SCHOOL MEWS
Phoenix Grade School
We are having our semester
tests this week in Mrs. Annie
Gertson's room. We have
made penguins and studied
about their nesting habits,
foods, and their lives in gen
eral. We are learning to add
numbers, and are reading
Irom supplementary readers.
The children of Mrs. Alice
Swingles' room have a Read
ing club. For every library
book we read we get a star.
In our reading club we read
about Cowboy Tom. We made
pictures and wrote stories
about cowboys. We saw two
movies last week, "Seasons of
the year" and Adventures of
Bunny Rabbit".
Mrs. Jane Germer's first
grade have been reading some
of the beginner books by Dr.
Seuss. Many of the children
have made pictures of the
characters they read about.
We saw a movie called "Signs
of the Seasons." We learned
about our sun and shadows.
The film also showed us that
each season brings us some
thing new and exciting to
learn about.
We had a new student join
our group last week. His name
is Scott Mitchell, from Ash
land. We are learning how to
add, and making number
cards to be used in our arith
metic games.
The boys and girls in Mrs.
Nadine Ramirez's second
grade report they only need
five more PTA members to
,:have 100 per cent member
ship. Our teacher made a big
thermometer for us to use. It
has a ribbon on a roller, and
we can set it at any tempera
ture we want. We have two
.new snails in our aquarium
The children in Mrs. Fern
Walker's second grade room
are excited and happy to be
able to write real writing,
, Some of them can write their
first names nicely in this
"grown-up" style. This group
of children were interested in
the Inauguration.
! Mrs. Gertrude Wooten's sec
ond grade is enjoying the li
brary book, "Mr. Popper's
Penguins." The boys and girls
have brought interesting facts
.to the class about penguins
We have learned that pen
guins are found only in the
Antarctic regions. Explorers
say that penguins are friendly
and curious. They have not
learned to be afraid because
they have no enemies
Mrs. A 1 e e n Bessonette's
third grade is constructing a
winter snow scene from news
papers. They have also mount
ed maps from their Weekly
Readers. They are locating
the states on them.
Jeff Bertrand brought his
record player for Mrs. Mar
tha Brown's third grade room
this week. He played his fa
vorite collection of Fairy
Tales and American Folk
songs at "special interest'
time and during the lunch
hour. Bruce Kyles mother
brought her television set to
school so we could watch the
inauguration. In PE we have
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learned a new game called
four square.
In Mrs. Lucile Scott's third
grade room we are learning
about the earth and the sun;
how the earth goes around
the sun, how the sun huats the
earth and causes our seasons
and weather, and how differ
ences in the heat of air at dif
ferent places causes wind. We
go to the library on Wednes
days, and are reading many
books for which we get stars.
We are learning to make writ
ten book reports. We are using
little clocks in arithmetic to
learn how to tell time. In PE
we play a game called "goofy
ball" which is similar to base
ball except instead of batting
a ball, we kick a big rubber
ball..
We are doing research on
many topics of interest in sci
ence and social studies in Mrs.
Shirley Kannasto's fourth
grade. Oral reports have been
given on the Sahara desert,
camels and date palms in so
cial studies. We have also had
some good oral reports on mi
grating birds, seals, ants, bea
vers and bees in our science
class. Janis Barker and Jen
nifer Wilcox have been ac
companying, on the piano,
some of the songs we are
singing in music classes. We
have made winter scenes from
black, white and gray paper
in art class.
Mrs. Ardis P r a m a n n
fourth grade class has found
it is fun to race an egg timer
when writing the one hundred
multiplication facts. They
have been painting winter
scenes with i detergent '"oil
paints." I -
Mrs. Zuba Stack's room is
preparing a . dramatization of
the fairy tale "Hansel and
Gretel.'" Thc;y will present it
to the combined fourth grades.
All three groups will partici
pate in the dancing. The part
of Mother ;is taken by Chris
tine Bradley; Father is Alan
Vencill; Hansel is Donald Mc-
Kernon; Gretel is Pat Hutch-
ms; Karen Dill portrays the
witch. A committee composed
of Terry Philips, Patty
Sweeny and Mary Hadley is
working on the scenery.
The girls of Wallace Eri's
fifth grade have started
their Valentine decorations by
making : large white Valen
tines from facial tissues. The
intra-mural basketball games
are well under way. The stu
dents are showing interest
with most of the fifth grade
boys taking part. The girls
have formed yell teams to sup
port thir favorite teams. Bar
bara B,rown has transferred to
the Medford district.
In Mrs. Agnes Rupp's room
we have been studying
weather and clouds. We have
learned different kinds of
weather and clouds. We have
been busy reviewing for and
taking our semester exams.
On Jan. 20 we had the privi
lege of watching President
Kennedy's inauguration. Chip
per Zundel brought a televis
ion set to add to our social
studies.
The students have been
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busy in Mrs. Kathryn Stan
cliffe's fifth grade room tak
ing their semester tests and
are now looking forward to
the second semester. We are
collecting and arranging a
sea shell exhibit in social stu
dies to help us understand
more about the southern gulf
states. Since our teacher spent
five weeks in the southern
states this past summer, she
was able to bring back many
pictures, information and in
teresting objects for us to
enjoy.
Lloyd Hale's sixth grade
class is finishing a unit of
study on Mexico. We have
been making our own maps of
Mexico showing the different
regions, areas of rainfall and
the distribution of population.
The students in Mrs. Gladys
Sloan's sixth grade have cho
sen teams for a spelling con
test. Karen Bolz and Marcta
McGeary are captains. They
will record the 100's made on
Fridays for the next six
weeks. The girls have learned
two new folk dances; "The
Rochester Schottische" and
The Ace of Diamonds." Boys
from the fifth and sixth grades
have eight teams playing
intra-mural basketball under
the direction of Lloyd Hale
and Wallace En. The sixth
grade girls have organized
four yell teams.
Oak Grove School
There is a bird feeder out
side Mrs. Nancy Gustafson's
first grade classroom window.
The children bring bread
crumbs from their home for
the bird feeder. Several birds
enjoy our feeder. The birds
are interesting to watch.
They have also been study
ing about water and fire. They
performed an experiment
showing that fire needs air,
They made snowmen in art
class, decorating them with
buttons and material.
They learned how to fold
and cut out snow flakes in
art last week. They cut them
out of pastel sheets of paper
then sprayed them with snow
ine snow tiakcs make our
room colorful and attractive
Mrs. Marjorie Gandee's first
grade room is working on a
weather calendar. They bring
reports on it every day. Dar
lene St. Clair brought a bird
feeder, and Bruce Matlack's
father made a bird feeder.
They are also testing things
that float.
Mrs. Dena DeKorte's fourth
grade elected officers for their
room. They are, president,
Terry Eppinger; vice presi
dent, Linda Stephenson; secre
tary, Christine Elmgren; and
treasurer, Jerry Rasmussen.
We are making a scene of
the grasslands and of the des
ert. Each of us has made pic
tures of winter sports.
We are studying about
Greece in geography. Glenna
Wobbe brought some money
from Greece to show to the
class.
The class put up a map and
pictures of Africa on the bul
letin board.
In James Hennebeck's fifth
grade we are making projects,
after a week's work of re
ports, of the southern states
in geography.
Some of the children are
making salt maps, glass paint
ings, and oil derricks. They
are making roads with fac
tories on them, product maps,
grams, and paper mache
maps.
In science, we have done a
lot of experiments with mole
cules. We expanded and con
tracted them.
In health we are studying
bones and muscles. There are
over 500 muscles and 200
bones in our body.
We are studying communi
cations in Mrs. Kathleen Wil
son's third grade. We are try
ing to see how many ways
we might be able to commu-
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No. 9387
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
In the Matter of the Estate of
EDNA F. FURMAN, Deceased.
notice is nereDy given inai xne
undersigned, as Executor of the
estate of Edna F. Furman. deceased,
has filed his final account in the
Circuit Court of the State of Ore
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Monday, the 13th day of March,
1961, at the hour of 1;30 o'clock in
the afternoon of said day and the
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been appointed by said Court at the
time and nUce for the hearing of
objections thereto and the settle
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Dated and firat published Feb
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nicate with or learn about
such far-away places and peo
ple as those in the northern
part of Alaska, and In remote
places in Africa.
Tommy Shafer brought his
pet hamster to Mrs. Grace
Kirtley's third grade class. His
color is light brown and white.
His name is Alvin. Alvin
thinks night is day and day
is night. When he is afraid
he hides. His eyes are black.
Alvin hides his food.
Lone Pine lost to Oak Grove
22 to 19 in an overtime game
recently at Lone Pine. Oak
Grove defeated Jacksonville
38 to 18 at Oak Grove. This
was our first conference game.
We also defeated Griffin
Creek 35 to 15 in our third
game of the season.
Buford Johnson, of the Med
ford Safety council, came to
award us a four-year safety
certificate at an assembly held
Jan. 12. There are not many
schools in Oregon that get
this certificate and only ap
proximately 4,000 schools in
the whole nation receive the
award. The yell leaders taught
the fourth, fifth, and sixth
graders the school song after
the award was presented..
Boys and girls went to the
gymnasium to get their bi
cycle licenses Jan. 17. Tom
Ward brought his bicycle into
the gym so Robert Phillips
could show us the correct bi
cycle signals and talk to us
about bicycle safety.
Medford High School
Edited by Sandy Shugart
Staff: Janice Nelson, Sue
House. Nancy Housel, and
Mike Callan
Plans for the junior-senior
prom, one of the most import
ant events of the year, are
now being made.
Cochairmen Mike Gannon
and Nancy Duncan have an
nounced committee heads. The
decorations committee will be
headed by Carl Washburn.
Joel Gregory will be responsi
ble for providing entertain
ment. Sandy Shugart will
head the food committee
which plans the refreshments
for the dance.
Other committee chairmen
are Jim Albright, programs;
Susan Elder, publicity; John
Alansky, clean-up; and Vickl
Enders and Bruce Nieder-
meyer, throne cochairmen.
Dale Peterson, senior, has
been selected as a finalist in
the competition for a Westing-
house science talent search em Oregon college's 13th an
award. This means that he is nual high school speech con-
one of the 400 students out of
4,000 who are still in conten
tion for one of the 40 science
awards to be awarded by the
corporation.
The winners were judged
on a basis of a report on a sci
entific project, an examina
tion to show general scientific
knowledge, and by forwarding
a file. of recommendations by
teachers and counselors. Dale
is one of three from Oregon
still in the competition.
Lenore Zapell, drama advis
or, has announced the cast for
the forthcoming senior class
play, "The Crucible" by Ar
thur Miller.
The cast includes Judy Nel
son, as Betty Parris; Mark
Goodman, Samuel Parris; Car
olyn Finch, Tituba; Linda Jo
Waltermire, Abigail; Ann Mc-
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Hiniker, Mercy Lewis; Sara
Hinkle, Mary Warren; John
James, John Proctor; Beverly
Gebhard, Elizabeth Proctor;
Bob Walker, Giles Corey;
Dean Hiser, John Hale;
Vance Welty, Francis Nurse;
Bill Deckard, Ezekill Cheever;
Lynn Offord, John Willard;
Bob Betts, Judge Hawthorne;
Dan Campbell, Governor Dan
forth; DeAnne Taylor, Sara
Good; Lane Hoxworth, Hop
kins; and Shirley Hopkins,
Martha Corey.
Other staff positions include
Bill Hobbs, stage manager;
Jim Stever, assistant stage
manager; Ken Peek, lights;
Pat Bandy, sound; Diane
Walker, property manager;
and Joyce Roelfs, costume
manager.
Production dates are March
2-4.
Seniors have recently
learned that most schools In
tlie state system of higher ed
ucation will require College
Entrance examination scores
for placement beginning with
the fall term 1961-62. All par
ticipating schools stress that
the tests are for placement
and counseling, and not for
admission as is the case for
private schools.
Medford Thespians have re
turned from a trip to the Port
land University Speech Arts
Festival last Friday and Sat
urday, and have scheduled
another one Feb. 3 and 4.
The students are participat
ing in two categories: acting
interpretation and oral inter
pretation. Beverly Gebhard,
Nola Robins, and Jim Doug
lass will compete in acting in
terpretation; Dean Hiser and
Bill Deemcr, in oral. Linda Jo
Waltermire, Margie Childers,
and Mark Goodman will par
ticipate in both events.
While at the University of
Oregon for their second trip,
the troupe will present a one
act play, "A Sunny Morning."
Participating in the play will
be Linda Jo Waltermire, Bev
erly Gebhard, Bill Deemer,
and Mark Goodman. Jim
Douglass will be the stage
manager, and Nola Robbins
will be the prompter.
Measurements for senior
caps and gowns are being tak
en all three lunch periods for
the following three weeks. A
$3.75 rental fee is required at
the time of measurement.
Ninteen Medford High de
bate students attended South-
ference last Saturday.
Those attending were John
Alansky, Nancy Duncan, Mike
Higgins, Carl Washburn, Mar
ilyn Conrad, Lindsay Dar-
neille, Jan Barker, Roma
Sims, Heather Rode, Sandra
Gannon, Sue House, Larry Tut-
tle, Rob Hoag, Garner Hau-
pert, Mike Miller, Sue John,
Sherrie Koblick, Linda Wil
son, and Warren Olson.
The participants entered the
various events of debate, ora
tory, radio, extemporaneous
speaking, poetry reading,' im
promptu speaking, and after
dinner speaking.
Two seniors, Linda Hess
and Anne Younger, have been
chosen to represent the Med
ford High band at the annual
Northwest Conference in Spo
kane, Wash. The girls were
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chosen out of 800 applicants to
play in the 260-piece band.
Carla Borough was chosen as
a first alternate.
Janet Snodgrass and Walter
Humphreys, Ashland students,
recently spoke to the MHS Fu
ture Teachers of America club
about taking pre education
courses in college.
The Golden Age club and a
group of retired teachers were
entertained by part of the
MHS orchestra earlier this
month. Also, as entertainment
for the annual Kiwanis ban
quet Dec. 21, the string orches
tra played selections.
Applications are now being
accepted from local residents
interested in giving a home to
foreign students coming to
Medford this fall for the 1961
62 school year. Mrs. R. E.
Mencke, local American Field
service president, urges all
MHS students to remind their
parents that the deadline for
applications is in early Febru
ary. Parents interested are asked
to contact either Mrs. P. G.
Humphreys, Ross lane, SPring
2-6968. or Mrs. Otto Frohn-
mayer, 1656 Spring st SPring
2-9291.
Flemming Expected
To Return To State
Eugene -0IPII- Chancellor
John Richards of the Stale
System of Higher Education
said Tuesday that Arthur S.
Flemming, former secretary
of health, education and wel
fare, may return to the slate
soon to further look into the
University of Oregon presi
dency. Richards said he had been
in touch with Flemming and
that the next step would be
a meeting with Flemming In
Oregon.
Grange News
A Grange council meeting
will be held at the Central
Point Grange hall tonight at
8 o'clock. Instruction in floor
work will be given, and all
subordinate Grange officers
are requested to attend.
The lecturer's conference,
of imDortance to all subordi
nate lecturers, will be held in
conjunction with this council
meeting.
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