The Central Point American., May 24, 1956, Page 2, Image 2

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Entered as second class matter
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Oregon, under the Act of March
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Book Briefs
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Avis Van Hoy
The Voodo Queen
By Robert Tallent
Marie Laven was a person of
mixed blood. Negro and white,
and as such lived in the strange
world of such people, never com­
pletely accepted by the Negroes,
and shunned by the white
people.
Then she found she possessed
strange prowers and feelings, and
a knowledge of what was going
to happen Her husband. Jacques,
became upset at her desire to
become a "maker of magic?’ and
left home. The dav she knew
by instinct that he was dead, was
the day she decided she must
use this strange fift of hers.
She l'>ter married reain. and
had several children. During the
epidemic of vellow fever, she
helped her friends and neighbors
as much as possible, and during
that epidemic seven of her chil­
dren died Such a loss was a
terrific blow to her and for a
time she gave up her work.
Later people again begged her
to lead them, for her powers
were known and respected, and
a voodoo queen had a place and
prestige to maintain, for alwavs
there were others eager to take
her ntace.
This storv covers a wide span
of our history, from the early
eighteen hundreds to almost
nineteen hundred The manv
yellow fever epidemics, the Civil
War. the comnlete changing of
the way of life for thos« oeonle
who were of neithe*- white nor
black color, and their beliefs of
voodoo magic.
It is a book based on the life
of a person who really lived
and many of the events in the
book actually happened.
for the
graduate
Von der Hellen On
OSC Honor Group
OREGON STATE COLLEGE—
Ronald Lee Von der Hellen,
Central Point senior at Oregon
State college, was one of 131
OSC students chosen for mem-
bership by Phi Kappa Phi, na­
tional all-school scholastic so­
ciety.
The top scholastic 10 per cent
of the senior class, 3 per cent
of the junior class, and selected
graduate students and faculty
members are eligible for mem­
bership in the honorary, which
includes persons from all de­
partments of American colleges
and universities.
Von der Hellen, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roger Von der Hellen
of Central Point, is majoring in
agriculture at OSC. He is a 1952
graduate of Crater high school.
ENTERS HOSPITAL
Bill Esselstyn, athletic director
at Central Point Junior High
school, entered Sacred Heart hos-
Eital Tuesday for treatment of a
ack condition. He was placed
in traction for three days.
Two pumper trucks from Cen­
tral Point Fire Protection Dis­
trict answered the alarm.
The blaze was not discovered
until it was well underway and
the barn was so completely in­
gulfed in flames that firemen
allowed it to bum. They ex­
tinguished fires in three neigh­
boring sheds on the same prop­
erty.
State police investigated the
cause of the fire.
Barn, Machinery
Destroyed Last Wed.
AMERICAN Day Camp Dates
Cited for Scouts
“Official newspaper of the City of Central Point, Oregon”
Published weekly on Thursday by Central Point
Publishing Co., Cnester A. Ashton and Cecil A.
bnarpe Jr., owners.
A 70 by 90 foot barn contain­
ing hay and some farm machin­
ery was destroyed by fire last
Wednesday evening, May 16.
The structure, owned by Mrs.
Luther Day, was located on Gil­
man-Day lane. Some 20 to 25
tons of hay and the farm ma­
chinery in the barn were own­
ed by W. C. Higinbotham, Cen­
tral Point
Day camp for Girl Scouts of
the Central Point area will be
held June 11-14 and June 18-21
at the camp site on Bear creek.
The annual day camp program
is supported by the annual Girl
Scout Cookie sale and is open
to girls 7 to 17 years of age.
Day camp fee is $1.50 and cov­
ers the cost of milk, program
supplies and campers insurance.
Busses to transport local girls
have been supplied free of cost
by School District 6.
Day camping is camping by
the day. In a day camp, girls
from several troops meet togeth­
er in small unit groups with
trained adult volunteer staff to
spend part of the day in the out-
of-doors.
Day camping has been a part
of Girl Scout camping since 1921.
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THURSDAY. MAY 24. 1956
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