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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, I960 10 B MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. SCHOOL NEWS Ashland High School Edited bv Joan Draaer New officers of the Ski club elected for this year are Bob Hcgdahl, president; Don Ross, vice president; job Dracor secretary: and D a Parker, treasurer. Working with officers and members is the club's advisor, Mr. Apo Possible future trips are to Ml. Shasta, Klamath, and Cra ter Lake. The skiers also hope to highlight the year by mak ing a trip to Mt. Hood. On Doc. 7, representatives from all state colleges will visit Ashland High school to inform students on different phases of college. Among the colleges that will be repre sented are Souther Oregon college, Portland State, Ore gon Slate, University of Ore gon, Oregon College of Edu cation and Eastern Oregon college. Examinations will be given to 54 registered Ashland High students wishing to enter the 1961-62 National Merit Schol arship competition March 7, 1061. ' Christmas spirit will ring through Ashland High school Tuesday, Dec. 20, when the orchestra and chorus, under the' direction of B a t n a r d Windt, will present their an nual Christmas program. The theme of the Christ mas program will be "T h e Christmas Story" using tra ditional and lesser known Christmas music. In addition, the brass cnsamble will play Christmas carols. ' Service, sportsmanship and school spirit - these are the areas that denote S-S-S Day, which will provide a one day's vacation in the spring for the class which contrib utes the most to these fields. The winner is determined by a point system. The evalu ation committee under the leadership of Bill Larence has been established to determine points allotted to each class. Points will be given for attendance at class and club meetings, athletic games, com petition yells and general spirit shown at pep assem blies, nimibor of honor roll Biuui'iiis, uuu general acnooi conduct. Howard School On Tuesday, Nov. 8. stu dents of Mrs. Dorothy Arncy's first grade Invited parents to visit school and have lunch in the cafeteria. Some who could not come on Tuesday visited on other days during education Week. Wc have three candidates for the November birthday parly. They arc Gregory Raw lins, Janet Bailey, and Nor man Burton. For Thanksgiving we have made thrcc-D turkeys and In dian faces. We arc learning some Thanksgiving songs. Mrs. Margaret Mann's sec ond graders have a praying mantis. It came from Chlco, Calif. We have read books magnificent BIG SCREEN PORTABLE TV truly the finest your money can buy! THE SAME J tone colors, 111 North Central 1 and seen movies about this In sect. We found out that It Is a useful insect. It cats bugs and flies. Another name for the praying mantis is the walking stick. Miss Mary Mocker's first grade room had many parents visit during Education Week also. Connie Clement has trans ferred to a school in Grants Pass. : Pilgrims, turkeys, and In dians hold the interest In the art work at this time. Mrs. Ana McDaniel's sec ond grade is studying about weather In science. We saw a film called "Seasons of the Year." We have a new phonics book called "Reading with Phonics." Wc enjoy using it. Thanksgiving art and stor ies are our main interest at this time. In Mrs. Huldah Fisher's third grade room, some of the children have been reading about England. We found out that in England they have a lot of rain showers, so the grass is green and the flowers bright and beautiful. They also have a lot of fog in their country. In England one might sec thatch - roof cot tages, hedges for fences, small country lanes, many people riding bicycles, old buildings, moss covered bridges, and village greens with sheep grazing. We made some Thanksgiv ing turkeys to decorate our room lor November. Each child made his own, and each one is different. We call their, Turkeys with Personalities." We have learned many songs or Thanksgiving; some fun ones about turkeys, and some of the traditional ones that teach the true mean ing of Thanksgiving. In Mrs. Audrey Berry's room, we have been studying about clothing. We looked at some real cotton and studied pictures about how it grows We had a bookie', about "Cot ton and its many uses and we were surprised to find that cotton had so many uses, even some of our foods have cotton seed oil in them. Many of our other materials have some cotton, too. We saw a film, "Zoo Ani mals," and wo learned much about how animals are taken care of, fed, and protected in our zoos. We have spent much time discussing books, our library, and other things connected with National Library Week. Our library has some interest ing books on display for this week. Wo hope to read many of them before the year is finished. Our parents have been In vited to visit our library Fri day and see the many books. In Mrs. Elva Edler's fourth grade we arc studying about Egypt. II is Interesting to read about the pyramids and the sphinx. We had a film on Egypt and learned many things about the Magnavoxf 1 I", ", :m vFalfe. QUALITY, DEPENDABLE FULL - i FORMER POWERED CHASSIS AS IN MANY FINE MAGNAVOX CONSOLES! Enjoy finer perform ance wherever you go. Automatic Picture and Sound Stabilizers for outstanding reception even in fringe areas. Optically filtered 19-inch screen provides far greater realism and depth with true eye comfort. Front controls for greater convenience. Out-front Magnavox speaker for finer sound. Telescoping an- ,.,,(, uvnuiMui, u,,iav.t, easy to carry-in four sparkling two- $4 OOwD '(diagonal measure) I (m Brown MUSIC HOUSE DIRECT FACTORY DEALER land, the people, and some of uieir customs. In Science, Wa flrA malflno reports on the planets and stars. We each have a norm hnnlr Sometimes we all put the same poem in them. Some times We Conv nnp parh nt ,,c likes. On Tuesday, each of us saia a poem tnat we had learned. In Mrs. Flossie Murray's room we have divided Into five groups, and each group made a jungle mural. We used colored pencils, colored chalk crayola, and felt pens on but- cner paper. Each group had a chairman. The five chair men were Jane Burns. Debbie Jones, Skipper Bucklin, Lin da Fernau, and Kathy Froh reicn. We are writing letters to children is Lamoni, Iowa, for our English class. There are 23 children in Mrs. Carter's class, so we hope we will each get a pen pay to corre spond with. we hope wa will hear from the children of Alba, Italy. bciore Christmas. In Mr. Jack Bailey's fifth grade, wc arc learning how to work in committees to make social studies class more interesting. Joan Niemi, Greg triesen, Russell Morgan, and Charlotte Mclntlre presented tneir first report to the class. Charlotte and Russell made a world map with latitude and longitude lines. Joan and Greg explained latitude, lon gitude, and altitude to the class, with the aid of the map In our reading class, we learned "The Arrow and the Song" by Henry W. Longfel low. The sixth grade reading class will learn "It Couldn't Be Done" by Edgar A. Guest Mrs. Nita Birdseye's room Is getting ready for the Christ mas program. Mr. Lacy has made us a wire frame for our papier macho' donkey. After Thanksgiving, we will start putting on the layers of paper until he will finally resemble a real animal. We are also planning a cathedral window for our church scenes. After Thanksgiving, the chorus will get down to practicing Christ mas music, the play will be cast. ' Mary Wong, Linda Ferns, Ramona Biclby and K a y c Porter have finished our hall bulletin board for Thanks giving. It is a picture of a boy and girl saying a Thanksgiv ing prayer. The prayer occu pies the center, and fruits and grains surround it. In Mr. Ronald Quackcn- bush's sixth grade social stud ies, we have finished studying the country of Mexico. We en joyed seeing several films re lated to the history and geo graphy of this country. One of our final activities was viewing slides and see ing souvenirs from Mexico. I'liey were shown to us by Dr. Bert Elliot and his wife. 11 was interesting to find that many of the pictures they had taken showed the same things TRANS - OF THE & White Phone SP 3-7538 They'll Do It Every UrurA DEPT. (MEDICAL DIV.) TT-Se NUI5SE WHO, CARRIES IN ihc. PILLS LOOKS LIKfc A a-7 WRESTLtw- we had been reading about in our textbooks. We took time nut from our studies to vote for president. Jack Kennedy won by two votes. Mr. William Colley reports that the fourth, fifth and sixth grade boys have finished play ing intramural flag football. There are 72 boys in these grades and 64 of them played football. Team captains were Johnny Smith, Pat Reagan, Richard Wolfe, Bill Stewart, Greg Gresham and Marvin Perdue. Greg Gresham's team won the championship. The boys on his team were Chuck Pierce, Bob Kline, David Jack, John Reynolds, Ronnie Hovey, Raymond Wong, Rod ney Taskcy, Mike Harsh, Lar ry Marshall, and Cliffor Parker. Richard Wolfe's team finish ed in second place. The fourth, fifth and sixth grade girls have finished play ing intramural soccer. Team captains were Marilyn Brea zeale, Julie Cummings, Nikkl Marshall, Linda Wolfe, Kay Porter, and Karen Nygrcn. Marilyn Brcazcale's team won the championship. The members of her team were Ramona Bielby, Shirley Rea gan, Linda Corrigan, Jane Burns, and Dccla Lewis. Kay Porter's team finished in second place. The boys started playing intramural basketball last Wednesday, Talent Elementary There are 61 boys and girls in the three first grade rooms. We have been learning how to read. Most of us are read ing in "My Little Green Story Book." We especially enjoyed the Halloween stories. In Mrs. Conger's first grade we drew pictures of our prin cipal. He enjoyed them. In all the first grade rooms we have been making turkeys. In the second grade, we have been studying about safe ty. We saw a film ''Safety in the School Building," and we have talked about safety on the way to and from school, safety on the bus, and safety on the playground. Safety we learned is "being careful for ourselves and for others." On Monday, Oct. 31, our room mothers helped us with our Halloween parly. We play ed games and had refresh ments. ' Recently, all of the boys and girls In the second grade took a "science walk'' near the school and up Foss road. We looked for signs of au tumn. We gathered many , CHRISTMAS -f- -r r Everything that glitters and glowi to make your tree and home cheery and bright See Our Complete Selection NOWI She Wants a HOME (sib reg. $6.98 Now Only MEDFORD PHARMACY 101 North Central at 6th PHONE SP 2-6253 Time IfMtillhMHi AMr -Tiler ILI A , irN MfN u Bed eighty i ill riv 1 1 r i i'i in Hffluv iiwrv "i "i-i MCAvy nJ I LI I STOCKING f All to- K 1 I T I I y-M., I &ETUPD l WIN kinds of seed pods and leaves which we made into bouquets for our rooms. Keith Fenton brought a cat erpillar to school. It was black, white, and yellow. It ate milkweed leaves. One night it-changed into a green chrysalis with gold dots. In 17 days it hatched into a beauti ful orange and black Monarch butterfly. In the third grade, we are still working on our adding and subtraction combinations in arithmetic. For the last few weeks dur ing health we have been study ing about the seven basic foods. We had to plan a good breakfast, a good lunch, and a good dinner. In science, we are studying about the spider. We drew a spider and its web. Mrs. Corry's fourth grade is studying about foods in health class. We are learning the Basic Seven foods, and we are planning a menu for breakfast and dinner. Wc also are learning about wheat: how and where it grows and its nutritional val ue. We plan to draw a cross section of one grain to show where the ' bran and wheat germ are located. Our next study of foods will be of those which grow in warm and tropical climates. We will make tape recordings on our reports and will plan a bulletin board with visual aid materials. In Mrs. Dews' fifth grade social studies we are studying the Erie canal. We also have a story in our reading book about it. We are going to make maps and put in the Erie canal and the cities East and West of it. We had a Halloween party at which the room mothers, Mrs. Meadows, Mrs. Griffin, and her daughter, Mrs. John son, served doughnuts and apple cider. We have 25 pupils in our room. We have not gained or lost anyone since school started. In our readers we had the story of Johnny Applcsced and a poem. We learned the poem and then we wrote it and illustrated it. We also were fortunate to see a motion picture of it. In science, our fifth grade tested many different kinds of tooth pastes to see whether they had an alkaline or an acid reaction. We also tested to see whether it was gritty. Miss Samples' fifth grade class has been electing a good citizen each week. The good citizen leads the flag salute, HAIR DRYER! r a no While They Last By Jimmy Hatlo vl.ir-J? ' ylJU OUT OP sme pounds takes the health check, and leads the class when they leave the room. Our good citi zen for this week is Cherie Hollander. Our other good Lcitizens have been Melody Mullin, Sue Cooper, Connie Smith, Sharon Ross, Terry Kinser, and Shannon O'Harra. We have just finished a unit In science on the earth in space, and our space neigh bors. We are now studying the teeth. In geography, we are study ing about the Northeastern states. We are making reports and drawing maps, of each of the states. Mr. Fader's sixth grade recently elected class officers. Those who were elected are Trudy Stone, president; Nan nette Johnson, vice president; and Karen Engberg, secre tary. Mr. Fader's sixth grade won the ice cream feed for being the high room in this year's magazine sale. We went to the Talent Cafe for our ice cream. In English we are studying about newspapers-the differ ent kinds of newspaper sto ries and how newspapers are organized. Mr. Zickefoose' room re cently made self portraits from scraps of materials which we brought from home. We used buttons, leaves, pins, rubber bands and just about anything that we could utilize. The fifth and sixth grade intramurals are creating lots of interest. The girls are com peting in volleyball and soft ball. So far the Wildcats have won the most games. The boys are competing in touch foot ball and soccer. So far no one team has a definite edge. Griffin Creek School A film "Charley's Haunt," was seen by Griffin Creek students at an assemblyNov. 14. The safety film was pre sented by Mrs. Valerie Per due, of Pacific Telephone Northwest. Later in the week Mrs. Perdue presented key chains and address books to all the students. Mrs. Perdue was one of the three business personnel who visited Griffin Creek on E-B day in October. Mrs. Vera Elmgren, nurse at Griffin Creek, reminded students of the danger of play ing with sick animals. Griffin Creek finished in second place in the Rogue Val ley Football league. West Side won the league championship. Letters were presented by Ronald Griffith to 18 boys who finished the football season, They were Marc Prentice, j .-.wry... Lf"u.. A ALL TO- I 1 GETHER J f PUFF- Ronnie Graham, Doug Spauld ing, Joe Killingsworth, James Bryan, David Osborn, Warren Schllcp, Charles Sander, Mike Cartwrlght, Dale Fowler, Nicky Bnggs, Dwlght Roman- chuk, Carl Oswald, Steve Mc Culley, Denzel Carney, Benny Smith,' Dave West, Gary Wells, and manager, Larry Brlggs. Letters were also presented to the yell leaders. They are Zellah Mason, Pat Eastwood, Linda Eckel, Marilyn Stokes, Carolyn Giles, Joan Johnson and Linda Youmans, The November birthday dinner was Thursday, Nov. 18. Twenty - one . children had birthdays in November. Mrs. Lois Stabler was hostess for the primary grades and Miss Pat Leek for the intermediate grades. The fifth and sixth grades, under the direction of Mrs. Harriett Eitemiller, presented t h e Thanksgiving program Nov. 23. The chorus, under the direction of Miss Leek, sang "Battle Hymn of the Re public," "Come Ye Thankful People. "Roll on Columbia,1 and "The Doxology." The monthly meeting of the ASFSA was held at Griffin Creek school Thursday, Nov 17. President of the group is Ruth Hurt of Lincoln. Mrs Elsie Stowell of Griffin Creek is secretary. Approximately 60 cooks from the Medford school district were present. Tables were decorated with paper turkeys. made by Mrs. Alma Austin's fourth grade and Mrs. Joan Williams' first grade. Mrs. Myrna Frink, principal, gave the welcoming speech, The Gideons presented New Testaments to the fifth grade Nov. 8. Mrs. Maurice Lindsay's and Mrs. Lois Stabler'! third grades decorated the bulletin boards in the main hall for the month of November. Mrs. Alma Austin, chairman of the Christmas program, re ports that plans are complete and practice will begin after the Thanksgiving holidays. The first, second, third and fourth grades will present the program this year. A new bell system is being installed at Griffin Creek. It will be in operation about Dec. 1. 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