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MAIL TRIBUNE, M.Jford, Or. Monday, Feb. 29, 1960 aLioniiBB Br BOB WALTERS 'Sorry, Wrong Number1 Ashland s new city hall seems up to date in every re spect, and that includes a switchboard which was in stalled a few days ago. Calls to city officials whose offices are in the new build ing should now be made to MUrdock 9-5651. You'll be answered by a cheerful fe male voice and, before you can say "wrong number," you'll be talking to your party, That cheerful voice, inci dentally, belongs to a young lady named Margie. Before the new piece of communica tions gear was installed, Mar gie was the police depart ment's Gal Friday, so to speak. Now she's the switch board operator in addition to her other duties. We gave her a week to practice with the buzzing punchboard, and then called to ask her how she liked her new job. A shame we can't print the reply. At approximately 11:25 Saturday morning, we pur chased a new car. That is, we signed several papers and drove the vehicle from, the dealer's garage back to the office. We'll legally awn il about the time U.S. Astronauts are toasting marshmallows over a roar ing fire on the moon. Anyway, by 12:35 p.m. the same day, a member of Medford's Finest had seen fit to honor our shiny new vehicle with its first park ing ticket. No eomplaints, officer. You saw your duty and you did it. But we do have one ques tion about the man who prints the tickets for the po lice department: How long did it take him le become a millionaire? . Press releases from numer ous organizations throughout the area pour into the Mail Tribune office each day and they sometimes contain a laugh or two, usually unin tentional ones. Last week, for instance, we received release concerning the receit meeting of one of the local clubs. After noting the business handled by the group, the writer concluded his report by saying, "We celebrated several birthdays, including George Washing tons." , George apparently was the only honoree who missed the party. But there's always next year. Another local meeting probably should have made newspaper headlines around the world, not to mention medical history. One of the evening's speakers, the release said, "explained how she pro duced eggs." Chickens, we assume, are outdated. Most of us, admittedly . or otherwise, occasionally watch television. Some of the pro grams, are good, some not so good. But oh, those local commer cials. The other night three em ployees of the local channel were seated around a small home bar. Each of the trio was taking nervous, some times almost frantic, sips from glasses which probably contained ice tea. All seemed afraid their mothers were going to storm into the picture at any mo ment, '' Also, we've often won dered if local TV staffers are required by their con tracts to have those flat-top haircuts. ' . If they all gathered in front of the camera eye at once, they'd look like a fleet of U.S. Navy aircraft .carriers preparing for battle. BOB WALTERS, Regional Editor CORRESPONDENTS: Applegate Valley Maude Ziegler, TW 9-1333 Butte Falls Mary Jo Harris. TO 5-2126 Central Point Doris Hughes, NO 4-1106 Eagle Point Dottie Harbison. HI 6-3274 Gold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kell, UL 5-1 12S Hilts Mrs. M. F. Cavin Hornbrook Katharine Chapman, GR 5-3581 ' Illinois Valley Margaret Crowl Jacksonville Betie Hoskins. TW 9-1209 McLeod Caroline Harding. TR 8-2260 Meadows Nellie Bergman, HI 6-1267 Phoenix-Talent Joe Cowley, KE 5-2918 Prospect Frances Ring, UN 9-2211 Shady Cove Evalyn Watson, TR 8-2351 Table Rock R. E. Nealon. TA 6-2097 Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers -Yreka-Montague Carol Petersen Special Classrooms Planned by Ashland Ashland - The Ashland school district is working on plans to have two special class rooms for mentally re tarded students in operation by the start of the 1960-61 school year. Under Jackson county's pi lot program, about 10 such youngsters from the Ashland district presently are attend ing classes in Jacksonville. The plan under study will es tablish a classroom for ad vanced students in the new junior high school now under construction and a classroom for lower students in Bell view Elementary school. The Ashland school district, according to School Superin tendent Stanley C. Jobe, plans to begin screening chil dren and conferring with par ents regarding the program sometime in April. 1964 Is Deadline All school districts having 12 or more mentally retarded students must have such a program in effect by 1964, ac- Former Resident Earns Promotion Gold Hill - Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Jones received news last week that their son Wendall, a former Gold Hill resident, has been promoted to the rank of assistant forest ranger in the Deschutes National For est area at Sisters, Ore. A graduate of the old high school here and Oregon State college, he has been with the Willamette National Forest at Detroit, Ore., for the past sev eral years. Prior to his pro motion he was timber sales manager there. The Joneses and their chil dren, Linda, Steven and San dra are now residing at their new home at Sisters, Wen- dall's mother said. Regional Calendar Gold Hill -The Gold Hill Community Methodist church will practice at the church at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, accord ing to Mrs. C. Norman Gail, choir director. Eagle Point - The Eagle Eagle Point city council will meet in the library at 8 o'clock this evening.- Applegate Valley-Mrs. Wil fred Pearson, ACWW chair man of Upper Applegate Ex tension unit, will lead the group in a study of India at the meeting at the Grange hall Wednesday. Ladies will sit on the floor to eat food as it is prepared in that country. Members are asked to' bring articles for silent auction for the benefit of the 4-H schol arship' fund. They also are asked to bring their own ta ble service as well as pillows and blankets for sitting. Gold Hill-Amethyst Rebe kah lodge will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the IOOF hall on Fourth ave. Prospect I m m u nization shots will be given at Pros pect schools beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday. The first four grades will receive DPT shots and small pox vaccinations, and students of the fifth grade and above will receive diph theria and small pox shots. Booster shots will be given to those who need them. Slips will be sent home with chil dren and must be signed and returned if the child is to re ceive a shot. Pre-school chil dren may receive shots if ac companied by a parent. Central "Point-The Central Point city council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the city hall, City Administrator Lyle Paull has announced. Eagle Point - The Reese Creek Home Extension unit will meet at the home of Mrs. Don Scobie on Ball rd. tomor row. The meeting will start with salad - making at 10:30 a.m. Eagle Point - The Eagle Point Garden club will meet at the home of Mrs. A. Wat tenburg on Alta Vista rd. at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Tom Vestal will be co-hostess and Mrs. Don Kimmell will present the lesson on pruning shrubbery. cording to a law Dassed hv the last legislature. "The big problem," Jobe says, "is getting the teachers. He explains that the legisla ture made the program effec tive for 1964 in hopes, that enough teachers will have been procured by that time. The state has provided a scholarship fund, he says, to provide for teachers' training. To qualify, a teacher must hold either an elementary or secondary teacher's certifi cate and must have had at least one year of successful teaching experience. Tparhprs spler-torl urill j " ww-ww. WW T. MA Ofc tend classes for one summer at either the University of Oregon or Portland State col lege. They must complete at least 18 hours of specialized training to qualify to teach re tarded students. Stale, District Funds The state will furnish $75 for tuition and $200 for living expenses toward the scholar ship, and a school district will furnish an additional $200. Before receiving the schol arship, the teacher must sign a contract guaranteeing that he or she will teach at least one year in "the district con cerned. After a teacher has been assigned to a specific district, the state will reimburse that district $3,000 toward the teacher's salary plus a maxi mum of $700 for supplies and $300 for transportation, de pending on the needs. Each of the two proposed classrooms, Jobe says, must have at least 12 but not more than 15 students. EP Couple Adopts 3-Year-0ldGirl Eagle Point - Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barton of Butte Falls Star route on the Crater Lake highway have adopted a 3-year-old daughter, Jean, to add to their family. The Bar tons moved to Eagle Point last August from California and had taken care of the little girl most of the time there. Thev have a eirl 15. Diane! a boy 13, Danny; and girls 8 and 5 Donna and Darlene. Barton works for the Timber Products company and Mrs. Barton helps her parents, Mr. ana Mrs. Boyd Bruner, at the lunch counter during the rush hours at noon in their store. Mrs. Buck Heads Festival Committee Applegate Valley - Mrs. Otis Buck was named Tues day to head a committee for planning a spring festival to be presented at the Grange hall in May by the two ex tension units of the communi ty. Others named on the com mittee were Mrs. Mike Loftus and Mrs. Lance Offenbacher. It is planned to invite 4-H members to exhibit also. Thirty-five women attend ed the joint meeting of valley extension units Tuesday, when Mrs. Francis Krouse presented the project on syn thetic fabrics. Parents Take Son to Portland Hospital Gold Hill - Mr. and Mrs. Cermal Cook, Blackwell Hill rd., will take their 11-year-old son Donnie to Portland today where he will enter the Dorenbecker Children's hos pital for several weeks. His mother said that his friends who wish to do so may send cards and write to him at the hospital. Donnie has been unable to attend his fifth grade classes at the Hanby Elementary school here because of his ill ness this year. Mrs. Ferd Jones is his home teacher. ATTENDS MEETING Central Point -Arthur Straus, Crater High school principal, left Friday night for Portland to attend th Na tional Secondary Principals association meeting from Sat urday through tomorrow. More than 4.onn from throughout the U.S. are attending the meeting. BULL' PURCHASED Applegate Valley - David and James Christensen pur chased a red Shorthorn bull at the recent bull sale held in Red Bluff. WINS ORATORY TROPHY Lone Pine - Miss Sue Jahn, a former Lone Pine student now attending Hedrick Junior High school, received a tronhv for oratory at Linfield college at McMinnville. She attended Lone Pine school for eight years. Everv 38 seconds fir breaks out in the United States. Every two minutes an American home catches fire. Every 50 minutes a human being perishes in a fire or cues of burns. Retiring School Band Leader Reviews Highlights of Career By MARY KELL Mail Tribune Correspondent Gold Hill - Charles W. Cook, 143 Kenwood ave., Medford, notified officials of School District 6C that he will retire as band leader at Hanby Elementary school ef fective at the termination of the present salary year, Aug. 31, 1960. In an interview with this correspondent, Cook, whose title is chief warrant officer, United States Army retired, recalled highlights of his life prior to and during the 34 years that he was a member of the U.S. Army. He retired in July 1947 with 20 years' experience as an Army band leader, and was persuaded to come to Gold Hill to teach a few weeks later by Ferd Jon es, who was superintendent of the combined elementary and high school here at that time. Cook will observe his 65th birthday this year, and he and his wife Eva plan to do some traveling, he said. Plans for the future include trips to Canada and Mexico, and, if all goes well, a trip to Hawaii, and of course fishing in the well known streams and lakes in southern Oregon. He said that following his retirement here, he will cher ish the memory of having had the privilege to teach and ob serve talented youngsters de velop musically, because until he came to Gold Hill, he had never taught children. He be lieves that improvement grows with education and the elementary music program is an important phase of the school's curriculum because it is as vital to the naturally gifted musician as the study of mathematics is to the child who is a budding physicist. Pupils of the fourth through the eighth grades at Hanby are eligible to participate in the band program. . Faculty Praised Cook praised Gilbert Mack, principal of the two Gold Hill schools, and members of the faculty for their cooperation in seeing that his pupils arriv ed on time one day each week for their 15-minute private lesson, and one hour band rehearsals two days each week. He said without this support, he could not have at tained the enjoyment and success that he has experienc ed in the school music depart ment here. He says there has been an average of about 40 pupils, including beginners and advanced students each year. Each youngster spends one school year in the beginners band, in addition to his or her individual lesson,-before pro motion to the advanced band. At the end of this time, the child should be ready for the advanced band. Early in the spring each year it has been his custom' to invite the par ents of the beginners to at tend a special band rehearsal, after which he likes to ex plain to the parents whether their child should be provid ed with an instrument of his own the next year or discon tinue and steer his interest to other channels. During the first year of band the child is permitted to rent, through the school rental plan, an instrument if there are enough available. But -he or she is required to have his or her own instru ment the second year. This system allows more young sters to have an opportunity to develop talents, without the cost of an instrument which in some cases would be an unnecessary expense to the parent if the child is not interested. The retiring band leader expressed his appreciation to the people of the community for their friendship and con fidence during his years as band leader here, which has been a gratifying experience, he said, even though he had visions of full retirement when he first arrived in Med ford. 'At that time he came here to visit his brother, Har old Cook. He liked the cli mate and fishing so he bought the family home on Kenwood ave. and sent for his family in June of 1946, the summer pri or to his retirement from the Army. Cook was born in Peoria, 111. His father died when he was 12 years old, and Cook came to Oregon with his mother, brothers and sister to reside. . His mother died shortly ai- terwards, when he was 13 years old. Supported Himself Orphaned at this early age, he said it was necessary for him to support himself, which he did by working for . his board and room at a farm at Perrydale, near Salem. He explained that his first expe rience in the field of music came at this time when he played clarinet in the Perry dale Coronet band. He spoke of his eighth grade diploma, which he received from the department of education, Sa lem. After attending high school for two years, he became ea ger to go to the Philippines, so at the age of 18 years, he joined the Army and several months later was assigned to the 13th Infantry band at Fort McKinley, near Manila, P.I., and played with Army bands from 1914 through the years of World War I. He stated that his real op portunity came in 1925 when he took an examination for entrance to the Army Music school at Fort Meyer, Va.t and was among four of 250 men who were successful. Then he was ordered to take a 2-year course to obtain a general knowledge of all band instruments, harmony, arranging, ear training, the oryT acoustics, teaching, and history of music. Following graduation from the Army Music school in 1927, at which time he receiv ed his band leader diploma, he was ordered by the war department- to New Bruns wick, N.J., to the military sci ence department of Rutger's university, where he taught 4-year music courses for 12 years. As band leader, the war rant officer was , responsible for the musical efficiency of the band. He personally super vised the musical instruction of the bandsmen and detailed qualified non-commissioned officers to act as his assist ants. He conducted all con certs and attended all drills, parades, and other such cere monies as required the pres ence of the band. He submit ted schedules of musical -duties to his commanding offir cer and was held responsible for strict compliance with such schedules when approv ed. Supervised Instruction When post schools include musical - training, the band leader generally will super vise the instruction and may detail qualified bandsmen 'as assistants. The band leader inspects all musical instru ments at least once a week. When buglers are used on the installation to which the band is assigned, the band leader is responsible for their train ing and will request proper authority to detail a qualified n o n - commissioned officer, other" than a bandsman, as sergeant bugler. The band leader issues commands when the band is on the march. As commanding officer of the band, the warrant officer band leader is responsible for the military training and dis CHARLES W. COOK Retiring Band Leader (Photo by Bob Kouth) cipline of the band. In 1939, Cook was ordered to Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook, N J., where he directed the 52nd Coast Artillery band for two years. He was sent to Panama in 1941 to direct the 11th Engineers band. In 1942 he was ordered back to Washington, D.C., and assigned to the faculty with four other instructors at the Army Music school at Fort Meyer, Va., to train 549 band leader. This school had been reopened July 1, 1941 after being closed since 1927. He said when he gradu ated from this same school in 1927, he never dreamed that one day he would be given the distinction of instructing at the school. He mentioned some of his former students, including the well known Hugh Cury, who is now band leader of the United States Army band at Fort Meyer, Va.; William H. Strickland, who is now teach ing at the Mozartium. at Saltz berg, Germany and William J. Ehrbar, now teaching at the New York Institute of Musi cal Art. Both of these schools train professional musicians. After the quota for band leaders was filled, he said the Army Music school was clos ed again in 1944 and to his knowledge has not reopened. Then he was ordered to Head quarters 8th Service com mand in Dallas, Texas where he was detailed as band in spector, traveling 25 days of each month through the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and New Mexico to visit and assist band leaders. In 1946, be wis order ed to Letterman General hos pital in San Francisco, Calif., until his retirement from the army in 1947. Cook and his wife, the for mer Eva Seif ert, an Iowa girl, were married in 1925 while he was a student at the Army Music school. They have a daughter, Mrs. Clarence E. (Ruth) Hasse of Portland, and one son, Charles W. Cook Jr., who is a member of the arm ed forces and resides in Ja pan. There are six grandchil dren. Cook will complete 40 years as a Master Mason this March. He joined the Masons in 1920 in New York state and is now a member of the Medford Masons, and a mem ber of the York Rite bodies and a Shriner. . He directed the Hillah Tern-, pie Shrine band for nine years and directed the Ash land city band three years. the best seafood deserves .the finest noodles Group Plans Action on Hazards to Students Gold Hill - Several major hazards that could endanger the lives of school children in this community were discuss ed at the first official meeting of the recently organized safety committee held in the Hanby school's cafeteria last Tuesday afternoon. A survey will be made of conditions throughout the area. Consideration was given by the committee to numerous complaints that have been re ceived in regard to the danger that exists for school buses at railroad crossings here when box cars are parked so that District Directors Hold Special Meet Tiller-Drew - Directors of School District 114, Tiller Drew, and District 15, Days Creek, held a special meeting last Monday evening at the Tiller school to discuss prob lems that needed attention be fore the new school board is elected. Although it previously had been difficult to replace one man on the board of District 114, there are now nine can didates running for a place on the new board. They are Wayne Peterman, Walter Cook, . Hillard Liligren, and Charles Porter of Tiller and Jim L. Jenks, Mrs. Howard Midkiff, Gilbert Bonney, Joe Zimmerman, and Glann Rog ers of Drew. Work Progresses on CP's New City Hall Central Point - Many Cen tral Point residents are watch ing with interest the work on the foundation for the new city hall. Plans call for a single en trance on Pine St., with doors into the city hall and into the new library. The library will be in the west side of the building, parallel with the Central Point Pharmacy. The present library section, which faces Third st., will be converted into quarters for the police department. Accidents in which five or more persons were killed caused nearly 1,600 deaths in the United States in 1958. CHOPPED BROCCOLI LEAF SPINACH SMALL ItlNUEK PEAS WHOLE KERNEL CORN TENDER GR. FANCY CENTRALAftAKKET THRIFTY GREEN STAMPS-FREE DELIVERY No Meters Plenty Free Parking Phone SP 2-5920 AT THE CORNER OF 12th & CENTRAL the driver's view of possible coming trains is blocked. It was reported that in transport ing students to and from school it is necessary for at least 17 loaded school buses to cross the railroad tracks on school days, each with about 60 passengers. The committee agreed that a letter should be written im mediately to Jonel C. Hill, public utilities commissioner at Salem, to obtain correct in formation as to what pro cedure is necessary in regard to the installation of a railroad crossing warning signal in Gold Hill and to learn what the state regulations are con cerning speed of trains and failure to whistle at crossings. Sponsored by PTA The committee is sponsored by the Gold Hill Parent Teacher association. Members are Mrs. Clyde Kell, safety chairman; Gilbert Mack, prin cipal of the two Gold Hill schools; Mrs. Clayton Netzel, safety representative for Pat rick school; four school bus drivers, Henry Paulsen, Sher man Kieger, Iver Sands, Joe Morgan; Police Chief Floyd Taylor, and Mrs. Ogden Kel logg, president of the P.T.A. The committee requested Police Chief Taylor to appeal to the state police as to the possibility of having state officers assist him to control reported speeding and wreck less driving on the state high way (Second ave.) within the city limits of Gold Hill. Pat rick Elementary school is lo cated on Second ave. It was suggested that the j committee consult the city i council concerning shrubs and j other obstacles which block i the view on certain streets near the Hanby school. A progress report will be made by the safety commit-: tee at the next meeting of the PTA, Thursday, March 10. Jacksonville PTA Searching for Talent Jacksonville - The Jackson ville PTA is searching for lo cal talent to participate in the group's talent show scheduled to be held in March. The show will replace the annual PTA smorgasbord held here in the past. Anyone de siring to participate should contact Shirley Rawlins at the Jacksonville school. 1asfethe0lWm7m TASTY STRAWBERRIES B . CUT BEANS MIXED B B VEGETABLES Tiller-Drew PTA Honors Presidents Tiller-Drew-Five past presi dents were honored at the Tiller-Drew PTA Founder's Day Tea Feb. 25 in the school gymnasium. They were Mrs. Bill Howell, Mrs. Stuart Wil liams, Mrs. Howard Midkiff, Mrs. Earl Tibbets, and Mrs. Vincent Lewis. Following the pinning of corsages on the past presi dents by Mrs. Jim L. Jenks, president, members and guests were entertained. The pro gram opened with Mrs. Charles Porter playing a pi ano instrumental. Mrs. Anton Erlebach gave a reading fol lowed by a guitar instrumen tal by Bill Hudson and a read ing by Mrs. Paulson. Since timber is the biggest contributing factor in the economy of this community. Assistant Ranger Carlson of the South Umpqua District of the Umpqua National forest gave an informative talk on the multiple uses of the na tional forests. He showed a movie to emphasize the points he made. The multiple use of the forests are wood, water, wild life, and recreation. The silver gift, which is used to extend and improve services rendered to children and youth by parent-teacher associations everywhere was $9.87. CLERK CHOSEN Drew - Mrs. Harvey Moore of Drew was notified last week that she had been chosen clerk of her precinct for the next two years. PRE-HUNG DOORS Complete $J Includes Mahogany Door Casing Jambs Stanley Hinges Yale Latch Sets LEWIS Wholesale Builders . Supply 443 S. Riverside SP 2-7135 pV " 1o 1 00 0 i 00 n 00 wi wis)0 2i)c
