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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
ARCHBISHOP DIES
Cardiff, Wales - IUPH - The
Most Rev. Michael McGrath,
Roman Catholic archbishop of
Wales for 21 years, died Tuesday.
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