Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 26, 1961, Image 7

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    SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 19S1
General Extension
Classes Continue
In Area This Week
Easter
Budget Boosters
. - f
Spring term coursei in
ih Adult Education pro
gram iponsored by tha
Medford public ichools will
begin Monday, March 27,
with registration at the tint
class meeting.
More than 50 subjects In
2-skirted suits for
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
Ate. " A. ti .,-rV ' lr S
CONDUCTS PROGRAM Charles Freder
ick!, who will bring the University of Ore
gon's Travelling Science Demonstration-Lecture
Program to Phoenix March 27-31, It a
trained chemist, Fredericks will lecture to
high school classes and demonstrate to
them some of the most recent information
in the field. The university's program is
sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
Travelling Science
Program Scheduled
At Phoenix School
Eugene - A science program
designed to demonstrate some
of the aspects of chemistry
and physics and to stimulate
the Interest of high school stu
dents will be presented at
Phoenix High school this week
through the University of Ore
gon's Travelling Science Demonstration-Lecture
program.
The traveling program
worked out by the university
nd supported by the Nation
al Science Foundation is in its
second year.
It is part of a national pro
gram to excite interest in sci
ence as a career for high
school students to stimulate in
terest in science and in better
icience teaching, and to en
courage teachers and students
in the construction and acqui
sition of better low-cost dem
onstration apparatus.
Charles Fredericks, who
will conduct the program at
Phoenix, is a high school
teacher who has been espe
cially trained for his work at
the University of Oregon.
He Is a member of a corps
of teachers currently visiting
In the high schools in the
northwest. All the teachers
were prepared for the pro
gram In a summer-long course
of study at the university last
summer.
Fredericks has an especially-equipped
station wagon
which carries his demonstra
tion apparatus. Most of this
apparatus he designed and
constructed himself.
He is a former teacher at
Drain Union High school, and
is a graduate of the University
of Oregon.
During the week the travel
ling demonstration-program is
in Phoenix it will be available
for appearance before civic
groups as well as scheduled
appearances in Phoenix High
school classes. Additional in
formation may be obtained at
Phoenix High school.
Phoenix Lions Club
Sends Check to Fund
A check for $505.50 was
turned over to Sister Superior
at Sacred Heart hospital Fri
day by the Phoenix Lions
club. The money represents
proceeds from a Phoenix
Lions club sponsored break
fast recently, as well as do
nations.
The money was earmarked
fori Sacred Heart hospital's
building fund, according to
R. J. Tetreault, Lions club
president, and Ed Stevens,
chairman of the breakfast.
Beautiful-Gift Wrapped
EASTER LILIES
Other Potted Plant
Camellias Azaleas
Hydrangea Violet
Cut Flower Stock
Carnation Rose
Corsage
MARSHALL NURSERY
AND FLORIST
13th nd N.wtown Phoni if 3-1657
WI DELIVER
Opn Sundays and Holidays
Stevens Elected
Assistant Manager
A. E. Stevens, Medford
banker, has been elected as
sistant manager of the Feder
al Land Bank association of
Roseburg.
Elected president at a re
cent reorganization meeting
of the directors was Eugene
Fisher of Oakland. Other offi
cers include Albert Straus,
Gold Hill, first vice president;
Cedric Cross, Riverton, sec
ond vice president, and K. W.
Knechtel, Roseburg, manager.
Board of directors include
Clair Higinbotham, Central
Point; Oliver Roundtree, Wil
liams; George Ross, Coos Bay;
Joe Brumbach, Roseburg;
Fisher, Straus, and Cross.
During the meeting, it was
reported that 474 farmers and
ranchers in Jackson, Jose
phine, Douglas, Coos and Cur
ry counties have shared in a
$7,483.20 dividend. This is to
bring the association's total
dividend payments since 1946
to $73,806.55, according to
Knechtel.
Newman Elected
Committee Head
Victor Newman, state em
ployment office in Medford,
was elected chairman of the
Jackson County Committee
for the Employment of the
Physically Handicapped re
cently. Newman fills a vacany
created when John W. Sin
ders resigned. Sindcrs has
been transferred and promot
ed to the Veterans administra
tion hospital in Hines, HI.
Sinders has been personnel
officer at the VA Domiciliary,
White City.
The new chairman has lived
in southern Oregon for 12
years, and has been with the
Medford office of the state
employment service during
that time.
Newman has served with
the committee for 10 years,
and has been chairman. He
has been the permanent secre
tary.
Sinders has been in Jack-
sn county since August, 1956,
when he was transferred here
from the Veterans adminis
tration hospital in Durham,
N.C. He has served on the
committee since his arrival
here, and has been chairman
for the past two years.
New Chemical To Be
Tried by State Here
A new fire-fighting chemi
cal is scheduled to be tested
during the coming fire season
locally by the state depart
ment of forestry.
Department officials said
that two trucks will be equip
ped with the fire suppresant
and retardants. The chemical
will be mixed with water to
form a thick, viscous solution
similar to syrup, according to
foresters. Fire must then pene
trate this thick solution of wa
ter before reaching fuel.
Tests of the non-toxic mate
rial have been made In Cali
fornia with the material on
both pumps and aircraft.
Ted Maul, a former warden
of the southeast district and
now executive assistant at the
state forestry department, Sa
lem, will direct the tests.
MERCURY RANGE
Washington - The temper
ature range in the United
States has varied from 134 de
grees In Death Valley, Cali
fornia, to 70 below in parts of
Alaska.
home economics, business
education, college exten
sion, hobby and craft, trade
preparatory, and general
education will be offered in
the program. Classes
with insufficient enroll
ment, however, will be can
celled. Tuition for the courses is
from $6 to $33, except for
full-lime trade preparatory
students. Their fee is $65.
The fees do not include
textbooks or supplies, ac
cording to school officials.
Courses are scheduled for
a 10-week period, except for
a few that meet only for a
five-week period. Addition
al Information may be ob
tained by contacting the
adult education office, Med
ford High school, SPring
3-7220.
Rains Extend Tree
Planting Season
Recent rains have extended
the tree planting season, and
tlie next two weeks should be
ideal for that purpose, the
Medford street tree commit
tee said Saturday.
Residents planning to fol
low the approved city street
tree plan were encouraged to
proceed at once, so that the
neighborhoods involved can
be completed this year.
One such neighborhood, on
Willamette ave., has been
partly planted to fruitless
mulberry trees, it was pointed
out, and could be completed
in the next week or so, since
these trees are available.
Any residents wishing to
check on the tree approved in
their neighborhood may ob
tain the information from the
city manager's office in the
Medford city hall.
The street tree plan, drawn
up and adopted several years
ago, applies only to city
owned parking strips, and res
idents are encouraged to beau
tify their areas by planting
the trees approved for their
streets in the parking strips.
The plan does not apply to
resident-owned property.
Some areas of the city are
making excellent progress in
completing their tree-planting
plans, members of the com
mittee reported.
Spring term evening classes
for adults in Jackson county
are continuing this week
with college credit courses
being offered at both Medford
and Central Point through the
general extension division of
the Oregon state system of
higher education.
Last week, the History of
the United States (Hst 201),
providing three hours credit,
began at Crater High school.
Dr. F. D. Haines Jr., associ
ate professor of social science
at Southern Oregon college, is
instructing the course each
Tuesday from 7 until
9:45 p.m.
Alcohol studies in school
curriculum (SEd 481) (G), pro
viding three hours credit, be
gan March 20. Dr. W. Ken
neth Ferrier, education direc
tor, Oregon Alcohol Educa
tion committee and professor
of education, general exten
sion division, is teaching the
course.
Beginning March 29, Dr.
Clarence Hines, professor of
education, University of Ore
gon, will teach school build
ings (Ed 576), 3 hours, each
Wednesday in Medford.
On March 30, courses
scheduled to meet from 7 to
9:45 p.m. at Medford High
school Include the Junior high
school (Ed 484) (G), 3 hours,
Thursdays, Instructed by Dr.
William Ward, associate pro
fessor of education and direc'
tor of laboratory experiences
SOC.
Dr. Keith Goldhammer, as
sociate professor of education,
University of Oregon ( will
conduct a workshop educa
tional issues and problems
(Ed 508) for 3 hours credit on
Thursdays.
Fees are $11 per credit
hour, as provided by the state
board of higher education.
Enrollments may be on a
credit or noncredit basis.
Students who earn credit
may transfer it to any state
system institution or else
where subject to individual
campus requirements. All
courses and instructors are
authorized by the state sys
tem institution which origi
nates the extension course.
Additional information on
these courses may be ob
tained from Charles Ivie, gen
eral extension representative,
Southern Oregon college,
Ashland.
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Str-"
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Come with such custom details as real cord weltings and
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Pattern TARA A lush floral print executed on subtly
textured crepe cloth, Choice of Brown, Grey or Green,
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