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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1939)
Courier Gateway to The Oregon Caves Illinois Valley News A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS Volume III, No. 19 Cave Junction Oregon. Thursday, September 11. 1939 ■J • High School . Shows Good Improvement * •• * , First day registration of the Kerby Union high, school num bered 86 students, about ten more than the first day last year. By classes the freshmen entered 28 students, sophomores 23, juniors 21 and seniors 14. A few have entered during the week. Earl House of Portland arrived on Wednesday to fill the position which was vacant on the teaching staff until the beginning of school. Mr. House will teach typing, boy’s physical education and shop work. Miss Rhoda Mills of Forest Grove will have the four English classes, girl’s Physical education and music. Mrs. Thelma Wilson will have Home Economics, first and second year with so large a class in the first year work that two classes have been mad<3 Mrs. Wilson will also have World His tory and will coach any public speaking if students enter the county contests. Merle Farmer, who has taken work at the University of Chicago during this summer towards a doctor's degree in Economics, ar rived Sunday and will teach eco nomics, American history and civ ics and General Mathematics. Fred W. Jones, principal, will teach science, biology and alge bra. The additional room to the high school building is highly appreci ated as well as the wider range of courses offered. Boys shop work has attracted a number of the junior-senior students and all are enthusiastic over the chance to help finish and equip the new shop building. ------------- o- - New Member Home Economics Committee At the recent meeting of the State Grange Mildred Norman of Selma was appointed by the State Master as a member of the State Grange Home Economic commit tee. She has charge of Jackson, Josephine, Douglas, Coos and Curry counties. Sister Norman joined Deer Creek Grange in 1927, and has served as Steward, Overseer, Mas- tr, Musician and Secretary, and is now serving in the latter posi tion. She is also Secretary of Josephine County Pomona Grange For the past three years she has served as Master of the de gree team for the Third and Fourth degrees and for the same length of time has been Install ing Officer in the joint installa- * tion of Deer Creek and Illinois Valley Granges. She has been a 4-H club leader for four years.— • Grange Bulletin. ------------- o------------- Josephine County Bull Wins National Repute A Josephine county Guernsey breeder, W. A. Johnson & Sons of Grants Pass, Ore., has just won national recognition on his pure bred Guernsey bull, Glen Oak's Royal Andy 219068. J 1 Kerby News Notes of General Interest With the beginning of schools the Kerby Library hours have been changed so that they will convenience students as much as possible. Mrs. Wm. Farlein will again be in charge and the library will be open on Tuesday and Fri day afternoons. The hours will be 2 P. M. to 4:30 P. M. Even ing opening is discontinued. A new window has been put in the building and painting is under way. The large number of maga zines given by Mrs. Horsfill of Marshfield have been very pop ular with borrowers this summer. Mrs. Wm. McLean and son Mickey are spending the week at Pistol river with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Young. Mr. and Mrs. Young were here over the week end visiting Mrs. Young’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. McLean. A. C. Barnes has gone to Med ford where he has employment with a produce company as busi- nesss managen Mrs. Ferd Jones and daughters Myrtice and Phyllis went to Grants Pass Tuesday, taking as an exhibit to the Count Fair, work done by the Room Improvement 4-H Club The work was completed and exhibited locally early this spring. Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Wilson and sons spent last week end at Rose burg and on Sunday attended a family reunion of the Wilson fam ily held near Myrtle Point. Near ly forty relatives were rpesent for the affair O WHAT THE LEGION AUXILIARY IS DOING Fourteen members gathered on Wednesday for potluck at the hall. A large box of clothing was mended and packed ready to send to Pine Ridge. The afternoon was spent cutting and sewing carpet rags to send to the hospital. Dis abled men weave these rags into rugs which are sold and the money is used for the benefit of those who make them. The following committee chair men have been appointed for this year: Americanism Thelma Wilson Child Welfare Amy Hussey Community Service Lida Miller Constitution and By-Laws .... .... Irene Morrison Employment and relief............ Amy Hussey Fidac................................ Mary White Hospital ................ Emily Kellert Junior Activities Edith Hayes Legislative Marie White Membership ....... Sharlet Slack Music ....... Lucille Arnold National Defense Lillian Smith National News Millie Trefethen Poppy Sales Emily Kellert Poppy Poster Joy Badden Radio Marie White Plans were perfected for at tending the joint installation at Medford, Friday. The executive committee met and decided to shelf the card par ty as plans were being made to use the hall for a dance. fQeMeiSMdKNMWWMWMMS'MMMSSSMMMdNMMdWMMSSeMS •3 j COMING EVENTS j Delightful Party Price 5 Cents L1 Tourists Grade CAVES PUTS ON ADDITIONAL TRIP Fair Opens, Increase Schools Rain Holds 13 Per Cent All Open Non-resident motor vehicle reg istration in Oregon during the month of August totaled 30,205 an increase of 13 per cent over August, 1938, while registration for the first eight months of 1939 was six per cent above the total for the similar period last year, Secretary of State Earl Snell said this week. About half of the out-of-state cars were from California. Cave Junction topped the list with 5,763 registrations. Others in the first 10 cities were Ashland 3,596. Brookings 2,942. Umatil la 1,714. Grants Pass 1,320. Gold Beach 1,100. Arlington 1.088. Klamath Falls 1,052 and Bend 1,043. -------------O—— ■ '■ Last Monday all the grade schools in the valley opened for the fall term. Kerby, of course, leads with the largest enrollment of any of the grade schools and this year opened with 54 pupils. Ashton Foerst is the new prin cipal with Miss Effie Sweet and Mrs. Lola Peterson, teachers. The new grade school bus is giving entire satisfaction and gives the grade scholars quite an advantage over other pupils. Takilma opened with 15 pupils enrolled. Miss Claudia McLean is the teacher. Rocky Dale has 22 pupils en rolled this year. Earl Gray is the teacher. O’Brien has six pupils and Mrs. Julia Williams is teaching. White school has 15 enrolled with Mrs. Martha Holland as teacher. Holland has 20 children en rolled and Mrs. Lorna Byrne is the teacher. Payne has 10 pupils and Mrs. Bessie Watts is the teacher. Spence has 21 pupils enrolled and Miss Doral Mallery is the teacher. We invite every one of these teachers to send in news of their school and we will be glad to pub lish it. -------------o---- There has been such a demand to see the Caves from tourists coming to the famous Oregon Re sort that Manager George C. Sa bin has added an additional trip through the Caves that is not scheduled on their regular fold- er. The regular guide service from September 10 to October 15 lists three trips through the Caves, 10 at m., 1:00 p. m. and 3:30 p. m. The additional trip will be at 5:00 p. m., making four trips daily un til further announcement. Coining Attractions at Cave City Theater So popular was the first of the screen’s biblio-detective thrillers, “Fast Company,” that Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell add their starring names to the second of the series, "Fast and Loose,” coming Wednesday to the Cave City Theatre. Montgomery plays the book sleuth and Rosalind Russell por trays his wife, Garda. It is Mont gomery's first role since he left for a long vacation on his eastern farm, and Miss Russell’s first since she won outstanding honors in “The Citadel.” “SUZANNAH OF THE MOUNTIES” A thousand savage redmen sweep down on the Mounties’ lone ly outpost! A gallant garrison fights against overwhelming odds! A lone woman finds love mid per il on a primitive frontier! Believe it or not—this is what happens In Shirley Temple’s latest picture, “Suzannah of the Moun ties,'’ which shows at the Cave City Theatre, Saturday and Sun day. Garbed in calico and buckskin, Shirley Temple's is a real dramat ic role different from anything she has done previously on the screen. Randolph Scott and Mar garet Lockwood, the lovely star of “The Lady Vanishes,” are featur ed in the romantic leads, while others in the large cast are Mar tin Good Rider, 13-year-old Black feet discovery who makes his de but in the film, J. Farrell Mac Donald, Moroni Olsen and Lester Matthews. Shirley, the sole survivor of an Indian massacre, is adopte<( by Randolph Scott of the Mounties. derful lesson in courage which protect the construction of the great new railway from interfer ence by the Indians. Scott teaches the child a won derful lesson in courge which bears her bravely through days of terrible danger. 4-H CLUBBERS WORK FOR TRIP Striving to win the trip to the Exposition in Portland this fall, sponsored by the First National Bank of Portland, 4-H Club mem bers of Josephine county are com pleting special projects and pre paring entries foi/ county and state 4-H competition. As for the last three years, choice of the boy and girl fro meach county in Oregon for this three-day visit in Portland will be based on out standing leadership and achieve ment in 4-H Club work. According to local 4 11 Club leaders, the reports of last year's trip brought back by Edward San tos and Mildred Norman, winners of the 1938 award from this coun ty, have heightened the compe tition to fever pitclj. The trip includes daily visits to the expos ition grounds, sight-seeing in Portland and special entertain ment by the statewide bank, which pays all transportation and expenses. Last year 74 boys and girls of Oregon enjoyed this visit to Portland and the same number is expected this year H. C. Seymour, Oregon 4-H Club director, has again been ap pointed general chairman of the judging and awards. Local judges will be the county agent, county superintendent of schools and R. E. Hackett, manager of the Grants Pass branch of the First National Bank of Portland. Dates for the visit are October 11, 12, SISKIYOU FOREST TO CHECK DEER The United States Forest Ser vice has announced that deer kill ed on the Siskiyou National For est this fall will be checked weigh ed and measured for the purpose of obtaining data which will be used in the management of the deer herd. Checking stations will be estab lished at the Redwood, Rand, Pow ers, Agness and Gold Beach Rang er Station and at the Grants Pass Forest Service Warehouse All sportsmen who hunt in the Siski you Nationl Forest are requested to cooperate by checking their kills in at one of these stations. Checking is not compulsory, but will be conducted entirely on a cooperative basis. Forest officials state that the weight and antler "development of deer provide a good index to the vigor and quality of the herd. It is possible through an analysis of weight and antler measurements to determine whether or not there is a deficiency in the diet of the animals or if other factors are favorable. The Forest Service hopes through this checking to obtain information which will provide a comparison of the quality of the deer in this section with those in other parts of the state. It is al so hoped to determine the size and value of the annual deer crop on the Siskiyou forest. Edward P. Cliff, Forest Supervisor. o------------- BLESSED EVENTS BORN—To Mr. and Mrs. Al lan Currier, Monday, September 11, an eight pound baby boy. The young heir, Allan Dale, arrived at 3:01 a. m. Both mother and son doing nicely. ——O'" ■ BORN—To Mr. and Mrs. Har old Hultman last Friday, Septem- ber Sth, a nine pound baby boy. Dr. Ostrander was in attendance and reported baby and mother do ing fine. The baby was named Robert Harold BORN—To Mr. and Mrs. Clif ford Johnson of Takilma, at the hospital in Grants Pass, Tuesday, Sept. 12, at 7:55 p. m., a son Chas. Peter, weighing seven pounds and six ounces. ■ ■ ■ o.... Herman Luethye of Holland was a business visitor in Grants Pass last Monday. in Order to Form a More Perfect Union’ ------------- o Wednesday to Saturday, Septem ber 13-16—Josephine County fair. Friday, September 15 — Kerby Rod and Gun club will meet at the Ritz Tavern, Kerby. Saturday, Sept. 16 — Auxiliary card party. , Wednesday, Sept. 13—Auxiliary all day sewing. Potluck at noon. Bring used clothing. Josephine County Fair September * 13th to 16th inclusive. Pendleton Round-Up September 13th to 16th inclusive. Wednesday, September 20—Reg ular Auxiliary Meeting. Card Party scheduled for Satur day, September 16, has been postponed. Last Friday Evening Bernice Allen and Wanda Burch entertained a number of their friends at the home of Bernice Allen last Friday. The evening was spent in playing games and dancing. Refreshments were serv ed by the hostesses at about ten thirty. Those present were Misses Dor othy Green, Charlotte Badden, Jeanne Villair, Myrtice Jones, Jeanne Abernathy, Maxine Allen, Wanda Burch and Bernice Allen, Messrs. Bud Brooks, Don Hill, Ivan Haberman. Marvin Prentice. Herbert White, Ken Morrison. On September 17, 1717, George Washington was the first man to sign his name to the Constitution ol ibe Louis Gallegas and Harry Schultz United States. During the past 131 years that document has stood firm in a world sorely tried by warfare, dis Everyone reported a delightful sension and strife. On September 17, 1919. every-day patriots here and throughout the nation, pause to honor those men who signed the immortal document of “We the people of the Halted States.” evening well apent. Crowds Back "Everything is going nicely,” were the words of Chairman F. G. Roper in describing the opening of the Josephine County Fair as it got under way at the fair grounds at Grants Pass Wednes day morning. The annual affair opened with exhibitors busily engaged in ar ranging what turned out today to be one of the finest displays ever placed in the history of the fair. The chill of the weather held attendance down during the op ening hours Wednesday but aa evening came on, people were gathering in increasing numbers to give the fair what was termed a “good opening.” Friday will be the big day when all the stores in Grants Pass will be closed to allow clerks and pro prietors to atend the big Fiesta day. Special events are planned for this day. ------------- o ■■■ Fire Season Shows Good Improvement Forty-three fires have burned on the Page creek district since the beginning of the fire season, according to Ranger M. M Nel son of the Redwood Ranger Sta tion. Of the 43 fires, 21 were man enused and 22 were caused by lightning. Although the to tal number of fires this season is nearly the same as that of pre vious years, the total acreage burned is considerably less, there being 57 acres burned over this year. The largest fire this season was the Clear creek fire north of Sel ma. This fire burned a total of 41 acres of which 16 were on state land and 25 acres on National Forest land. Action has been taken on all man caused fires, and has result ed in three court convictions and two cases wherein the land own er was required to pay the costs of suppressing the fire. The land owner is required to pay the sup pression costs if he is negligent in permitting the fire to escape, or if he does not pay the patrol tax and thereby assuming the risk himself. ---------------------O' Boy Scouts Troop 28 Visits Oregon Caves The Boy Scouts of Illinois Val ley Troop 28, recently took a trip through the Oregon Caves which they enjoyed very much. Coming out of the Caves, the boys took a hike on the mountain above the Caves. They spent their time on the hike classifying the various trees and shruba The Scouts returned home late in the afternoon, a little tired but happy. The Scouts are looking forward to the beginning of the regular weekly scout meetings. These meetings will be held each Mon- day evening in the Legion Hall at Cave Junction, the first will be on Monday, September 18. Any boy that is twelve years of age or over is invited to come down and visit the troop. A donation of $5 was received from the Oregon Caves Chateau to add to the troop treasury for the good cause of Scouting. The Scouts wish to thank Mr. George Sabin and want him to know how greatly ft is appreciated. ------------ -o------- —- R. H. Fleming of Tigertown fell from a ladder Wednesday morning and was quite severely injured. E. P. Preble and party who were passing by gave first aid. Mr Fleming was found to be so badly injured an ambulance was called from Grants Pass and he was taken to the Josephine County hospital In the afternoon. -------------- o ' The Holland School Club will meet Friday evening, Sept. 15, at 8 p. m. at the school house.
