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I School Medford High Edited by Barbra Nulton; Reporter. Conneile Hins 17, Retamary Eiimano, P997 Fich, B. J. Hal, Noralene Sebell. and Margie Good. Many adults would be some what dismayed U they were to return to the classrooms for a week. New courses, new teaching techniques, and a larger number of students have) transformed the school from the little red school house to the modern efficient high school. If a parent were to have spent the past week touring the halls and classrooms, he would probably have found a vast change in all the activi ties and academics since he was In school. He would see seniors so eager to pass their remedial math test that they are seri ously considering being trans ferred temporarily into Jim Johnston's registration room. Since remedial arithmetic tests will be taken next Wed nesday and every senior must pass it before he receives his diploma, most seniors are wtllin to eive up a little of their study time to receive the, id Mr. Johnston has oiierea. Should the visitor happen to drop into a senior English class he might be taken back by the titles of some of the themes the seniors are writ Ing. Some of these are "The Essential Qualities of a Good Farmer," "My Pet Supersti tions," "People Who Bore Me" and "Why I Should Go to College." These themes were due Friday and were the first of many that seniors will write in preparation for next year s college worK. In passing Mrs. Edna Stew art's room, a junior Engusn teacher, groans from those in side might hav been heard as Mrs. Stewart casually Honed another English com uosition into the projector. This projector enlarged the writing so the class couia learn by correcting each oth er's mistakes. This 100-word theme was to describe inani mate objects; however, the next is to describe people in only 100 words or less. If an hour were to be spent in DeVere Taylors public speaking class, a visitor might learn the art of parliamentary procedure. The laws concern ing the making, seconding, and passing of motions are not only learned by practiced. Should the visitor have spent a day in U.S. History, he would have learned about the difficulties that faced the U.S. after the Civil War. Some adults might find that such a course would heln explain the present problems in the South as most of them originated in the Civil War period. A visitor who casually dropped in to watch Ameri can Problems classes at work might be shocked to find out how little he knows about the way his local government is run. Seniors, as part of their regular schedule and also to have them better informed for Student Government day, have been studying the struc ture of city and county gov ernment and also the duties of the appointed and elected officials. In dropping by any of. the science classes, the visitor would be amazed at the de tail in which some courses are taught. In biology the guest might have helped dissect a frog and would probably have stood back in horror when the teacher explained the purpose of this experiment was to dem onstrate the various systems of man. If he were to look farther into this fact, the visi tor would find that even thou eh the froe and man look nothing alike, their nervous, digestive, and circulatory sys tems are quite similar. In physics class, the study of light which is said to be one of the most difficult of studies would probably amaze the observer. He would also be surprised at the ingenious methods used by many of the scientists in measuring the speed of light. When the visitor enters the chemistry rooms his first star tling sight is the brilliant col or of the new rooms. After entering the door there is a glass cabinet filled with a dis play of equipment used dur ing laboratory days. If he should have entered on labo ratory day he would have found students testing for acids, bases, or salts, the chapter that is being studied. Centennial day costumes were ushered in at MHS last week with the girls wearing calico and pantaloons and the boys decked out in levis and cowboy hats. Even the teachers got into the spirit of things, not only by their attire but also by teaching methods. Beards and waxed mous taches helped complete this picture of pioneer days and set the stage for Centennial activity. Mews CP Junior High By Judy Speonls The newspaper staff spon sored a centennial pioneer ex hibit on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Interest was particularly paid to articles which had crossed the plains, among which were iron kettles, brass buckets and a powder horn dated 1845. There was a beautiful black satin and lace dress. There were a few hand made baby dresses and a wide variety of colorful old valentines which had been received in the "gay nineties." Old guns and mus kets were especially eyed with interest. Jon Mooster's name was omitted from the honor roll and it should have been list ed. The 7th and 8th grades of the Junior High held a pio neer party Friday afternoon, Feb. 13. It was to celebrate Valentine's Day and the Cen tennial. The party was started with a valentine exchange in the home rooms. Next were con tests and singing in the li brary. Among the contests were a spelling bee, horse shoe toss, nail driving, dough nut eating, and apple paring. The contests were selected from those participated in by the pioneers in the early days. This was followed by games and relays in the gym. Among these were a tug of war, a gunny sack relay, balloon re lay and table' games. Following this was a pro gram dance. It was a combin ation of square and ballroom dancing. The games, relays and the decorations were plan ned by Mrs. Alice Smock and Keith Johnson. Last were the refreshments' and cleanup. The refreshments were sack lunches prepared by Mrs. Lorna Meyer's home making girls. Among other teachcers who helped with the party were Miss Ailene Inlow, Richard Traylor, Robert Murphy, John McCoy, Mrs. Ruth Broom field, Donald Spinas, Mrs. Thelma Dobrot and Mrs. James Bracken. There were approximately 245 students attending the party. The attempt made by the students to help the March of Dimes proved satisfactory. The quota was set at $250. and was passed with a total of $255.15. The monev was turned in to the Central Point chairman of the March of Dimes. The Great Emerica, form erly with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey cir cus, will present "The Fun nist Show on Earth" for the grades three to eight Wed nesday, Feb. 18, at 2:15 pm Ashland will play Central Point Feb. 17 starting at 6 pjn. It will be in the Central Point Junior High's big gym. TV ENTRANCED Meridan, Miss. -(UPD- H. L, Rucker told police he didn't hear a thing while a thief was looting his home during the week end. Rucker said he was engrossed in a television show at the time. Jackson School By Susan Mercer Sandra Spurgeon Last week we celebrated two birthdays. On Feb. 12, Abraham Lincoln's and on Feb. 14 our own centennial birthday. In Jackson school we have in our library a pret ty mural telling about Abra ham Lincoln. Many books have been check out about this great man. Almost every room has a picture or a mural of Abra ham Lincoln, so we know every one has been reviewing the life of one of our great presidents. Valentine's day is always a happy day for children. Chil dren bring valentines to school and exchange them with their classmates. In every room there are displays depicting Valentines day. The teachers have been telling us about Oregon's past history for several weeks. On Friday we dressed up like people did 100 years ago. Dick Merriman, our sixth grade teacher, has joined in the celebration by growing a beard. "Our Centennial program was good. It told us about many interesting events in the history of our state. The front cover of this week's Junior Scholastic is especially interesting to us. Worry of FALSE TEETH Slipping or Irritating? Dent be embarrassed by loose false teeui slipping, dropping or woDDung when you eat. talk or lauzh. Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your plates. This pleasant powder gives a remarkable sense of added comfort and security by holding plates" more firmly. No gummy, gooey, pasty taste or reeling, it a aucaune (non-acid). Get FASTEETH at any drug counter. It's a map of Oregon, telling of the highlights of Oregon history. Also a good story about our state is in the pa per. We know many schools in the United States studied about Oregon as they read their Junior Scholastics. Hedrick Junior High By Mike Gannon Hedrick congratulates Elea nore Alfonso, Diana Hiatt, and Sherri Koblik for win ning in the 1959 annual Ore gon Scholastic Art Exhibition held at J. K. Gill company in Portland. Eleanore Alfonso and Diana Hiatt won gold key and blue ribbon awards, and Sherri Koblik won a gold key. Their work will be included with the 100 pieces to be sent to the national contest. Out of 3,500 entries, only 100 will be sent to the na tional contest. Art instructor Catherine Fonken has commended the girls' work highly and has stated that Hedrick may be rightfully proud of the honor bestowed on the girls. Hedrick's debate squad will board a bus at noon Wednes day, Feb. 18, to attend the Linfield speech tournament at McMinnville. Debate team members making the trip are Bonnie Lowry, Sherri Lam bert, Nancy Duncan, Barbara Whalin, Vicky Enders, Kathy Allen, Sunny Gastineau, Su san Hall, Mike Miller, Mike Higgins, Bill Dames, Tom Deakins and Jim Winton. On Saturday, Jan. 31, the debate team took a trip to Southern Oregon college to watch a speech tournament in which high school and col lege students partcipated. Al though H e d r i c k's debaters were not eligible to partici pate, the experience taught the debate- squad members how a debate tournament is conducted and should benefit them at Linfield next week. The faculty - student rifle shooting match which is al ways accompanied by much friendly rivalry saw the stu dent team with members Bob Riechers, Dick Swan, John Gilbertson, Jim Berg, and Jim Douglass defeat faculty team members Marty Ramp, Lew Thanos, Bruce Nelson, Barney Riggs, and Don Fergu son 415 to 413. Bruce Nelson of the faculty team was high with a score of 90. ' In the current rifle team competion firing, Ray Graves, Jim Gault, Jim Shaw, Jim Yoder, and Jim Winton of team three defeated team one, the previous week's win ner, whose members are Bill Thompson, Gretchen Stein, Norm Olson, Bill Corbm and Scott Carpenter by a score of 432 to 418. Bill Thompson was the shoot's marksman in the Wednesday encounter with a score of 93. Ray Graves followed by firing a 92. On Friday a beat-McLough- lin pep assembly was arrang ed by varsity yell queen Sher ry Lambert, and varsity yell leaders Bonnie Lowry, Mary Milne, Sandra Bates, and Vicky Enders. Helping the varsity yell girls were the eighth and seventh grade yell squads. McLoughlin's varsity yell leaders were guests and led students in a yell. Hedrick's varsity yell crew returned the compliment when they attend ed McLoughlin's pep assembly held rater in the day. The as semblies were a preface to the Hedrick - McLoughlin basket ball tussles which were held Friday after school. Because of vacancies in the eighth grade yell squad, a spe cial election was called. A tie vote for Frances Bessonette and Sharyn Urie for yell queen was solved by having them serve jointly. Other yell leaders elected were Susan House, Pat Ellis, and Janice Johnson. Tom Deakins and Nancy Duncan presented a fifteen minute radio program over KYJC Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Both students, members of the debate and speech groups, presented interpretations on humor and on death. Jerry McDougal, speech instructor, introduced the speakers, and Charlotte Brown was the piano accompanist. - Hedrick's wrestling team members received the stu ent body's congratulations for their performance in the Southern Oregon Conference Frosh Wrestling tournament at Grants Pass Feb. 7. The team scored 48 points for a fourth place tie in the tourna Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery Stops Hew Yrk. N. T. SmUl) For the first time science has found a new healing substance with the aston ishing ability to shrink hemor rhoids, stop itching, and relieve pain without surgery. In case after ease, while gently relieving pain, actual reduction (shrinkage) took place. Most amazing of all results were 10 thorough that' rafferera made ment. In their weight divi sions these boys placed as follows: Jim Spitz, fourth; John Stroup, second; John de Place, first; Ron Gandee, third; Norm Olson, second; Jim Shaw, third; and Wayne Cowan, fourth. Crater High School By Darlen Tomlinson' Seniors Vernola Hutchinson and Allen Barnes won the lo cal division of the annual Elks lodge Youth Leadership contest They were judged on leadership initiative, organi zational ability, influence on others, citizenshp apprecia tion, perservance, resource fulness, sense of honor, neat ness and order of brochure, and compliance with instruc tions for entering the contest. The winners will receive awards from the local Elks lodge May 1 during the obser vance of National Elks Youth Day. Brochures of the first place winners will be entered in the state contest, and the state winners will be entered in the national contest. ,. Results of the voting for the next year's FHA officers are: president, Jeanette Purdy; vice president, Janet Johnson; secretary, Nancy McKay; historian, Connie Mc- D o n o u g h; parliamentarian, Beth Wilcox and degree chair man, Sharon Thompson. Due to a tie, a re-vote is being taken for treasurer. Candi dates for this office are Kathy Strauss and Darlene Tomlin- Announced Girl of the Month at' the Girls' League meeting held Feb. 10 was sen ior Sylvia Yell. Sylvia is sec retary of Girls' League, GAA historian, secretary of Curtain Callers and a member of the Varsity Choir. She was recent ly installed in the Torch Hon or society. The necessary equipment for a reading center in the library was bought with the money taken from the library fines. The reading center is made up of modern furniture consisting of three chairs, a coffee table, a lamp and a magazine tree. Built Ijy Charles Moore, in dustrial arts teacher, was a book shute to return books by. It is lined with foam rub ber to protect the books. Crater High's FFA placed second in the Parliamentary and public speaking contest held last week. Members of the parliamentary team are Pete Melstead, Don Denning, Nathan Banry, Don Ryan and Dave Foote. Don Denning was the public speaker. . McLoughlin Junior High By Joel-Gregory Valentine parties were held in the home rooms Friday. Decorations and valentine ex changes highlighted the activ ities. Hedrick cheerleaders led the McLoughlin student body in yells at an exchange pep assembly Friday morning. The Mac pep team went to Hed rick for their pep assembly earlier in the morning. All three grades encountered the cross-town rivals on the Mc Loughlin courts after school. Since Friday was the un lucky 13th, the Boosters, a student pep organization, used superstitions as the general background for a lively mar ching exhibition during half time. Besides forming a four leaf clover and a horseshoe, the Boosters formed an H for Hedrick and an M for Mc Loughlin while the pep band played the respective school songs. - With a flurry of last-minute preparations the debate team is preparing for its trip to Lin field college Wednesday. Each year a speech tournament is held in McMinnville for high school students. The debate teams from Hedrick and Mc Loughlin go as the junior-division of the high school team. This year the debate resolu tion is: The United States should adopt the essential fea tures of the British system of education. Other speeches center around the tops of Latin America, American per sonalities, and American History- Junior QUI staff members visited the Klocker Printery Thursday after school and saw the school paper as it was be ing printed. Washington -fllPD- Congres sional leaders voiced grave concern Saturday that Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles' second cancer attack may hamper U. S. foreign policy at a time of crisis. Itch-Relieves Pain astonishing statements like "Piles have ceased to be a problem! " The secret is a new healing sub stance (Bio-Dyne) discovery of a world-famous research institute. This substance is now available in suppository or ointment form under the name Preparation H. At your druggist. Money back guarantee. wu..ri.o& WINNER - Herman Duncan, Medford, Jorgensen's Dairy Products, received first place for vanilla ice cream during the Oregon Dairy Industries annual dairy products contest at Oregon State college last week. The competition is for ice cream makers in the state. Talks Slated on Cyprus Future London (UPD The British, Turkish and Greek foreign ministers scheduled a final round of talks today on the eve of the formal tri-partite conference on the future of Cyprus. Archbishop Makarios, ex iled Cypriot religious leader who already has been men tioned as president of an in dependent Cyprus, was to join the talks with the min isters Tuesday. He flew here Sunday night and immediately was sur rounded by a round-the-clock security network by Scotland Yard to protect him from aggrieved Britons'who blame him for the deaths of nearly 600 persons, including British soldiers and civilians, in the bitter terrorist warfare that has bloodied the Mediterran ean island in the past three years. Informed sources said only two issues remained to be settled before Britain gives its complete approval to the Cyprus plan drawn up by the premiers of Greece and Tur key at a meeting Sunday night in Zurich, Switzerland. They included the question of Cypriot membership in the British commonwealth and British sovereignty over its land, air and naval forces sta tioned in Cyprus. Rackets Probers Schedule Hoffa Washington-(DPD-The Senate Rackets Committee scheduled a secret session with Team sters President James R. Hof fa this afternoon, possibly in connection with alleged rack eteering in the juke box in dustry. The committee would not say what it wanted to ques tion Hoffa about. But last week, Hoffa-back-ed Teamtser Local 266 in New York was described as the current contender for con trol of juke box business You can be a TRUTH Ambassador You can see to H that the truth h delivered where it is needed most to the millions of truth-starved East Europeans behind the Iron Curtain. ' How? Send your own Truth Broadcast behind the Iron Cur tain over Radio Free Europe. And you may be flown to Europe to broadcast it yourself . . . or you may be awarded one of 200 high-powered Hallicrafters short-wave radios! On a plain sheet of paper just complete this sentence in 25 ad ditional words or less ... "As an American I support Radio Free Europe because . . ." Double your award if you send one dollar (or more) with your entry! If you send a dollar to Cru sade for Freedom, and your entry is selected, a member of your fam ily may be flown to Europe with you . . . or you will receive a West inghouse transistor radio along with your short-wave receiver! Send your e nines tot Crusade for Freedom Box 32-E, Mount Vemon, N.Y. Tnuth broadcasts will be judged for appropriateness, darity, sincerity and originality. Competition doses March 31, 1959. All contributions go in their entirety to Radio Free Europe. Published as a public service in cooperation with The Advertising Council and the Newspaper Ad vertising Executives Association. Eagle Point Grange Announces Program For Tree Planting Ona hundred trees for 100 years. This is the general plan of the Eagle Point Grange's tree planting program. It is invit ing each Jackson county Grange to accept a gift of 100 trees to mark the Oregon Cen tennial celebration. The va riety, distribution and plant ing will be up to each Grange but trees must be planted on farm lands for farm use, members of the Grange's com munity service committee ex plained. Trees of the species listed may be ordered in one bundle of 100 trees or two bundles of 50 trees each. The orders should be returned to the Grange community service chairman, C. C. Hoqver, 2095 Gregory rd., Medford, as soon as possible. This will make it possible to get the trees plant ed early. Shipments will be made prepaid from the forest service office and no orders will be accepted by them aft er April 1, the committee pointed out. Wooded Areas The plan is to create wood ed areas, for instance, around a lake. This might be fringed with cedars backed by red woods. Or, a field might be planted with cedars to form a windbreak with groups of lo custs or elms for shade in the summer, the committee ex plained. The evergreen trees would provide a continuous wind break the year around, the de ciduous trees would provide broad shade in the summer and add color in the fall. It has been suggested that the trees be planted in groups of 3, 5 and 7. One tree of a grossing 11 million dollars a year. . Committee counsel Robert F. Kennedy described ele ments in the local as "suc cessors of Murder Incorpor ated." The committee will resume public hearings Tuesday . on alleged gangland invasion of the juke box industry in New York. Witnesses last week testified that racketeers had founded one union after an other to force tribute from juke box operators through use of professional pickets, In the same way that sterling on silver signifies a standard of known value, so is the A.B.C. em blem a symbol of integrity for the circulation of newspapers and periodicals. It means that circu lation so identified is measured according to the rules and standards of the Audit Bureau or Circulations The A.B.C. is a cooperative and non-profit association of 3,450 publishers, advertisers and advertising agencies. Organized in 1914, these buyers and sellers of advertising brought order out of advertising chaos hy setting up standards for paid circulation . and establishing rules and methods for measuring, auditing and report- -Jng circulations. Therefore, the work of the A.B.C., vof which this newspaper is proud to ft. .C. MP OUTS - different variety should be planted with each group of five trees, it was suggested. Shad Trees Shade trees for yard use should be selected to suit the setting and care should be taken to place trees so that the roots would not interfere with sidewalks, foundations or plug sewers. "We hope that each Grange in the county will take ad vantage of this offer," the committee wrote the Granges. "We hope also that each Grange will feel as we do, that beautifying our land scape would not only be a source of personal gratifica tion to each of us, but a serv ice to our community in mak ing the countryside a more pleasing sight to the ever-increasing number of highway and airway travelers passing through the area," the letters stated. Engineers Open Annual Meeting San Francisco - (UPD - The American Institute ff Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers opened its annual convention here today with some 4,000 delegates on hand for the five-day meeting. Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, chan cellor of the University - of California, delivered an ad dress on "This Nuclear Age" at a welcoming luncheon. Some 400 technical papers will be presented during the convention, affording the lat est developments and views in many branches of the pro fession and the minerals in dustry. Howard C. 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Ask for a copy of our latest A.B.C. report MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, February 14, 1959 IS Alton, England - (DTD - Sir Owen Willans Richardson, 79, winner of the 1928 Nobel Prize for Physics, died at his home here Sunday. berta Hatfield, Karen Sue, 7, Joan, 5, Jackie, 4, and De borah Ann, 19 months. It was Kentucky's second major fire in two days. Eleven persons burned to death in a fire Saturday at an Ashland apartment house. Qai ue buy advertising as you
