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Portland Vins 'Bailie of Fairs' Portland (UPD Portland won the "battle of the fairs" Tuesday. The competition, the, city of San Francisco, dropped out. The U. S. Chamber of Commerce reported the San Francisco decision to the Portland Chamber of Com merce. What happened was this: First, Oregon announced it would have an International Trade Fair as a feature of the state's 1959 Centennial celebration. The Portland fair was to run from June 10 to June 24. Then fair promoters an nounced in San Francisco that the Bay city was plan ning a fair too, from June 4 to the 14. . Mayor Terry D. Schrunk protested to San Francisco's mayor. Letters were exchang ed between officials of the two cities. - The Portland Chamber said that the San Francisco fair has now been postponed until 1960, the year after the trade fair here. CENTRAL POINT FFA to Print Booklet Edith Green Cites Congress Failures Portland -(UPD- Rep. Edith Green, Democratic candidate for Congress, told the Mult nomah County Labor Council here that Republicans voted against the Kennedy-Ives bill to regulate labor unions in or der to have a campaign issue. Mrs. Green termed defeat of the Kennedy-Ives bill and the school construction meas ure as the two major failures of the last Congress. In the House, she said, 137 Republi cans voted against the labor measure and 61 for it. One hundred and forty-nine Dem ocrats voted for the bill and 61 were opposed, she said. By DORIS HUGHES Central Point As a serv ice to farmers in the area, the Crater Future Farmers of America chapter will edit a monthly news booklet. The publication, which will be about 15 pages in length, will contain articles ranging from farm buildings to veter inary medicines. Farmers in terested in receiving the free booklet, but who are not on the regular mailing list, are asked to call NOrmandy 4-1103. The first issue will be published in November and it will be printed monthly thereafter until November, 1959. Boys who have expressed interest in the editing of the booklet are Nate Banery, Lar ry Ryerson, Dave Foote, and Howard Misiner. They are to be interviewed by the execu tive council. Mike Redmond, who is chap ter treasurer this year. Other boys interested in the radio program are Nate Banery and Tom Wilson. Jim Frink, a Crater High school sophomore, was recent ly elected sentinal of the Cra ter FFA chapter. Frink has been enrolled in vocational agriculture ; for two years During that .time he has been outstanding both scholastical- ly and socially. He was on the chapter parliamentary team last year and has par ticipated in many television programs. Don Denning, Crater FFA Chapter reporter, announced that Dave Foote has been in terviewed by the executive council for chairmanship of the Crater FFA chapter ra dio program. The boys plan for the program to be on the air by November. It will con sist of the market report and several items of news of in terest to farmers in this area. Last year the program was sponsored by radio station KMED, Medford. Chairman of the program last year was Prince Philip Due For Canadian Visit Ottawa -(DPD Prince Philip returns here next week for one of his increasingly fre quent Canadian visits. This time he is not comng as the husband of the queen but rather as the presdent of the English-speaking Union of the. Commonwealth, .which with its American counter part, holds a conference here Oct. 26-31. Homecoming Activities Planned at SOC Campus Last Thursday the Crater FFA chapter presented a pro gram on KBES-TV. The pur pose was to announce the adult agriculture classes at Crater High school and to re view past events which have taken place at the Crater chapter. Speakers were Gary Dusenberry, Mike Redland, Nate Barney, Pete Melstedt, Dave Pratt, . Calvin Rhodes Don Dening and Dave Foote The Central Point Parent Teachers association will hold a rummage sale from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, at the Gleason building in Central Point. , The PTA has asked mem bers to supply outgrown or unused clothing. The "prices will be reasonable and there will be plenty of good warm clothing for children and adults. The racks will be re stocked for the second day of the sale. Money from the sale will be used for the school. Those having articles to donate may take them to room 1 at the Central Point Junior High school or they may call Mrs. Eloy Sutton at NOrmandy 4-2795. Ashland "Oregon: A Cen tury of Progress" is the theme of this year's Homecoming celebration at Southern Ore gon college Nov. 7-8, Dick Clark, student body president, has announced. ' Included in the activities will be the all-campus variety show, a parade, a rally and bonfire, a lawn decoration in keeping with the Centennial theme, the Homecoming game with Eastern Oregon college and an alumni dance. Crowning of the Homecom ing queen will be at the Home coming assembly, which will be held Nov. 5. Queen candi dates are Honor Stansbury, Jan Burkhart, Carrol Furre, Sue Burke, Lorna Vance, and Sonja Smith. Parade Saturday The parade will be held on. Saturday, Nov. 8, through downtown Ashland. It will consist of floats and high school bands from Ashland, Phoenix, Talent, Crater, Jack sonville, and Eagle Point. Alumni are urged to check in at the special registration desk in the Britt Student cen ter, Clark stated, and for a fee of one dollar, a special ticket will be issued each graduate. Included in the fee will be admission to the foot ball game, alumni dance, re freshments, and name-tag. A partial list of the com mittees, with their chairmen are parade, letterman's club; publicity, Jim Ochs, Myrtle Converse, Cecil Owings, and Rich Scott; queen activities, senior class; rally and bonfire, freshman class; variety show, junior class; registration, Robes; lawn decoration, Pres idents' club; dance, dormitor ies; and high school bands, Theta Delta Phi, men's schol astic honorary. Complete com mittee assignments and addi tional plans will be an nounced next week, Clark said. Den 11, Pack 40, Cub Scouts, made a trip to the Medford airport last week. The Cubs toured a Pacific Air Lines plane, the tower and the weather bureau. Boys on the tour were Johnny Wilson, Jim Wilson, Rex .Johnson, Hugh Hunter, Donald Davis, Roger Hyland and Ronald Larson. Accom panying the boys were Connie Wilson, Mrs. Curtis Johnson and Mrs. Harold Wilson, Den, Mother. The boys of Den 11 now plan to' make a model airport to show at the No vember Pack meeting. Pack 40, Cub Scouts, will meet Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the library of the Centra! Point Junior ' High ' school. More Den Mothers are needed. Recent guests at the Harold R. Hughes home in Central Point were Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Olson of Forest Grove and Mrs. Robert Klingsporn and Linda, Bobby and Scott, of Aloha, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. Olson are Mrs. Hughes' par ents, and Mrs. Klingsporn is her sister. A guest Thursday, night and Friday at the home of Charles L. and Harold R. Hughes was their brother Sfc. Lloyd E. Hughes of Ft Ord, Calif. Ht,'". (Hie You almost don't feel it on! Black Red Briarwood . "LIGHT FANTASTIC" as seen in Harper's Bazaar s n5 Woman has never stepped softer! 5 ounces of inventive shoe making, and a new skin-thin unlined Textured Calf so light the feeling's ethereal! Pointed toe, hi or little. heel. Sizes AYi-VYi. AAAA to B School Klews St. Mary's High School Pep club President Mary Austin presided at a noon meeting, Oct. 14, and outlined activities planned for the com ing weeks. A root beer sale heads the project list. The Marian Choir assisted at the Solemn Requiem High Mass offered at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Sacred Heart church in memory of His Ho liness, Pope Pius XII. The Sharing assembly at 10:30 Friday morning brought reports from five different groups of student delegates. The leadership conference at Seattle university was cover ed by Mike Feiss, Bob Farra, Mollie Reavis, and Sharon Roberts. Boys' State delegates reporting were Bob Farra and Marvin Frazier; Girls, State, Sharon Roberts. Marvin Frazier, current stu dent body president, 'covered the student council workshop which he had attended at the University - of Oregon. Four senior Socialists spent a week in San Francisco, in July, at the Summer School of Cath olic Action. The SSCA re porters were Mary Austin, Carol Depner, Sharon Rob erts, and Karen Dunn. Seniors sponsored a recent Saturday carwash to raise funds for Homecoming. Fol lowing a noise parade, the big bonfire, is slated for Thursday evening, Oct. 23, from 6:30 to 9 o'clock, at the home of Gary Kirsch, Jacksonville. Homecoming queen is to be announced during the half time at Friday night's foot ball game. . The following student rep resentatives will participate in Student Day, at St. Mary's academy, Portland, Oct. 24-25, in connection with the ob servance of the centenary of the Sisters of the Holy Names in Oregon: Mollie Reavis, So dality prefect; Bob Farra, sen ior class president; Gary Kir sch, Lettermen club president; and Marilee Lowry, eighth grade delegate. McLoughlin Jr. High By Joel Gregory Halloween signs to keep elderly or sick people from being disturbed on Halloween night are being distributed by students of McLoughlin again this year. Carl Washburn heads the committee and those interested may telephone SPring 3-4513 and students will post the signs. Carl Washburn has been elected president of the Mc Loughlin Junior High school student body this year. Signs around the buildings and cam paign speeches in the home rooms added enthusiasm to the election. ; Gene Offord was elected vicepresident, and Lynda Grimes, secretary; Jack Low- ery, treasurer; with Karen Brattain, seventh grade re porter to the council, winning the other positions on the council. Nancy McLoughlin was named song queen and will work with the Ninth grade cheer leaders at all pep as semblies and rallies. The Hunter Safety program which started last year under the direction of Don Davis, met Tuesday night after school to organize plans for the coming year. Seventh grade girls chorus is meeting regularly during activity period. Mrs. Dorothy B. Jones and Mr. Ray Lewis, advisors, expect great things from this group this year. California Man Cited by Police Edward C. Burkhart, Por- terville, Calif., was cited by Medford police Monday after noon for driving the wrong way on a one way street. But he may have something to say about it to a certain member of his family. Burkr hart was not in the car at the time. Pauline - Theras Burk hart, was. The police report stated that the Burkhart car was parked facing the wrong way on Main st. between Front st. and Cen tral ave. The motor was run ning. Burkhart had gone into a store. . Pauline Burkhart said she reached over to switch off the ignition, and the car jumped forward and ran into a second, properly parked, car. A policeman arrived to in vestigate the collision, and Burkhart,- on returning to his car, was issued the citation. Police later explained that the fact a car is parked facing the wrong way is prima facie evidence it was driven the wrong way in order to get there in the first place. And Burkhart, reportedly, had driven it. A- general pep assembly was held Friday with the ninth grade cheerleaders pre senting a skit about KRAZY radio station and leading cheers to spur the ninth grade football team to victory over North Grants Pass. The new student body offi cers were introduced. Results of the student body election were announced and these new officers introduced The Library club met Thursday in the library. Of ficers elected were John Al ansky, president; Wally Huff man, vicepresident; Ruth Mil- ligan, secretary; Diane Myers, treasurer; Steve Bartlett, re porter; and Karen Ekberg, sergeant-at-arms. Joel Greg- ory and Carl Washburn were elected to thelegislative com mittee. C. P. Junior High By- Joyce Roberts Everyone has been busy getting into the swing of school affairs. Students are working hard to keep up their grades and get some of the awards which will ge given at the end of the year. The football season is off to a good start with two wins. The; Pointers . b e a t South Grants Pass Junior High, 31 to 7, and McLoughlin Junior High in Medford, 14 to 6. The student body had a pep assembly before the McLough lin game with the- student body president, Mike Glmes, in charge. The yell leaders and Mrs. Alice Smock girls' physical education teacher, have been working on yells and cute dance steps for as semblies and games. Yell leaders are Carole Crenshaw, Karen Holley, Judy Gebhard and Judy Childress. Cordon MacRae Due To Contest Charges Los Angeles (UPD Singer Gordon MacRae was sched uled to appear in federal Tax Court today to contest the government's claim that he owes nearly $140,000 in back income taxes.- , MacRae and his wife, Shei la, spent the day in court Tuesday waiting to appear be fore Judge Bruce M. Forrester but hearing on their suit was delayed by arguments on a $197,570 claim against the Del Mar Corp., and its princi pal stockholder, oilman Coy Burnett. Last Monday the. court set tled a 815,260 suit against Del Webb, co-owner of the New York Yankees, and continued one of $117,497 against actor "Van Johnson. One eye is sufficient for full vision. The junior high classes of the seventh and eighth grades voted whether to have room parties or a skating party for Halloween. Almost everyone wanted a skating party. The party will be on Nov. 3. We will leave at 5:30 p.m., start skating at 6:30 p.m., and be back at the school by 9:30 p.m. The Central Point Junior High band has some new marches and overtures. Along with the pep band, which plays in assemblies and games, they have some new popular numbers. - , : Holmes Proclaims Education Week Salem-flJPD-Gov. Robert - D. Holmes Tuesday proclaimed the week Oct. 19-25 as patri otic education week in Oregon. The week is sponsored an nually by the Children of the American Revolution. r 1 J21Y93 YOU'LLROAR WITH DELIGHT OVER I Boy-Meets-Girl Affair Takes Place at Ohio Zoo Columbus, Ohio (UPD (CPD Jungle boy Bongo met city kid Colo.. She was ecstatic. He was reserved. This boy - meets - girl affair took place at the Columbus Zoo Tuesday. It was meant to start an eight-year courtship between the world's only go rilla born in captivity and a baby gorilla from Africa. Signs of Being Spoiled Bongo is 16 months old and a black 21 pounds, wearing a reflective expression. Colo, six months older and 12 pounds heavier, shows signs of being spoiled. Dr. James Vickers, zoo vet erinarian approached Colo's cage with the little immigrant from the French Cameroons clinging tightly to him. Bongo poked an inquiring paw at Colo and she responed enthusiastically, indicating ap- MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, Ore.. Wednesday; October 22, 1958 3 parent success at the meeting. Ordered as Playmate Zoo Supt. 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