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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, Jan. 17, 1960 School Jews Phoenix High School Edited by LyU Logan and . Backy McAlastar Carl Scobie and bis daugh ter, Carolyn, a famous f ather- daughter team, presented the program for an assembly Jan. 6. The subject of the lecture was snakes, and was lllustra ted with snakes, including sev eral live - and still venom ous - rattlesnakes. In his talk, Scobie pointed out many mis conceptions about snakes, and showed that no snake can roll like a hoop, sting with its tail or whip a man to death. A boa constrictor, seven feet long, was exhibited. In concluding his talk, Sco bie gave suggestions for first aid for the bite of a poisonous snake. of the yearbook, The Chal lenger, have been striving to meet the second deadline this fall for school year. Mrs. Frank the 1960-61 Bash, local Jan. 13. The staff is also pre-' American Field service presi- panng for the arrival of the dent, urges all Medford resi- Leslie Weigart, represent ing the traveling science pro cram of the University of Oregon, is now spending some time at Phoenix. The program, sponsored by the National Science Founda tion, is meant to help science students in high school by by spreading new ideas in science. Wiegart gives lec tures and demonstrations to the chemistry and biology classes. Th aoohomore class is planning a Hard Time dance, Feb. 26. Students will dress in their hard time attire, with a dance following a box social. Box lunches will be prepared and sold by any girls attending if they so de sire. All students are encour aged to attend. The four debate groups at PHS are Jack Hoffbuhr and Rod Fowler; Barbara uysin and Barbara Beer; Kay De alers and Joyce StockstilJ; Eldon Mitchell and Ernie Bolz. A speech conference will be held Jan. 29 and 30 at South ern Oregon college. Criticism will be given to each partici pant. Other students to at tend are Becky McAlaster, Dan Lumley and Glenda Howard. professional from Kennell Jan. 28. photographer Ellis studio Talent High school now has three student teachers from Southern Oregon college. Joe Ferguson is assisting Patrick Lynch in biology class. Fer guson is majoring in social science with a minor in sci ence. "" ' '. Troy Bellah has been ob serving in George Nelson's afternoon classes, and after semester exams, he will be gin practice teaching in alge bra. Bellah is majoring in math with a minor in social science. George Olson will be help ing John Kuchler in U.S. his tory at the beginning of the second semester. The student, council met Jan. 14 to make further plans for the Sweethearts' Ball. The date for the dance is Feb. 26. Until a theme is chosen, no definite plans can be made. Head of the theme committee is Jill Morrison, president of the student council. Other members of the council are Joanne Hill, Dolores Meyer, Gail Carter, Mike Jacobs, Dick Zediker, Terry Hanson, and Laren Crawford. dents to submit their applica tions before the Feb. 1 dead line. Parents interested should contact Mrs. Jack Ingram, 914 Queen Anne dr., SPring 2 8644; or Mrs. Otto Ewaldsen, 20 Ross court, SPring 2-2933. Winner of the annual cherry pie baking contest, sponsored by the home eco nomics department, was Ma vis Storm, senior. - Mavis will represent Med ford in the district contest at Eugene, Jan. 23, where she will have a chance to win a trip to. Chicago to compete in the national contest. Other first place prizes are a $200 scholarship and a new stove. Mavis has taken home eco nomics for four years. . An additional six classrooms j and added office space will t added to PHS next sum mer to meet the demand of the 140 students that will transfer from Talent as a re sult of the consolidation. Also two rooms that were original ly for teachers lounges and are now being usea xor class rooms and office space will be returned to their original purpose. The junior class is having a aenior auction to raise money for the junior-senior prom. The slave sale will be held Thursday, Jan. 28, during ac tivity period. Each senior who is purchased will serve his master all day by carrying his books from class to class, clean his locker, or do other services.. The auctioneer will be Er nie Bolz, junior class presi dent. He will be assisted by Dan Lumley, vice president, and Virginia Daugherty, class secretary, with Barbara Gysin taking the money from the sales. That evening, juniors will hold a dance after the game. Senior slaves may ac company their master. Stu dents are encouraged to buy their favorite senior. Due to the consolidation of Talent and Phoenix schools, the two Parent Teachers' as sociations have been holding' joint meetings. This month the Talent chapter has invit ed the faculty and parents of Phoenix to attend their meet ing which will be held Jan. 21, at 8 pjn. in the Talent High school building. Ernest James, Phoenix su perintendent, and Francis Farthing, Talent elementary principal, will be the speak ers for the evening. Following the program, rooms : will be open for inspection by parents and anyone interested. Re freshments will be served by the third and fourth grade mothers. A baby sitter will be available. Mike Phillips, junior class president, conducted a class meeting Monday during the registration room period. Nominated for TAP (Teen age Program) junior class princesses were Mary Kay Harris, Linda Morlan, Becky Gates, and Marty Wyatt. Marty was elected in the class election following the kick-off assembly. Junior class TAP chairmen are Suzy Thompson and Rita Johnson. Three students transferred from Talent High . recently. Tom Atchison, senior, moved to Phoenix; and Sharon At kins, also a senior went to Grants Pass, leaving the 1960 class at 29. Junior Reta At kins also left for Grants Pass, reducing the class of 1961 to 25. Semester exams will be given Jan. 18, 19 and 20. Re port cards for the first semes ter will be ready on Friday, Jan. 22. . Medford High School Edited by Jim Frak. Staff: Diane Mohr, Jim Mc Cormack, Rila M c B t h, donna face, Esther Jacobs, and Sue Reule. Talent High School Edited by Members of Quill and Scroll Society LaVonno Whillock. President The first Typing I student to earn an award is Mildred Beck who wrote 37 words per minute with seven errors on a 10-minute timewrite. She will receive a bronze typing pin, Several others in the class have attained greater speed but have too many errors to qualify for an award. Shorthand dictation and transcription award of 110 wpm was achieved by Sally Kenyon, senior. Award pins earned recently by other stu dents in the Shorthand II class are Dolores Meyer and Gail Carter, 100 wpm, LaVonne Whillock and Jill Morrison 80 wpm. ' Dictation for the awards is given for three min utes on unfamiliar material and 97 per cent accuracy is required in transcription. If the students at THS hear frequent ringing of telephones in the seventh period, it is the office practice girls using the teletrainer. This is a unit furnished by the Pacific Tele phone company to help learn and practice proper telephone usage for the business office. The class consists of Myrna Ford, Sally Kenyon. Jill Mor rison, Mary Lee Clark, La Vonne Whillock, Dolores Meyer, Sharon Walker and Gail Carter. ' The seniors are preparing for . graduation. Announce ments and cards have been selected and ordered from Master Engraver in Port land. Measurements for caps and gowns were taken and sent to Autrey Brothers of Denver. Doug Kliever, senior, has been named a finalist for a 1960 National Honor Society scholarship as a result of his score on a preliminary test last October. Doug was one of 55,548 Na tional Honor society memb ers in the United States to take the test, and was one of many from Medford High. He will take another exam March 15. Applications are still being accepted from local residents who are interested in giving a home to foreign students who will come to Medford The seniors held an assemb ly Friday morning to promote interest in the TAP drive. Clem and Lem (Jim and John Lacy) provided "enter tainment" by singing "Good ole TAP." Pat McLaughlin interview ed senior class members who claimed they were "vacation ing" in Florida and would be unable to help in the drive. Bob Hamilton declared that it takes an "individed" class to win a campaign. Paul Moore, senior TAP chairman, a n n o u need the class projects and chairmen of each, and encouraged all sen iors to volunteer their serv ices. Prior to the meeting, the sophomore class also held an orgaizational meeting for TAP. Princesses for the annual TAP drive were announced Tuesday. Karen Morlan, is the senior princess; Marty Wyatt, junior; and Sandra Bates, sophomore princess. A queen will be crowned from the class raising the most money at a fashion show Jan. 26. Elections for princesses were h el d during class as semblies earlier in the week. All three classes are en gaged in money-making ac tivities in downtown Medford and the chairmen of each class urge everyone to donate to the March of Dimes campaign through the high school projects. The. Future Teachers of America club held a short business meeting Tuesday night, discussing the dance scheduled next month. Refreshments were served and the "Strollers," a vocal quartet consisting of John Frohnmayer, Keith Berg, Ray Konopasek, and Paul Moore, entertained. 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Monday, Jan. 11, an assem bly was held where each class had a limited time to place rows of coins across the gym floor. Maturity test and was named Homemaker of Tomorrow fori Crater. She received a pin! and the right to go on to state finals. The sophomores led the drive with 32 rows, the sen iors had 23 rows, the fresh men, 9 rows, and the juniors had 8Vi rows. Other methods used by the various classes to support the March of Dimes are foodsales, car washes, and a mile , of dimes drive. The School Colege Ability Tests (SCAT), were given to al interested seniors Tuesday, Jan. 12. The purpose is to show scholastic ability comparing each student with their class and on a national scale, and to predict success in college, although this is not always a positive answer. The test is on a verbal and quanta tive basis. They will determine comprehension and vocabulary, and mathematic reasoning. Bill Anhorn and Charles Warren passed the Navy ROTC test given at Southern Oregon college in Ashland recently. They will go to Port land to be interviewed and take another' exam in February. Alice Thompson ranked 1st in the Betty Crocker Mental John Caster took first place in the district public speak ing contest for FFA and will now go on to sectional. Patti Straus was Chosen Girl of the Month for December. Hedriclc Junior High The Future Homemakers of America have postponed their dinner until Jan. 28 because of the conflict in time be tween the dinner and the Globetrotters who will be here Jan. 21. ,New students at Hedrick are Virginia Radke, ninth grade, and James Moyer, eighth grade. On Jan. 14, Hedrick Junior High school became a mem ber of the National Junior Honor society with 35 stu dents honored at the first ini tiation. The induction cere mony was held on the stage and was part of an assembly. The assembly consisted of an after dinner speech by Louis Hunt, an oration by Sue Jahn and the initiation ceremony. Mrs. Anne Leonard gave the purposes and qualifica tions of the National Junior Honor society. The initiation ceremony was conducted by Elaine Jennings, president of Torch Honor, Medford High school. Torch Honor students assisting her were Dick Peter son, Rosalind Randies, Marcia Williams and Bob Hamilton. Congratulations to the sev enth and eighth grade wrest- Illinois Valley FFA Wins Contest Cave Junction-Illinois Val ley Future Farmers of Ameri ca chapter won the parlia mentary procedure contest and Crater high school chap ter the public speaking in competition at the Illinois Valley school Thursday. John Caster, Crater chap ter, took first place with his speech on "Concrete Mon sters." Leon Small, Phoenix, placed second with his talk on "Farm Progress, past, pres ent and future." Neal Patrick, Eagle Point, placed third with a talk on verticle integration. Phoenix also placed second in the parliamentary proce dure contest and Crater third. The first and second place winners of each district will compete at the sectional con test at Harrisburg, Ore., Thursday, Feb. 18. Winners of the sectional contest will com pete in the state contest. Pilot Rock Woman Enters Innocent Plea Pendleton -(CPD-. Mrs. Edna Mathilda Carrothers, 44, Pilot Rock, has pleaded innocent to a charge of larceny of pub lic money. Big Logging Ends In Tillamook Burn Salem - (ITD -The state! board of forestry said Satur day that sale of 15 million board feet of snags marked the end of big-time logging in the Tillamook Burn, one of the largest salvage proj ects in the nation. The snags, in the Kilchis river watershed, went to Dia mond Lumber company, to be procesed in the firm's Tilla mook plants. Gen. Douglas MacArthur was born on a military reser vation in Little Rock, Ark. The site is now known as Mac Arthur Park. 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