Central Point
VOLUME XXXVII
Palen Appointed
To Head Farm
Forestry Program
Kenneth Palen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd I. Palen of Route 2,
Central Point, has been appoint
ed to head the farm forestry pro
gram in Washington, Columbia
and Yamhill counties, according
to word this week from State
Forester George Spaur.
Palen will take over in his
new post November 1. He will
fill the vacancy created by the
transfer of Ralph Yeater to the
Salem headquarters. Palen will
occupy offices at Hillsboro with
Palmer Torvend, county exten
sion agent.
A graduate of Oregon State
college school forestry in 1951,
Palen is presently technical for
ester in the southwest state dis
trict.
He was bom in Jackson county
and graduated from Central
Point high school in 1945, He
was student body president and
a member of the football team
while in school here.
$250 Fire Damage
Caused by Flue
Fire caused damages estimated
at $250 to the home of Mrs.
Emile Land at 240 North First
street Friday evening, October
15.
The blaze, which was confined
to the attic and kitchen by city
firemen, was caused by a faulty
flue, according to Chief Oran
Chastain.
The house is owned by O. L.
Williams of Shady Cove. Chief
Chastain stated Monday that the
building will be condemned as
rental property.
Eleven firemen and two trucks
responded to the alarm which
sounded at 10 a.m. Friday. The
blaze was reported by neighbors.
Mrs. Land and her two children
were unaware of the fire.
Pointers Dump
Medford Thursday
For 7-0 Victory
CENTRAL POINT, JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1954
Thomas V. Thomas
Seeks Council Spot
Thomas V. Thomas, 148 Glenn
Way, Central Point, will be a
candidate for one of three vacant
city council posts in the local
election November 2.
Thomas submitted his nomin
ating petition several weeks ago.
However, through some unex
plainable error, his name was
omitted from previous news
stones concerning other council
candidates.
Thomas, employed by McCul
loch Chain Saw Sales & Service
near Central Point, is a member
of Central Point Rural Fire Pro
tection District department. He
has signed acceptance of nomin
ation and his name will appear
on the city ballot.
Firemen Assist
In Shop Blaze
Central Point rural firemen as
sisted the Medford department
Saturday evening October 16, in
controlling a blaze which de
stroyed a work shop of L. T.
Robison at 3634 Table Rock road,
road.
Local firemen responded at
9:55 p.m to a call from a Gilman
road resident who saw the re
flection of the fire but could not
give an exact location.
Upon arriving at the scene,
local volunteers, on request of
Medford firemen, used 1000 gal
lons of water, offered use of their
portable light plant and assisted
the Medford crews.
Tools and some wood in the
shop were destroyed. The build
ing was severely damaged.
Earlier Saturday, one truck
answered a call out of the district
to control a 20 acre brush fire
which was threatening two
homes The call came at 2:06
p.m. from the west end of the
Camp Baker road, west of Phoe
nix. The fire, started by a well
driller, was in an unprotected
area.
On Friday, October 15, at 11:50
a.m. two trucks were called to
the asphalt plant of Warren
Northwest Co. off Upton road to
patrol a fire in a frame building
used as a wood and smoke filter.
The fire was caused when the
the sprinkler system failed. Dam
age was minor.
ATTEND PI SHOW
Floyd Charley, president of the
General 4-H clubs of Central
Point, and his grandson. Dale
Smith, are attending the Pacific
International in Portland this
week.
Showing plenty of power and
spirit, the Pointers of Central
Point Junior High dumped Med
ford seventh and eighth graders
7-0 on the Medford field last
BRIEF GUESTS
Saturday morning.
Mrs. John Wilson and two
Except for the first few min
utes of the first quarter, the daughters, Susie and Debbie, of
Pointers dominated play through Shady Cove visited briefly at
out the contest as they main the O. T. Wilson home Wednes
day.
tained their winning streak.
A second quarter drive hit
scoring territory for the Pointers.
Climax of the drive was a two-
yard sneak by Wayne Allen.
Jerome McQuade bulled his way
across for the extra tally.
A penalty in the second quarter
Livestock exhibitors from
spoiled another score for the
county
4-H clubs in this area
Pointers. A 30 yard pass from
Allen to Paul Beach was nulli copped honors this week at the
Pacific International livestock
fied on an offside
penalty.
Central Point held the Med exposition held in Portland.
In the 4-H Hereford contest
ford team throughout the sec
ond half. The host squad failed (weight—740-930 lbs.) Doreen
to reach any deeper than the Bornert of Central Point placed
Pointer 25 in their best scoring fifth. Dale Smith of Central
Point placed 17th with his Here
bid.
ford in the 945-955 pound class.
Central Point
0 7 0 0— 7
Smith also took a 17th place
Medford
0 0 0 0—0
award for his Hereford shown
in the 1010-1065 pound class.
LARGE MULE DEER
Robert Hayes of Eagle Point
Berkley Pinkham, who lives at placed 15th with his Hereford
Elk City, brought in one of the in the 1075-1190 division.
largest deer taken by hunters
In the Shorthorn competion,
this season. The mule deer David Christensen of Applegate
weighed 212 pounds with lower was the third highest Oregon ex
legs, heart and liver removed. hibitor. He placed eighth in the
The animal was taken south of Shorthorn class.
Bly last weekend.
Also showing Shorthorns were
NUMBER 4
Mayor Burelson Files Petition
Truck, Auto Collide
On Highway Mon.
A car driven by Helen L.
Grigsby of Central Point was
slightly damaged at 11:15 a.m.
Monday, October 18, at the in
tersection of Manzanita and
Front streets when a truck, used
on the highway paving work,
backed into it.
The truck was driven by Em
mett Rogers of the Warren
Northwest Co. The truck was
backing to dump asphalt into
the paving machine when the
accident occurred.
Departments Hold
Smoke Drill Wed.
Central Point city firemen and
four members of the Gold Hill
city department joined forces last
Wednesday evening for a smoke
drill here.
Firemen were instructed in the
use of gas masks and participat
ed in an actual smoke drill.
From Gold Hill for the drill
were Chief Mel Hood, Cecile
Gabie, Dan Wright and Bob
Balch.
Comets Face Ashland
In Road Game Friday
Championship of the district 6
A-2 football league may be de
cided this Friday evening at
Ashland as Crater and Ashland
meet.
Both squads are undefeated in
league play, along with Eagle
Point.
Eagle Point did not schedule
thp Ashland club this season and
Crater will not meet them until
October 29. Should Crater win
Friday evening, the Eagle Point
game will decide the champion
ship.
PLAN THEATRE PARTY
Job’s Daughters are planning a
theaire party this evening,
Thursday, for all member}. They
are io meet at the Masonic hall
at 6:30 p.m. and will attend a
movie in Medford.
DUCK HUNTING TRIP
Fred Parkinson, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Saxbury and Mr. and Mrs
John Cupp spent Saturday and
Sunday duck hunting at Klam
ath Falls. Parkinson was joined
there by his uncle, Dr. Carroll
Parkinson, of Eugene.
Local 4-H Club Members Win Honors
On Livestock at Pacific International
Philip Krouse of Murphy who
placed 13th and David Christen
sen of Applegate who placed 14th
with his Shorthorn.
In the 4 H beef showmanship.
Doreen Bohnert placed fourth in
the senior class; Dale Smith
placed fourth in the intermedi
ate class and Robert Hayes placed
ninth in the intermediate class.
Grand champion in the 4-H
beef competition was taken by
Fritz Hill, Helix, who exhibited
a Hereford. Reserve champion
went to Darwin McIntosh. Ellens
burg, Wash., with his Angus.
In the 4 H herd competition,
Jackson county placed sixth. In
this event, counties showed herds
of five steers, any weight or
breed, with at least three own
ers.
Crater High P-TA
To Meet Monday
First meeting of Crater Parent-
Teacher association will be held
at 8 p.m. Monday, October 25,
in the high school Cafetorium.
This will be “back to school"
night for the parents when each
parent will attend his children’s
classes and meet their teachers.
It is hoped all parents will take
advantage of this opportunity.
A social hour will follow and
refreshments will be served by
the executive committee and the
senior mothers.
Two Pay Traffic Fine
In Recorder’s Court
Two traffic fines were paid in
city recorder’s court during the
past week.
Fred E. Medicus of Medford
paid a $5 fine for driving through
a red light on October 18 and
Franklin Saxbury paid a $5 fine
October 13 for a stop sign viola
tion.
A warrant has been issued for
the arrest of Stanley F. Green
who failed to apear in traffic
court October 15. He previously
entered a plea of not guilty on
October 13 and the trial date
was set.
Two Games Remain
For CP Pointers
Central Point Pointers, with
two games remaining on their
1954 football schedule, will be
out to keep their win slate clean
tonight (Thursday) and next
week on October 28.
Tonight at seven o’clock, the
Pointers will host Talent grid-
ders for their seoend meeting of
the season. In their first meeting,
Central Point dropped Talent 33-
13.
The toughest game of the sea
son will be the second game with
Medford and the final game of
the season.
This contest is slated for 7
p.m. Thursday, October 28, on
the Central Point field.
The Pointers hold a 7-0 win
over Medford, but Coach Barney
Riggs feels the Medford club
will be out to even the match.
VIC NOEL DONATES
Money in the city baseball
park renovation fund was in
creased this week by a donation
from Vic Noel. Donations made
by local fans are being held un
til money is available to com
plete the repairing program at
the city park.
ROGUE VALLEY
rl* WEATHER
u.
Bunau
Min. Frac.
38
Oct. 14
43
Oct. 15
03
43
Oct 17
43
Oct. 17
Tr.
38
Oct. 18
.42
66
46
Oct. 19
44
65
Oct. 20
Weekend forecasts predicts
possiblity of light showers Fri
day with clearing weather Sat
urday
S. Weather
Max.
76
84
75
70
76
In a surprise move this week
Mayor Donald E. Burelson sub
mitted his nominating petition
for re-election.
Previously, Mayor Burelson
had announced that he would not
seek a third term in the top city
post.
The nominating petition for
the incumbent was filed at the
city hall Wednesday afternoon.
Acceptance of nomination has
also been filed.
Urged to Run
When questioned earlier thia
week, Mayor Buarelson report
ed to the press that “a number
of person have recently urged me
to submit my name for re-elc-
tion.”
With Mayor Burelson’s hat in
the city political ring, the No
vember 2 city election will pre
sent four contested positions to
be decided by city voters.
Faber Seeks Post
As announced late in Septem
ber, Donald E. Faber is a cand
idate for the post of mayor.
The three remaining contest
positions are all on the city coun
cil. Three vacancies exist with
eight declared candidates seek
ing the chairs.
Council hopefuls are Thomas
V. Thomas, M. C. Gleason, Don
ald Braund, E. R. Yocopn, incum
bent, Harry Tonn, E. J. Taylor,
Wendell Panter and Donald D.
Turner.
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Unopposed for re-election at
the present time are City Record
er Arden Pinkham and City
Treasurer Edward Jones.
Comets Blank
IV 21-0 Friday
For League Win
Crater Comets scored their sec
ond A-2 league victory last Fri
day evening at Cave Junction as
they whitewashed Illinois Valley
21-0.
The Comets posted all three
TD in the first half for their
victory. In this contest, the locals
netted 422 yards from scrim
mage, the most piled up against
a foe since Coach Leonard War
ren has been directing the squad.
In five plays in the first stanza
the Comets traveled 51 yards for
their first score. Vern Parent set
the tally up with a 45 yard gal
lop. Parent hit paydirt two plays
later from the IV two. Bob Mason
bucked the extra point.
An IV fumble on the Cougar
19 set up the second score. Jack
Lilly scored from the two and
Parent ran the conversion.
After holding an IV threat on
their own six, Crater shook loose
Jack Lilly who romped 94 yards
on a quickie play for the third
and final TD. Mason again got
the extra point.
Two long runs deep into IV
territory were called back by
penalties. Tackle Lyle Yocom
gave spectators a thrill when he
intercepted a pass and went for
40 yards before being pulled to
earth.
*
Although Crater piled up the
yardage, 422 to 166, the host
squad posted ten first downs
against Crater’s nine
Crater
14 7 0 0—21
Ill. Valley
0 0 0 0—0
ANDERS RETURN HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Anders re
turned to their home Tuesday-
after spending several weeks
with their daughter at Riverside,
Calif.