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School oiresft Woirdeims, Lookouts Atteondl MAIL TRIBUNE, Medtord, Or A Sunday, May 22, 1960 ' 7 ,.;v . ', rv! -t READING COMPASS U.-iing a large model f a compass. Bert Cook describes thi' proper wav lo lead one. Later, field -it y .Cf r rr v. , sz r CONTHOLMNG ACTION Instructor Bert Cook describes the uelions of small fire crew controlling a fire. Taking careful note i - 'r. i MAP HEADING The mysteries of map reading become familiar to Forest Warden Krnest Low as he follows the instruction of Howard Brock. Four dajs of classroom and field instruction were given to new personnel and one day to experienced ones. WARM WEATHER AHEAD WITH A PORTABLt ROOM COOLER New Style Ultra Quiet Operation Mulii-Speed Control No Installation Coit Electronic Purifier Available Prices Start at $34.95 S&H Green Samps work Willi the compass combined with pacing gave the new wardens useful instruc tion in locating isolated lightning fires. nf both (he instructor's words and the fire fiKhlers' action is Krnest Low, new forest warden at Lincoln guard station. KEEP COOL THIS SUMMER &mxm MU I 5-8771 I mrru fa ir- tnOIDC trnivr. fTTi on all cash purchases Guard Cleans Up Two Cily Streets Company E of the Oregon National Gunrd was sched uled lo clean up Riverside ave. and Central ave. Satur day as part of the community development project spon-' sored by the Medfnrd Junior Chamber of Commerce. The National Guard mem bers were lo start al the south end of both streets mil ceed north, cleaning all places mamcc. ty orange and black progress signs, a Jayeee mem ber said. Terry Green, of the com- muntiy development commit tee reported al the Tuesday Jayeee meeting that the re cent trash pickup in Med ford worked out satisfactorily. Both Andy Anderson. Med ford superintendent of streets and roads, and Tony Jioilano, co-owner of the City Sanitary Service, were pleased with the operation, he said. A milli ner ol citizens are also clean ing up and painting up their properties, Green noted. New committee chairman appointed Tor the HlliO Hl year are Ken Knackstedt. meniber- ship; Chuck Jones, oricnta ! lion. Dick Frey. junior golf and tennis: Ken Griess. flags; j Chuck l.angston, records and i recognition; Karl Johnson, television log; Terry Green. community development: and I Douglas Peters. publicity. Kev was appointed Javcee pa iliainenlarian. Army Officer to Visit in Medford Col. Glenn 1, Clmebell. newly-assigned military per sonnel procurement officer of Sixth Army headquarters, will visit Medfnrd while on an in spection tour of the recruiting station here May 2fi Colonel Clinehell succeeds Col. Walter II Skielvig. who retired from the Army April .10 after more than 20 years of service. From his San Francisco headquarters. Colonel Cline bell will direct the Army re cruiting stations manned by field recruiters, as well as the I administrator and medical personnel assigned to recruit- j ing ill til e.Kht wctciu staid. Instruction Given In Many Subjects At Four-Day Event By JIM FISHER Personnel of the Southwest j Oregun district, Oregon state board of forestry, received in struction in many subjects at the annual district fire school May 16 through 19 at the headquarters on Table Rock rd. New forest wardens and forest lookouts attended all four days of the school while experienced personnel attended only the final day Twenty persons attended all four days, and 50 the last day. Representative of the new forest wardens attending this year's school is Ernest Low. forest warden at the Lincoln guard station on the Green Springs highway near Lin coln. Low had worked one summer with the United States forest service and two summers with the Oregon state board of forestry at Cor vallis and Tile Dalles. Opening Morning On the opening morning of fire school, Low listened along with other new war dens to an introductory talk by District Warden Curtis Nesheim. State Training Offi cer Ron Smith, the only non district instructor for the school, presented an orienta tion course on the organiza tion of the forestry depart ment from the state forester; down lo the local district.' i Next on the program was a ! course in fire behavior pre-1 sented by Ron Smith. Low watched as Smith used a "fire table'! and pine needles to show how slope, wind, and other factors affect the rate of spread of fire. Local instances of unusual fire behavior were mentioned by the instructor to demonstrate the action of fire under certain conditions. Next Instructors Assistant District Warden Howard Brock and Technical Assistant Wes Stanfield were the next instructors that Low met. The course was one on map reading. After learning low legal de scriptions are read and writ ten. Low was able to tell from a district map that his guard station was located in the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, section 12. township 40 south, range 3 east, Willamette meridian. This legal description covers 40 acres and is typical of the description used to locate for- i est fires. After a noon meal served at the headquarters crew house, Low first attended a course on basic fire weather presented by 3rock. Before the next class, the new for est lookouts left to receive their first instructions in pre liminary lookout training and ' use of the firefinder. Forest ! Inspector Homer Smets and! Dispatchers Walter Moran and Bill Pope were instruc tors. Large Fir Organisation With the lookouts receiving other training, the wardens first learned about large tire organization from Assistant District Warden Doyle Stock ton. The various fire jobs and their duties were described in this class. Labor Foremen Berl Cook and Paul Matteson completed the warden's first day with a class in use of the compass. During the morning of the second day. the new wardens and lookouts spent two hours learning about field location of fires. Uses of backsights with compasses, mirror flash ing from lookouts, and other techniques were described. Following this. Low and the other wardens spent an hour learning to pace. A me thod of determining fire acre age from pacing was also taught the new personnel. The lookouts were learning about reports and procedures at the same time. Both groups gathered to gether before lunch to hear Safety Chairman Wes Stan field discuss safety on the job. Radio Proctdurt Radio procedure and opera tion was the first afternoon course for new employees. District Warden Nesheim and Radioman Wallace Raker in structed personnel in proper use of the different types of district radios. The final class of the day for the lookouts was a map reading review course while Low and the other new war dens received instruction on I various forms and reports re I quired of them. Fire reports, 'burning permits, mileage re- ports, and other forms were discussed. I Training films on use of hand tools were shown in the levelling to tha new personnel I that could attend. ! Field Day The third day was a field day for all new personnel. Whue th iookouU drov up v. i I , I 1 ... 1 m L.-v.. .K ' , '-if V my? V- TEST FIRE A warm day along for new forest wardens. Here, Lincoln Warden Ernest Low completes the final touches to the fire line built to keep the fire from spreading. to Anderson Butte lookout to, receive instruction on fire reporting, learning the coun-l try. and lookout life, war dens drove to a demonstration area near Jacksonville. Equip ment use and care was taught to the wardens, covering, trucks, pumps, and tools. The use of water to control and mop-up a fire was shown byj Forest Wardens Bill Davis' and John Moe. Wes Slanfield ' and John Black demonstrated how to fall snags with a pow- er saw and Low was given an opportunity to run the saw. j Following lunch, the pro- gressive method fire line con-' struction was taught and al demonstration of control of fires without water was given. Then Low and the other new wardens were di vided into two crews and worked on test fires that had been started. Movies and refreshments for the personnel and their families were presented that evening. Safely Class The final day of fire school opened with a safety class for all personnel. A film on moulh-to-mouth artificial res piration was also shown. While lookouts were learn ing about care of their station and public relations, the war dens received a course on timekeeping from Farm For ester Jim Fisher. Lookouts re viewed their job and likely problems while Low learned about the warden's job with the other forest wardens. Daily reports, requirement re ports, action on fires, training of crews, and many other du-l ties were brought lo their at tention. The afternoon classes in cluded a course on district fire problems and use of the j radio "10" signals to reduce I conversation on the air. Look outs reviewed their courses and then took a written examination. j A closing class on district' policy was presented to all j personnel by District Warden I Nesheim. Training Just Started Upon completion of the fire L 2100 A NEW VETERAN MEMORIAL May 30 - 10 a.m. SISKIYOU MEMORIAL PARK Sponsored by Jackson County Allied Veterans' Council MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS American legion, V.F.W., D.A.V., W.W.I. Barracks and Military Order of the Purple Heart INVESTIGATE AND SAVE! 605 - r r . . Wk 9 ' marie the lest fires burn right school, Forest Warden Ern est Low's training has really just begun. Within two weeks, he will be given a written test to see what points should be brought up in fol-' low-up training during the' summer. He will also com-i plete the department's driv- ing testing. This includes a written test on driving laws, an eye test, reaction time test, and finally a performance test. By the first of July, Low will have three high school boys working with him as his fire crew. It will be his re- sponsibility to see that these boys receive additional train ing to what they received at' the district headquarters. With the coming of the fall rains. Low will leave his guard station at Lincoln, knowing that he and his crew were able to do a better, safer, and more efficient job of forest fire control through I the training provided by the stale forestry department. Carnegie Alumni To Organize Here In order lo formulaic a Car negie Alumni association all post graduates of the Dale Carnegie course have been in vited to attend a meeting at the main fire station Tuesday, May 24, at 8 p.m. Current officers are Joe Jarvis, president; Bill Coch ran, vice president: Grace Singler, secretary; Ruth Grif fin, treasurer; and Elaine Ron ford and Marion Lausmann, publicity. Graduate assistants for the latest course were Dr. and Mrs. Albert A. Griffin. Twen ty-eight local members were graduated May 18 from the class. VICE CHANCELLOR DIES Roselle Park, N.J. lUPD The Very Rev. Msgr. James J. Carberry, 51, vice chancel lor of the Newark Roman Catholic Archdiocese, died Thursday. SISKIYOU FUNERAL SERVICE ALL WITHIN Siskiyou Memorial Park Medtord's Only Cremjtory Invites You to the Dedication of ONLY MEMBER OREGON INTERMENT ASSOCIATION IN MEDFORD HIGHLAND SCHOOL NEWS Medford High School Edited by Jim Frak. Staff: J i m McCormack. Esther Jacobs. Edonna Pace. Rita McBeth. Diane Mohr, Suiy Reul, and Ann MacManama. From 19 girls trying out, judges have selected six girls as majorettes for next year. With additional tryouts to be held tomorrow, three more i girls will be selected for the 1960-61 squad. Selected to date are Step hanie Hertager, Judy Ayres, Jackie Ayres, JoDell Herta ger, Barbara Baccus. and Don na Fosgate. Stephanie will be the head majorette. Finalists for the three ad ditional places are Louise Willis, Bonnie Wilson, Cindy Anderson, Bonnie Brantley, Mary Milne, and Betty Young. Two of these students, Bonnie Brantley and Cindy Ander son, are freshmen this year. Judges were I. A. Mirick, instrumental supervisor; Shar on Laing. curent head major cite; Mrs. Virginia Wester field, music instructor; Ron Rice and Fhner Ayres, both music teachers. These majorettes will par ticipate and perform with the varsity band next year. All sophomores and juniors planning to turn out for foot ball next fall met in the school cafeteria Tuesday morning during reg. room with Head Coach Fred Spie glebcrg. Plans and the schedule for next year were announced. Practice will begin Aug. 24, with, for the first two weeks, two practice session's a day. The varsity schedule calls for five home games, three away, and one open date. The games are Sept. !). Areata, Calif.; Sept. 16. Marshfield; Sept. 23. open; Sept. 30, South Salem; Oct. 7, Crater at Cra ter: Oct. 14, Klamath Falls; Oct. 21, Reno, Nevada; Oct. 28, Ashland at Ashland: and Nov. 4, Grants Pass at Grants Pass. The junior varsity will play three home games, ar.d four games away. Junior varsity schedule includes Sept. 1U. Eagle Point: Sept. 1!), Ashland at Ashland; Oct. 3. Grants Pass: Oct. 10. Crater at Cra ter; Oct. 15 Klamath Falls at Klamath Falls; Oct. 24, Ash land: and Oct. 31, Grants Pass at Grants Pass. Baccalaureate service will be held in the Hedrick gym nasium Jime 5 at 8 p.m. for the class of 1960. Commencement this year will be held on the high school football field June 7 at 8 p.m. De Lawson. sophomore, has been chosen Catfish derby queen. Her court consists of Vicky Endcrs. Sancira Bales. Judy Ayres. Thercse Six, and Nancy Maxson. The derby will be held sometime in June and the public is invited, officials have indicated. Craters, the high school an nuals, were issued Thursday after school in reg. room groups. The books sported blue covers with silver de signs. School was dismissed al 2:45 so students corld obtain PHONE j SP 2-5488 t their Craters, and a "signing" party was held following in the boys gymnasium. Those working on the Cra ter staff were Nancy Dean, editor-in-chief, Jeannine James, associate editor; Lauren Stay ton, c . retributing editor; Nan cy Van Valzah, index editor; Dick Day and Terry Ryan, art editors; John Crawford, sports editor- Rav Beliveau. photo graphy editor; Fred Lorish and Jim Henson. photogra phers and Craig Wright, copy editor. The copy and layout staff consisted of Janet Barker,' Susan Fontaine, Mary Kay Harris, De Lawson, Penny Linn, Anne Mathews, Bob Rix. Sandy Sanner, Jim Spoerl, and Deanne Taylor. Jerry Gastincau was busi ness manager: Stan Dowson. advertising manager: Judy Bash anr" Dale Peterson, sales managers: Toni Spence, book keeper; Gene Lantz, secre tary; and Elizabeth Settle, advisor. Juniors received last week the returns from the Merit Scholarship tests, that were taken earlier this spring. Na tional standings and finalist notices will not be received until September. Joel Gregory and Nancy Duncan will be coeditors for the "cub" edition of Hi-Times, the school newspaper, which will be issued May 31. Each year, about this time, a staff of interested sopho mores puts together the paper thereby giving them an actual taste of what goes into the paper. That way the advisor can also get an idea as to who, along with the juniors, will be qualified to hold certain staff positions. The other head editors are Sandy Shugart, editorial; Sus an Elder, feature: Bill Dames, sports; and Mike Higgins, business. The Order of the "M"' pic nic will be held this after noon at the Elk picnic grounds off Crater Lake high way. The affair is for all "M" memberi and their dales. All MHS seniors in band and orchestra have been in vited to a party at the Mirick ranch Thursday. I. A. Mirick and John Drysdale, band and orchestra directors are giving the party. The Girls league college scholarship will be awarded to one senior girl graduation night. This scholarship Is $200 Clearance Stationery 1 All kinds) 2 price! CHRISTMAS WRAP & CARDS at fraction of regular price, Buy Now, Save! SEE THESE & MANY OTHER VALUES AT CASH DAVIS PHARMACY THE RETAIL STORE We Give S&H Green Stamps 135 West Main, Corner Grape e Ph. SP 2-2330 v JOE MEMBER OREGON FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED and ca" be submitted to any Oregon school. Members of the league earned the money for the scholarship largely through selling candy in the cafeteria during lunch periods. Qualifications for the award include that she be in the top quarter of her class, cooperative in the Girls league, show promise as a student, show a financial need, and that she attends an Oregon school. Monday, the candidates will be compared before selec ting one to be given this scholarship. Hi-Times staff, the school newspaper, will hold its an nual award dinner at Mary's Casa May 24. 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