THURSDAY, JULY 21. 1955
Africa Missionary
Visits Classes
At Table Reck
By Mrs. Ray Doran
TABLE ROCK — Miss Doris
Motley, missionary from Nigeria,
Africa, who has been taking re
fresher courses in the United
States, is visiting Alan Hill and
family.
She has come out to the Bible
school to visit the children and
to tell them of her adventures.
Miss Motley visited Bible study
class Tuesday evening and told
of her many experiences and her
work among the tribes. She is
leaving soon for her post in
Africa.
Mr. and Mrs. David Romtvait
and family, Klamath Falls, spent
the weekend with relatives in
the valley. They visited their
cousin, Mrs. Louise Doran, Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hull and
daughter, Marilyn, motored to
Portland Tuesday where Mrs.
Hull and daughter will stay for
about a week. Mr. Hull will re
turn Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cottrell,
Coos Bay, spent the weekend with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. U.
Thomas.
The Oregon State Education
Association, Medford and Grants
Pass chapters, held a picnic at
Tou Velle park with about 40
present.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Nealon of
Table Rock and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Smith and twin daughter
of Medford visited Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Timm Sunday. Mrs. Timm
has had a bad siege of virus, but
is much better.
It last week’s issue, a grave
mistake was made in the item
stating Mrs. Taylor had gone to
Portland for silrgery. It was very
likely your reporter’s writing so
- will correct it this time. It was
Mr. Haylor who was to have gone
to Portland. However, last minute
changes were made and he had
major surgery in the Community
hospital in Medford last Friday.
He expects to be home in about
a week and is reported getting
along fine.
Mrs. Robinson, who was a
surgery patient a couple of weeks
ago. is up and about again and
was back at her job of Sunday
school secretary this Sunday.
Mrs. Jack Cleaves. North Bend,
has been staving with her moth-,
Mrs. E. H. Tavlor. the past week.
The Fruit Growers Association
will hold a field day. Friday, July
22. visiting valley orchards and
meeting at Tou Velle park for
lunch and to see the latest in
orchard equipment which will be
on display in the park.
Erne<4 Hamilton visited in Eu
gene over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lewis and
babv. Jan. visited her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Hamilton, on
Modoc last weekend. They live
in Cottage Grove since his Navy
discharge.
Mr. and Mrs. Shirrel Weeden
CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN. CENTRAL POINT, OREGON
and her mother. Mrs. Mil Rouski.
of Dunsmuir, Calif., visited Tues
day evening at the Frank Mvers
and Herschel Harper homes. They
formerly lived in this district.
Judy and Barbara Wheeler at
tended the fifth birthday party
held for Tommy James of Long
Beach by his grandmother, Mrs.
DeVeydt, whom he is visiting
this summer.
Mr. Smith and family, Lois
Vanderpool, Grace Bigham. Otis
Hedge, Mr. and Mrs. E. Brown
and Glenna May, Mr. and Mrs.
Ivan Myers and family of Gold
Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Les Bigham
and son. Central Point, were pic
nic guests at the Frank Myers
«home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mayfield,
Central Point, were Sunday even
ing guests of the Frank Myers.
Mr. and Mrs. David Doran and
children, Tamara and David
Shane, have moved back to their
home in Medford after staying
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Doran, since his accident last
November. He has returned to
his barber chair in the Fred Fry
shop, although he will still be on
Crutches until next November,
according to his doctor.
Mrs. Frances Vanderpool visit
ed the sick and shutins in the
district last week.
A group of 40 young folks from
the Baptist church, Medford, were
guests of Richard Morris Satur
day evening for a very enjoyable
hay ride and picnic which was
held in the Taylor picnic grounds.
Their singing was enjoyed by
the neighbors as they rode along.
Ernest Smith, graduate of OTI,
and' Miss Lois Vanderpool. SOCE
junior from Central Point, have
announced their wedding date as
August 12 to be held at eight
o’clock in the West Side church
of Christ, Medford. Ernest is
working for a lumber company
in Phoenix at the present time.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray B. Speer,
Ross I^ane, have taken a long
time lease on the Ray Baker
farm and will be moving in soon
Kenneth Wyatt, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Wvatt, who has been
teaching in Eugene schools, has
accepted a position a.s school psy
chologist at San Marenco, Calif.,
near Oakland.
Robert Sage is spending his
vacation in the sun in the logging
camp of Steve Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Poulton and
Mr. and Mrs. Don Sinren and
families of Lake view visited at
the Arthur Doty home recently.
Recent visitors at the J. S.
Richardson home were Mrs. Rob
ert Tucker and son of Moultrie.
Georgia; Mr. and Mrs. J. Maury
Cowgill. San Bemadino, Calif..
Mrs. Sally Cowgill of Central
Point and the Don Whitney fam
ily of Centraj Point.
Mosquitos were given a DDT
treatment early Thursday morn
ing by an airplane chartered by
Table Top farms. The whole dis
trict got a good spraying.
Medford Crater Lions held a
potluck picnic at Tou Velle park
Tuesday evening.
Robert L. Goodwin, Salem,
supervising engineer for Oregon
State Tax Commission, was a
recent district visitor in connec-
PAGE THREE
Baby Jill Parrish
Succumbs Monday,
Services Today
Water Users OK
Repayment Plan
Water users in Rogue River
Valley Irrigation District gave
their approval to a repayment
contract with the federal govern
ment for rehabilitation of canal
systems in the special election
held Friday afternoon, July 15, at
the district office on Merriman
road.
The total vote was 96 yes and
4 no.
With the favorable vote, the
board of directors is now author
ized to enter into a 40-year. inter
est-free repayment contract with
the bureau of reclamation, which
will have charge of the proposed
work.
Medford Irrigation District
water users approved a similiar
repayment pact by a vote of 163
yes and 6 no.
MARKS 100th BIRTHDAY
Late in June, Mr. and Mrs. A.
T. Lathop took his brother, Char
les, to visit his nieces in Albany
and Corvallis. While in the Will
amette Valley, they called on
Mrs. Ida Lathrop Geddes at Mill
City, who celebrated her 100th
birthday last February.
tion with assessment adjustments
asked for by some of the local
land owners.
Teenage club meeting, sched
uled for Friday evening, has been
postponed until the first part of
next week. The club has a project
of building an outdoor fireplace
of river rock at the Ray Wyatt
home.
Private funeral services were
held today, Thursday, at the
graveside in Jacksonville ceme
tery for Jill Elaine Parrish. 13
month old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley G. Parrish. Old
Stage Road, who passed away
Monday at her home.
Miss Sara Walker, interim
pastor of the Eastwood Baptist
church officiated. Chapel Mort-j
uary was in charge of arrange
ments.
The babv girl, who had been ill
for some time, was recently flown
to Portland by Mercy Flights for
special treatment. She was bom
in Medford on June 18, 1954
The family requested that in
stead of flowers a contribution
be made to the American Cancer
Society.
In addition to her parents, sur
vivors include two brothers, Step
hen Stanley and Nathan Andrew;
four sisters, Judith Elizabeth,
Julie Eve, Janine Erin and Jeri
Ellen; paternal grandfather, M.
F. Parrish, Chico, Calif., paternal
grandmother. Mrs .Helen Gross,
Inglewood, Calif.; and her mat-
temal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Hill, Central Point.
SISTER IS GUEST
Mr. and Mrs. David Beebe and
son, Donnie, of Homedale, Idaho,
were guests at the Oscar Swan
son home several days last week.
The two ladies are sisters. They
all spent a couple of days at
Crescent City deep sea fishing and
reported wonderful luck.
TIME
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Visitors at the A. T. Lathrop
home during recent weeks have
include: Paul Ixithrop, Red
Oak, Iowa; .Charles L. Lathrop,
Prscott, Arizona; Rev. and Mrs.
J. H. Dills, Marion, Virginia; Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Schmidt, David, •
Judy and Joanne. Albany; Mrs.
Dale E Kirk, Stanley, Carolyn,
Joyce and Marvin. Corvallis; and
Ernest and Clyde Lathrop of
Williams.
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