SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1861
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By Lynn M. Watkins
Bgllter and Tribune syndicate
1961)
LANDSLIDE This Is a view of the landslide ahead of by a rock and mud-slide. The locomotive is at the right of
the cast-bound Union Pacific train which was pushed into the picture in the water. ,
a track-side lake in the Columbia River gorge Friday (UPI Telephoto)
SCHOOL NEWS
Walker, Ashland
Mrs. Judith Paulsen's sec
ond grade is learning about
ways messages were sent long
ago and how mail is carried
now. Tuesday the class visit-
cd the post office and found
out about the postman's work
and the machines that, help
him.
': The fourth grade, room 6,
has completed an Eskimo vll
lage complete with Igloos
made of flour and salt. Clay
sleds, seals, killer whales, and
other life of the Arctic are
shown. The scene is In two
parts, depicting summer and
winter.
" Dr. Rabenberg gave a talk
and showed slides of Tule
Air base in Greenland. There
were lovely pictures of the
Greenland ice cap. glaciers,
and icebergs. All three fourth
grades enjoyed his visit.
Marvin QeUUna'i fifth
grade class made valentine
mobiles. Three teachers Judg-
cd them, and first prizes went
to Pali Brown and Peggy Aus-
tin.
- Feb. S, the class went on a
skating party for all fifth
graders.
Mr. Gettling and Kathy
Hall brought lemon pies for
fraction work. We divided
them and each had a piece.
: On Vnh 9.9. ihm fifth ffrarlpa
are going to give a patriotic
assembly.
John Cady's room has a new
girl named Christine Lusk.
The class has a student teach
er, Miss Shaver.
;, Mr. Cady's fifth grade is
'going to have a valentine par
ty Feb. 14. They have made
folders to hold their valen
tines.
to come tell us about what
they saw. They brought with
them post cards and a folder
on Mexico. They also brought
with them a little glass image
that the Indians used as a
God. We learned many things
about Mexico and enjoyed the
boys' talk.
Mr. Deets room chose new
officers for the second half
of the year. They are presi
dent, Pam Rhodda; vice presi
dent, Richard Schwelkl; room
representative, Karen Gruber;
secretary, Carolyn Hnsaell;
treasurer, Nancy King; news
paper reporters! Dawn Fitz
gerald and Olin Ford; safety
patrol captain, Kathy O'Harra.
We are all happy to have
Miss Marianna Fletcher for
our student teacher this term.
The girls In Mrs. Vera Bur-
goyne's room had a doll show.
Each girl brought her favorite
doll. There were tiny dolls, big
dolls and one old doll In the
show. Each girl wrote a story
about her doll. i 's
The boys helped the girls
get the room ready for the
show. The boys wrote invita
tions to all the first graders
and other second graders in
our school.
Our room is full of book
worms. Some of the worms
are getting long. We read and
report on library books to
make the worms grow. Susan
Coffey and Curtis Hasscll
have both read many books.
In science, we are study
ing about temperature and
weather. We have each made
thermometer. ' We have
learned the meaning of many
new science words from our
reading and experiments. We
are each keeping a weather
calendar.
' The class is making displays
of the United States on tables
Some of the displays are the
western states, central states,
southern states, middle Atlan
tic slates, and New England
states,
Miss Allcne Inlow's fifth
grade cibss completed their
unit on the Civil War Centen
nial and invited their parents
to hear their reports and mu
sic. Many of the boys and girls
brought dolls dressed in the
Civil War period for the doll
exhibit. The class served cot
fee and cookies to the parents
New room officers are Mark
Hicks, president; Mary Bowl
in, vice president; and Lucin
da Kaylor, secretary.
The classes of Frank Koch
and Lyman Pruitt's sixth
grade are planning a Mexican
fiesta as part of their culmin
atlng activity. Member! of
each class will participate In
eating, dancing, singing, and
game playing - all on Mexican
theme. The final part of the
program will be the breaking
of the pinata.
Bellview, Ashland
For Valentine's day all the
grades at Bellview school will
have a party. The fifth grade
will have a valentine box and
will exchange valentines. We
have been coloring pictures
with crayons and painting
over them with tempera paint
as an art project.
:, We have had many out of
school with bad colds.
Susan Hecox transferred
from Briscoe to Bellview, and
Lynette Cornelius has moved
to Seattle.
The sixth grade has been
studying Mexico. Pete Krcls
man and Gary Jones, high
school students, went to Mex
ico and stayed for seven days.
When they got back our teach
er, Noel Deets, wanted them
bought a long play story rec
ord. ,
Last week, we did finger
painting. We used two colors
of paint and our pictures
turned out pretty.
When we came back from
Christmas vacation we start
ed going to the school library
every Thursday. Miss Owen,
our librarian, reads us a story
and then we get to choose a
book to take home. We can
keep our book home for a
week. .
The girls and boys in Mrs.
Thelma Wadley's third grade
room have Miss Genevieve
VanderWeyst, from Southern
Oregon college, as a new stu
dent teacher.
Our class is enjoying our
study of American Indians in
social studies. We are learn
ing about the four main
groups, the Northwest Fisher
man, the Northeast Woods
man, the Plains group, and
the Southwest or Desert In
dians.
We are planning an Indian
program for a school assembly
in February.
Farm Bureau Hears
Convention Report
Robert Lytle, Ashland! dis
cussed his trip to the Na
tional Farm Bureau conven
tion in Denver recently at a
meeting of the Talent Farm
Bureau at the Valley View
school house last week.
Mrs. Lytle", who accompa
nied her husband, reviewed
meetings she attended while
at the convention.
Jackson County Commis
sioner Ed Taylor reviewed a
proposal by a citizens group
for a stadium In the county
and discussed trapping coyotes
in me county ana state.
David Blair, Rogue River,
talked on phases of legisla
tion, and current trends in the
state legislature, and Mrs.
Blair talked on bargaining in
the markets ' today.
A. L. Lemey, Ashland, in
troduced David Passon of the
county extension office, who
showed films relating to agri
culture. . : k
The meeting was conducted
by Evan Rasmussen, Mcdford,
former chairman of the bu
reau, in the absence of Chair
man Gilbert Hill, Talent.
Here's a Look at in
Best Dressed Duck
The little wood ducks are
the dapper dandies of Amer
ican ,water fowls.
As though color -was not
enough to make them the
handsomest of birds, Nature
went a few steps further and
striped them delicateljfc. with
snowy white, 'which gives
them the appearance of hav
ing been frosted with 'icing, or
striped with a striping brush
yielded by a very steady
hand. The white lines accentu
ate the greens and reds and
make him the best dressed of
nil the ducks.
Both the male and the fe
male wear a "hat" that flares
out at the back and looks like
a colored scarf had been tied
on the head, leaving the corn
ers streaming out behind. The
female usually looks rather
sad, but her husband carries
the jaunty air of a Beau
Brummell, and to all appear
ances has not a care in the
world.
The wood ducks were
named because of their pref
erence for woodlands and oft
en can be found there, even
though no water is in the vi
cinity. At first this "unduck
likc" habit was not under
stood until someone noticed
that the birds' fondness for
acorns probably lured them
into the forests.
Strange Nesting Sites
Another habit that seems
strange for ducks is their nest
ing sites, which are always in
hollow trees. An abandoned
woodpecker's nest does very
nicely: if the tree is near a
pond or lake, the "ducks" like
it all the better.
Just how the' baby ducks
are moved from the nest to
the water Is a question about
which many arguments are
held, and which is still only
partly understood.
If the ducklings were taught
to fly before they enter the
water for the first time, the
answer is easy, but such does
not always seem to be the
case. When they leave the
nost, they are incapable of
flying and must tumble from
the hollow in the tree to the
ground from where they could
waddle to the water's edge.
. If the hollow "nest tree" is
within sight of water, the
mother quite often commands
from the edge and under par
ental urging, the babies plane
down by themselves, their
tiny feet and wings extending
on the maiden voyage which
quite often must result in
painful crashes, and even
broken bones. .
Found During Night
These ' poor unfortunates
never live to become hand
some ducks for some hungry
predator finds them during
the night, following their first
short flight.
The wood ducks have no
close relatives in America;
their nearest kin being the
strikingly garbed mandarin
duck of Asia. . '
Under protection afforded
by the migratory bird laws,
the wood ducks are increasing
rapidly. This is as it should be,
for this little fashion-plate,
who graphically illustrates
what the well-dressed ducks
should wear, deserves our ev
ery consideration. His beauty
alone is reason enough for
saving him; he is too pretty
to eat. ,
NAZI HANGS SELF
Dortmand, Germany - IUPD -Former
NaziSS Commander
Rudolf Batz hanged himself
in a jail cell Thursday, police
reported. He -was . awaiting
trial on charges of murdering
263 ' partisan fighters and
slave laborers at the end of
World War II.
Harpsichordist Slates
Concert at SOC Campus
Ashland - Harold Chaney,
young American harpsichord
ist, will appear before the
Southern Oregon college fac
ulty and student body Feb. 10
at 3 p.m. in Churchill auditor
ium. Chaney, who has gained
recognition through his many
recitals and broadcasts
throughout the country, exhib
its a characteristic flair for
early keyboard music. For
some time, he was an active
musical figure in southern
California where in addition
to his work with the San
Diego County Bach Society,
he was engaged in the field of
church -music as an organist
choirmaster, and as a mem
ber of the Los Angeles Episco
pal Diocesan Commission on
Church Music.
He has taught for San Di
ego State college, and is cur
rently a member of the facul
ty of the school of music of
the University of Oregon.
, Chaney was recently in
vited to perform at the Amer
ican Guild of Organists Con
vention in San Francisco in
June.
From the vast treasures of
PLANES FERRY FOOD
Wiesbaden, Germany- (UPD -American
planes flew 1,092
tons of emergency supplies to
The Congo during the 10-day
food airlift that ended last
week end, the Air Force an
nounced Thursday. The food
went to starving tribesmen in
The Congo.
early music, Chaney has chos
en a program both representa
tive in scope and highly ap
pealing to a wide range of
listeners. The program pro
vides an opportunity to hear
masterpieces of the 16th, 17th
and 18th centuries on the orig
inal instrument for whose del
icate sonorities these works
were written.
To be heard are pieces of
Handel and Bach, works from
the Spanish repertoire includ
ing sonatas by Scarlatti, and
selections by Couperin and
Purcell. Chaney will play his
own harpsichord which, inci
dentally, is one of the largest
in the country by virtue of its
extraordinary tonal resources.
8ENTENCED TO LIFE
Yazoo City, Miss.-dJPD-Lewis
Coffee, 22, and his brother,
Charles, 20, were sentenced
to life imprisonment Thurs
day for raping a 5-year-old
Negro girl.
The United State -capital
was moved from Philadelphia
to Washington in 1800,
f, CHRISTIAN
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Station K-BOY
Sundays 9:45 A.M.
Dr. Robert D. Gallagher
thi
announces
opening of his office at
The Medical Center Bldg.
Suite 419 v
Chiropodist - Foot Specialist
SPring 3-6864 '
SMALL WONDER
Come in and drive one! MORSE MOTORS, 6th and Ivy, Medford
The new officers of room 10
are president, Terry Kerby;
vice president, Christine Deck
er; secretary, Carolyn Miucti;
room representative, Virginia
Bradshaw.
The fourth grade has been
studying about the cold re
gions of the world. Each one
has been making a report
about Alaska. Thoy are mak
ing an Eskimo picture. The
third grade is planning an In
dlan program.
Several pupils from our
room have been absent. The
names of the ones who were
absent are Nancy Hecox, Alan
DeBoer, and Yvonne Miller.
Mrs. Eleanor Sllverwood's
first grade room held an elec
tion for new room officers,
Barry Brown was elected pres
ident; Donna Beagle, room
representative; Bobby Ellis, II
hrarian; and Sharon Kerby,
newspaper representative.
At the December PTA
meeting, Mrs. Sllverwood's
room won the room count. We
Pear Research
Funds To Be Asked
. Washington -IUPD- Rep. John
F. Baldwin (R-Calif.) said Fri
day he and other Pacific
Coast congressmen would seek
an appropriation for research
into disease that threatens to
wipe out the pear industry.
Baldwin said congressmen
from California, Oregon and
Washington have met and
came to the conclusion that an
"emergency research p r o
gram" was needed to combat
the disease known as "pear decline."
Pear decline first appeared
in Washington about 10 years
ago. Since then It has spread
to Oregon and California and
last year killed an estimated
150,000 trees in the latter state
alone. 1
The cause of the dlneane is
not known.
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