TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. June 22, 1944
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POST OFFICE AT
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Postmaster Abbott Notified
Advance Effective July 1
Population Grows
Central Point, June 22 C. W,
Abbott, Central Point postmas
ter, has received word from the
posloffice department that his of
fice Is to be advanced to second
class on July 1. The advance
ment is due partly to establish
ment of Camp White, but mainly
to the Increase of population be
cause of new mills and other
local activities.
The first postofflce here was
established around 1873. It was
located about a half mile east of
the present site. Central Point
consisted of one store and the
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C. W. Abbott
postofflce. The first postmaster
was Hunt Magruder. In 1887
Central Point was moved to the
present location. Martha Card
well succeeded Magruder In the
postofflce and since then Sam
Moore, Guy Tex, Tom Pankey
and Mr. Abbott have served. For
many years the office was a dis
. tributing point for 17 different
communities.
In 1941 the postofflce was
moved from Its old location to
the present quarters In the Odd
Fellows building. The present
location Is one of the most Ideal
quarters for a postofflce this size
in southern Oregon.
Postmaster Abbott was ap
pointed In May, 1943, and Is one
of the youngest postmasters In
tliis part of the. state. He was 29
at the time he was appointed.
The Central Point postofflce
has one of the largest rural
routes In Oregon, covering
eighty-eight and seven-tenths
miles. J. E. Vincent Is the carrier.
Brig, Gen. Pratt
Killed in France
London, June 22 (U.R) The
first high-ranking American In
vasion casualty was disclosed to
day In a supreme headquarters
announcement that Brig. Gen.
Don F. Pratt, 51, Brookfield, Mo.,
had been killed In the first day's
operations while leading a unit
of an airborne division Into
France.
Pratt, a pioneer In airborne
tactics In civilian life before the
last war, died In the wreckage of
a glider which crashed into a
tree when his formation landed
northwest of Carcntaln. Reports
from the front said the general
was burled in France.
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First Lt. Worlow C. Purdln
of Medford, pilot of a B-24 Lib-
erator bomber stationed In Italy
with the U. S. 15th Air Force,
was wounded in action over
Austria on May 29, his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Purdin of
335 West Holly street, have been
notified by the war department.
Lt. Purdin, participating in
his 47th mission, was injured In
the leg and Jaw when a 20-mm.
shell exploded in the pilot's
compartment. His wounds were
reported to be not serious.
The flier is a graduate of
Medford high school and later
attended the Southern Oregon
College of Education In Ash
land. He was a member of the
Medford National Guard and
was appointed an aviation cadet
Immediately after Pearl Harbor.
Lt. Donald Grigsby
Completes Thirty
German Missions
According to a letter received
from Lt. Donald R. Grigsby, the
20-year-old flier has completed
30 missions over Germany as
bombardier of a B-24 Liberator
bomber.
Lt. Grigsby Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy J. Grigsby of the
Veritas Orchard, Rt. 4, Medford.
He graduated from Ashland
high in 1941 and enlisted in the
army air corps June 19, 1942.
Completing a course in aerial
photography at Denver, Colo., he
then became a cadet and gradu
ated as a bombardier August 5,
1943, at Midland, Tex., at which
time he was commissioned a sec
ond lieutenant.
He was sent to March Field,
Calif., after being assigned to an
air crew at Gowen Field, Ida.,
for advanced training. Lt. Grigs
by arrived in England the latter I
part of December and has since
been promoted to the rank of
first lieutenant. Lt. Grigsby's
squadron commander was Capt. !
Jimmy Stewart, formerly of the
movies.
Jealous Husband
Wounds Two and
' Kills Wife, Self
Los Angeles, June 22 (U.R)
In a dramatic race with pursuing
police, a jealous husband or
phaned his two sons yesterday,
critically wounded his mother-
in-law, put a bullet In the man
he suspected of keeping company
with his wife and then took his
own life.
As a panting officer despaired
of catching the husband and
grabbed a telenhono to worn !
Mrs. Thomas Westrlck. 3D. he '
heard the shot which killed her. '
A moment later the 45-year-
old school Janitor shot Joseph j
Coleman, 40, and killed himself. ;
The shooting spree started !
when Westrlck shot his wife's
mother, Mrs. Grace Pctrit. as she !
surprised him writing farewell 1
notes.
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hats and the insignia of rank or rat
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clothing allowance J:00 for en
listed WAVES, :S0 for officers.
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