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you are writing about," she
warned the men, "it thins it
out, diffuses it."
Mrs. Fisher became serious
as she looked around at her
audience and heard the eager
questions the domiciliary writ
ers asked. She said, a story
must have an architectural
plan. And she told them to
never make an outline for a
short story except in their
minds. With a book, write a
brief synopsis;, she advised
"And don't let any charac
ter run away with the story,"
she admonished' the members
of the Readers and Writers
club. , , ,
The visiting novelist, who
lives at the Rogue Valley
Manor, was pleased with the
seriousness of the men, nearly
all of whom had won prizes in
the Hospitalized Veterans
Writing Project.
County May Have
More Than Share
Of Bright Pupils
Jackson county may have
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more than its normal share of
bright students, Dr. Francis
Kelly, of Southern Oregon
college's testing department,
told the Jackson county
schools' able and gifted chil
dren study committee recently.
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EQUIPMENT DONATED Recent additions
of -.equipment to the Medford. High school
(automotive training shop were a Ford. V-8;
engine, a power steering unit and an auto-,
" matic transmission, all donated by , Ford
motor company through Crater Lake roo
i tors, Medford.-The units will be some of
i those used by high school automotive classes
as well as in adult education courses in auto
mechanics that will start this fall. Above,
Hugh Coleman, owner of Crater Lake mo
tors, and Lindsay yinsel, director of adult
educational - and vocational education for
Medford public schools, look on while high
school student Stan . Hobbs works on the
engine. . . . i . .,.
Medford Joasf masters
John7 Harding will be toast
master at the meeting of the
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Monday, April 24, " at fl:30
p.m; lh the Jackson hotel.
- i Speaking will, be Edward
Will Meet on Monday .
McGinty, , James warnner,
and Don Auxier. Table Topics
will be assigned" by Wally
Campbell and evaluated by
Dr. Ralph Hibbs. General eval-
uator. will be Douglas Roach.
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New Jaycee President V. .
Officers Installed
By Local Jaycees
Terry D. Green, Medford
Insurance .underwriter,, was
installed at president ot the
Medford Junior, Chamber of
Commerce Saturday night.
Other officers Installed
were Everett Peyton, first
vice president; Douglas V. Pe
ters, ' second vice president;
James Serres, treasurer; and
William Tope, secretary.
Del Landing was named
state Jaycee director, and in
stalled as local directors were
James Butler, Glenn Lusk,
Kenn Knackstedt, Ted Litch
field, James Shoemaker, Hank
Haydal, Richard Frey, and
Michael Smith.
Officers were elected April
18.
Guest speaker at the Satur
day installation was O. W.
(Cork) Corbett, of Burns, vice
president of the United States
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Green is married and has
one son. He has served the
Jrycees as director, commu
nt ly development chairman,
m tnbershlp chairman, radio-
dl v chairman, has attended
one winter board meeting, and
haa been on several visita
tions. . -.-
The number of students
running above the 120 score
of IQ over the 95 percentile
in the I TED test, and several
classes above placement on
the reading score might run
as high as 10 per cent, or
even higher, Dr. Kelly noted.
Five to seven per cent is av
erage. '
He indicated that possibly
the economic level of the
county population, and the
type of industry here might
have some bearing on this. .
The Southern Oregon col
lege professor stated he would
like to see the testing pro
gram carried to -the ninth
grade level and possibly be
low this at a later date. .
High school students now
achieving less than their po
tential might be hard to re
train from their present study
patterns, he said. Students
who have developed such a
pattern, even : though they
have a potential to do better
work, would be difficult to
retrain, he explained. Good
teachers are not always able
to identify gifted students, he
added.
Chairman Elliott Beckeh,
assistant superintendent of
Medford schools, suggested
that Medford, Ashland, Eagle
Point and Phoenix schools
provide the information Kelly
needs to identify gifted stu
dents in Jackson county from
Grades 9 through 11. Dealous
Cox, administrative assistant
in the Jackson county school
superintendent's office,, will
contact other schools.
Cox was asked to have
Rogue River and Prospect dis
trict officials report on the
type of test they are using
for IQ. When Dr. Kelly re
ceives such information he
would be better able to recom
mend which students should
be tested further, it was ex
plained. '
A visitation program cover
ing Jackson county schools'
advanced programs or special
work for gifted students is
being- planned. Phoenix,
Rogue River and Prospect dis
tricts reported they do not
have such programs. Butte
Falls offers individual help
to students. .
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Troop 105, Medford, offer tickets for the Champlin. The Scouts, from left, are Larry
annual Scout Circus, which will be held Copeland and Steven McAllister.
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From Camp White
By WALTER TOWNSEND
Last Tuesday,- Mrs. Anna
Fisher, novelist, short story
writer and author of best-sellers
and' 14 published books,
appeared at the Readers and
Writers club at a reception
given in her honor on the li
brary-porch. ,, .
Miss Winnifred McNt y,
from the Rogue Valley Manor,
distinguished in her field; and
chairman of the judging com
mittees for the writing entries
of the hobby fair, accompan
ied Mrs. Fisher. She explained
that Arnold Eugene Jenny,
who judged the poetry, was
unable to attend. -
Other guests Included Mrs.
Rita Holmes and Mr. Frank
Glonning, administrative as
sistant at the Domiciliary.
Autographs Book '
After 'introduction' to the
readers and writers group by
Chief Librarian Enid Holmes,
Mrs. Fisher presented awards
to the members, and congratu
lated them on the quality of
their work. ) '
'.. At the request of the librar
ian, the visiting writer auto
graphed 'It's a Wisp Child,"
one of her best-sellers. In her
informal talk to the members,
Mrs. Fisher became animated
and inspiring, and said, be
fore she moved once she
burned up a clothes basket
full of rejected manuscripts.
And labored at writing 4
hours a day for 12 years be
fore she broke into the book
field. '
In her Rivers of America
Series, she wrote one chapter
25 times before she was satis
fied. And she drew a laugh
when she dwelt on the diffi
culties of being a success.
Apply the seat of your pants
to a chair," Wallace Irwin told
her once.
"Wide Road Ahead" and
'Live With a Man and Love
It," are, the titles of two of
her published novels. One of
her best-sellers, published by
Dodd-Mead, "Brides Are Like
New Shoes, You Have To
Break Them In," was men
tioned in her talk. .'--.
"Your - title and the first
paragraph is your show case
of your book," , Mrs. Fisher
said. . - ' -. ... - :
"Tragedy, pathos, humor,
all have to balance," she told
the men of the Readers and
jWrlters club. And mentioned
the cost of printing a book.
When she was a beginning
writer, it was $1,200 for a
first edition. Now the cost is
$6,000.
Briefly she spoke of "Glit
tering Promise," a novel she
wrote about the - gold rush,
since so many of the members
had read the book. .
"As writers you cannot be
verbose,'.' she told the men.
''Linotype operators cost too
much. Robinson Crusoe would
not sell today - neither would
parts of Robert Louis Steven
son." .' ; . , '
Discipline is important she
said. "Make your subconscious
mind say 'John Henry,' when
you want it to. Inspiration is
hooey."
Speaking of work, she said
it took seven years to get the
material alone for "Cathedral
In The Sun," and took two
more years to write it. It be
came a best-seller at once. She
feels it to be her best work.-
Once she wrote a book in
two weeks. But it is. "Cathed
ral In The Sun," she really
liked best, i It is about real
people. So real, she had to
carefully change all the
names.: -r ;
. Her novel she considers sec
ond best, "No More a Strang
er," about Robert Louis Stev
enson iin .California; in. 1879,
was also a best-seller.
"Don't tell 'anyone what
Pneumonia Kills
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his start by singing outside
an lmpressarlo s office - and
went on to prove a man could
sing popular songs along with
operatic arias, died Friday
night of lobar pneumonia.
Melton entered ." Roosevelt
hospital 13 days ago suffer
ing from bronchial pneumon
ia. It developed into lobar
pneumonia, which caused his
death. : v ;-
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mer ambassador, and former
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ing Saturday after being hos
pitalized for treatment of
pneumonia. -
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