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Id 6 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Jew District 6 Assistant Superintendent Directs Curriculum Study Ron Petrie Filling Newly Created Position By MARY COLLEY Mail Tribune Correspondent Remember "school days, school days, good old golden rule days" when all we had to worry ahout were "readin", ritin', and 'rithmetic"? Times change and new avenues of learning open. The school children of today need more than enough arith metic to reconcile a checkbook they need to be able to plot the co-ordinates lor space ingni. They must be able to read and remember about the new na tions of the world, and who can write fast enough to keep up with changing governments. In today's shrinking world, communication with neighbor ing countries is a necessity. Thus more languages are taught in school. Alone with a greater assort ment of subject matter to be taught, teachers today must use a variety ot metnods. Study Under Way A curriculum development and co-ordination study is now under way in school district 6 under the supervision of Ron Petrie, who is the district's first assistant superintendent of schools. Until recently school district 6 was the only district in Ore gon with a school population of over 2900 to be without the services of an assistant super intendent. The need for an as sistant superintendent has been felt for some time and with the continuing growth of the district it became necessary to divide the work load of the superin tendent's office. In July the board of directors hired Petrie to fill this post. This position entails many duties. One of the most import- STOCKMEN FEED PELLETS Your course or unpalatable roughago will iake a bait for a modern balancad ration that you can food with little labor and no waitage. Tho increased moat or milk pro duced will give you mail mum returns on a imall caih Investment, MORTON MILLING CO. 500 Rose lne, Medford NEW POST Ron Petrie, the first assistant superintendent dis trict 6 has ever had. sits in his office in the district administra tion building in Central Point. ant is directing the curriculum in a school district which covers an area of 250 square miles, District 6 is the result of con solidation of six districts, in cluding two incorporated towns, Central Point and Gold Hill. lis school range in size from a five teacher school with a teaching principal to a 42 teacher school with both a full time principal and a vice-principal. No two schools in the district are alike in size, organization or type of community organization. Present Problems The diverse sizes of the schools, their organization and community situation serve to present problems to Ihe board of directors and the administra tion. One of these problems has been to maintain effective co ordination of course content be tween schools and between grade levels. An outlined course of study for English, grades 1-12, was developed by 22 representative teachers of the district in .Inly and August under the supervis ion of Petrie. To insure that children gel continuous development of skills, administrators plan to continue to develop scope and sequence outlines to eventually cover all subjects. Additional resources will be used to strengthen areas ot textbook weakness and lack of follow through. Areas of stress will be noted so that all classes on each grade level will have a more uniform development between schools. Over a three year period Ihis chronological system for intro ducing new concepts in all sub jects will be standardized throughout the syslem accord ing to Petrie. Plans are being made tor a pilot program of team teaching at Crater in three 11th grade English classes and for a de velopmental and speed reading program at Ihe 10th grade level in selected classes. Previous Posts Petrie formerly was with the slate department of education and has been that department's representative on various edu cational committees, including one studying innovations in edu cation, lie was a consultant to the governor's committee on children and youth in 1963 and in 1M2 was consultant to the national migrant education workshop at Alamosa, Colorado. In 10(10-01 Petrie was a sup ervisor of student teaching at Oregon State university. He re ceived his Bachelor of Science in education from Oregon Col lege of Education and his M.S. in education at OSU. Petrie is married and has three children. He and his fam ily reside at 209 Princess way in Central Point. Prospect Cub Scout Den Mothers Discuss Forming Fifth Pack PROSPECT Cub Scout Den mothers here met Sept. 23 at the home of Mrs. Ray Maurer to make plans and discuss organi zation of another pack. There arc four packs at pres ent hut more boys than can be handled in them are eager to join. The group also made plans for activities lo be carried out this winter. The Cub scouts meet every Monday evening after school at the community hall or at different homes. Tablets By R. E. NEALON Miil Tribune) Table Rock Correspondent Immr . .mmm. ram Looking for higher Income from your farm? You'll get it with Elephant Brand s dependable quality. This n the quality 'hit comes from over 30 years ol farm researehendfarm eiperience and ensures you top profit!. Whatever you grow, you'll find the right fertilizer for your cropi in Elephant Brand' wide range ol analyses. Plan now to fertilize for bigger yields and higher profits with Elephant Brand. You gel more plant food per ton. 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Wednesday of each week is shopping day for Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thomas, so the Table Rock Store will be closed on Wednesdays until further notice. m Miss Linda Dor an, local girl, has accepted a position with a computer company in Portland. In the final exami nation in business school at San Francisco, her grades topped at 100. Mrs. Margaret Williams of Medford has been spending some time visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ray Doran. Other relatives visiting at the Doran home were Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Parson of Bull Head City, Ariz. Charley Hoover from over Agate way dropped in the other day for melons and told us that he has 100,000 shade trees coming by airplane from Michigan. Many of these trees are high class stock and will grow into beautiful trees that will adorn the State of Oregon and keep it green for many years to come. Charley says this would be his desire: to keep Oregon, the state that has made him what he is, green and beautiful long after he is gone. Mr. and Mrs. Cantrell were among the nice folks here from Bill Duggan's smogless land of many oaks. The Can trells are recently from California. When asked how they like it here, Mrs. Cantrell replied: "We love it the green fields and forests, highways where a person can travel and see the wonderful sights without creeping along bumper to bumper for hours." Mrs. Cantrell has a relative teaching school in California for a salary of $500 a month and has just been given a raise to $700. This is the reason she is staying in California, according to Mrs. Cantrell. As this is written, the latest word we have from the Sacred Heart hospital is that the condition of Sharon Simmons, who was injured Wednesday morning in an automobile acci dent, is fair. Miss Simmons, who was on her way to Medford, where she is employed, was traveling east on Table Rock road when near the junction of Pumice Lane and the Table Rock road the small car she was driving went out of control, hit one shoulder, then angled back to the other side of the road. J. S. Richardson, who was in his yard some distance away, said the car seemed to jump into the air and flip over. Mrs. Alan Fleischer, Mrs. Vern Gebhard, and Mrs. Robert Dunn, whose homes are near the scene of the acci dent, succeeded in stopping and holding back traffic, consist ing of cars driven by people going to their jobs and several logging trucks. We have received a letter loo lengthy to be used in this column. The writer takes exception to our column in which we said that the claim that the M.T. was a controlled press and correspondents restricted from expressing their own opin ions and such talk was hogwash. The word hogwash seemed to irk him more than anything else. He said we slid several stops down the ladder of good journalism by doing this. We appreciate his intimating that we were several up the lad der of good journalism in the first place. So we guess we should have used some other word, for after all, we have nothing against the hog. So we will say that the claim that M.T. writers are restricted about expressing their own opin ions just ain't so. The letter writer said E.A. has the making of a fine writer and could accomplish much good if he would just steer clear of his brain washing tactics. As to Ihe tax election, let's not get it into our beads that those who tell us that money for certain things may be short if the tax law is repealed are only trying to scare people. The editorial in Wednesday's M.T. gave tax facts better than I can. If you have not read it do so, and do some thinking. We hear much talk about the $5 fee for filing your return. The first year I became of voting age, Oregon had a poll tax of $3, which at that time was harder to get than $5 now. In fact, when I went to cast my first vote, I didn't have the $3. Thought for the day The late Arthur Perry in his Smudge Pot column once said: "You can count on the voters doing all right in an election if they are not mad." Let's not get mad! Meetings Resumed By Shasta Valley Bureau MONTAGUE Resuming their monthly meetings after a sum mer recess, the Shasta Valley Farm Bureau met at the Mon tague club room Sept. 17. Many business matters came before the group at this meeting which was conducted by the chairman, John McMurry. M. V. Maxwell, retired farm advisor, who now is chairman of the Siskiyou County Water Supply committee, appointed by the supervisors, reported on a number of projects which he had investigated in the past months, chiefly Ihe Box Canyon dam. OET CCD Elephant Bran t( VlfUMC Utl : M . U S ft f . -fl (I f OH WtTOMII 10 rHWNltl W H H I . U M ' . 4 P I lUl-ti JMI4 'Oft RITMMR, PWOtMtTC POUM UH I U ;l . ft) V it) .(Mill , 11,11- MOM YOUR LAND WITH'BLIPHANT BRAND First Grade Pupils Get Readiness Tests GOLD HILL-A11 first grade pupils at Patrick Elementary school in Gold Hill have been given first Rrade readiness test ing the past week, according te Gilbert A. Mack, princii"!. One svstem is the liarf Thotndike test and the iih: is the Metro politan Purpose of the tests is to '.'.elermine student readiness for reading on the first grade level, and lo help teachers toward grouping of students for better reading instruction. Mack said. First grade teachers are Mrs. Wilda Franks and Mrs. Barbara Toner. Model Plane Builders Attend Albany Meet Five valley model airplane builders. Dannie Hoehner, Dean Gradwell, Jack Shaffer and Hank Singmaster of Ashland and Harry Lowe, Talent, attend ed the Willamette Valley Model Airplane association meet at Albany sponsored by Takema Kiwanis club, recently. Hoehner won first in 'jA class. Shaffer took a first in 1A class and Harry Lowe third in class C with his "Gool," the largest model plane at the meet. Due to inclement weather, Lov withdrew his gliders. This dam, if built, would make a reservoir of only 450 acres in area and its prime use would be for recreational pur poses. Maxwell warned that all such projects have to be justi fied before money can be allo cated for them. He further warned that this area is a long ways from a center of popula tion and that water rights are often more political than legal. McMurry reported on the Bet ter Government c o m m i t tee which had met twice recently with Gary Townley, Carl Rice and himself representing the lo cal group. He brought out that serious ranching is good busi ness, but that record of sales, which is high in the county, has aggravated the situation to the extent that prices of land ex ceed the production of land in many cases. It was announced that licens ing of all d'ivcrs of farm equip, mep.t will have become effec tive Sept. 20. The nominating committee, which is to report at the Oct. 15 meeting, was formed. On it are Leanard Shelley, Robert Hogan and Morris Prather. Mrs. Robert Hogan was ap pointed as area membership chairman. It was pointed out that the chief advantage of farm bureau membership is the strength of organization in meet ing with law making bodies. Mrs. Hogan was chairman of the dinner committee. New Business Being Started in Gold Hill GOLD HILL A new business to be known as the Gold Hill Builders Supply is being estab lished at 392 Second ave. It will be located in the former Gail's Market building, and will be a complete Fuller Paint deal ership. Mrs. Virginia Plummer said plans are under way for open house on October 1 or soon afterwards. 1 1 Vf 1 f 7 .1 AWte, ?lV : . rwiAW'JUmS.'i&m CISTERN UNCOVEHED-One of the three old cisterns under neath Jacksonville was uncovered earlier this week when a sewer system trench being constructed across California st. at Fourth st. cut through part of it. The cistern may be seen just under the shelf at right. It originally was walled with brick and was used to store water for fire fighting. Regional News Gymkhana Slated At Williams Oct. 6 WILLIAMS Final plans for the Buckeroo breakfast, to be served by the Williams Grey back Brushriders, have been an nounced. The date is set for Sunday, Oct. 6. Serving will begin at 9 a.m. and continues through 1 p.m. On the menu is a selection of ham, bacon, eggs, flapjacks with a choice of coffee or co coa as a beverage. This breakfast will precede the gymkhana that will begin at 1 p.m. at the Brushrider's arena, located on the west fork of Williams creek on Davidson drive. Percy Sowell, president of the riding group, announced there would be trophies for the con testants finishing first in tho junior, intermediate and adult classes. Ribbons will be pre sented through third place point holders. Some of the games to be play include Texas barrel race, pole bending, cowhide race, rescue, relay, musical chairs and tho keyhole race. The group extends an invita tion to one and all to eat all they can for $1 and stay tho balance of the day for the festivities. ri,j.'yf rJlw $ OTHER RELICS As might he expected in a place like Jack sonville, the workmen who are constructing the sewer system there are finding numerous relics of the past. The above is one workman's collection, two old bottles, one of them with the date 1890 on it, and what appears lo be a mining tool. Cisterns Uncovered By Sewer Excavation By KATIIERINE 1IARREL1. .Mail Tribune Correspondent JACKSONVILLE-In the cen ter of the intersection of Cali fornia and Fourth sts. in Jack sonville, a second large cistern has been uncovered by sewer excavation. A first cistern was uncovered County Teachers To Meet Tuesday Plans for a state teachers conference will be discussed at a meeting of the Jackson County Classroom Teachers next Tues day at 6:30 p.m. at North's Chuck Wagon in Medford. Guest speaker for the eve ning will be Dr. Betty Lou Dun lop of Southern Oregon college. Music will be provided by the Fishermen's quartet. Reports on plans for the an nual fall conference of Ihe De partment of Classroom Teach ers, NEA, will be given by Mrs. Zelma Foote, Central Point teacher and regional director for the DCT, and conference committee members. The Jackson county unit will serve as host for this state con ference, slated Oct. 25 and 26 with meetings at Crater High school and a banquet Oct. 25 at the Rogue Valley Country' club. earlier on South Oregon st. in front of the Jacksonville li brary. There are three such cisterns in Jacksonville. The third is ce mented over on the Jackson ville museum grounds. These cisterns are walled with brick and measure 16 feet by 16 feet. In the early days of the com munity, a large cement triangle was erected in the creek bed about three-quarters of a mile up from the west end of Cali fornia st. The triangle stood three to four feet high and was five feel long on each side. From the bottom of this trian gle pipes were laid to reach each of the three cisterns. The 1 cisterns then were filled with : water by gravity flow. Tl.e fire department would j use the cistern water for fight ing fires, getting it out with a ; pump. The pump is now in the Jack sonville museum, and the ce ment marker in the creek bed can still be seen there by the curious. ATTEND MEETING PROSPECT Four students frnm Prnsiwl Htoh cnhnnl anti ! their teacher, Vern Haddcland, ! attended the student body coun ; cil meeting in Roscburg Sept. 1 23. Students attending were Frances Artmire. Barbara Beck, Kris Schaffran and Ar i thur Andrcson. PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE lin-Tees Beams Slabs Bridges - Buildings .. .,. " ',.'. - t Perking Structures -aaBBjiTTTltrT BUILDER'SHJPPLY 727 West McAndrews Phone 773-4S7S SOBBING SIMS' 28th ANNIVERSARY SALE CONTINUES!! SAVE NOW!!! IEATHERCRAFT CRAFT AIDS Vz Price SCIENCE SETS 66 Reg. 1.00 3-D PEBBLE MOSAICS Reg. 1.00 66 MOSAIC TILE COASTER KIT 49' Reg. 1.00 TEXTILE PAINTING STENCILS Vz Price MOSAIC TILE KITS 288 Reg. 4.9S SATURDAY ONLY SPECIAL Not 20, but 22 sturdy flexible spring steel tines. High quality baked enamel color finish. Smooth natural 48" wood handle. Perfectly balanced for raking ease. 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