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A Live Wire Newspaper Published in the Interests of the Illinois Valley and Surrounding Districts
Volume V.
No. 32
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Cave Junction. Oregon. Thursday, December 11. 1911
KERBY HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
By Elva Metarnger
The Girls' Volley Ball team
played an exciting game at Grants
Pass last Monday evening. This
being the first game of the sea
son for Kerby, Grants Pass de
them by a score of 30 to
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Joint installation ceremonies fori g-
_.. Doris Jones was high point
Illinois Valley and Deer Creek of
girl.
Kerby challenged Grants
ficers were held last Thursday eve Pass for a return game here Thurs
ning at the Illinois Valley grange day night, Dec. 11.
hall in Bridgeview, with Mildred
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Norman, county grange deputy,
Kerby
attended
the first annual
acting as installing officer, assisted
by Peggy Hogue, Jessie Elmore basketball jamboree held at Med
and Dolores Brooks. Past Pomona ford on Friday, December 5. The
Master Freeling L. Sawyer, intro Jamboree consisted of six games of
eight minutes each, played by 12
duced Mrs. Norman.
Officers installed for Illionis basketball teams of southern Ore
Valley grange were, George Wells, gon, Kerby’s opponent was Pros
Master; Loren George, overseer; pect. The game was an exciting
Ruth Wendt, lecturer; Bessie eight minutes. The score was tied
Watts, secretary; May Sawyer, until the opponent sunk the ball
treasurer; Phil Sawyer, steward; into the basket just as the bell was
J yce Payne, lady assistant; Pearl ringing to end the game, thus mak
Barrett, chaplain; Helen Halm, ing the score 5 to 3 in their favor.
Ceres; Yvonne Payne, Pomona; An unlucky break for Kerby. This
Barbara Byrne, Flora; Harry Mills, was not a conference game.
gatekeeper; Ortis Seat, Chris
Wendt, and Ben George are mtm-
Grants Pass visited Kerby Tues
b< i s of the executive committee.
day night in another basketball
Officers installed for Deer Creek
grange were, C. H. Brooks, mas battle. Again Kerby was defeated
ter; Wilbur Stire, overseer; Lona 24 to 37, Lawrence Looper being
C\ vey, steward; Marion Brook., high point man with 10 points. This
lecturer; Manan Dietrich, secre was only a practice game with
tary; Warren Tuttle, treasuier; Grants Pass.
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Jol-n Buch er, a.-sistant steward;
Mary Buckles, lady assistant; Jen
Last Monday morning Mr. Jones
nie Tuttle, chaplain; Anton Spinas, brought his radio to school so that
gatekeeper; Laura Hogue, Ceres, all the students could hear Presi
Emma Stire,
Pomona; Maud dent Roosevelt’s message to con-
Hogue, Mora; Ed Norman, mem gress asking for a Declaration of
ber of the executive committee.
War. All the students gathered
Balloting for state officers se
in the Science room to listen.
lected the following: Morton
—Remember Pearl Harbor—
Thompkins, master; L’Rena Slack,
lecturer; Bertha Beck, secretary;
Ray W. Gill, Judge W. A. Johnson Dinner Party Honors
and Pete Zimmerman, members of California Matron
the executive committee.
The Waldo Motel at O’Brien last
Obligations in the third and
fourth degrees were given Bob week was the scene of a very de
Smith and Wendell Lee. Several lightful gathering when Mr.’ and
candidates will take this degree at Mrs. Robert Balzke were gracious
tl.e Deer Creek grange next Sat hosts, entertaining 18 guests at a
dinner party honoring Mrs. Grace I
urday evening.
At the close of the meeting re of San Francisco, and the birth
day anniversary of Clift Johnson.
freshments were served.
Remember Pearl Harbor—
The large* room was made at
tractive for the occasion with bou
S. O. S.l
Vwouncement from Red Cross quets of fall flowers. The long
headquarters that a call came to I table was beautifully decorated,
Josephine county Tuesday to con- centered with a lovely flower ar
ti ibute $2500 to the American Re . rangement of small yellow chrys-
Cross for the relief to the armed anthemums and tall yellow tapers
forces and di.-l- essed civii’.ati«. in bronze holders.
The evening was spent playing
Those lat • in ge’ung their mem
bership in .-r v mtir.g to make con- games and pinochle.
Mrs. Grace who visited Mr. and
triliuticn- may do so by sen li ig to
the Red ' ross I .■•o'ouarters, Ll’.nc • Mrs. Balzke for about two weeks
burg hulling, (-rants Pi-i or left last week for her home in San
Francisco.
'eave at News c i'fice.
Emergency
Hospitals
Planned
Airplane
Lookouts
Manned
Establishment of two emerg
ency hospitals in Josephine county
ai d several first aid stations were
planned by the Medical Disaster
Relief Division of the Josephine
County Defense Council Monday
night.
Directed by Dr. S. B. Osgood,
chairman of this division, the first
aid committee, medical care com
mittee and sanitation committee
made arrangements for location
and supplying first aid stations and
emergency hospitals.
The committee also issued a call
for nurses in Josephine county,
graduate nurses or those with any
practical nursing training, to tele
phone the County Health Unit, 156,
or Mrs. Martin Sachse at Kerby
for the valley, and leave name, ad-
dress and telephone number.
Henry J. Soderberg donated the
use of the armory building on
North Sixth street for use as an
emergency b spitaj in Giants Pass,
and the American Legion hall in
Cave Junction was offered for the
Illinois Valley emergency hospital.
First aid stations are already es
tablished at Cave Junction, Selma
and Mount Sexton, ami the dis-
aster relief division planned simi-
lar stations for the Holland store.
J. E. Moore, superintendent of
the Josephine General hospital,
was named in charge of the
emergency hospitals and Miss Ruth
Last Monday night, men we lv
stationed at Tennessee Pass look-
out station for airplane observa
tion. The lookout will be manned
from now on, and beginning
Thursday, (today) the Waldo look-
out station will be manned for the
same purpose.
It is hoped, by men who are in
position to know, that the county
authorities will make these two
stations the official lookouts.
This will facilitate matters in find
ing men to man the stations, which
is going to be no small task. These
two stations will be sufficient to
observe any airplanes coming in
this direction.
Last Monday, Murphy Hicks and
Robroy McLean were at Tennessee
Pass. It was difficult to find any
one to go up Tuesday, so George
Hicks thought the situation serious
enough for him to close his Texaco i
Service station and garage and
with Mr. Foster kept the post man
ned for any emergency. Wednes
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day night E. N. and Joe Cook were
on the job. Todays crew has not
as yet been named.
At the Waldo lookout, under the
direction of Harry Floyd, a crew
will be on the job every day and
night beginning today. Harold
Bowerman, ranger of the Redwood
Ranger station is in charge of the
lookouts, they being Forest Ser
vice stations. Waldo is operated
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EVENT
December Birthdays
BORN To Mr. and Mrs. Alton Celebrated at Cooke
Sowell at the Freitag Maternity Home Last Saturday
1: me in Grant- Pass, Thursday,
December 11, at 6:48 a. m., a
Last Saturday evening a party
baby boy, named Norman Earl, celebrating birthdays occurring
His weight was 8 pounds, one- the first week of December was
half ounce.
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. N. Cooke in O’Brien. Games
?............................................ f were played, dancing enjoyed and
COMING EVENTS | at midnight a sumptuous supper
was served to the following guests:
3...................-...................................... ¿1 the birthday celebrants, Mrs. E. N.
I i'day, December 12.— Garden Cooke, Wanda Brown, Mrs. Hattie
club annual Christmas party and Evitt, Bertha Curnow, Audry Re
gift exchange. Lone Mt. Valley nert. Mrs. Esther Quinn and James
Resort.
Curnow; guests, Mr. and Mrs. E.
Tuesday. December 16 — Eastern R. Brown, Jay Evitt, Mr. and Mrs.
Star election of officers, Christ Rinerson, Mr. and Mrs Coogan,,
mas gift exchange.
Mae and Richard Webb. Mrs.
Wed. Thurs., Dec. 17-18 — Kerby Blackle Strong, Mrs. Pat Strong.
P.-T. A. benefit show at Cave Ronald Strong, Merlin Bush, Mrs.
City theater.
Bright, Clifford Morris, Mrs. H. J.
1' iday. December 19—Box Social, Woodbury and Billie, Mike Wells,
Takilma school, 7:30 p. m. Ev- Mr. and Mrs. Conner, Lou Webb,
eryone invited.
Lionel Quinn, Jimmy Quinn, Mrs.
Every second Tuesday H. E. U. Curnow with Hallie and Earl, Mr.
Payne and Mrs. Phil Patrick, Joseph
meeting.
Mrs. Lena
chairman.
Cooke of Seattle, Guilford and
Every Tuesday—10 a. m. Gar James Cooke, Mr. and Mrs. E. V.
den talks over KUIN.
Cooke and the host and hostess,
Illii - Valley Development league Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Cooke.
ni< ets second Monday each
----- Remember Pearl Harbor—
month.
room, open from 2:30 to 4:30
Announcement
p. m.
Tuesday and Saturdays, Cave
"Our Part in the Present Emerg
Junction Library at Auxiliary ency” will be the theme fir discus-
Kerby Lodge. A. F. 4 A. M. meets: don at the Illinois Valley Men's
fourth Saturday each month.
Sunday Morning Forum which
Ladies' Auxiliary meet the first meets in American Legion hall
and third Wednesday of each! from 10 to 10:45 a. m., Sunday,
| December 14. All men invited, j
month.
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(By Ed Dailey)
Mr. and Mrs. "Dad” Clark of
Roseburg were visiting at the Hur
ley Wilson home for a few days.
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WHEREAS, a state of war has been declared
to exist between the United States of America
and the Japanese Empire; and
WHEREAS, the Oregon National Guard is in
active Federal service; and
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Martin Sachse and two daught
ers, accompanied by Mrs. Dessin-
ger and Ed Dailey were shopping
in Grants Pass last Saturday.
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Frank Floyd was visiting rela
tives and friends in Holland last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lackey, Sr.,
returned to ’heir home last Friday
in Kerby. Mr. Lackey has been
confined in the Lavi
pital in California
months, where he
minor operation and is improiing
gradually and feeling better.
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W. J. McLean and son, Bud.
w ere on a iwhing trip o/c<- the
weea end ar.q as usual the big ones
got away. Therefore no fish story.
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Mrs. Mabel Ramsey left last
week for Portland where she will
visit relatives indefinitely.
Harbor—
— Remember Pearl
Word has been received from a
few of the local boys who are
working on Wake and Midway
islands, that they are all safe and
everything was all right.
Mrs. George Martin received a
cablegram for her son John Aber
nathy, radio operator at Midway,
that everything was all right, or
words to that effect. Mrs. Dollie
Duncan received ward from her
son, Alton Duncan Wednesday that
everything was all right there.
Several others have heard from
the boys in Grants Pass, and it
seems certain that up until now
they are all right. If the islands
are taken, it will make the boys
prisoners of war, if they are not
taken away from the islands.
WHEREAS, it therefore becomes my duty as
( hief Executive and Commander-in Chief of the
military forces of the State of Oregon to take
such steps as mai I m * necessary to safeguard the
lives and property of the citizens of Oregon ; and
WHEREAS, provisions must be made for fix >
ing responsibility for the coordination and the
direction of the efforts of the military establish
ment, law enforcement machinery, and volun
teer civilian defense organizations;
—Remember Pearl Harbor—
BLESSED
Kerby News Notes
of General Interest
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Proclamation
Price 5 Cents
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NOW. THEREFORE. I. ( HARLES A.
SPRAGUE, under the authority vested in me
as Governor of the State of Oregon and Direc
tor of Civilian Defense, declare an unlimited
emergency to exist and
(1) Authorize and direct the voluntary en
rollment of a State Guard pursuant to the pro
visions of Chapter 91, Oregon Laws 1911, and
hereby appoint Brigadier (¡eneral Alvin C. Ba
ker commander thereof ;
(2) Designate the Superintendent of State
Police to coordinate, supervise and direct the
activities of all regular peace and other law en
forcement officers of this state in all matters
and respects touching the needs and measures
for state and civilian defense in cooperation with
the armed forces of the United States:
(3) Authorize the State Defense Coordina
tor to direct and complete the voluntary civilian
defense organizations of this state and to expe
dite the enrollment and training of personnel for
civilian protection services.
( I) I hereby enjoin the people to comply
promptly with directions of duh constituted mil
itary and civil authorities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Seal of the State of
Oregon to lie affixed.
Done in the City of Salem this eighth day of
December, in the year of our Ix»rd, nineteen hun
dred and forty-one.
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE,
Attest:
Governor.
EARL SNELL, Secretary of State.
Postmaster
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McLean
Kerby also has blanks.
Women
and
men
both
can
register and let the county de-
fense committee know what you
would be able to do in case of
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emergency.
You
will
not
be
called unless the emergency de
mands
y
■.
you
your
can
be
heln
Register
classified
and
so
the
KERBY ROD AND
GUN CLUB TO
ELECT OFFICERS
Friday night at 8 p. m. in th. I
O O. F. hall in Kerby, the Kerby
Rod and Gun club will hold their
regular annual meeting and elec
tion of officers.
There has been a splendid pro
gram arranged and some refresh
ments at the ••nd of the meeting
All members of the club are asked
to attend this meeting, as there
will be some matters pertaining to
the national emergency that need
the attention of the club mem
bers.
IMPORTANT
In order to limit the use of high
ways at night by theater patron»
schedules for the Cave City thea
tre are being rearranged as fol
lows:
Saturday night: Feature at 7
p. m. and 9 p. m. News and short
subjects will be shown once only
between feature showings.
Sunday, Wednesday and Thurs
day: News at 7 p. m. followed by
the feature, the news and short
subjects will be shown again at 9,
with no second feature showing.
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First Aid
Class Starts
Tuesday
Red Cross first aid classes will
start next Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock in the American Legion
hall, and Harold Bowerman, in
structor hopes that he will have a
large class to graduate.
It had been planned to start the
classes next Monday night, but im
portant business comnels Mr. Bow
erman to postpone the opening un
til Tuesday night, Our readers
are asked to spread this ir.forma-
tion along, so that all will start
Tuesday night. It is planned to
hold classes every week day night
for the first week and to recess
during Christmas week. The
course consists of ten 2-hour
classes.
First aid is going to be one of
the most important factors during
our national emergency on ac
count of the war. You may never
have cause to use it in the val
ley, and you may have reason to
use it any time in our own midst.
Hut you may be in another local
ity any time, and it would be a
God-send to have the information
given at these Red Cross first aid
lessons.
First Aid is vital in the preven
tion of accidents as well as treat-
ing the • wounded when accidents
occur, First aid, important at all
times, is
i highly emphasized as a
national defense aetvity. It is of
the utmost importance now in pro
tecting our national health and de
fense production in all branches of
work.
Those holding unexpired enrds
may be called upon to act as as-
alstanta. No matter how recently
your card was issued, the work
should be reviewed so that all in
juries may be efficiently handled.
— Remember Pearl
Harbor—
District Commander
Visits Loc’d Post
District Commander Victor Ma-
celli and three comrades from
Roseburg, visited Glenn Morrison
Post No. 70, American Legion, on
December 3rd. Commander Ma-
celli had great praise for the Post
on both membership and activities.
Comrade Don Morrison identified
a headstone that was recovered in
Grants Pass by J. D. South who
found it while tearing up his floor
for repairs. The headstone was
that of O. W. Purdy, Co. D, Wis
consin Inf., Civil war veteran.
Comrade Morrison packed this man
out of the Chetco hills some 30
years ago. Purdy died on the way
out and was buried in the Kerby
cemetery.
The stone will be
placed in its proper place after 30
years under someone’s floor.
Ladies Auxiliary
Have Hope ( best
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One of the novel features of the
year under the auspices of the
American Legion Auxiliary, is a
hope chest which they are going to
give to some lucky person at the
Christma- dance, which will be
given due publicity as to time and
other features.
The hope chest is full of blan
kets, bed spread, towels, hand work
and other pieces that any young
matron would give a great deal to
own. The chest is on display at
Martin's Hardware and can be
inspected there.
Contact any auxiliary member
for further details.
Box Social at
Takilma School
Friday evening, December 19th,
the Takilma school will hold a pro
gram and box social at 7:30 p. m.
The program will be a pre-
Christmas one and will take on thc
spirit of the year for the occasion
All are cordially invited.
— Remember Pearl Harbor—
Look out for pedestrians.