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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. American 05/13/1954C. P. American 9954 S °r 3 ~.,1 -, par-: t eWs~- ...Press . ._~r•. ~ei>ue~'l~tt~p~ay , `fl'tii~' '~le7+aiYt''' .03~ ns'`wspapei. ~lrssbes. 3s usually ttie -neaiest scrap"iron aealei; biit~'in~'the`case +i~ ~~:tlt4 .:bld..IPirouty -ltesvejfaper " ,'~pi`eas, dormerl'y'u~ed" liy the Cftt-." 'tray Point American, -date de- ccteefl ana6lter`.~ettd::..'. ~[ y~IQ •P~.~ttitY~: p;'eas is !-ow par! . mil:_t~.;Jlii•]tsont~tie MusAum dis- ~p1ax.;p2 earlY.day.Jt~kson county . 'higtory; . . . ~'9}1orov~ing,.tt-? purchase. of the 3nod'pist-l:Jo.. !2 I:ee proms for the ,the mew pubiiahers, ~Chaxkor..:}tahtoa an$ Cecil Shaxpa Youh{i:that the museum .was mast in'teted in .fiavireg the prase. ;l~#Ta,~conents was,;lnedc. and ''S11~P1~, old veteran Was hauled ~,tl%b.,Amerlcan .shod to the 'xrtlfsdlbrst on:Ttiesday mbralaig. ,otn .. ava#1a~4le iniormatioS;' 'the ~'mufy press. was the oldest ~oY #ts type .ln the Pacific North- ~west. It rel?ortedlY came around . -~Capa Horn;lit a saillug ship be- fore the turn of the century. .Ye'a'rs ago;, it was used to print the Jacksonville Sentinel. In 1803.0! The press came to Central 7yoint in 1803 or 1804, according to best reports. From that time It was used to print the news- paper at Central Point. The last complete edition reproduced by 6he press was last•wee'k, May 8, 1954. The `.'nickname" for the press was "grasshopper" because of f.lle. startling method in which the bed oY the press was changed for bhe impression-. stroke. ~Pro- ductian capacity of the prosy, when powered by an electric motor, was 600 impressions per hour. lleports from the museum re- veal .a ."•plush" future :for the ancient `machine. It will be cleaned ug and displayed with the original hand crank method oPpOperation. Plans are to set up a front page replica .and sell them ..to museum vlsltors. w ~ ;:._ ~~ .~ ~ . ~~ ~ ~:,, :; 4t:1~#-1'~[Ai.:.pgiriT;; tAilK[3iv;~1 .:'i'HURS~DAY. A•P~IL 2~. ' I95#.. "." ~, ;• ;,. . ` ~ .,. ~ .. Yt is 4vith sleep r+~girei. that tine announce the sale . of iha `~ .;.;Amar~~~a Pulaliehi~a~ Comy 'to Mr. Charter Ashton and Mr. 4ecil ,Sbarpe~ fariGUarly of john i?ay, pre$an... The sale is o#fta+ive lUiay 1~. 'The now owners axe ~iporienced newspaper rnen and will publish a paper that the Citiffiena of Central point and au~'- tzt raundixrq aire,a will paint to arlth pride:. c- My wife and I will apprai:icste your giving the nett' ownsira 2 the >~ame splendid supporC .you have given ua over the past ttr years. nt J,~Iow time passes! In the' irxll of 1931, rxty father, Arthur E. ni and my mathar, V•irginiac p,. Pa~vell, purchased the American from lapis Galt. 13,t chat time the paper was lacatad in the building appasit~ the t^1Qphnx.e affice. Thr$e years later l r~ came into tho shop axrd have k ecn with the a ar ever sine-©. it' Whcn Arthur E. Pawell wa3 ~electsd coup y cammiss~a~c~r e in 194'x, I tivas glvsn° camplete •cl~~trge of the buainos~- trnd bs- ~ carne owner of a ane half inset. In the spr#nq of 19A4. ~wc: ~~ decided to build a new` buiildlx an forth 2nd Street. That . al building has been The Amerlc~s home ~Ince that lime. Thinking back over those°' = ears--will it's dust hard to in ~ keep a tear or twa fram shavnin~~ The peaplm of Central Point a~ and surraunding area have been-very kind to ue. We da not have the words to properly ex mss our feelings, but do say. ~y ,.Thanks and Gad B1QSS Xou A~Y." e t S.ncerely, , ~£ Kenneth and violet Powell aI C.P. American 1954 ~'