SECTION TWO— ANNIVERSARY EDITION
CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN
VOLUME -\
CENTRAL POINT, OREGON,
THI RSDAV, (N'TOIIKK 21 , 11 M 7
Chamber Manager
Line-up of Local Business
Offers Felicitation?
Firms Changes Greatly
During Six- Year Period
Elsewhere In this paper will be
found a story telling of the line-up store which was formerly Jantier *. by the Lewis Meat Market. The
Last comes the Central Point Service Woodmen lodge has the entire
of the business houses in Central
station, «till owned by Verne Pend- upper floor and have fixed up very
Point at the time the present editor
hion, with whom Is now associated attractive lodge quarters. Irsel Lewis
took charge of The American in the
Don Patterson.
has moved his market into the old
fall of 1931. Now we want to tell
Returning up the North side of Copco buildiug udjuning. where A1
of the new concerns which have
come into the city since then and of the street the first place la the As­ Hermanson had his feed store.
the changes in location, etc., of the sociated Service station now operat­ Faber's Feed store now occupies the
ed by L. C. Grimes, ably assisted by lower floor of the Odd Fellows
old firms.
We shall start on the south side his son, Jim. They also have a bat- block and the building formerly used
of Main street, (which, by the way.
a" d elPf,ric servi<>e *h°P The as an office by the Milton wood yard
is properly named Pine street.) be- *’ **' 0,1 ,,uilrtin*t8 which formerly is now used as an apartment.
With the moving of the highway
ginning at the corner of Fourth stood in this block east of the ser-
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street. The old Gateway
Service v*ce station have been torn down and several yearg ago came several
station has been closed for several!.*?, *ant' *laa heen made into a very changes in the appearance of what
years. Faber’s Store still stands on I **. ra' tu ’ park. This entire block was formerly Front street, now the
Near the south
that corner, but several months ago
" * * P1-0?*r'y of Mrs. Andre Pacific Highway.
E. C. Faber, who had operated the £ * ° “ eI’ V ™ » « * « * " of the Hotel * city limits on the highway stands
the Nip & Sip service station, which
store for many years, sold out to his r
a ani ra
^ r' ( honiel.
sons, Everett and Don. and Marshall I
»» honored citl.en of this used to stand near the high school.
Just north of It la the Grange Co­
Slmmonds, who now are in charge., '
ot *he ci,>'
operative service station, where
E. C. Faber, in making the sale to 1
** *Ve ° f the * * OD ,he
Grange members may obtain gas and
his sons, retained the stock of men’s b° ard ° f directorB of the
. .K, „ „ „„ .
.County Chamber of Commerra. d ed oils at just a little above wholesale
clothing and shoes and moved the! . ,
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about a year ago. Mr and Mrs. prices. When the old building on
same into the room next door,
Chomel put in many hours of hard the corner of Pine and First streets
formerly occupied by the Grimes
work in beautifying their property, was torn down, Jack Lees moved his
Battery and Electric Shop and Bert
which is now one of the beauty ¿pots shop info the old Lumber company
Peck’s garage, where he now runs
building next to the Pendleton A-
of Southern Oregon.
The Men’s Shop.
Patterson service station, which
The
small
building
formerly
oc­
Next comes Mrs Owings’ service
building he has purchased and re­
station, which she first established cupied by the library i* now vacant. cently remodeled and now ha^ a
Next
to
it
js
the
building
formerly
in 1931 and which she still operates.
very complete auto repair shop.
Root’s second hand store and the occupied by the Marinp Grocery,
In the northern part of the city
now
owned
by
Mrs.
L.
Damon
and
Peart blacksmith shop come next,
between the highway and the rail­
occupied
by
the
Damon
Cafe.
The
and both have been in their present
old warehoues on the rear of the road stands the cheese factory. This
location during the six-year period
next lot, formerly headquarters of concern was built some five years
we are considering. The old city
the Richardson Transfer and for a ago by Mr. Churchill and his asso­
hall has during recent months been
time used as a shop by O. D. Tucker, ciates but for one reason and an­
remodeled and is now used as a fire
Is now vaoarft. Upon the death last other was unable to meet its obltga-
station in which the fire equipment
It
fall of former Mayor W. C. Leever, tons and was forced to close.
is stored. Next on the street was the,
was
operated
fpr
a
time
by
an
ag^at
his'old*" hardwire stor» passed lntv>
old residence owned by the city
the hands of Dale Smith, who oper­ of the chief creditor, but was finally
which was torn down several years
ates a general repair shop in con­ sold to the Sonoma Valley Cheese
ago. The old dance hall Is also
nection with the store. The B. P. factory and is now operated by them
being torn down at this writiug.
Theiss General Store was forced to as Plant No. 3. Under the able
Stone’s Drug Store still occupies the
close out some two years ago and management of Mr. Vella the plant
east room of the big concrete build­
the old building is now used as a Is doing good business and the list
ing known as the Cowley building
warehouse for the storage of onions of the patrons is growing daily
and next to it comes the Hatfield
Beyond the cheese factory on the
and squash.
store, still owned by L. Hatfield.
east side of the highway stands th»
Very little change has taken place
Mrs. Hattie B. Hatfield, who for­
new planing mill, Just recently
merly ran the store while her hus­ in the past six years in the next placed in operation and which is
block. Ross & Ross still occupy the
band served the city as Recorder,
doing a very good business. Beyond
corner. The old Ross Barber shop it just outside the city limits is the
passed away some time ago.
is now owned by a Mr. Schell. The!
Jantzer saw *mill and auto wrecking
The corner room of the Cowley
adjoining room, formerly occupied yard Across from the cheese factory
building is now occupied by the
Safeway store, under the able by Myrtle's Coffee Shop, is now ' Is Jack’s Service Station, handling
management of Mr. and Mrs. Ken­ rented for living rooms. The post gas. oils and fe«ds.
office still occupies the old Williams
neth McCoy and Si Baker. On the
Block with the Jones Grocery ad­
west side of Second street is the o ld
joining. The room next theGleason
Central Point State bank building,
barber shop, one time used as a
which institution passed out of the
sho*s shop, is now the Central Point
picture several years ago. The build­
Beauty Salon The Gleason shop is
i n g is now owned by the city a n d is
now owned by Walter Love. Mervyn
used as a city hall and jail. The
(Sonny) Gleason being on the road
old building next on the west, for­
selling barber supplies and his
merly occupied by the A le x a n d e r
father having retired from steady
Hardware & Implement Co., was
barber work The old Peart build­
A u t o m a t , c T u u . n o !
purchased by the Ladies' Civic club
ing on the corner is now the Coffee
this year as a home for the public
Shop, owned by Mr and Mrs. George
library. The building has been en-
tirely remodeled and refinished and j ay'’*-
is a very attractive place. Mr-
In the last block first comes the
Dowell’s shoe shop is still in Its old Alexander Hardware & Implement
location next the library
The last store in the building formerly the
building in this block is the Finley Damon Cafe. Mr. Alexander pur-
Implement Co. building still or- chased this building last spring a n d
cupied by that enterprising firm occupies the entire lower floor, n-
Next come, the Long Secon : Ha, !
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The following letter from A. H.
Hanwill, secretary-Manager of the
Jackson County Chamber of Com­
merce is self-expanatotry:
October 12. 19 37
Mr. A. E. Powell
The American
Central Point. Oregon
Dear Mr. Powell:
I have just learned with pleasure
that next week veu will be publish­
ing an anniversary number com­
memorating your 6th year as editor
and owner of the Central Polut
American.
For what it may be worth I wish
to tender my congratulations to you
and also to thank you for the kind
cooperation which yu have always
extended this Chamber of Com­
merce. You have been generous
with your space in mentioning our
activities and your complimentary
remarks In the editorial column
once in a while make us feel that
w> do have a number of friends In
Central Point.
I sincerely hope that the year
ahead will be the most successful
for your paper since its inception
six years ago.
With kindest regards.
Tours sincerely,
Jackson County C. of C.
A H BANWELL.
Manager
(Editor’s Note— Thanks, Ban, for
the good wishes. You may rest as­
sured we shall continue to do all
that we ran for the good of our
grand old county.)
In refutation of the prophecy that
the movng of the highway from the
main street to follow the railroad
would kill business in this town we
call attention to the fact that there
are now 34 active places of business
fit the city today besides two Just
outside the city limits, as compared
Wjth .22 at the time the highway was
moved.
NUMBER I
Boy Scout Troop M akes
For Better Citizenship
Troop 40 has been going now
about 2 ^ years. It was orgaulzed
June 1st 1935 with Ed Viucent.
scout master, and Delbert Ayers, as­
sistant. The committee men were
E. P. Stone, chairman, H. P. Jewe*t,
E. E. Scott, Ernest Kelly and Rev.
Clifford Phillips with the Parent
Teachers Association as the spon­
soring body. The organization has
progressed vqry nicely from the bo-
ginning and altho it hasn't grown a
great deal in numbers, more Inter-st
is being shown all the time. The
troop was started with about 15
members, seven of which had pre­
viously joined at Berrydale and
transferred to the new troop. At
the time our troop was organized
scouting was new to most of us and
we had to learn as we went along.
Mr. Vincent, as master, got along
wonderfully well for a new gcouter,
but as he had the opportunity cf
taking about a month's vacation
this summer and going on a trip to
New Orleans, he resigned as head of
the troop in favor of Dale Smith,
who has had several years of scout­
ing experience and is having ex­
cellent results with this troop. As
time goes on some of the boys out­
grow scouting and quit, others join
and for some reason or other, take
very little interest and soon quit,
while others Join and get all they
can out of scouting and stay with
it as long as possible. At present
we have a membership ot about
twenty, some of whom are charter
members. And all who have remain­
ed In the organization for any
length of time have gained some
worthwhile knowledge that every
one should know but that few boys
have the privilege of learning out­
side.
The same committee men are in
charge now that helped to organize
the troop.
Bashful Business
kinds of Inducement to get one
here. But as we have a good paper
already often we tnke It as a matter
of fart and fail to appreciate It.
That applies in many lines.
How-
many times have we heard people
rave because they couldn’t get a
check cashed or a bill changed be­
cause we have no bank?
Perhaps the bank was beyond our
control but remember our patronage
can make or break most any busi-
n|ss. If we like the paper let’s
boost It; If we don’t lets offer con­
structive rather than destructive
criticism
We need the paper and
I think the present owners are doing
a fine job running it.
A BUSINESS MAN
Man Tells Value
O f Live Newspaper
"You never miss the water till
the well runs dry.” No I am not
speaking literally of the water
situation In Central Point, however
badly I would like to at this tlm t,
but figuratively of the Central
Pont American which is now cele­
brating its seventh birthday under
the present management. The edi­
tor and staff are to be congratulated
on the wonderful improvement that
has been made in the paper during
this period and the stand that has
always been taken for civic Im­
provement. If we didn’t have i
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