Central Point times., May 18, 1967, Image 1

Central Point
TIMES
U. S. . Poctoffice, Medford, Ore. 97501
VOLUME
1
NUMBER
RIGHT TO
BEAR ARMS
A rtie
Borreson, of Talent
stoped by the TIMES office
about two weeks ago and brought
up the subject of “ The Right
To Bear A rm s .“ A fter reading
quite a bit on this subject,
and doing
a great deal of
talking to
others regarding
this issue, many thoughts pass­
ed through my mind. Man from
the tim e he came across the
ocean to this great land, c a r­
ried his weapon for surviva l,
eith er
from
starvation or
attack of some power other
than self. When our forefathers
crossed the plains, it is a well
known fact IF ie had not c a r­
ried a weapon for survival we
would not be living in this
glorious West. God gave man
the mind and wisdom to build
this weapon fo r his use, fo r
his surviva l, just as He gave
the men the mind to build these
deadly weapons o f war. WHY
should our Government condone
such a law to take away our
GUNS, our PROTECTION ag­
ainst danger in any form , when
they are taking our dollars to
build other weapons of war to
k ill off our young men?
It seems the m ajo rity does
not want th is law, it
being
unconstitutional,
therefore
WHY, when the people elect
the Government, should such
a law even be considered. Our
Presidents and other top lead­
e rs are heavily guarded at the
expense of the tax payer. The
late President Kennedy and the
present, President, L.B . John­
son has openly disregarded the
protection granted them, If this
law is to give more protec­
tion to our leaders, I, 'o r one
say the cost and e ffo rt of such
a law is wasted. WHO IS BE­
HIND THIS LAW DISARMING
THE PEOPLE IN OUR OWN-
COUNTRY?
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THURSDAY, May 18,1967
10<? PER COPY
BAND PARK
CONCERT
CRATER
Rememlwr the Park Band Con­
certs that used to lie a part of
most every town’ s activities?
For the ir final concert of the
year, the C ra te r High School
Bands w ill present just such
a Park Concert on Tuesday,
May 23, at 7:30 P.M. in our
own city park. According to
Scott P hilips, D irecto r of Bands
at C rater, the program w ill l>e
a “ Pops* concert, featuring a
wide variety of light music.
B ring along your favorite lawn
chair, o r other seating, and
enjoy this outdoor evening of
music. There w ill be no charge.
F irs t on the program w ill oe
the, Concert Band. They w ill
play several selections, includ­
ing such numbers as Henry
M ancini’ s “ Tango Am ericano;*
a collection
called
“A
Tribute to Glenn M ille r* a
beguine entitled “ Dancing Cab­
a lle ro ;* and others.
The
Symphonic
Band w ill
feature several of its senior
members throughout th e ir pro­
gram . A polka, "Stupendo,* fea­
tures a bass solo by M arvin
Johnson. The senior members
of the trumpet section - -
Dan H ill, Don Hutson, Jim Con­
lon and Steve Holmes - - are
featured in Leroy Anderson’s
"A Trum peter’ s Lullaby.* m
cidental
solos feature sax­
ophonist Lyndle Cate and T ru ­
mpeter Dan H ill in “ Take F iv e ,*
a piece m aie popular by the
Dave Brubeck Quartet. Other
senior students featured in in ­
cidental solo work are the two
fir s t clarin et players, S hirley
Isaccs anti Connie Russell, as
they play “ The Peanut Vendor.*
The combined bands w il; ?lose
the program with a Tijuana
Brass
Favorte,
“ Cinco
De Mayo.*
Roger Pielaet
^photographer
Rig,lt)1 Senator I
Newbry, Representative H art, “ ClifT* Ayres of F irs t National Bank
Don Faber, and Representative Robert Davis
«auonai Bank
by Connie Riley
Saturday, May 13, Central
Point was honored by the pre­
sence
of
three of Jackson
County’ s state le g isla tors. They
were: Senator Lynn Newbry,
and
Representatives Robert
Davis, and Floyd H art.
Mayor Dale B artley opened
the session by introducing the
fir s t speaker, Senator Newbry.
Senator
Newbry greeted the
crowd with rem arks concerning
the valley weather. He was
pleased to see the number of
people who attended fo r he said
he would rather be fishing than
listening to him self. He then
spoke on property taxes, use
o f the taxes in high schools,
and the state budget. He said
over a hundred le tte rs had been
received concerning vocational
a g ric u ltu re . He also spoke of
the “ Truth and Taxing B ill*
which was introduced to the
state legislature by the Jackson
County delegation.
Representative Floyd Hart
followed Senator Newbry, He
spoke on the slaes tax, and also
Notes of interest about the
on property taxes and th e ir
three legislators include the
place in the schools. He said
fact that a ll three were born In
it was not righ t to saddle young
M edford. Representative Davis
people with tax bonds, and the
was appointed to the le g is la to r
C per cent lim ita tio n was on
by Tom M cC all’ s legal advi­
its way out. He stressed that
sor. Rep Davis and his wife
if a sales tax was voted in it
attended the Saturday meeting.
could not be changed without a
They are the parents of trip le ts .
vote of the people.
The
Central Point C ivics
M r. H art was followed by
Comm ittee, represented by M r.
Representative Robert Davis.
Don Faber, invited the le g is ­
His speech included a discussed
la to rs to speak Saturday. Sen­
Oregon education. He said that
ator Redding, however, could
education was important but
not attend.
money was needed for roads,
Also present were County
sanitation, and water pollution.
Judge E a rl M ille r , and County
Demands fo r education should
Com m issioner Rodney Keating.
relax to give money to other
areas and to relieve the pro­
Representative and M rs . Robert
perty tax. He mentioned that Davis at left
Oregon was second in the nation
in lite ra ry rate, and fourth in
IT'S HERE
teachers per thousand students.
A question and answers p e r­
GO M TC
BOOM
iod followed the speeches. One
IN THE
question was sent to Repre­
TIMES
sentative Davis which asked,
YOUR T.V . GUIDE
“ W ill you be home fo r dinner?*
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It was from his wife.
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