School Cews
Phoenix High School
Edited by Lyle Logan, Becky
McAlasicr, G w n Birkland,
Frances Stout, and Darlene
Palmer
Three students, members of
the PHS chapter of the Cam
era club, entered the Schol-
astic-Ansco Photography con
test sponsored by the Scholas
tic Magazine and the Ansco
company.
Lois Tompkins, junior, en
tered the division of city
scenes with a photograph of
the San Francisco Bay bridge,
taken from a car while cross
ing the bridge.
Carlean Ridge entered an
unusual picture of the flag
pole, taken straight up from
the base of the pole. This was
entered in the school and com
munity life division.
Ralph Browning presented
a nature picture of birds as
his entry.
Each picture had to be en
larged to a size of 8 by 10
inches and mounted on a
large piece of white card
board. The students enlarged
their own pictures.
Gary Neel, a senior, also
entered his colored pencil
drawing of "Blooming Des
ert" in the art division of the
contest.
A special skit was present
ed at the pep assembly Fri
day, Feb. 19. Performers in
cluded Jim Floyd, Tom Atchi
son, Gerald S 1 o p e r, Othar
R i c h e y, Troy Price, Gene
Smith, and also the five mem
bers of the rally squad, Gwen
Birkland, Bonnie Thompson,
Bonnie Faytinger, Linda Ray,
and Carole Morin.
A spaghetti dinner, a yearly
event planned by the junior
class to raise money for the
junior-senior prom was held
Feb. 13. One hundred and
thirteen dollars was raised.
Junior class members serv
ed the dinner and helped clean
up afterwards, while mothers
of the juniors did the cook
ing. The dinner was held in
the grammar school cafeteria.
At a meeting of the Mask
club last week, students in
terested in the school play
began making plans for this
year's play. One of the deci
sions made was that this
year's production would con
sist of two or three one-act
plays instead of the tradition
al three-act production. This
plan would give more stu
dents a chance to participate
as actors. Prospective mem
bers of the cast have already
chosen several possibilities as
plays, one of which is "Don't
Tell a Soul."
The plays will be staged
late in April.
The biology class, under
the supervision of Don Mitch
ell, has been collecting bugs
to bisect them and study the
internal organs.
Worms and grasshoppers
have been the chief specimens
used. The grasshoppers are
large and therefore make ex
cellent specimens for operation.
In the Typing II class, Pat
Stout is the leading scorer
with 70 words a minute; Joyce
Hunter is running a close sec
ond, typing in the high 60s.
Although the Typing I classes
are not quite as accurate,
fairly high speeds have been
accomplished by several.
Darilyn Popow is typing in
the 50s while Dorothy Cotton,
Barbara Beer, C h y r 1 Bow
man, Bonnie Faytinger, Con
nie Unruh, Dixie Davis, Nor
ma Glasscock, and Wade Van
Bebber are typing in the 40s.
Here listed are the Phoe
nix High school representa
tives to the Elks Student Gov
ernment Day. The students
and their parents will attend
the banquet sponsored by the
Elks in honor of the students
receiving offices. The students
and their offices are Barbara
Gysin, county clerk; E 1 d o n
Mitchell, county commission
er; Rod Fowler, district court
judge; Jack Hoffbuhr, engi
neer; Darlene Palmer, court
reporter; Nancy Stewart, dep
uty accountant clerk; Ernie
Bolz, health officer; Doug
James, sanitarian; Joyce Hun
ter, court reporter for Judge
Kelly.
Medford High School
Edited by Rita McBeth.
Staff: Diane Mohr, Ann
MacManama. Esther Jacobs,
Susy Reule, Jim Frake, and
Jim McCormack.
Pat McLaughlin was elect
ed mayor of Student Govern
ment Day in the general elec-
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tions last Friday.
Elected as councilmen from
each ward were John Lacy
and Linda Lowry, Ward I;
Keith Berg and Wayne
Thompson, Ward II; Elgan
Cook and Dave Ryn, Ward
III; and Judy Bash, Ward IV.
This group selected the ap
pointed officials. The acting
city manager will be Clint
Stiger. .
Students, both elected and
appointed, will participate in
the activities planned Feb. 24
and 25.
Linda Lowry has been
chosen girl-of-the-month for
February. Linda is a language
major and is active in school
activities such as French club,
Spanish club, and Thespians.
She is president of Pep club.
Selection of the girl-of-the-month
is by Girls' league and
is based upon grades, partici
pation in school activities,
and other factors.
Art works of Terry Ryan,
Dick Day, Sandra Boese, and
Penny Sampert will repre
sent MHS in New York City
in the National High school
Scholastic Art competition, it
was announced last week.
The four students, along
with Stan Hobbs, the only jun
ior, won regional gold keys by
achieving first place ratings
in this region.
In addition, about 20 mem
bers of the advanced work
group attended an art exhibit
and award program at J. K.
Gills Saturday.
Transportation for this trip
were donated by the Jay Al
len company and Courtesy
Chevrolet, both of Medford.
Mrs. R. V. Finch, Mrs. Anita
Kreiger, and Mr. and Mrs.
Warren A. Wolf accompanied
the students.
The semester honor roll was
posted Thursday for correc
tions. The final list will be
issued Monday.
Registration handbooks for
1960-61 were distributed to all
juniors and sophomores Feb.
17.
The handbook should be
read and discussed by stu
dents and parents in prepar
ation for next year's registra
tion. All students who plan
to attend Medford will regis
ter with their counselors be
ginning Feb. 22.
All registrations are to be
completed and all signed
blanks returned by March 11.
Several members of the Fu
ture Teachers of America club
went on observations Feb. 18.
They went to various schools
in the city and spent a day In
observing how a class in their
field of interest was conduct
ed. To qualify, a student must
have spent a specified number
of hours working for faculty
members.
Students who participated
were Carolyn Finch, Nancy
Hinman, Dave Lundquist, Jeri
Smith, Diane Franklin, Jea
nine James, Inez Viers, Julie
Faught, Al Watson, Sharon
Huffman, and Peggy Gilbert.
Advanced art students
fashioned plastic clay over
wooden skull interiors made
by the wood shop classes.
True, artistic expressions in
the features were not copied
from models or pictures, but
were figments of the creators'
minds. Each student tried to
depict a particular idea.
They hope to cast them in
concrete in the spring, to
make them permanent. The
clay can then be used again
by future sculptors.
Sue Brennan and Darrell
Miller were chosen queen and
king of the Valentine's day
dance, Feb. 13, sponsored by
the Future Nurses of Amer
ica. Princes and princesses
were Jim Stever and Linda
Morlan, juniors; and George
Clearwater and Mary Milne,
sophomores.
Therese Inglin and Rein-
hart Rostlin, foreign exchange
students, spoke at the history,
economics and civics associ
ation Tuesday.
They were led in a discus
sion by Jim Frake, junior.
Club members were allowed
to ask the students questions
when the informal discussion
was completed.
Objects of curiousity in
MHS recently have been
sculptured clay heads which
are exhibited in the art room
show case.
The annual Roman Banquet
sponsored by the Latin club
will be held April 9 at Ping's
Gardens.
1 The program for the eve
ning will include stories,
songs, and skits. Another fea
ture of the program is the
using of slaves. There will be
six slaves, three from - each
junior high.
Lynn Sjolund, vocal music
director, announced Friday
that all choir students and
girls in advanced girls' chorus
for next year have been selected.
Howard School
Don McLarrin is helping
his students with their read
ing by using a controlled
reader. They are reading
about 100 words per minute
and hope to double or triple
that amount by the end of the
year. He gives special help
in reading, spelling, and
arithmetic.
Standard School Broadcast
on Hawaii National Park in
spired students in Mrs. Birds
eye's room to plan a bulletin
board about the state. Each
student painted an original
picture about Hawaii. We
plan to take the best ideas
and combine them for our
bulletin board which will be
made from torn paper.
New class officers were
elected Feb. 1 in Jack Bai
ley's room. They are Presi
dent, Mary Wong, Vice Presi
dent Kenny Smith, Secretary
Linda Ferns, and Student
Representative Gary L e-macks.
There are 17 girls in the
fifth and sixth grades who
are taking part in the pep
squad. Our advisor is William
Colley. The sixth grade girls
go to the games when the var
sity team plays and the fifth
goes with the junior varsity
team. The yell team goes
with both teams.
The children in Mrs. Eve
lyn Winningham's room have
been studying winter wea
ther and ice and how and
why it melts. In January,
they made calendars and
snow men.
16-Year-0ld Dies
In Coos Bay Fire
Coos Bay - OJPD - Fire in a
three -story apartment house
here Saturday killed Frank
LaVelle Gunn, 16. Police said
Gunn was either from Powers
or Myrtle Point.
The fire broke out shortly
before 6:30 a.m. but firemen
confined it to the top story of
the frame building.
Gunn was staying with some
friends in the apartment, po
lice said.
Studebaker Workers
Vote for Strike
South Bend, Ind. - IUPD -United
Auto Workers at
Studebaker-Packard Corp,
have approved a strike against
the auto company, it was an
nounced Saturday.
Louis Nagy, president of
UAW local 5, said that 90.6
per cent of the members who
voted in a strike authorization
referendum Friday endorsed a
walkout if necessary. The
union has 8,000 members. '
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. ,
Sunday, Feb. 21, 1960 A
Coast Guard Recruiter
Plans Medford Visit
John R. Wiemelt, Coast
Guard recruiter from Eugene,
will be in the Medford area
Tuesday, Feb. 23, to inter
view young men who are in
terested in the Coast Guard.
Interested persons can con
tact him at the U.S. Navy re
cruiting station in the post
office building from 1 to 4
p.m.
A century of service . . . shows some interesting statistics concerning
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benefits totalling $9,739,820,035. During the same period, only
$7,767,803,327 was received in premiums. And today Northwestern
Mutural assets stand at well over $4 billion!
safeguarding tomorrow
RAY WISE
District Agent
1600 Stratford Ave.-SP 2-2704
Representing The Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Company
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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