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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,
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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
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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
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Unsettled weather conditions
»een for weekend. Showers pre
dicted.