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Illinois Valley News
A Live Wire Newspaper Published in the Interests of the Illinois Valley and Surrounding Districts
Volume V.
No. 2
Al Currier
Struck Down
On Highway
Struck Down on Highway ..............
Wednesday Morning about 11
o’clock, Al Currier, while workiing
with the State highway road crew
with Sam Bunch, foreman, Harry
Tresham and Marvin Cross, was
struck down by a truck driven bv
Henry Glenn Keithly, of O’Brien,
just over the grade going north
from Cave Junction.
The highway crew was repairing
the shoulders of the highway and
the highway truck with the asphalt
heater behind was parked on the
east side of the road while the
men were repairing the west side.
Al had just cautioned Marvin to
be careful, as he might get bumped
by the passing cars. He had no
more than made the remark when
Mr. Keithly came by and hit Al
as he turned to get another shovel­
ful of gravel to sprinkle on the
road.
The impact threw him about 15
feet down the highway, and he
was severely cut on top of his
head and body injuries, but appar­
ently no bones broken, or at least
not in his arms or legs, as he used
them in struggling as attendants
were trying to treat him. Up to
late Wednesday evening, he had
not regained consciousness, but
reports from Grants'Pass were to
the effect that he had a good fight­
ing chance to recover.
Dr. Collman was called and he
immediately took Mr. Currier with
Sam Bunch in his car to the hos­
pital where Dr. Mosier took
charge of the case.
Al has worked on the highway
for years and was foreman’s as­
sistant.
He has always been regarded as
one of the most careful workers
and there seems to be a universal
opinion that there was no excuse
for the accident, as the highway
signs were out 300 feet from the
men at work.
Mr. Keithly was driving a ford
delivery with an Oldsmobile 6-
cylinder engine in it, but it is re­
ported from Grants Pass that the
State Police tested the car and
found the brakes were very poor.
Mr. Keithly did not stop for about
100 feet after hitting Al.
The accident cast a pall of de­
pression all over the valley, and
Al’s hundred’s of friends are pray­
ing that he will come out of the
accident all right. Following this,
we will try to give you late infor­
mation Thursday evening on his
condition.
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Mrs. Edith Mangel, proprietor
of The Cliff House, Crescent City,
accompanied by Mrs. Alice Wag­
oner of Jonesvill, Minnesota, were
guests at the Holland hotel Satur­
day afternoon. Mrs. Mangel is an
old resident of the valley and also
visited many friends while here.
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Cave Junction, Oregon. Thursday, May 15, 1941
Rockydale School
Will Not Reopen
Illinois Valley Juvenile Grange
meets first and third Saturdsys
of each month at 2 p. m.
Cave Junction Townsend Club No.
1, meets every Tuesday night in
the Chamber of Commerce
building.
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"Three C's
Will Picnic
Sunday"
At a meeting of the board of I
directors last Saturday night of
the Rockydale school, District No.
33, it was voted to discontinue
school next year and has contract­
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ed with the Kerby school to trans­ I
The people of the Illinois val-
port their children to the Kerby
school for the coming fall season. ley and other sections of the coun­
The Rockydale board made a try are being invited to a barbe­
contract for $500 with the Kerby cue and picnic to be held at the
school, to transport the Rockydale Oregon Caves CCC camp Sunday,
children, a new bus to be pur­ May 25. Several hundred visitors
chased with 48 seating capacity are expected to attend the event
and it will come to the Rocydale which will be a feature of the
school and pickup the children or “Know Your CCC’ week being ob­
on the road to the school house. served at the camp May 24 to 30.
Over 250 pounds of beef and
The Rockydale board stated it
pork
will be provided for the bar­
now costs the district approximate­
becue
and a couple of truck loads
ly $200 per child per year. At the
present time there are only five of wood will be required for fuel.
children, so by giving the Kerby “Shorty” Phillips, famous Kerby
school $500 it would save the dis­ chef, will be in charge of the bar­
trict approximately $500 per year. becue while the regular camp cooks
In the new arrangements, the will prepare the rest of the dinner.
board wanted the parents to know The meal will be served at outdoor
that there would be no additional tables in an attractive location ad­
jacent to the camp area.
expense to them.
During the afternoon there will
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be a program of sports including
KERBY HIGH
log rolling and bucking. All the
SCHOOL NEWS
camp buildings will be open for
inspection and there will be guides
to accompany those who wish to
(By Jeanne Villair)
tour the camp. The various units
The Senior skip day which is
include five barracks, kitchen and
kept a secret until after Seniors
mess hall, hospital, recreation hall,
are gone was held last Thursday.
educational buildings woodworking
The class went to Crescent City
shop, motor mechanics shop and
where they spent the day, “doing
truck sheds.
Facilities for giv­
the town”. They ate their lunch
ing noncombatant defense training
on the beach and every one ac­
will be given special attention.
quired a nice sunburn but they
Two new buildings have recent­
had a good time anyway.
ly been constructed at the camp
“The Trail Blazer” — Kerby
and additions made to two others.
High School's annual is almost
Other improvements have also been
completed. Work on it is progress­
made including the installation of
ing rapidly and the copies will be
a laundry and dry cleaning plant.
ready for distribution on Tuesday
As the weather was very unfavor­
May 20. This years annual will
able at the time of the anniversary­
be exceptionally nicer for Mr.
celebration and open house in
Athey is printing it instead of the
April, it is the desire of Lieutenant
schools mimeographing it as has
Livingston, camp commander, that
been done previously.
the people of this vicinity will
Returns from the student come out and enjoy the hospitality
body election held last Wednesday of the camp on this occasion.
for next years Student Body offi­
Invitations have been extended
cers are as follows:
to the various organizations of the
President, Helen Halm; vice- valley and in addition a general
president, Louise Hammer; secre­ public invitation is being extend­
tary-treasurer, Joyce Payne.
ed. In order that the officers of
Kerby high school’s commence­ the camp may have some idea of
ment exercises will be held on l.ow many guests to prepare for,
Thursday evening May 22. Most the« who are planning to attend
of the seniors aie looking forward are asked to notify the camp or the
to this.
officers of their organization se v-
Lois Kunkel les received the eral days beforehand.
honor of having . ne of her poems
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published in the “Book of North­
Mr. and Mrs. lieonard
west High School Poetry.’’ This
book is a second anthology of po­ Entertain for Guests
ems written by high school students
Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Leonard
all over the northwest.
were
hosts at a bridge party last
This is the poem Lois wrote :
Sunday
evening at their home near
GROWN UP
No more I hear a voice soft and Holland.
Five tables of bridge were
sweet,
placed
in the spacious living room
In its dear way, lisping a tired
of
their
lovely ranch home which
“goo’ night.”
And no more I’ll hear those tiny has just recently been redecorated
and painted.
patting feet.
Prize winners were Mrs. J. M.
Which brought my pretty infant’s
Smock, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bab-
face in sight.
cock and A. A. Johnson, Travel-
No more I teach this boy of mine ling prizes were won by Mrs. M.
j C. Athey and Harry O. Smith.
to say
I do pray the dear Lord my soul j At midnight the hostess served
I delicious refreshments to the fol-
to keep.
Nor do I ever wipe baby tears lowing guests: Mr. and Mrs. J. M
Smock, Mr. and Mrs. Harry R.
today—
And tonight. I’ll not hear the Floyd. Mi and Mrs. Harry O.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. John W
peaceful sleep.
Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bunch,
The child has gone from me to­ Mr. and Mrs. George W. Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Babcock, Mr.
night—
and
Mrs A. A. Johnson. Mr. and
For now we say he's grown to be
Mrs.
M. C. Athey. Mrs. Lola Peter­
a man.
He's a good lad and
n o sen. and the hosts, Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard.
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brother—
Home Extension Unit has been
postponed. Watch next week’s |
paper for date.
Friday, May 16—O'Brien Women’s
club at the home of Mrs. E. J.
Wilber.
May 17—Card party by American
Legion Auxiliary.
Thursday, May 22 — Commence­
ment exercises, Kerby high Will you guide him, dear Father,
if you can?
school.
Tuesday, May 20 — O. E. 8.
Last week when Clinton Freitas
meeting Masonic hall in Kerby.
was running to first base while
May 24—Annual Legion Auxiliary
playing baseball he broke his leg.
poppy dance.
Clinton is at home now and is get­
Friday. May 30 — Decoration day. ting along quite well. He will have
Regular Legion and Auxiliary to stay in bed around six weeks. I
meeting the first and third The whole school wishes him a
Wednesday of every month.
speedy recovery.
Price 5 Cents
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MEMORIAL MEETING
FOR EASTERN STAR
"Northwest
Mounted
Police" Sat
Kerby News Notes
of General Interest
(By Ed Dailey)
Axel Peterson came in from his
mine on Canyon Creek for sup-
plies.
W. D. Hunt and son Emmett
Cecil B. DeMille, master Produ­
cer-Director, has assembled the were in Kirby on business. Em­
greatest cast of stars ever to ap­ mett is from Portland and is visit-
pear in any of his productions for ing at the Hunt home for a short
his new picture for Paramount, time.
“North West Mounted Police,”
which will have its first local show-
The Lininger >Sand & Gravel
ing on Saturday and Sunday at Crusher was closed for a few days
the Cave City theater, with Gary for repairs and is running again
Cooper and Madeleine Carroll in on full time.
the top starring roles.
Hurley Wilson an.I family and
An epic-sized tale of blazing
and indomitable courage, DeMille Geo B'«ur went to Medford last
has seen fit to place such starring Sunday to attend the ball game.
players as Paulette Goddard, Pres­
( has. Gilmore of Greene Creek
ton Foster, Robert Preston, Akim
Tamiroff, Lynne Overman, George •>« the Klamath river was in Kerby
Bancroft, Lon Chaney, Jr. un(
u...l |, the first of the week.
Walter Hampden in important
Keith Wells, road supervisor, is
roles, rounding out a top cast
which ranks with any ever seen in tearing out the two bridges west
one motion picture. Moreover, be­ of the Johnson store and putting in
cause of the backgrounds and the new bridges.
importance of the story, he has
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sachse
filmed the picture entirely in tech­
made
a business trip to Grants
nicolor, the first time DeMille has
ever made a complete picture in Pass on Tuesday.
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the medium.
Jim Hogue and Geo. Bour were
The import of the story can only
in Grants Pass on Tuesday.
be judged from the fact that it has
its basis in a real revolt against
Bill Tome and Jack Hance have
the Canadian government back in
the contract to build the restaur­
1885 by a tribe of people known
ant building for Clara Magill and
as the Metis, made up of half­
are getting material on the ground
breed voyageurs and the like, and
and expect to start work very
a murdersome group if there ever
was one. The revolt of the Metis, shortly.
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as a matter of record, amounted to
Emmett Newel) and Miss Helen
a Civil War which almost rent
Hart, were married in Grants Pass
Canada asunder, and might have
last Monday, May 12th. Mr. and
if it had not been for the courage
Mrs. George Thrasher attended
of five hundred loyal Mounted Po­
the young couple. Mr. and Mrs.
lio-. ’
Newell left immediately for their
Uprising Starts
home at Fortuna. Mrs. Newell is
Unfoldment of the narrative a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
based on this revolt starts as one Hart of Fortuna and a niece of
might therefore expect with the George W. Thrasher.
organization of the Metis under
three leaders, Duroc (Tamiroff),
Mrs. J. H. Wittrock returned
Corbeau (George Bancroft), and Monday from Poitland where she
Riel (Francis McDonald). When visited a few days with her daugh­
word reaches the Mounted that the ter, Mabel.
Metis are organizing at Batoche,
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two Policemen, Sergeant Jim Brett
(Foster) and Ronnie Logan (Pres­ KERBY ROD AND GUN
ton) are sent to investigate.
CLUB TO MEET
Brett receives the Metis’ (le­
mands, and when his life is threat­
An important meeting of the
ened by the Metis, Ronnie's sister, Kerby Rod & Gun club is sched­
April (Carroll), nurse at the set­ uled for Monday evening, May 19
tlement, comes to the rescue by when Frank B. Wire, state game
announcing the birth of a son to supervisor will meet with the
one of the half-breeds. During members and guests at 8 p. m. in
this scene, it is also established the I. O. O. F. hall in Kerby.
that Brett is in love with April,
An interesting program is being
while Ronnie is interested in Lou- arranged including moving pic­
vette, Indian girl who is about as tures and everyone in the valley
tame as a wildcat, and who is Cor- interested is invited to attend.
oeau's daughter.
If you have any suggestions to
Greater impetus is provided for offer on the improvement of the
the narrative a few days later at fish and game conservation prob-
Fort Carlton,
the
Mounted's lems of the valley, you should
operating center.
First, Dusty bring your ideas to this meeting.
Rivers (Cooper), a Texas Ranger, A delegation of Grants Pass sports­
arrives on the scene, and states men are planning to attend this
that he has a warrant for a mur­ meeting.
derer who has fled to Canada.
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Then April rides into the Fort one
Freeling Sawyer was transact­
morning, driving a wagon. In it ing business in Grants Pass last
Monday.
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AUTO WRECKS HAMMER’S STORE AT SELMA
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Next Tuesday night, Western
Star Chapter, O. E. S. will hold
their annual Memorial services
and meeting at the Masonic hall
in Kerby. All Star members are
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urgently requested to attend.
Some members of the Grand
The above picture shows where H. E. (Weasel) Smith, a prominent
Lodge will attend this important
athlete of the valley, struck Lew Hammer’s store at Selma, and wrecked
The lawn in front of the Kerby meeting and a good attendance of one of the pumps and broke a front glass window of the store.
High school is beginning to come local members is greatly desired.
“Weasel” was driving south when a truck pulled out into the road and
he stepped on the brakes, the road was wet and slippery and he grace­
up and really looks like a lawn
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now.
Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Leonard fully waltzed into the pump and front window.
No one was hurt, but a child wax nearly knocked down, being
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were in Grants Pass on business missed by inches, although Mrs. Hammer, who was in the store, wax
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last Friday.
wondering if Hitler wax starting operations over here all ready.
Graduation
Exercises
Impressive
Last Monday night at the Kerby
High school gym, the grade schools
of the valley held their graduation
exercises with every available seat
taken.
An impressive march, played by
Mrs. Lewis Inman started the ex­
ercises and the graduates inarched
in from each door, the girls from
one side and the boys from the oth­
er, meeting at the rear of the hall
and marched down the center
aisle side by side to seats on the
the stage.
The following program was well
presented and greatly enjoyed by
the audience.
Processional
Mrs. Lewis Inman
Rev E A. Wick
Invocation .
America The Beautiful Sth grade
class
Class Will
Walter Goldsby
Class Prophecies
Isabel Tucker
Mrs. Lewis
Musical Interlude
Inman
Address
Rev. D. D. Randall
Legion Award
Milton Akerill
Auxiliary Award
Mrs. C. Y.
Arnold
Awarding of Diplomas
Dale F.
Ginn
Benediction
Rev. E. A. Wick
Recessional
Mrs. Lewis Inman
GRADUATES
Kerby
Byron Slack.
Francis Badden
George Kellert
'Pearl Marchant
Rosemary Sachse
Ethel Elroy
Burley Tilley
Dean Tycer
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GLEN MORRISON POST
GETS COOPERATIVE
OFFER FOR MAY 30TH
The Glen Morrison Post of the
Vneiican Legion has received an
offer of cooperation from the
members of Company 5483 at
Camp Oregon Caves in their plans
for Memorial day. Because of ab­
sence of so many men from the
community, the CCC men have
volunteered to assist with the an­
nual cleanup of the cemetery on
Saturday, May 24th. They have
also offered to march in uniform
in a memorial day parade if one
is held. They also hope to arrange
a baseball game for the afternoon
of that day.
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THE POPPY ANO
NATIONAL DEFENSE
Wearing of a memorial poppy
on the coat on Poppy Day, Sat­
urday, May 24, might seem to have
no connection with national de­
fense, but to Irene Morrison na­
tion defense chairman of Glenn
Morrison unit of the American Le­
gion auxiliary, the spirit of the
poppy is important to the security
of America.
“More important even than air­
planes, tanks and guns is the pa­
triotic spirit of the nation,” she
said today, while helping the aux­
iliary prepare for the observance
of Poppy Day. “The British army
lost all of its equipment at Dun­
kerque but England has not been
invaded.
The Greeks overcame
and hurled back the Italian invad­
ers^ vastly superior in equipment.
What is inside the heart of a sol­
dier counts more than the type of
gun in his hands. The human ele­
ment is of decisive importance,
even in mechanized warfare.
“The poppy, which we will wear
on Saturday in tribute to the men
who gave their lives for America
twenty-three years ago, carries an
inspiring message for America. It
tells of highest patriotic sacrifice.
It brings memories of the days
when life itself was not considered
too much to give for America, and
when the nation was united in a
spirit of patriotism which brought
quick victory over the enemy.
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Four)