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Volume III
Illinois Valley News, Thursday, May 25, 1939
No. 3
George Lewis
Pioneer
Dies At 82
Student Activities
At Kerby High
Bright red covers with the title
“Trail Blazer, 1939” in silver let
ters, marks the high school annual
as usually attractive. The staff
I completed the work Tuesday and
I issued the numbers Wednesday.
The’ annual is neatly done with
attractive art work on the adver
tising pages and class write-ups
that include something of interest
abdtN every one. Best of all is
the 10 pictures of the student
groups, building and faculty. The
books will be real treasures to the
students as the years pass.
After the seniors had finished
work on the annual they gathered
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jones
for an evening of celebration.
Games and songs for entertain
ment and ice cream and cookies
were served as refreshments.
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From Grants Pass Courier
George W. Lewis, who was
“John Law” in Josephine county
for 20 years, died at his home in
Grants Pass Sunday evening about
6 o'clock at the age of 82 years.
He had been setting gopher
traps Sunday afternoon at his
home south of the Caveman
bridge where he retired after his
last term as Grants Pass chief of
police. He complained of “sharp
pains” in his chest when he re
turned to the house. A physician
was called, but before he could
arrive, Mr. Lewis passed away.
Mr. Lewis’ son, Lloyd Lewis,
former chief deputy sheriff under
Don Barnes, has been critically ill Great Show Coming
at his parents' home for the past Saturday and Sunday
three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
In “Gunga Din,” which comes
Lewis moved to Grants Pass from
Cave Junction when he was ap to the Cave City Theater Satur
day and Sunday, May 27 and 28, a
pointed deputy sheriff.
George Lewis' 20 years as a law story is told of how an old native
enforcement officer were divided water carrier realizes a life-long
between being sheriff and chief of ambition to perform a brave act
police. He was county sheriff of soldiery.
Cary) Grant, Victor McLaglen
three terms—12 years, and chief
of police four terms—eight years. and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., have
In 1905 he was elected sheriff and the leading dramatic roles as the
had made Grants Pass his home three sergeants in the British
since that date. He held that of Army. Sam Jaffe, who will be
fice two two-year terms, and then remembered for his outstanding
went into the livery business, performance of the Grand Lama
where the W. S. Maxwell company in “Lost Horizon,” portrays the
title role of the native water car
is now located.
When E. T. McKinstry was rier, Gunga Din.
How he ultimately saves the
elected mayor, he appointed Lewis
chief of police for two years. Lat lives of the three sergeants and
er Mr. Lewis was elected sheriff other members of their battalion
again, and held that office eight with the use of his only military
years. When George Fox was accoutrement, an ancient bugle,
mayor, he appointed Mr. Lewis as brings the story to its powerful
chief of police which position he climax, and lends significance to
held for six years. During his en Kipling’s closing line: “You’re a
tire period as sheriff, the late E. better man than I am, Gunga
H. Lister, Josephine county sher Din.”
iff for about eight years, was his MEMORIAL DAY SHOW AT
THEATER, TUES., MAY 30th
chief deputy.
In honor of Memorial Day, next
Mr. Lewis was born January 31.
1857, in Linn county and in the Tuesday, May 30th, a special
fall of 1872 came south with his showing has been arranged of
parents and settled in the Illinois “The Duke of West Point.”
Capturing the behind-the scenes
valley on a farm. He was first
connected with mines on Bolan romance, gayety, adventure and
creek, and after his marriage excitement of life as it is lived at
lived on a farm about 20 years be the United States Military Acad
emy, this picture captures the ad
fore coming to Grants Pass.
He was married in 1882 to Miss miration of all who see it. This
Delia Holland, daughter of James picture runs two nights, Tuesday
E. Holland and the former Marie and Wednesday.
Ganyard, both of Michigan, who PRIDE OF THE NAVY”
Coming for one night only,
came to Oregon by boat.
To this union were born Melvin Thursday. June 1, a new side of
Lewis, now of the Columbia Na Navy life is shown in “Pride of
tional Forest at Randle, Wash., the Navy,' This drama presents
Charles Lewis, Long Beach, Calif., James Dunq, in the role of a
Bert Lewis of Tucson, Ariz., Al crack pilot and designer who
bert Lewis of Long Beach, Calif.. hates th: Navy but loves the Cap
Lloyd Lewis of Grants Pass, Irwin tain’s daughter.
A double bill is on for this night
Lewis of Seattle and two daugh
ters, Ada and Lola, who died sev ami the second picture is “King of
Alcatraz,” an action packed tale I
eral years ago.
Mr. Lewis had eight brothers of a noted Public Enemy who
and sisters, of whom the following makes his escape from Alcatraz.
are living: Mrs. Eveline Wether Disguised as a woman, he and his
bee, Grants Pass; Mrs. Eliza!». ,h confederates board a small coastal
Holland, Bridgeview; Mrs. Mary steamer, overpower the crew and
F. Hiatt. Santa Rosa, Calif., Ja ne .ake possession.
This double program is playing
Lewis of Holland and John Marion
ore night only, next Thursday,
Lewis of Portland.
Funeral services were held June 1st.
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Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock {
from the L. B. Hall funeral home.
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Dr. and Mrs. A. N. Collman re I
turned home Sunday from a bus
iness trip to Portland.
Commencement
Program Held
for Graduates
Amid one of the most colorful
settings of the school year, eight
boys and girls sat on the stage of
the high school gym tonight, and
received their graduating diplo
mas.
While the class was depleted
during the school year by pupils
Kerby News Notes
of General Interest
moving away, the class neverthe
less is indicative of the calibre of
young men and women striving
for advancement and an educa
tion.
Following is the Commence
ment program which was held to
night, Thursday, May 25th:
PROGRAM
Processional ....................................... AI am Altenia Connell
Ret George Gray
Invocation
Cave Junction Community Church
Song, "Stout Hearted Men"’ ................
Boys’ Sextet
Ken Morrison, Bob Schumacher, Louis Gallegas
Jack Hayden, Delbert Hill, Vernard Lackey
Address ........
....................... Dr. Walter Redford
President, Southern Oregon College of Education
Song, '"To a Wild Rose"'............ ............
Girls' Quartet
Wanda Burch, Maxene Patrick
Phyllis Jones. Myrtice ¡ones
Scholarship Awards, Presented by
Ferd W. Jones
High School Principal
Presentation of Girls' League Gift
Myrtice Jones
President Girls' League
Awarding of Diplomas
.................... Lucius Robinson
Chairman of School Board
Benediction
..............
Ret
Gray
CLASS ROLL
Wanda Burch
Les Henry, Jr.
Delbert Hill
Myrtice Jones
Phyllis Jones
Vernard Lackey
Maxene Patrick
Elwood Squire
CLASS MOTTO
Out of School Life Into Life's School”
CLASS COLORS- Orchid and Silver
CLASS FLOWER Whue Carnation
Whither the Young Graduate?
Maybe This Holds the Answer
COMING EVENTS
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Fridays—Every 2nd and 4th Fri
day, Kerby Girl Scouts meet at
the Kerby Library.
Every Monday—Boy Scout« meet
in Legion hall. Cave Junction.
Ralph Huber, Scout Master.
Doagla« Fjirbanki, Jr. bid« _ Join
Fontaine farewell in “Cons.« Din Cary
Grant and Victor MrLazlen are co-
•tarred with D ob « in the film adapt»
tion of Kipling’« immortal ballad.
The grade school P.-T. A met
last Thursday evening for the last
meeting of the year with election
of officers the main interest.
New officers elected were, Mrs.
Clem Sauer president; Mrs. Wm.
McLean, vice president; Mrs. Lola
Peterson, sec.-treas. Out g~’ing
officers are Mrs. Art Kellert,
president, and Mrs. Alva Laws,
secretary.
After adjournment Mrs. F. W.
Jones and Mrs. Peterson were in
charge of entertainment and Mrs.
Martin Sachse and Mrs. Wm. Far-
lein in charge of refreshments.
The grade school picnic held
Friday at the Holton creek ball
ground was a decided success even
though the clouds threatened rain
and a few drops fell. Ball games
were played before ansi after din
ner. The picnic tables were load
ed with all that makes an ideal
picnic and everyone had well
filled plates.
Five gallons of ice cream, fur
nished by the P.-T. A., kept the
youngsters busy getting in line
for another cone and the parents
and teachers busy dishing up.
Mrs. Cora Magill generously fur
nished the cones.
Bobby Laws, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alva Laws, had an operation
last Saturday for the removal of
his tonsils. The operation was
performed at the Grants Pass hos
pital and Bobby is recovering sat
isfactorily at his home.
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Mrs. Wilda Fitts spent the week
end at Kerby. She has charge of
a school cafeteria in Salem, but
has been trying to find a location
in the Illinois Valley. She with
her two sons hope to buy a ranch
and find the climate here especial
ly suitable. While here she was
a guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. W.
Cooper.
How the average high school stu
dent will be occupied one year from
this June has been determined by a
recent survey of 1,000 of last June’s
graduates. Teachers colleges, busi
ness colleges and vocational schools
will absorb 140 graduates from the
school surveyed, all in towns of ap
proximately 3,000.
Clerical jobs tn grocery stores, fill
ing stations, shoe stores, etc., will
be filled by 236 graduates. This total
includes delivery boys and “handy
men,” most of whom serve part time
in a clerical capacity. Thirty-one
salesmen also received the sheep
skins this year. The latter Includes
house-to-house canvassers.
Stud, nts numbering 171 will attend
college or university the first year,
with a large percentage failing to
return the second year. Lack of in
dustrial opportunity has Increased
college enrollment. A total of 162
will remain at home without finding
work. This figure Includes girl grad
uates 'mt planning to work.
Agriculture will claim 190 grad
uates, many of whom are returning
home to work. Included also are
youths who are going to work on a
farm for the first time. Seventy
seven are listed under a miscellane
ous heading. Including truck driv
ers, CCC enrollers, mechanics, waiU
res sea and odd-job workers.
Highway Accidents
Eureka, Calif. Both cars were
badly damaged.
Another accident occurred near
Wonder when a sedan operated by
* harles Vance Johnson of Takil-
ma collided with the Illinois Vai-
ley freight truck driven by Harold
Hill. Fortunately no one was
hurt seriously in this accident.
Dewey Dixon of Kerby is in
the hospital at Grants Pass, with
his felt leg badly fractured in two
place« as a result of an automobile
accident over the week end three
miles south of Selma
Dewey s
coupe collided with a potato truck
driven by Darrell S. Button of
Dr. Collman
Appointed
New Deputy
Today, Sheriff Don Barnes ap
pointed Dr. A. N. Collman of Cave
Junction, chief deputy sheriff of
the county, and he was sworn in
immediately.
Lloyd Lewis was appointed last
year, but has been in a very ser
ious condition from a nervous
breakdown, and recently his doc
tor told him it would be impossible
for him to go back to work for six
months.
The sheriffs office needed the
deputy, and insofar as Lloyd was
unable to go to work, it was nec
essary for Sheriff Barnes to make
a selection for chief deputy un
til he could return, as the office
was getting crowded with more
work than the force could handle.
Dr. Collman has been a resident
of the valley for several years and
has made a host of friends who
wish him well in his new duties.
Dr. and Mrs. Collman and their
baby will move to Grants Pass as
soon as they can find a home.
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POPPIES TO HELP
DISABLED VETS
Townsend
Plan Out
Twelve million poppies will be
worn in the United States this
year in tribute to the World War
dead, Pearl Martindale, poppy
chairman of Glenn Morrison unit
of the American Legion Auxiliary,
predicted today as nationwide
preparations for the observance
of Poppy Day, May 27, were be
ing completed by the Auxiliary.
Making of the little red memor
ial flowers is now completed and
millions already have been distrib
uted to local units of the Auxiliary
in readiness for Poppy Day.
In exchange for the flowers the
poppy workers will receive contri
butions for the welfare of the
war's living victims, the disabled
veterans, their families and the
families of the dead. More than
one million dollars is expected to
be contributed. The money will
go into the rehabilitation and child
welfare funds of the Legion and
Auxiliary, remaining largely in
the communities where it is raised
to finance the local Legion and
Auxiliary welfare activities dur
ing the coming year.
A large corps of local Auxiliary
women will work Saturday even
ing at the Poppy dance under the
leadership of Mrs. Martindale.
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For Vote
FIREMEN TO MEET
MONDAY NIGHT
Art Kellert and Wm. Farlien
spent the week end at Kerby with
their families. The men have
been employed at Lakeview and
when they returned to work took
with them Mrs. Kellert and sons
George and Harry and Mrs. Far-
lein and children Barbetta and
Danny. They will remain at
Lakeview for" the summer.
(Continued on Pa^e Two)
Drama!
Those living in the valley who
intend to accompany the Cavemen
caravan to San Francisco June 15
to attend Cavemen and Josephine
county Day at the fair, please let
M. C. Athey at The News office
know so this information can be
given to the committee making all
arrangements. It is hoped a large
number of valley people will go on
this trip.
Price 5 Cents
An Associated Press dispatch of
May 24th carried the following:
The way was cleared Wednes
day for the first vote in congress
on the Townsend old age pension
plan, a political hot potato for
many years.
Released by the ways and
means committee for house con
sideration, a bill embodying the
latest version of the plan prob
ably will be called up for debate
in that chamber next Wednesday.
The vote should come the next
day.
The bill was brought out of
the committee with the sanction
of house democratic leaders who
are confident of its defeat. The
leaders also figured the vote
would “put on the spot” a num
ber of congressmen who have
made friendly, if sometimes in
conclusive, gestures toward the
Townsendites.
The bill voted out was Dr. Fran
cis E. Townsend’s latest version
I of his plan to give elderly persons
I a sizeable monthly pension.
It was introduced only Tuesday
by Representative Joe Hendricks,
democrat, Florida, and proposes
pensions up to 1200 monthly.
It would be financed by a 2
per cent tax on the gross revenue
of retail business and a one half
of 1 per cent levy on the gross
revenues of producing, manufac
turing, wholesale and jobbing
establishments.
Chief George W. Martin of the
Cave City Volunteer Fire depart
ment, has issued a call for a meet
ing of the firemen for Monday
evening, May 29 at 8:30 sharp.
All members of the department
are requested to attend. The
meeting will be held in the fire
hall where the truck is housed.
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Miscellaneous Shower
Given Mrs. Hammer
Last Tuesday afternoon Mrs.
Lew Hammer was an honored
guest at her home in Selma when
about 20 Eastern Star members
gathered at her home and sur
prised her with a miscellaneous
shower.
After a social time was enjoyed
Mrs. Lola Peterson presented
Mrs. Hammer with a large dish
pan full of useful, dainty gifts.
Following the opening of the
packages dainty
refreshments
were served to conclude the after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Hammer recently
lost their home by fire and are
now making plans to build in the
near future.
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Mrs. Mary Jacques of Holland
was in Grants Pass Saturday at
tending to business.
Mr. and Mrs. K. D. LeVan of
the H. & L. Coffee shop left Tues
day for Brookings. They expect
to be gone the rest of the week.