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Cjrs.nts Pass
Gateway to The Oregon Caves
Illinois Valley News
A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS
Volume II
No. 23
Cave Junct
Postmaster
Examination
The following article from the
United States Civil Service Com
mission was received the first of
the week. It is the official notice
for calling examinations for the
position of fourth class postmast
er for Cave Juncton. Oregon. The
date of the examination will be
announced later. Following is the
bulletin received from the com
mission:
Fourth Class Postmaster
Examination
Receipt of applications to close
Oct. 21, 1938.
The date for assembling of
competitors will be stated in the
admission cards which will be
mailed to applicants after the
close of receipt of applications.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex
amination, as a result of which it
is expected to make certification
to fill a contemplated vacancy in
the position of fourth class post
master at Cave Junction, Ore.,
and other vacancies as they may
occur at that office, unless it shall
be decided in the interest of the
service to fill any vacancy by re
instatement. The examination will
be held at Grants Pass, Ore. The
compensation of the postmaster
at this office was $894 for the
last fiscal year.
Applicants must have reached
their twenty-first birthday
but
not their sixty-fifth birthday on
the date of the close of receipt of
applications.
Applicants mu«t reside within
the territory supplied by the post
office for which the examination
is announced.
The examination is open to all
citizens of the United States who
can comply with the requirements.
Application blanks, Form 9, and
full information concerning the
requirements of the examination
can be secured from the post
master at the place of vacancy or
from the United States Civil Ser
vice Commission, Washington, D.
C.
Applications must be properly
executed and on file with the Com
mission at Washington, D. C., pri
or to the hour of closing business
on the date specified at the head
of this announcement.
Birthday Dinner for
Bert Watkins
Last Saturday evening Mrs.
Bert Watkins gave a dinner party
in honor of her husband’s birth
day, and “oh, how she can cook.”
Among the guests that enjoyed
the evening were Mrs. William \.
Brown, Miss Anna Hanzik of San
Francisco. Mis. E. L. Coo vert,
Roy C. Dundas, Ted Athey .«nd
Mi. and Mr.-. Bert Watkins.
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COMING EVENTS |
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Wednesday, October 19 — Busi
ness and social meeting of Le
gion and
Auxiliary. Every
World War Veteran and fam
ily invited. Women please bring
covered dish or pie.
Thursday, October 20 — Booster
night at Bridgeview Grange
hall. Members are invited to
bring a prospective member.
Friday, October 21 — Women's
Civic club at the home of Mrs.
Paul Hein.
Friday, October 21 — The Friday-
Evening Pinochle club at the
I. O. O. F. hall, Kerby, instead
of Friday, October 14.
Saturday, October 22 — Candi
date’s night at Bridgeview
Grange hall. Dance after the
meeting. All candidates and
friends invited.
Tuesday. Nov. 8 — General elec
tion.
Friday, Nov
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11—Armistice day.
Cave Junction, Oregon. Thursday, October 13, 1938
U. S. Reports Illinois
Valley Eligible for
Water Use Projects
Student Activities
At Kerby High
Myrtle Kretsinger was absent
the past week because of a severe
cold and ear ache. She returned
to school Monday.
Mildred Norman and Edward
Santos have returned from at
tending the Pacific International
Livestock Exposition in Portland.
They both report having a good
time.
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Girls Glee club has began work
on "Syncopated Lullaby”, a three-
part song. First and second so
prano and alto voices have been
selected for this song.
Tuesday noon the Girls League
officer-, and committee chairmen
held a business meeting to dis
cuss plans for this year. Socials
and ways of earning money were
discussed. Ice cream and cake wa-
served for refreshments. Mrs. Wil
son and Miss Connell are Girls
League advisors.
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Friday, October 7, was the first
Girls League meeting of this year.
The purpose of this meeting was
to elect officers for this year. It !
was decided to have officers
elected each term; so that more
girls would have a chance to hold
an office.
The girls elected to hold offices
this semester are the following:
President, Maxene Patrick; Vice-
president, Phyllis Jones; Secre
tary-Treasurer, Dorothy Hogue;
Student Council Representative,
Jeanne Villair. There are to be
four standing committeess. Those
elected as chairmen are: social
commitee, Adelaide
McCrady;
program committee,
Charlotte
Badden; finance committee, Dol-
lie Branham; refreshment com
mittee, Bernice Allen.
Girls League meetings will be
held every two weeks on Friday
afternoon.
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Farmers of the Illinois river
watershed southwest of Grants
Pass now have an opportunity to
improve their facilities for water
utilization.
Designation of the watershed
as an elgible area for a new water
development service offered by
the U S. Department of Agricul
ture was announced today in a re
lease by the soil conservation ser
vice at Spokane.
“Under the new program pro
vided for by the last session of
congress, loans bearing 3 per cent
will be made for the purpose of
constructing dams, installation of
small pumping plants, wells, stock
ponds, springs and other produc
tive installations, with payments
spread over five to 20 years,” the
release says.
“For the present the depart
ment in concentrating the pro
gram in areas where most can be
accomplished for farm welfare,
limiting assistance to farmers, in-
eluding tenants, who otherwise
are unable to finance such devel
opments. Facilities constructed
under the program must be in
strumental in achieving wise land
Use and economic betterment, with
Meeting of Chamlier
of Commerce Tuesday
Last Tuesday President Drews
called the Illinois Valley Chamber
of Commerce to start their fall
sessions or weekly luncheons. The
call was not well advertised and
only a handful were notified, so
the attendance was not large.
Business transacted consisted
of discussing some promising ac
tivities for the Chamber for the
future—a new building, incorpor-
ation, and other matter of inter-
est.
Next Tuesday noon, the Cham
ber will meet for noon lunch in
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Kerby News Notes
of General Interest
Miss Dorothy McCrady who is
employed at Arcata, California,
spent part of last week at the
home of her mother, Mrs W. A.
individual participating farmers Hoskins in Kerby.
committeed to sound land-use
agreements during the life of
Doris Jones -pent the week
their loans.
end with her class mate, Lois
“The program will be carried Kunkle at the home of Lois'
on by already established agencies grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
within the department. The bur ton near Holland.
eau of agricultural economics re
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commends areas in which the
Lt. and Mrs. Scobey have mov
work is to be done. The soil con ed into the Maple Court auto
servation service is in charge of camp for the winter. Lt. Scobey
operations, including individual is connected with the Greyback
farm planning and construction, CCC camp which is to have new
anil the Farm Security administra recruits for the winter.
tion supplies the necessary credit
to elgible farmers.”
Mrs. A. C. Barnes toon the
Fred A. Mark of the soil conser place of Mrs. John Banta a- cook
vation service has been named ad on the Pomeroy ranch last week
ministrator with headquarters at while Mrs. Banta did some paint
Spokahe. Joseph W. Deremiah, ing on her house north of Kerby.
Josephine county supervisor for
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the FSA, is designated to receive
Mr. and Mrs. M. Anderson of
applications
from
interested San Francisco, are living in the
farmers for participation in the small Jim Hogue house near the
water development program.— highway. Mr. Anderson is mining
Grants Pass Courier.
with Bill Stramka on the Illinois
river north of Kerby.
A committee from the Illinois
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Valley Grange will meet at the
Miss Alvenia Connell of the
Grange hall, Friday, October 28th high school English department
to gather information on the wat spent the week end at her home
er situation. Anyone interested in McMinnville, also enjoying the
should let the committee know.
home coming at Linfield college.
4-H Club Winners Home
Mr. and Mrs. Early of Medford
were guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Hurley Wilson on Sun
day. Mrs. Early is English instruc
tor in the Medford high school
and taught with Mrs. Wilson at
McMinnville high school a few
years ago.
School Bus
Election
Decisive
Last Saturday, Union High
School District No. 1, comprising
most of the Illinois Valley, held
an election to vote on the new
school budget for the year and
whether the district should provide
transportation for the pupils or
not.
It was perhaps the largest
school election ever held in the
district as 241 people voted at the
election. The results on the bal
lot were as follows:
For budget, 144.
Ayainst budget, 88.
For bus, 84.
Against budget, 88.
The election was the result of
technical complications in former
ones and had to be voted again on
account of school bonds. The peo
ple of the district were asked to
come out and let the school board
know what they wanted The board
can now understand.
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Townsendites Going
Strong for Mahoney
Straw poll taken at the last
meeting of the Reedsport Town
send club on the United States
senatorial race gave Willis Ma
honey, Democratic nominee, 33
out of 39 votes, L. B. Judy, pres
ident, reported this week. The
club members donated $25 to Ma
honey's campaign fund.
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WHAT THE LEGION
I. V. CHAMBER
MONDAY IN
GRANTS PASS
Next Monday noon, the Grants
Pass Chamber of Commerce is
honoring the Illinois Valley Cham
ber of Commerce yith Illinois Val
ley day, and the local chamber
will have charge of the program.
The officers of the Chamber of
Commerce here hopes that a large
delegation will accompany the
members to Grants Pas-, next Mon
day morning and attend the lunch
eon at the Del Rogue hotel at
12 noon, and help swell the at
tendance. All the Illinois Valley
folks who are in town Monday are
urged to attend this luncheon. All
members of the chamber are urg
ed to make special efforts to at
tend the luncheon.
President Drews will have a
good program and we hope to
have the Miners’ Jubilee Min
strels, Buck, Sonny and Frank, to
entertain the G. P. members with
their string trio, and while the
musicians have not as yet been
contacted, we believe they will be
on hand and also several singers
as Well. We are anxious to show
Grants Pass some of our talent
and this is an excellent opportun
ity.
The luncheon will not last long,
so those who have to come right
back home can do -o. The lunch
starts at 12 and is out a little
after 1 p. m.
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Price 5 Cents
Josephine county's outstanding
4-H club boy and girl, Edward
Santos and Mildred Normon, both
of Selma, returned home last
week from a three-day visit to
the Pacific Internationa) exposi
tion as guests of the First Na
tional Bank of Portland in the an
nual achievement and leadership
contest sponsored by the Portland
bank.
Portland proved a hospitable
city, the two reported, and the
entire group of 74 wjnners, re
presenting every county in Ore
gon, received every courtesy.
In addition to daily Pacific In
ternational visits, high points of
the program were a group dinner
on the exposition grounds, follow
ed by attendance at the horse
show; a sightseeing tour of Port
land, including visits to the Jant-
xen Knitting Mills, residential sec
tions of the city, and luncheon
at the Coon Chicken Inn; a ban
quet and dance at the Heathinan
hotel, the visitors' headquarters,
Thursday evening; and a trip” to
the Swan Island Airport. Of spec
ial interest, also, was a conduct
ed tour over the Dutch Motor ship
”.M. S. Marken,” newest type re
frigerated motorship from Hol
land.
After luncheon Friday at the
Columbia Edgewater
Country
club the winners set out for the
return trip home.
the dining room of the Hotel
Drews and all members are urged
to attend and help get the fall and
winter meetings off to a good
start. There are several import
ant matters that should have im
mediate attention, and the mem
bers should attend this meeting
and -tart the ball rolling.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Bailey
of Denver, Colorado, are the
house guests of Dr. and Mr Wil
liam Brown, at Casa Willadora.
Mrs. Bailey served for two terms
as County Superintendent
of
schools in Adams county, Wash
ington
(¡OLDEN WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY
The Ladies Missionary Society
of Cave Junction met al) day la-t
Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Yarbrough. They celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
with a kitchen shower. Many use
ful gifts were left with them.
A luncheon was served at noon
anil topped off with a beautiful
cake, appropriate for the occasion.
An interesting guessing game
helped pa-s the afternoon and
time to leave soon came, each
guest wishing them many more
happy years.
Miss LaVerne Roberson, inter
mediate teacher in the Kerby AUXILIARY IS DOING
grade school, returned to Kerby
The following business was
Tuesday after several days illness
at her home in Ashland. Mrs. Bes transacted at the October 7th
sie Watts of Holland had charge meeting of the Auxiliary:
of Miss Roberson's work Monday
Marie White was appointed to
and Tuesday.
serve the dance supper Saturday
October 15th. Amy Hussey was ap
Mrs. Lucius Robinson spent pointed to take the check room.
the week end at Medford, where The check room is maintained for
she visited with her mother and your convenience, you may check
other relatives. She was accom your wraps for the entire evening
panied by her son, Ken Robinson for one dime.
who visited at Ashland and al-o
They voted to pay the follow
made a trip to Diamond Lake, ing.
where he caught some fine fish. Check-a month club at $1.00 a
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month
$12.(HI
Miss Bertha Houck and Mr. Dimes for Disabled
3.20
and Mrs. Win. Houck and three Christmas Cheer
5.00
children of Rogue River, were
Each unit in the state contri
guests at the home of Mr. and butes what it can afford each
Mrs. Wm. Bigelow on Monday. month to the Check a-month club.
Miss Bertha ha- been employed in This money is all sent to depart
Grants Pass, but will make her ment headquarters at Marshfield,
home with her brother, Wm. where it is divided equally be
Houck at Rogue River Mrs. Bige tween hospital and child welfare
low is an aunt of Wm. and Ber work. The department finance of
tha Houck.
fice reported that approximately
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two-thirds of the hospital allow
Eldon and Owen Mobley of ance was used for family contact
Gates, Oregon, and their sister, work. That is, when a veteran is
Mrs. Morna Repetto of Palo Alto, enrolled, at either Roseburg or
were guests over the week end at Portland, the ho-pital chairman
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ferd immediately insuires and finds out
Jones. Saturday the visitors and whether his family is in need. If
Phyllis Jone- visited the Oregon so they are cared for. This phase
(’aves. Mrs. Repetto and brothers of the Auxiliary work is growing
were on their way to Palo Alto, heavier each year as more veter
to move her household effects to ans are hospitalized.
G iles, where she will spend the
Each unit also pay- 10c per
winter with her father.
member each year as “Dimes for
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the Disabled.” This money is spent
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Badden en to help disabled veterans get
tertained last Saturday evening claims adjusted and various mat
at their home in Kerby. The fol ters which ari-e through improp
lowing couples being present, Mr. er government records.
and Mrs. Martindale, Emily Kel-
The Christmas cheer money is
lert and Millie Trefethen,
Mr. used the same as the Check-a-
and Mrs. Stallcup, Mr. and Mrs. month, but is used at Christmas.
G. A. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Bud The money is -ent now so the hos
Hoskins, Mr. and Mrs. Harold pital and child welfare chairman
H U. and Mr. and Mrs. Al Watt
will know just how much they can
Pinochle was played and high do for each person they hav«. The
score was won by Pearl Martin hospital and child welfare chair
dale and Carl Stallcup with low men also ask the units for clothing
score going to Emily Kellert anil favors or refreshments for part
Bud Hoskins.
ies, etc.
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Glenn Morrison Unit planned a
Mrs. Lucius Robinson, Mrs. W. sewing day, twice each month, on
A. Hoskins and Mrs. Ferd Jones the -econd and fourth Wednesday
attended the Home Economics ex to do that work.
tension meeting held at Bridge
The first meeting of this year
view Grange hall Tuesday after was held Wednesday, October 12
noon. Although a small crowd of in the Auxiliary's meeting room.
women were in attendance the in A chicken dinner with all the *
terest was intense. Mrs. Harry trimmings, was served at noon
Smith led an interesting discus- and the afternoon was spent in
quilting.
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