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Gateway to The Oregon Caves
III inois Valley News
A LIVE WIRE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS
Volume IV.
No. 31
Price 5 Cents
Cave Junction. Oregon. Thursday, December 5. 1940
REBEKAHS ELECT
LOLA PETERSEN
NOBLE GRAND
Local Men
Kerby Rod
& Gun Club
Marguerite Rebekah Lodge No.
Ill of Kerby held their election
for the coming year last Wednes­ Meets Fri. 13
day evening in the I. 0. O. F. hall
Lost In Fog
Hunting
with the following officers: Lola
Petersen Noble Grand; Edna Mc­
The following story appeared Lean, Vice Grand; Sophia Bunch,
in the Grants Pass Courier and is secretary; Frances Smith, treas­
the story of two local men who urer. These and appointed officers
went to Klamath Lake hunting ' will be installed at the regular
the first of the week. The story . meeting in January.
is interesting, for it could have
A short program followed.
been a sad story if help had not Humorous stories were given by
arrived. No one knows how utter­ | Frances Smith, R. T. Phillips and
ly lost you can be in a dense fog ' Lily White. Mrs. Vi Johnson gave
until you have experienced a sit­ a whistling solo accompanied by
uation like the two Lew’s had on Helen Inman. Lola Petersen and
the lake.
Alice Hogue had charge of the
games. Refreshments were served
A blanket of impenetrable fog later.
surrounding them, two Selma men
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Lew Hammer and Lew Krauss,
floated helplessly for seven hours Garden Club Christmas
on Agency lake Sunday before fin­ Party Next Thursday
ally being found at 10 o’clock that
night.
The November meeting of the
For a while they had the con­ Illinois Valley Garden club was
fident "put-put” of a light out­ held at the home of Mrs. Robert
board motor to comfort them, but Walton near Holland, last Fri­
when the motor was turned off day, November 29th.
there was only a gray, eerie silence
Plans for the coming Christmas
as the boat floated aimlesly in a party to be held Thursday, Decem­
dead calm, and the men grew tired ber 12, at Mrs. George W. Thrash­
and hungry.
er’s home in Kerby were discussed.
Krauss and Hammer had gone Members are requested to contrib­
to Agency lake, directly north of ute names of families in need so
upper Klamath lake, for duck the club may adopt them and to
hunting. The lake is about six bring supplies of clothing and
miles long and three wide.
canned goods to the next meet­
Another boat towed them out ing.
on the lake early in the afternoon,
The Christmas gift exchange
with fog already beginning to ob­ will take place as usual. This year
scure the banks.
a New Year’s gift will be divided
“We decided to return earlier between Doernbeckers and Boys’
than the others,” Hammer recount­ Town.
ed Monday night. "But the fog was I The club plans on forming an
so thick that we couldn’t tell a Auxiliary to aid with Red Cross
direction.
There was an abso­ work. Mrs. Harry R. Floyd was
lute calm, besides.
appointed to investigate and dis­
"There was a faint breeze, and cuss this problem with the Legion
we set the boat heading directly Auxiliary.
into it. It turned out that the
The meeting was then turned
breeze was blowing in exactly the over to Mrs. Harry O. Smith who
opposite direction in which we gave an interesting talk on color
wanted to go, and we went for and the planting of roses. Follow­
miles the wrong way.”
ing this discussion refreshments
Night fell, adding darkness to were served by the hostesses, Mrs.
the difficulty. The men’s clothing Rober* Walton, Mrs. Frank Mel­
grew damp from the fog, but low, Mrs. Joe Hudron.
fortunately it was not cold.
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"Albert Christy, a timber cruis­
er with the Indian agency, sent a “Ge4 Together” Gathering
trapper out with a speed boat to To Meet Again Soon
find us, and he did. We signaled
by firing shotguns while we were
Last Thursday evening 30 resi­
about a mile and a half apart. He dents of the White school district
was sailing by compass and pulled met at the Harry O. Smith home
tis straight back to the camping for a potluck supper, business
place.
meeting and social evening.
"There were other boats lost at
It was voted to purchase stage
the same time, and when we got curtains for the school and to have
back one man was still out there the school wired and connected
somewhere.
with the electric power line. All
“It wasn’t really dangerous, al­ urged that another "get together”
though it could have been if the of the same nature be held again
temnerature was cold.”
soon. The next meeting to be held
The tired men were driven back at the Freeling Sawyer home on
to Selma Sunday night by Clell December 13 th.
Haberman, former Selma resident
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now living in California, who had
Hoir"
Extension Unit
made the trip over with them.
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COMING EVENTS
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Friday, December 6 — O’Brien
Women’s club meets at the home
of Mrs. Inman.
Saturday, December 7—HEU food
Sale at Model Grocery.
Saturday, Dec. 7—Elk’s Smoker
in Grants Pass.
Saturday. December 7—Auxiliary
Bazaar and luncheon at Auxil­
iary kitchen.
Tuesday, December 10 — HEU
Christmas party and gift ex­
change in O'Brien at the home
of Miss Ruby Hosford.
Thursday. December 12—Illinois
Valley Garden Club Christmas
Party, at the home of Mrs.
George W. Thrasher. Kerby.
Friday, December 13—Kerby Rod
& Gun Club election of officers.
Tuesday, Dec. 17—O. E. 8. meets.
Wednesday. Dec. 25—Christmas.
Wednesday, Jan. 1—New Year’s
Day.
O’Brien Woman’s club meets first
and third Friday, 2 p. m.
Cave City Women’s club meets
every first Tuesday of each
month
Regular Legion and Auxiliary
meeting the first and third
Wednesday of every month.
The regular annual meeting of
the Kerby Rod & Gun club will be
held Friday, December 13th, at
which time a new set of officers
will be elected at this meeting and
a good program has been arranged.
This is the meeting when the big
chest will be given away. The
program is going to be a "Wow,”
so better plan to attend. All mem­
bers are urged to be at this meet­
ing and the general public is also
invited.
Due to the efforts of the club,
we have the following data to pub­
lish concerning the active part the
club is playing in stocking the
streams of this section with fish.
Here is what has been done just
recently:
November 13—13,080 steelhead
trout planted in the Applegate riv­
er. Another truck load on the
same date stocked 24,487 steel­
heads in the Applegate.
November 14 — 27,887 steel­
heads were planted in the West
fork of the Illinois river and an­
other truck load of 22,898 of the
same fish were planted on the
same date.
November 15 — 18,244 steel­
heads were planted in Grayback
creek, and another truck load of
6,450 were planted i n Sucker
creek on the same date. Also an­
other truck load dumped 13,702
trout in Sucker creek.
November 17 — 15,088 steel­
heads were put into the East fork
of the Illinois river.
November 19—28,080 Rainbow
trout were planted in Cave Creek,
and Sucker creek received 18,720
of the same variety.
November 20—32,750 Rainbow
trout were 'planted in Deer Creek
and another truck planted 17,680
more. The trucks run two at a
time.
These trout were all from two to
three and a half inches long.
Earlier in the season 50,000
Eastern Brook trout were planted
in this section and this fall 155
pheasants were released.
This work is all the result of
the active part the Kerby Rod &
Gun club takes in the interest of
wild life in its section. If you,
are not a member of the club you
should be, for they are doing a
mighty fine job.
Cooke O’Brien Home
Scene of Party
Birthdays Celebrated
Last Friday Evening
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Jeanne Villair
The volley ball game that was
to be held last Monday evening
with Grants Pass was postponed
until Monday, December 16. This
extra time will give the team more
chance to practice and they will
have their new gymn suits com­
pleted. The girls are making their
suits themselves. They are to be
red and white for the school col­
ors, the shorts red and the skirt
white.
A student body meeting was held
December 4 to discuss a Christmas
party.
It was decided that it
would be held on Friday afternoon
before Christmas in the high
school. Names will be drawn for
the exchange of gifts. A big Christ­
mas tree will be put up in the hall
and other decorations around the
building.
The CCC boys have rented the
gym on Wednesday and Sunday
nights for practicing basketball.
They play their first game Wed­
nesday night with the town team.
A neftv set of Americana En­
cyclopedias has been added to the
school library. This set contains 30
volumes and makes two complete
new sets in the library now.
Marvin Prentice a Kerby High
Alumna visited school last Wed­
nesday. Marvin has just recently
come back from Pullman, Wash­
ington, where he attended Wash­
ington State college.
The students on this six weeks
honor roll are:
Seniors
Bernice Allen 1.
Charlotte Badden 1.
Barbara Robinson 1.
Jeanne Villair 1.25.
Wilna Maurer 1.25.
Vivian Pullen 1.5.
Bud M.J ean 1.5.
- J “■ Juniors
Mavar.
entice 1.
Edith Rossiter 1.
Virginia Thrasher 1.25.
Lois Taylor 1.5.
Freshmen
Eric Johnson 1.
Donnie Sauer 1.
Charlene Miller 1.25.
Betty Strong 1.25.'
Glen Halm 1.5.
Sophomorq
Bob Wendt 1.
Jim Baldwin 1.
Barbara Byrne 1.
Murial Inman 1.25.
Janet Martin 1.25.
Lillian White 1.25.
Elva Messenger 1.5.
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Mrs. E. N. Cooke was happily
surprised last Sunday evening
when about 50 guests arrived la­
den with food, card tables and mu­
sical instruments to celebrate her
birthday, also sharing honors were
Wanda Brown and Jim Curnow.
To Meet Tuesday
The evening was started off
with
quizz games and group sing­
Next Tuesday, December 10th,
the Home Extension Units meet in ing. Tables were placed in the
O'Brien at the homo of Miss Ruby living room for pinochle with
Hosford. This will be the Christ­ awards going to Mr. and Mrs. Kret-
mas meeting and evervone attend­ singer, Robert Balzke and Mrs.
ing is asked to bring a gift for the . Lucci.
In the dining room dancing was
gift exchange.
enjoyed by the young folk and
some of the older guests. Delicious
refreshments were served at a late
hour.
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“To do tuo l/iing» at oner it to do
neither "
DECEMBER
Student Activities
At Kerby High
The Frank Stiwalt and Gene
Brown home was the scene of a
surprise party last Friday, when
the birthdays of Mrs. Art Williams
and Mrs. Gene Brown were cel­
ebrated.
Everyone entered the house
singing happy birthday laden with
boxes of food and goodies. Deli­
cious decorated cakes were pre­
sented the honorees. Tables were
tastily laid and later in the eve­
ning pinochle was enjoyed with
prizes going to Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Krctsinger, Mrs. Cochran, and E.
L. Oppie. Refreshments were also
served at a late hour and guests
left wishing Mrs. Williams and
Mrs. Brown many more happy
birthdays.
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Support the Fire Department.
State Line Tavern
i Dance Saturday Night
Punk Sowell will open the State
Line Tavern on the California line,
with a big dance Saturday, Decem­
ber 7th.
Dynge’s Medford Hot Shot -or
chestra has been engaged for this
occasion and those who attend are
assured of good music, a good
floor and a good time dancing as
long as you like.
Punk and Scottie are the names
mentioned in the advertisement as
managers of the tavern, and ex­
pect to give dances every two
weeks.
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Radio Star Sings
“Your Flag, My Flag”
Mrs. Inez Duffield Webb’s re­
quest for the words to the song,
“Your Flag and My Flag,” has had
quite a response. We finally suc­
ceeded in getting the exact words
of the song some time ago and
published them.
However, letters and the News
traveled far and near, and two
postal cards came recently for Mrs.
Webb concerning the song. A card
from Mrs. Lida Miller said she
had just heard Carol Leighton sing
the song over Radio Station KM ED
at Medford, suggesting that Mrs.
Webb write to the station and ask
Miss Leighton for the song. Mrs.
Webb wrote and had a lovely card
from the famous singer and the
song.
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Mr. and Mrs. George W. Thrash­
er of Kerby spent the week end at
their ranch in Tulelake. They re­
turned home Monday evening.
“RETURN OF FRANK
JAMES” GREAT SHOW
Shop Early,
Filmed in spectacular Techni­
color, the exciting and stirring cli­
max to the daring exploits of the
world's most famous outlaws
comes to the serene of the Cave
City Theater Saturday and Sun­
day in “The Return of Frank
James.”
The millions of moviegoers who
thrilled to last year’s "Jesse
James” will find this new pro­
duction even more colorful and
action-packed. These same millions
will also find many familiar faces
in the cast, for “Jesse James” play­
ers fill most of the important roles.
Henry Fonda, who created the
part of Frank James, Jesse's grim
older brother, is cast in the title
role.
The story of “The Return of
Frank James” is the story of
Frank's determination to avenge
the cowardly murder of his brother
Jesse, shot in the back by the
traitorous Ford brothers. Railroad
money paid the Fords, and a guber­
natorial pardon sets the Fords free
after a jury had convicted them,
so Frank realizes the only way he
can revenge Jesse is to return to
outlawry.
Always maintaining a high pitch
of excitement, the picture then
follows Frank over all the lawless
West, with tremendously stirring
scenes of robbery, murder, gun­
fights, man-hunts, train hold-ups,
escape and pursuit.
Too, there are scenes of gentle
romance. In Denver Frank meets
and falls in love with Eleanor
Stone, playtd by Gene Tierney.
The girl perceives Frank’s real
character and attempts to per­
suade him to give himself up.
The picture’s climax is tense and
dramatic—as Frank at long last
comes face to face with Bob Ford.
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Mail Early,
Wrap Well
We all want our Christmas pack­
ages to arrive on time and we
want them to look good when they
arrive and of course we want them
to arrive in perfect condition.
Here are a few suggtstions to in­
sure your packages doing just
that:
Get your packages ready Will
in advance of the date you want
them sent. Don't wait until the
last minute. Waiting exasperates,
not only yourself, but the tired
shop salesman, the postman, and
the wife. Why not make a new
year’s resolution in advance and
promise to shop early, mail your
nackages early and make every­
body happy, including yourself.
Packages that are sent early
have a better chance of getting to
their destination in good condi­
tion. Late mailings give the post­
man a headache and the clerks on
the railroads a backache. The post­
man has to deliver them and the
mail clerk has to juggle them, but
if they are well in advance their
condition is always better pre­
served. It’s powerful good insur­
ance to send your packages early.
And about shopping early. You
are always assured of better se­
lections, and better service, when
you do your shopping early, and
usually you can get just what you
want. But if you wait until the
last minute, maybe you get what
you want and maybe you don’t,
and you have to take a substitute
for the article you wanted.
The Illinois Valley stores have
laid in a fine supply of Christmas
things that would make anyone
Kerby News Notes happy in receiving. Shop your val­
ley stores and see what they hava.
of General Interest You will be greatly surprised at
the selections.
Shop early, mail early and make
Mrs. G. A. Petersen of Kerby everybody happy.
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was shopping in Grants Pass last
Saturday.
BESSIE FRANKLIN
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pomeroy
Bessie Fulk Franklin, 56, died
were here over the holidays at
their summer home near Kerby. Friday in Yreka, Calif. She was
They left for their home in Sausa­ born June 17, 1884, in Kerby and
spent most of her life in Illinois
lito the first of the week.
Valley.
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Mrs. Franklin, member of the
Mr. and Mrs. Clem Sauer were
transacting business in Grants pioneer Briggs family, was a res­
Pass this week. Incidentally too, ident of the valley for many years,
Clem purchased a new Dodge truck living on the family home near
from the Carner Automotive Serv­ Bridgeview.
Surviving are: one daughter,
ice Company.
Inez Sowell of Hilt, Calif.; one
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The Dental Clinic which has son, Ashby Fulk of Crescent City;
been previously announced for the two grandsonr, Lawrence Sowell
Kerby grade school will be held and Don Fulk; and one brother,
on December 11, at 9:30 a. m., at Ray Briggs of Oleans, Calif.
Graveside services were conduct­
the Kerby grade school. Dr. Dur­
land of Grants Pass will make a ed by officers of Western Star
survey of children's teeth and if Chapter O. E. S. at the Kerby
dental work is needed will recom­ cemetery.
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mend it, so that the parents may
have it done at their convenience. H. E. U. Food Sale
Mrs. Ferd Jones and Myrtice
Jones went to Crescent City last
Thursday to attend funeral serv­
ices of Mrs. Jones’ niece, Mrs.
Earl Tesch, who has been ill for
the past year at her home in Cres­
cent City. Earl Tesch and Mrs.
Cora Ayers were guests on the
same Thursday evening at the
Jones home. Mr. Tesch was en­
route to Myrtle Creek to visit rel­
atives and Mrs. Ayers, who is Mrs.
Jones sister was enroute to her
home at Walla Walla. Washington,
after spending the past three weeks
caring for her daughter, Mrs. Earl
Tesch.
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Gran Home Scene of
Birthday Dinner
I^tst Sunday, December 1st, a
sumptuous birthday dinner was
held at the home of Nora Gran's,
honoring Robert Wade, Wm. Gran
and Robert Gran. Enjoying this
occasion were Robert Wade, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas Reigle, Mr. and Mrs.
Jess Reigle and son, Mr. and Mrs.
Wm Gran and son Billy of Hilt,
California, Mr. and Mrs. I. K.
Drake, the hostess Nora Gran and
son, Robert and daughter, Naomi.
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Subscribe for the New«
At Model Grocery
Don’t forget all you good H. E.
U. members that this Saturday,
December 7th, is the food and
bazaar sale. We want to make
this a real success so be sure and
have all food and bazaar articles
in early.
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WHAT THE LEGION
AUXILIARY IS DOING
The Auxiliary has been working
for weeks on dainty embroidered
articles, table covers, pillowcases,
scarfs, aprons, useful things which
will make lovely gifts. The Mis­
sionary society of the Community
church is cooperating and will have
their own booths, children’s dres­
ses and stuffed toys.
The Girl Scouts will also have a
booth selling tea towels, candy and
small plants.
A table of Christmas fruit cake
made and presided over by Mrs.
Edith Hayes, which is a guarantee
of quality. The ladies will be
pleased to see you at the bazaar.
These are charitable organizations
which work for the good of the
community.
The Auxiliary will give a card
party in Cave Junction Saturday,
December 7th.