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SCHOOL NEWS Griffin Creek School We recently completed our fourth six-weeks. Students in the intermediate grades malt ing me nonor roll were: fourth grade, Carolyn Giles and Douglas McNeil; fifth grade, Patricia Eastwood, Dale Fowler, Donalyn Minear, Paula Minear, Helen McKee, . and Carol Stuart: sixth grade. Anne Bannister, George Bas- sett, Donald Giles and Judy Youmans. Our baseball team has started training. Thirty-eight boys have turned out for prac tice. Roland Griffith is the coach. Our first game will be April 4 with Roosevelt. Griffin Creek school recent ly received as a gift from Morris Tucker, two large colored nlief maps made of plastic. One is the world and the other Is of Europe. These maps help us in our study of geography. On Tuesday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. we are having a combination PE show and mu sic concert. The band and or chestra will each play several selections, the first through fourth grades will present folk dances, and grades three through six will give a march ing demonstration. Grades S and 6 will give a PE skills demonstration. Everyone is invited to attend. The plants In Mrs. Ethel Cummlngs first grade's gar dens are up. We planted mari golds and mixed flowers in milk cartons. Some beans were brought and we are watching them grow in a glass jar. We are making a farm booklet. We all liked a new song "Willow Pussies." Some of us are learning to play it on the nong bells. Mrs. Charlotte Stearns' sec ond grade won the March PTA room count. With our $2.50 prize we will get a turtle, bowl and food. With the part left over we would like to get a goldfish. We took a trip by bus to the bakery which we enjoyed. All the different processes in the making of bread were shown to us. While studying about foods, Mrs. Edith Arnold's second grade made butter, a good eat ing wheel and menus for one day's eating. We also visited Fluhrer's Bakery where we haw how bread is made. When we were at the bakery, some twinloaves of their home made bread came out of the oven. We have learned what an experiment is. We are experi menting with seeds and grow ing plants. Mrs. Marlece L I n d s y's third grade is multiplying and dividing in arithmetic class. In spelling class we have a large chart to show how well we are doing in our Fri day tests. An A grade gets a gold star, B's get a blue star and C's get a red star. We are all trying to get gold stars. In social studies we have lust finished a unit on Indians. We studied about Indians who lived in different parts of the United States. We learned how they differed in living habits, food habits, and in kinds of homes. We also stud led about the Indians in Ore gon. Now we are learning about the early pioneers in the Oregon country. In art class we cut stencils for spring flowers. We used these stencils to make a bouquet with crayons on art paper. Then we covered the flowers with water color wash. We have also done fin-gerpainting. Mrs. Judith Huck'i fifth grade has a new teacher for the rest of the year, Mrs. Car ol Black. Mrs. Huck resigned because she is expecting a baby. We gave her a surprise shower in February. We voted for room repre sentative to student council and elected Linda Youmans. We have started studying the western part of the United States. Three girls in our room are trying for the Grammar Grade Penmanship Certifi cate. They are Zellah Mason, Elizabeth Peters, and Linda Youmans. Mary Bannister, Sharon Bross, Douglas Eaking, Patri cia Glather, Susan Gordon, Betty Lou Hatch, Ann Jensen, Stephen Lamb, Carole Leon, Victor Snyder, Catherine Wat son, Douglas Wolf, and Rhoda Work. New student teachers re ported to McLoughlin Tues day from Southern Oregon college. They are Douglas Barker with Mrs. Marvel Yung, Don Johnson with Mrs. Louise Davis, Andrew Travis with Don Davis, Armand Ol son with Kenneth Toner, and Don Quick with Ralph Perkins. Track and tennis season are getting underday. The first track match was scheduled with Grants Pass last Fridfv. Jackson School The students in Mrs. Myrna Dean's second grade made the pictures for the main hall bul letin board. "Signs of Spring" is the title. There are many clever pictures showing play ground activity during the warm spring days. Mrs. Florence Jones, a stu dent at Southern Oregon col lege, is with us this term. Mrs. Jor.es will work with Mrs. Precia Medley. Miss Rita Shank, from the state department, gave audio meter tests to all first graders and students recommended by the school nurse. Miss Phyllis Hochstettler, school library consultant from the state department of edu cation, visited the Medford schools Tuesday. Students and teachers are happy to have new tables in our library. We hope we'll navt many guests at open house Wednesday, April 8. Hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The sixth grade students In Mrs. Precia Medley's room had charge of the school as sembly Friday. Singing, danc ing, and April fool stunts were performed. An Informative display of countries of South America can be seen in Dave Wisely room. The sixth grade art classes have been working on post ers. Each pupil was required to make either a safety or a "be kind to animals" poster. Those who wished to enter the Oregon Humane Society's contest were encouaged to do so, and nearly everyone did. Many of the posters were com pleted for a preliminary show ing where eight were selected to be sent to Portland for the state's finals. The following were sent away: Feed Us Regularly, By Karen Spafford; Homes Are Precious, by Evelyn Potter; Please Tweet Us Nice, by Bob by Brophy; To Enjoy This Protect Him, by Kenneth Cur tis; Feed Animals Regularly, by Gregory Davis; If You Love Him, He ll Love You, by Sherry Neely; He Needs Cleaning Too, by Cheryl Smith; and Paws For Them, by Jack Rice. 'ergd" TZlt I G'"P Shristlan to Rogue River She was a former student of Darrel Copeland. The seventh grade will miss her. She was active in the class room. Eagle Point High School By Pamela Stevens and Susan Harper James Collier's class is sponsoring a dance April 15. Spring Fever has been chos en for the theme. It will be held in the grade school gym nasium from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. for seventh and eighth grad ers. Refreshments will be served. Baseball practice Tias begun for the upper grade Eagle Point boys. The coaches ex pect a good season this year because of the practice gained in the "Pee Wee baseball clubs." Grange News County Grange The Jackson County Grange Festival committee will meet at Griffin Creek Grange hall April 11 when a summing up of what needs to yet be done to complete plans for the summer festival. All granges of the county are ex pected to be representatived. Ladies are asked to take sandwiches. Plans May Campaign The Muy campaign for the Mental Health association of Oregon will be headed by Les ter Anderson, vice president of the Lumbermen's, Buying MAILTRIBUNI, M.dforJ, Or. ' Sunday, April J, 1940 A' of the state where the) Mental Health association Is not a member of the local United Fund. The association is a Service, Eugene, according to i member of the United Good Dr. Allen 11. Parker, associa- Neighbors in Multnomah, lion president. j Clackamas and Washington The recently appointed counties and eight other local chairman will establish a cam-1 United Funds, a spokesman paign organization in sections' said. Geo. Grabow 1365 Kings Highway, Medford Phone SP 2-8560 Ultrasonic Cleaning Electronic Timing Mrs. Harriett Eitemlller's sixth grade students are com pleting a large mural in cor relation with their hist ;ry of South America. They are at tempting to show the Inca civilization as it existed at the time of the conquest by Pizar ra. When completed the mural will be about 26 feet long and will show the snow - capped Andes mountains, the Inca's terraced farmlands, their swinging bridges and their an cient city of Cuzco, We have nine new games painted on our blacktop. They were painted on during spring vacation. We are hav ing fun learning how to play "four square." We are proud of the new landscaping work that has been done around our school. There are several different kinds of shrubs, and at al most every corner there is a bush called pyracantha. Our school grounds have been Im proved a great deal. McLoughlin Junior High By Rhoda Work An all-school April Fool's day dance was held Friday evening In the girls' gym sponsored by the A, B, and C bands, and orchestra. Richard Schmidt, president of the A band, was In charge of the dance. Students who headed music and decorating committees were Jeff Monroe, Laurie Beth Buonocore, Sue Myers, and Roma Sims. The money earned from the dance will be used for the picnic for the band at the end of the year. New candidates for the Torch Honor society were in stalled at an assembly Friday morning in the boys' gym with Sue Rambo, president in charge. Peter Hinman led tne group in the flag salute. Berl Cox talked to the new candi dates on "Friends." The sev enth grade chorus sang sev eral selections; Martha Bullard, secretary, read the names of the new members. Larry Tuttle, Boyce Kellogg, Susan Baize, Janet Spoerl, and Valerie Knights lit the symbolic candles and told what each represented. Parents of the new members j were invited to attend. 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