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THURSDAY. MARCH 16. 19B1
MEDFOMD MAti. TrUBUNrJ, MtWUHU, ORE.
School News
Hedrick Junior High
Edited by Sara Madden, Vicki
Hall and Karen Meadows
A special award assembly
was held Tuesday, March 7,
to award letters and certifi
cates to seventh, eighth and
ninth grade basketball play'
crs and wrestlers.
Elected "most valuable
player" by the seventh grade
Red and White teams was
Bruce Bertrand. Tim Watrud
was elected "most valuable
player" by the eighth grade
team and also was awarded
the David Dunn Memorial tro
phy. Larry Vowell was elect
ed "most valuable player by
the ninth grade team.
"Outstanding wrestler"
awards went to Bob Gresh
am, seventh grade; George
Way, eighth and Greg Gan
dee, ninth.
The public is invited to
hear Medford's all school
band lestival on Thursday,
March 23, at 8 p.m. at Hed
rick Junior High school. Six
hundred and forty band stu
dents will take part from 14
grade schools, two junior high
schools and the senior high
school.
Damage from the heavy
wind storm Friday, March 3,
resulted in the loss of the
large skylight over the main
stairs.
Claude Haggard, safety en
gineer of the California Ore
gon Power company, gave a
demonstration of closed heart
massage to the eighth grade
homerooms, Tuesday, March
7.
March 3, 4 and 5, Mary
Beth Lockington and Sally
Wakefield represented Hed
rick at the FHA state meeting
at Oregon State college. They
stayed at Azalla hall which
was located about a block
from the college. During their
stay they listened to several
talks by different organiza
tions, one of which was "Un
derstanding Ourselves" given
by Mrs. Avery H. Steinmetz.
At the end of their talk, in
which they told of their trip
to the rest of the group in
FHA, they thanked all of the
girls who voted to send them,
Barbara Meyers, former
Hedrick student, is now the
, treasurer of the FHA state
officers.
The Faculty Sandblowcrs,
played the ninth grade Mis
sissippi Suckers, Wednesday,
March 8. The undefeated fac
ulty team averaging 203 on
the line and 200 in the back
field, with a height advantage
of eight inches per man play
ed, and lost, to the small, but'
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speedy ninth grade team of
sharpshooters. The score was
53-40 in favor of the Suckers
who led all the way.
Jewett School
Mrs. Zelma Foole, first
grade teacher at Jewett
school and president of the
Jackson County Oregon Edu
cation association, announced
that two teachers of school
district 6 have been elected
to offices in the Jackson
County OEA. For the 1981
1962 school year, Bill Russell
was elected secretary and
Don Lacy was elected treas
urer. An assembly program was
provided for the student body
of Jewett school by three of
the first grade classes last
week.
Miss Ila Mae Higinbolham's
class presented a play In
which the children character
ized a spring garCen complete
with plants, bugs, rain, sun
nd all.
Mrs. Ethel Morrison's class
did a choral reading and a
number of rhythmic activi
ties. Mrs. Foote's boys and
girls set to music some bull
bouncing and rope jumping
routines.
Hearing tests will be given
to pupils of Jewett school the
last part of this month. As
state audiometrist will check
the hearing of all first, third,
and fourth grade pupils
March 30 and 31.
Spring vacation falls dur
ing the week of March 13 to
17 this year. Report cards
will be given out Wednesday,
March 22. Pupils of Jewett
school completed all their six
weeks tests the week before
spring vacation and so this
year the teachers will have
extra lime available to work
on the grades.
Plans for the annual Jewett
Spring Music program call
for two performances this
year. Because of the large in
crease in enrollment from
last year (a jump from ap
proximately 300 to 500), the
program will have to be pre
sented on two different
evenings.
An estimated 600 parents,
and friends turned out to see
the program a year ago and
a number were unnble to se
cure even standing room
within sight of the perform
ance. Dates selected for the
programs this year are March
25, and March 27.
The annual open house at
Jewett school, in which par
enls are Invited to see
samples of children's work in
al rooms, has been scheduled
for Thursday, April 20.
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dome, based on the architectural design of
Buckminister Fuller, is being erected on
the University of Oregon campus just off
the Pacific highway. The building will bo
U.S. Claims Court Called
Government's Conscience
Washington - IUPD - Did you
know the U. S. government
has a conscience?
Its voice is neither still nor
small, but loud and insistent.
It is lodged in the U. S. Court'
of Claims. The court's job is
to right the financial wrongs -
legal and moral - suffered at
the hands of the federal gov
ernment by individuals and
businesses at home and
abroad.
The court relics on the prin
ciple laid down by by Presi
dent Abraham Lincoln in
whose administration the tri
bunal got its real authority.
Lincoln said, "It is as much
the duly of government to
render prompt justice against
itself in favor of its citizens
as it is to administer the same
between private individuals."
Members of the court have
voiced this philosophy with
some dexterity down ihrougn
the years. Their jurisdiction
follows the flag.
Jurists who now point the
finger of duty at the U. S.
Treasury are Chief Judge
Marvin Jones of Texas, for
mer member of Confiress, and
Judges Samuel E. Whitakcr,
.Tennessee lawyer who was
once city attorney of Chatta
nooga and later mayor of Riv
erview; J. Warren Madden of
Illinois, law professor and for
mer chairman of the National
Labor Relations board; Don
N. Laramoro, one-time Indi
ana state judge; and James R.
Durfee of Wisconsin, former
chairman of the Civil Aero
nautics board.
Judge Benjamin H. Little-
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chairman of the Board of Tax
Appeals, still sits on cases
quite often, although he re
tired from the court in 1053.
For years the Claims Court
has been housed in a museum
like red brick structure, for
merly the Corcoran Art Gal
lery, located a stone's throw
from the White House. It serv
ed during the Civil War as a
storage place for ammunition.
New Home
Plans now are under way
for construction of a new
home, which also will accom
modate other federal courts
Aggrieved parties may file
their own cases with the
Claims Court, and Congress
can refer claims there for fact
finding and recommendation.
No claim is too small and no
subject matter too bizarre for
consideration.
For instance, there was the
1924 suit by Herbert S. Ward,
an Agriculture department in
spector, for $1.50 lunch mon
ey which the comptroller gen
eral had disallowed. Ward
won, arguing his own case.
In 1918 and 1920 came a
federal tax on candy. The
court had to decide if the tax
applied to the pop corn deli
cacy known as Cracker Jack.
It did.
In 1937 an elderly couple
who operated a silver fox
farm in Alaska sought dam
ages because of the enlarge
ment of Mount McKinlcy Na
tional park. The advent of
horses, rangers, dogs and tour
ists created so much confusion
the foxes stopped mating.
Duke Stubbs and his wife won
a $50,000 judgment.
About the same time one ot
the court's most celebrated
cases was urougnt ay i. in.
Belcher, a Central City, Ky.,
dealer who supplied $200
worth of coal to the local post
office. He borrowed this mon
ey at the bank while waiting
for the government to pay but
was never able to collect.
Paid in Full
Belcher died while trying
to convince the comptroller
Rcneral that the debtJiad not
been "paid in full" by the
bank. His widow finally sued
and got the money.
"T h i s method of settling
government obligations is so
novel that it should be patent
able," the court said in its
opinion. "(But) that a just
government would pursue
such a course ... is almost i
incrnHil-iln "
One more recent case that
set a legal precedent w a s
brought by Thomas Lee Caus
by, who operated a ahlckcn
fnrm near the Greensboro, N.
C, city airport. The govern
ment leased the field and be
gan flying heavy military
planes at low altitudes.
Causby's hens stopped lay
ing eggs. The court, upheld in
lt)4(i by the U. S. Supreme
Court, ruled that the govern
ment had taken an easement
over his property and was li
able for just compensation.
Not all cases arc so folksy.
Many involve damages caused
by war. allegedly unfair dis
charges from civil service. In
I dian claims, government con
j tracts and the like.
Now scheduled for argu
ment before the U. S. Su
preme Court Is an appeal by
three Army privates who de
I fectcd to the Communist Chi
i ncse after the Korean War
j but returned home later. They
i sued for $!),2SH in prisoncr-
of-war pay, although while
i held in Korean prison camps
: they had fraternized with
I their captors and informed on
i fellow prisoners.
' Court Split
I This case split the Claims
Court. Speaking for the ma
jority, Jones said, "It is al
most" Incredible that these
men would ask for pay In the
ligM of the conduct disclosed
in the record."
However, Madden thought
the Army had no legal right
to refuse the money, regard
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less of how "traitorous and
contemptible" the conduct of
the men had been. They have
"incurred the just condemna
tion of public opinion," he
said, but "the courts have
nothing to do with that judg
ment." . The Supreme Court will
hear the case some time this
term.
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He Listened In
On Bird Conversation
Always they gathered there
on the mudflat when the tide
was out, all facing the same
way, all apparently satisfied
with the food they had eaten
earlier in the day.
Close by the sea gulls was
a group of black skimmers;
solemn looking birds with
orange colored bills and shiny
black, streamlined bodies.
The sandflat, always in evi
dence at low tide, was a few
yards from shore, but far
enough out to offer a cushion
of safety to the shore birds
that always rested on its
gooey surface. Any human
passing along the shore was in
direct view of the birds.
The man who now stood
there alerted the birds, but
they only watched. The man
measured with his eyes the
distance from the shore to the
mudflat. He marked, in his
mind's eye, the exact spot
where the birds always gath
ered. Ready With Equipment
Before the ebbing tide un
covered the mudflat the fol
lowing morning the man had
been out there, carrying with
him a microphone, a length of
insulated wire, and a small
canvas sack. With extreme
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By Lynn M. Watkins
(Register and Tribune Syndicite
1961)
care he placed the micro
phone wrapped in the canvas
sack on the mudflat.
He anchored it with a loop
of wire pushed down into the
mud. Unwinding the wire as
he walked he waded back to
the shore and carried the wire
into a clump of bushes.
By the time the ebbtide lib
erated the mudflat from its
blanket of water the man was
comfortably seated in the
screen of trees, a pair of head
phones on his ears, a tape re
corder at his elbow. The mud
bank glistened in the sun. By
ones and twos the sea birds
came winging in to rest on
the wet sand, all facing into
the gentle wind. The man
waited for the birds to ex
amine the wet canvas sack.
Evidently it didn't frighten
them. They accepted it as a
part of the mudflat.
The man switched on the
tape recorder, adjusted the
earphones. The "conversa
tion" among the assembled
birds began. Plainly, over the
hidden wire came the
"voices."
'Talked' At Same Time
There were intervals when
several birds "talked" at the
same time; other times when
only a single bird-voice came
over the wire. With the aid of
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Hearing Set on Water Rate Bill
Salem - WPD - The Senate
Commerce and Utilities com
mittee Wednesday ordered a
public hearing on SB449
which would allow the public
utility commissioner to inter
vene and settle water rate dis
putes between customers and
a parent district.
Chairman Thomas R- Ma
honey (D-Portland) said the
hearing probably will be held
next Monday.
Sen. Richard Groener (D
Milwaukie) sponsored the bill
and complained that the City
of Portland is charging high
water rates to outlying dis
tricts and customers can do
nothing about it.
The committee voted out
two bills "do pass." One was
HB1238 requested by the Port
of Portland which would de
lete the requirement that ma
terial dredged from rivers be
binoculars the man could eas
ily pick out the one doing the
"talking." At such times all
the other birds remained
quiet. Occasionally, one of the
black skimmers, a few yards
away, would cock its head to
one side, as if listening.
The man got it all down on
tape and played it back. But
he didn't understand it.
Perhaps there's nothing to it
at all, but the man is con
vinced there is more that goes
on on the mudflat in the way
of ideas or gossip than is un
derstood by a human observer
-even a silent world is full of
sound, if we only could under
stand the "language."
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located not more than half a
mile from shore.
The other was SB311 which
would authorize people's util
ity district to make purchases
without competitive bids
when the purchase is for
technical equipment.
Traffic Congestion
In Space Forecast
Washington, (Science Serv-ice)-Traffic
congestion may
be one of the most serious
problems man may have to
face when he starts commut
ing regularly from earth to
outer space.
This new frontier gradual
ly is becoming cluttered with
earth-launched orbiting ve
hicles and other debris. The
successful launch of SAMOS
II, the U.S. Air Force's new
"watchdog" satellite, has in
creased to 35 the number of
objects now orbiting the
earth.
These include 16 U.S. satel
lites, one of the Soviet Union,
several dead rocket bodies
and other space "junk."
They will soon be joined
by French and English built
satellites, probably of the
smaller "sports-car" variety,
as well as vehicles to be
launched by the joint efforts
of 12 Western European na
tions now meeting in Stras
bourg, France, to establish a
joint space research program.