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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. American 09/01/1949. City--HaXI ~s having p r Its Far+~e ~Y..~~ted .,.,~,.:;~ ~.g ^ . ~ _ tit An old-timer returning to ~ren- ~s~ . Viral ~Poirit;~ ~ after ari absence - of a n; ax' t, 1•~; I, d~~ ag. ~e ig ,ll 's e. i- io ~1, `t. ~f ~.. Ee n ~r ~e ~d ;o .o 'a' :o C. P. American 3 t culty in ~.acating ktimself.'F So` many new btil'dings have 'been added to the .business district and so manly others improved. that `the - whole stxeet seems changed. ~._The~.at~st;t~u~~d~~gtta._be work¢ct` ~,,. ~ .. 'over is tho o'lci Central Point State .Bunk ~buildirig', which has housed the .city .offfcers for ~~ number of years. IVtost people defer to it as .the city hail, Last week the city crew, Messrs Rupp and -Powell, started in to romove all the fancy ornamen#al brick work on the .front of the building, including the little "doo=dads" along the top. All pro- jecting.briek were chipping off and loose brick along the top of the fire wall removed. - _ _This. ~.week_ -the..-contractot~,- R. C. Latimer of. Medford brought in his _et'~uipment find started in to cover the entire ~ building with stuccn. When finished, the building will t Fiave~~~all~ ~tlie appearance of a ~ ne~v and rn~odern structure. The city had been• experiepcinh n good deal of trouble with this building for a number' of years on !account of the foot that the. walls were becoming mare and more porous all the time, allowing the rains to soa)c through and ruining the piaster inside's I~t is thought that covering the walls with wate~•- proof r stucco will elminiate t~~is trouble. ~ - i