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About The Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1936-195? | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1956)
E HIC Central Point A. VOLUME XXVIII CENTRAL POINT. JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON Grade Faculty Reports Varied Summer Activity . UNTIL MID-JUNE Both Central Point Junior High and Grade schools and Crater High school offices will remain open until the middle of June. Principals C. A. Meyer and Arthur Straus will be on duty until about June 15 for conferences and to finish admin istrative work. Faculty members of Central Point Junior High and Grade Schools reported their summer vacation plans this week. “Carry me back to old Vir- ginny,” is the theme of Oakley Bowers who reported he is going home for a visit most of the summer. He plans to be back by August. Frances Tonn said she is going to school for tw’o weeks at South ern Oregon and will attend the NEA convention in Portland. The rest of the summer she will just keep house. Mrs. Gladys Jewett will at tend the NEA convention. Other wise her plans are very indef inite. Mrs. Alice Gay will go to school for two weeks at South ern Oregon, take a trip to the middle west for three weeks and keep house the rest of the sum mer. Harry Meyers plans to visit in San Franciso and Portland, travel to Idaho with the Shriners Band and to work on his recent ly purchased house in Medford. Mrs. Catherine McDonald will travel in Canada. Wesley Claflin hopes to build a home this sum mer. Mrs. Lois Sullivan will go to San Franciso for 10 days with her family. Mrs. Ruby Downing plans to be at home this summer. Miss Mabel Dodson plans to visit, travel and attend a two-week workshop. Mrs. Sylvia Coleman will attend summer school and travel on the coast for two weeks. Principal '«nd Mrs. C. A. Meyer plan a trip with Charla Jo to Disneyland and then will be home for the summer. Mrs- Joy Bisham plans to stay home and expects her son, John, and his wife, Lil, home from Joplin, Missouri. Also, (Continued on page 4) Chastain Elected Myers-Holland Post Commander Oran C. Chastain, Central Point police chief, was elected commander of Myers-Holland Post 129, American Legion dur ing the annual election held Thursday evening. May 24, at the Legion Memorial hall. Others elected to serve as post officers for the coming year are: Ray Charters, senior vice com mander; Ira Brock, junior vice commander; E. Roy Bashaw, ad jutant; Jerry Bianconi, finance officer; Dewey C. Gearin, chap lain; Tom McCall, sergeant at arms; William B. Keizur, service officer. Ted Weixel was elected to a five year term on the executive committee Other members of the executive group are Carl Christensen, Charles Novosad, John T. Holmer and Hugo Weh- mann. Members of the board of trus tees, elected for another one year term, are: Joseph R Krupp, Bert Smith. Ray Wyatt, Cecil Sharpe Jr. and Chris Barker. Delegates to the department convention, to be held in Albany July 27, are Jerry Bianconi, Dewey C. Gearin. William B. Keizur and Ira Brock. Altern ates are Bert Smith, Walter Sur ber and John Nimmo Installation of post officers of Ashland Post 14. Medford Post 15 and Myers-Holland Post 129 will be held in the Ashland Legion hall the last week of June. District Commander Gene Orr will serve as installing of ficer. THURSDAY. MAY 31. 1956 NUMBER 36 Crater Commencement Scheduled Friday 96 in Class of ’56 To Receive Diplomas In Evening Ceremony Capacity Crowd Attends Grade Promotion Tues. A capactiy crowd of parents and friends attended the promo tion exercises held Tuesday evening for eighth grade stud ents of Central Point Junior High school. The 1956 graduating class numbered 121 students. Alice Thompson was presented with the scholarship cup by Don Patterson, board chairman. The trophy is presented annually to the eighth grader with the high est grade average. Miss Thomp son earned a 1.0 average. Fifteen students were present ed honor awards by Patterson for earning a 2.0 grade average or better in the four major sub jects, language, mathematics, social studies and science for the year. These students are: Sharon Allred, Bill Anhorn, John An- horn, John Caster, Laine Donk- er, Rachel Hamilton, Linda Hunter, Patty Kime, Donna Meade, Carol Myers, Lea Pad gett, Dennis Pfaff, Vanca Russell, Alice Thompson and Edith Van Hoy. Rachel Hamilton was present ed with the citizenship medal for outstanding work in current events and social studies. Patty Kime, editor of the school paper, was honored dur ing the program for her work in journalism. Principal C. A. Meyer deliv ered the graduation address, “Learning is Living.” Supt. H. P. Jewett presented diplomas and also spoke on the history of School District 6. The Rev. Don Whitney gave the invocation. Muscial numbers were presented by the junior high band. Crater Garden club and Cen tral Point Garden club prepared corsages for the graduates. Mrs. Irene Anhorn, member of Cen tral Point Garden club, provided flowers for decorations and dec orations were arranged by John Rock and Mrs. Sylvia Coleman. IV CLEAN-UPERS—Pictured above is one of the trucks and pari of the crew which conducted the Central Point Junior Chamber of Commerce clean-up drive in Central Point. Shown atop the load, left to right, are: Bill Colley, Homer Billups, Cecil Sharpe and Don Squire. In their first civic project, the Jaycees collected 11 truck loads of trash and rubbish throughout the city on May 19 and 26. POLICE CAR DELIVERED The new 1956 Ford police car for the city of Central Point was delivered last Thursday, May 24. Two decals have been ordered for the doors of the vehicle. LADY LIONS MEET Central Point Lady Lions will meet Tuesday, June 5, at the home of the president, Mrs. Wendell Panter, for a regular business meeting at 8 p.m. Store Remodeling Started Monday Remodeling of the east half of the Alexander Hardware store building on Pine street was start ed Monday by Joe Edwards and E. C. Arnold, both of Central Point. A complete renovation jot the building is planned. A concrete floor will be poured, the ceiling will be lowered and a roman tile and redwood panel front will be constructed on the build ing. The project is expected to be completed by August 1. Two offices will be built - in the east side of the building. Chris Barker Agency will oc cupy one of the new offices. Hamilton Escapes Rattlesnake Bite Orville E Hamilton, who lives on Route 1, Central Point, was in the American office last Thursday afternoon reciting a chilling tale and he had the 42- inch rattlesnake to prove it. Hamilton was out Thursday on the Lloyd Damon ranch in the Lake creek district tending his bees when the incident occurred. He was walking along look ing up into the trees for some bees which he believed may have swarmed when he heard a rattle snake buzz. He looked down and saw the reptile stretched out be tween his legs. Hamilton couldn’t remember how far he jumped after he look ed down, but he did say that “it was the worst scare I’ve ever had.” He reported that the snake didn’t rattle before striking. The rattler crawled into a hole after striking. Hamilton found a club, waited until the snake came into the open and killed it. ’If the snake hadn’t been cold and sluggish," Hamilton said, ’he would have gotten me.” The skin, about six inches wide, is being displayed at Cen tral Point Pharmacy. The reptile (Continued on page 8) Local Trio to Receive Degrees June 4 at OSC Commencement exercises for the Crater High school class of 1956 will be held at 8 pm. Fri day, June 1, in the Crater High school gymnasium. Three student speakers will be featured on the evening’s pro gram. Thev are Nathan Douthit, class valedictorian; Gwenn Moore and Vicki Noel. Diplomas to class members will be presented by Don Patterson, chairman of the board of direct ors of School District 6 Awards will be presented bv Principal Arthur Straus. Supt. H P. Jewett will introduce the speakers Invocation and benediction will be given by the Rev. Paul Kroon, pastor of Community Bible church. Musical numbers Will be presented during the evening by Crater High school band and chorus. Class members who will re ceive diplomas are: Marla Ab bott, Scott Addington, Dewey Anderson, Willard Anderson, Jim Armstrong, Carol Bailey, Loretta Barnes, Norman Barnes. Richard Bickel, Bill Boweles, Ethel Bres- land, Beverly Burgoyne, Netha Byrd. Richard Callender, Alice Cane, Virginia Cellura. Don Chitwood. D’Anne Clark. Sam Collins. An ita Conger, Billie Conner. Betty Cook, Garv Croucher, Norene Davis, Nathan Douthit, Donna Eskey, Jean Estremado, Lona Felkner, Rudy Fisher, Calvin Gillespie. Dorinda Glenn, Allen Gosnell, Morton Gossett, Duane Goyette, Bob Gray, Ramona Grubbs Mor ris Gunn, Gerald Hall, Richard Hamilton. Melvin Harsh, Jane Heberling. Nancy Higinbotham, Frances Hogue, Doris Huckaba, Feme Kellow, Robert Lance, Harold Lefler. Frances Lett, Jack Lilly, Dar rell Linker, Paul Lofland. Bob Mason, Gene Monia, Gwenn Moore. Nadra Moore, Ann Mor rill. Richard Morris, Llovd Me- Cashen, Nancv McDonough. Lor etta McGee, Barbara McGonagle, Vicki Noel. Beverly Norris. Judi Parrish. Marilvn Pauli, Chyle Robbins, Sandra Robinson, Janyce Rosecrans, Joyce Rose- crans, Peggy Ann Ross, Carol Russell, Frank Saxbury, Doris Schultz, Bonnie Sears. Dave Setness. Lonnie Sewell, John Shama, Joe Shelton, Roy Shepherd. Dean Sloan, Earlene Sloan, Ellen Standridge. Kenneth Striplin, Juanita Swindler, Bev erly Taylor, Donald Terry. Rena Thompson, Gordon Tidwell, Zoe Turner, Joan vonderHellen, Le roy Waterhouse, Katherine Wright, Lola Young, Dorma Cusick, Gerrie Smith and Doris Tucker BUDGET PUBLISHED Budget for tha 1956-57 fiscal fear for tha City of Central oint appears on pages six and seven of this weeks American. Budget hearing, open to the public, will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, Juno 21, in the city hall. WIN SCHOLARSHIPS Melvin Harsh and Vicki Noel, graduating seniors at Crater • High school, were notified Tues day that they have won scholar ships to Linfield college in Mc Minnville. ROGUE VALLEY WEATHER Ronald L. vonderHellen Marilyn Bohnert Varnon L. Gebhard OSC (Special)—Edyth Marilyn Bohnert, Vernon LeRoy -Geb hard and Ronald Lee von der Hellen will receive degrees at Oregon State college's 87th an nual commencement June 4 Miss Bohnert and Gebhard will receive bachelor’s degrees in ag riculture and von der Hellen will receive a bachelor’s degree « from the school of business and technology. He is also among those students graduating with honors. OSC will confer 1106 degrees this year, including a record 68 doctor’s degrees, 179 master’s de grees, 858 bachelor’s degrees and one professional civil engineering degree. Six students will get two degrees. President A. L. Strand will confer the degrees and deliver his annual class message at the commencement program. The exercises will be held in the coliseum, starting at 10 a m., to assure maximum seating for relatives and visitors. U. S. Weather Bureau Max. Min. Proc. May 24 70 47 May 25 81 42 May 26 62 46 .03 May 27 63 40 May 28 77 38 May 29 88 47 .04 May 30 77 55 .12 Unsettled weather conditions »een for weekend. Showers pre dicted.
