MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1960
Regional News
John Stafford. Regional Editor
Correspondents: Upper Applegate Valley Maude Zieglet; Lower AppJegate Valley Jeane it.
Head; Butie Falls Mary Jo Harris: Central Point Doiores Armstrong; Eagle Point Dottie Harbi
ion; Gold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kell; Grandview-Lone Pine Dot Simmons; Happv Camp Hazel
Davis Bettv Reedy; Hornbrook Katherine Chapman; Illinois Valley Katherine Scott; Jackson
ville Bette Hoskins; McLeod Caroline Harding; Murphy Mrs. R. J. Millemann; Prospect Velda
,Barr; Shady Cove Evelyn Watson: Table Rock R. E. Nealon; Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers; Williams
Ann Katzenbach; Vreka Doris Robinson.
Murphy School Children Celebrating
Christmas With Old Spanish Customs
By JOAN MILLEMANN
Murphy Correspondent
Murphy-The fifth grade at
Murphy school resembles a
miniature United Nations in
these last hectic days before
Christmas as it prepares to
celebrate the holiday on an
international scale.
The children have been as
signed the task of looking up
how Christmas is celebrated
in many foreign countries and
making reports to their class
mates. However, over and
above these many accounts,
the main theme for the class's
Christmas is a Spanish one.
For these students are among
the luckier ones in the nation
today in that they have been
able, under the teaching of
Mrs. Frances Gutierrez, to be
gin the study of the Spanish
language while still in ele
mentary school.
What started as an experi
ment at the fifth, sixth, sev
enth and eighth grade levels
several years ago, has now
been widened as a program
until this year Spanish is
taught as a subject from the
fourth grade up and it is
hoped to be able to include
all grades eventually. Since
Mrs. Gutierrez is the fifth
grade teacher, it is in her
class that Christmas is being
celebrated as it would be in
Spain, complete to the pina
ta" rather than the Christmas
tree. The pinata is a hollow,
paper mache figure, which
the children of the class are
making, which will be filled
with small candies and trin
kets. Then on the last day of
school when all the classes
are having their Christmas
parties, the pinata will be
hung above the heads of the
children who will dance
around it singing Spanish
songs and will finally all have
the privilege of breaking it,
thus distributing all the can
dies among the children clus
tered beneath it.
Decorated Jars
These pinatas, in countries
of Spanish origin consist of
fragile earthenware jars dec
orated to look like a bird, fish
or doll which are shattered by
the children who are blind
folded, given a club and three
chances to break them. How
ever, the children in Murphy
school are making theirs in a
less expensive, equally effec
tive manner. Wads of news
paper are compressed until
the desired figure is obtained
(this year's class is making
their pinata in the shape of a
snowman). This figure is then
covered by strips of paper
moistened with paste which is
allowed to harden. When it is
thoroughly dry and hard, it is
carefully opened down the
sides with a knife, the inside
wads of paper are removed
and the openings, are closed
with more of the wet paper
strips, thus making a hollow
figure which is filled with
candy or trinkets before the
final sealing
All during the process of
making the figure and pre
paring for the celebration, the
children are learning new
Spanish words which apply to
the occasion, and the final
procedure, the breaking of
the pinata, and the ceremony
accompanying it, is conduct
ed entirely in Spanish.
One couldn t conceive of a
more fascinating way to
learn while having fun and
in this era, when educators
are stressing the value of
learning foreign languages as
early as possible for greater
flexibility, these children in
Murphy are indeed lucky.
Hanby School Presenting
Christmas Music Program
Gold Hill - The Hanby El
ementary school of District 6
will present its annual Christ
mas program Thursday night,
Dec. 22 at 7:30. Gilbert Mack,
principal of the Gold Hill
schools, wishes to remind
everyone that this program
will be given in the new multi-purpose
room at Patrick El
ementary school. He said that
the acoustics in this room are
excellent and everyone at
tending will be assured that
they can hear with ease and
comfort.
The Hanby and Patrick Ele
mentary school band will pre
sent three numbers.
The Martian Space Men set
the theme as they try to find
out about this phenomenon
called Christmas. They view
the commercial aspect, the
goodness of man, and finally
the true picture of God's gift
to man, a Saviour.
The Hanby school band and
chorus will provide the mus
ical background with favorite
Christmas selections such as
the Drummer Boy, Twelve
Days of Christmas, O, Holy
Night, and other favorite na
tivity selections.
The seventh grade will pro
vide the cast composing the
background scenes. The two
men from Mars will be played
by Bruce Downing and Billy
Shoemaker. The narrator is
Duane Fields, and the Christ
mas story will be read by
Kirby Koopman, an eighth
grader.
Co-directors are Lynn Bern
ston and Mrs. Beth Ness. Mar
vin Throne is in charge of
music arrangements. Allen
Hill and Deane Roberts are in
charge of the lighting. As
sisting them is Dickie Ross of
the eighth grade. Special foot
lights and spots were made by
the custodial staff composed
of Al Beman, Charlie Foote
and Sherman Kiger,
As the sound of Christmas
music fills the air, may the
Wonder of the Christmas story
fill your heart anew, bringing
you all the joys of this happiest
of all days.
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Schools To Have
Christmas Dinner
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Personally
Speaking
By JOHN STAFFORD
For the last few years re-
lieious leaders and devoted
citizens have been concerned
about a problem arising at
this time of year. In an age
when some are placing the
value of the dollar at the top
of their priority list, Christ
mas poses a prime example of
what these religious leaders
and interested citizens are
confronted with.
Keeping Christ in Christ
mas becomes suDmergea in
the hustle and bustle of this
happy season. Too many times
the purpose behind elaborate
Christmas decorations and
seasonal merry making is
buried. Christmas signifies a
ereat event in Christian his
tory. The coming of Christ
was a happy event for the
world. Christians were hum
ble when the great event oc
curred.
In the space age are we still
humble? Are we keeping
Christ in Christmas?
A few days ago we dis
covered an article published
by United Press International
which gives advice on Keep
ing the holidays holy. It merits
special attention. The article
follows.
Eagle Point Holds First Jury Trial
Eagle Point - A historical
event took place in the Eagle
Point Grange hall Monday
morning.
For the first time a jury
trial was held in Eagle Point.
The trial followed an ordi
nance passed by the city coun
cil earlier this year providing
for trials by jury. The city
won its case against Richard
R. Holzhauser, 37, Eagle
Point, for an alleged traffic
violation. Holzhauser pleaded
not guilty to a charge of vio
lation of basic rule. He was
accused of driving 50 miles-por-hour
in a 25 mile speed
zone.
The court convened at 10:30
a.m. Six jurors were selected.
Judge William Rice, jr., Med
ford, presided. City Attorney
Gregg Hornecker represented in apparent good working or-
Eagle Point with Ronald
Ricketts representing the de
fendant. '
Jurors Sworn In
After the six jurors had
been sworn in by Rice, Hor
necker instructed the jurors
to be completely impartial to
both sides and listen to all
arguments before reaching a
verdict.
Robert C. Moore, arresting
police officer, was the first
prosecution witness. Moore
said he clocked Holzhauser
going 50 miles-per-hour for
about two blocks in the city
Nov. 5. A radar clocking de
vice was used, Moore said.
Moore said the radar had been
tested twice that day, so was
Large Crowd Attends
Elementary Program
Mrs. Litwiller
Ashland's Leading Funeral Director Since 1935
Gold Hill A free Christ
mas dinner will be prepared
for pupils of Patrick and Han
by Elementary schools of Dis
trict 6. The meal will consist
of turkey and all the trim
mings. It will be served during
the lunch period, Thursday
Dec. 22. The dinner is spon
sored by the Gold Hill Parent-Teacher
association.
Final arrangements for the
dinner and other Christmas
projects of the unit were made
during a session of the execu
tive board last weeK. rars.
Jerry Herrington, president,
presided.
Committees to prepare and
serve the dinner were named,
Thev include Mrs. Paul
Thompson, Mrs. Kenneth
Fluck. and Mrs. Artnur tsoye
who will work with school
cook Mrs. Frances Throne at
Patrick cafeteria. Mrs. Lester
Wakeman, Mrs. Paul Mal-
lov. and Mrs. C. Norman uau
will assist Mrs. Edith Thomp
son, school cook at Hanby
rafeteria.
The board took action to
eliminate party refreshments
this year at class room Christ
mas parties slated for Friday
afternoon, Dec. 23. Officials
of the unit and Gilbert Mack,
principal of the Gold Hill
schools, report that this will
curtail work and expense for
room-mothers and others who
assist them.
Christmas Treats
In place of refreshments,
students of Hanby Elementary
school will be given P.T.A.
Christmas treats on Friday.
Patrick pupils and other little
folks will be presented P.T.A.
treats when Santa Claus
makes his appearance Imme
diately after the rainc
Christmas program, Tuesday
afternoon.
Hanby students will present
their Christmas program
Thursday evening, Dec. 22 at
7:30.
A large tree in the multi
purpose room will be deco
rated for the two programs by
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Herring-
ton. Mrs. Lester Parker, Mrs
J. N. McKibben. and Mrs.
Lewis Neilson.
Mrs. Ronald Kalista, Mrs
H. S. Deuel. Mrs. Clayton Net-
zel and Mrs. Donald Meister
volunteered to make new
choir canes.
Mrs. N e t z e 1, membership
chairman stated that there are
now 80 members in the local
P.T.A. She is still accepting
membership fees. The goal is
100.
"Lights on for Education"
will be the topic for the Janu
ary session of the P.T.A. Dr.
Elmo Stephenson will be guest
speaker on the fifth of the
month instead of the regular
I meeting date.
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Washington (UPD What
can an ordinary American
family do to "Keep Christ in
Christmas"?
Hera are eight simple,
practical suggestions from
the Methodist magazine To
gether: -Attend the services in
your church.
-Give gifts to those out
side your circle of family
and to friends who cannot
repay you in kind. Break
the habit of gift swapping.
-Write a note of apprecia
tion to someone who. during
the year, did tome outstand
ing public work in an un
selfish manner, or whose
words or deeds were an in
spiration to you. Written
words are especially appre
ciated. -Phone or call on some
lonely person and wish him
a Merry Christmas. You
may be his only caller the
whole season.
-Send a cash gift through
a church or charitable chan
nel io needy people over
seas. YOU Will oe Helping
people who will never know
their benefactor. Remem
ber, when you give alms,
give them in secret, and
"your Father who sees in
secret will reward you."
-Invite someone to eat
Christmas dinner with you
- a foreign student perhaps,
who cannot pay you in kind.
-Provide your minister
with a cash gift for someone
in need, specifying that he
not reveal your name.
-Get down on your knees
and thank God that you are
living in a land so blessed
with riches that it is pos
sible for you to be on the
giving instead of the re
ceiving endl
T.ast Thursday the Staffords
ventured out to chop down the
annual Christmas tree, -finer
obtaining a Christmas tree
permit from Harold Thomas,
Ashland forest service ranger,
, started to the cutting area
on the Ashland loop road.
That we got lost and ended up
hark in Ashland twice is in
significant. Although it must
be admitted that this writer
was rpadv to start chopping
down the first pine tree that
came into sight in some citi
zen's yard when we entered
the fair city a second time.
Finding the forest service
cutting area was a breeze
when stacked against endur
ing the wife's indecision in
finding lust the "right" tree.
We tried to explain that per
fect Christmas trees Just aon i
rnw However, our eiioris
were in vain. She continued
skipping merrily through the
woods examining every tree
in sight. We trudged aiong
after her.
The only thing that saved
her poor husband was dark
ness. We started walking back
to the car empty handed. Then
ahnnt 100 yards from the
family auto she spotted what
was destined to stand in our
Hvlnoroom. With all the lignts
ornaments and tinsel, I must
admit that she did find a "per
fect" Christmas tree.
The King ranch includes
more than one million acres
of land, making it the largest
privately - owned domain in
tho United States. It celebrat
ed its 100th birthday in 1953.
A stack of letter-size paper,'
three stories high, placed be
side each of the 175 million
persons in the United States
would illustrate the amount
of paper consumed annually
in this country.
; About 45 million Americans
go to and from their Jobs
daily in automobiles. About
19 million other Americans
ride motor vehicles to school,
to shops, and for other ac-
i tiviliei.
Happy Camp-The Happy
Camp elementary school
Christmas program was held
Dec. 15 at the high school gym
and was attended by a record
breaking audience of parents
and friends. Herbert Sonne
born, school principal, gave a
short welcome speech. He said
his wish for Christmas was
that the many faiths could
unite together and work for a
just cause of World Peace and
the freedom of people everywhere.
The Kindergareten class
started the program with
their rythm band playing
"Jingle Bells." Mrs. Gordon
directed her first grade class
in a Christmas acrostic, and
two songs of the season
"Mary Had A Baby" and
"Round the Christmas Tree,'
a Mexican folk song.
Mrs. Fowler's second grade
sang "Away in a Manager"
and "Santa's Work Shop,
der.
Oran Chastain, city mar-
shall, was the second prosecu
tion witness. Chastain said
that in addition to daily test
ing of the radar, it is checked
professionally by engineers
every three or four months
and has never been found to
be more than one-mile-per-hour
inaccurate.
Holzhauscr's attorney asked
that the testimony of Chastain
and Moore be stricken from
the record. Neither of them
were radar experts and an
expert technician would be re
quired to prove the radar de
vice's accuracy, the attorney
said.
Judge Rice ruled against
the motion, stating that a
technician's knowledge was
not necessary to know how to
operate the radar.
Moves For Acquittal
Ricketts then moved for a
motion for acquittal without a
jury trial since an expert's
opinion was not available to
prove the radar was working
at the time Moore apprehend
ed Holzhauser. Rice denied
the motion.
After Holzhauser testified
in his own behalf, the attor
neys presented their closing
arguments and Rice charged
the jury with rendering a ver
dict. After a 45 minute de
liberation they returned a ver
dict of guilty.
Holzhauser paid a $30 fine
plus $18 in court costs follow
ing Eagle Point's first jury
trial.
ANNUAL PROGRAM
Lone Pine -The Lone Pino
school will present their an
nual Christmas program
Thursday, Dec. 22 at 8 p.m.
in the school gymnasium. Fol
lowing the program, Santa
Claus will have treats for thu
primary, intermediate and
pre-school children.
Mrs. Fitzer's third grade sang
'Billy Got a Gun for Christ
mas , and Santa s Travel."
Mrs. Reedy's third grade
had two choral groups sing
ing "I'm Getting Nuttin' for
Christmas" and "What
Christmas." Mrs. Lawton's
fourth grade put on a short
play titled "Christmas Mix
and a song "The Twelve Days
of Christmas.
Mr. Maxon's fifth grade had
a Christmas extravaganza
named "Idols of 1961." Mrs.
Dusenberry and Mr. Stuckey
joined their sixth grade to
gether for a skit called "Heart
Gifts" in which bells were
used to play "Silent Night"
and "Joy to the World."
The final group was the
combination of the seventh
and eighth grades for "Tab
leau Vivant Celebrating the
Birth of Jesus Christ." The use
of colored lights made this
scene depiciting the birth of
Christ a thing of beauty.
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