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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE - Sunday, September 29, 1957 CENTRAL POINT Cub Scout Meeting Slated Br DORIS HUGHES Central Point A meeting for Pack 40 Cub Scouts of Central Point will be held at the Junior High school gymnasium, Tues day, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. Par ents of prospective Cubs and their sons are urged to be pres ent at 7 p.m. for a special meet ing of the Pack committeemen. There will be a special program and entertainment. George Ray, Cub master, and A. D. Van Horn, committee chairman, will be in charge. w Buried Treasure X Button Bag Contains . Many Hidden Treasures Cousin Abbie slid a brass but ton across the table top. "I found it in the button bag," she said. "I wonder how old it is." She set the button bag down and with its contents it must have weighed ten pounds. I pick ed up the button. You could tell at a glance it was a military button of some sort. It was brass, convex in shape, and on its face was a martial design typical of the" early 1800s. The chief feature was a can non pointing to the right. Be neath the muzzle was a stack of cannon balls six in all. Across the bottom of the face was a line beneath which were the letters REGT. A series of five-point stars followed the cir cle of the button's edge. The reverse side was simple. The shank was made in the form of a U with the arm bent in opposite directions at right an gles. The name of the maker was stamped into the metal. With the aid of a magnifying glass I made it out as "Armi tage, Phila." "Do you suppose it's worth anything," she said. I told her I would take it to a friend who was an avid button collector and ask him to give it the once over. When he saw it, he looked hard at the cannon. "It has eight spokes in the wheels," he said, "and that makes it much rarer than the five-spoke type. It's about 1790 1810 and worth $25 to $40. AN ITEM FOR ADVANCED GLASS COLLECTOR ONLY No matter what kind of glass It is, or how crude the work manship, if it's of the 1800s and you have a complete set, it has a real value. A case in point is that of a design put out by a Wheeling, W.Va., firm back in the 1880s. The design was known by a number rather than a name, the reason doubtless being there was so little distinctive about it. It was paneled, with a herring ' bone motif between the panel ing. And each panel was orna mented with a flower so stylized that it might have been anything from a butter cup to an orchid. In addition, the design was produced not only in clear glass, but in engraved glass, and in engraved and colored as well. It was also made both footed and squat, the feet looking re markably like those of that mythical and ugly beast, the griffin. Furthermore, the variety of items was large, there being in all 19 separate type of pieces from finger bowls to half gallon pitchers. Well, I have seen the design off and on for, years. And so when I saw a set of it recently, and in a particularly bilious green color I was not especially surprised. Curious, mainly. But I was surprised to see a friend of mine, a very sharp buy er and one with truly excellent taste in glassware as well as oth er things, buy it paying $295 for a set of 148 pieces. He seem ed positively delighted at the opportunity. I asked why. "I've already sold it, Pink ney," he said, showing me a let ter, agreeing to take such a set and at $4.50 per piece. "The buyer's an advanced col lector," he continued. Mr. and Mrs. Huey Van Horn visited last week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Van Horn. They were here to attend the wedding of their grandson, Adrian Van Horn, to Miss Sher rill von Buskirk Sept. 21. Five student council members of Crater High school are going with Arthur Straus, principal, to the District 5 Student Council convention which will be held in Klamath Falls Monday, Sept. 30. Students attending the council are Joe Teeters, presi dent; Warren Straus, vice presi dent; Judi Davis, secretary, Pat Cowie, treasurer; Bill White, business manager and Straus. The Women's Missionary group from the Central Point Church of Christ attended a meeting Friday afternoon in Ashland with the women from the Ashland Church of Christ. The leaders' meeting for Pack 40 Cub Scouts of Central Point will be held Monday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at Mrs. E. Grissom's home. All den mothers and committee men are urged to attend. Den mothers should have all awards for Scouts at the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Anders spent last week end in Portland and Lebanon. In Lebanon, they visited Mr. and Mrs. Lester Scott. Scott is Mrs. Anders' brother. Everett Beach, labor foreman: John Black, Forest creek war den, and John Bradish, logging inspector of the state forestry department on Table Rock rd., left last Friday for the coast to assist in the forest fire. LEGAL WAY TO COUNTERFEIT Tom, a jeweler friend of mine, was working like mad making what looked like little silver discs. That did it. I reached across the counter and picked up one of the pieces he had been work ing on. It was an octagon shape, and on the back was the symbol Vi over the word "DOLLAR. "You don't seem very much afraid of the Secret Service," I said. "But maybe they just haven't got onto you yet." Tom shook his head. "In a sense this is a labor of love," he replied. From a tiny envelope he shook jout six of the little octagon shapes. But instead of silver they had the rich gleam of gold. "They're 1852 half dollars," Tom said. "A fellow brought them in yesterday and wanted me to make them into a bracelet for his granddaughter. I agreed, but when I discovered what they were, I managed to persuade him to let me duplicate them in silver." I picked up one of the tiny coins for a closer look. On the obverse side was a large Indian head with a headdress of nine feathers. Around it were 13 five point stars. Below, was the date 1852. On the reverse was a wreath of 26 berries. It was tied togeth er by four ribbons surrounding the Vt DOLLAR. The workmanship on the piece was excellent, except that some of the letters in DOLLAR were out of line. "Can you imagine," said Tom, "that that fellow who brought them in inherited them from his grandfather. He had no idea they would have any special value. "But when I showed him they were catalogued at, $25 each, he was very happy to have me du plicate them in silver." (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Mever have nemed their little bov Jef- fery Wayne. The baby was born Sept. 12. The Harrisons, who live on Beall lane, have two sons and a daughter at home. The Kenneth Robertsons, 235 Laurel st., Central Point, have named their new daughter Karen Denice. She was born Sept. 17. Mrs. W. J. Wheeler of Phoe nix, Ariz., was a recent visitor at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Seegmiller. Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Thomas and family of Central Point are moving this week end to Sar dine creek, near Gold Hill. Mr. and Mrs.' Leonard Bow man and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Beasley and daughters, Sandra and Shela, of Pasco, . Wash., moved recently to Central Point. Mrs. Bowman is a daughter of Mrs. Lillian Wright of Central Point. Mrs. Eugene Beasley is Mrs. Wright's granddaughter. Mrs. Edward Higinbotham and her son Wilmer, went to Los An geles last week where they visit ed at the homes of Mrs. Ernes tine Sherridan and Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Austin. Mrs. Sherridan is Mrs. Higinbotham's sister. Austin is her nephew. Cjl t THEY'RE NOT WORRIED Albert Faubus (right) third grade student in Georgia Brown school in Paso Robles, Calif., is a cousin of Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus. He appar ently shares none of his famed kinsman's ""rii;.3 worries as he sits cheerfully in his classroom with his companion, George Alexander (left). Only comment offered by Albert on the cur rent Little Rock crisis was a very broad grin an opinion shared by all his classmates. Survey Shows Expense Of Alaska Living Juneau (IP) It costs about twice as much to live in Alaska as in the United States, accord ing to the Alaska Resource De velopment Board. A recent survey of five Alaska cities showed prices in the ter ritory generally were higher in every category. The greatest dif ferences were in housing costs and the prices for fresh fruit and vegetables. Prices in Fairbanks were the highest of the five cities. The other communities checked were Sitka, Anchorage, Ketchi kan and Juneau. Pricing in each of the cities was done by a resident house wife under the supervision of an experienced supervisor. Safety glass was first used in automobiles in 1926. I Suburbanites Show Trend fo Down Town Oxford, Ohio OP) The Mi ami University Business Review here said that suburbanites are showing a trend back to heavier downtown shopping. A survey, conducted in Cin cinnati, indicating that "fringe area" stores were declining in business while downtown mer chants reported increases. Furniture and women's stores show the most pronounced in creases in down town shopping, the report said, while the men appear to be sticking to buying clothes locally. Children's apparel showed only slight gains in the down town stores. The researchers at tributed this to mothers not wanting to take their children into congested areas. The report covers a six-year period from 1951-1956, inclusive. Car Inferior Care Will Increase Value Chicago (IP) Proper care of your car's interior will in crease its value by $50 to $100 over the average market price, a poll of car dealers shows. Interior cleanliness is a deter mining factor in most used car sales, the dealers reported. The seat cover association offered these tips: Pick a seat cover fabric that is sturdy, preferably saran plas tic. , Make, sure it fits skin-tight. Much wear and tear comes from a loose fit. Use extra floor mats for the driver's feet, where wear is the heaviest. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Robbins of Buckeye, Ariz., left Thursday after a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Taylor. The Robbins come to the Rogue Ri ver valley each year to fish. Mr. and Mrs. James Beiter and son moved last week end from Snowy Butte rd. to 56 South Seventh st. They pur chased the home on on Seventh st. from Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Houghton. Charles A. Meyer stated that Oct. 23 has been pet for teachers institute. He also stated that the junior high school will play Rogue River at the Rogue River football field, Oct. 3. Wednesday evening after prayer meeting at the Central Point Church of Christ, cake and ice cream were served in honor of Rosanna Shelley on her 15th birthday. Eleven young people attended. -. " The Central Point. Jaycettes held their ."mother-daughter" dinner Wednesday at the Mon Desir. Thirty people attended. Sergeant Reenlisfs On Parachute Jump Ft. Campbell, Ky. (IP) Sgt. Eugene R. Zupsic "re-upped," on the way down. The sergeant, a member of Co. B, 187th Airborne Combat group of the 101st Airborne di vision, became a member of the Regular Army recently while floating to earth in a parachute. The paratrooper had been a member of the enlisted reserve, but decided to join the Regular Army, in which he had served a previous hitch. Zupsic and Maj. Arthur Baum gardner, division adjutant gen eral, bailed out of a C-119 "fly ing boxcar" at 1,000 feet. By the time they reached the ground, the major had adminis tered the oath and Zupsic was in the Army again. At the same time, the sergeant had completed the paratrooper's minimum requirement of one jump every three months. Wreckers Uncover Cornerstone Box Rochester, N.Y. (IP) Wreck ers demolishing an old brick dwelling for the Rochester Insti tute of Technology dug a. small metal box from the cornerstone. It contained a century-old news paper and other reminders of the mid-1 880s. The box held the genealogy of the James Chappell family, orig inally dwellers in the house, four pages of psalms, four rare coins including a half-dime and a three-cent piece, and a copy of the four-page Rochester Daily Democrat. Rochester Tech authorities said the mementoes, placed in the cornerstone Aug. 9, 1854, would be kept by the school at least temporarily. Alcohol Serves as Fish Tranquilizer Los Angeles (IP) Now they have found something to tame even an albacore alcohol. Alcohol, of a heavier variety j than that found in whisky, is j proving effective for tranquil izing fish during transport from aquariums or scientific studv. Two University of California ichthyologists have been exper imenting with such techniaues at Marineland, a southern Cali fornia aquarium. When albacore are caught and placed in a tank for shipment, they swim about wildly and thrash themslves to death. 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