Student Uses Scrounged' Items
In Seismograph; Gets Top Award
A bag of cement, a aheet of
aluminum, some old piano
wire, a wax candle, second
hand phonograph needle, and
a few other "scrounged"
items.
E 1 g h t e e n-year-old Dale
Peterson, M e d f o r d Hieh
school senior, put them all to
gether and made a seismo
graph which he sold last week
to the Oregon Museum of
Science and Industry, Port
land.
The unique Instrument,
duui over tne past few
months with $32 and a great
enthusiasm for geophysics,
won the Medford student a
top award in the Oregon
Science Talent search and is
now on display at the
museum.
Awaits Announcement
Its young builder is await
ing announcement of his
rating among the four top
winners or the talent search,
and he is also expecting to
settle soon on a price for his
unusual entry. It is to be
placed in a special housing at
the museum and will be used
as an exhibit and teaching
device.
Final announcement of
winners in the Oregon talent
search, sponsored by the Mu
seum of Science and Indus
try, will be made May 27 at
a science award dinner at
Portland State college cen
ter. Westinghouse corpora
tion sponsors the national
talent search project.
Young Peterson, an honor
student in the major work
group at Medford High, has
worked with encouragement
, from his science teacher,
Ryder Berg, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne L. Peterson,
418 South Oakdale ave., and
from others on the school
staff.
Guidance from Notebook
Guidance for construction
of the seismograph came from
a well-worn blue notebook
containing information Dale
has gleaned from every
source listed in the Northwest
Bibliography center.
Other help has come from
press reports on earthquakes
throughout the world, and
from periodicals which the
student has gathered in his
search.
Dale describes himself as
a "master moocher," for "he
has collected all kinds of pos
sibly useful items from a
varied group. of older frends.
' The seismograph, a "Borsch
Omari horizontal type," rests
on three slabs of cement
which Dale, himself, poured.
The slabs are joined by iron
. rods fastened in the cement.
A deisel piston filled with
lead, and a copper vane in a
pan of heavy-weight oil are
important parts of the struc
ture's pendulum.
Brass tubing connects the
pendulum to a recording
stylus, which marks vibra
tions on smoked paper cover
ing the rotating drum. -
The 18-year-old connected
a clock to the parts so the
hour, minute and seconds of
vibrations can be recorded.
Dale has decided that the
Rogue valley is a poor place
to use a seismograph, be
cause it rests on a loose base
and reacts like a bowl of
jelly to the earth's vibrations.
Now he is looking for a
solid spot in the valley,
where he might place a ce
ment pier in bed rock, and
sometime in the future ' he
hopes to install his latest proj
ect a smaller electronic type
seismograph, not so cumber
some as the one just com
pleted. But the "master moocher"
has to spend some time first
gathering more miscellany
for the machine. A special
model record player, pro
duced by Phllco about
1944-48, is the most important
missing part. He hopes to find
that as a long-forgotten cast
off in someone's local attic,
and then perhaps the sale of
the first model to the Port
land museum will help fi- j
nance the heavier expenses
of electronic parts for the
second.
At anv rate. Dale is opti
mistic about completing the
latest model soon, and per
haps the sale of that will help
with expenses at the Colorado
School of Mines which he
plans to enter this fall.
Two Juveniles Are
Taken Into Custody
Two 13-year-old Medford
girls were taken into protec
tive custody by Medford po
lice Thursday after they ad
mitted to stealing a woman's
billfold containing $8 from a
local store.
Police said the billfold was
hvnn frnm a table at the
Singer Sewing Machine com- j
pany, 318 East Main si., aooui
3 o.m. Wednesday.
Police said a school book
belonging to one of the girls
was found at the scene of the
theft and this led them to the
suspects. One girl was con
fined In the Juvenile detention
home and the other was re
leased to the custody of her
mother.
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HIGH SCHOOL SEISMOLOGIST The
"infernal machine" above, shown with its
builder, 18-year-old Dale Peterson, Med
ford High school student, was constructed
from $32 worth of miscellaneous material
and sundry articles young Peterson says
he "scrounged" from friends. Peterson is
holding a wax candle which he uses to
smoke paper covering the drum which re-.
cords vibrations. A stylus connects via
brass tubing to the pendulum, made of a
diesel piston filled with lead, and a copper
vane. The student declared that the earthquake-proof
Rogue valley is a poor place
to test a seismograph. His award-winning
apparatus is now on display at the Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry, which
will soon be its new owner.:
Medford
Tribune
SECTION D
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 14, 1961
PAGES 1 to 8
Subcommittee To Coordinate Work By Study Group
A coordination suhrnmmif.
tee of the Jackson county
home rule charter committee
was appointed Thursday
night. '
The subcommittee will Ho.
termine Doints ffpnomiiv
agreed upon by the charter
committee members and de
termine what areas ronnirA
more study. The group will
prepare a questionnaire giv
ing the various alternatives
presented in the study so far.
Members are Philip Humph
reys, chairman, Dr. Arthur
Kreisman and William Jess.
Charter CommittPH rhnlr.
man Mrs. Thomas Rutter read
a Damrjhlet. "Tho Now T.nnir
on Home Rule" covering the
problems associated with pre
paring a charter and the basic
philosophy involved.
Main Reasons Listed
The booklet indicated main
reasons for charters failing
are: (1) political parties- are
hostile s i n c erthey feel the
home rule charter will weak
en the party stauding In the
county, (2) people oppose non
partisan elections, (3) charter
committees don't follow
through, (4) charter commit
tees too often sharply dis
agree after the charter propos
al is prepared, (5) the citizen
members of the charter com
mittee don't know how to
wage an effective political
campaign for their charter
proposal.
The charter committee re
viewed the last Benton coun
ty charter committee minutes.
Benton county has received
a petition for a county mana
ger form of government. The
committee has been thinking
of a nine-man county council
type of administration. Six
of the council would be select
ed geographically and three
at large.
The group also discussed
the Missouri plan for appoin
tive offices. The county coun
cil would appoint department
heads, then at the end of their
terms of office they would be
up for election.
SOC Students Are Accepted at Schools
Ashland - Dr. Marvin D.
Coffey and Dr. Lloyd D. Pen
nington, co-advisers to pre
medical and pre-dental stu
dents at Southern Oregon col
lege, have announced that
several students have been ac
cepted to professional schools
for the coming year.
m They reported that the rate
of acceptance to such schools
for SOC students was nearly
100 per cent.
The students are Philip
Mongrain, Medford, a senior
accepted to Stanford medical
school; Robert Kubick, Grants
Pass, a junior accepted to the
University of Oregon medical
school, Portland; Len Dobry,
Malin, a senior accepted to
the University ' of Oregon
dental school; Lloyd Bendick
son, Medford, a junior ac
cepted to the University of
Oregon dental school; and
Elizabeth Pramann, a junior
accepted to Loma Linda col
lege of medical evangelists
for physical therapy.
Openings Noted
For JESSI Program
At Oregon Schools
Portland - School students
in the 10th, 11th and 12th
grades will be admitted to the
sixth annual Oregon Junior
Engineers and Scientists Sum
mer institute (JESSI) up to
the opening day of the ses
sion, or until the roster is
filled.
Stanley H. Shirk, executive
director of Scientists of To
morrow, announced that the
date of the Oregon State uni
versity JESSI for boys is
June 11-24, and the Willam
ette university JESSI for
girls is June 18 to July 1.
The institute is a guidance
activity in sciences and en
gineering for high school stu
dents of college caliber, he
explained. It is designed "to
help -remove the guess from
college program and career
decisions."
Enrol leei are under tute
lage of the science and engi
neering staffs of host campus
es, who introduce students to
broad fields of pure and basic
engineering sciences and to
sub-divisions of each.
Total cost of the two weeks
on campus is $105, and in
cludes tuition, board and
room, supervision, insurance
and program incidentals.
Boys and girls who plan to
enroll are urged to send ap
plications to the campuses as
soon as possible.
Additional information may
be obtained from Scientists of
Tomorrow, 309 New Fliedner
building, Portland 5. The or
ganization is non-profit, op
erating to activate JESSI ses
sions on college and universi
ty campuses throughout the
country.
Engineer Joins
Corvallis Company
Wilbur L. (Bill) Warren.
Medford, former assistant
chief engineer for California
Oregon Power company, has
joined the regional engineer
ing firm of Cornell, Howland,
Hayes and Merryfield, Corval
lis, the company has an
nounced. Warren has been with Cop
co since 1953, first as resident
engineer on hydroelectric
projects and for the past two
years as assistant chief engi
neer. He formerly served as
resident engineer with the
City of Medford Water com
mission-
He is a graduate of Stan
ford university. His first as
signment in the new post will
be as resident engineer on the
Kingsley Air Force base re
construction project, Klamath
Falls.
- The firm has the design and
construction supervision con
tract for the $2 million proj
ect to rebuild military run
way and taxiways at the air
base.
Three E's Reviewed
By Wa rmoutli At
Safety Patrol Event
Every member of the com
munity has "a share of stock
in the Traffic Safety Corpor
ation" and a responsibility to
see that the "corporation" is
successful, according to Ed
Warmouth, manager of the
traffic safety division, Oregon
department of motor vehicles.
Warmouth spoke Friday
night at the annual school pa
trol banquet honoring school
patrol members in the Med
ford school district and of St.
Mary's school.
The event, sponsored by the
Medford Safety Council and
participating service clubs,
school organizations and fra
ternal organizations, attract
ed about 450 persons at Hed
rick Junior High auditorium,
according to Elliott Becken,
Medford public schools, gen
eral chairman of the dinner.
Warmouth, in addition to
drawing the parallel of suc
cessful safety programs to suc
cessful corporations, pointed
out the importance of t h e
"three-E's," engineering, edu
cation and enforcement as
they relate to' traffic safety.
Good Examples
He called on the school pa
trol members to be good ex
amples to their fellow stu
dents and to set an example
of safety consciousness for the
whole community to follow.
School patrol members, 225
in all, received individual
badges, denoting their rank in
the school patrol as well as
a pen and pencil set from the
Medford Safety Council.
Presentation of awards was
made by Mayor John W. Sni
der. Russ Jamison, Medford,
served as master of ceremo
nies. Rudy Tetreault, president
of the Medford Safety Coun
cil, complimented the stu
dents on their safety activi
ties and commended the com
munity for their support of
the banquet. It was the largest
attendance ever recorded, Tet
reault said.
Booklet Designed For Forest Users
Six Persons Appear in
Circuit Court Thursday
Six persons appeared in
circuit court Thursday before
Judge James M. Main.
One of them, Dennis Wil
liam Smith, 29, of general de
livery, Medford, was sentenc
ed to two years in the Oregon
state penitentiary for obtain
ing property by false pre
tenses. Lawrence Delano Isgrigg,
20, Ashland, had imposition
of sentence suspended for
five years under the supervi
sion of the state board of pa
role and that he make restitu
tion. He is charged with lar
ceny in a dwelling house.
Also appearing on a simi
lar charge was Leslie E. Boss,
18, of 63 Oak dr., Medford.
Don Hanson was appointed
his attorney.
Wilburn Dell Crawford, 39,
of Modesto, Calif., appeared
on a charge of uttering and
publishing a false check. He
pleaded guilty to the charge,
and the case was continued
for sentencing.
Stephen Allen Love, 60, of
route 1, box 16, Rogue River,
had San Harbison, Medford
lawyer, appointed to repre
sent him. He is charged with
attempted rape.
Bernice Anne Phillips, 39,
of South Grape St., Medford,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
larceny from a person. Her
case was continued pending
receipt of a pre-sentencing report.
WE ARE OPEN TODAY!
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Portland - A new booklet
designed to give Americans
a better understanding ot how
their national forests are man
aged Is available from the
U. S. forest service, according
to J. Herbert Stone, regional
forester.
The department of agricul
ture booklet, "Multiple Use
The National Forests and
Your Family," was written
especially for forest -users. It
describes sustained-yield multiple-use
of the national for
ests in nontechnical, down-to-earth
language. The 23-page,
pocket-sized book is illustrat
ed with drawings and photo
graphs, many of which wera
taken in the Pacific North
west. A free copy of the booklet
may be obtained from tha
regional forester, post offlca
box 4137, Portland 8.
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