I MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregen, Tuesday, October 28, 1958
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Medford High School
Edited by Barbara Nullon:
Reporters Peggy Fisch, Con
nette Hinesly, Tanya End
eri, Boby Jean Hale, Rose
mary Eiseman, and Sandra
Kay Heidmann.
DeWanda Winchill, Sue
Moore, Sandra Hess, George
Ice, and Dale Foresee, student
body officers from Medford
High, attended the region five
ftudent body workshop at
Roseburg, Oct. 19 and 20. De-
ere Taylor accompanied the
rroun.
Sunday night was spent in
private homes and Monday
workshop conferences were
attended. The featured speak
r at the banquet Monday
veninz was Secretary of
State Mark Hatfield and the
group returned to Medford af
ter the banquet.
The student council met
Wednesday morning and had
several problems to discuss
Again, the litter question
has arisen with regard to van
dale. Whitman, and "J'
streets which lead to the Oak-
dale market. Each noon hour
students throw trash on the
street and sidewalk going to
and from the market. A com
mittee headed by Sharon Carr
was appointed to make an in
vestigation.
The council is also consid
rin the erection of two
signs, one at each end of Med
ford, with the words "Danger!
Tornado Area" inscribed upon
them. One hudred feet from
the first sign will be another
savin "Medford Black Tor
nado," with space left for list
ing under it the name of the
team's next opponent.
Lynn Latham was the fea
tured speaker at the first
Spanish club meeting of' the
year held Oct. 21, in room 23.
She related the story of her
trip to Mexico two summers
ago, exhibiting souvenirs and
pictures as she spoke.
The meeting was conducted
by President Delia Robinson,
who also explained the ap
proaching evening banquet to
be held between the football
and basketball season. Food
and entertainment committees
were appointed, but no def
inite date has yet been set.
Hedrick Junior High
By NANCY DUNCAN
Scott Richard Riggs gave
a lusty cry Friday afternoon,
Oct. 17, as he announced him
self to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Barney Riggs. Barney
Riggs is the Hedrick varsity
football coach and his team
congratulated him by a 20 to
6 win over Crater. Don Ferg
uson, assistant coach, guided
the Hornets while Riggs was
in the hospital.
At a short History, Eco
nomics, and Civics association
meeting Oct. 22, Linda Lowry
was initiated. The members
also voted to begin a 25 cents
per semester dues, while sev
eral money-making projects
are still being considered.
The "Goofers" were the top
'noisemakers in the noise par
ade recently in preparation
for game with Klamath Falls.
In second pace was the band
float and ranking third was
the sophomore class float.
First place for originality
was given to the International
Relations League, second
place, Future Nurses of Amer
ican, and third place to the
Spanish club.
"Get your cotton-candy,
everyone!" If you should walk
into a market or store some
Saturday and hear these
words or some similiar,
chances art it's a couple of
future nurses at their cotton
candy machines, the club's
money-making project for this
year.
To install officers and in
itiate new members was the
purpose of the semiformal
banquet sponsored by the Fu-
. ture Teachers of America
, Tuesday Oct. 21, in the cafe
: teria.
Those installed were presi
- dent, Stephanie Anderson;
first vice president, Janet
; Snodgrass, second five presi
; dent, Nyla Murray; secretary,
; Bonnie Lawrence; treasurer,
: Rita Miller; historian, Jean
'. nine James; librarian, Valerie
Ottoman. About 25 members
attended.
The final outcome of the
eighth grade girls home room
soccer games found Mrs. Mary
Ann Athanas' home room in
first place. Standings were de
termined by the greatest num
ber of players who survived
on each of the home room
teams.
The cigarette - carton-like
boxes in home rooms are Red
Cross boxes which will con
tain articles such as needles,
thread, toothbrushes, tooth
paste, buttons, combs, and
other small articles for boys
and girls of other nations.
Printed on the outside of the
boxes is, "Gift from the
schools of the United States
of America through the Amer
ican Junior Red Cross". A
space is provided for the name
of the school, town, and state.
Officers were elected by
the Hedrick Pep club. They
were Laura Rupert, president;
Barbara Whalin, vice presi
dent; Betty Jo Shackleford,
secretary-treasurer; and Shar
on Dixon, sergeant-at-arms.
Eighth grade and seventh
grade leaders elected were
Francis Bessonette and Mary
Ruth Rockington, respectively.
Monte Kounz,- Hedrick sci
ence teacher, quipped with the
Future Homemakers of Amer
ica during one of their recent
meetings when he addressed
them. Kounz talked of the
new products and machines
which may be beneficial to fu
ture homemakers. He men
tioned a "sonic closet" in
which clothes at the press of
a button could be cleaned by
soud waves. "Solve one prob
lem first," remarked Kounz,
"Prevent the process from
melting the buttons and zippers."
Those who entertained were
Christine Bartels and Pat Sel-
by who sang and played
"Christopher Robin"; Judy
Wood unleashed a "Charles
ton"; Beverly Bush did a pan
tonine, "Everybody Loves a
Lover"; Pamela Trowbridge
danced "Stupid Cupid"; and
Loretta Whipple pantomined
"Over and Over". Teams
were made up and named af
ter toothpaste brand names.
Some of the teams were "Col
gate", "Pepsodent", "Gleem",
and somehow "Polident" was
borne by one unsupecting
team.
Election of officers for the
Art club was held Wednesday,
Oct. 15. Officers elected were
Diana Hiatt, president; Den
nis Shaw, vice president; and
Christine Bartels, secretary
treasurer. Sandra Joyce was
elected chairman of commit
tees. Keith Graves and Martin
Davis volunteered to be on
clean-up duty whenever art
project or parties are held.
The Art club's first party will
be a Halloween party which
will feature a "Spooky" treas
ure hunt.
Early in the week the home
room librarian organized as a
club with Judy Ayres, presi
dent; Barbara Whalin, vice
president; and Susan Root,
secretary - treasurer. The
Homeroom Librarians' club
will meet on Wednesday dur
ing homeroom period. Evi
dence of their efforts will be
found in the school paper,
school bulletin, and on teach
er's bulletin boards.
The first of the photography
classes will meet Tuesday,
Oct. 28 after regular classes.
The class will meet for nine
weeks on Tuesdays and Thurs
days under the tutelage of
Monte Kounz.
Many students plan to . be
absent from school on Nov.
13, or at least they say so.
With parental approval and
desire, students will receive
immunization shots for diph
theria and small pox on that
date.
The abbreviation, FHA,
might have meant Forgetful
Homemakers of America
when it was discovered that
no parliamentarian had been
elected. The election of Susan
Garner remedied the. over
FHA girls are planning a
trip to Crater High school in
Central Point. They will meet
girls from other FHA organ
izations. Those planning to at
tend are Sharon Sites, Dare-
lyn Huson, Ellen Montgom
ery, Nancy Duncan, Deanna
Kunkel, Barbara Myers. Midi
Luther, Barbara Eastwood,
Martha Gifford, Jill Barnes,
Sunny Gastineaus, Susan Pot
ter, Pat Brown, Linda Cooper,
Barbara Barnum, Cheryl
Wainscott, Barbara Whalin,
Karlene Wiltermood, and Rita
Olson. Hedrick will present a
panel composed of Martha
Gifford, Jill Barnes, Barbara
Barnum, Susan Potter, Sunny
Gastineau, and Nancy Dun
can.
New student body officers,
class presidents, and home
room representatives met in
the first student council meet
ing of the school year. Student
Body President Chuch Nair
presided over the meeting in
which it was decided to have
a Halloween dance on Friday,
Oct. 24.
On Wednesday, Oct. 22, the
ninth grade science classes at
tended Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph's open house. En
thusiasm shown by the re
turning students about then-
trip indicated that it had been
enlightening. Monte Kounz,
science teacher, accompanied
the classes who had been in
troduced earlier to various
phases of the telephone industry.
N The seventh grade play day
was held after school on Tues
day, Oct. 21. The McLoughlin
girls were guests at Hedrick
Games and entertainment
were arranged by the hosts.
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McLoughlin Jr. High
By Joel Gregory
United Nations Day was ob
served in school this week
with many different activities.
The FHA held a dinner with
girls bringing main dishes,
breads and desserts represent
ing food typical of over 25
foreign countries. Flags from
the various member nations
of UN decorated the tables.
A large bulletin board in
the library displayed the his
tory, member nations, when
each joined, and noted the
charter members. Various li
brary books about the UN
also were on display. The
school newspaper carried an
editorial and the history de
partment held class discussions.
(a performance to be given at
the Teacher s Institute. Nov.
12. Justin Dyrud, music sup
ervisor listened to the group
Wednesday and gave his ap
proval to the final stages of
rehearsing.
The entire student body
were guests of the Pacific
Telephone company at open
house Thursday and Friday.
The faculty toured the plant
Wednesday after school and
then escorted eighth and ninth
grade home rooms Thursday
and seventh grade h.ome
rooms Friday.
Jo Ann Johnson and Lois
Stedman appeared on tele
vision Saturday evening show
ing the signs that students
have made for Halloween for
people who do not wish to be
disturbed on the ghostly night.
Deadline for placing an order
for one of the signs is Monday
at 4 p.m. Students will place
them in the yards by Thursday.
Officers for this year's FHA
are Nancy McLaughlin, presi
dent; Diane Jore, vice presi
dent; Hope Reeves, secretary;
Cheryl Linn, program chair
man; Nancy Maxson, treasur
er: Carolyn Kent, parlimen-
tarian; Lynn Peterson, recrea
tion chairman; Carolyn Kieff
historian; and Willajo Mills,
reporter.
Lettermen's club met Thurs
day morning for an organiza
tional meeting. Officers elect-
l are Georee Clearwater,
president; Bob Schroeder, vice
president; Dick Demey, secretary-treasurer;
and Craig
Laurence, sergeant - at-arms.
Carl Washburn, John Alansky
d Gene Offord were ap-
Dointed as a committee to plan
a dance in the near future. .
The McLoughlin Junior
High chorus is preparing for
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Carl Washburn, president
of the student body, presided
over the first student council
meeting Wednesday. It was
decided that the problem of
the bike shed would be turn
ed over to the home rooms
for consideration. Gene Of
ford, vice president, was ap
pointed to head a committee
to study the revision of the
constitution concerning the
nominations of cheer leaders.
A junior Red Cross meeting
was held on Monday in room
25. Plans for the year's ac
tivities were outlined.
The seventh grade girls
playday was held at Hedrick
Tuesday afternoon. Teams
named after the many brands
of toothpaste, tried to win con
tests in kickball, relays, and
volleyball. Entertainment was
provided by both schools and
refreshments were served.
Halloween parties are be
ing planned in the home
rooms for next Friday.
Junior Quill published its
first issue Friday. Steve Bart
lett was editor-in-chief for this
issue. Several changes were
noted including a new heading.
Flags of United Nations
member countries decorated
the tables for the McLoughlin
Junion High chapter's Future
Homemakers of America pot
luck dinner held last Tuesday
evening in the homo making
department.
Girls brought prepared
main dishes, breads and des
serts representing food typical
of more than 25 Foreign coun
tries. The Italian, Mexican,
and Chinese main dishes were
favorities as were the Finnish
and Norwegian cookies.
Admittance to the dinner
was to pay 25c for a UNESCO
stamp as the chapter is eoine
to contribute to a UNESCO
gift project this year.
During the dinner, a short
report and quiz on the historv
of United Nations was given
by Mrs. Joanne Weatherford,
advisor. '
Following the dinner, slides
taken in Norway were shown
by Mrs. Marjorie Hattan Nich
ols, former Jackson county
4-H agent, who in 1952 was an
International Farm Youth Ex
change Student to Norway.
She lived and worked with
three different farm families
while in Norway.
Chairman heading the din
ner was Carolyn Kief, with
JoAnn Kibler in charge of
decorations, and Judy Alder,
Carol Adams and Sheryl Mar
tin for the foods. Others on
the . dinner committee were
Marsha Potter, chairman; Car
ole Turk, Pat Daigle and De-
Anne Hunt on clean up.
C. P. Junior High
By JOYCE ROBERTS
The football games have
been exciting this season. The
Pointers have won two more
games since last week. They
are over North Grants Pass
Junior High, 33 to 0, and
Hedrick Junior High in Med
ford, 26 to 13. The football
team hopes to win the next
game with Ashland, and have
a five-win season.
The yell squad is a lot of
help to the football players.
Judy Gebhard, one of the yell
leaders, sprained her ankle at
the Hedrick game, and has to
walk on crutches for a while.
The Junior High students
are looking forward to the
Halloween skating party on
Nov. 3. They are planning to
have a wonderful time with
no misgivings. So far, 113
tickets have been sold.
"Next Wednesday, October
29, report cards will be is
sued. There will be five more
six weeks periods to make up
for any low grades this time.
GIVEN DEFENSE POST
Washington -UPD - F. Hay
den Williams, associate dean
of the Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy, Medford,
Mass., Monday was named a
deputy assistant secretary of
defense for international se
curity affairs.
The thirteenth-century wars
of Genghis Khan are estimat
ed to have cost six million
lives.
Simpson Reports on
Progress of SOC's
Part in Centennial
Ashland Representing
Southern Oregon college at
the Oct. 27 meeting in. Port
land of the educational ad
visory committee of Oregon
colleges and universities, Hugh
G. Simpson, director of in
formation, reported on the
progress made by college per
sonnel in promoting the Cen
tennial. Concerning feculty partici
pation, Simpson said Dr. Elmo
N. Stevenson, SOC president,
had named a Campus Centen
nial Coordination committee
consisting of Dr. Richard
Byrns, humanities staff; Dr.
Arthur S. Taylor, chairman
of the social science division;
Dr. Arthur Kreisman, chair
man of the humanities divi
sion; Dr. Frank Haines Jr.,
social science staff; and Dr.
J.. Kenneth Bartlett, science
mathematics staff. Simpson
was appointed chairman and
Dr. Byrns, campus coordina
tor of Centennial promotion
al activities.
Dr. Taylor is a member of
the advisory committee on
Oregon history to the State
Centennial commission; Dr.
Kreisman is on the fine arts
committee of the same organ
ization; and Dr. Haines is on
the Ashland Centennial com
mittee, he reported. Drs.
Haines and Taylor also are
on the Siskiyou Historical
Sites committee in coopera
tion with the Ashland Cham
ber of Commerce.
College Spring Play
In addition to the college
spring play, the humanities
division will sponsor a num
ber of concerts by the ensem
ble, chorus, band, and orches
tra throughout the year which
will utilize , the Centennial
theme. . . .
Students have formed a
Centennial committee, Simp
son said, and have selected
as their theme, "Oregon: A
Century of Progress," which
will also be employed for the
Nov., 7-8 Homecoming cele
bration this year.
It was announced that the
Raider yearbook staff had
tentatively decided on a Cen
tennial motif for the 1959
edition, and that the college
newspaper, The Siskiyou,
would publish a number of
commemorative issues and
articles.
Plans also include placing
a display employing the same
theme erected by all the stu
dent organizations for the
Homecoming in front of Chur
chill hall overlooking the
main highway, Simpson re
ported, and also that a num
ber of students had indicated
their willingness to help man
a welcoming booth to be
erected by the city of Ashland
near the California border
during the tourist season.
Let Jack Vaughn put you to sleep
tonight at ten-thirty-five on Television.
Russia Gaining, Scientist Declares
Beverly Hills, Calif. (DPD
Nobel Prize winning scientist
Dr. Harold C. Urey says the
Soviets may soon catch up
with the United State in scien
tific achievements.
Speaking before members
of the Southern California
Founders Committee of the
American Technion Society
Monday, Urey, who discov
ered "heavy water," said this
country still stands first in
technical and scientific prog
ress, but he warned that the
Russians are gaining at a "tre
mendous rate."
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