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.
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<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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
„ ,
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..
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
.
..
... ,
.
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. 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