THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1926 H IG H SCHOOL NOTES Fern Hathaway and Eugene Reams captured first prizes by wear ing the "hardest looking’’ «ostumes to the annual Freshman-Sophomore hard times party given by the Fresh men at the high school Friday night, March 19. The prize winning cos tume for the girls was a dress mod eled from those worn in times dating back several generations. A wild west cowboy’s outfit, resembling the days when the man quickest on the draw and with the fastest horse ruled, captured the boys’ prize. A fter various games were played in the gymnasium the party adjourn ed to the domestic science rom where refreshments were served by the Freshman girls. * * * * BO RN To Mr. and- Mrs. Frank Houston, on March 20, 1926, a daughter. When reported to our office the lit tle'girl had not been given a name. Anyway, we wish her health and happiness through a long life. Residents of this city attending the Riverside Community Club Dance Saturday night include: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jones, Mr. and Mrs. M. Kindle. Merritt Hoagland, Annavcllo Wal ker, Warren Smith, Ernest Rostel, L. F. Pickett, Jerome Smith, Mrs. Eddie, Myrna Bush, Evelyn DeVote, Russel Ross, H. C. Terrell, Doris Kindle, Marie Kittredge, Forrest Pickett, Eleanor Saubert, Earl Wea ver, and Clifford Collins. • Through the courtesy o f the Ore gon- Extension division o f the Uni versity of Oregon the Senior English class was shown 50 slides o f the English Lake district o f England. These pictures were shown in con nection with the work being studied in that class, the life and poems of W ordsworth. * From the numerous and repeated inquiries o f many persons as to the meaning o f the “ Checkered Flag-’ in front o f service stations we are glad to inform you that it is the official emblem o f the independent service station owners When 1 aying from a station o f the checkered flag you are patronizing home industry. M. M. Kindle o f Beebe & Kindle service stations, is secretary and treasurer o f the Independent Service Station Owners, Inc., o f the southern Oregon district. • Otto Bohnert, local truck garden er, received a shipment o f four thousand rhubarb plants Saturday. Mr. Bohnert says he intends" to set out about forty-five acres to truck garden this spring. Mrs. O. C. Purkeypile enjoyed a visit from Mr. C. Malone and her daughter Mrs. Malone o f Ashland, Sunday. Mrs. Ramey of Trail creek, was in this city Friday transacting busi ness. W. W’ . Eddington was among the business visitors from Sams valley in town Monday. has opened a millinery store at 125 Sixth Street in the new ,'eff Cooley building known as thé Porter Millin ery. In a flying time te t Vern C. Gorst, president o f the Pacific Air Transportation Company, nnd R. C. Ryan, builder o f the plane, as pilot, arrived in Medford last Wednesday afternoon. This is the latest type of transport monoplane with.a capacity o f 600 ponuds, a climbing power o f 2,000 feet in two minutes and a speed of over 110 « ¡le s per hour. The plane arrived from San Fran cisco in four hours and fifteen min utes. C. N. Comstock, vice-pres ident o f the company, arrived on the morning train and joined the two men at the aviation field, returning north with them. The regular flights are scheduled to commence May 1. Horace L. Bromley took moving pic tures o f this event. The Medford Central Labor Coun cil gave a very successful and enjoy able St. Patrick’s Day Dance in the Oriental Gardens last Wednesday- night with A lford" Imperial Orches tra of seven pieces furnishing the music. A large number attended from Ashland and other parts o f the valley. The council was only recent ly established here and is heartily welcomed into local dancing circles. A section o f the new building on East Main occupied by the Busy Cor ner Motor Compan" is being peti tioned o ff and fitted up foi- a first class paint and wall paper store and sundry supplies with Arthur West as proprietor. Sergeant J. J. McMahon, o f the state traffic department has been granted a 30-day leave of absence to secure a much needed rest. This is his first leave o f absence and has been granted to prevent a nervous breakdown as he has been working continuously on an average o f from fifteen to eighteen hour? daily. The fire department was called to the residence o f E. C. Silliman at Holly and West Second to put out a chimney fire that caused consider able smoke to pour out the upper story windows. The damage was slight. This property adjoins the new high school. The Medford guards defeated the Eugene Guards lasu Saturday night on the local floor by a score of 31 to 20. It was a hard-fought gffme from start to finish. The first quarter was 15 to 7 with Medford in the lead, the third quarter was 26 to 12 in Med ford ’s favor. Medford’s five-man de fense puzzled Eugene and they start ed shooting long ones, succeeding in caging four baskets, but thq home team kept the lead, the game ending 31 to 20. (i(!lc UH to Announce to (Our iricnìis Having completed two terms in a pre-legal course at the University o f Oregon, Roy Weaver returned here Friday morning where he will work in his father’s store the remainder o f the spring. THE INSTALLATION OF ONE OF THE FINEST FOUNTAINS IN SOUTHERN O R E G O N — WE INVITE YOU TO INSPECT THIS PLANT— WE SHALL ENDEAVOR TO PLEASE YOU AT AI L TIMES— WE WILL CARRY BRICK ICE CREAM WINTER AND SUMMER, ALSO I C E C R E A M IN “SEAL RIGHT” CONTAINERS. Everett Faber, o f Willamette Attorney W. G. Trill was a busi Salem, is spending ness visitor in Jacksonville and Med University, Easter vacation with his parents. ford Saturday. C. E. Smith is replenishing his Mr. and Mrs. Sweei-ey, of Med ford, were Sunday evening guests of already large strawberry acreage with one thousand new plants. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. ¡sum-son. W . G. T R I L L Miss Benson, one o f our young A tto rn e y-at-L a w — N otary Public lady college students, is home from Ph one 341 Eugene for the auunal spring vaca Central Point - - - O re go n tion. . Jewelers and Roy Weaver, who was attending W a t c h m a k e r s , "T H E TREASURE HOUSE” college at Eugene, has returned to (Long Famous for Diamonds) his home here, and because o f his Use Our E a s y Payment Plan. father’s recent illness will remain Confidential Credit System and assist with the work in the Gro REDDY & CO. cery while Mr. Weaver is recuperat Main at Central Telephone 81 ing. Medford, Oregon OLD AUTOS MADE NEW That’s what Duco and other Laquer finish will do. “ It Lasts Longer— It Looks the Best” We are tne only Company between Portland and ’Frisco authorized to apply the complete Mim as La quer finishing system. We guarantee all work and all materials. Our Laquer* are guaranteed hy the factory for the life of your car. • , We have made good for three years— Try us. HUGHES AUTO PAINTING CO. — The Com pany That K n o w s — 29 South Front Street .................. ! I M e d fo rd , O re g o n . ................................... » — — Fresh « % Vegetables W e have New Potatoes, fresh local Rhubarb, fresh local Asparagus, Lettuce, Cabbage, Broccoli, Spinach, Carrots, and a Full Stock of I i ’ Staple and Fancy Groceries v WEAVER’S STORE “Q UALITY and SERVICE” ( Phone 61 Central Point, Oregon I Soec: » s Swan’s Down Cake Pan, regular ................. $ .75 .60 Ladd Egg Beater $1.35 S P E C I A L for this ^ .. w e ek and next S 1 00 — SEE OUR W IN D O W S— W. C. Leever <TI k Damon (Oafc Mr. McCone, o f San Francisco, rep resentative for the Electric Storage Battery Company o f that city, was here Monday transacting business CENTRAL POINT | with L. C. Grimes o f the battery and W y V W M V / W ^ A * mJ V V W W W W / A W W W V W r t W W W W A Electric shop. Phone 9 3 4 1 1 13 Guy Tex, Floyd Ross, J. G. Love, and George Hilton Jr., were elected republican delegates from the North and South precinct o f Central Poifft respectively, to the republican coun ty convention to be held in Medford * * * The scholarship report for the first Tuesday, March 30, at a convention six weeks of the second semester is: held in the City hall here Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. * Class ranking: Seniors . 88.9 MEDFORD NEWS Sophomores ............. f ..........8“ .l Juniors .............................................85.6 Bliss Heine Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Schollars last Freshmen ............ 81.8 The number o f students making Wednesday celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary. Mr. Schollars an average o f 90 or better by classes is eighty years old and Mrs. Schol is: Seniors 7, Juniors 6, Sophomores lars eighty-five. Ilerriot o f Medford was third in 8, Freshmen none, total 21. high point men and Laing, Medford, The grades by fifth at thestate basketball tourna letters are? A B C D E F T'l ment at Salem. Payde o f Baker and Seniors ..... 12 26 14 4 0 0 56 Maniken, Astoria, tied for first, each Juniors 17 28 31 8 5 4 93 making thirty-nine points. Medford Sophomores 21 26 11 7 4 4 73 led in total number o f points made, making one hundred twenty-one Freshmen . 4 18 9 8 9 5 53 points in all, with Salem second with Total . 54 98 65 27 18 9 275 one hundred nine points. * Jay L pt< n o f Bend, candidate for Students making the honor roll for COMPOUND SYRUP this six weeks are : Seniors— Ber the Republican nomination for gov ernor, wa* in Medford las week in nice Shaw 92, Carl Hover 92, Forrest the interests o f his candidacy and HYPO-PHOSPHATES— Mr. Pickett 92, Roland Hover 91, Fred visiting several organizations. * W olff 90. Juniors— Bertha Eicher Upton hqs served several terms in | 95, Geneva Glass 94, Harold Head the senate and was president o f the in 1924-1924. He is vice- A Va lu able T o n ic in Debility, 93, Evelyn Hamilton 92 Leota senate president of the Bend Kiwanis Club, Nerv ous Exhaustion and Conval- Reames 91, Donald Wilson 90, Emma a Spanish Was veteran and Past Bohnert 88, Virginia Hathaway 88, Grand Chancellor o f the Knights o f escence fro m Fever* and W r i t i n g Marion Paterson 88. Sophomores—- PythiaL Diseases, f o r Stimulating t h e Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Mann, manag Frances Parker 93, Mnry Stanley 93, ers o f the Medical Hot Springs Nat- App etite, Toning-Uf^ the Nervous Lena Armstrong 92, Vera Davis 92, atorium in Klamath Falls, have taken System and Enriching 1«» 2»ioud. Howard Dietrich 92, George Eiden over the Ashland Natatorium and 92, Rose Stancliff 92, Theo Von der will manage it also this year. Seven special passenger trains and Hellen 92. Freshmen— Nola Case- one long freight train will be used to beer 88, Eunice Glass 88, Perry John transport troops to Camp Jaikson, PAXSON DRUG CO. son 88,»Jewell Westbrook 88, Evelyn Medford in June, entrainment start ■ ing the night o f June 14. Two com Heft- 88. panies of regulars from Vancouver Barracks w^jl be Used as demonstrat T he ^ f&KcdUL Store “ The County Champs,” the basket ing troops. ball team o f the C. P. H. S. was j Central Point - - Oregon Mi«s I. C. Porter, designer o f hats entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Roy for many o f the leading hat shops in Jones last week at their home on New York, St. Louis and Cincinnati. East Main street. Dancing, games and cards w-ere enjoyed during the V V W A W W / M N Y W V m V W W A m ’ A V . W A ’J W A W . evening. A special cake with “ Phan BELEAVING IN THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY $ tom Five,” inscribed on top with replica o f a basketball, was served AND VALLEY by the hostess. Guests included: H. C. Terrell, Miss Velta Ackley, Rafael Benson, Miss Gertrude Shaw, Orval Shores, Edith Ctrpenger, Forrest Pickett, Miss Marie Kittredge, Scott y ^ y « # Hamilton, Miss Eleanor Saubert, Donald Faber, Miss Flora Collins. Carl Hover, Miss Vera Davis, Earl Beall and Miss Anna W olff. The bureau o f public roads, de partment o f agriculture, estimates that $7,000,000 will be spent for roads by the Oregon highway depart ment this year, o f which sum $1.309,- 000 is given as available from fed eral aid funds, in addition to which it is estimated that $7.000,000 will be expended by local authorities. PAGE FIVE CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN t h e W IN C ff£ 5 T £ R sto r e