Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-02-20
SUNDAY AT CENTRAL POINT.
Observations by Our Winner Cove
Correspondent.


cause it is situated exactly over the
center of the earth-the officers Of
the Klamath District Epworth
League met Sunday afternoon to
plan for the convention which is to
be held at Ashland about May 25-
Just after school closes. Jimmie
Martin came up from Grants Pass.
Johnnie Rigg ra: down from Ash
land, Miss Bernice Carder, Glenn
Conwell and 4 couple of other Ep-
worthians comprised the Medford
contingent, while Gold Hill was rep
resented by Miss Bessie Newton.
Several Central Pointers were in at
tendance, including the pastor of the
Methodist church, Rev. Aldrich.
When it comes to hard work and
lots of it this preacher-who is a
frail, delicate-looiung little man
makes a cranberry merchant appear
as a man of leisure in comparison.
Besides the regula" Sunday sermon
izing and weekday pastoral work
among fifty families, this industri-
Gus dominic finds time to teach a
Sunday school class, drill the choir,
help sing the anthems, conduct the
mid-week prayer meetings, attend all
the convocatiOns Of the Ladies Aid
Society and teach IL the city schools
two days of the week. In addition
to MS regular ministerial work Sun
day, Rev. Aldrich preached funeral
sermon, attended the league confer
ence and entertained one of the dele
gates until nearly midnight, at which
time he seemed able and willing to
perform a marriage ceremony or at
tend to any other odd job that might
come along. During the two years
of the present pastOrate the Central
Point church has greatly prospered
spiritually and materially. The con.
gregation now numbers Is to 10(
| at both morning and evening ser
vices. There are IL dozen or more
singers in the choir, a piano ha:
been installed, a thousand dollars
worth of improvements made on the
parsonage, and the pastors salary
raised from 5000 to $1,000. The
Epworth League has a membership
of so, the attendance Sunday even
ing being more than half that mum
Der. The mistress of the manse il
about as busy as her husband, bu
they both keep sweet and cheerful a!
they follow in the steps of the Mas
ter.
The writer was cordially enter
tanned by two former Ashland Ep
worthians, Mr. and Mrs Norman
AsEcraft. They live in beautiful
bungalow on Main street aud are al
happy as a couple of clans in thei
new home. Norman teaches severa
branches in the high school and Mrs
Ashcraft who until recently was Mis-
Ethel Bruner, is a splendid cook ant
housekeeper and thinks nothing 0
walking to Medford with her hus
| band.
Central Point has three excelen
things not possessed by many cite
that are several times as large
paved street, Y. NJ. C. A. building
and wireless station. The latte
consists of two 300-foot steel tower
connected by numberless wires
which catch the message SCUM,
waves that start from Portland ant
Panama fair towers and send then
on their way rejoicing. This rela
station was placed at Central Poin
because of the peculiarly favorabl
location mentioned at the beginning
of this communication.
The paved street is wide an
! ldl sc, Ildnheu ny LIodu cement Slde
walks. The Y. NJ. C. A. is a So, 90
institution and is worth several time
that amount in providing a place TO
wholesome amusement, entertain
ment and recreation for the youn
men and boys of Central Point an
vicinity. o. H. BARNHILL.