'April 1, 1048 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE SEVEN Midland tfute Aeuti BLY HIGH SCHOOL George Elliott, who Is com pleting I1I5 fifth year as prlncl pay of the high school hero, an nounces thut the osmmencoment exorcises will be hold Thuridny vening, Mny 8. This year's class number only four students, Mnrtha Glvmi, who entered school here In 1036 from the Morrill school hns been named valedictorian; Walter Pat ton, who came to till school from Keno In 1041 li salutator Inn; Bnrbara Hull Lybrand, who has ipenl her entire 12 year of school hero; Ruth Mnrle Coke, who came here In 1040 from Al phi, Calif. . There will be no guest speaker lfor the commencement exercliei. The seniors will each give brief talks. Elliott will award the dl plomoi, awards, the Krog trophy for the outitandlng baiketball player of the year, and the Crane trophy to the student Judged the most outstanding In citizenship, The class hat choacn the Amer ican Beauty rose a their flower, and their motto "It Isn't the Gale, But the Set of the Ball, That Determlnea the Way You Go." After tome discussion and con siderable delay the student body decided to put out an annual. and a staff waa chosen by Mr. Elliott and work rushed through The book la expected back In Bly by May 1. The alaff of the annual Is as follows: Editor-Inch Iff, Mnrtha Given; assistant editor, Walter Patton; business manuger, Lonora McMillan; sales- niuuugnr, Wallace Ward; classes, Mary Boyton; boys' sports, Gor don Sykes; art, Shirloy Harris; school activities, Marie Coke. Martha Glvan has sorved as student body president this year. Merrill Teachers of the Merrill schools wore entertained at dinner and cards at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Joo Lnllota Bunduy eve ning, with places marked for Mr. and Mrs, Ebor E. Kllpatrlck, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ounckley, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Oehlerlch and daughter, Mary Jane, Mrs. Grace Hughes, Mrs. Ora Burkes and Mrs. Frances Cannell. The public Is Invited to a card party sponsored by the Girls' Athletic association of the high school, to be held Friday eve ning, April 2, In the high school gymnasium. Play will begin at 8 o'clock and the 23 cent admis sion will cover refreshments also, The Library club will meet Thursday afternoon, April 1, and no April foolin' In the club rooms. Subject tor discussion Is the "United Nations," and roll call will be answered with a cur rent evont. Four families met Saturday night for an Impromptu potluck supper at the E. A. McCollum home. The party, one of saver- al, included Mr. and Mrs. Claud Moreland and Sharon, Mr. and RED CROSS QUOTA MALI!? Malin's Red Cross war fund quota of $600 has been more than doubled, It was an nounced Wednesday by Mayor A. Kallna, chairman who has once again seen Malln folks put over a campaign with a bang. Few families or Individuals were missed by the committee, which stated, at a mooting held In the high school Wednesday morning for a final check up, that re sponse was far more generous than anticipated. The final count was I12B5. A few local residents contrib uted In Klamath Falls or Mer rill or "we could have beaten that," the mayor stated. Assisting Mr. Kallna were Mrs. T. A. OeMerrltt, Mrs. John Rat- Uff, Joe LaClair and A. E. Street. TRANSPORTS IMPORT Many ships which take men and supplies from the U. S. to overseas points are bringing back shiploads of needed goods. Backhauls from Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific and North Africa already are yield ing wool, hides, sausage casings, copra, copal gums, zinc concen trates, nickel, chromium, cork, manganese and other items. Mrs. H. C. Bradbury, Mr. and Mrs. McCollum and Mr, and Mrs. Don Palmer. UEL DILLAHD RESIGNS FROM L MERRILL Uel Dlllard, man ager since July, 1941, of the Merrill branch, First National Bank of Portland, announced his resignation Wednesday to be come effective at once. Dlllard has been In the employ of the bank since 1930 and only recent ly purchased the Dawson ranch in the Henley district. Ha will devote his entire time to his farming Interests. R. E. DcLap, affiliated with the same banking Institution at The Dalles, where he served as assistant manager, has arrived to succeed Dlllard. DeLap has been employed by The Dalles bank since 1031, Mrs. DeLap and two children will remain for the present with Mrs. DeLap's moth er in Portland, planning to move to Merrill In the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Dillard have made their home here for many years. Dillard has attended both elementary and high schools here. Mrs. Dillard has been actively associated with the Merrill Library club. The arrival of James Merril lccs of Medford was also an nounced. Merrillees succeeds Thomas W. Chatburn Jr., cash ier, who left recently to enter the service. Always read the classified ads. Camp Director l -Ml Wes H, Klusmsnn, who ar rived hare Thursday morning for meetings with the local Boy Scout camping man, is national director of camping and activi ties for the Boy Scouts of America. EDUCATION PAYS HARTFORD, Conn., VP) The state legislature's education com mittee has rather conclusive evi dence that special classes for mentally handicapped children are benefitting those assigned to them. State Education Commissioner Alonzo G. Grace told the com mittee: "Some of the pupils are now making more than the teachers." I ask no more of life than to be able to see the miserably re sounding fall of the vulgar, in tuitional fuehrer of Berlin and of his whole bankrupt system. Czech President Eduard Benes. DIRECTOR P OF BOY SCOUTS CONFERS HERE Wes H. Klusmann, national di rector of camping and activities for the Boy Scouts of America, arrived in Klamath Falls this morning from San Jose, Calif., where he attended a conference of Pacific coast camp directors and government men to work out plans for this year's camp facilities. While here, he will meet with the local Boy Scout camp commit tee headed by Arnold Gralapp, to discuss plans for this year's program. At Friday noon he will speak before the executive board at the Willard hotel. Klusmann became national di rector of camping and activities of the Boy Scouts of America on July 1, 1941, following more than three years' service with the national office as assistant director of camping and activi ties and ten years professional experience in scouting with the Los Angeles area council where he served as director of camping and special events. Klusmann specialized in social welfare studies at the University of Southern California. He was scoutmaster, of Troop 125, Los Angeles, for two years. He served as boys' work director of the Church of All Nations in Los Angeles from 1921 to 1024 and for the next four years was exe- Food Main Topic of Darwin Wissenback's Letter Homo From German Prison Camp "Boy! When I get home am I going to eat!" Food was mentioned frequent ly In the two letters which have reached Mr. and Mrs. James Wissenback of Shady Pine from their son, Darwin, now a prison er of war in Germany. This !s one of the first, if not the first, letters received directly in Klam ath Falls from prison camp. Darwin's first letter was writ ten December 29, from Dulag Luft. In this letter he writes: . "I imagine by no-st you know I am a prisoner of war. Now don't worry about me, I'm well and we are treated pretty good, get enough food and have plenty of warm clothes. The Red Cross sees to that. I was shot down December 20 near Paris, France. I parachuted out and landed OK except for a couple of broken ribs and a shot in the arm. Oh! just a nick. It's practically well now. Ribs are a little sore yet, but theyill be all right soon. "I may not.be here long, I think you can get In touch with the Red Cross and find out where I am, then you can send me a package. I need a razor, toothbrush, toothpaste, sox, shirts and chocolate candy. I won't be able to write as. often as I did as we are only allowed, to write a limited amount. Sure hope I get a letter from you soon. Hope you had a nice Christmas cutive secretary, in Los Angeles, of the Woodcraft League of America. and I am wishing you happy New Year. Love, Darwin." In the second note, Darwin writes that he has been trans ferred to Stalag. "I am well and getting along OK. The Red Cross gives us clothes to wear. If you send m a clothing parcel, I could use some sox and razor, towels, etc. Don't send anything ex pensive as It takes long time for parcels to get her and chances are I might not get them. Above all I hope you send me some chocolate, cig arettes and things to eat. Boy! when I get home am I going to eat. When you don't get things to eat that you are used to having you sure do miss them. "Don't know how long I will be at this camp. Hope not long; There are rumors that w might move to an American prison camp. Don't worry too much about me. . I will write as often as I can. Writ soon. Love, Darwin." FOLLOW THE LEADER NEW YORK, VP) When a Long Island railroad train turned up five minutes late, Motorman John. J. Skelly aaid. a small fox terrlor with unusual sangfroid was to blame. The dog on the tracks at the Rcgo park, . Queens, station and trotted ahead, of the creeping train for a mil and a half. Skelly blew the whistle , a few times but became discouraged. The dog always barked back. 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