CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN VOLUME VIII C EN TRA L POINT. ORIXION, T H U RSD AY , OCTOBER H, HEU» NUM BER X i S- Musings-^7 CENTRAL POINT tiy an Innocent Bystander T h e o t h e r n i g h t t h e w r it e r got in ­ to a c o n v e rs a ti o n w ith a n o t h e r old- t i m e r o f M ed fo rd a n d how we did e n jo y t h e re m n lsc e n c e s o f th e “ good o ld d a y s . ’’ A nd thttse w ere good old days, a t th a t . W e d i d n 't h av e an y New D eals to ta k e all th e joy out of life f o r a p o o r m an. We w o rk ed h a r d a n d play ed lytrd, a n d life was well w o r t h while. • • • O ccasio nally we a r e accused of be ing a “ r e a c t i o n a r y " o r a " c o n s e rv a U ve" o r w h a t h a v e you W ell m aybe o n e w h o h a s p assed th e th r e e score m a r k is a p t t o 'l o o k upon .new th in g s a b it cynically. B ut we confess we do h a v e a g oo d b it of love an d respect for t h e o ld days. P ro g r e ss th a t b r i n g s m o re h ap p in e s s into th is old w o rld fo r t h e o r d i n a r y citizen is all well a n d good. B u t we h av e a stro n g h u n c h t h e w o rld would he b e t t e r oft if a w h o le lot of th e new fang led ideas w hich h av e come into being sin ce t h e tim e W oodrow W ilson an d th e D e m o c ra tic p a rt y "kept us out of w a r , " w ere t h r o w n in th e scrap heap. a * • W e s o m e tim e s p in e for th e dayt w h en t h e A m erican h o m e m e a n t s o m e t h i n g b esides a place to gel y o u r mail. W ith th e co m in g o f the m o d e r n in v e n tio n s a n d with th e help of t h e ao-called “ b u d g e t p l a n ” of b u y in g e v e r y t h in g under h eav en , h as co m e too m u ch le is u re ; to m uch east. O u r ‘ old m o t h e r tau g h t us a b o u t h a lf a c e n tu r y ago t h a t “ S atan a lw a y s fin d s m isch ief for idle h a n d s to d o .” * 0 0 I s n 't it t r u e to d a y t h a t a big p e r ­ c e n ta g e of th e ills t h a t beset m a n ­ k in d , at le a s t in A m erica, can b* tr a c e d t o t h a t v ery th i n g — too much le isu re ? Of co u rs e life w as h a r d e r in m a n y ways, h u t fo lk s w ere h a p ­ p ier, too. • • • W ell, wo n o ticed w ith a bit of glee th a t even th e c h a ir m a n of th e o p p o s­ ing p a r t y 's c o u n ty o r g a n i z a ti o n c a n ’t face th e m usic. S o rry , Bro. M arshall, b u t peo ple w ho ta k e t h e i r politic; too serio u sly , m u s t expect p len ty of k idd in g . * • • W e also n o tice t h a t th e au g u st e d it o r of o u r le a d in g d a ily h a s gone way u p in t h e ait lately , even to th e e x te n t o f in t e rv i e w i n g t h e re s id e n ts of a d is t a n t p lan et, to get co n so la­ tion fo r his p o litical pains. W h a t w< a r e w o n d e r in g is j u s t w h a t w as the t r u e re a s o n fo r th o s e tr ip s east th is sum m er and fall. Maybe he h a s hopes' of g e tt in g Big J i m to r e c o m ­ m e n d to t h e C h ief his a p p o in tm e n t as A m b a s s a d o r to— well any old place w o u ld do. • • • Pear and Tomato Show at Talent IT AREA COURT Well Attended T h e largest Boy S co ut C o u rt of H o n o r e v e r to be c o n d u c te d in th e C r a te r L a k e A rea C ouncil w as held ;n M edford M onday nig ht. T h e local tro o p No. 40 w as on e o f . t h e tw o o u t ­ sta n d in g tro o p s r e p r e s e n te d . T h e op en ing a n d closing F la g pre- te n t a ti o n an d Scout O ath w ere u n d e r th e d irection of aid ing S e n io r P a tr o l L e a d e r Neil S to n e, T ro o p fn C e n ­ tr a l Poiut. He w as a ss iste d by a Color G u ard in full Scout I'n ifo rn : and p a re n ts. S co u ts an d S c o o te r s of his Troop. T h e tw o le a d in g T ro o p s for S co u ts o b ta in in g a w a r d s w ere: T ro o p No. .1. M edford, sp o n s o re d by th e R oosevelt H o m e an d School Circle, w ith Bill Wellington, A ctin g S c o u tm a s t e r a n d F r a n k Hull, J r ., A ssistan t Scoutm a*- .e r a n d T ro op No. 4u, C e n tr a l Point sp on sored by th e C e n tr a l P o in t P. T. A., w ith Ed V incent, S c o u tm a s t e r and Del Ayers an d N o rm a n K err, I* ts A ssistant S c o u tm a s t e r s T ro o p No. IS E agle Point u n d e r S c o u tm a s t e r G erald Cook an d sp o n s o red by th e Eagle Point Civic C lub w ere a very close second. A w ard s w ere received by th e fol­ low ing Scouts a n d S co uters: T ro o p No. 3— Bob Lee, Second C lass; C h arles J o h n s o n , Second class m erit b ad ges In P a t h f in d i n g and P e rs o n a l H e a lth ; f i r s t clas s m erit b adg es for R eed Cox in A thletics, P a th f in d i n g , C oo k in g , P u b lic H e a lth and S afety ; Bill H ollow ay, J r ., in A thletics, F i r s t Aid, S afety , Public H e a lth a n d R ic h a rd S c h u c h a r d in P a th f in d i n g . F i r e m a n s h i p a n d Mu­ sic; R ic a h rd S c h u c h a r d for S t a r ; Reed Cox a n d Bill H ollo w ay, J r . for th e ir Life A w a rd s w hich w ere p r e ­ se n te d by t h e i r m o th e rs. T ro o p No. 40. Bob G ris h a m . N o r­ m a n H ansen, H a l J e w e t t , H a ro ld Pierce. A lbert Thompson, R o b ert V incent, K e n n e th W il li a m s an d W o o d ro w P h illip s for S econd C lass a n d Neil S to n e fo r his F i r s t Class A w ard . F r a n k H u ll, J r .. T ro o p No. 3, As­ s i s t a n t S c o u tm a s te r, W m . A. H o llo­ way, Tr. No 3 T ro o p C o m m it te e m a n , A. W o o d rlc h , T r. No. 18 T. C. C h a i r ­ man a n d G erald Cook. T r o o p No. 18 S c o u tm a s t e r received t h e i r annual m e m b e r s h i p c e rtif ic a te s an d r e c o m ­ m itte d th e m se lv e s to t h e Boy S coat Oath. S co uts fro m T ro o p s 7, 8, 16. 18 an d 35 also received aw a rd s. T h e P e a r a n d T o m a t o S how put on by re s id e n ts of T a le n t last F r i ­ day an d S a t u r d a y w as a w o r th w h il e ev en t of t h e fall seaso n . T h e show w as larg ely a t t e n d e d a n d t h e exh i­ bits w ere v e ry w ell g o tte n u p a n d display ed . T h e sho w as pu t on in th e h ig h school gym w ith c o m m e rc i­ al d is p la y s a r r a n g e d in t h e ba se ­ m e n t of t h e high school building. S ev eral b o o th s w e re arranged a r o u n d t h e y a r d b e tw e e n t h e tw o b uildings. In t h e g y m n a s iu m one side w as given o v e r to d is p la y s of t o m a to e s a n d t o m a t o p ro d u c ts . T h e o t h e r side of th e big ro om w as cov­ e re d w ith b e a u ti f u l d is p la y s of p ears a r r a n g e d by s e v e r a l of t h e local f r u i t co m panies. T h e d is p la y s em ­ p hasized th e b e a u ty of t h e p acked p e a rs as th e y go to th e e a s t e r n m a r ­ kets. At one end of th e m a i n flo o r in t h e c e n te r w as a ta b le s h o w in g 30 v a rie tie s of p ears from th e m o re t h a n 300 gro w n a t th e S o u th e r n O r e ­ gon E x p e r im e n t S ta tio n . T h e s t a ti o n is w o r k in g to p ro d u c e a b li g h t- r e s i s ­ t a n t ro o t sy s tem on w hich to g r a f t th e r e g u l a r c o m m e rc ia l v arieties. M any of th e k in d s of p e a r s sh ow n w ere ined ib le a n d in all k in d s of sh ap es. B ut th e m a in a t t r a c t i o n o ccu p y ­ ing th e m o st p r o m in e n t p lace on th e big floor w as t h e w o r ld 's l a r g e s t p e a r pie, w e ig h in g ov er 1000 lbs. 30 boxes of p e a r s w en t in to th e m a k i n g of th is m o n s te r confectio n. Not being a b a k e r we c a n n o t sa y j u s t how m a n y p o u n d s of s u g a r , s h o r t e n ­ ing, spices, etc., w ere used, b u t we h av e an id ea t h e a m o u n t w o uld last th e o r d i n a r y fam ily q u i t e so m e time. T h e g ia n t pie w as b a k e d in h u g e sec­ tio n s a t Beck's b a k e r y in M edford a n d th e n a s s e m b le d w ith th e aid of icing. T h e r e w ere o v e r 2000 o r d i n ­ a r y sized pieces in t h e big pie. P ic t u r e s of t h e pie w ere m a d e by a new s re a l p h o t o g r a p h e r to be used on th e screen a ll o v e r t h e co u n tr y . S a t u r d a y ev en in g a p r o g r a m was given in t h e m ain hall, a tt e u d e d by a b o u t 2000 r e s id e n ts of So. O re­ gon. D eleg atio n s w e re p re s e n t from a ll o v e r t h e valley. Mr. A. H. Ban- well, m a n a g e r of th e J a c k s o n C ounty C h a m b e r o f C o m m e rc e was called to t h e m ic ro p h o n e and In tro d u c e d m any p r o m in e n t v is ito rs w ho w ere u n a n im o u s in t h e i r p raise of th e T a le n t show. Much c re d it fo r th e success of th e a f f a i r goes to Ray S c h u m a c h e r, h ead of t h e T alent C h a m b e r of C o m m erce, w ho had w o rk ed u n ti r i n g ly fo r th e success of th e big show. A bit of h u m o r w as in jected Into th e p ro g r a m w hen Mr. Ban well c a ll­ ed on Mr. J. H. M arsh all, of th e Mar- sh a ll-S m itli-L e o n a rd p r i n ti n g co m ­ pany of M edford an d c h a ir m a n of th e D e m o c ra tic C o u n ty C o m m itte e for a speech. Mr. B an well decla red no p o litical speech w ould be allow ed so Mr. M arsh all, who had s t a r t e d fo r th e stag e, b ack ed out. Mr. Banwell th e n said: “ All r i g h t, we see Mr. M a r sh a ll h a s lost his n erv e so if you folks h a v e a n y p r i n t i n g to do, send It down to A rt P ow ell a t C e n tra l P o in t, for he did c o m e w hen c a lle d .” Several d a n c in g n u m b e r s by pupils of a d an ce a c a d e m y in M edford an d songs by th e p rin c ip a l of th e T a le n t high school a n d a p ie - e a tin g contest e n d ed th e p ro g r a m . Before th e d a n c e p a r t of th e pro­ g r a m w as s t a r t e d t h e a u d ie n c e was a s k e d to leave t h e room an d r e t u r n by cou ples to file p a s t t h e big pie fo r a g e n e ro u s helping.. Many a m u s ­ ing in c id e n ts w e re n o ted aa m e n , w o­ m en a n d c h il d r e n a t t e m p t e d to eat t h e i r pie w ith n a t u r e ' s tools. We a r e in f o r m e d t h a t t h e T a le n t P e a r a n d T o m a t o show Is to be a n a n n u a l e v en t a n d plans a r e a lr e a d y being m a d e to m a k e n e x t y e a r 's sh ow ev en b ig g e r a n d b e t t e r t h a n th i s year. Mrs. B e rt H e d g p e th h a s r e t u r n e d h o m e a f t e r a w eeks v is it w ith her un cle a n d a u n t a t Derby. Mr. a n d Mrs. J a c k D ouglas of K m m ow leau. W a s h i n g to n w ere over n i g h t g u e s t s a t th e Maple h o m e th is w eek on t h e i r way to th e fo o t­ B a n a n a s - 4 lbs. fo r 25c at M arine's ball g a m e at L os A ngeles w h e re t h e i r son Bnd plays w ith th e W a s h ­ J. E. H ig g in b o t h a m and fam ily in g to n team . Allie an d Bud w ere old h a v e m oved fro m W illo w S p rin g s to frie n d s. Mrs. E th e l S o u th w e ll an d t h e i r r a n c h h o m e re c e n tly p u rc h a s e d E liz a b e th w ere d i n n e r g u e sts w ith ! from A snell W a lk e r. Mr. a n d Mrs. D ouglas an d son a t th e Maple home. Mr. a n d Mrs. O. H. A d a m s an d We h e a r t i l y a g r e e w ith Bro. H a m ­ J e llo — 3 p a c k a g e s fo r 17c at G eorge L elv ln N olls, 60, of J a c k ­ g r a n d d a u g h t e r N o rm a J e a n Sitn- ilto n in h is ed ito ria l howl a b o u t th< sonville, passed a w ay a t a local h o s­ m o n d s of S to r in g t o n C o lo ra d o a n d M arine's way t h e office-seek ers play fo r free pital a f t e r six w eeks of p n e u m o n ia . Mr. an d Mrs. M. A. H a w k i n s of Mis­ publicity. A nd how th e y do lik e to He was b o rn at O a k la n d , O reg o n , Oc­ so u ri a r e re c e n t a r r i v a l s in t h e city. Mr. Ray W y a tt will leave t o m o r ­ b la h - b la h o ver th e ra d io a n d how to b e r 7, 1875 an d w as m a r r ie d row fo r P o r t la n d to visit his wife to M r a n d Mrs. G eorge L o fla n d of an d son K e n n e th K e n n e th wag o p ­ th e y a lw a y s w a n t th e p o o r n e w s p a ­ Zona Rees, J a n u a r y 16. 1898 at Yon- G r a n t s P a s s a r e g u e s ts a t t h e h o m e e r a t e d on la s t w eek an d both legs p e r to give up t h e i r sp ace to boost caila, Oregon. Ten c h il d r e n w ere t h e i r can d id a cy. But how th e y do b o rn to th is union. He leaves his of Mr. a n d Mrs. P. D. L o fla n d . T h e a r e in casts. T h e y will be k e p t in h a te to s p e n d a nickel fo r a d v e r t i s ­ wife Z ona, an d e lg h t c h ild re n . Mrs tw o g e n tl e m e n t a r e b ro t h e rs . c asts f o r o n e m o n th . E very hope is in g space. held o u t t h a t he will be a b le to R. J. Alternan, Mrs. V e rn o n Allen, • • • Mrs. I,. <’. G rim es is e n t e r t a i n i n g w alk. W e all re jo ic e to b e a r this. of O rla n d . C a lifo rn ia ; F lo y d . V ir g i l. ' th is a f t e r n o o n t h e B erean C lass of Mr. W y a t t e z p ts d s to r e t u r n h o m e W ell, we alw ay s w ere an easy m a r k Loyal, Dale a n d W a l t e r N olta of th e F e d e r a t e d c h u r c h w ith a s h o w e r T u e s d a y a n d b ri n g Mrs. W y a tt w ith a n d so p re s u m e we sh all go on fill­ W illo w s, C a li f o r n i a ; Vance N o lta ,| in h o n o r of Miss B onnie S e tt le m ir e hint. K e n n e th will s t a y a t t h e S h rin - ing o u r c o lu m n s w ith ta le s o f th is J a c k s o n v ille . Ore , a n d n in e grand a n d L a u r e t t a W illia m s w hose w ed­ e r s h o sp ita l. Mrs. W y a tt is o n ly a l ­ o ne a n d t h a t o n e j u s t fo r t h e good child ren. d in g s will be at an e a rl y d a t e C laire lowed to see K e n n e th once a week of t h e o rd e r. F u n e r a l services w ere held at th e • • 0 H ig g in b o t h a m and F lo y d L e f le r a r e P erl F u n e r a l H o m e W e d n e s d a y at j Mrs. L o u ise P e n n y is very low at W e n otp t h a t th e m u d - s lin g in g as 1 0 :8 0 a m Rev. D. B. M illard ofti- th e lu cky y o u th s . T h e r e will be a m n r? c o m p le te s t o ry of th i s e v en t th e h o m e of Mrs. F lo r e n c e W a l k e r p ro p h e s ie d by Mr. F a r l e y Is well u n ­ iatlng. I n t e r m e n t In Siskiyou Me­ next week. In C e n t r a l P o in t. Mrs. P e n n y fell d e r w av It w as e v e r thu s. F r o m th e m o r ia l p a r k H is p a r e n t s W illiam atid b r o k e h e r h ip five m o n t h e ago d a y s of G eorg e W a s h i n g to n to now a n d N ancy N olta w ere p io n e e rs ..f Mr. a n d Mrs. W a t e n b u r g of K l a ­ an d t h e d o c to r w as u n a b le to set e v ery c a n d i d a t e fo r m a j o r p o litic s' th e S u th e r li n d is trict s e t tl in g t h e r e m a th F a ll s w ere g u e s ts of Mr. a n d th e bon e on acco u n t of h e r age. She o ffice h-ts felt it. No p res id en t to in 1848. rs B u rk in a n S u n d a y . T h e y m o t o r ­ will be n i n e t y y e a rs old th e 3nth r f d a t e b u t h a s been called a th ie f an d ed o u t to Mr A n d ers an d got so m e th is m o n t h She Is a s i s te r of Mr R i­ a rob b er. I t 's a q u e e r old world Miss l>orrlne D avis e n t e r t a i n e d at lovely grap es. T h ey also v is ite d at • 0 • ley Myers. Iter h om e w ith a g e t- to - g e th e r p a rty , th e B la n k e n s h i p h o m e w h e r e th ey It is n 't a q u e stio n of rig h t o r a b o u t tw e n ty - fiv e of h e r seb o al received lovely p e a rs an d to m a to e s . Mr. a n d Mrs. F l a b a r t y received w ro n g I t 's j u s t h u m a n n a tu r e . P r e s ­ fr ie n d s G am es w e re played an d a ll word from t h e i r son J a m e s H arvey, ident R o osevelt m ay be a very h o n ­ h ad a lovely time. R e f r e s h m e n t s of R u b y W a l k e r a n d Mrs. Loui->n who is s ta ti o n e d at Ibe P ercld lo at est, k in d h e a r t e d g e n tl e m a n fo r all cool-ade, c a k e a n d co ok ies w ere R ob in so n w e re sh o p p in g In M edford San F ra n c is c o t h a t be m a d e th e tr ip we know . No d o u b t h e is. But we d o served. today. to San Diego w ith a c a r a v a n of 56 not a g r e e w ith his Idea of w h i t , tru ck « H e also se n t p ic tu re s o f th e A m e ric a n g o v e r n m e n t sh o u ld be Mr. a n d Mrs Lee H u m p h r e y s s n d And we feel h e h a s b een too easily a r e p ro u d to s t a n d w ith th is “ typ ical Mrs H u m p h r e y 's m o t h e r . Mrs. Cole Zoo w hich w ere very In te re s tin g l e d by h is colleg e-b red fr ie n d s in to g o v e rn o r of a ty p ical p r a i r ie s t a t e " m o to re d to R an do n S u n d a y an d c o n ­ • • • R EV . e n d MICH. It. C. L E W I S " w a y s t h a t a r e d a r k , a n d tr ic k s th a t t i n u e d on t o C a lifo rn ia w h e r e they HOSTS TO CLASS T i l l I t s I l A \ T h e w rit e r, for o n e . h a s no faith a r e v a in .” will visit Mrs. C ole's d a u g h t e r . Mr 0 0 0 in " p l a n n e d e c o n o m y " as p la n n e d H in e s a n d fam ily. Rev a n d Mrs. R o b e rt C. Lew!« T h e n . too. 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But he Is s t a n d in g Job in W a s h i n g t o n gives a n y o n e a still s e r io u s ly ill at t h e ho spital. w eek ly social a n d buslneas m e e tin g fo r a r e t u r n to s a n i t y ; to t h e kin d b e tt e r a b ility t o plan th e lives and i fo llow ing w hich a p a rly waa given in Mrs S o u th w e ll a n d E liz a b e th left of A m e ric a n is m w h ich h as b r o u g h t f o r tu n e s of his fellow men And his­ i h o n o r of Mr a n d Mrs. M aynard P u t ­ o u r country th ro g h all t h e years. to r y c le a rly sho w s th a t no political T u e s d a y ' o r t h e i r h om e in C a li f o r ­ ney w ho a r e m oving lo Medford And we. w h o believe ip t h a t “ ru g a p p o in te e has e v e r been as efficient nia. ■where Mr T u tn c y ha* a rr e p t» d a u S • _ * * * " g e d in d i v id u a l is m ." a n d who a r e by In t h e h a n d li n g of busiO'-ss a ' f a t r p o sition In t h e M o n tg o m e ry W a rd Alice S m ith la v laltln g her u n c le no s u m rswdy to tit "Calmly by ani aa h a v e been t h e m en w ho h v- •tore ae« o u r beloved c o u n t r y led In to th e «pent t h e i r lives In t h a t bu ain es- ft Mr. W i l b u r W a l k e r a n d fam ily fo r a i i W - t — e lc q — - - » C* l -•UF*5 " I "ian* V . w at „ .vw o f * r v d*o«a«orsbip. y Form er R esident T aken by D eath I r . <11.0 B IL L Mrs. E. 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