150th Anniversary of Fulton's
Hudson Voyage Will Be Observed
Washington This summer
marks the 150 anniversary of the
historic, happy voyage of Mr.
Robert Fulton's Clermont.
The Ciemon, though not the
first steamship by any means,
chugged to fame Aug. 17, 1807,
on its run from New York to
Albany.
Its success ushered in the re
markable era of steam transpor
tation that helped build Amer
ica. Not many people thought
Fulton's Folly" could do it.
Thomas Paine said a whale
would have to tow it. To some
persons, the low lying vessel sug
gested a "backwoods .sawmill
mounted on a scow and set
afire."
Albany or Bust
Skeptics gathered at the New
York pier on that warm, misty
August day in the delicious
dread of seeing the Clermont
blow up.
It seemed at first, that their
fears would be fulfilled. The
boat had hardly pushed away
from the dock when it sputtered
and clanked to an embarrassing
stop
There was alarm, especially
among the select group of p.is
sengers. These included Fulton's
backer, New York Chancellor
Robert Livingston, his disting-
uisheds guests, and quite -a few
Livingston girls. There were
mutterings: "Told you . . . Fool
ish scheme."
Fulton, a deteremined and
darkly handsome man, climbed
onto a platform and addressed
the throng.
In his own words: "I stated
that I knew not what was the
matter, but if they would be
quiet and induldge me for half
an hour, I would either go on
or abandon the voyage for that
time.
Luckily, the trouble was set
aright. The Clermont splashed
up the Hudson river at a steady
five miles an hour. To one poetic
spectator, it resembled, not a
sawmill, but a "monster moving
tn the waters defying the winds
and tide, and breathing flames
and smoke."
Fulton himaslx noted the ro
mantic and aver varying scenery
of the Hudson highlands
No doabt tha former farm boy
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Madison, Wis. (W Polica
used the scrable msthod today
in their efforts to catch burlar.
Twenty-one aluminum letters
valued at $105 were stolen from
a local firm Tuesday and the po
lice believe the letters spell tha
names of the thieves.
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CSBSV B"oM OJflfct: Sloonlliatte, HL
was in a wondrously romantic
mood. Behind him lay a wake
of brilliant failures in art, canal
designing, and submarine invent
ing, but beneath him was a
steamboat that actually worked
well. It was not his idea, but
he had the genius to combine all
the best ideas of earlier inven
tions. And aboard the Clermont
was the fair, harp-playing Har
riet Livingston, his beloved.
Happy Ending
Financier Livingston was elat
ed, too. Just after noon the next
day, he announced cousin Har
CENTRAL POINT
Women Elect
By DORIS HUGHES
Central Point The Jaycee-
ettes met the evening of May
22, at the home of Mrs. Melvin
Anhorn, with Mrs. Dale Bartley
and Mrs. Bill Esselstyn as co
hostesses. The following officers were el
ected for the summer term: pres
ident, Mrs. Lee Collinsworth;
first vice-president, Mrs. Rich
ard Stratton; second vice-president,
Mrs. William Johnson; sec
retary, Mrs. Gay Hallett and
treasurer, Mrs. Lee McNew. The
next meeting will be held, Wed
nesday, June 12, at 8 p.m. at the
home of Mrs. Don Squire, with
Mrs. Gay Hallett, and Mrs. Eloy
Sutton as cohostesses.
A party and shower was held
Tuesday evening in the Fellow
ship hall of the Community
Bible church, honoring the Rev.
William Mallon, missionary to
the Netherlands' New Guinea.
The shower included the things
he would need for the four years
in the field. Fellowship hall was
decorated with spring flowers,
Refreshments were served to
nearly one hundred guests.
The graduation ceremony for
Crater High school is to be held
op Wednesday, May 29, at 8 p.m.
There will be 120 students re
ceiving diplomas.
Larry Frick is improved
enough to.be brought home. He
had been taken to Eugene by
Mercy Flights. Larry is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Frick of
Taylor road.
Kathi Glenn, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Glenn, has had
a two weeks seige of the measles.
Clarence Melbye, vice-princi
pal and dean of boys, has resign
ed from Crater High school to
become principal of Central
High school, at Monmouth-Inde
pendence. ,
Daily vacation Bible school
will begin at the Church of
Christ, June 10, and will con
tinue through June 21. Classes
will begin at 9 a.m. and end at
11:20 a.m. Special classes will
bsi held for those students grad
uating from the eighth grade
this year, though high school.
Girls will be taught flower ar
ranging and the boys will be
taught furniture making. Boys
and girls interested in these clas-
sfis, may register at the church
services, or they may call the
Bsv. Mr. . Shelley.
A C David Monia is home
for a visit with his parents, Mr.
end Mrs. Ildred Monia. He is
stationed at the Chanute Air
lores baas in Illinois.
Mr. aiaf Mrs. Arthur Ayres
spant lsst week end at Klam
sth Falls visiting Mr. and Mrs
Yilliam Grimes and boys. Mrs.
Grimes is the daughter of the
Ayres.
The Jriands church Bible
school will bsgin June 10 this
yaar. It will continue for two
weeks. Classes will begin at 9
a.m.
Mrs. . Anthony F. Lyon Jr.
sister of David T. Allison, of
Central Point, embarked for Ja
pan, June 25th. She will join
her husband, Sgt. Lyon, who Is
stationed there.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Grimes
stopped in Central Point Sat
urday. They are former residents
of Central Point and are now
living at Gold Beach. They were
on their way to Klamath Falls
to visit their son, - William
Grimes and family.
Mrs. Bob Morris of Gold Hill
called at the home of Mrs. Roy
al Greenman Sr., Sunday.
The Central Point Rural Fire
department held a surprise drill
during the drag races at Camp
White, yesterday. The purpose
of the drill was to see how
quickly the area could be clear
ed, in case of fire. The crowd,
estimated at more than' 2,000,
cleared the track before the fire
trucks could come the two
blocks from the fire hall. Fire
men taking part in this event
were, Elvis Byer, E. Amidon,
Walter Johnson, and Robert Mc-
Ivor.
Sunday at Touveile park, a
family reunion was held, honor
ing Mrs. Norma Higinbotham, on
her birthday. Her children and
families who attended the affair
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riet's bethothal to Robert. Then
the Clermont docked at Living
son's riverside estate, "Cler
mont," and everybody went to
the manor house to spend the
night.
Meanwile, the Clermont's cap
tain fetched his wife, who had
burning desire to ride to Albany
in a vessel driven by a "tea
kettle."
The voyage took 32 hours of
sailing time. And for Fultort, it
had the happiest possible ending
fame, prestige, a loving wife,
and four children.
New Officers
lwere Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Cul-
bertson of Provolt and the fol
lowing families from Central
Point: Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hig
inbotham and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Higinbotham and fa
mily, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Higin
botham and family, and Miss Ha
Mae and Wilmer Higinbotham.
Mrs. Higinbotham's other son,
Wayne, was unable to attend,
but two cf his daughters were
there.
Classes for daily vacation
Bible school at the Community
Church begin June 10 and will
end on June 21. Classes are
for children four years old and
up through the eighth grade.
Classes meet from 9 a.m. to 11:30
p.m. The theme for study this
year will be, '"journeying with
Christ."
Visiting the Louie Loeffler
home last week were the Fred
Loefflers from Freemount, Neb
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Johnson
entertained the following at a
dinner at their home Sunday:
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Simmons, El-
win and Terrance Simmons, of
Medford, and Mrs. Millie John
son, and the Charles Hughes
family of Central Point.
Baccalaureate Service was
held May 26, at the Crater High
school gymnasium. The students
marched in, and the Rev. Jean
M. Shelley, from the Church of
Christ, gave the invocation. Af
ter numbers by the band, the
girls' glee club and the varsity
choir, the sermon was given by
the Rev. Paul O. Kroon, from
the Community Bible church.
The combined varsity choir and
the girls glee club sang the
Lord's Prayer. The benediction
was given by the Rev. Jean
Shelley. The band played the re
cessional.
Two parties were held for
Randall Lee Anderson's birth
day. He was two years old. The
parties were both at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Anderson. Guests for the
afternoon party were Shirly
Adams, Michs-el and Donny An
derson and Pat, Ronnie, and Ed
Sutton. The evening party in
cluded Betty and Perry Cimfl,
Tony and Ronney Johnson, and
Glenda and Charlotte Anderson.
At each party, there were games,
gifts and refreshments.
Navy Mothers club 468 met at
the home of Mrs. Hester Culbert-
son Wednesday, May 22, for a
potluck dinner and an election
meeting.
Officers elected were com
mander, Hester Culbertson; first
vice-president, Mrs. Ruby Brown;
second vice-president,. Mrs. Mar
tha Booth: secretary. Mrs. Ina
Adams and treasurer, Mae Rob
inson.
The next meeting will be on
June 12 at the home of Mrs. L.
D. Booth. After a pot-luck din
ner, sewing is planned for the
afternoon. Mrs. Booth extended
an invitation to all mothers of
boys in the Navy, Coast Guard,
or Navy Air Corps.
Visitors at the E. R. Yocums
last weekend were Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Knight from Sherwood,
Ore. Also visiting the Yocums
were their seven grandchildren
and two nephews.
The Missionary Circle of the
Church of Christ met at the
home of Mrs. Otto Bohnert for a
covered dish dinner at noon.
Twenty-four people attended the
dinner and meeting. Mrs. Wil
liam Davis presided at the meet
ing. Mr. Jean Shelley, minister
of the Church of Christ, spoke
on the subject, "the restoration
movement of missionary work."
Missionary to the Philippins
Islands, Mr. J. Willis Hale gave
a talk on Philippine missions.
Next meeting will be June 28,
at the home of Mrs. James Cor
nutt on the Old Stage rd.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C: Lisenbee
returned Friday from a 10-day
trip to southern California.
Their children had a trip to the
zoo in San Francisco and a trip
through Disneyland in Los An
geles. While in California, the
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High School Annual
Dedicated to Doctor
Cave Junction The Illinois
Valley Hfgh school annual has
been dedicated to Dr. Charles
N. Versteeg, local physican and
surgeon, for his many services
to the school, including being
attending physican at all local
sports events.
Editor of the annual was
Floyd Mathews. Jean Knight
was assistant editor and --. -.
Mellow was business manager
X-Ray Clinic Due
To Close Thursday
The chest x-ray clinic at Sac
red Heart hospital will be clos
ed Thursday, May 30, because
of Memorial Day. according to
the Jackson County Public
Health association.
The clinic will be open again
June 5 from 7 to 9 p. m. and on
June 6 from 2 to 5 pxn., they
stated.
At the Oregon Tuberculosis
and Health association annual
meeting in Portland last week,
Dr. William Cloyd, assistant su
perintendent of the state of Ore
gon Tuberculosis hospital,
pointed out the advantages of x
ray in finding minimal or early
cases of tuberculosis.
In a recent study of new tu
berculosis cases, it was found
tthat 35 per cent -of the cases
discovered by x-ray were in
their early stages compared to
21 per cent minimal cases found
by other means, Dr. Cloyd
stated. Since these cases were
discovered early these people
stand a 100 per cent chance of
getting well, Dr. Cloyd said.
The clinic at Sacred Heart
hospital is operated by the Jack
son County Public Health as
ssociation with volunteed help
provided by the hospital Provi
dence guild.
Bakery Workers To Be
Committee Targets
Washington (IP) The Senate
Labor Rackets committee will
turn the heat on the Bakery
Workers union Tuesday in an
effort to determine whether two
top officials misused union
funds.
Chairman John L. McClellan
(D.-Ark.) said the public hear
ings involving the 160,000 mem
ber Bakery and Confectionery
Workers union would follow
brief public testimony by three
elusive witnesses in connection
with the affairs of Teamster
Union President Dave Beck.
The three witnesses, who
were subpoenaed last week, are:
Dave Beck Jr.: Joseph McEvoy,
a nephew of Beck, and Teamster
accountant Fred Verschueren
Sr., who is believed to have kept
Beck's books.
Lisenbees visited Lisenbee's
father in Yucaipa, and other rel
atives in Barsto, Bakersfield and
Yuba City. They said the wea
ther was cloudy during most of
their trip.
Friday, Mrs. Elizabeth Scott,
her daughter, Mrs. Bernice Mc
Cue, and her granddaughter;
Patty McCue called on Mrs. Earl
Hoover of Route 1, Central
Point. Mrs. Hoover is well
enough now to receive callers.
She also has her telephone be
side her bed now so her friends
may call her.
Mrs. Carrie Hamrick is im
proved much now and able to be
out to church.
She is making her home with
her daughter, Mrs. R. A. Rich
ards. Central Point residents who
have news items that would be
of interest to others in the com
munity are asked to call Doris
Hughes at NOrmandy 4-1106.
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HILTS
Graduation Exercise Held
BY MRS. M. F. CAVIN
Hilts The Cafeteria room of
the Hilts elementary school was
the scene of the graduation ex
cercises for the eighth grade
class on Thursday, evening, May
23.
The room was decorated by
the seventh grade class with lat
tice weaving of pink and white
crepe paper overhead. Branches
of mock orange bush with pur
ple iris formed the background.
The graduates Charles Shaw
and Letha Zerbee, were in
troduced by principal Perry
Johnson. This is the smallest
class ever to be graduated from
Hilts school. ,
Invocation was given by Pas
tor John Shaw, after which pre
sentation of colors was made
by Bob Scouts Kurt Johnson
and Terry Tallis.
Presentation of diplomas was
made by Bob Trinca. Speaker of
the evening was the Rev. Lester
Libbey, pastor of the First Bap
tist' church of Ashland.
Corsages of pink and white
carnations for the graduates and
teachers were provided by the
PTA.
. The final meeting of the Hilts
PTA' for the school term, was I
held in the cafeteria room at the
school on the afternoon of May
16.
The program was presented by
Mrs. Brice Rohrer's third and
fourth grade students.
The business meeting was pre
sided over by president Mrs.
Donivan Ward.
The tentative date of May 17 for
the school picnic was found to be
unsatisfactory for various rea
sons, inlcuding a busy sports cal
ender, much illness in the com
munity, and unfavorable weath
er conditions. After a brief dis
cussion, September was chosen
by majority vote.
Other business matters were
setting a price on the public
address system for 'resale, with
Mrs. Rodney Eastman being ad
ded to the committee already
appointed to transact the sale
and purchase of other machines.
Vera Burns, Mrs. Robert Fremd,
and Mrs. Al Simmen h a v ing
been previously appointed. The
graduates and teachers were pre
sented with flowers on the night
of the graduation program,
May23.
A "Country Fair" was plan
ned for the latter part of Aug
ust to serve as a money making
project for the coming term.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Robert Preston . and Mrs.
Robert Fremd.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Thompson
and daughter Marilyn visited
on Sundav at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Larry Rohl in Copco.
Mrs. Perry Johnson and
daughters, Nancy and Joyce,
made a business trip to Klamath
Falls on Saturday. ,
Weekend euests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John Green and
family were Mr. and Mrs. D. A.
Seaton of Masier, Ore. Mrs. Sea
ton is Green's sister.
A weekend guest at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayris
v as their daughter, Mrs. Bob
Dragoo, of Merrill, Ore.
-The senior Girl Scout troop,
under the leadership of Mrs.
William Wiley, participated in
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Wednesday. May 29, 1957
a "Coffee Can Cook-out" at the
Burton Ranch, southwest of
Yrpka nn Saturday. They were
joined by some of the senior
scouts from Yreka.
Word was received Tuesday
morning, of the death of Mrs.
Clela Gliberg in Sonora, Calif.,
on Sunday. Survirors include her
son William, of Modesto, Gene of
the Armed Forces, Karen of Son
ora, and five grandchildren. .
Mrs. Al Simmen and Mn.
William Wiley spent Tuesday in
Medford on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Itala Marin and
Frankie, spent the weekend in
Oroville as guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Moore; former Hilts
residents who managed the Club
hotel a few years ago.
They saw the Feather river
festival, a weekend event, at
Oroville. Mrs. Lee Sheppard and
children accompanied tha Mar
ins to Oroville where they visit
ed at the home of her mother.
Guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Vic Vande Weghe on Mon
day were Mrs. Ed Moore and
Mr; Tom Burnfiel. of Medford,
Mrs. Paul Godward of Jackson
ville, and Mrs. Anna Wolff, of
Central Point. Mrs. Moore, Mrs.
Vande Weghe cousin, was hon
ored with a birthday party in
the afternoon.
Miss Marlene Smith, wtio
spent a week's vacation at the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. G. Thompson, and sister
Marilyn, left Friday evening for
her home in Long Beach, Calif.
Mrs. Ted Sletten and daugh
ters, of Medford. visited at the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Ayris Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vieira, Mr.
and Mrs. R. M. Cavin and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Gino Trinca
and sons, drove to HornDroon,
WerfnesHav evenine to attend a
dinner at the home of Mrs. Ella
Rose in honor of her birthday.
Mrs Vieira. Mrs. Cavin, ana
Mrs. Trinca are Mrs. Rosa's
daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ray-
bould, Mr. and Mrs. Don Hoot
enpyle and daughter, Naomi, of
rinvprdale. Calif., are spending
a few days visiting at the home
of Raybould s parents, Mr. ana
Mrs. William Fraiey.
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expected to better the longevity
record of her grandfather who
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