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o o o WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1961 Regional Mews John Stafford. Regional Editor Correspondent!: Upper Applegate Valley Maude Ziegler; Lower Applegate Valley Jeanette Head; Butte Fall Mary Jo Harrii; Central Point Doiorea Armstrong; Eagl Point Dottle Harbi lon; Gold HUl-Sams Valley Mary Kel), Grand view -Lone Pine Dot Slmmont; Happy Camp Hazel Davii. Bettv Reedy; Hornbrook Katherlno Chapman; Illlnoii Valley Katharine Scott; Jackson- . ville Bette Hoskfns; 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 Lauretta McPherson; Yreka Doria Robinson and Betty Calkins. IV Adult Classes Scheduled by FFA " ; Illinois Valley - The ad t visory council ot the Future Farmers of America of Illinois ..Valley High school held , a 'special meeting Jan. 11. V Keith Nclsen of Kerby was selected president, replacing re Hiring president Bert Easter brook. Other council members -are Frank Gibbons, Bill Irey JEdgar Gates, Ortis Seat and ;Walter Eichler, all serving ."three-year terms. Adult first aid classes will -.start Jan. 23, the council an nounced. Elwin Frye of the forestry department will be instructor. At the end of the 10 weekly classes, those com' pleting the course will be given first-aid certificates. . f The council announced a 10' week course in arc welding will start Jan. 25, with Moe Camp instructor, Plans are being made for a veterinary and medicine course to be held later this year. PTA Will Discuss Juvenile Problems Yreka On Jan, .18 the Elementary PTA will meet In the multi-purpose rooirt of the Jackson St. school. The program will be a panel discussion entitled "par ent's repsonsibllity to juve nile delinquents". Jerry Ed wards is in charge of the panel. Mrs, Jack Young will represent parents, and Roger Ellis, school education. Ellis is district superintendent of the Dunsmulr Elementary school. Mrs. W. M. Van Over, of the county probation de partment, will discuss proba tion and Mike Hennessey, as sistant district attorney, will discuss legal aspects. Each will take about 12 minutes to speak. The youth authority is sending a person from Sacra mento to represent the state. Child care will be available, and refreshments will be served. It is hoped many mem bers and friends will attend. Education Measures Discussed at Special Meeting Held in Murphy - As part of the statewide "lights on for edu cation" drive, the Murphy PTA recently ; featured a panel of people prepared to discuss each one of the legis lative measures concerning schools, which may come up for action during the legisla tive session in Salem. Exclusive of the panel and the teachers of Murphy school, there were less than 25 people present. Mrs. Carl Hayncs, program chairman of the unit, as sembled a panel to deal with matters which fell into their fields, Warren Coek, curriculum director of Grants Pass High school, dealt with matters per taining to school administra tion and curriculum. He men tioned the proposed bill for Saturday schools, which would provide for attendance on Saturdays on a strictly vol untary basis, due to the fact that this would be In opposi tion to the religious belief of a group of students through out the state Such voluntary attendance would allow for extra time to be spent in science labs, or In actual "be hind the wheel" drivers' train ing time, or in the us of similar facilities which are overcrowded during the nor mal school week. At the pres ent time, the law specifies that no school shall be open for the purpose of ordinary Instruction on any Saturday, Ho mentioned briefly the legislation pertaining to dis trict boundary boards and the means by which they might be changed. He discussed school programs possible for exceptional children, whether gifted or retarded. He ex plained the program now In use in District 7 (Grants Pass) and mentioned that school dis tricts would be obligated to have some typo of program for these children by 1864. Due to the special training required for teachers working in this field, and the fact that state law limits classes to 12 to 15 students, In definite age brackets, and the special equipment needed In teach ing, he pointed out that the cost per pupil In the retarded program runs between $650 and $700, as opposed to the regular per pupil cost of about $350. The program for the gifted child is not fully In op eration In Grants Pass, PTA Names And Variety Happy Camp - The Happy Camp PTA met at the high school Jan. 10 and chairmen for the dime dinner and vari ety show were named. Presi dent Leona . Westby, named Mrs. L. T. Huddleston as head of the dime dinner which will be held Jan. 20th at the ele mentary school at 5:30 p.m. The committee for the va riety show to be held In Feb- Large Crowd Hears Education Program Illinois Valley - More than 50 people attended the "lights on for education" panel dis cussion at the Illinois Valley High school recently. Mrs. Vernon Johnson, presi dent of Kerby PTA, was mod erator of a panel discussion. Panel members included Casey Pillar, Ed Kentfleld, Pat Whltcley, Mrs. Don Orton and. George Thrasher. i Education and youth legis-i lation to be considered by the state legislature was discussed. Also discussed were increas ing the basic school support fund, traffic safety laws. school bus laws, education of mentally retarded children and absentee balloting and voting registration, 25 Compete in Roping Contest Held Sunday Twenty - five ropers from Lake, Josephine and Jackson counties and northern Califor nia competed in a roping con test at the Jackson county fairgrounds Jan. 15. The ropers vied for prizes in team roping and calf rop ing. Fastest calf roping time of 14V4- seconds was made by Dick and Larry Perry of Eagle Point. The Rogue Valley Roping club sponsors the event every Sunday and extends an Invi tation to any Interested area residents to attend. PLANE MOTOR Cleveland - The engine In the Wright brothers first air plane had no carburetor. Gas oline was dripped into the cylinders. said, except In the method of breaking down English and mathematics classes from a ninth grade level on, into groups depending upon their plans for future higher educa tion and, to some extent, their ability in the subjects. " School Finances William E. Gilmore, chair man of the county school board, explained matters In the proposed measures per- taining to school finances, He brought out the fact that Josephine county, due to class ification as a poor county at a state level, received a high degree of state funds to sup port its schools. A definite number of counties in the state feel that counties pos sessing O Ic C timber funds should be required to use them for educational pur poses, and Josephine county belongs in this category. Such a move would, it is true, make these funds avail able for school support, -but the taxpayer would not bene fit, since he would then have to poy a county tax for roads, and building construction which he does not have to pay now. It might result In a larger tax In the long run than he pays now. Gilmore also discussed mea sures concerning the powers of local school boards, and some of the minor changes suggested pertaining to ex penses Incurred by school di rectors In making trips in connection with their offices and similar rulings. Safair Laws Capt. John Smith, of the Grants Pass city police depart ment, had as his subject all matters pertaining to safety law revisions, particularly as they applied to school buses. He mentioned the proposal to raise the speed limit for school buses from 45 to 55 miles per hour, In response to the com plaints of people in some parts of the state where the buses travel over open highways that they hold up traffic. He felt that such a limit would not work out In this immedi ate area. The procedure for a school bus to follow in stop ping at railroad crossings now no longer In use was mention ed and he explained some of the safeguards which would be necessary. David Branson, principal of Murphy school, handled the coming up In' the Dime Dinner Show Heads ruary'as the last money rais ing event of the year will be Mr. and Mrs. James Tristan, Herbert Sonneborn, Mrs. Ed ward Kemppe, Mrs. Norman Herman, Robert Schaeffer and David Maxon. With only two more fund raising events planned it is hoped that enough funds will be received to finish paying the band uniform invoice and other expenses before March 1. According to Mrs. James Tris tan, treasurer, there is a bal ance of $285.06 after carnival expenses and $140 that was applied to the band uniform bill The membership also voted to pay the $40 bill for vaccine to Dr. George Chambers that will be used during the year giving free vaccinations to pre-school age children Mrs. Westby introduced Mrs. Robert Edmunds, wife of a local dentist, and Mrs. Rob ert Hokenson, new bride of Coach Hokenson of the high school faculty. Floor Refinlthed Principal - James Foote an nounced the floor In the gym has been reflnished over the Christmas holidays, repairing some of the damage done when the roof leaked in recent storms. Foote also explained that he had been looking into estimates on lighting the foot ball field, and he would ap preciate any ideas on how. to finance such a project-since school funds cannot be used for this purpose. Elementary School Superin tendent Herbert Sonneborn announced that report cards would be sent out Jan. 20. Since this will not be a Par ent-Teacher conference report period, he said this does not mean that the parents should not come to talk over chil dren's progress. He said he and the faculty would wel come parents who wished to discuss grades with them. The room count was won by the junior class for the high school and Mrs. Fitzer and Mrs. Dusenberry's room for the elementary school, Program Chairman La- Vonne Walters, presented two films on Hawaii for the eve ning's entertainment. . Murphy legislature concerning p r o fcssional standards for teach ers and school officials. He explained that the Oregon Education Association and the Principals' Association had been closely following these proposals in their study groups and they, with the legislature, were working on such things as standard qualifications for teachers, types of certificates necessary for teaching at dif ferent levels, and a method of including teachers not em ployed In school districts with more than 4500 average dally attendance to participate In the Teacher Tenure Law, which attempts to provide security for the experienced teacher. Other committees are considering the problem of whether a school district must consider itself, and the teach er bound to a contract for a coming year when a budget is defeated by the voters. "Rusty" Snyder, manager of the classified advertising sec tion of the Grants Pass Daily Courier, spoke of the proposed laws attempting to control the sale and distribution of ob scene literature throughout the state, particularly as it applies to minors. He ex plained that, as the law now stands, it is only considered a misdemeanor and carries with it such a light fine or sen tence, If convicted, that it Is of no value and very difficult to enforce. He pointed out the practice, among publishing firms, of publishing and dis tributing one Issue of an ob scene magazine and then, changing the name of the pub lication, and not publishing again under the same name. Tills makes It Impossible to prosecute or to effectively curb the practice In any way. His feeling was that, until a law strong enough to be a real threat is written, the officials are powerless. Dr. A. M. Depner Chiropodist Announces tia rrtjisd i office frw FltfVe Bldg. o to ttfc MallBuiMing 1005 E. Main Phone SP 2-2103 Medford Education Issues Explained to Butte Falls PTA Butte Falls-The Butte Falls PTA held its "lights on for education" program at the high school recently. Purpose of this program was to inform the public of legislative proposals concern ing education to be brought up this year at the state legisla ture meeting. The Butte Falls program was part of a state wide education drive. Panel - members for the Butte - Falls meeting were Leonard Stratton, schools; El ga Abbott, local government; Mrs. Hannah Dalton, PTA and school board; William Hunter, Oregon Education as sociation, and T. E. Poole, school board. Stratton was panel chairman. School Finance Topics discussed included school finance, by Poole, ad ministrative organization and school board legislation, by Dalton, professional standards, by Mrs. Hunter, child welfare and school bus laws by Ab bott, and a summary of pro posed legislation by Stratton. . A question and answer peri od followed the panel discus sion. The program was spon sored by the Oregon Educa tion association, the school board association and the Ore gon. Congress of Parents and Teachers. rnor to the program a short business meeting was neia to discuss PTA money raising projects for the year, Two voted on were a father- son .basketball game and the concession booth at the com munity hall dance Jan. 14. Refreshments were served following the program. Water Development Topic of Meeting Sams Valley - Water devel opment will be the topic for the Saims Valley Parent- Teacher association's program, Thursday, Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Guest speaker will be Andrew Schmidt, who is experienced in soil and water conservation. P.T. A. officials urge-all in terested persons to attend. - During a recent session of the executive board plans were discussed to hold a bas ketball game between the fa thers and sons, and a volley ball game between mothers and daughters. Students would be seventh and eighth graders. This proposal will be presented to members of the P.T.A. Thursday evening for a final opinion. Regional Calendar Eagle Point - The Eagle Point PTSA meeting sched uled for Thursday, Jan. 19, at 8 p.m. has been canceled and will be rescheduled for February. Applegate Valley - Apple- gate farm bureau and the Pro- volt farm bureau will meet in joint session at the Upper Ap plegate Grange hall Thursday, Jan. 19, at 8 p.m. for a potluck supper and general get ac quainted meeting. Prospect - The Prospect Community club will elect new officers at its meeting Jan. 20 at 8 p.m. in the com munity building. All club members are urged to attend. Plons for the year will be made.- Eagle Point - The World Clothing drive in the Eagle Point public schools, the Elk Trail and Shady Cove schools will be In progress until Fri day, Jan. 20. The project is part of a national campaign to get used clothing, shoes and bedding to aid orphans and other needy children. All usable and clean clothing clothing may be sent to one of the schools by Friday. Eagle Point - The first adult education rural and urban law course class will be held Thursday at 7:30 p.m. In the Eagle Point High school. The course Is designed to Inform citizens of certain legal rights. Ben Day is instructor and a $5 tuition fee Is being charged. Eagle Point - A well child conference will be held at the Eagle Point Grade school Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. Children from six months to 6 years of age are eligible to attend. Dr. A. E. Mcrkcl, pub lic health physician, will be examining doctor. Differences American School Systems Murphy - Miss Franca Mar- ginl, Italian foreign exchange student, told Murphy school fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth graders of differences between schools In Italy and those in Oregon recently. Miss Margini was intro duced to the students by Mrs. Robert Chamberlain, at whose home she is living this year. She spoke of the many differ ences between schools in her home town near Rome, Italy, Building Project Is Facing Fund Eagle Point -The building committee for the Eagle Point Scout-Community building met recently and committee chairman Harry Hanscom re ported an additional $700 is Yreka Firm High Bidder on Timber Yreka - J. F. Sharp Lum ber company- of Yreka was high bidder on 6,000,000 board feet of pine and fir timber in the Upper Slide creek unit, Seiad district, Ken neth C. Duncan of the Klam ath national forest, announced at the conclusion of the oral auction held Jan. 17 In Yreka. Species, volume in board feet, advertised prices and high bid rates were: Pond- erosa pine and Jeffrey pine -nominal volume, advertised at $24.45 per M and bid at $23.45 per M; sugar pine - 2,100,000 b.f., advertised at $16.90 per M and bid at $16.90 per M; white and red fir - 1,000,000 b.f., advertised at $1.95 per M and bid at $2.50 per M; Douglas fir - 3,750,000 b.f., advertised at $10.30 per M and bid at $10.30 per M; in cense cedar - 50,000 b.f., ad vertised at $1.95 per M and bid at $2.25 per M. Total advertised value was $76,162.50. The value based on the highest bid was, $76, 725.50. The next timber sale will be an oral auction on Jan. 24, Frying Pan unit located in the Happy Camp working circle. ,- . N. California Television Log Programs lilted below are received from tha television stations and the Mall Tribune assumes no responsibility except to make ehangea as supplied. KIEM-TV (Channel 3) WEDNESDAY 3:00 Brighter Day 3:16 Secret Storm 3:30 Edge of Night 4:00 Matinee 5:00 Uncle Bill Cartoon 5:30 Woody Woodpecker 6:00 Shell News 6:10 Weather 6:15 Douglas Edwards News 6:30 Wilbur & Mr. Ed 7:00 Border Patrol , 7:30 Aquanauts 8:30 Wanted: Dead or Alive 9:00 My Sister Eileen 9:30 I've Got a Secret 10:00 Circle Theatre 11:00 News & Weather THURSDAY 3:00 Brighter Day i 3:15 Secret Storm 3:30 Edge of Night 4 :00 Matinee 5:00 Uncle BUI Cartoons 0:30 Roy Rogers 6:00 Shell News 6:10 Weather 6:15 Douglas Edwards News 6:30 Award Theatre 7:00 Interpol Calling 7:30 Ann Sothern 8:00 Angel 8:30 Mr. District Attorney 9 i)0 Brothers Brannagan 9:30 Hot off the Wire 10:00 Thursday Nite Theatre 11:15 News & Weather KVIP-TV (Channel 7) WEDNESDAY 3:00 Popeye and Friends S:30 Lone Ranger 6:00 Newsbeat Northitate 6:30 Burs Bunny 7:00 Donna Reed 7:30 Wagon Train 8:30 Price la Right 9:00 Hawaiian Eye 1010 Naked City 11:00 11th Hour News 11:15 Jack Paar 13:30 Late Newi and Sign Off THURSDAY 3:00 Popeye and Friends 5:30 Rocky and His Friends 6:00 Ncwsbpnt Northstat 6:15 NBC News 6:30 Brothers Brannagan 7:00 Sea Hunt 7:30 Outlaws B:30 Real McCoys 9:00 Bachelor Father 9:30 Ford Show 10:00 Groucho Marx Show 10:30 Bat Masterson 11:00 11th Hour News 11:15 Jack Paar 12:30 Late News and Sign Off Close-Out Sale Prices Burn-Rite Logs KOGAP Lumber Industries It liquidating (heir stock of Burn Rite LocjS. Now you can live at much as 26c per carton. BurnRtte Logs are packaged In eaty to carry 10 packi and 6 packi. Each log It 3 inchet fn diameter and 12 inches long and will give hours of warm, comfortable heat. Burn-Rite logs are available at our mill on South Pacific Higway 99 or we will deliver orders amount Ing to $13.00 or more. Sorry No Charging en these special prices For More Information Call . . . SP 3-6601 Ext. 46 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Between Italian and and those here in Oregon and, as a matter of fact, in the United States. The elementary school in Italy is composed of six grades, followed by three in whnt rnrresDonds to our iun- ior high schools. Following this, there are six years of high schools When entering high school, one of three sep arate miirsps of studv is de cided upon and the student ac cordingly enters either pro fessional, commercial or lib- Shortage needed for purchasing cement for the floor in the main audi torium and basement. Hanscom said there are several projects, such as help ing tile the dining area or purchasing cement for one of the room floors, that could be taken over by any organiza tion desiring to do so. Ed Kimmel reported the roof was completed recently and said roofers recommend ed an aluminum roof coating be applied in about six months. The committee voted to in stall wood gables In the build ing instead of glass due to a shortage of funds at tne pres ent time. Mrs. Keith Krambeal said the Eagle Point Jaycees were planning to give away a cedar chest and were accepting do nations for the cest which will be used for work on the community building. The next committee meet ing will be Jan. .23.. Slides showing progress on the proj ect will be shown. Board of Directors Awards Contracts Tiller-Drew - Contracts for the 1961-62 school year were given to three teachers at the regular meeting of the board of directors, school District 15, at Days Creek, Jan. 10. They were William Lewellen, sup erintendent, Larry Kline, high school principal, and Argyle Matthews, grade school prin cipal. Tentative salary policies for certified and non - certified personnel were set and pre liminary budget figures were discussed. - Mrs. Richard Brown, Mllo, was present and presented a request for financial aid in transporting children to regu larly scheduled bus runs. The board instructed Lewellen to conduct a survey of the pupils in District IS who would be affected by such a policy and to report his findings at the next regular meeting of the board. Gold Hill Nuggets By MARY KELL Gold Hill - Once again the old year has slipped away from us. We are beginning a New Year that we hope will be a happy one for all. As the old year rolled out, we observed many homes brightened with the presence of family members, friends and students coming from a distance to enjoy the holidays. Other homes were sadowed with grief because of the loss of loved ones, and some were saddened due to the absence of loved ones who were 111 in hospitals far and near. Some were lonely because of being shut-in. Before we get carried away with plans and resolutions for the New Year, we would like to take time to pratee those Individuals in this Sams Valley-Gold Hill area who took time from their own happy and busy holidays to help make the season just past a more joyful one for others in so many different ways. FAMOUS SIGNATURES There are only six known signatures of William Shake speare. STOCKING YARN New York - A nylon stock ing has about one mile and one-quarter of nylon yarn. v Explained. eral arts high school. Miss Margini said liberal arts con centrates mainly on literature and would be similar to the American college preparatory course. One thing she mentioned was that in the elementary school years in Italy a, student would be allowed to complete them no matter how many times he might fail a year and have to repeat it, but once in high school, three failures in any of the subjects he was taking meant his dismissal from school. Compares Clothing In response to questions from the students, Miss Mar gini compared high school clothing in the two countries and said that the main differ ence was in the girls' fashions -most of the girls in Italy wear dresses rather than the sweaters and skirts she has grown to love in this country. As for sports, boys and girls in her home town play basket ball and soccer, but the main interest is in bicycling and big races take place which attract large crowds to watch them. When queried about "b o y friends" and "girl friends," she said that most social life or dating took place in chap eroned groups and that early marriages were the exception, with most young people not marrying until they were at least 25, because they felt strongly about the need for being able to support a fam ily. Answering questions about politics she said that on the higher levels of government in her country the Democratic party was in power, but that some of the small towns are governed by members of the Italian Communist party, with possessions,-duties, and equip ment in the town being snaren by all the people on a com mune basis. However, an in teresting contradiction exists in the the main religion in her town, as in Italy itself, is Catholic. Each Has Advantages In concludsion she said that It was difficult to say which school system she preferred explaining that each had its advantages. In Italy although there is a six-day school week, each day's session only lasts five hours and there is a short er school year, from October to May. She said that she pre ferred the extra time in U. S, high schools before It was nec essary to decide on a course of study and major in it, and that it was difficult to know as early as the beginning of high school just where one s interests lie and which of the three available courses one should follow, Jackson brings more convenient business hours to its customers. Saturday Closing Will Begin Jan. 21, 1961 Barnstormers To Present 3 Plays ! Grants Pass The , Barn stormers, local theatrical group, have departed from their usual custom. of present ing a full-length play and are preparing instead three one act plays which are to be ready for viewing either the last week in February or the first week in March, First readings for the plays were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Skinner in Grants Pass and final casting took place at the Jan. 12 meet ing of the group held at the home of Mrs. W.' A. (Aline) Sharp in Fruitdale. - ' . Mrs. Mary Lou-Skinner is directing the production of the three plays which include "The Eagle" by Ted Beebe, "A Sunny Morning" by Joaquin Quintero, and "The Ugly Duckling" by A. A. MilneJ The first of these, "The Eagle," was originally written for television and has been re written as a one-act play by Mrs. Skinner. It is a melodra matic murder mystery. ' "A Sunny Morning" is a change of mood, a charming unusual piece, marked by gen tle, ironic humor. 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