m mm BffJ r- A 122 E. Main Medford Phone SP 3-5348 STORE HOURS: 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Barbecue $115.00 Value I 1 II it jr SF??. fill- Shop Reg ister Every Time You Drawing June 14 on Casey Jones. Program NO PURCHASE NECESSARY atOK KBES-TV I Prizes from OK Market One Big Boy Bar-B-Q Complete . See it in the Market Plus 12 Portable BBQ Grills y Plus from Silver Dollar Stamps . $500 Value Scale (Model Railroad Complete . Displayed at the CITY CLEANERS Next to Post Office MedforrJ Bruce Sexton Will Be Operating the Train Saturday, from 10 A.M. Till 2 P.M. Register for the Train and Railroad at All Silver Dollar Merchants or KBES-TV YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN! We Have Good CHARCOAL BRIQUETTES 5 b. 10 b. 25 b. 50 lb. bags Better Meats for Bar-B-Que at OK Su mmer Salad 1 ime RED -TASTY -RIPE TIjObTOES i Salad Bowl Size 3(0)C Mb. JJ Bskt. CHOICE CTC A U C T-Bones JlLMlij Gut to order lb. CHOICE TOP SIRLOIN Any thickness lb. X 09 LETTUCE Big Solid Heads mm 29 LARGE -FANCY GALAtfOS Thin Skin mm FRESH FRYERS Our Specially GROUND BEEF Only the Best at OK JUMBO JUICY FRANKS Ideal for the Bar-B-Q How About a Breakfast Picnic? SWIFT'S SLICED EGGS :. CURES' Crisp-Oreen ; Islf)' each u n ) , . OLD CROP-BEST FOR SALAD TS ,D Tl frZ ZV. FolgerV iTS Coffee 1 ' mimiar i (3) ViWll W ' - I I Home of SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS ' lb. Vv !, Bene, on. Picnic OPEN 'tM AM. 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