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Kunzman Resigns Crater Position For State Post Resignations from four teach ert in the School District 6 sys tem were accepted Monday even ing by the board of directors and eight instructors were elected to teaching posts. Leonard Kunzman, vocational agriculture instructor at Crater High school for the past six years, has resigned to accept a position with the State Voca tional Education department. He will direct an adult education program in the state of Oregon. Under Kunzman's direction, the Crater High vocational ag riculture program has received state-wide recognition. Some of the major honors won by stud ents of the department are as follows. In 1950, the first year of the agriculture program, the stud ents won second in livestock judging at Pacific International in competition with Oregon, Washington and Idaho teams. In 1951, students repeated with second in beef judging at the PI. In 1953, the department won a first in district parlimentary pro cedure contest. In 1954, they won first in both district and sec tional public speaking. In 1955, Dann Johnson was elected state FFA president and he also won first in the state for public speaking. The students placed first in livestock judging at the PI In addition, Kunzman has headed an outstanding adult ed ucation program which drew at tendance from throughout the valley. The Crater FEA chapter has sent delegates to the nation al FFA convention in Kansas City for the past four years. Other resignations came from James and Nancy Gay, who had been teaching English at Crater High school. Gay was also fresh man coach. He has accepted a post at Parkrose High school where he will be assistant foot ball and head baseball coach. Mrs. Elajne Coleman, girl’s physical education instructor at Central Point Junior High, also has resigned. Edward Greggs has been elect ed to fill Kunzman’s post as vo cational agriculture instructor. He is married and the father of two children. Griggs taught vocational ag riculture for five years at Half way and was in charge of beef cattle experimentation at the Squaw Hutte Experiment Sta tion. He has been working on his master’s degree at OSC and for the pant year has been em ployed as a fieldman in north ern Oregon, for Quaker Oats Co. Charles LeFebre, who has been teaching at Tacoma, Wash , will t teach English at Crater High school. He has taught prev iously at Corvallis and Bend. Mrs. Lorraine Hall will in struct girl's physical education at Crater High. She was PE in structor for three year; at the junior high school Mrs. Laura Patterson will teach fifth grade in Central Point Elemenetary school. She previously taught in Central Point Mrs. Letha Backes will teach Top* in recreation and inexpensive • SNOOKER • POOL • All Types Games — OPEN — 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Closed Sunday VALLEY BILLIARDS 222 Pine Street Central Point and under the wording of the original law, all GI loans would have had to be closed by that date. Under this new law, any GI loan for which VA recives an application by July 25, 1958, may be guaranteed or insured by VA if it is completed by July 25, 1959. Brannock stated that the n^w law affects only World War II veterans. Korean conflict period veterans have until January 31, ,1965, to obtain GI loans for homes, farms and businesses. In addition, this new law will permit any veterans who sells residential property purchased with a GI loan to be relieved from liability to the government under certain circumstances. a sixth grade at Central Point Elementary. She will take the place of Donald McLarrin, who will take the shop position form erly held by John Rock. Mrs. Backes has had several years experience in the Medford schools. Mrs. Alice Smock will teach girl’s physical education in Cen tral Point Junior high. Albert Piche was assigned to coach freshman football and basket ball and varsity baseball. Earle Fichtner has been hired to in struct driver training courses at Crater High school. Early Deer Hunt Tags Still Available Tags are still available for three of the eany controlled deer hunts following the appli cation filing deadline, the Ore gon Game Commission said to day. All remaining tags will be sold to applicants on a first come, first serve basis. Any resident hunter whether he received a tag last year or not is eligible to apply. Areas which lack the author ized number of hunters are the Minam, Upper Imnaha and Low er Imnaha. The hunt is schedul ed for September 1-4. Approx imately 400 tags remain to be issued for the Minam area, 200 for the Upper Imnaha and 300 for Lower Imnaha. A fee of $5 must be submitted with the ap plications. Local Quaker Group To Attend Conclave A delegation of Central Point Quakers will attend the 64th Oregon Yearly Meeting of Friends at Newberg, Oregon, his toric center of western Quaker development, beginning Thurs day, August 16, and continuing through Tuesday, August 21, an nounces the Rev. Dean Gregory, general superintendent of North west Friends churches. Included in the group will be Dr. Alvin Roberts, who will at tend meetings of the Board of Evangelism: Mrs. Eunice Jones; Dr. Wayne Roberts, who will attend meetings of the board of George Fox College; the Rev. and Mrs. Clynton Crisman, pas tor Medfordt Friends church, and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Langston. Dr. Alvin Rolierts will attend only the Friday meetings and Dr. Wayne Roberts will attend the board meeting on Friday GET YOUR POLIO VACCINE AS SOON AS YOU CAN... * I 2-Bedroom home. Garage, nice shade, lawn and flowers. $6500 $1000 down - $50 per month 5 Acres with 2-Bedroom mod ern home. Lawn, flowers, garage, chicken house, 3- sianchion barn, good well. Will tell for $7250 with $1000 down >r will trade for smaller place 4 Acres unimproved land. Excellent location, level, nice trees. Between Central Point ind Gold Hill on Old Stage Hoad. $4000 with $500 down THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS evening. Both physicians will be back m their offices after Friday. Emphasis will be upon the traditional Quaker concerns on peace, service, Christian educa tion, missions, holiness evange lism and church extension, youth work and promotion. GI Loan Program Extended 1 Year The World War II GI loan program ending date has been extended for one more year to July 25, 1958, under an ominbus GI loan law signed by the Presi dent August 1, 1956, according to S. T. Brannock, officer in charge of the VA office in Med ford. * Cooking • Water Heating - Refrigeration - Heating Propane tanks for rent—No need to buy. UT.IUTY ^SERVICE FOR SALE! MEANTIME, FOLLOW THESE PRECAUTIONS: TANK GAS SERVICE TELEPHONE 2-5284 228 West Main - Medford In the 12 years that the GI loan program has been in oper ation, 4,466,000 World War II veterans have borrowed $33.2 billion in GI loans to purchase homes, farms and businesses. Of that amount, VA has guaranteed or insured $17.9 billion. The GI loan program prev iously was scheduled to end July 25, 1957, Brannock stated, Wm. A. Standrdige Real Estate Agency 222 Pine Phone NO 4-1948 Res. NO 4-2934 Central Point Swan's Down CAKE MIX 4 pkgs. $1.00 CAN '0 POP 6 for 590 Heinz 2 bottles 49? CATSUP U < Crisco . . . ^ . 3 lb». 89c Sperry Pancake and Waffle Four 10 lb». . . . 99c New CHICO COOLERS WAS $39.95 $49.95 DELUXE Play Pool! THUSDAY. AUGUST 16. 1956 CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN. CENTRAL POINT. OREGON PAGE EIGHT NOW $27.50 NOW $37.50 These come in handy in winter months to move that heat down the hall or into other rooms. Save on fuel bills! GARDENING TOOLS 25' < OFF Our Low, Low Price» Rakes — Weeders — Post Hole Diggers, etc. For example: $3.00 tools now only $2.25 FEW LAWN MOWERS LEFT TOO! Tide Sugar King Size $1.19 25 lbs. $2.39 LOOK WHAT 39c WILL BUY! Armour's Sliced Bacon lb. 39c Hormel Assorted Lunch Meats lb. 39c Beef Roast lb. 39c FABER'S JUNHAM'S 1951 No. Pacific Highway at the "Y" MEDFORD Hormel Skinless Wieners lb. 39c SUPER MARKET Plenty of Parking Space Fre. Delivery Locker. TELEPHONE NO 4-2733 Central Point