Medford High School
Edited by Jim Fraka. Staff:
Dun Mohr, Jamas McCor
maek, Eiihtr Jacobs. Edonna
Face. Ana MacNanama. and
Margia Good.
;SCH1L CJEWS
School will be in session but
three days during Thanksgiv
ing week, school officials have
announced. There will be no
school Thursday or Friday,
but classes will resume the
following Monday as usual..
Tuesday, the cafeteria will
serve the annual Thanksgiv
ing dinner at the usual luncb
price, 30 cents. The follow
ing menu has been announced
for the meal: roast turkey,
dressing and gravy, sweet po
tatoes, olives, pickles, celery,
dinner rolls, jelly, ice cream,
cookies,' and milk. Cranber
ries were not included on the
menu!
The Medford High Pep band
went to Salem to play at the
semi-final football game with
South Salem. Friday. The Pep
band consisted of . 39 mem
bers, and travelled by charter
bus.
Most of the Pep club and
rally squad went to the South
Salem game. They had their
own charter bus also.-
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.. The Future Nurses of Amer
ica club has announced De
cember plans which include
evening meetings, with noted
medical speakers. They will
also take care of the festive
decorations and favors for two
convalescence homes in Med
ford during the Thanksgiving
and Christmas seasons, ac
cording to Juanita Anderson,
advisor.
Dean Goddard, Doug Kliev
er, Judy Sims, and Suzy
Thompson participated in the
North Bend High school de
bate tournament Nov 21.
Transportation, housing, : and
Saturday evening's meal was
provided for the students! The
group left the high school at
3 p.m. Friday, and' arrived
back in Medford about noon
Sunday. DeVere Taylor, de
bate coach, accompanied the
group. ".z "
DeVere Taylor alsa told of
plans for the 14th annual high
school forensic tournament at
Pacific university Dec 4 and
S. Although Medford ; dele
gates have not yet been chos
en, those selected will partici
pate in debate, oratory, ex
temporaneous speaking, ser
ious interpretative . reading,
and humorous interpretative
jreading. ,
Students will be divided in
to two divisions, men's and
women's, and trophies will be
awarded to winners in each
vent. '
Dean Adelbert Diefendorf,
from College of the Pacific,
Stockton, Calif., spoke to
MHS counselors and junior
and senior boys interested in
engineering as a career, last
Tuesday morning. .
John Crabb, head of the
vocational guidance program,
has approached the student
council concerning a career
program, aimed chie'fly at
seniors. It was suggested that
this program be held one eve
ning each week during the
winter. Each student and his
parents would have anxppor
tunity to attend lectures and
conferences on several careers
of their choice.
With the approval of its
constitution by the student
council, a chess club has
entered the list of activities
at Medford High school.
. To promote cness Is the
main purpose of the club. Any
one with an interest in chess,
whether he knows how to
play or not, welcome to
join; membership fee is 50
cents.
During Christmas vacation
a school wide chess tourna
ment is planned for those in
terested. Later, interclub
meets are also planned.
Officers of this club will be
elected next Tuesday. The
club is to meet once a month
in Room 21.
Any seniors who have not
turned in their proofs to the
Crater office are requested to
do so immediately. The actual
deadline was Nov. 13, but it
has been extended to give all
seniors a chance to have their
pictures appear in the year
book. - "
A large cake was presented
to the senior members of the
football team and the coaches
at a pep assembly Thursday.
The rally squad conducted the
assembly, prior ; to the foot
ball team leaving on Friday
morning. 1 . -
Micky Darras and Ruth
Coovert, Candy Striper repre
sentatives,' visited the Medi
cal Minded Maids of Crater
High last week te discuss
orientation and qualifications
a girl should have to belong
to either group. Both clubs in
clude girls who are planning
medical careers.
Practicing Christmas carols
in Latin? Yes, this is' being
done at Medford. The Latin
club is rehearsing for its an
nual good-will project, which
is bringing a bit of Christmas
cheer into the lives of shut
ins. This year, club members
will be visiting the Ashland
Nursing home. A basket of
food and gifts will be present
ed to the residents and carols
will be sung in Latin.
Teasel trees, small Christ
mas trees which come in var
ious colors, " are now being
made by the Art Students
league, Warren Wolf, art in
structor, announced . this
week. .The trees will be on
sale after Thanksgiving and
the proceeds will be used by
the Art Students league. .
Nine MHS seniors h a'v e
been cited for outstanding per
formance on the National
Merit Scholarship Qualifying
test taken last spring.
The students commended
were John Shaw, Lauren
Stayton, Ann Matthews, Lin-
aagienn. Miller, .Diane Mohr,
Matthew Rode, Dean God
dard, Charles Wall, and Craig
Wright. .
Bill Hannaford, Joe Rail
ton, Buzz Goodman, and Jim
Collins were featured on the
Medford High 'school pro
gram, Saturday evening over
KYJC. The 6:30 program in
cluded instrumental selections
as well as a commentary on
modern jazz. The grbup is
called the "Bill Hannaford
Quartet".
Student directories; a pro
ject of the Future Business
Leaders of America, went oh
sale Friday. Priced at 35 cents
each, the book contain the
names,- addresses, and tele
phone numbers of all MHS
students and teachers. Sales
will continue until supplies
are exhausted. Stephanie
Ball, senior, designed the cov
er for the directory this year.
Eight representatives from
local businesses visited Med
ford High Thursday in con
junction with the annual Education-Business
day. The six
men and two women inspect
ed the physical plant as well
as many classes and student
activities in action.
Report cards were issued
last Wednesday to all 'stu
dents and are to be returned
to their registration rooms by
Nov. '25. The honor roll, list
ing all students who have
earned a 3 5 average or above,
will be compiled and posted
soon. -
The Girls Athletic associ
ation completed its volleyball
tournamenf last week. Mem
bers of the winning team were
Evelyn Pleyer, Evelyn Young,
Susan Hall, Sharwyn Miller,
Vena Harbour, Sandy Pheis
ter, Beatric Hodge, and Georg
ann O'Brien.
On Dec. 5 the Medford GAA
is holding a volleyball play
day. Eight schools have been
invited to attend.' The theme
for the playday is "Beatniks".
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A golden compliment to complete the old cooking
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Trying to break .
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fully de-creamed, leaving all
the important nutrients for the
appetite satisfying enjoyment
of dieters . . . DIET FREEZE,
made with two thirds less dairy
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Lemon Chiffon, Vanilla, Cherry,
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DRINK, just right for hot or cold bev
erages, SEA ISLAND PUNCH Freshly
made for you and your guests in Quan
tities from , 1 to 1 ,000 'gallons. (Two
days' notice, please, on orders of 1,000
gallons or more.) ,
MILKSHAKE DIETER
New York (UPI) What dieter isn't tempted by a
milkshake? Well, take a tip from singer Frankie Laine
diet ON milkshakes.
Laine puts a package of flavored gelatin into an elec
tric blender and adds 3 cups of Non-Fat Milk. He says
the sharkes are high in protein and can be served as
dessert. (We tried it and can assure you that this is
a delightful treat for dieters.)
P.S.
Wherever Good Food Is Sold,
Call us for information about Medford't most exciting new milk
plan . . . THE HOME MILK BAR! '
Lester Harris, principal, re
vealed Friday that a special
student assembly would be
held Tuesday. Through the
sponsorship of the Champion
Spark Plug company and a
local distributor, Littrell
Parts, the program will fea
ture demonstrations and hints
on traffic safety." ;.-
Bob Veith, former Indian
apolis race track driver, will
moderate the assembly that is
to. be conducted on a split
schedule, from 9:30 to 11:30
ajn.' '
A similar program was pre
sented at Medford High in
1957. ,
secretary. She takes the min
utes at all student body meet
ings and assemblies.
Carol Foote, the new ser-geant-at-arms,
is in charge of
the crosswalks and leads the
flag salute at student council
meetings and assemblies.'
Frank Armstrong, the new
trophy custodian, keeps our
many trophies clean.'.
Jackie Glines, Sue Kelley,
Gloria Thompson, and Jack
Pullins are the new cheer lead
ers. They worked all summer,
and still keep our assemblies
full of pep.
On Oct. 26, the junior high
had a skating party. The five
buses left at 5:30 p.m. for
Grants Pass.
The indents skated most of
the time but also played some
games. One of the most popu
lar games was landing on a
number at the sound of a bell
and winning prizes. Everyone
had a wonderful time. The
buses arrived home at 9:30
p.m.
Smiley Burnette, 'western
movie and television star,
gave an assembly for our stu
dents Nov. 19. Grades 3
through 8 attended the assem
bly and enjoyed the 35 min
utes of jokes and music.
New Jersey was divided
into two colonies, West Jersey
and East Jersey, in 1676, and
remained so until 1702.
Jacksonville School
The Jacksonville Elemen
tary football team finished
the season without entering
the winning column, but there
were some , close games and
all the boys, playing football
for the first time this year,
learned a lot and enjoyed
themselves. There were about
25 fifth and sixth graders and
8 fourth graders out for foot
ball. Basketball season is coming
up and 35 boys are expected
to turn out. We will have
seven basketball games and
all the games will be played
in the afternoon ' after school.
Itary school has a central li
brary this year. We have
about 2,000 library books in
our library. It has been fun
learning to use the library.
The Jacksonville Elemen-
Our fifth, and sixth grades
are departmentalized.' We en
joy going from room to room
for our classes and having
different teachers.
We had open house Nov.
12. About 60 per cent of the
parents came to open house.
Each room had displays of
our work for the parents to
see. , "
The Jacksonville students
participated in the UNICEF
drive on Halloween night and
collected $22.71. Dpnuts and
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Linda Batemap, junior, was
chairman of a get-acquainted
meeting for members of the
Future Homemakers of Amer
ica club at their meeting Mon
day night.
St. Mary's School
. A miniature football figure
was awarded to one of the
classes for having the most at
tractively decorated room.
The contest was sponsored by
the St. Mary's Pep club hoping
to intensify school spirit and
enthusiasm for the state-quarter
finals recently.
The room decorating creat
ed intramural rivalry and
brought out clever, original
ideas.
Pipe cleaner SM players
use T-52 to ring up a touch
down on the sophomore play
ing field six feet long. Aun
dre Knutson's mural depicts
the joys of victory. Balloon
men are ready to attack in
202. Checkerboard windows,
jerseys distinguished the sen
ior room, t
The judges included faculty
and coaches. -
The sophomores held their
annual dance Nov. 10. The
theme "State Swing" was
chosen to promote school
spirit for winning the state
championship.' : i
Decorations varied from
huge crepe paper footballs to
goalposts. .Footballs .were ' in
all corners of the room and
the goal posts at either end.
Purucker's Piano House
provided the records and the
Shadows entertained.
Following the quarter final
"B" league tussle between St.
Mary's and Sherman of Moro,
the students of both schools at
tended the dance'jointly spon
sored by the Letterman and
the Pep club.
The theme "Misty Nights"
was followed in the decorat
ing and music. The dance took
place in the activity room of
the high school-.
Committee chairmen were
Pauline Ashton, decorations;
Kathy Mogerman, refresh
ments, and Roger Hout, music.
Wilson School.
By Carol Ralph and
' Carol Htiken
Wilson school had open
house Nov. 12. The Tonettes,
under the direction of Mrs.
Barbara Doolen, sang three
songs. Russell Acheson spoke
on "Service Provided by the
Medford Public Schools"1 Par
ents visited the rooms and re
freshments were served in the
cafeteria. '
The Lone Pine chorus gave
a program for Wilson stu
dents. Richard Michaelis con
ducted the chorus.
The sixth graders at Wilson
school brought articles that
were from Mexico. . Darrell
Carter brought a tortilla
maker and specimens of
Mexican foods. .
On display in science class
there was an old record player
brought by Alan Rush of the
sixth grade. The records for
the 'player' were shaped like
cylinders.
The champions of the tether
ball tournament were James
Whisnan, Edith Keller, Randy
Spaur, Beth Hall, " Carol
Ralph, Bill Johnson, Rita
Peyton, and Dale Scrivner.
- Captains for the basketball
intramural tournament just
beginning are Claud Hoover,
Gary Stevens, Marc Bayliss,
Fred Puhl, Dale Harrison,
Tim Gunn and Salvador Es-quivel.
CP Junior High School
By Carol Straus
Elections were held at the
end of the last school year.
The new president is Vera
Swanson. He has - handled
student body meetings and
the assemblies we have had.
The new vice president is
Ray White. He is in charge of
the locker inspection and tak
es over when the president is
gone. :
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