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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. WEDNESDAY, MiaCH 1. 1981 SCHOOL NEWS St. Mary's High School Eileen Pullman, Reporter Senior Tom Depner was se lected by the students and faculty of St. Mary's to attend sessions of the state legisla ture, an opportunity spon sored by the Catholic Arch diocesan office of education. Tom was chosen on a basis of scholarship and leadership. Delegates from Catholic schools in western Oregon will be attending the sessions. Accompanying the delegates will be the Rev. Martin Thie 1 a n, Archdiocesan superin tendent of education. Tom's guide throughout the trip will be Leo Smith, Portland attor ney and ex-member of the legislature. The purpose of this trip is to give students first hand knowledge of the work of our state lawmakers through par ticipation in the official ses s i o n s and committees in Salem. It is hoped that Catho lic student leaders will be en couraged to interest them selves in governmental positions. The Red Cross is sponsor ing the annual talent show March 7. Auditions have been held, and those participating are Gregg Smith, Nicki Ober, Sheri Burelson, Donna Marin, Kathy Riley, Kitty Tingleaf, Linda Amnions, Dorothy Min skall, Cathy Hearrell, Cathy Watson, Mike McDonald, Mar garet Doolen, Martha Ballard, James Elliott, Jacque Long, Room 27, and the Melodettes. Friday, Feb. 23, members of the National Honor society conducted grade school classes for a portion of the day, mak ing this the first Student Teacher Day in the grades of St. Mary's. The juniors and seniors participated in this project. After planning classroom procedure and getting assist ance from the regular teacher of the class they chose to teach, presented the lessons for one or two subjects. In this way the better stu dents are given a taste of the exacting requirements of the teaching profession and have first hand experience in a possible future career. In early March the NHS will conduct a Student Teach er day in the high school. McLoughlin Jr. High A large crowd turned out for the Sweethearts ball Feb 10 in the girls gym. The fu ture Homemakers of Amer ica sponsored the event. Highlight of the ball was the crowning of king and queen of the ball. Ron Ed monds and bue White were elected king and queen. The royal court, chosen from the seventh and eighth grades were John Ingram, Linda Beatty, Phil Rupp and Kathy Mitchell. Entertainment was provid ed by The Charmers and the Shadows. The McLoughlin debators visited Linfield speech confer ence recently, Of the 11 mem bers making the trip, seven made the finals. They were Margaret Doolen and Kay Kent, debate; Judy Chastain and Karen South, oration; Elaine Davenport, public ad dress; Dale Hockersmith, in terview; and Brian Porter, impromptu. Elaine Davenport went on to win third place in junior women's public address. Other members making the trip were Valerie Knights, Sharon Hale, Mary Cheney and Craig Savage. Jackson School Many interesting things are happening at Jackson school William Brawn, an engineer from Copco, presented demonstration on electricity to the fifth grade students Some of the experiments were new to the students, some were a review of pre vious lessons studied. note is that only six students wanted to participate the first time. The third week 22 youngsters were ready to give reports. Four girls who are mem bers of the Future Teachers of America organization at the high school visited our school recently. The group was composed of Barbara Whalin, Rita Olson, Julia Faught, and Marlene Klym. Jewett School Safety procedures are in the process of being evaluat ed at Jewett school again. Special commendation has been given the school for the carefully organized dismissal of children from school each day. All transported children board the school buses and the buses leave the school grounds before any of the pupils who walk home are dismissed from their rooms A special parking area is re served for parents who trans port their children to and from school. Children reach this parking area with out crossing any vehicle thoroughfare, Newly installed posts and safety chain separate the main crosswalk leading to the school from the traffic area. IF1PF? v ill u lHrlf KENNEDY HONORED President Ken- ing the presentation is Edward Emanuel df nedy, at a brief White House ceremony, be- Philadelphia, chief barker of the Variety came the fourth President to join Variety Clubs, and representaing Hollywood is film Clubs International when he was presented star Miiko Taka. a gold card as an honorary ''Barker." Mak- (UPI Telephoto) Auto Brakes Faii; 11 Women Injured Los Angelcs-HTH-An auto mobile rammed into a crowd ed bus-trolley safety zone in the street Tuesday, Injuring 11 women. Four of the women received possible fractures. Injuries of most of the others were be lieved minor. The crash happened at the downtown intersection of 7th and Hill sis. in midatternoon. Raymond F. Phillips, 42, Long Beach, Calif., said his brakes failed. His car was go ing slowly when it smashed Into the crowd of women. He was not held by police. Wheat Surplus Will Set Record by July I Washington-WPIt-The Agri culture Department reports that the national wheat sur plus will rise to a new record of 1.48 billion bushels by July 1, up 13 per cent from July 1, lflfiO. A 3 BUS HITS TRUCK Florence, S.C.-IP1I-A Trail ways bus carrying 26 passen gers crashed broadside into a tractor-trailer truck making a "U" turn on a two-lane high way Tuesday. Twenty persons were injured. Seven were hos pitalized at McLeod Infirmary here. Jackie Kennedy Back in Capifal Washington-MPD-Mrs. John F. Kennedy returned to the White House with her two children Tuesday from the presidential country estate at Middleburg, Va. The First Lady motored back from Glen Ora in a light rain with 3-year-old Carolina and 3-month-old John Jr. President Kennedy told ac tress June Havoc, who called at the White House with an American Theater Guild group, that Mrs. Kennedy had not been feeling well. Marriage Counselor Solves Man's Problem Dallas, Tex.-IW'lUThe Dal las News reported today a luburban couple solved a problem by turning to a marriage counselor for ad vice. The couple quietly got a divorce. The man got cus tody of the children . . . And married the marri age counselor. COMPETITIVE' "PTS PLUS A hsurtJJl AGENT The R. A. Holmes Agency SINCE 1909 Medical Center Bldg. Phone SP 2-4444 Mrs. Norene French and her fourth grade students prepared the bulletin board in the main hallway. The theme is the Civil War. A quiz on some of the import ant people who were heroes the Civil War were posted on the side bulletin board. The varsity basketball team, their fathers, Coach Don Perry, Principal Bruce Melzger, Elliott Becken, Russ Acheson, and Lee Ragsdale had lunch together on Tues day. Mrs. Clyde Lees, Mrs. John Russell, Mrs. James Medley, and Mrs. Joe Beach made the cakes. Cake and punch were served the junior varsity basketball boys dur ing recess. Majorette tryout for the Medford High band was held recently in the high school band room. I. R. Mirick chose six girls of the seventeen that tried out. Two of these, Tamera Wright and Linda Malison are ninth graders at McLoughlin. The school now has a fine replica of the bulldog painted on the gym wall. The credit for this painting goes to Al Hunteman, music teacher at Mac. The library is a busy place The average daily circulation is about 130 books. Many new books have been added to the library in the last few weeks. Signs of spring have cropped up in most of the pimary classrooms. Several tadpoles have appeared. A number of nture studies are in progress. Teachers have been happy to receive bou quets of daffodils, pussy wil lows, and spring flowers. The enrollment of primary pupils has climbed to 500 again. Eleven new pupils were added during February. Scout News Valentine Day was a happy day at Jackson school. Valen tines were exchanged and every room had a party. The teachers gave the parties for their students. The 6 Ma class had a Val entine Box contest. Vicki Simmons won the prize for the most original and neatest Valentine box. Spring vacation begins March 13. Many of the Jack son school teachers plan to attend the Oregon Educa tion association conve"Mon in Portland. McLoughlin now has a Photography club, with Monle Kounz, science teacher at Mc Loughlin, as the advisor. Printing, enlarging, devel oping both black and white and color film will be studied by the group. The only re quirement for membership is that each student have an ad justable lens camera. The students of McLoughlin were visited by Mr. Lutz, field representative of the Oregon state system of higher educa tion on high school and col lege relationships. Mr. Lutz explained the need for stu dents to begin thinking about what they were going to do when they completed high school. He stressed the need for some type of advanced training in order to compete In the ever growing complex society. The three third grade class es have had an interesting unit on Indian books, pic tures, film strips, and a dis play of Indian articraft gave the children many ways to learn about Indians. The multiplication tables and how to use them is giving the third graders new interest in arithmetic. All the animals in Mrs. Sarah Watson's third grade room have been checked by a veterinary. The study of rocks is creat ing interest in the third grade children. Mrs. Sarah Watson and Mrs. Lillian Bohrer are especially interested in rocks, as they are enrolled in an adult evening class that studies rocks. Second grade students are learning how to give sci ence reports. An Interesting Cub Seoul Pack 4 Cub Scout Pack 4 held its annual blue and gold dinner recently at the Oak Grove gymnasium with 180 attend ing. The opening flag ceremony was conducted by den 4. Awards presented included the following: Jeff Rose, bear badge; Clay Charley, wolf badge and denner's stripe; George Heffner, wolf badge; Ronald Smith, wolf badge and assistant denner's stripe; Mark Wright, wolf badge; Richard Caster, wolf badge and assist ant denner's stripe; Gary Shores, wolf badge; Mark Harris, wolf badge and one year pin. Ralph Weise, wolf badge; Jeff Warner, gold arrow; David Hendrickson, denner's stripe; Phillip Luschen, as sistant denner's stripe; Daniel Gleason, wolf badge and one year pin; Ronnie Martin, one year pin; Jim Tusow, wolf badge; Greg Chinn, wolf badge; Tommy Howell, lion badge and gold arrow; and Donald Ludwig, assistant den ner's stripe. Dan Fredenberg and two of his Scouts from Troop 4 conducted a graduation cere mony for Greg Collins, Henry Keesee and Mike Flynn and also spoke briefly on the aims and purposes of Scouting. Attention was called to the window display for which the pack received a blue ribbon, and a doodle made by Mrs Schaeffer's den. The Akeila doll and achievement flag were both won by den 2. The next committee meet ing will be held March 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Dean Eppinger, 1310 Woodland ave. Membership cards were pre sented to Mrs. Chinn, Mrs. Dyke and Mrs. Schaeffer, den mothers. Bob Church gave a short talk, and the closing was conducted by den 4. 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