AFS Officials and Students
Discuss Program at
The local chapter of the
American Field Service held
a dinner May 2 for the con
stituents of the AFS programs
in the area.
Attending were chapter
presidents, area chairmen, lo
cal AFS students from abroad,
AFS summer exchange stu
dents, and other AFS person
nel. In "beginning the program
Mrs. Tom Dickinson, area
chairman and master of cere
monies, asked each exchange
student to briefly comment on
his experiences in the United
States or about his own coun
try. Miss Sissel Frogner from
Norway and currently attend
ing Medford High school,
emphasized her amazement
at the amount of school spirit
shown locally. It was also ex
pressed how, in her school,
formality is stressed in con
trast to the informal Ameri
can school.
- Austrian Student
German V e s k o, Austrian
student now living in Yreka,
Calif., compared the Austrian
social life to .that of the
United States. Two basic fac
tors determining the Ameri
can social life are television
and clubs, he pointed out.
Deitter Heinrich, German
student staying in Dunsmuir,
Calif., admitted that he felt
right at home as his father is
a railroad engineer. In sum
marizing his U.S. school ac
tivities, Deitter told delegates
that his curriculum "at home1
consisted of 14 subjects while
his American school curricu-
lum was "much easier."
Also speaking was Antonio
(Tom) Tittel from Portugal
who is a student at Medford
High school. Tom told what
-his trip to the U.S. has meant
to him and the value of the
AFS' pro gram. Additional
-statements were made in re
gard to the system of educa
tion employed in this country.
New Cities Told
New cities in the area to
-have AFS affiliations, were
announced. They include
Grants Pass, Crescent City,
and possibly, Etna, Calif. Fam
ilies in these cities will ten
tatively sponsor a foreign stu
dent next fall.
Mrs. Dickinson then pre
sented the three students
from this area that have been
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chosen to participate in the
summer exchange program
this year. They included Caro
lyn Mencke, Medford; Julie
Townley, Yreka; and Tom
Seed. Dunsmuir. The specific
country assignments have not
as yet been released.
Guests peaker for the event
was Mrs. Russell T. Prescott,
representative of the New
York AFS staff. Mrs. Pres
cott gave historical and infor
mative background of the de
velopment of the AFS and an
analysis of the three AFS pro
grams. Originated During "War
The origin of the AFS was
during World War I where
its purpose was a voluntary
ambulance service. With the
conclusion of World War II
the directors of the group
pledged is services to the
State department for any du
ties that would encourage in
ternational goo d-will and
understanding. In the initial
stages' of the organization its
sole purpase was an adult ex
change program.
In 1947, featured year in
the AFS student program, 50
students were sent from six
countries, while this year
over 1,171 students from 37
countries have participated in
the AFS schedule. Within two
years it is expected that the
exchange participation may
extend to over 5,000. The sum
mer program has enlarged to
834 candidates sent to over 23
countries throughout the free
world.
" 'Explanation and inter
pretation of the true America,'
is perhaps the greatest conces
sion that these ' foreign ex
change students can offer,"
Mrs. Prescott maintained. In
order to present documenta
tion she cited examples where
ex-exchange students have
taken democratic steps to
wards a better government
and school life in their com
munity. For this educational
opportunity the work and ef
fort of the AFS personnel is
justified, she added.
Third Phase
The third portion of the
AFS program is the 5-month
school program where U.S.
students attend school for one
semester in a foreign country.
At this time over 76 students
have been sent to 11 different
countries.
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Dinner
Mrs. Prescott closed by say
ing that in anticipation of new
cities to participate in the
AFS activities, it is necessary
to re-organize the local chap
ters into areas for administra
tive convenience,
Mrs. H. D. Christensen,
president of the Medford
chapter will assume duties of
the M e d f o r d-Grants Pass
Crescent City area; Mrs. Dick
inson will continue to direct
the activities in Dunsmuir,
Yreka, and new associations.
Mrs. Christensen will turn her
chapter duties over to president-
elect Mrs. Frank Bash,
1325 Bundy st., Medford.
Local Hosts
Medford families who will
be host to a foreign student
during the 1959-60 school year
are Mr. and Mrs. fnuiip
Humphries, Ross lane, and
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Finch,
223 Bradford way.
Completing the .Humphries
family, which includes two
sons, Phil, Medford High
school sophomore, and Larry,
sixth grader, will be Reinhart
Kostlin of Ludwigsburg, Ger
many.
'The Finches play, host to
Theresa Inglin of Geneva,
Switzerland. The Finches'
daughters are Carolyn, Med
ford High school sophomore,
arid Christine, seventh grader.
Terminating the evening ac
tivities was a showing of
colored slides taken by Dr
Ken Young, director of curri
culum, Yreka schools. Dr.
Young composes a pictorial
file for each of the exchange
students that stay in Yreka
The pictures illustrate typical
American life so that the stu
dents may take them home as
a memento.
Arrangements for the AFS
dinner were made by Mrs,
Dickinson and Mrs. Chris
tensen.
Funeral Rites Held
For Victim of Fire
Hillsboro - (UPD Funeral
services were to be held to
day for Ray W. Montgomery,
65, who. died Saturday . from
burns suffered in an explo
sion and fire at his home.
Authorities said he returned
from an early morning fish
ing trip and tried to light his
oil stove which exploded-.
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Martin Reward
Pay Undecided
Portland'- (UPD - It has not
yet been decided if any of
the discoverers of the bodies
of two of the Martin girls will
get any pf the $1,000 reward
money.
Friends and relatives had
offered the reward for any
information leading to the
discovery of the whereabouts
of the missing Portland fam
ily of five.
Mrs. H. A. Dorsey, an aunt
of the Martin children, said
she "did not know" about
the disposal of the reward
money and had not thought
that far ahead. Neither Mrs.
Dorsey, or H. Lawrence Lis
ter, Portland attorney hand
ling the reward money, has
reported receiving any claims
for the money. ,
BE KIND TO ANIMALS-This is "Be Kind to Animals Week,"
and art students at Medford High school cooperated by pre
paring posters for display calling attention to the event. One
of them, prepared by Sue Mitcheltree, a sophomore art stu
dent, is .shown here. The week' is designed to call public at
tention to the need for early training in kindness, and to seek
cooperation' in the programs of the Humane societies and
affiliated organizations of the nation, including the necessity
for limiting unrestricted breeding of unwanted pets.
Remains of Negro
Taken From Jail
Found in Stream
Bogalusa, La. - (UPD - The
battered body of a young Ne
gro, lynched by a white mob,
was found floating in the
Pearl river near here Mon
day; Results of an autopsy
were to be made public late
today.
The FBI intensified a
search for the nine or 10 hood
ed white men who dragged
their screaming victim, Mack
Charles Parker, from an un
guarded jail cell in Poplar
vile, Miss., April 25. He had
been held on charges of rap
ing a white woman.
Parker's body was found by
an FBI agent and a Mississijn
pi state trooper, his head pro
truding above thick under
brush in the swamp-country
river, 20 miles west of.Pop
larville at the Louisiana-Mississippi
state line.
Parker's head was report
ed to have been multilated.
But authorities said that may
have been caused by debris
in the river.
The autopsy results were to
be disclosed at Poplarville.
Taken To Mortuary
Parker's body was. taken
from Charity Hospital here
early today in an ambulance
to Hall's Mortuary in Hatties
burg, Miss.
,, Parker was awaiting trial
at Poplarville .on charges of
raping a 23-year-old white
mother Feb. 24 while her
four-year-old daughter looked
on. The alleged assault oc
curred near Lumberton,
where the rape victim's car
had stalled. The attack was
made after the woman's hus
band left the vehicle to go to
a garage. ,
, Parker's body was pulled
from the river six hours af
ter it was found. The delay
resulted from the convening
at the scene of a Washington
St. Tammany Parish (county)
La. coroner's jury.
The body was bleached, ap
parently from the long period
of submersion in the 40-yard-wide
river.
When Parker was snatched
from his cell he was wearing
a pair of trousers in addition
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Conservation in National Parks
Differs From Other Practices
(Editor's note: This is the
first in a series of articles
being published in connec
tion with Conservation
Week, which is being ob
served nationwide this
week.)
By ERNEST P. LEAVITT
Conservation has been de
fined as the wisest and most
economical use of natural re
sources. It has also been de
fined as the greatest good for
the largest number for the
longest period of time. "Eco
nomic use" is usually its main
purpose, however.
Conservation as it is prac
ticed in the national parks
is quite different from that
I usually understood and prac-
TO
to his underwear. The trous
ers were missing when the
body was found near the Miss
issippi shore of the river a
little over a half-mils south
of this city.
Found Near Bridge
Parker and the lynch mob
had been the objects of one
of the South's largest man
hunts. Neither the 40 FBI
agents nor the large Mississ
ippi Highway Patrol staff
working day and night on
the case had reported any
clues.
issippi and Louisiana just
A bridge which joins Miss-
above the river where the
body was found may have
been the dumping spot for
the victim. There were no
weights attached to the body,
Parker was Carried feet
first, screaming and shout
ing, from his normally un
guarded third-floor Pearl Riv
er County Courthouse jail
by men, who first hit him
with their fists. He was toss
ed into a car and a convoy of
four or five vehicles sped
him out of the south Mississr
ippi town.
A farmer, passing by the
jail, saw the incident but
could not identify anyone.
The woman who allegedly
was raped nowlives in Petal,
Miss., but formerly lived in
the Bogalusa area. She is the
wife of a guitar player who
formerly lived in New York
State. She identified Parker
as her assailant Parker de
nied attacking her.
DECLARING Sen. Wayne L.
Morse (D-Ore.) should be
censured by the Senate for
his attack on Mrs. Clare
Boothe Luce, Sen. Homer E.
Capehart (R-Ind.) tells news
men he would seek such
censure. Mrs. Luce resigned
her new ambassadorship to
Brazil after attack by Morse.
CASUALTY REPORT MADE
Algiers, Algeria (UPD
French troops killed or cap
tured 911 Algerian rebels dur
ing the past week, the highest
weekly number in " r e c e n t
months, the French army re
ported today French losses
were not disclosed.
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ticed throughout the world.
When the National Park
Service was established in
1916, Congress laid- down
four objectives. These were to
promote travel, conserve the
scenery, natural and historic
objects, provide for their use
and enjoyment, in such man
ner and by such means as
would leave them unimpaired
for the benefit of future gen
erations.
Each park is actually an
outdoors museum, selected be
cause it is unique and spec
tacular and so superior to
similar forms elsewhere as to
justify its establishment as a
"national" park. Each is set
aside to maintain both tangi
ble and intangible values. The
tangible values are the natural
forms of land, water, forests,
vegetation, and wildlife. The
intangible values are scenic,
scientific, historical, educa
tional, recreational, esthetic,
inspirational or spiritual.
Both classes of values are
to be kept unimpaired by the
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New York (UPD Arthur
Godfrey, up and about and
watching television, was re
ported today moving toward
quick recovery from his oper
ation for lung cancer.
He has a television set in
his room and spends part of
his time watching it, as well
as doing quite a bit of read
ing," a Columbia-Presbyter
ian Medical Center announce
ment said.
Godfrey, 55, "walked about
his room entirey without as
sistance" Monday for the sec
ond day in a row, the hos
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Tourist travel is the third larg
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Oregon today and is growing
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