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About The American. (Central Point, Or.) 1928-1936 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1936)
T he American has maintained its leadership th roughout the dep ression because it has the courage o f its convictions. 1FHE AM ERICANI CENTRAL POINT. OREGON, THURSDAY', MARCH .A. Ilfcid M usings-^ By an Innocent Bystander Hurray for Spring! The past few day* have started the fever of a cti vity in a lot of folk*. Gardens are being planted, yards are being raked up and the d affod ils are in gorgeous bloom. And w h ile on the subject, let us again urge som e of the ladies to get togeth er and gei the ball rolling for a Civic Club. We would suggest that the ladies orga"izatlon o f either church would be a good nucleus for such a club. • 0 • 3T, <01. N U M B E R 21 C O O K IN G SCH OOL TO BE H ELD T U E S . A T G R A N G E H ALL EUGENE THORNDYKE NEW MANAGER OF If you hav« new s Items ws w ill appreciate their receipt by W ednesday evening. Ph on e Next T uesday afternoon, March 10. the ladies of Centra Point and v iciri y will hav an opportunity to lea 'n the latest w rinkles of electric cooking when a cooking school and demonstration will be given in the Grange hall under the auspices of th < al'fornia Oregon Power Co. Thv> school will start at 2 p.m. ami will be conducted by Miss Marguerite F enner, an expert In home econo mics. I - m on stratiou s will be given of cake and pustry baking, roasting, broiling and frying meats and the proper cooking of vegetables. At the close of the school all food cook- >8d will be given aw ay to those pre sent. This cooking school is sponsored by the local power company as a part of their cam paign to bring ¡about a larger use of electricity in l th hom s of Sou(hern 0 r , Kon yRe_ WILLIAM WRIGHT IS \ rc p o it from tb c C om m unity — A. A. Schramm, manager of thu l i ni ! M i . W r i g h i WMS s l i g l i l l y i ni - Medford Hranch of The First Natlov.- l’tnt Me. W r ig h i w h s sliglitly Im Bar.k of 1‘ortland and :\>r n u a y pluvi il Itili that tic limi uot j e t year Oregon state superintendent of regaliteli coliseriousnewa. banks has joined the sta i of vho i head o ffice of the Portland in stitu W illiam Wright 60-year-old farm tion and left Medford last week to er living on the Old S ta g e road, was tak e up his new d u ties in Portland. rushed to the C om m unity hospital What our town needs today is i n Eugene T horndyke. well known In Medford Monday morning su ffer organization of hom e-loving people •Medford resident who had been a s A. P. Puchner, transferred to the E ugene Thorndyke, now manager ing from a fractured sk u ll, and nu who will get to g eth er regularly to sistent manager of the local branch Medford Branch of the First National merous lacerations su stain ed when plan for the betterment of th e city. of First National, is now manager. of th e Medford Branch of the First Hank of Poreland „„ a„sista „ t m an- the w ood truck he was driving into And where better could such a move T horndyke was vice-president of th r Natlonal Bank o f Portland. ager. Medford was struck by a north ment start than with the churches? First Naitiortal :Bank of Medford bound Southern Pacific passenger Our business men will gladly help, when that bank co n solidated with train at Central Point. The crash but they need th e help in g hand 0 / the Portland institution last N ovem r* *i J occurred shortly after 9 a. in. the better h a lv es to make th in g s go ber. He remained with the branch R e sid e n t C a lle d • • * A large crowd rushed to the scene as assistant manager. cnly tthe power company has reduc of the wreck, the sound o f th e crash Ethel's Beauty Salon, which open- Mrs. Lottie Vincent passed away A. It. Puchner, assistant cashier The writer has been assistin g in ed the rate for household electricity having been heard for blocks. A m ong in t h e 1 at a local hospital Friday afternoon the r e -j u v in a tio n .o f the family fliv of The First N ational Bank of P o rt ed for business Saturday and these dem onstrations are being the first to arrive on the scene was ver for the past few days. And as per land, who has been transferred from hiuiding Just west of Gleason's Bar- of pneumonia, aged 7 4 years, 3 given for the purpose of showing Marshal Hvdgepath who examined usual, we found a lot of th in g s th ■ the Main Branch in Portland to the her Shop fills a long felt want for months and 23 days. She was born that cooking by electricity Is not a the injured man and sen t in a call m atter w hen o n ce we got the old Medford Branch as assistant m ana the ladies of Central Point and vi - 1 in Scotland county, Missouri, Nov- luxury but a real economy. for th e state police and the a m b u cinity. The building has been com- ember 5. 1861. She was a resident of boat cleaned of several years' accu ger. arrived in Medford last Monday All ladies interested in modern lance. . p le t .lv refinished for the new busi- Oregon for 7(1 years and of Jackson Mr. mulation of dirt and grease. Hope to take up his new position. cooking m ethods are invited. Re The truck was partly loaded with county for 69 years. She was the th e darned old thing will run after Puchner Iras been in the banking ness and is a very attractive place. member the date, Tuesday, March wood at th e tim e of the accident and The waiting room is nicely fur- wife of W ashington W. Vincent, business since I b i s when he became all that dirty work. 10, at the Grange hall at 2 p.m. the force of the sm ash could be * * • assistan t cashier of the First N ation nished with com fortable chairs and who died in 1906. judged from the fact that w hen the a large davenport. In the rear are She leaves two son s and three In And as we sat today look in g at al Bank of Paco, W ashington. truck was thrown from th e track the two booths, one equipped with a bar- j daughters: Fred L. Vincent and 1925 he cam e to P ortland and has the mess of uuear shaped irons, and wood was left lying clo s e beside the her chair and lavatory and the Walter W. Vincent of Klamath Fulls been in the banking business there all the r « . . VUvaalia which goes to track, the truck ap parently slid in g Ore.; Mrs. Mary Ann Cleveland and other is equipped for giving perma- He ha* make up a motor vehicle, we were for more than ten years. out from under th e load. S om e o f the niw>t wave* and oth er beauty work. Mrs. Lucy May Smith of Medford, Principal am on g even ts of the been affiliated with the First Na struck with th e th ou gh t of w h at one and Mrs. Mable Erickson, Klamath The entire paiee ha* a quiet, rest- spring social season will be th e w ed wood w as thrown o v er fifty feet o f th e old pioneers would have tional since 1933 when the Ameri Falls; and 13 grandchildren, five ding of Miss F rances Sparrow and down the track.O ne of the peculiar fu appearance. can National Bank of which Puchner th o u g h t if he had been suddenly one brother, James Firth of San Francisco, which th in g s ubout the accident w as that Central Point has long felt the great grandchildren; the confronted with such a thing. What was assistant cashier, became George II. Myers, of Central Point, will take place at St. Mark's Episco although the frame of th e truck was want of a 1 » auty parlor separate w onderful a d va n ces have com e since Sixth and Morrison Branch o f the Ore.; Mrs. Louisa JacksoA of C en pal church the even in g of March 7 badly bent and the front axle sprung, from any barber shop and in the Portland bank. the writer was a boy. And to quote Oris Crawford, also assistant com ing of Ethel's Beauty Salon the tral Poin t; .Mrs. Laura Diaz, of Tola at 8 o ’clock. Rev. E. S. Bartlam will no injury w as done to any o f tho aigain from that gloriou s philoso tires. read the ceremony. m anager of th e Medford Branch of ladies now have an opportunity to Ore., survive. pher, Mr. Dooley: Funeral services were held at the The bride-elect ha* selected her There w ere no eye-w itn esses o f the "Glory be, whin 1 look back trim the First N ational, Is con tin u in g his obtain the best of work at reasonable Perl F uneral Hom e Monday at prices in a place prepared for that sister, Miss Harriet Sparrow as maid accident, sta te police said, and it is this day iv giniral rejoicin ’ in me work as assistan t manager. 10:30 a. m. Elder Rasmussen of the of honor and Miss Marion Rankin not know n w hether W rig h t's motor purpose alone. rh in eston e jub ilee, a n ’ see what The proprietor, Miss Ethel Simp- Latter Day Saints church officiated, of Portland, a cousin o f the groom had stalled, or w hether h e had over ch a n g es has tak en place a n ’ how driven th e crossin g because of faulty son states that her business has Interment was in the Antioch ceme- will be bridesmaid. m an n y people have died an' how- beeh very good so far and she will tery. Kenneth Firth of San Francisco brakes. The train w h istled but was much better o ff t h ’ wurruld is. I'm I hereby an nounce m yself as inde arran gem en ts brother o f the groom, will be heat unable to »top before contact was proud iv m eself. W ar an' pest'Ience pendent candidate for the office of lie pleased to make for appointm ents at any time. The man. Ushers have been announced made. The truck was hurled 104 ft., a n ’ fam ine h a ve occurred in me Representative in Congress. 1st D is phone number is 21, as F. D. Clark of Stockton, Cal., and Wright being thrown free and land tim e, but I count thlm light com trict. Howard Osborne. W. W Aldrich ing 54 feet from the point o f impact. pared with t h ’ binifits that have I am: One hundred percent for tho P olice said that th e train stopped and Jam es Hayes all of Medford. fallen to t h ’ race since I co m e on T ow n sen d Plan. One hundred per - _ , The friends of Robert Poole, for- in Its own length after the crash, Miss Sparrow Is the d au gh ter of th ’ ea rth .” 1 O L a s t R e w a r d mcrly of Central Point will be sorry cent for managed and stabilized cur Mrs. Alex Sparrow of Klrkand farm and th e crew came back to rendor “ W hat ar-re ye ta lk in ’ about? to hear that he passed aw ay T hu rs rency. is the son of Mrs assistance, but departed a s soon as creid Mr. H en n essy, in deep disgust Mary Elizabeth Melvin died at her day, Feb. 27, at his hom e in Dallas, and Mr. Firth Our present money is unm anage- Grace Firth of San Francisco. The aid arrived. ‘‘AH this tim e ye've been standin abe, unstable Htid unsound. It -s home three miles east of Central Ore. His illness of influenza, term in The atten d in g physician said that late last behind this bar ladlin' out distur w ildly inflactionary in prosperous Point early Saturday morning of ated into ruptured appendicitis and betrothal was announced no bones oth er than the sk u ll had fall, and since that tim e the bride- bance in th* Sixth Wa-rd, an' ye've tim es and destructively deflationary paralysis,aged 66 years and 28 day* he was ill only 9 days. it w as too to-be has' been much feted by her been broken, but th at not been as far east as Mitchigan in other periods We have reached She was born at Topeka, Kas., Feb Robert leaves his wife, formerly early to say what the Injured m a n ’s Avnoo in tw in ty years. W hat have the lim it of productive possibilities ruary 1, 1870, and was married to Juanita W est, his mother, Mrs. Geo tunny fritgids. chances w ere for Ufa. I ......— ye had to do with all these th in g s? Christopher F. Melvin, February 10, rge Robson, a brother, Art Poole, under it's restrictive influences. Wright lives with his wife, hla HOTTEST DAY " W e ll,” said Mr. Dooley, “ I had If Democracy and Industrial Cap 1926 at Yakima, Wash. She leaves and five sisters, all of Dallas, Ore. March 1st was the hottest day since son-in-law and d aughter and fre as much to do with thitn as th italism are to be haved they must her husband. Christopher F-, and Mrs. Poole is visiting here with last October IS. . It w as one of only quently hau ls wood Into Central queen did.” he rescued from the dom ination of one sou. Lowell E, Oiggey. of Corn- hpr paren U , Mr. and Mrs. J. K. West three days that the mercury has Point and Medford. « • * ing, Cal., and three grandchildren. but w’ill return home Sunday. F inancial Capitalism. climbed to 70 degree* or higher o.i And so. w h ile we may not have It is reported that Mr. and Mrs. Ours Is a world system of money The fam ily has resided in the Cen Mr. and Mrs. Poole were ,n,,rri' ^ March 1 since weather records have had a very big part in the world W. J. F reem an are on th eir way which robs us of th e fruits of the tral Poin t district for the past three May 24, 1933. been kept in Medford in 1912. The great advan cem en t, we have seen T h ey have natura resources and n a tiv e abilities years. She also leaves one sister and weather has ranged about the sam e home front California. lot and enjoyed the seeing. And w which God gave us. I stand for the nine brothers: Mrs. Annie Stevens, stopped for t visit at Marysville and CENTRAI- I’OIVI GRANGE ever since March arrived and is very are looking forward to quite a bit of Grange will The Central Point Gold Standard as an international Long Beach. Cal.; J. E. and W. S. hard to beat. W ednesday morning may stop at oth er places alon g tho .. . . . .... . „ „ .. ch an ges as the years go on. The money only, for an independent do Baker, Ruch, Ore.; JeHs and George I route. T h ey a r e expected h o m e about „ , ,, „ .. meet J-rlday March 6th at 8 I*. M. evidence of frost was noted. youth o f tod ay a r e not goin g to mestic currency stab ilized with an Baker, C a n n o n 'B each , Ore., l e t Ba-i ,, . . to . . be . . there the tw en tieth of the month. , ... „ . ’ ... Members are requested stand still. Never were therp greater invariable Average P rice Index and ker, E lsie, O r e , J. O. Baker, M s- . . help . . . their . .. ... , . .......... . and respective sides In T A B L E NHOAAS D ATES OE opportunities than exist today. Let a variable ratio of exch an ge as a pato, Wash.; G. A. and E. W W. in C a l . - I the Cal- . attendance contest. . . . . . FIR ST LAMIITO.NGUES us hope these you n g world builders co nnecting link betw een them. Cur iiornia. and Frank Central, Baker, Central . teresting . . . There will . he an in anil i The follow in g table sh o w s the will build w isely and well Point. entertaining St. Patrick's Day pro dates that Fred I-. Johnson, Medford r e n c y Control is my issue. F uneral servire were held at the j. A. COOMES. gram. flower fancier and shoe repair man T H E F E D E R A T E D CHURCH If. as they say. this Is going to be Trail, Oregon Perl Funeral Home Tuesday at 2 p. Song The Wcarln' o' the Green. has received the first Uambtongues Rev. Robert Charles Lewis, I'aator the dirtiest and most bitter cam m. Interment In Mdford I. O. O. K . . The History o f St. Patrick— Mrs. every spring for nine years: I 'l l o n e A l . paign In history, we are wondering cemetery. Rev. Ralph Harer of A sh Bursell. 192 8— March 9. B ible School— A. W. A yers, 8up- when the fun is going to start. So land of the Full Gospel church con- ! Music— Mrs. Ted Sim s and dau gh 192 9— March 6 rtntendent, 9 : 2 0 A. M. far th ere seem s to be a strange le ducted the service*. ter Joyce. 1 9 3 0 — March 3 Morning Worship— 1 1 :0 0 A. M. th argy a m o n g th ose who would An Irish Questionnaire— Harold 193 1— February 17. Y.P.S.C.E.— (t w o grou p a). 0 :2 0 Mrs. Will Foley en tertain ed with HEM MILAN WEI-COME seek office. Head and Alton W hetstone. 193 2— March 4. ! p. m. a stork show er at her hom e in honor 5 - r o l Nil DAUGHTER R eading— I-arrle o' Dee— Mrs. Eva Evening Servies— 7 :2 0 p. m. 1 9 3 3 — March 9. of Mrs. Raphael Benson recently. .4 Proud parents Sunday were Thea Smith. 1 9 3 4 — February 12. W om en's Bible study classes T ues large number of Mrs. Benson's for tre Manager EIno Hem mlla and Mrs. Irish Conundrums. day afternoon from 2 to 2 o'clock la mer classm ates and oth er friends at Hem m ila. of 59 Quince St., Medford Song: When Irish Eyes Are S m il iVIrbrute*! Elr-t Anniversary charge of Mrs. H. A. Davisson. From tended and report a very lovely who were presented with a small Little Dorothy I-uctle T humler, 2 to 4 o'clock In charge o f Mrs. R. ing - Doris Nealon. time. bundle o f fem in in ity In th e form of By ROBERTA WERTZ Reading: The Birth of St. Patrick d a u gh ter of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. C. Lewis. T he honor guest w as presented a baby d aughter born Saturday Central Point lost the basketball — Carol Furry. T h u m ler Celebrated her first anni er. 2 :2 0 p. m Tuesday. night at the C om m unity hospital. game to Ashland Thursday n i g h t - - with a lovely baby bath. Questionnaire— Bob Sparks and versary o f her birth, Feb. 29, 1932, T he F ish erm an 's Club, W ednes- The table was very prettily decor Miss Hem m ila weighed 5 pounds and 20-2* last Saturday, February 29, 1936. At j da}r j . qq p m. Paul Smith. Girls' V olleyball for the spring ated with the center piece con sistin g 614 ou n ces at birth, and both she th" time of her birth In 1932 It w a s, Th„ F am lly 0 a th erln f> W ed n e.. Irish Jokes. of a large stork and a little baby 1 i and her mother are reported doing season began last Thursday. stated In le ad in g Oregon p a p e r s , ,,ay g 00 p m Song (Irish ! Tune Tipperary. refresh m en ts of very nicely Reverand Baird was the center of a net. Delicious Irish Stunts— I n charge of Marion that she was the only baby born In I Choir Practice— Thursday. 7 :2 0 interest at a special assem bly Friday chicken sandw iches, ca k e and coff *e Oregon on that day. p m. Blackford F IF T E E N Ml N KILLED were served. when he gave several en tertaining Mr Ed Vinvent will lead the sin g She is a very charming little miss Crushed betw een a runaway ten readings. A m ong th em w ere “ 'J ew and has tw o brothers In school here.) JU ST SOLD THIH D STOK1 ing. der and a locom otive de-railed by a ish W edding" and 'So Did I” . T he CHRISTIAN CHURCH Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T h um ler! Mr. Elm er Carlson has just had a snow slid e at least fifteen mi n were C lifton A. Phillips, Minister Girls' Glee Club presented tw o n u m ARE DINNER Gl E 8T 8 AT live in the old Pankey h ou s-. story. "Young Crusader” accepted klled. eight more are In the hospital bers and under th e direction of Mr. Bible School, 1 0 : 0 0 a. m. Roland MAYNARD P I T N E Y HOME by the Woman'* Christian T em per and a n um ber missing J ew ett the en tire assem bly partici 1 Hover, snperintendent. Dr. Gerrlt Verkuyl of the Board Ralph Jeffries of E u gen e died ance Union. Thl* *tory will be at The accident occurred about 3:30 Communion and P reaching 1 1 :0 0 pated in a o n e act play, ' T h e King the Medford Library, and will male o ’oclck March 2 near R evelstoke, B. of Christian Education of tho Pres ,a r ly W ednesday morning of injuries | a. m. With the Terrible Temper ” the third »torv that Mr Carlson ha» C. on the Canadian Pacific Railway. byterian church in the United States, received when the light truck he was Junior E ndeavor 6 :3 0 p. m. Bob Central Point won the basketball and Mr. E Iverson of Medford were driving was struck by the 8. P train gam e from Sams Valley F rid ay— sold recently. by Hoagland, leader, Ed Vincent, di dinner guests at the Maynard Putney at a grade crossin g Tuesday Mr Carlson live* with his par*-n-« v< ||O O L STI DENTS KILL rector. 29 to 23. GOLD H IM , BOY homo Friday on a farm southwest of Medford. A special a ssem b ly was called Prayer and Bible study service, Dr A ’erkuyi has been holding a CARD OE TH A NK S A car loaded with Medford High T u esd ay when fou r stu d en ts from W e wish to thank the m any friends W ednesday 7 : 3 0 p. m. Harry Young, School stu d en ts on their way to at class at the South Methodist church th e public sp eak in g departm ent of line Inmann. Edith and Leatha Vln- and n< Ighbors for their many acts JJr. , leader. We will explain the with the Ministerial association. T his tend a basketball game in Grants Millennial Kingdom and see a clear th e U niversity o f Oregon discussed cent. Edith Anderson. Dorothy and work will receive credit in church of kfndness and for the beautiful | Pass when turn in g to pass a truck current event topics. One from the Donald Smith and Norman Hansen. flower* sent us in our recent be picture of th e clo sin g of th is age In struck and instantly killed Richard work In any church Joyce Youn* visited in Medford group s a n g tw o songs. reavem ent in the death of our be which we live. Dr A ’erknyl la a well known au Flem ing. 12 year old son of Mr. a n d A new hell sch ed u le began W ed Sunday. Junior E n d eavor will meet a t the thor in Christian education. Mrs E loved mother. Norma Holland was motoring on Mrs. R L. F le m in g of Oold Hill. No' home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Elde on nesday. of Mrs. Cora Grisham. inquest was held and the Grand j Iverson attended the world day T hose a tten d in g th e program at Roxy Ann Sunday Friday at 4 :0 0 p. m. Mrs. Clara Wilcog. C larabelle Brood hiked to Howard Jury w as stu d y in g th e case W cdncs- prayer in W eed Friday and w as on e T olo from school F rid ay night were: A lw ays w elcom e, a lw ay s wanted. Mr. L. J. Grimm. lay . of the speakers there. Miss Schreiber, N ellie Grissom. Ar- District Sunday afternoon. N ew B eauty Salon Pioneer V a lle y O pened Saturday Miss F rances Sparrow T o W ed M arch 7. C oom es Joins R ace For C ongress S ea t R obert P oole D ies In D allas, O regon M ary E. M elvin Ûlif (Üljurrljpß Stork Show er is G iven Mrs. Benson Item s o f Interest From the H igh School j i