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About Central Point herald and Southern Oregon news. (Central Point, Or.) 1917-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1917)
An Independent Newspaper Published in the Interest of the Common People Vol. H e ra ld No. X II. N ew * No. I. 0 . A. C. Speakers Here The Savoy Theater was well filled this morning: at 10:30, most ly by the h:gh and grade school students and teachers, although a few of the local citizens were present. The first speaker was W. F. Miller, assistant general freight agent of the Southern Pacific Company of Portland. He has charge of the special which is carrying the 0. A. C. speakers. The special began its tour at Ashland, and is working north. The first speaker of 0. A. C. was Miss Johnson, one of the intructors. Her address was par ticularly to the public school chil dren. She impressed upon her hearers the fact that the prob lem of supplying the nation with food in time of war is much greater than the prob'em of rais ing a large army. She also emphasized the important fact that each boy and girl can, by raising chickens and garden, do their bit for their country. Miss Johnson made clear the fact that American people are very wasteful in all their habits and urged her hearers to realize the importance of economy. The next speaker was Miss Helen Cowgill, state agent of girls’ club work of the United States Department of Agricul ture. She demonstrated to the girls the best way to can fruit, vegetables, etc. In her demon stration she actually put up some fruit, a sample of which was a tempting jar of rhubarb. 0. C. Lamb, poultry extension man of 0. A. C., was also pres ent, although his time was taken up with a committee meeting. At the meeting Prof. Stanley, sup erintendent of the Central Point schools, announced that it was decided to hold a meeting the early part of next week for the purpose of organizing a perman ent committee to co-operate with 0. A. C. The teachers in the public and high schools of our city were all present, aud are all enthusiastic about the work. The fact that Superintendent Stanley dismiss ed school and marched the entire school down to the theater to hear these speakers ¡s sufficient evidence of the enthusiasm. A large number of those pres No. 1 Central Point, Oregon, Thursday, April 26, 1917 Eleventh Anniversary Number As announced last ^ cek, an error was made in the date of the anniversary. It was not “April 19,” but is April 26. The paper was founded on April 26, 1906. We also announced last week that we had decided on a “ better way.” Instead of running all our special features in one issue, we will run them in the succeeding issues. The first special feature, the story entitled, “ The Sky Love Sign,” began in the last issue. — [ E d i t o r . P IN E STREET. C E N T R A L POINT, OREGON ent signed cards on which they marked the amount of garden ground they could use, the num ber of hens they had, and how many quarts of fruit they intend ed to put up this season. Further informatidn will be furnished the public through our columns. The Odd fellows Anniversary The Odd Fellows and ftehekahs of the Rogue River Valley g a th e r at G rants Pass today (Thursday, April 26) to aid in th e big celebration th ere to commemorate the 98th anniversary of th e founding of the order. A t the gath erin g plans will be formulated for the celebration cf the Centinary Anni v ersary two y ears hence. A special train from Ashland went thro Central Point today carrying delegates from way points. Quite a number of the friends of Earl Obenchain went to the depot to meet him Wednesday morning. They were disappointed to learn th a t he was not on the train, although th ere were sev eral cars of soldiers on the train going to points south. L ater it was learned th a t the contingent to which he be longs. the Signal Corps, received orders to wait at Vancouver several days long er. L ate this afternoon it was learned th a t he would pass through Central Point Friday morning on train number 13. All his friends are urged to be at the station to give him a royal send-olT. Mrs. H. R. Stearns will enter tain the Woman’s Home Mission ary society of the Methodist church next Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Mrs. W.E. Kahler, secretary. Oregon Presbytery The annual meeting of the Southern O r e g o n Presbytery, and also of the Presbyterial. was held in Roseburg, April 18th. Those in attendance from Cen tral Point were: Rev. Paul S. Bandy, pastor of the local church, and Mrs. H. W. Davisson, dele gate from the Missionary So ciety. The ministers and delegates from the various churches were most hospitably entertained while in Roseburg by the members of the Presbyterian Church a n d Missionary Society. The meetings of both organi zations were helpful and in spiring. Among t h e notable speakers w ere: Mrs. Aldrich, national field worker of the Home Missionary Society; Mrs. Wal ters, of Portland: and Rev. Geo. Dunlap, a missionary from the Philippine Islands, who told of his work in the islands and of the progress of Christianity in the last twenty years among the natives. The fall meeting of Presbytery will be in Central Point, and the speakers in attendance will be well worth hearing. The Red Cross benefit e ntertainm ent, presenting Miss K atherine T revette, of Chicago, in a reading recital, was not very well attended Profeasor Stanley, of the public schools, was kind enough Former Deaconess Had lived to tu rn this en te rta in m e n t over to the Goncecrated Life local Red Cross so th a t the organiza "M rs. Maggie May Sherm an, d ea tion m ight realize something from the coness of the N orth Yakima church, entertainm ent. I t was quite a disap passtd to her eternal rew ard on March pointment to those in charge to barely 27. She was 48 y ears of age, a ch a rte r break even on expenses. Those who did mem ber of our church a t Ashland, Ore., attend say th a t the e n te r ta in m e n t was where she served as deaconess, deacon well worth the money and was a most ess a t the church a t Salem, and dea enjoyable one. Besides the readings by coness here. She was faithful and sac Miss T revette the High School Glee rificing; was greatly loved and respect Club rendered several delightful num ed. She leaves a husband, four chil bers. Master Edwin Cook, from the dren, a father, mother, two brothers W est Side school, also zang several and a sister. She triumphed in God in [ catchy patriotic songB. This young the very face of d o s t h .’’—Alpin M. singer made a g re a t hit with his au Bowes, Pastor of the North Yakima dience. He certainly did well for a boy Methodist C hurch,N orth Yakims.Waeh. of his age. A num ber of those present Mrs. S h e rm a n ’s surviving brothers , congratulated Edwin and his mother and Bister are John Hesselgrave, near ' on his singing a f t e r the program. Central Point, Frsd Hesselgrave, of Talent, and Mrs. Effie Mee, Applegate. Mrs. S herm an 'a fa th e r and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J . N. Hesselgrave, are well-known residents of Central Point. A p re c io u s o n e from u s h as Rone, A vote« w e loved is stille d ; A p la c e is v a c a n t in o u r hom e, W h ich n e v e r can be filled. God in H is w isdom h a s recalled . T h e boon H is love h ad R iven, A n d thoucrh th e body s lu m b e rs h e re . T h e soul is s a f e in H eav en . Ralph Waldo Elden joined the " M e d ford Home G u ard ” laat week. The company m eets every Wednesday even ing a t the High School building for drill. Captain Knight, a form er drill m aster in the regular army, is a splen did officer. There are more th an a hun dred men in the organization a t pres ent. Mr. Elden says th a t he would like to aee m ote of the Central Point mar- I ried men and business men enlist in the company. Ore. H istorical And SOUTHERN OREGON NEWS P e r io d Cre CENTRAL POINT HERALD