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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1941)
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1941 ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS TAKILMA GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORE SERVES THE TAKILMA DISTRICT PAGE S S hcrwin W illiams P aints • S hihhin W illiams P aints “Take it from me... it’s the PERFECT PAINT” /0/ BEFORE ¿mu Watch it put a smile on your House! S her win -W illi a ms SWP House Paint Last December, the Takilma store, owned and operated by Mr, and Mrs. Harry Messenger for years, was pur chased by Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Baird, and they took immediate possession. The Takilma store was one of the old landmarks of the valley and the community was sorry to lose the Mes senger family, but they did not move out of the valley. They now reside at Cave Junction, and Harry is oper ating the Platerica mine. Mr. and Mrs. Baird are well known valley residents and were no strang ers to the Takilma territory and im mediately fit into the picture of the local community. Mr. Baird was ap pointed postmaster for Takilma, which is located in the s.ore. The store is a general dry goods and gro cery store and serves the farmer« nearby and the many miners in the mountains near Takilma. EASTER STAR CHAPTER HAS HAD BUSY YEAR Matron Hallie Huntington of Eugene. All officers but one were able to en- jcy the hospitality of the Glenda’e Chapter. A school of instruction in ritualis tic ceremonies was conducted early in the year by the Associate Grand Matron, Dora Stipe. Mrs. Stipe was honored by an informal tea. A Christmas party with a tree and gift exchange follows the December business meeting, at which time new officers are elected. Memorial services are held annual ly in May and this year will revere the memory of Herman Leuythe, past patron of the order, and Bessie Fulk Franklin. One charter member sur vives, Edward Dailey of Kerby. Past Western Star Chapter O.E.S. meets in the Masonic hall in Kerby on the third Tuesday of each month. For -■everal years, public installation ceremonies have been held following the annual St. John’s day home com ing dinner as guests of Belt Masonic Lodge. This is one of the most en joyable social occasions of the year when old friends and their families get together. Social and fraternal relations with other chapters are promoted at dis trict meetings held annually. Glen dale Chapter was hostess for the dis trict meeting this year in honor of the official visit of Worthy Grand The way that house you live in looks is the way it “rates” you! Give your house a break —and it will give you one! All you need is beautiful, durable SWP House Paint—applied the more effec tive, more economical SWP “Two Step Way" ... & STEP TWO: SWP Houie Paint-Over the remarkable uni form coat of SWP Undercoater, all you'll need for a perfect two-coat paint job ia juit one coat of beautiful, SWP Houie Paint. SEE — hundred« of home« in thia giant portfolio. A«k ua how you can borrow it... Free! NOW ONLY $2-98 DON'T DELAY- - painting your homo for lack of ready caah. Aak ui to toll you about the no-down-paymont S-W "Ea«y Pay" Plan. WO* LET US SUGGEST A RELIABLE PAINTING CONTRACTOR Ro«ue River Hardware “Where Most People Trade” Grants Pass 'Continued on Pace Six) CAVE CITY THEATER IS THE VALLEY’S BIG ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT STEP ONE: SWP Undercoater No. 450 — first step to a beautifully painted homo, thii new-typo paint prime«, teal«, “blanket«” and uni form« all «urface« with a «ingle, quick, money-«aving coat! ■S herwin -W illiams P aints £ ‘.a - -K Take! ma General Store "SERVICE WITH A SMILE" Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Baird W. B. Roberts, of Medford, is the «ole owner and operator of the Cave City theater, one of the best equipped small town t' eater« in Southern Oregon. The sound equipment was greatly improv'd t :s -f ing an I now this popular amusement house has as good sound as most cities. The best pictures come to the Cave City theater. Takilma, Oregon
