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Illinois Valley News
A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS
Volume 11
No. 34
Cave Junction, Oregon, Thursday, December 28, 1939
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Kerby School
County Court,
Presents
Reclamation
Program
Agent Here
Kerby grade school pupils pre­
sented an evening of delightful
entertainment last Thursday eve­
ning when they gave a varied pro-
giam of sung, exercises and drama
before a large group of parents,
friends and relatives. A Christ­
mas tree decorated and lighted, a
fireplace on the stage and other
Christmas green furnished the
setting for the various numbers.
The program was opened by an
address of welcome by Small John
McCune in a clear voice heard by
everyone present.
Upside Down Drill, Primary
room.
A Sad Case, Ralph Stallcup.
Choral Reading, Upper room.
Christmas Crazy Class, Primary
room.
Little Town of Bethlehem, In
termediate room.
Recitation, George Kellert.
First Aid to Santa, Primary
room.
Santa Class and his Allies, In­
termediate room.
The Joy of Giving, Upper room.
It Came Upon the Midnight
Clear, Upper room.
Recitation, Ethel Elroy.
Everybody Happy, Intermedi-
ate room.
Two Boys Gifts, Upper room.
Song, Dorothy Grey.
The Day After Christmas, Skit
by Upper room.
Recitation, Ryron Slack.
Silent Night, School.
God Bless America, School.
After the close of the program
sleigh bells were heard out side
and who should enter but Santa
Claus himself. Many clever little
crates of candy were distributed
by the good saint as well as or­
anges and pop corn balls.
Most of the success and hap­
piness of the evening must be at­
tributed to the grade school teach­
ers, Ashley Foerst, Effie Sweet
and Mrs. Lola Peterson, who spent
patient hours drilling the children
for the program. To Mrs. Martin
Sachse, who presided at the piano;
Mr. Kellert and other men who
helped place the heavy staging in
the gym for the evening; to Mrs.
Wm. Farlein who made the 115
pop corn balls; to Ralph Baum-
berger who donated the candy as
well as the original and clever
boxes which were nailed together
by the men of the Parent-Teacher
association and to Art Kellert who
made an excellent Santa Claus.
The grade school rooms ended
their work on Friday with a gay
Christmas party and exchange of
gifts. They will return on Jan­
uary 2nd for the resuming of
school work.
Grade school teachers left for
their vacations, Ashley Forest to
his home at Murphy, Miss Sweet
to Ashland and Port Orford and
Mrs. Peterson with Mr. Peterson
spent Christmas with relatives at
Roseburg and Portland.
------ Happy New Year-------
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COMING EVENTS
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POMONA GRANGE
ELECT NEW YEARS
One of the most important
Grange meetings of the year will
be Pomona meeting at Rogue
River Valley Grange hall on New
Years Day, January 1, when the
biennial election takes place, F. L.
Sawyer, master announced.
This is the yearly event when
all Grange members of the fourth
and fifth degrees get together an 1
celebrate. The meeting opens at
10:30 a. m. with a turkey dinner
served from 12 noon to 1 o'clock.
In the afternoon election of offi­
cers will take place. State Master
Ray W. Gill will attend the meet­
ing.
------ Happy New Year-------
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lafferty of
Corvallis were dinner guests on
Tuesday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Blake Miller.
Jou conno» put ihr ionic thoe <>n ever
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Regular Legion and Auxiliary
meeting the first and third
Wednesday of every month.
J— Many drug addicts ex­
ecuted by Chinese gov­
ernment. 1937.
Auxiliary sewing days every sec­
ond and fourth Wednesday. Pot
luck dinner at noon. Everyone
is welcome
Saturday, Dec. 30—New Years’
dance, Grange Hall, Bridgeview.
Monday, Jan. 1—New Years.
Tuesday. January 9—Home Exten­
sion unit wil meet at the home
of Mrs. E L. Oppie, O’Brien.
1—Mew Year » Day
New Airport
0. E. S. and
Now Under
Blue Lodge
Construction Installation
Work began on the Cave Junc­
tion Airport last week. The new
airport is being constructed for the
U. S. Forest Service by the Oregon
Caves CCC camp which is under
the supervison of the Park Ser­
vice. It will have a run way 300
feet wide, nearly a mile long and
will be located parallel to the Red­
wood highway on the Rough and
Ready flat. The chief use of the
airport will be in the suppression
and detection of fires on the Sis­
kiyou National Forest and adjac­
ent forest areas. Most of the land
is O. & C. but a portion of it was
donated by Elwood Hussey.
Last fall the Forest Service
made extensive tests of dropping
fire chasers from planes in forest
areas. They use a special con­
structed parachute and custom
made jumping suits. The object
is to get one or two men to a fire ]
quickly while it is still small
enough for them to handle. The
tests made in the rugged Chelan
country of Washington proved
very satisfactory so it is quite pos­
sible that the local airport will be
an airplane smoke chaser head­
quarters within a few years.
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Mrs. Alfred Bock and son Dean
of Richmond, California, are
guests this week at the home of
Mrs. Bock's mother, Mrs. Millie
Trefethen. Mrs. Bock was for­
merly Georgia Trefethen. Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Trefethen of Talent,
are guest* of Mr. Trefethen'*
mother, Mrs. Millie Trefethen.
St. John’s Day was fittingly ob­
served last Wednesday by the Or­
der of Eastern Star and the Ma­
sonic Lodge at Kerby, when both
organizations sat down to a de­
licious midday dinner, after which
both lodges installed the new of­
ficers for the coming year.
At the meeting last Saturday
night of Belt Lodge No. 18, A. F.
& A. M., the following officers
were elected and appointed:
George Thrasher W. M.
John W. Smith, S. W.
Knute Liildgren, J. W.
Raphael Leonard, Secretary.
Freeling Sawyer, Treasurer.
Roy Wells, 8. D.
Mornay C. Athey, J. D.
George W. Martin, Marshal.
Lew Hammer, S. S.
Orti* Seat, J. S.
Lucius Robinson, Chaplain.
Edward Burke, Tyler.
The Eastern Star installed their
officers first and Mrs. Effie Smith
acted as installing officer and Mrs.
Bessie Watts as Marshal, present­
ing the following for installation:
Sue Martin, W. M.
Raphael Leonard, W. P.
Clara Hammer, A. M.
George Thrasher, A. P.
Cora Barnes, Conductress.
Francis Smith, Assoc. Cond.
Jessie Leonard, Treasurer.
Blanche Robinson, Secretary.
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Myrtle Walton, Marshal.
Nona Coovert, Organist.
Effie Smith, Chaplain.
I«>tha Grizzell, Adah.
Anna Athey, Ruth.
Mrs. Sue Martin after making
a few well chosen remarks as the
new Worthy .Matron of the East-
Today, Thursday, all members
of the county court. Judge W. A.
Johnson, Richard McElligott, and
John Valen, commissioners and
State Watermaster Tom R. Pierce
were in the valley with D. M. For­
ester, United States Bureau of
Reclamation engineer. Mr. For­
ester will spend the day with the
court looking over the valley for
any and all kinds of agriculture
development in the way of irriga­
tion.
Recently the state legislature
appropriated a sum of money and
if the counties interested would
put up half as much, it was taken
for granted that they were inter­
ested enough to allow the govern­
ment to make a survey of the con­
ditions, and it warranted, devel­
opment of reclamation projects
would start.
Josephine county
put up her (2.500 and this investi­
gation is the result, and the Illin­
ois valley is coming in for her
share of the investigation.
The Reclamation Bureau has
started a complete analysis of
Josephine and Jackson counties
and will investigate every feas­
ible project that would make for
safe and sane development with
reclamation projects. Mr. Fores­
ter said it would take about two
years to complete the investigation
and make a report to Washington,
but when they were through, they
would know all about the coun­
ties and their possibilities for agri­
culture development.
Dam sights, storage reservoirs,
soil conditions are some of the
points that will be covered and any
feasible or possible irrigation sys­
tem or reclamation project will
“THE WIZARD OF OZ” get the engineers interest and a
SATURDAY, SUNDAY complete examination. This work
means much to the future of the
It would take hours to tell you Illinois valley.
all about the gnomeltke Munch-
------ Happy New Year-------
kins, played by nearly 200 midget
actors in a miniature city, the
Flying Monkeys, the towering
green Emerald City with its beau­
tiful people, the gorgeous magic
Poppy Fields, and the rest of the
spectacular scenes. And to appre­
ciate them you'll have to hear
"Over the Rainbow,’’ “If 1 only
Had a Brain," “The Merry Old
I and of Ox,” “Ding Dong,” and
the rest of the clever numbers and
dances that were written into the
score.
Musically, dramatically and from
the standpoint of spectacle you'll
never forget “The Wizard of Oz.”
For a story that will bring back
your youth, and, if you have youth
make it happier for many a long
year. Don’t miss “The Wizard of
Oz,” Saturday and Sunday, De­
cember .'¡0 and 31, with a special
children’s matinee Saturday after­
noon.
Happy New Year
Richard Skeeters and a friend
were holiday guests at the home of
Richard's grandmother, Mrs. Delia
Payne for Christmas. Richard
lives at Talent.
Mrs. Clara Magill of the Log
Cabin cafe, is at the home of rel­
atives in Granta Pass where she
is convalescing from an abcess in
the throat. She went to Granta
Pass Friday and her many friends
hope she will soon be back at the
cafe.
ern Star, turned the meeting over
to the Blue Lodge for the instal­
lation of their officer*.
F reeling Sawyer acted aa in­
stalline master and Ed Daily as
Marshal, and presented the above
mentioned officer* who were all
duly installed.
M. M. Nelson
Transferred
to Roseburg
Our local forest ranger, M. M.
Nelson, has received word of a
transfer and promotion effective
Januar y 15 to the Umpqua Nation­
al Forest where he will be assign­
ed to the Forest .Supervisor's staff.
Nelson will be replaced by Ranger
Harold Bowerman, who is to be
transfered here from the Diamond
lake district of the Umpqua Na­
tional Forest. Bowerman has had
considerable ranger experience on
the Umpqua and other national
forests.
Ranger Nelson has been in
charge of the local Redwood Ran-
ger Station since December 15,
1936. He came here from the
Naches district near Yakima,
Washington. Both Ranger and
Mrs. Nelson express grievance at
having to leave the Illinois Val­
ley and their many friends made
while stationed here.
------ Happy New Year-------
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Elroy and
Ethel Elroy spent Christmas in
Eugene visiting friends and rela­
tive*. Mr. Elroy returned early
this week with his son Ernest, who
is moving to Kerby in the house
recently occupied by Les Henry.
Mr*. Harry Elroy and Mr*. Ernest
Elroy will return to Kerby later in
the week.