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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1961)
I, I IV. , 4.V 3 K . EM REIGNING over th AlturAc I Ifri Annual At!u ?n.30 (?lnk FlamBnljiiv liAnl kclraf ball tournament are, left to right, Prineest Diane McKeo, Queen Paula Kuhnel and Prin cess Shirley French. The tournament ran March 10 and II with approximately 10 schools from three states participating. Super Spellers Stump Modes Festival Judges Peaches and oranges originate) in China, where they were culti vated more than 4.000 years ago. Snow Survey Results Told LAKEV1EW The semi-month ly snow survey on Quartz Moun tain made on March IS by Joe Cahoon and Everett Sliults of the Soil Conservation Service showed 10.7 inches of snow and 3.3 inch cs water content with 30 pen cent density at Quartz Summit. One year ago the snow depth there was 19.8 inches with T inches wa ter content and 35.4 per cent den sity. At Quartz Prairie the snow- depth was 5.2 inches with 4.17 inches water content (which in cludes a 3.09 inch ice layer be neath the snow- and 32.1 per cent density. The comparison with a year ago showed 21.5 inches of snow, 7.5 inches water content and 34. S per cent density. It was noted bv the SCS men that two years ago there was no snow on either of the two snow-courses. Bill To Curb Hucksters Passes California Senate HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore. Wednesday, March 22, 1961 PAGE S-B THIEF STEALS MINK HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Actress Hope Holiday, 28, told police someone sneaked into her home Monday when she left the front door unlocked and took three mink stoles valued at $2,650. ALTURAS The spelling bee of the third annual Modoc County Academic Festival ended without decision Friday as the judges threw in the towel without find ing words to stump three super spellers. , ! The three co-champions, seventh , graders Elizabeth Byrne and Dan- ' ny Dahle of Newell and sixth grader Jeannie Hoskins of Altur as, completed 104 rounds of com petition without error before school officials decided to award duplicate prizes. -The Newell win, however, re tired the traveling trophy spon sored by a local newspaper. Bob Sloss, editor, promptly an nounced that a new trophy will be obtained to recognize Alturas Ele mentary School's share in the . championship. Competition in the math match . section of the festival was less spectacular, as Helen Hundley of Newell Union finished her 45 prob lems in 22 minutes with only two errors for a comfortablein over Billy Bettandorf, runnerup from Lake City Union, and Evelyn Hanks, also Lake City. 1 Seventy five entries were re ceived in the penmanship display section and 160 projects were en tered in the science fair. ' Modoc County School Superin tendent Clara Eddie expressed pleasure at the high caliber of the entries, especially the hand- Girl Wins, Quits Job NORWICH, Conn. (AP)-Judith Elwell, who won the right to wear low-heel shoes to work despite a dress-up edict from her employer, has resigned from her city job She said she was quitting, ef fective April 21, because she is expecting a baby. A typist in the Norwich Public : Utilities Department, Mrs. Elwell recently was suspended for defy- . ing an order by the general man- ager, Philip L. White, banning ' low-heel shoes and other casual I dress. ' ; Mrs. Elwell, a heavy woman, appealed to the City Personnel Board, which ruled she could work in low heels if she furnished a doctor's certificate saying her health required such shoes. The board also ruled that White had the right' to issue dress re quirements for office workers. writing exhibits, which she de clared were unusually fine. Elementary school students from the entire county are in vited each year to compete in the festival and the public is in vited. This year's festival was conducted in Veterans Memorial Building and Alturas Elementary School. Dr. William A. Weathers Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon Has resumed practice at Malin, Oregon SACRAMENTO IUPI-A bill to curb the activities of snow chain hucksters and put them under state licensing was passed 27-10 Monday by the Senate. Sen. Ronald G. Cameron. D Auburn, author of the bill, said it was designed to "bring some order out of a situation that is rapidly becoming chaotic" along Highways 40 and 50 into the snow country. The bill would regulate the per sons who set up shop along the highways to install tire chains when they are required for safe driving. In some cases, Car?ron said, the chain installers run into the road to flag down cars. I l NEED A NEST EGG? 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