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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1958 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THIRTEEN VFW Auxiliary Picks Officers MERRILL Election of officers was held by the Merrill VFW Auxil iary during a regular meeting held Wednesday evening, March 5, at the VFW Hall. Joan Trotman, president, conducted the meeting, Pro tern officers were Mary Lou Swisher, Blanche Maxwell and Ida Fleck, color bearers, and Dorothy Baxter, banner bearer. The election results were as fol lows: Marian Knox, president; Dorothy West, senior vice presi dent; Bertha McKoen, junior vice president; Mary Fran Hammond, treasurer; Myrtle Rippey, chap lain; Nellie Fleck, conductress; Frances Brandenberg, guard, and Vivian Miller, trustee. Appointed to offices were Mary Lou Swisher, secretary: Vivian Miller, Blanche Maxwell, Nellie Fotheringham and Barbara Mc Koen, color bearers: Margie Hodg es, musician; Roma Walker, his torian; Virginia Lampkins, - flag bearer; and Kate Merrilees, patri otic instructor. The newly elected and appointed officers will be in stalled on Wednesday, April 2. Ida Mae Fleck will be the installing officer. Several committee reports were made during the evening session. Mickey Walker reported on the progress made to have a roller skating rink at Merrill. Twenty five dollars was donated by the VFW Auxiliary toward the skating rink's insurance fund. The art department of Merrill High School is to .be contacted by Joan Trotman to see if there is any interest in participating in the VFW Buddy Poppy poster con test. It was also announced that plans are being made for the auxiliary to be incorporated as a nonprofit organization. Klamath Falls Beauty Contest Winner Gives Account Of Trip To Alabama By DARLEN'E BUCHHOLZ , (Junior Miss Oregon, 1958) Little did I realize that my de cision to enter the Junior miss Oregon Contest would material ize into the most memoraDie week of my lifetime. But, that is exactly what happened. It all started in the latter part of January when representatives from the Junior Chamber of Com merce explained to the senior girls at Klamath Union High School about the Junior Miss Ore gon Contest that the Jaycees were to sponsor during the month of February. On the big nignt, 11 Fund Drive Chief Named DORRIS Judge Kenneth ' Stone, Weed, Siskiyou County Red Cross fund drive chairman, an nounced the appointment of Mrs Byard Kelly, Dorris, to head the Red Cross fund drive in Butte Valley this year. Three assistants, named by Mrs Kelly to take charge of the dif ferent districts, were Mrs. Dora Branham, business; Mrs. Irene Todorovic, Oklahoma and other outlying districts, and Mrs. Had Moakes, Mt. Hebron. The quota for Butte Valley Is $650 for 1958. Mrs. Kelly said that $150 was spent in Dorris last year on swimming lessons for Butte Valley children, and that 40 serv icemen were aided in the Dorris area. The fund also paid for train ing three volunteer first aid in structors. The . drive will-be , carried . on through the month of March. Easter Seal Benefits Told YREKA A report recently re leased by Mrs. Grace Smith, president of the Siskiyou County Society for Crippled Children, and Mrs. Margaret Esrey, chairman of the case committee, disclosed that many children have benefited from assistance given them by the organization, which raises funds through an Easter Seal campaign, The report, in listing the ac complishments of the society from September 1, 1957, to February 6, 1958, disclosed they provided eye examinations for 37 Siskiyou Coun ty children at a cost of $770.40. Emergency dental care for five children amounted to $92 and two surgical cases, $115. The society also paid $530 to furnish transportation for children and parents to out-of-town hospitals when specialized care was needed. Rod-Gun Club Holds Dinner CHEMULT The first meeting of the year on March 3 of the Chemult Rod and Gun Club fea tured a turkey dinner for the members and wives, which was served by Mrs. Grant Damon, Mrs. Verne Brader. Mrs. Lew Wil liams and Mrs. John Herman. The basement of the Wheel Cafe was decorated with a fall hunting scene complete with geese and ducks on the east wall and a real duck blind with decoys and empty shells scattered about. After dinner the business meet ing was presided over by the new president, Cecil Palmer. An up to date set of bylaws was presented and adopted with minor changes. The trophy committee reported on the trophies for members that could be won during the season. Of special interest will be the be ginner s trophy, the women's tro phy and an outboard motor, given by li. (J. Palmer for the highest score for all summer. There will be a prize for every shooter who shoots a straight 25 during the Journal shoot. Shooting will begin next Sunday and will continue each Sunday through the Journal shoots. The regular sum mer program of first- and third Sunday shoots will start after the termination of the Journal shoots. PTA NEWS By MARY EGAN ' The Keno PTA met Tuesday evening, March 10, at Keno School The business centered on the pos sibilities of the PTA sponsoring a carnival at the school, with organ izations throughout the community contributing booths. These con tributing clubs will include the 4-H, Boy Scouts, PTA, and the school students themselves. A definite date has -not been determined, though it will be some time in April. A quilt made by PTA mem bers will be raffled off at the carnival. Election of officers was held, with Mrs. Herbert Riggs unani mously elected president. Other of ficers for the coming year are: Mrs.' Chester Burrell; vice presi dent; Mrs. Philip Rottum, secre tary; Mrs. Kim Jones, treasurer; and Mrs. Claude Kerns, historian. The program for the evening in cluded a discussion of the cum- culums of the seventh and eighth grades. Mrs. Philip Rottum told the group about the language arts program in the upper grades, and Stan Sevruk, principal, centered his talk on the social studies of the two grades, seven and eight. To conclude the meeting, there were several instrumental n u m bers played by Keno students, who are being introduced to the clari net, saxophone, and trumpet by sevruk. Refreshments were served after the meeting. Delegate Airs Confab Report DORRIS Mary Kay Hamilton, 27. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Hamilton, Dorris, reported on the Governor's Youth Conference which she attended in Sacramento, February 11 and 12. Mary Kay was sponsored by the Dorris Lions Club. She stated that almost 3,500 peo ple attended the conference and approximately 1,150 were youths representing organizations, high schools and colleges from the en tire state of California. Mary Kay reported that Governor Knight appealed to the delegates to help combat Juvenile delinquen cy by enlisting the support of those who never get in trouble by influ encing the percentage of those who do. He also stated that the prin ciples of youth and adult coopera tion should be practiced. Science Fair Entries Planned DUNSMUIR Three youthful scientists from Dunsmuir H I e h School have entries prepared for the Siskiyou County science fair at the fairgrounds in Yreka March 27 to, 29. Ferman Caroway and Sherman Ball, tenth grade biology students, will enter demonstrations on the effect of colored lights upon the growth of certain plants. Lee Ed son, tenth grade geometry student, will demonstrate the water cycle with his model. The entries in the science fair have been prepared with the as sistance of Ramey Drake, high school faculty member. enthusiastic girls competed in the contest, and it would be hard for me to explain the thrill that 1 felt when I was selected Junior Miss Oregon. I seemed to lose all track of time after that evening. I was caught up in the flurry of pack ing and getting ready lor the big trip. At 5:40 p.m. Tuesday, February 25, I found myself sitting in an airplane, waving goodby to my parents, friends, and Klamath Falls. The whirring feeling be neath me was something unex plainable. We started moving, fast er, faster, faster, and the whir ring noise changed to a roar. Sud denly, for the very first time in my life, I was flying. Below me I could see the hills and terrains getting more minute and my stomach felt just as it did when I rode the roller coaster at Long Beach. Soon I leaned back and thor oughly enjoyed t'ue ride. After changing planes in San Francisco, Dallas, and New Orleans, I ar rived in Mobile, Alabama, on Wednesday at 10:05 a.m. The welcoming committee gave me a warm greeting at the air port and presented me with white and blue satin ribbons identifying my title. I was soon taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Pit- troff where I was to be a guest for the next week. I was soon swept up into what they call, Southern Hospitality!" Within a couple . of hours the photographer arrived to take my picture and shortly afterwards the girls who had arrived were picked up by the transportation committee to appear on TV. La ter we got better acquainted over cold root beer. Genie Radcliff, Miss Azalea Trail, was very in strumental m making us all feel more at home in the Mobile sur roundings. That evening I had the pleasure of meeting Junior Miss Mississippi, June Wood from Hat- tiesburg; Junior Miss Oklahoma Mary Lou Carter from Norman; Junior Miss Maryland, Gale Daw son from Silver Spring; Junior Miss Texas, Diane Graves from Midland; Junior Miss Louisiana, Dixie Hudson from Jennings; Jun ior Miss Alabama, Panthea Reed from Tuscaloosa; Junior Miss Ari zona, Julie Vihel from Tempe and Junior Miss Arkansas, Jeanne Bruton from Fort Smith. We made friends immediately and were soon conversing in the usual teen-age girl topics of boyfriends, clothes and food. Thursday, morning was sunny and warm, just the right type of atmosphere for a parade. Each Junior Miss rode in a new con vertible. Since the popular and colorful Azalea Festival was being celebrated in conjunction with- the Junior Miss America Pageant, the parade filled the Mobile streets with bands, floats, convertibles, and a bevy of beautiful Southern girls dressed in the traditional long, ruffled, hoop-skirted dresses and the wide round-brimmed pic ture hats. Following the parade the Junior Misses were driven out to the Grand Hotel. It is built in a very picturesque setting on Point Clear of the Gulf of Mexico. We were guests of Genie Radcliff for lunch eon and were given favors of ster ling silver charm bracelets. Dur ing luncheon we had a chance to get acquainted with the other girls, who hadn't arrived the night be fore. Junior Miss Georgia, Mary Jon Bradley from Cartersville: Jun ior Miss Maine. Mary Lee Bowes from Madawaska: Junior Miss West Virginia, Phyllis Ann White nack from Bluefield; Junior Miss Tennessee, Barbara Lynn Walker, from Chattanooga; Junior Miss Florida, Gwen Jennings, from Boca Raton; Junior Miss Vermont, Sally Green from Montpelier: Junior Miss California, Jean Miller from Los Alamitos: Junior Miss North Dakota, Linda Berg from Fargo; and Junior Miss Connecticut, Judy Lenzi from New Haven. After the luncheon each was giv en a private interview during which tune we were judged on per sonality, charm, poise, and appearance. Following the interviews we were issued our sport clothing of a v. Kite Bermuda shorts outfit, and were transferred back to the Admiral Semmes Hotel to be taken home by the transportation committee. At 8 p.m., we arrived back at the Admiral Semmes for the evening dress judging portion of the con test. Pretty, auburn haired June Wood, Junior Miss Mississip pi, was awarded the cup for this division. On Friday, February 28, we were picked up by the transporta tion committee and taken to the Battle House for talent practice After an enjoyable luncheon with the judges, we were taken to Murphy High auditorium to con tinue talent practice. Ted Malone, captain of the Show Boat, Azalea Queen, emcee of the Junior Miss America Pageant, was present to help us with any talent problems This was also a good chance for us girls to get better acquainted with one another. These girls were the most wonderful I ve ever met, They were to pleasant and willing to help you in any small way they could, whether it be to listen to you recite, or give you a safety pin. The spirit of competition was not present with us, in fact when one of us won an honor we were as happy as if we had won it ourselves. During the pageant there wasn t one unkind word spok en among the girls. Although I only knew these girls and Mobile people for one week, 1 11 remember them always. At 5 p.m. the talent practice ceased and we said goodby to ev eryone until 8 that night when we were chauffered back to Murphy High auditorium for the talent judg ing. The quality and caliber of tal ent presented was remarkable, but we were all truly happy for Bar bara Walker, Junior Miss Ten nessee, when she was announced the winner in the talent division, She captivated the audience when she began slowly strumming on her guitar, singing folk songs such as "Greensleeves," "Kisses Sweet er than Wine," and one she wrote herself, "I've Been Thinking, Saturday, March 1, was to be the climax night of the pageant, for ft was that Saturday night that the first Junior Miss Ameri ca would be named from the 18 girls present. We probably should have felt nervour and worried, but we were having too much fun to think about such things as that. At 10 a.m. the sportswear judging Degan and the winner, Junior Miss West Virginia, Phyllis Ann White nack was presented with a cud. Following a Dulfet luncheon at the . Admiral Semmes Hotel we rehearsed at the Saenger Theater for the final judging. At 8 o clock Saturday night, the final judging commenced. There was an ex cited hush as the curtain arose displaying 18 17-year-old girls, all dressed in frothy, white, floor length evening dresses, each hold ing a long stemmed pink rose. The girls stood in diagonal lines framed with a mammoth map of the United States constructed from red, white and blue satin, glitter ing with multitudes of blinking lights representing the cities. The orchestra in the pit below began playing the themt song of the pageant, "Junior Miss," while each girl was presented separately to the audience on a long ramp jutting out into the spectators. The judges narrowed the contestants down to the top 10 and then to five. The girls were requested to perform their talent and modeling over again. The top five were re quired to be publicly questioned on three simple topics. The tense moment arrived, the naming of the first Junior Miss America. It ould be hard to explain the hap piness we all felt when beautiful, blonde-haired, green-eyed Junior Miss West Virginia, Phyllis Ann Whitenack froni Bluefield. was be stowed the title and also a $5,000 scholarship. Phyllis gave a dra matic reading, "More Terrible Than Words." We were equally joyous for the runnerup Junior Miss Georgia, Mary John Bradley. who was awarded a $3,000 schol arship. Mary Jon played the piano. second runnerup, Junior Miss Mississippi, June Wood, was pre sented a $1,000 scholarship. June played the "Minute Waltz" and her own rendition of "In the Mood, on the piano. Junior Miss Alabama,; Panthea Reed, who de livered an effective scene from "A Streetcar Named Desire" and Junior Miss Florida, Gwen Jen nings, wno ottered a humorous song, were both awarded $500 scholarships. Afterward everyone attended the reception held at the Admiral Semmes Hotel concluding very exciting evening. Sunday, March 2, all Junior Misses were taken on a tour of Bellingraph Gardens, the charm spot of the Deep South. Later we had brunch and were driven out to Ladd Stadium to participate in flqybs PHOTOGRAPHER'S PHONE TU 4-4526 103 7 MAIN ITtllt fc6o o 00000000000000000000000060 000 0 0 S 0 0 oT8ToT3""p; QUEEN'S BALL SUBURBAN'S Cosh ond Carry SPECIAL! DAISY FLOWERED Brilliant Colon Cinerarias $1.25 SUBURBAN FLOWER SHOP 3614 So. 6th Presentation of Queen Candidates for National All-Indian Invitational Basketball Tournament Old Gym in Chiloquin Saturday Nite, March 15 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Admission: 1.50 person the Azalearama, a spectacular and owner was a prince. After this colorful pageant. We were each I colorful spectacle we were taken pi esented separately to the throngs of spectators and Junior Miss America was driven out onto the field in a blue convertible with a glittering crown on her head, pink roses in her arms and a pink satin robe over her shoulders. The center attraction on the field was a life-size show boat which puffed red and blue smoke. The stadium was alive with girls and boys dressed in the colorful cos tumes of the golden era of the past, the period between 1820 and 1860 in the Deep South when cot ton was king and every plantation to our individual homes and all the sad goodbys were said that night at a coke party given at the home of Jack Stallworth. The week was over, the most memorable week of my life had come to an end, and by 11:30, OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT inquire DREWS MANSTORE Ph. TU 4-4122 It's a fact I Salesman with ov.r 17,000 miles re- ( port all operating costs at lass than It per mile. Your gas savings can make the monthly pay ments. Ideal commuter car. LLOYDWAGEN Economical Family Driving; At DUGAN-MEST 410 So. 6th Ph. TU 4-3101 Monday, March 3, I was home again in Klamath Falls. Although I didn't win any prizes I (eel that I won something more important; friendships that will endure a life-time. NOW! 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