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CENTRAL POINT
Schools Observe Christmas
Central Point A White
Clristrr.a was celebrated by the
Ccrtral Point elementary and
; Junior high nchool Friday. A 15
ijct Christmas tree stood in the
middle cf the gymnasium. All
the decorations for the tree were
made bv the students of grades
4, 5 and 6.
The decorations varied from
the traditional paper chains to
the newest handmade creations
of foil and glitter. The Angel on
the tree top was the work of
one cf the students.
Under the tree was a white
covered platform divided into
three sections. Signs of "miscel
laneous," ' fruits" and "vegeta
bls" were attached to tall gift
wrapped "csns." Each marked a
ection.
Each of the 830 students had a
gift wrapped can of food in his
or her hand, and as one group
walked around the tree each
leaving his gift, another group
of students sang carols.
The carol singing was led by
Ralph Humphrey. Mrs. C. A.
Meyer played the piano. At the
close of the program, Charles A.
Meyer, principal, commended
the students on their attitude to
those less fortunate than them
selves. The baskets of food will
be given to needy families in the
Central Point area.
Carl Alexander, Mrs. J. R. Wil
son and Mrs. R. H. Alexander.
The hostess for the affair was
Mrs. C. W. Powell. Mrs. Annie
Owings is the president of the
Society. The Rev. Clarence Jack
son is pastor.
Miss Helen Carlton and her
sister. Miss May Carlton, left
Tuesday morning for Los An
geles where they plan to spend
the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Hoffman
and children, Sandra and Jerry,
have moved to Central Point
from Sweet Home.
j A party for the Cradle Roll
families was given in Harmony
hall of the Friends church Fri-
: day evening. A program was put
on by the children. They also
had a gift exchange. Twenty
four adults and 38 children at-
; tended.
Predatory Animals
Affect Field Mice
Ontario 0? Dr. C. R. Van
'Patten, member of the Ontario
city council Friday said that the
killing off of predatory animals
in Oregon has "considerable"
I bearing with the infestation of
; field mice in the southern part
I of the state.
J Dr. Van Patten, a chiropractor
and sportsman, said a recent
j Department of Agriculture re-
port showed 887 predatory an
iimals were killed in Oregon
'from Oct. 20 through Nov. 16
this year. These included 289
coyotes, 120 bobcats, 112 porcu
' pines, 98 raccoons, 62 badger
and foxes and other animals.
These animals help control ro
dent population, he said.
If these predatory animals had
not been slain by hunters, he
said, "probably the mice prob
lem would not be so great."
One hundred eighty-five stu
dents from the Central Point
junior high school went by bus
Thursday to Grants Pass where
they had a skating party at the
Grants Pass Roller rink.
Wednesday, Arthur Ayers re
turried home from the Medford
Osteopathic hospital where he
underwent surgery. He is re
ported to be recuperating rap
idly. Here during their father's
illness were Del Ayers of Port
land, Mrs. L. Zimmerman, of Se
attle, Mrs. John Tharp, of Eu
gene, and Mrs. Bill Grimes of
Klamath Falls.
Mrs. Earl Moore, of Gold Hill,
who recently underwent surgery
at Rogue Valley hospital, spent
Saturday through Monday con
I valescing at the home of her
I daughter, Mrs. D. C. Mapel, on
, Scenic ave.
The Missionary Society of the
Pilgrim Holiness church held its
annual Christmas party at the
home of Mrs. C. W. Powell Dec.
17. The party began with a pot
luck dinner at noon. Mrs. Birch
Scrivner gave the devotions.
Games were played in the after
noon and "secret pals" were re
vealed as the last feature of the
day.
Those attending were Mrs.
Clarence Jackson, Mrs. Annie
Owings, Mrs. J. T. LaCasse, Mrs.
Birch Scrivner, Mrs. John An
horn, Mrs. Hugh Freeman, Mrs.
Guests Monday in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Van Horn
were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kirk
ley of Kerby.
Miss Joan McBee of Tacoma,
Wash., was a recent guest at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Ches
ter Chastain, of 243 Alder st.,
Central Point.
All schools in District 6C be
gan the Christmas vacation Fri
day. H. P. Jewett, superintend
ent, said school would resume
Jan. 2.
Miss Linda Obenchain, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Oben
chain. returned Friday from Ore
gon State college. She has just
completed six weeks in the home
management house. This is re
quired of seniors in home economics.
Karen and Don Johnson of
Oregon State college also are
spending the Christmas holidays
at home with their mother, Mrs.
Helen Johnson.
Carl Dobrot arrived home from
Oregon State Friday night to
spend Christmas with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Dobrot,
Scenic ave.
Arriving Saturday at the home
of his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Parrish, was their son,
Steve Parrish, also from Oregon
State college.
Try and Stop Me
-By BENNETT CERF-
A HUNDRED-DOLLAR-BILL was high-hatting a common
pants button. "I've been in the wallets, of magnates and
monarchs," boasted the century note. "Beautiful women and
stalwart men have fought
over me. Now tell me what
you've done." The shabby
button sighed, Tve been in
a collection plate every Sun
day for years and years."
Martha, 5, told her kinder
garten teacher, "There's &
new baby in our house today."
"Fancy that," beamed the
teacher. "Is he going to
stay?" "I imagine so," said
Martha. "He's got his things
off."
"Is ft not queer?" rumin
ates Clifton Fadiman, "that in babies and small children we wel
come joyfully every sign of that intelligence we so much distrust in
adults ? A baby, whose very gurgles prove to its parents its strong
powers of perception, is the pride of the family. But an intellectual
candidate for the Presidency arouses serious doubts."
1957. by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Features Syndlcte,
Robbers Net Over $250,000
In Daylight Robbery
The neighbors of Bill Lacy
surprised him Tuesday evening
by stopping in and wishing him
a happy birthday. He was 89
years old. Visitors were Mr. and
Mrs. John Clark, Miss D'Anne
Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Rempert, Mr. and Mrs. Lyn
Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Minnick and Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Wald.
Airman David Monia arrived
home Saturday morning after
being discharged from Parks Air
Force base near Oakland. Calif.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
E. Monia of Central Point.
Everett Beach left for Eugene
Sunday. Beach, who is in the
forestry service, was transferred
to Veneta. His family vill move
to Eugene in January.
New York IIP) Police
searched Saturday for three
"big" robbers who netted over
S250.000 in insured jewelry in a
daylight parking lot holdup and
escaped in a little black Volks
wagen. Three masked gunmen, all de
scribed as six feet tall and one
said to be carrying two guns,
Friday held up two partners
and an employee of the S and S
Jewelry Service company in a
Queens parking lot.
Police said it was the prac
tice of partners Max Schweitzer,
53, Oceanside, N. Y., and Arn
old Schorr, 40, Long Beach, N.Y.
and their employee, Lion Win
nik, 40, Glen Oaks, N.Y., to
make daily jewelry deliveries to
Long Island jewelers.
The three would drive to the
parking lot together from their
New York office, police said.
They would then split up into
separate cars and make deliver
ies and pickups of jewelery for
repair.
When the three messengers ar
rived Friday, Winnik got out
to unload jewelry bags from the
trunk of Schweitzer's car. Win
nik told police the two-gun ban
dit approached him, knocked
him down and ordered him back
into the car. The other two gun
men covered the partners who
had remained in the car.
The bandits transferred all
six bags of jewelry to their
Volkswagon and drove off.
Schweitzer suffered a heart
attack in the excitement. He was
reported Saturday in good con
dition in a hospital.
Sunday, December 22, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TKIBUtE ?INE
Draft Status Sweated Out
By Rock and Roll Singer
Memphis, Tenn. OP) Rock
and roll idol Elvis Presley sweat
ed out his military status Satur
day, not knowing if he will get
a draft deferment sought by his
Hollywood boss.
Presley received his induction
notice Thursday night. It was
kept a dark secret for 24 hours
until Presley telephoned his
West Coast studio that a change
in plans was in the works.
Presley had been slated to
start his fourth movie, reporting
to New Orleans on January 20,
the same date he was ordered to
report to Camp Chaffee, Ark .
As soon as the news broke,
teen-age girls crowded around
the big iron gate of his $100,000
Graceland mansion in suburban
Whitehaven.
"I feel like crying," said one
girl.
It's a crime," moaned another
young brunet.
The Mississippi-born Presley
rose to rock 'n roll fame with his
hip-swinging, condemned by
some groups as indecent. In less
than five years Presley had
moved from a public housing pro
ject with low rent, to a $40,000
home, finally moving to his pres
ent swank lodgings.
Hollywood appeared more con
cerned over the draft notice than
Presley, who said he was "ready
to return something for what the
country has given me."
He also told his draft board
chairman Milton Bowers, Sr.,
that he 'hated to leave his moth
er and father." Presley is an
only child, his twin brother died
at an early age.
Studio production chief Frank
Freeman of Paramount said
Five largest bridges in the
U. S. are the Golden Gate, Mack
inac Straits, George Washington,
Tacoma Narrows and the San
Francisco-Oakland span.
Presley's induction WouM cost
the studio at much as 350,000
because of 'preparatory invaet
ments" on the scheduled movji
"King Creole."
Freeman aaid he had already
sent a letter to Bowers hejre re
questing an eight-weeks delay
"so we won't lose this lare sum
of money."
HELP US!
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HELP OTHERS!
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Salvation Army
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TO AIRLIFT
East Rockaway, N. Y. (IP)
The efforts of an Air Force re
serve transport plane crew and
a grandmother, Mrs. Arthur Roe
mer, will provide Christmas
gifts of 800 pounds of toys, food
and clothing for Sioux Indians
on four South Dakota reserva
tions. Mrs. Roemer arranged for
collection of the gifts and the
514th Troop Carrier Wing crew
offered to take the load with it
on a cross country training
flight.
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