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Central Point VOLUME XXVIII Stratton Named Agent-of-Record By City Council Richard Stratton of Faber- Stratton Insurance of Central Point has been appointed agent- of-record for the city of Central Point by action of councilmen at their adjourned regular meeting held Thursday evening, July 26. The appointment came follow ing a recommendation and re port by William Saxbury, coun cil finance chairman. Saxbury stated that all but one local insurance agent favored the agent-of-record plan. Under this arrangement. one local agent will write all city insur ance and share commissions with other loca! agents. One provision included in the appointment was that the city will keep contro1 and ask for bids w’hen it is wished to check rates. A motion was made and pass ed that the engineer establish a correct gtade for future use in correcting the curb construction at 7th and Manzanita. Another motion made and pas sed on the recommendation of the street committee was that Bush street be surfaced with a coat of asphalt seal coat and two lifts of crushed rock. Mayor Donald E. Faber pre- sided at this special session. Councilmen in attendance were L. J. Bigham, M. C. Gleason, Robert Padgett, William Sax bury and E. R. Yocom. Vagrant Fleeces Citizens of Cash James Benton Marshall, who gave his address as the Grand hotel in Medford, was arrested July 26 on a vagrancy charge after fleecing three local resi- dents out of money. Marshall, who has a criminal record dating back to 1927, had been approaching elderly citiz ens and telling a story of former friendship. He then asked for money, claiming he would repay it. He received a total of $27 from three local residents before be ing arrested by city police. He was fined $50 and given a 30-day jail sentence. The sent ence was suspended on the con dition that he leave town. DAUGHTER IS GUEST Mrs Lloyd Cary and daughter. Marsha, of Los Angeles arrived Sunday afternoon for a ten-dav visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs A. M. Brooke, of Central Point. AUGUST MEETING City councilmen will hold their regular August meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, August 6, at the city hall. AMERICAN CENTRAL POINT, JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON Officer Battles Stray Pig Sunday Oh, for the life of a small town police officer! Sunday evening, Night pfficer Alan Bishop battled a stray pig with the assistance of Chief Wal lace Bowen, Recorder Arden Pinkham and several local resi dents. The report Sunday evening came from Gust Goldenpenny on Hazel street that a pig was loose and damaged his garden. Officer Bishop tracked down the stray porker, loaded it into the police car and dumped it temporarily in a farmer's field on Upton road. Monday the owner, James Carrigan of Hazel street, report- ed the loss and the animal was returned to him. Juvenile Grange To Meet Eriday Central Pqint Juvenile Grange will meet at 8:30 p.m. Friday, August 3, at the Central Poiht Grange hall. Attendance was small at the last meeting, according to Mrs. Morris Frink, matron, and she urged all juveniles to attend The bird house project has been completed. First place rib bon went to Bob Kuest; second place to Judy Frink; third place to Carolee Kuest. The bird hous es were displayed at the Central Point Garden club show. Omitted from the last report was the name of Donna Debrick, who placed third in the state with the place mats she made. THURSDAY. AUGUST 2. 1956_____________________ NUMBER 45 Gleason Seeks Chief's Post, Board Accepts Resignations Whitneys Leave Chnrch Position, To Attend School The Rev. Donald Whitney, min ister of Central Point Church of Christ for the past five years, has resigned his post so he will be able to take post-graduate work at Lincoln Bible Institute, Lincoln, Illinois. Before enrolling at the insti tute, Whitney and his family plan to spend some time at Sher idan, Oregon, with his parents. He and his wife are parents of two children, Ronnie, age 4, and Steven, age 2. They left to day for Sheridan. t Sunday afternoon, the church congregation held a farewell picnic at the city park for the Whitneys. A large group was out to bid them goodbye. Gene Shelley, minister of the Church of Christ at Ceres, Calif., will be preaching at the Church Of Christ on Sunday, August 5. Dick Jones, student minister from San Jose Bible college, will be ministering to the congrega tion for the remainder of the summer. Local V.F.W. Post to Conduct Clean-up Drive Over Weekends July Building Totals $17,800 Building permits issued dur ing the month of July from the Central Point citv hall carried a value of $17,800. Permits were issued as fol- lows: To J. R. Krupp Jr. to build an addition to a frame dwelling at 271 Taylor road for $3000; to Paulsen Thrift Market to re- model a store building .it 112 Pine street for $3000 To Thos. E. Whittle to con- struct a frame dwelling at 725 Chestnut for $8000; to James W. Glenn to remodel a store building at 221 Pine for $3000 To William H. Askwith to build a car port at 466 South First for $500; to Elmer Greer to construct a garage and stor age at 142 Freeman road for $300 A city-wide clean-up cam paign, with emphasis on scrap metal and abandoned auto bod ies, will be conducted during the next two weekends by mem bers of Central Point Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4316. Post Commander Robert Mon sey reported that members of the post will be out on both August 3 and 4 and August 10 and 11 to canvass the town pick ing up car bodies, metal and trash. One truck to be used in the drive has been donated by Gord on Kershaw. Post members will supply pickups. Frank Bruce is serving as chairman of the campaign for the post, He stated that there would be no charge for pickups but that donations would be ap preciated to help defray expen ses. Persons in Central Point atid vicinity who would like to have the VFW stop at their home during the clean-up drive are asked to phone Monsey at NO 4-2738 or Bruce at NO 4-2466 D. Smith Tops Pre-fair Judging Contest Dale Sr'i*h, Central Point Livestock club member topped more than 75 other club mem bers in the livestock judging contest at the Central Point pre- fair last Saturday. He scored 497 1 out of a pos- sible 500 points. In the only class that he missed, Dale switched one pair of fat steers and interestingly enough the an imals were his own. He scored perfectly in agreement with the judges in all the rest of the classes. A close second was John Cox. Jr. of Upper Rogue with 480 points and Marilyn Cordy was third with 470 points. The top placings in the Home Economics Judging Contest at the Central Point pre-fair went to Joan Dobrot with high score of 280 3 and to Annette Drager with a high score of 269.7. Other placings in this contest were Elaine McKay, Central Point, 256 9; Patsy Striplen, Cen tral Point. 253; 'Joanna Mal- loroy, Antelope. 250; Marilyn Cordv, Central Point, 248.5; and Phyllis Taylor, Central Point, 245 5. Other results were as follows: Forestry Judging Contest Joan Dobrot—1st Fred Jossy—2nd Clifford Pinkham—3rd Charles Elmore—4th Russell Elmore—Sth Bill Anhorn and Steve Stewart tied for 6th Poultry Judging Donna Debrick, Carolyn Tiegs. Bob Kuest, tied for first Mavis Strom—4th Joan Dobrot—Sth Karen Renfrcnv r and Alice 'or 6th Thompson, tied foi Judging 1. Dale Smith 2 John Cox. Jr 3. Marilyn Cordy 4. Allen Barnes 5. Ronald Anderson 6 Patsy Charley 7. Betty Kerr 8 Russell Frink 9 Bonnie Brantley 10. Bill Hubbard (Continued on page eight) Cowley Building Near Completion Remodeling and painting the exterior of the Cowley building at Second and Pine streets has nearly been completed. Painters have painted the en tire outside of the building a light brown color and have trim med the structure in a redwood brown. Remodeling of the two offices in the east part of the building is nearly completed. Cedar panel ing is being installed across the front of the building. Turner to Open Offices Tuesday Dental offices of Dr. Bruce L. Turner w*ill be opened on Tues day, August 7, according to latest word thia week. Contractor Joe Edwards is heading a crew which is finish ing last minute details in the remodeled office. A reception room, office, two operating rooms, laboratory and recovery room have been provided in the west half of the building. Doctor Turner expects to have most of his operating room and laboratory equipment in place today. The''Portland supply firm delivered the equipment today. Mrs Mary Johnson will work in the office as a dental assist ant. She was formerly employed here by the First National Bank. 30 Sign Thursday For Kindergarten About 30 youngsters have been enrolled for Central Point Kind ergarten classes this fall follow ing a tea held last Thursday afternoon by the sponsoring org- anization. Central Point Lady Lions. Present enrollment is enough for morning classes, However, registration is still open for afternoon sessions. Mrs. C. L. Miller, kindergarten teacher, was introduced at the tea. George Johns, principal of H. P. Jewett Elementary school, spoke on the need of a kinder garten and Mrs Miller explain ed the operation and future plans. Children who are five years of age up to November 15 arq eligible. The for is $1 and par ents may register at the home of Mrs William Saxbury, 263 South Second. For additional information, parents may contact Mrs. Sax bury at NO 4-2248, Mrs. Donald A. Faber at NO 4-3908 or Mrs Gay Anderson at NO 4-2958. Pee Wees Blast Eagle Point 24-2 Central Point Pee Wee ball players went wild Tuesday after noon in their game at Eagle Point as they blasted the Eagles 24 2 All 2« boys on the squad saw action. The team banged out 11 hits to score their 24 runs. Batteries for Central Point were Pat Pepper, Don Pfaff and Jeff Anhorn and Dennis Samples. RHE Central Point 737 25—24 11 1 000 11—2 4 4 Eagle Point Directors to Take More Applications Citizens Delegation Attend Board Session One application, from James R. Gleason of Central Point, has been submitted to directors of Central Point Rural Fire Pro tection District for the chief’s vacancy created by the resigna- tion of J. R. Krupp Jr. Directors, in their regular meeting evening, Wednesday agreed to accept applications for the vacancy until August 10. They hope to have a replacement chosen and on duty ‘by August 15 > Director Claude Hypver point ed out that there are several applications which will be sub mitted within the next few days. In formal action by boafd members last night, the resigna tions from both Chief Richard Krupp and Asst. Chi«. I Harry Tonn were accepted. Krupp’s resignation will be ef fective August 31 but his last day of employment will be Aug ust 24 because of accumulated vacation time. Tonn’s resigna tion is also effective August 31 but he has agreed to serve until such time as a new assistant is appointed. A motion was made by direct ors to submit an application to Elk City Water District for mem bership. Cost of joining the district for water service is $175, which pays for a meter and pressure valve. Chairman Bert Smith submit- ted a list of duties which out lined the job of the chief of the department. The list was read and approval was shown by di rectors. A delegation of about 25 per- sons was present for the meet- ing, including Chester Wendt, county commissioner. Members of the delegation asked ques tions of the directors concern ing operation of the district. The next meeting will be call ed to consider applications for the chiefs position. Huge Salmon Catch Makes Front Page Lloyd and Bessie Livingtson, owners of Livingston's Sporting Goods in Central Point, made the front page of the July 27 issue of Weekend Fishing & Hunting. The pair, with L. B. Wright of Klamath Falls, caught their limits of salmon on two days while fishing at Trinidad, Calif., shortly after July 4 Lloyd reported that they caught 27 salmon. They had the fish canned and brought home 104 cans of salmon. TROGUE VALLEY bfr# WEATHER U. S. Weather Bureau Min. Max. Pree. 86 57 July 26 T 58 93 July 27 55 87 July 28 89 51 July 29 89 51 July 30 84 47 July 31 72 51 Aug 1 Clearing and warming trend predicted weatherwise over the weekend.
