FRIDAY, 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
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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,
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