Medford High School - Crater Yearbook (Medford, OR)

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This young man is none olher lhan Mr. Leland Menlzer, wood shop inslruclor. Nole The round agale wafch charm. Even in I92l when he lirsl' came lo I909 CLASSROOM SHOT in Med'ford's firsl' high school buildinq Medford, Mr. Menlzer was a rock hound. T h e S C h 0 0 I g 0 e S 0 n Mr. Menrzer, Medford I-ligh's wood shop inslruclor, has been a member of Jrhe facully since I92l and has never been absenl. Ai' righf is a piclure of a carpenfry class Jralcen in Jrhe early I92O's, a few years eller Mr. lvlenlzer slarled leaching here. Each year carpenlry classes under Mr. Men+zer's inslruclion conslrucf a garage or a house. I4

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characterize OLDYELL Go-geT . . . Them . . . Ti-ger! 20's 1 I 6 5 4 , T T a E Go-geT . . .Them . . . Ti-ger! GHRUFF!! SerpenTines are a TradiTion aT MedTord l-ligh. ln earlier days The sTudenTs in long sTockings and heavy coaTs cluTched hands and wound in and ouT among The Model T's in The dusTy sTreeTs To adverTise Their games. As The Town grew and shops Turned inTo deparTmenT sTores, The TraTTic in- creased and The sTudenTs Tound iT Too dangerous To run down The sTreeTs. Today The TraTTic has reached such proporTions ThaT serpenTines are conTined To school. 2 E i 3 s 5 T 3 E. T I95l serpenTine, above, winds Through downTown MedTord. Below: Carolyn Hillyer, Nancy Picard, Doug Randles, Susan Hubbard, Larry BerTeau, Judy McGraw, Winnie GOTT and STeye Morris lead a serpenTine Through Thevhalls. I3

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1886-1958 Don'T lick your Tingersl One oT The cardinal rules oT cookery seems To be a rule nobody obeys. The I937 cooking classes, using Their Two-burner elecTric plaTes. could noT resisT a TasTe oT The cookie dough. NeiTher could The cooks oT I949. RighT: Lola Hed- rick sTirs while Donna McCullough samples Their unTinished producT. Today's sTudenTs workin gaily dec- oraTed kiTchens, have a compleTe YoungsTown kiTchen uniT Tor each Tive girls, and Tollow careTully pre- pared recipes: buT noT even The close waTch oT The Teacher can keep Them Trom licking oTT The cookie dough ThaT accidenTally geTs on Their Tingers. Wear a suiT To school every day? Why noT? ThaT's whaT The male half oT This l909 class wore. And The girls sporTed The laTesT, Too, wi+h ankle4lengTh skirTs, Gib- son girl shirT waisTs, and pompa- dour hair sTyles wiTh roseTTes oT ribbons in back. Boys' hair sTyles are as void oT buTch cuTs and TlaT Tops as we oT The presenT are oT cenTer-parTed, exTra-long hairdos. ApparenTly our crowded class- rooms are noT a novelTy eiTher, as over eighTy-Tive sTudenTs occupy This single roorn. Preparing cookies Tor a I94-9 homemaking class are Lola T-ledrich and Donna McCullough