Small Worlds
m Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
SCIHIL MEWS
Jobless Rally Draws Attack
Freaks Are Abnormalities
Not Killing Links'
Part of P. T. Barnum's fame
came from his observation
about how many suckers are
born; and how often. Most of
his money was made cashing
in on what he believed. He
proved his point.
Since then many thousands
of so-called freaks have been
exploited and exhibited, and
invariably people have paid
money to see them. Even to
day the world .is being
searched for unusual things
that will bring money into the
box office.
Freaks are mostly abnor
malities. When in the normal
course of events nature goes
haywire, something slips, a
cog refuses to mesh or some
thing happens, a freak of na
ture occurs.
When in animals a gland
may become over-active, or
dormant, or two glands, which
under ordinary circumstances
get along grand together, sud
denly have trouble, then the
resultant creature is born
with more than his natural
number of limbs, or with the
head in the wrong place.
Sometimes Explanation
Sometimes there is a scien
tific explanation, sometimes
there is not. Freaks occur in
everything, trees, fish, birds
and man. Any abnormality in
size, shape or development
becomes a freak; even the al
bino, being a departure from
the ordinary, beepmes a freak.
As a general rule natural
born monstrosities do not live
very long. If the abnormality
is exaggerated, life itself goes
from the body and the freak
ceases to exist.
There have been many fa
mous freaks of nature that
have made scientific history.
Siamese twins are an ex
ample. The man with hair
like the wool of a sheep, the
lady with the full beard; the
girl with two bodies, and a
host of others.
There also has been misrep
resentation. A few years ago a
traveling carnival attracted
patrons by advertising the
horse with its tail where its
head ought to be." They ex
hibited an ordinary horse
standing backwards in a stall.
Born Thai Way
Some freaks are made, but
most are born that way. Some
times an accident or malad
justed growth causes a being
to become different from its
fellows and a monstrosity is
created.
Human freaks were often
advertised as "missing links"
and their connection between
normal people and themselves
were supposed to prove some
thing or other. Barkers at side
shows and carnivals tried vo
cally and loud to connect these
freaks with evolution; or tried
to show how the human race
was slipping backwards into
the past.
Nothing could be more ri
diculous. Freaks are not "miss
ing links;" they prove only
that abnormality is accidental,
and this has no significance
in evolutionary history.
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of the unviersity will be held
at the school of business ad
ministration June 14 through
July 3.
. The three-week course will
be limited to 30 participants
It is designed to supplement
company executive training
programs and to provide ex
ecutive training for companies
which do not have formal
training programs.
Director of the program is
Charles F. Ziebarth, associate
professor of business adminis
tration-
The first two weeks will be
devoted to business organiza
tion and policy formulation,
and profit planning and man
power management. The third
week will be concerned with
business economics and fi
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Phoenix High School
Edited by Ginger Martin
At the Southern Oregon
Solo Ensemble contest, Phoe
nix High school music stu
dents received high ratings.
This event was held in Grants
Pass, with approximately 300
students from southern Ore
gon attending.
Joyce Stockstill won a su
perior rating, playing the
flute solo. The piece was
"The Chinese Dance," taken
from the "Nutcracker Suite"
by Tchaikovsky.
Joyce Hunter received the
rating of excellent with a solo
on the French horn. She
played the number entitled
"Aria" from the' "Magic
Flute" written by Mozart.
The Girls' nonet received an
excellent rating on their se
lections. They sang "Robin in
the Rain" by Cain and "Grant
Us Thy Peace" by Diggle.
Students of the Phoenix art
class are lettering 10 histori
cal road signs as part of the
Oregon Centennial program.
The Phoenix shop class is
making the signs in the shape
of Oregon- The signs will be
made from incense cedar do
nated by the Sierra Cascade
lumber company. Thirty-two
inches by twenty-two inches,
the signs will be put up by the
Crater ,Lions.
The signs will have facts
about the areas where they
are placed. Historical places
described are Logtown ceme
tery; Gin-Lin mine, the first
with hydraulic equipment;
Kuble Mill, and early trading
post; Uniontown, once a min
ing town; the ice plant, the
first mechanical plant; power
plant, Ashland (electricity);
Eagle Fills, a flour mill; Camp
Baker, a civil war camp; the
first school, an original one
room building; the Grove, the
first Chautauqua.
Ashland, Crater, and Med
ford are constructing similar
signs.
On the evening of April 9,
the annual Phoenix FFA par
ent and son banquet was held
in the grade school cafeteria.
A program followed in the
grade school gym for the an
ticipated crowd of 160.
Ceremonies conducted by
the chapter officers and the
invocation, given by Steve
Kesler, opened the program.
Jach Hoffbuhr introduced the
guests, and Gerald Sloper
gave the chapter history and
progress report.
Following Bill Rasmussen's
report on the national conven
tion, the "lighter side" was
presented by the freshman Ag
members. Mike Lowery spoke
on the state convention.
The award ceremony was
sen. To be chosen as the Star
The following boys received
award medals: Leon Small,
farm safety and public speak
ing; Jim Martin, dairy farm
ing; John Whiteside, farm me
chanics; Jack Hoffbuhr, soil
and water management-
The Star Chapter Farmer
award went to Bill Rasmus
sen. To bee hosen as the Star
Chapter Farmer the boy must
have an outstanding super
vised farming program in the
chapter. For this achievement
Bill received the medal and
will have his name engraved
on the chapter plaque. No boy
can win the Star Chapter Far
mer award twice. Leon Small
was the winner last year.
Dean Sommers and Victor
Coggins received $10 and $5,
respectively for the Safeway
Greenhand Establishment in
Farming award. To win, the
boys have had the outstanding
supervised farming program
among last year's freshmen. .
An honorary membership to
the FFA was given to C. E.
Small for the help he has giv
en the FFA.
The art class is currently
occupied sculpturing masks
and free forms in clay. Later,
as a class project, they will de
sign the setting for the style
show to be liven May 7 by the
home economics classes.
An award assembly was
held March 27 to award let
ters to the members of the
junior varsity and varsity bas
ketball team-
Those on the varsity squad
who earned letters were Mike
Consbruck, David Barlow,
Don MacKintosh, Butch Bles
sing, Mike Reese, David Mo
Clurg, Gordon Caster, Gerald
Sloper, Ron Baker, Jim Floyd,
and Othar Ritchey.
JV letter earners were Dan
ny Lumley, Doug James,
George Hall, Gary Chriss,
Glenn Thompson, Rod Fowler,
Clair Coggins, Ranee Eagleton
and Roger Cascon.
Two SOC students are stu
dent teaching at Phoenix High
school. Mrs. Audrey Lytle, a
Phoenix graduate now major
ing in English, is teaching jun
ior English and journalism
under Mrs. Mable Sims. Bill
Beck, , a' science major, is
teaching biology under Roscoe
Larson.
With the completion of the
study, "American Capitalism,"
the American problems class
es will begin a course of study
concerning American prob
lems of their own choosing.
To choose the topics, each
class made a list of possible
subjects. Then committee"
members Lola Good, Don
MacKintosh, Sandra Skinner,
Pat Imhausen, Allen Morse,
and Butch Blessing met with
Robert Myrlck and selected
topics as ones for further
study. They are a "how to
think" unit, marriage and
family, instalment buying,
mental health and institutions,
comparison of governments,
social security, and insurance.
The committee has arranged
to have speakers on some of
the topics.
Each student will be re
required to give an occupa
tional report in class before
GAA softball team
crushed Jacksonville on April
3. Leaving Phenix at 3 p.m.
they traveled to Eagle Point
to play on Tuesday, April 14.
Marjorie Brood has won the
badminton tournament. To do
this shed ef eated Eula Disrude
in the playoffs as well as four
girls in earlies matches.
Crater High School
By DARLENE TOMLINSON
Crater Future Homemaker
of America celebrated FHA
week in various ways during
FHA week, April 6-10.
Each day during the week
a rose was given to an adult
who had done a lot for FHA's
special activities. Monday the
rose went to Francis Willett,
FHA advisor; Tuesday to
Warren Holbrook; Wednesday
to Stella Ayers; Thursday to
H. P. Jewett, superintendent;
and Friday, Arthur Straus,
principal.
On Wednesday a rose bush
was planted by the FHAer's
outside the library window.
The rose is the chapter flow
er. Thursday was clean-up day
and the girls spent activity
period cleaning up the school
grounds. Friday was red and
white day on which everyone
was asked to wear red and
white clothing.
At the FHA meeting held
April 7 Nancy McKay and
Jeanette Purdy gave talks on
the state convention. It was
announced that FHA pins are
on sale for all FHA members.
Ten members of Future
Teachers of America attend
ed junior high classes to ob
serve classroom procedure on
April 10. A group of six FTA
members will attend the jun
ior high on April 14 for the
same purpose.
Those who have or will at
tend classes to observe are
Sharlette Hale, Mary Head,
Kathy Straus, Dennis Pfaff,
Donna Burnett, Doris Owens',
Virginia Munday, Lou ell a
Rone, Janet Scalburg, Alice
Thompson, Margaret Pendle
ton, Alice Croxton, Nancy
Dillon, Rayanne Greene, Pat
sy Charley, Nancy Schwebs,
Byron Rominger, Rachael
Hamilton and Barbara Pil
cher. '
Future Farmers of America
elected their officers for next
year at elections held in the
vocational agriculture room
on April 8 and 9.
The new officers are junior
John Caster, president; Soph
omore Don Denning, vice
president; Sophomore Pete
Melsted, treasurer; Junior
Don Ryan, secretary; Sopho
more Nathan Banry, reporter;
Sophomore Larry Ryerson,
sentinel; and Sophomore Jim
Frink, assistant treasurer.
Sally Carr was chosen Girl
of the Month, at the Girls'
league meeting April 8. Sally
is editor of the Constellation,
a member of Quill and Scroll,
Girls' league, Girls' Athletic
association and Curtain Callers.
Washington-dJPI) -Rep. John
J. Rhodes (R.-Ariz.) has charg
ed that the AFL-CIO unem
ployment rally here last week
was a cheap attempt by the
"prophets of economic gloom"
to exploit the misery of the
nation's jobless.
Rhodes said the rally back-
ffired because government sta
tistics issued the day before it
Junior giris presented the
third in a series of four Girls'
league assemblies, April 10.
A group of six girls sang
"I Believe" to start off the
program. They were Shirley
McAllister, Connie Black, Ja
net Johnson, Sandy Renfrow,
Joyce Francis and Patty
Kime.
"Professor Pastry," who has
often appeared on the Ed Sul
livan show, was imitated in a
skit with Marilyn Hixson
playing the professor. Others
in the cast were Connie Mc
Donough, Patsy Charley,
Shirley McAllister an Patti
Straus.
Lea Padgett played "It's
Wonderful" and "Blue Moon"
on the accordion. Kathy
Straus was the master of ceremonies.
CP Junior High School
A track meet with North
Grants Pass was held Thurs
day, April 9, at Crater High
school. The score for the
eighth grade was 80-33, in
Central Point's favor.
New records for the eighth
grade were set in high hur
dles, Vera Swanson; shotput
and discus, Pat Pepper; new
relay record, Vern Swanson,
Neil Rivenburg, Mike Glines
and Gary Wald; 660-yard
run, Loren Cochran. Ten out
of 12 firsts were made.
The score for the seventh
grade was 40-33 in Central
Point's favor. Few changes
will be made to strengthen
the winning events.
Central Point will meet
Ashland here on Friday, April
17, at 2:30 p.m.
I
. Members of the Arthur L.
Straus Future Teachers of
America club spent their ob
servation day at Central Point
Junior High on April 10 and
14.
Their names are as follows
Dennis Pfaff, Donna Burnett,
Doris Owens, Patsy Charley,
Rayanne Greene, Virginia
Munday, Nancy Schwebs,
Louella Bone, Janet Scall
berg, Alice Thompson, Bryon
Rominger, Margaret Pendle
ton, Alice Croxton, Nancy Dil
lon, Rachel Hamilton, Bar
bara Pilcher.
Cash Benefits To
Oregon Vets Figured
Portland -(DPD Cash bene
fits to veterans and their fam
ilies in Oregon in fiscal 1958
amounted to $52,413,938, ac
cording to the Regional Vet
erans Administration office
here.
Manager RJ. Novotny said
the largest amount went to
27,699 vets in pensions and
compensation for services and
non-service-connected disabil
ities. .
North Carolina is known as
the "Tar Heel" state. .
opened showed a brightening
employment picture.
Rhodes said that AFL-CIO
President George Meany per
sonally had opposed holding
the Washington meeting, but
the action was "dictated by
Walter Reuther," United Auto
Workers "president and vice
president of the AFL-CIO.
MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Oregon, Tuesday, April T4, 195 . 7
Boy Accidentally
Hangs Self With Rope
Boring (DPD Raymond A.
Dow, 9-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Dow, Boring,
was accidentally strangled by
a rope in the back yard of
his home here Sunday.
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