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o MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1960 Portland Schools To Disconfine Easter Programs Portland - (UPD The Port land Public School System Thursday announced that it has discontinued Easter pro grams for religious reasons. Supt. J. W. Edwards said the decision was made because of objections by Jewish and Catholic clergymen. Edwards also announced that the system was moving baccalaureate high school graduation services from churches to school auditori ums. He said this was also due to religious reasons. Edwards pointed out that attendance at baccalaureate services was not compulsory. Some Said Offensive Edwards said some of the Easter programs had "got out of line and were offensive to some groups." Christmas pro grams will continue, however, because they are mainly musi cal, Edwards said. Edwards said Rabbi Emanu el Rose of Congregation Beth Israel told him baccaluareate services in churches should be discontinued and "we talked in general terms." Edwards said two of the city's 10 public high schools have held baccalaureate serv ices in their auditoriums with Protestant, Jewish and Catho lic clergymen as speakers. Beginning Spanish Class Is Offered Ashland Mrs. Mabel W. Winston, Southern Oregon college registrar, has an nounced that a beginning Spanish class will be offered in the winter quarter, with Jan. 5 scheduled for the first class meeting. Dr. Anthony DeSoto, in charge of foreign language studies at SOC, will admit students without previous work in Spanish for the two hour credit class to be offered winter and spring terms. Credit will not be given for the course until the comple tion of at least two terms. Therefore, students will earn four hours credit at the end of spring term. Classes will meet at 8 and 11 a.m. weekly on Thursdays in Library room 1. Further in formation may be obtained from the registrar's office at SOC. PLAN RAMJET TESTS Mercury, Nev.-IUPll-Tests in the Pluto nuclear ramjet sys tem, aimed at developing a nuclear-powered ramjet capa ble of speeds up to 2,400 miles an hour, will begin next month at the Nevada test site. The Air Force and the Atomic Energy commission announc ed Thursday that the nuclear reactor Tory II-A will be ready for its first testing oper ation by late January. ONE DAY SERVICE Name Imprinted CHRISTMAS CARDS Done In Our Own Store Christmas 4 Wrap and Ribbon Too! Don't Forget Your Holiday Party Paper Napkins and Table Covers irop,KOK WH.UHI.WWhe.f- tfi0idi0i0i0i$i0i0i$i0i$i$i$i0i0i0i0i0i0i0i0 Setback Variance Gets Favorable Planner Support The Medford planning com mission last night gave its fa vorable recommendation to a request for a variance to a setback line at 542 Mae St. The variance was requested for construction of a carport, and it was noted by the com mission that the carport will be no closer to the street than the house it. The commission also recom mended a change jf zone from single-family to multiple-family for an area located at the corner of Crater Lake ave. and Stevens st. It was noted that this property is proposed for construction of multiple family dwellings and this use is compatible with a land-use plan being developed by the city. The commission r e c o m mended denial of a request that the city vacate a portion of Front and Cherry sts., lo cated adjacent to the railroad tracks near the intersection of Court st. and Central ave. It was noted that the streets are not improved in this area, but if they were vacated it would eliminate a city access point to a storm sewer located along the rail road tracks. The fire depart ment also had objections to the vacation. Another request to vacate a street, this one from the Med ford school district, did re ceive favorable recommenda tion of the commission. The school district is requesting the city to vacate 14th st. be tween Peach and Hamilton sts. adjacent to Washington school. A letter from School Super intendent Leonard B. May field was read at the meeting. In the letter, he said the school district wanted to ex pand the Washington school playground and vacation of the street would be necessary for this. It was noted that the unimproved street has been blocked off for many years. The commission also gave its favorable recommendation to a request from the state that the city vacate a portion of Crews rd., located near the old sewage disposal plant. Vacation of the road is ne cessary, according to the state, for construction of -the private Medco truck. road in this area. In exchange, the state will agree to build the city another access road in the area. ' &V ; l I; - i 'A u - tv -v . - 1 ' vj ip.fvt- Kfe.; f ;r t ,1 a;ftiMWtt.a--T;'-T-"frr CHURCH PRESIDENT incoming president for the National ; Council of Churches, J. Irwin Miller, right, of Columbus, Ind., ; sits beside the outgoing president, the Rev. Edwin T. Dahl- j berg, St. Louis Baptist minister, after Miller was elected at San Francisco. Miller,' multi-millionaire industrialist who gives 30 per cent of his income to charity, will serve as the council's chief spokesman for three years. (UPI Telephoto) i OF SMITH & MEN By Jack Smith (c) 1960 Times-Mirror Syndicate When we moved into our I house a decade ago, we were delighted to find an emer gency hospital a few blocks down the hill. The boys were at an age when they scorned life's haz ards. They regularly suffered minor traumata and had to be sewed up or at least ster ilized and bound in gauze. The nurses were motherly and full of maudlin banter. "Well, well," they used to say, "which one of our little men is it this time?" Or some such pleasantry. If stitches were required, they would summon a grum py surgeon from his sleep. Otherwise, they repaired the lad by themselves. Ihen they would tousle his scraggy head with brusque affection and shoo him away. In time the boys acquired coordinaiton and enough wis dom to quit hitting each oth er with shovels. Our trips to the hospital became less fre quent. The other night, I believe, You Asked For It! so HERE IT IS . . . Car owners new MERIT RATING SYSTEM is now in effect in Oregon to provide large $ savings for many car owners. SECURITY INSURANCE, SPring 3-7325, is at your constant service to explain this revolution ary new auto insurance plan. Call SECURITY INSURANCE at your first oppor tunity for the finest auto insurance available . . . and save ...$$$! 'Jit 4sAh rsn ! Professional W It'i Insurance rlfi L3;M - . 1 1 1 1 Ca . . . .. rzsi Wl -.ckicdai ALL FORM5: H JL .-,, a w,-c. INSURANCE; UffJ IrUil inoukmix-i-! JL If Vern Robinson ffc&T Fir. M : AiPotter wvai v aLMa iSiSwfi ..... n o nome nun Up Hank Hart Aircraft M Ml Hugh Jennings ? 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"I can't find the handle." She found the hnnrlln anrj I tried to open the door. "It won't open," she cried. "It's I locked from the inside." j the porch licit blaznrl on The boys ran out. Young peo ple love excitement. 'Whats going on?" thov shouted. "What is it?" 'Daddy's locked his fimer in the car," their mother explained. "The kev!" I cried. "Onon the door with the key!" Oh, oh. oh!" mv wife moaned. "The kevl Whore's 1 the key!" I ... Gribblc's Iieht across the street. Gribble ran out. "What's wrong!" he shnul. ed. "Pa's got his finger locked 1 in the car!" yelled one of the boys. "It's the one I type my y's with!' I shouted. j "Open the door!" shouted : Gribble. j "Oh, oh, oh!" my wife moaned. She began to weep. I realized the keys were clenched in my left hand. I got the door unlocked and withdrew my aggrieved fing er. "Emergency," I ordered. "Get me to emergency." In moments we wore hack in the bright little waiting room, a grim, breathless group. A grizzled nurse pad ded out. 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