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Medford High School
Edited by Baibara Nul
t o n; Reporters, Connelie
Hinesly, Rosemary Eismann,
Peggy Fisch. Margie Good.
Sandra Kline, Bobbie Hale,
and Sandra Kay Heide-mann.
Gala Tornadia week events
filled the last few days at
Medford High. Monday the
ribbon sale began and con
tinued throughout the week.
Thursday evening "dozens"
of cars met on the parking lot
for a noise parade to a bon
fire on Barnett rd. where a
pep rally was held. A Klam
ath Falls "Pelican" was
burned in effigy by the foot
ball players, and a serpentine
around the bonfire ended the
ceremonies.
Friday committees worked
all day in readying floats for
the float parade which began
at 2:30 p.m. All clubs not en
tered were charged a $5 fine.
Pep and spirit continued
with the Klamath Falls-Med-ford
game Friday night. Pre
game ceremonies crowned the
King and Queen of Tornadia
with Yell Queen Shirley Ruth
erford and-Yell King Dave
Havlick officiating. Arnold
Wolfe was crowned King and
Jean Warnock Queen. Attend
ing prince and princesses were
Booth Deakins and Pat New
bry, juniors; Terry Earl and
Karen Stelle, sophomores.
As a close to the week, the
second anual Tornadia semi
formal was held in the boys'
gym Saturday night.
Shouts of joy filled the air
when James Johnston, physics
teacher, announced that the
new physics rooms were ready
for use. Thursday and Friday
physics classes could be seen
parading between the new
and old rooms with stools,
scales, metersticks and other
equipment. .
Newly decorated and equip
ped with the latest in up-to-date
facilities, the cafeteria is
expected to open soon. The
date for re-opening Jias been
announced previously, but
construction problems have
prevented it.
Crater senior portrait cou
pons have been on sale for the
past two weeks. The coupon
entitles the Crater to one
glossy print to be used for the
yearbook. All proofs from the
pictures must be returned to
the photographer by Nov. 7
and no picture will be sent to
the Crater unless the student
has given the photographer
his coupon.
Seniors who wish to gradu
ate with this year's class musi
have filled out a petition of
graduation with his counseler
before Oct. 22. A total of 38
credits and a Red Cross card
are required of all those de
siring to graduate.
Junior class members have
flooded the ticket window this
week to j?ay the balance on
the new' class rings. These
balances ranged from $6 to
$35.
Any other member of the
junior class who wishes a
class ring has another chance
to order one the first week in
November.
After the last ordering, the
only way to obtain a ring will
be by ordering them indi
vidualy and directly from the
company. There will be an
additional charge for all in
dividual orders.
Thursday, 10 representa
tives of independent colleges
in Oregon and Washington
were presented to seniors in
terested in attending college.
Students were invited to
hold 30 - minute conferences
with the representatives of
their choice. Three of these
conferences were held.
The colleges represented
were Linfield, Whitworth,
Lewis and Clark, Sacred
Heart school of nursing, Uni
versity of Portland, Willam
ette, Reed college, Marylhurst,
Good Samaritan, and Pacific
university.
Ronrpspntatives of the serv
ice academies will be at thet
school Oct 30.
They will represent West
Point, Annapolis, and New
London;
So far there have been 10
boys sign -up to talk with the
representative, but others in
terested in the academies are
urged to sign up with the dean
of boys.
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President Truman Saturday
indirectly called Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon a char
acter assassin and said Nixon
would be "the easiest to beat"
of . prospective Republican
presidential candidates in
1960.
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Crater High School
By Darlene Tomlinson
In order to recruit new
members to FHA, a member
ship drive was held last week.
Senior Mary Howard was in
charge of the drive. The ten
tative number of members is
93. A slumber party to be
held Oct. 24 will climax the
drive.
FHA district conference
will be held at Crater Nov. 1.
Chapters from Crater, Klam
oth Falls, Phoenix, Medford
High schools, McLoughlin
Junior High school, Hedrick
Junior High school. Rogue
River, Grants Pass High and
North Junior High and South
Junior High in Grants Pass
will participate.
Arvella Prom is the district
chairman for the conference.
Miss Mildred Deischer, state
FHA advisor, will attend the
conference.
Arvella, president of Cra
ter's FHA, attended a Nation
al FHA Convention in Kan
sas City last summer. She
was the only district chair
man from Oregon to attend
the convention. She also at
tended a state officers' re
treat in Gearheart.
Biology students missed the
experience of having a snake
loose in their room. One
night last week, a small gar
ter snake' escaped from its
container in Ogden Kellog's
room into the adjoining
room. It was found in the
morning by Clarence Miller,
science, physics, and chemis
try teacher, in his room.
At a Curtain Callers meet
ing Wednesday, Oct. 14, an
amendment was made to the
constitution of the club. The
amendment stated that from
now on the selection of the
winners of the Jerome Award
would be made by a commit
tee of faculty members in
stead of the members of the
club.
The Jerome Award is
awarded to the boy and girl
giving the best performance
in a school play.
Also, at the same meeting,
slides were shown of last
year's fall play "Tom Saw
yer" and if the two trips that
Crater students took to the
Shakespearean Festival last
summer.
Saturday, Oct. 18, a car
wash was held in front of the
library in "Central Point. It
was sponsoredby the junior
class in order to raise money
for the Junior-Senior Prom.
Wednesday afternoon sen
iors were given talks by rep
resentatives of the indepen
dent colleges in Oregon. Jun
iors who were interested . in
going on to college were also
given talks by two of the rep
resentatives of Oregon's in
dependent colleges. Informa
tion was mostly about financ
ing your college career.
Thursday night the annual
bonfire was held. Students
met at the school, went down
town for a few yells and then
went back to the school for
the bonfire. The Comettes
were in charge of the bon-fine.
Members of the Comettes
voted at a meeting last week
to have- letters put on the
front of their sweaters. The
letters will cost $2.25 each
and candy sales are going to
be held to help raise the
money.
At .a recent meeting mem
bers of Science club elected
Nathan Parrish president.
Other officers are Sheila Nei
dermeyer, vice, president, and
Marian Moore, secretary-treasurer.
Freshman class officers for
the coming year are Gilbert
Harrison, president; Jan Bate
man, vice- president; Charla
Jo Meyer, treasurer; June
Hopkins, secretary; Janet
H o b b s, Cheryl Ghelardi,
Mary Lee Rowden, queen, Su
san Cummings, and Beverly
Klimko, yell squad.
Hedrick Junior High
By Nancy Duncan
The seventh, eighth, and
ninth grade classes elected of
ficers Friday, Oct. 17.
The ninth-graders elected
Mike McCollough, president;
Fred Keith, vice president;
De Etta Lawson, secretary;
and Norman Olsen, treasurer.
Officers elected by the
eighth grade class are Gibb
Mitchell, president; R i 1 1 a
Den Herder, vice president;
Janet O'Sullivan, secretary;
Sandra Gannon, treasurer;
and yell lealers, Julie. Wray,
Frances Bessonette, Susan
Filatreau, Sharon Urie, and
Valerie Bevel. Julie Wray,
who y received the largest
number of votes, is yell
queen.
Seventh grade officers are
Steve Root, president;. Sandra
Joyce, vice president; Sandy
Jones, secretary; ' and Bob
Stoehr, treasurer. The seventh-graders
chose as their
yell queen, Beverly Bush and
yell leaders, Pat Selby, Mar
tha Dixon, Sue Root, and
Christy Finch.
The Pep club held nomina
tions this week. Those nom
inated for president are
Laura Rupert, La Mora Gur
ney, Sunny Gastineau, and
Sue Brumback; for vice pres
ident, Barbara Whalin, Caro
lyn Knoll and Cheryl Taylor;
for secretary-treasurer, Betty
Jo Shackleford, Janet Ayres,
Janet Turner, Deanna Kun
kel, and Charyl Wainscott;
and for sergeant-at-arms, Rita
Olson, Linda Cooper, Sharon
Dixon, and Jo Ann Kingslien.
Several Hedrick girls ush
ered at the Civic Music pres
entation in the Hedrick Jun
ior High school auditorium
Monday night, Oct. 13.
The lunch sack brigade
headed for Hawthorn park
last Tues., Oct. 14, was a
group of Hedrick's home
room Red Cross representa
tives en route to a noon
meeting.
Sherry Lambert, Future
Homemakers president, ap
pointed chairman to plan and
coordinate meetings for each
of the coming months. Janet
Crawford will be chairman In
October. Other chairmen-and
their respective months are
Deanna Kunkel, " November;
Jill Barnes, December; Sun
ny Gastineau, January; Sha
ron Sites, February; Jo Ann
Klingsline, March; Ellen
Montgomery, April; and Mar
tha Gifford, May.
Hedrick. students, faculty,
and supporters are proud of
the performance by our band,
stingers, and majorettes at
the Crater-Medford football
game during half-time Oct.
10.
The eighth grade girls play
day after school Monday, Oct.
13, in which the Hedrick girls
entertained - McLoughlin, was
pleasing to those whopartici
pated. Mrs. Mary Ann Atha
nas, faculty advisor, echoed
the words of the girls when
she termed it "a success."
Bandaged and antiseptic
painted legs that are seen be
long to eighth grade girls
who have been taking part in
home room soccer games dur
ing activity period. Football
coach, Barney Riggs, has
been turning a wishful eye
upon the best of the kickers.
One girl's accurate and long
range kicking has earned her
the name of "Miss Groza."
She is Janet O'Sullivan.-- :
Organized madness envel
oped our halls before the
Hornet-Crater football game
when varsity yell queen,
Sherry Lambert, and her
company of yell leaders "led
the students in a serpentine
to the field.
The Hedrick eighth-graders
in a well-played football
mixer handed their visitors
from Ashland a 19 to 6 de
feat Thursday, Oct. 16.
DEATH TAKES WOMAN
New York (UPD Mrs. Brice
J. Moses, first woman to hold
a. federal civil service post,
died Sunday at the age of 100.
Mrs. Moses was appointed in
1883 to a S900-a-year clerk
ship in the Bank Redemption
Agency of the Treasury .Department.
Phoenix High School
Representing the Phoenix
FFA chapter at the National
Convention are Leon Small,
chapter president, and Bill
Rasmussen, secretary. The
boys left Saturday, Oct. 11,
for Kansas City, Mo., where
they attended the Annual Na
tional FFA convention.
Accompanying Leon and
Bill were Bill Hubbard and
Art Gardner from the Eagle
Point Chapter.
The delegates will return
home Sunday, Oct. 19.
The 1958 Scholarship-Qualifying
test will be given at 9
ajn. Tuesday, Oct. 21. The
purpose of the test is to pro
vide a preliminary selection
of secondary school candi
dates for a large number of
college and sponsored scholar
ships. It is also used as an
educational counselling aid in
the school guidance program.
Those taking the test are
Roberta Burns, Gail Glidden,
Margaret Ann Bolz, Sharee
Lou Skipworth, Patricia Im
hausen, Mary Cole, Sandra
Skinner, Dana Halaas, and
Susan Walker.
Nine girls have been chosen
from the chorus to represent
the girls' nonette for this
school year. They are Darilyn
Popow, Bonnie Mullineaux,
Dorcas Johnson, Nancy. Stew
art, Pat Kidwell, Linda
Prince, Margaret Ann Bolz,
Pat Imhausen, and Ida Lee
Coles.
The group learns a variety
of musical selections and is
often called upon to sing for
various community activities.
FHA boasts seven new
members so far this year.
Campaigns are underway to
get more members.
Instead of the usual infor
mal initiation a "dress-up"
one will be held this year.
Activities planned for this
year are the Sweethearts'
ball, a slumber party, and a
Cakewalk.
Twenty-four junior class
members received their class
rings earlier this week. The
rings were ordered last spring
four different sizes in the
same style being made avail
able. - - .
The half-time show for the
Phoenix versus Glendale
game will have as its theme,
"Homecoming". Taking part
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in the half-time events will
be the band, the flag team,
and the pep squad.
The crowning of the home
coming queen will be featured
at this time. One of the four
princesses - will be crowned
queen by Tom Troxel, presi
dent of the student body. The
princesses are Nedra Harris,
senior; Gale Leard, junior;
Linda Goble, sophomore; and
Bonnie Faytinger, freshman.
x The first meeting of the
Mask club "was held Thurs
day, the main purpose being
to elect officers arid choose a
committee to draw up a con
stitution. The ' results of the election
were . Susan Walker, presi
dent; Gail Glidden, vice-president;
and Karen Golding, secretary-treasurer.
. .
The purpose of the constitu
tion is to decide qualifications
of membership and the activi
ties of the year. Some of the
activities to be considered are
charade, pantomime, public
speaking,- one-act plays, , and
of course the school play.
The math room has another
new bulletin display. It is a
poster showing a footba?!
player, labeled Math, being
tackled by another football
player. The captain says,
"Tackle that math! 164,000
engineers needed by 1965."
. The poster, drawn by Eldqn
Mitchell, includes drawings
of math symbols, a robot, an
atom, a planeV, and a rocket.
Royal Family Aids
Church Dedication
London- (DPD -Queen Eliza
beth and other members of
the royal family took part on .
Sunday in' the dedication of
the rebuilt old church of St.
Clement Dane's, which gave
its name to the Elizabethan
nursey rhyme, "Oranges and
lemons say the bells at St.
Clement's." ,
The three - century - old
church, destroyed in 1942 by
a German bomb, was reconse
crated as central chapel . of
the Royal Air Force. The $30,
000 organ used in the inaugur
al services was donated by
U. S. airmen in Britain.
WHAT ABOUT STATE SE
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LWICES?
EVE NYE BELIEVES:
A State Service must pass the test .
of these Vital Questions:
1. Is the service essential? ' f"
2. Can it be improved?
3. Is it economically administered?
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THERFS A NEW WAVE OF OPPORTUNITY COMING ...
AND SMART PEOPLE
ARE GETTING READY FOR IT!
7 BIG REASONS FOR CONFIDENCE IN AMERICA'S FUTURE
1. MORE PEOPLE . . . Four million babies yearly.
U.S. population has doubled in last 50 years! And our
prosperity curve has always followed our popula
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2. MORE JOBS . . . Though employment in some
areas has fallen off, there are 15 million more jobs
than in 1939 and there will be 22 million more in
1975 than today.
3. MORE INCOME . . . Family income after taxes is
at an all-time high of $5300 is expected to pass.
$7000 by 1975. . "
4. MORE PRODUCTION.. . . U.S. production doubles
every 20 years..We will require millions more people
to make, sell and distribute our products.
5. MORE SAVINGS . . . Individual savings are at
highest level ever $3$0 billion a record amount
available for spending.
6. MORE RESEARCH . . . $10 billion spent each year
will pay off in more jobs, better living, whole new
industries. .
7. MORE NEEDS ... In the next few years we will
need more than $500 billion worth of schools, high
ways, homes, durable equipment. Meeting these
needs will create new' opportunities for everyone.
ADD THEM VP and you have Vie makings oj
another big upswing. Wise planners, builders and
buyers will act now4o get ready for it.
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