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4 CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN VOLUME \ I KNTK i l , PO INT, O R B O O N , Ice Cream Social Is Huge Success MRS. ROBSON WEDS M u s in g s ^ *■ r v f T U R I S O W . .11 LY Ü*. 10.18 WARNING! dy an Innocent Bystander The Ice cream social , v >i h' Ih ladles o f the Civic d u b on the high ! -chool ground last T h u n day even Thunk goodness (he backbone o f | ing was a very slice ssful affair the sum m er seems to have be u The evening was !d?al for such t a broken. At least it is slightly c o o ; : J a f f r ir and a large number o f people in these parts, which helps some. • • • took advantage o f the opportu nity o f e n joy in g a cool lunch and a pleasant Pane Mr. Ripley: The writer had At the beautiful home o f Mr. aud visit with neighbors. the unique experience the other day Mrs. Joe Stevens W ednesday, July Music for the occasion was fu r o f lying hack In the bow o f a boat 27th, Mrs. Jeunis Hob.son of Horn- nished by the Elks baud of Medford, and riding waves a MILE HIG H! brook, California, becam e the bride under direction o f W. A Holts, well- And we can prove It, too. of Mr. John Richardson of Hay known form er musical dir ector • • • of ward. California. The weddin g look I the local school band and orchestra. We heard a tale the oth er day place at hig h -n oon; Rev. Lewis o f-! A number o f prominent Medford which seems to show tat least in ficiatlng with the iiupreasiv • ring people were also present. Including part) what is the matter with the ceremony. Mr and Mrs Eugene Thorndik e, pre country today. The story goes that The bride was dressed in a navy sident o f the Jackson County C h am some o f the younger men who were blue suit with white accessories, and ber o f C om merce. County Engineer recently called upon to fight forest a gardenia corsag". Her only at-1 Paul Rynning and ethers. fires in this county bragged that iendant was Martha Stevens, sister Receipts from the affair am oun t they " w o r k e d like hell” when the of the g room . Joe Stevens, brother- ed to about $32.00, which will go boss was around, but spent most of in-law o f the groom , acted as best toward building the new w oodshed th eir time lying under a tree when man. In the rear o f the library. This shed he was out of sight. 1« it to be won- Lunch on was served by Mary Is being built by volunteer labor, as dred at that things seem sometimes Richardson and Harriet William-. have all the projects u n d e r t a k e n by to be g oing to the dogs when the T h 1- couple then departed for thier the Civic club. I’ p to dute the work young, storng men care so little for home in Hayward. California. has hern done by Mr. Prank I*aw- what the future hold for the c o m Those attending the wedding were rence and R. H. Moore. Others have munity that they will shirk thier Harriet Williams, da ughter o f Mrs. promised to lend a hand later. duty in that fashion when the big Richardson. Mary Richardson and g?st asset the country has is in dang Charlotte Louise Richardson, great- er ? W e would have liked to have great niece o f Mr. Richardson. been their bos« for a few minutes Mrs. Richardson at one time was and have caught them lying down <>» a resident o f Central Point, but has their Job in such fashion. We fear we since made her home in Hornbroo'g, Kenneth Eugene Milhoan, 29. pas wouldn't have been able to resist th 1' California. sed away at a local hospital Satirday tem ptation to send those slack rsj Mr. and Mrs. Richardson have at S:3 0 p.tn., o f appendicitis after dow n the road with their c o a t t a il s 1 known each oth er for twenty years. a w eek's illness. He was horn at full o f No. 10 shoes. I The many friends o f the happy Kcysor, C olorado. April 17 1909. couple wish them a long and pros- the only child Of Mr. and Mrs. W il Now that the work o f re-laying pprollH married m „ liam T. Milhoan o f Central Point. the water mains In the downtown Ore. He came to Medford with his district o f the city is about c om p let parents in 1927. They had resided 'n ed w e feel that the United Construc Colorado previous to that time. tion com pany, which has had the Mr. Milhoan was married to contract for the jo b are to be highly Naomi L. Boyer at Yreka. Calif , com m en ded for the kind of work Ladies' Aid society o f th- Feder August 19. 1931. At an early age he they ahve done in the face o f d iffi ated church met last Thursday In the was united with the church culties. They have run into all basement o f the church to further He was employed hy the R o g u e kinds o f thin gs they could n't foresee their plans for kalsominln g and River Orchard« Co. sine« comniing to when they hid on the j o b and have otherwise rejuvenating the class the valley. He leaves his wife, his cheerfully gone ahead doing t h j rooms, basement, auditorium and parents, and several uncles and very best jo b they knew how to do kitchen. A covered dish luncheon aunts in 'h e valley. in xp]te o f the (&ct thgt they have was served at 1 .0 0 o 'clock . Sixteen Funeral services were held at th •not made as mnch money as they mem bers were seated at the tabic, Perl Funeral H ome Tuesday. 2:3 0 sh ou ld on such a contract. W e a'l all o f whom had earned one dollar p. m., I)r. Sherman L. D°vin e o f f ic i hope this com pany will get the jo b toward defrayin g expenses. At the ating. Interment Mt. View cemetary o f finishing the rest o f the water end o f the meal begin ning with at Ashland. jnain laying if and when it is done. President Mrs. lyouise Ayers, each He was a fine young man and re one read her own orginal little poem spected by a host of friends who will W e understand that the applica which was turned in accom panie d by greived by his passing tion for the federal loan to complete the dollar. T h e afternoon was spent the renewal o f the old water system in w crk ln g on a quilt, which will I Dan Suharie is pasturing 500 in this city has gone in and now all probably be fin ish 'd at the next! heads of sheep which he recently that can be done is to wait patienl- meeting. purchased at R os ebu rc on the B ee ly to see whether the money 1“ son place. Mr. Suharie Is boarding granted. It is said the project s at F la h a r t y V divided into tw o parts— one to put in an entire new system of mains | Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bengston and th roughout the city at a cost o f ap children returned recently from a RO CK MOUNTAIN NATIO NAL tw o weeks visit spent with friends proximately $52.000. and the other! to put in the connectin g main with P A R K . Colo.. July 27 ( S p . ) — Break and relatives In Kelsop and Cotta ae the Medford system at a cost of $32.- fast on the highway in H orseshoe Grove. 000. W hile these figures sound Park d i s r u p t e d traffic one morning a recently born mighty big. the fart is that If the this week when The Men's Irrigai ion boots at loan is granted for both projects the Rocky Mountain Bighorn lamb was Shop. city will be paying for the new city receiving his morning meal from his Mr and Mrs. B. C. Jolley o f Lake .distributing system and getting the mother w ho paused in the middle of M edford water as a gift. That is, the highway to feed her newborn. Creek are visiting in Central Point The approach o f autom obiles did today. th e 4 5 % grant given by the PW A o n such a loan amounts to practical not frighten the ewe which seemed Mrs. Guy Tex returned home Sun ly the same as the en gin eer’s esti to challenge the right o f cars on the day from a 5 week stay at Portland highway. W ith th» arrival o f more m ate o f the cost o f the Medford autom obiles, the ewe only made it where she underwent an serious op water. She Is im provin g though self more at home on the pavement, eration. Last fall the writer did a lot o f and it was only when Park Ranger still confin ed to her home. AT 1 O w i n g t o n e c e s s a r y rep airs o n the w a t e r t a n k a n d t h e final h o o k -u p w ith t h e n e w m a in s , t h e Water Will He Shut tomorrow (Friday) 7:00 O’clock A.M. A l l c it iz e n s a r e u r g e d to d ra w su f fic ie n t w a t e r f o r h o u s e h o ld u se b e fo r e 7 o ’ c l o c k . A l l fir e s s h o u ld b e a llo w e d to g o o u t a n d e s p e c i a l p a in s ta k e n to a v o i d sta rtin g ' fire s . Kenneth E. Milhoan Dies at Hospital T h e w o r k w il l b e r u s h e d as ra p id ly as p o s s i b l e a n d w e a sk y o u r c o o p e r a tion . By o rd e r o f L. H A T F IE L D , M a y o r. Ladies’ Aid Society Meets at Church W - : NUMBER IB Mott Tells of UougrtMsmun James W. Mott has announced that the First Congres sional District o f Oregon will hav, a vacancy in »939 at both tlie II S. Naval Academ y at Annapolis and at the U.S. Military Academ y at West »»oint. T o determine the eligible candi dates residing in his District, C o n gressman Mott lias requested tie' Civil Service Commission to hold ■; preliminary qualifying examination on Saturday, October 8, 1938. Any young utimarrl'd man, not less than sixteen years o f age nor more than twenty years o f age on April 1, 1939 may take the qu alify ing examination for the Annapolis a p (»ointment. Candidates for the West Point ap pointment must be not under 17 nor over 22 years of age on July 1, 1939, and not less than 5 feet 4 inches In height. In order to make the required ar rangements it is necessary that the applicant notify Congressmann Mott. 328 Oregon Building, Sal'in . Oregon, a traffic fig u r in g as t o the cost o f securing Bert Faser arrived that The ice cream socia l held by the not later than September 1. 1938 of the Medford water and has since jam was averted. Civic clu b was very well attended. his desire to participa», in the ex He directed cars around the been accused o f ju g glin g these fig- amination. About $.33 00 was cleared. urea to make out ou r case. So we [m o t h e r and la mb t „ avoid inter- are not goin g to go into a lot o f i r u p t i n g their feedin g time, which estimates at this time But just the! was the subject ror numerous same we believe the thing will work camera pictu re, hy park visitors, out and that the increased value of most o f whom had never seen Rocky such a system will be w orthwhile. Mountain Bighorn before, B r e a k f a s t Causes Auto Traffic Jam UP-SE-DAISY1 even if it does cost something. W e have heard at times that there wen» lots o f fish in Diamond Lake Maybe so. but if they are there they p roba bly will stay there until they die o f old age. for no on* seems to b • catch ing any W e pulled a boat ail ov er the darned place the other day and the expert fisherman who handled ' h e line never had a strike Som eway, we'll take our fishing in th e streams o f the county and let those w h o like lake fishing hsv- their fun. • • • T h e P o o r f V n i * h t r ,| F is h e r m a n T h e an gler lies In wait with hook A n d line and rod and reel, And hap at night he brings the cook A bullhea d or an eel. The an gler lies forever at T h e mercy o f the skeetern. O f stin gin g Hr and biting gnat And oth er blood dcpletcr* COST L f Lodge Installation Visited by Many iljp (filjurrljps D elta Elde. S o w h a t?- On Monday evening July 25th about fifty mem bers o f the Odd Fellows and Rebekaha o f the Med ford lodge visited the lodges in Cen tral Point and installed the new o f ficers h“ r». Mr How ard of Medford District Deputy Grand Master and Miss Bessie Fredenhurg. District Deputy President presided. After the Installation »he local 'e d g e s served Ice prism snd cookies Abont ninety members and friends were present. T h e meeting was he'd in the new W ood m an hall. Not by years but by disposition is j wisdom acquired — Plautus. & ¿1 S B ’PCJX- I / ' Mr. Floyd Ross is leaving for Prlnevllle where he will spent the week end. Mrs. Ross and boys will retnrn with him. Mrs Ross has been attendin g summ er school Neal Richardson of Modoc was g lven a small lo -d a y -o ld duck. ! Having no places to keep It except in a I . ‘j they deetd- d to tnk It to the river abont a mile from their place and pot it with other ducks, which they did Believe |t o r not, neat m ornin g the duck wns hack home and it walked ail the way beina too sm all to fly. Rosa A Ross turtle was seen going down the street to D am on ’s. Norma June heralding the n 'w i far and wide that she had a bahv brother w eighin g 5 l b ' and 18 o t Born to Mr and Mrs. Alfred Mtd-j dleon o f Grant* P as, last Friday a | T h e angler lies, but we surml«* sou Theron Arden Mrs Middleton! That this is Idle chat. W * ’ll merely say. " T h e Angler Lies.” " l « l i the fo r m e r Dorothy Jones o f thla city. And let it g o at that i Verne Hanson and Frank Law rence assisted by R. H. Moore have almost completed the woodshed Du lid by the elvlc club for Ihe lib Twenty-one Christian Endeavors rary. of the Federated Church journeyed to Lake o ' the W ood s Friday even Mr. and Mrs. Dean Mayfield, N. S. ing to e n jo y a we k-etid at the 8. D. Clark of Klamath Falls and O. K. Hill caliin. They were chaperoned by Aeord o f Grants Pass visited at ihe Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Ayers and Mrs. home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Clark S. I). Hill, who was accom panie d by July 22. her daughter SCoe. Arriving at the lake, preparations Mr. B. J. Tilden of W oodburn were mad«- for the night, with ths arrived Wedn esday and is visiting girls occupying the cabin, and th"|at the Flaharty home, boys sleepin g in tents out side. Saturday morning dawned finding most o f the Endeavors Hlseep, hut at seven o'clo ck most o f them had managed to arouse themselves en I III ID II O F CH R IST ough to go for a dip In the lake b e Clifton A. Phillips fore lireakfasi A fler the swim, Minister breakfast was served in tw o shifts, Bible School 1 0 :0 0 A M. Roland because o f the iiumlx r o f 'h e young H over, Sup'. people. All the follow in g meals were Immediately follow in g the Com served in the same fashion. munion Service the whole church Between breakfast and lunch time will go to A. M. T y rr e ll’s place on was Rpent In various activities, such Evans Creek and will have a fellow as sw im min g, hiking, boat-riding, ship dinner. This will be follow ed cet. After lunch an hour o f s w im by a " S o n g - F e s t ” and a great mes ming was enjoyed, then a group was sage by Evangelist W. E. Strum organis ed to hike to Fou r-Mile l.ake. The Y oun g People will hold C. K When this group returned In the Service on banks o f Evans Creek at evenin g a weiner and marshmellow 6 : 0 0 P.M. We will go In body to roast was held around the camp fire. Central Avenue Tabernacle for even Sunday morning after breakfast, ing service. W e Invite the co-opota- Sunday school was held at the lake tlon o f all members and friends o f front with Mr. Ayres leading In a the Church for this unusual pro- very interesting lesson of the l i f e ' gram Com e and sing, and heu*. and ex perience» of Gideon. and en joy thla Christian Fellowship The Endeavors returned home together. Sunday evening, having had a w o n Prayer and Bible Study Wednca- derful time o f fellowship In their day 7 :3 0 P.M. Devotional Leader, two day outing. Carl Hover. Study Leader Mrs. Endeavorers Enjoy Trip to Lake West Point Exam, I Mr. Shell and Dale Smith leaving from front o f store and warning Mrs Smith that t.h-y might never be h,rk- T H E F E D E R A T E D CHU RCII RE V. STANLEY PA R R IS H (Supply P astor) Ph one 51 Bible School 9 30 A.M Mr. Win. Kamherg. Supt Morning W orsh ip 1 1 :0 0 AM Rev. Laugh o f Pasadena will bring the message Junior and Senior lea gu e 7:t>" P.M. Evening Service, 8. 00 P.M. Tuesday afternoon Bible rlaas and Prayer eervices 2 30 P M W ednesday evening prayer meet ing for both young and old. Thursday afternoon in basement of the church the ladies' Aid meets to qilllt Mis, llamac and Ituhy Higfnho- • ham invited the ladies o f the church to their home for a show er bonoriu g Margaret Hlg ln botham Thirty ladl** were present. Many clever games wer* enjoyed and refreshments wre served Ice cream and cake. . . M