HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. American 02/14/1946VII. TE. ~IEXRNGEN;
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N'. E. Alexnml¢r, fur many yens
promin~•nt In Qie Irualneav and carte
I IIfE. of Central PaInL dfetl nt hlx
j home on the 'corner of 81ah and
;Oak streets 8n larrdny afternoon. [ol-
' lux•1nK rt Iung Iilnenx. Hnd he Ilrrd
until the 24th oL next April h¢ xuulA
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hnve linen 8T years old. -~
' Mr. Alexander wax .one of the few
-remaining men rvho helped to build
Chia city on n t:rm funndatl°n. Cum-
in6~here from ~Knmm~ in 1907 hefarn'
'the "Big Raopi' he~:hah n prbminent
I Part In nil the e~l'ly-dny prvhi¢mx
of a groxdng dominantly'- Ha w•as. ___ _,___
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bhe o[ the foundeta' of the Central i -
Point ilfutual Teleryhone compaeS~ GYan$e Co-op Plana '
and aervEd pe lie ~crelary [ur ninny ~ "
yearn. Ho eert•etl ns n member u[I F
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f
the clt)• council dor aevei•al termr ee
anv
acturin
and established a reputatlOn~ foY ne-
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ing of"ways as rnrotul In spending the
plant IR This rlt~t
city's money an he x•ould be o[ hln
own.
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I Wlplam Edwin Alexander xxa trnrn
jln Ringgold county, Iuwn. on Apra "iro"1xi^n {u baud o Jorge [eedl
'2J. iR69, }[e come t° Central Point m:: nnfarturin6 plant x
'1lA aturagnl
I Iit 1907, nvhera he won first em~ _
fxrilh:ra was made by--members nI`
. PfPynd ~q'J Ih tha..lmplement Ilan oL th¢ Crnnxe Cuoperuih•e SuDPIY' as-~
Freemen Rr R'l1eY. , A{ter about a sxriath:n nt lhe!r 11th xnnuoi meet-~
year he. purehnned an IdSlFest In the In; which Opncened in the Grange
firm nnpcoallnued xith them until i"°~~ hrrc iaxl _d,awrday. Derermim-
'1928 when the pnrlnerxhlP'woa dlv- +""+ °f a site for the mill, coat of
solved. F[e and 5L•. Fred. ~fJ9ey then "'h `rh prr6min•i ry erl'maten eel nl
lentered bualndde -tev themaelvea ^t RaS!'~.1, accurdlnR m Exrl R'enver.~
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'the old Sl array •LuildinR, now th¢ ''^-up moos ger,
n a. been left to tae'
public library, "where 1[r. Alexandut. d!s'retlon of the assuclaJOn'a d4ec•
handed the hardware and Inrm Im- t^''' wha will alx0-deridg avhen con-
plement depa e[ment and Riley sell- aruction n'ill start.
InK harness and Pninlx. _]:rter ~t r. Re-rlectrd'for nr°-year terms as
Alley sold hla Interest W hln pa rlner. '1!''r''rnra '^[ the a•aorlnl'.on x~ere
In 198: ]Ar. Alexander Purraasel t~eafga. lialw!n Uunn. Repriear nod
the lertse brick building on the Rnara¢ Rnbens. tixgle Puln[. Also
-corner o!Jana and Thh~d xu~eed In rlected far hru Fears was Charles
rontuncliun wl Hi [he yl odern Rood- Ho.~kerxmlth, Phnrnlx, replacing tC.
Ten, the lmite VurrhnslnK the en- !:. Ilowes. bold HIII. Otto S[eder•
lire uyper [lour and the AlexanJ+r 'Weyer, Jnckaonville, wax retnlned
}lardx'xre anA Imp!em eat - arm Pa ny ' ` PreMdent of the board o[ dlreC-
th¢- 1ox~er floor. tiers he ar ntlnued tor::: drnold Euh Wert. Central Yoln[,
to• d0 buxlnenn until 111 hrallh [nYCed an vier president end George Ouater-
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hkm t0 retire n IPt\' )-sera age. A bout. F.a Rle POint. ns aecrea ry.
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xhw't time ngn he sold the i.ualnesx Oh:rclex i.)mm'e. .\pplegate,
Ia the
to hln mannRer. air. Lehmd Dyaing- °lhm` hold=over member n[ the.
er and ]!r. Tom t'ella, who can- Ln:: rd.
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r-2ri~Tnue 1n ^pernte IL
unri••r the ^id _
tt~ d Rllcox. manager a[ the OYe-
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nxme:- ~ •xm rrnnnc R'holenale, npnke ou lhd
-The-decertaed-wax [ur many- yem•x relnC On of the wholeae le to"„--Ms
an Welke member b[~ t^" L.caf -'mall¢r Grnq.a ruopera<Ivea Cfitiugh-
C(iurch of Ohatxe.~aerring nx an elder out the xwto wnlrn make R up. HIa-
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imalTi) other 'ufficlal~ra pedties. TIa tort' of rnoPar°Mree--in lacknan
waa oleo nn nrtPoe member o/ trw ruunlr x~nx rtiacuaeed by CovMY
Odd Fellows and >fodern \Coodmep Agent tt. G. 'FUWIer. k:dumllonal
' lodgev I [Ii ma on Inrm mnchl eery were ahoxn'
' In 18$1 he max Wdled
In mnrrlnKt• t'Y 6nYne Bruener. Pact HC north-)
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to .titan Idp Cochran In ?Ilaauurl. the aceat repre<entath•e for the ]Pa.ey-
- Preceded aim- in denih in 1979. HnrYla rompn np for which the CrnnRe
Left to mourn hix yawing are n Cnopenailre 8nPP1F neaoctitlon In a
daughter, Df rn. Hallle Ilenaelgraye of den ter. UraxnizatlOn o[ the South-
thla sky: two grmddn ughtera, \Irx. x""ai Ore_on Dairy Cooper0 live also-.
LPOe Kole of l.ua MLKeles: .ll rx. rte thin w-ae explained LS Roxroei
Lentha l\-ard o[ t:nxene. and mre Roberta.
great grondann, Ln rry• Solar of Loa Arror'ling tr. ]ir. R'eayer. nhour
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An;elev. ?00 prr<Onn attended the meeling
-FY n¢Yg1. 8¢Il'1t'P.a x'Pl'¢ 11 PId nl lhr aqd Il K~1$ On¢ O[ Ln¢ mU.9[ IntarPal-
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Pert Funeral Home Tvenday niter- )n :- med
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ereo meet
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(noon at 9 o'clock. with F.. -Gllben hrtd. -
. Cayn..-._nna[gr_aLrbp (.¢ntrnl Point
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tended In a hotly nntl took Par[ In '
the aera•Icea. Interment avaa 7n -Ihc At Gleason Home
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Odd Fdloxv-cemeterF In Central
Point.