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Volume V.
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No. 34
CALF CLUB TO
BE ORGANIZED
Christmas Party
For O'Brien Club
The O'Brien Women’s club held
its Christmas party and regular
meeting last Friday at the new
home of Mrs. Earl Boyd, and a
jolly group gathered to the warmth
of the beautiful fireplace, and
around the silver gilded Christmas
tr. e which hung full of exchange
• ts as well as with personal gifts
for the new home. The president
opened the meeting with a read­
ing from Edgar Guest, on “The
Christmas Man”.
The regular
agenda was followed, all other
business being postponed for the
nt xt meeting, so that more time
could be given to th«' program, and
;i ib’ition of gifts. Mrs. Wil­
bur and Mrs. Dow had the after­
noon's games, readings, etc. in
hand and all enjoyed the surprise
’ nck.iges received by each one, af­
ter which th«' hiatess served deli­
cious refreshments, the guests
seated at card tables around the
living room, from whose windows
a most gorgeous view of the moun­
tains is to be had. Three new
i b were inducted into the
club, M 's. Grace M. Gudmanson.
Mrs. Anna M. Madden and Mrs.
Mary Jane Conner. Th«' real high
light of the afternoon was when
t! « club voteil to buy ten defense
1> ’ids, thus putting a large part
of their bazaar receipts to the
use of our country. Most of the
I'« i mining articles from the bazaar
were disposed of and quite an ad-
ibti iial sum added to the treasury.
\ hand-made baby comforter
wa- -ent to one of the club mem
!«-. is, Mrs. George Logan, for her
new baby boy.
The next regular meeting is to
b«' with Mis. John Dow on Janu-
ai y 2 w ith Mrs. Bert Watkins as-
i«'ing hostess, and at this time
M'«. Frank Barrett is to give a
book review.
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Letter from Alfred
Mellow in Florida
Serv. Btry., 1st. CT—PDCA
Fort Barrancas, Fla.
December 16, 1941
Mr. M. C. Athey:
Have just finished reading the
Dee her 4th i sue of the Illinois
Valley News.
It takes quite a
wh I. for it to get here, but I
e look forward to it. The Gen-
< i al . ive us orders to pack up and
m v.« to this place so here we are.
) - u can send the paper to this
a idress now.
Twenty four hours after war
v
«1,■■ Jared we were sent here
tn take over coastal defense duty,
Wc arc consolidated with infantry
Ml engineers now, men are on
( i u ty I hours a day. Would like
to d
" be the way we work here
bu orders are orders.
It '« sine cold here nights, am
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tuning this with my overcoat
<-n.
This sunny south isn’t as
un y as they say it is.
Th - army life is a snap during
ce time but you no doubt know
t hat a cold stjuad tent is, plus
ire I meat twice a day along
f< r to five hours extra work
ft« ■ hours. M« n short on cloth-
ire and what not. But still we
love it.
' ots of the boys won’t enjoy
Ciu -tmas like they wanted to
l ilt « ven at that we've got more
to contend with than just cele-
binting. I «ven had a furlough
i
'art the 10th of December
it was sure canceled in a
hurry.
No doubt you’re having a hard
t:"i figuring this letter out «o
ign off. I have one heck of
a lot of work to do. this first ser-
b inight sound like a snap
to - -i • people but I can say it
sur«
• ps me busy, between tak-
of th battery and listen-
•«> th« men’s gripes and groans
riving me a headache.
tl • • • f- 'k - in Illinois
ive a Merry Christmas, I
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Case .Junction, Oregon, Thursday. December 25. 1941
Chromite ore prices have been
increased and government pur­
chase contracts have been made
more favorable for the production
of war-essential chromite by small
I mine operators.
Fail K. Nixon at Portland, di­
rector of the Oregon department
of geology and mineral industries,
told the (¡rants Pass Courier that
he had just received the informa­
tion Tuesday by telephone from
IL Dewitt Smith, president of the
government’s Metal Reserve com­
pany.
War in the Atlantic and Pacific
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oceans has handicapped the flow
of foreign sources upon which the
United States has largely relied.
Stockpiles will be established in
Oregon and California within 100
miles of the mines and in some
case« at railhead. One stockpile
will be in the Coos bay district
and presumably one in Grants
1’ is« district, Nixon was told.
Ore will be purchased in single
carlots. The price of 48 per cent
chromic oxide with three to one
il on ration will be $50 per ton at
■tockniles. Price of 40 per cent
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chromic oxide two to one iron ra­
tio is $28 per ton.
Further details will be released
ns eceived from Washington by
th ■ Oregon department of geology
and mineral industries Nixon said.
(¡rants Pass Courier.
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By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
WHEREAS our country has been viciously attacked and
forced into a war of vast proportions, which will inevitable bring
grief and distress to many and self-sacrifice to all. and
WHEREAS for more than sixty years the American Red
Cross has played a vital role in binding up the wounds of the in­
jured. in sheltering, feeding, and clothing the homeless, in succor­
ing the distressed, in rebuilding broken lives, and in rehabilitat­
ing the victims of catastrophes of nature and of war, and
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Sunday school attendance was
05 and collection was $1.94. There
was much enthusiasm, especially
when Mrs. Harry Mills presented
each of the children of the Prim­
ary department with a lovely cook­
ie doll all dressed with red tissue
paper, can and all. These were
very clever.
There were six visitors, among
them Doris Seyferth who was in
the Young Peoples class.
At the services we greatly
missed Mrs. Iversen and Grace who
are visiting in Washington over
the holidays and the Larsens who
are in southern California, with
their families, also the Hines and
Nicholson families, visiting in Ne­
braska. It was good to have Mr.
and Mrs. Mayfield and their child­
ren with us again.
Rev. Gray told the Christmas
story, taking his audience to Beth­
lehem in fancy, under the stars
with the lowly shepherds, listening
to the angels’ song of “Peace and
good will to all men”—a message
sc neoded in these days of world
strife and carnage. Mrs. Arnohl
«ang the beautiful solo, “The Birth­
day of a King”, and the large choir
helped much in the singing. The
church was so beautifully gar­
landed with fir boughs which Mrs.
Mills ba«l cared for so splendidly.
The climax of the day came with
the pageant, “The Coming of the
Christ Child,1’ directed by the sup
erintendent, Mrs. Seat, assisted by
a splendid cast of young folks and
juniors.
The music was very
greatly augmented by the violin
accompaniments played by Mr. W.
P>. Freeman on his violin, There
were four tableaus, the one of the
Annunciation, with Miss Joyce
Payne as Mary, and Robert Smith
as the angel Gabriel; the shep-
herds in the field, taken by Otis
Hussey, Johnnie Smith and Larry
Vernon, with 'he nt gel part taken
by Georgia Gol-isby; the three
Wise .'Ien taker, by Messrs. Seat,
I.ee an«l Halm, and the final man­
ger mine with Mary by the cradle,
with
three a'.terdant angels.
Misses Goldsty, Sherier and Bre-
vold. The juniois r-lso had parts,
recitations by Ruthie Smith, Billy
Miller. Kathleen Hicks and Bar­
bara Ann Clayton, and the chorus,
"Goo«l Night, Baby Jesus.”
Part 2 of the pageant repre­
tented Twentieth Century, taken
by Miss Helen Halm, dressed in
a white robe, and carrying a tall
candle, attended by two young la­
dies. Misses Yvonne Payne and
Alice Smith, likewise wearing
white robes and carrying candles,
and these were followed by a
double procession of children all
with lighted candles who filled the
platform and climaxed the pag­
eant. Mr-. John Smith was the
narrator of the entire evening.
At the close of the program. Dr.
Brown, in behalf of the friends
of the church and Sunday school
presented Rev. and Mrs. (¡ray with
a purse, the response being made
by Mr. Gray in appropriate words
whereupon all present were pre-
sente«i with cellophan«' bags
lovely candies.
Thanks go to the many
helped with the costumes, the prop­
erties, and the rehearsals.
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Mrs. Rud Osland arrived in the
valley recently and is visiting at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Hunt. Mr. and Mrs.
Os'aml made their home in Se-
attle for over a year but are n >w
living in Portland. Mrs. Osland
will leave for her home next Sun-;
day.
Chronie Price
Rises. Terms
Made Easier
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Last Wednesday a meeting was
held in the Illinois Valley Grange
hall, for the purpose of forming a
beef calf club, sponsored by the
Illinois Valley Cattle association.
There was not enough present
at the last meeting to properly or­
ganize, and there will be another-
meeting called. All 4-H clubbers
interested should get in touch with
County Agent O. K. Beals at the
county agent’s office or Herb
Watts.
Both boys and girls are eligible
to join this club. The next meet-
ing will perhaps be called immed­
iately after the holidays.
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Price 5 Cents
Whereas in preparation for just such an emergency as we are
now facing, the American National Red Cross has been spending
funds at the rate of more than one million dollars a month, which
is but a small fraction of the amount that the organization now
requires in order to carry out effectively its functions as an essen­
tial auxiliary of our armed forces, particularly as a friendly liai­
son in welfare problems between the man in service and his family
at home, and as a key agency in the civil defense plans.
NOW. therefore, I, Franklin I). Roosevelt. President of the
United States of America, and president of the American National
Red Cross, do hereby proclaim the beginning, as of this date, of a
Red Cross War Fund Campaign for the raising of a minimum sum
of fifty million dollars, and I appeal to the American people to
make this campaign an overwhelming success. Realizing the de­
sire of every American to participate in the national war effort. I
confident!) anticipate an immediate and spontaneous response to
this appeal.
Flamewatcher
“Dad” Rinifuette
Died Friday
All the nationally famous Cave­
men of Grants Pass are in mourn­
ing. Flamewatcher “Dad” Ringu
‘tte passed away last Friday from
a heart attack, and the Cavemen
mourn.
“Dad" Ringuette was the only
person to hold a perpetual office
in the famous organization, He
was 75 years old when he died
and funeral services were held
Monday at 10 o’clock a. m. in St.
Ann's Catholic church, Business
generally was suspended in (¡rants
Pa s for 15 minutes at the time
of the funeral in tribute to his
services as a Caveman and to the
county in general.
In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this twelfth day of December in
the year of our laird nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of
the Independence of the United Sates of America the one
hundred and sixty-sixth.
FRANKLIN I). ROOSEVELT.
(Seal)
By the President.
Cordell Hull. Secretary of State.
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WHAT THE LEGION
AUXILIARY IS DOING
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Merry Christmas
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tfjep reioieeb toitlj excecbing great jot». Snb tofjen
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young rfjilb taitfj itl.it
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taorsfjippcb fjim: anb tafjetutljcp Ijnb openeb tfjeir treasured,
they preáentcb Mirto ijim gifts; golb, frankincense anb inyrrfj.
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A meeting of the Legion Auxil­
iary Past-Presidents club was
called for last Sunday evening at
ihe uni' kitchen. The notice read,
“Important business, all members
urg''d to attend.” When they ar­
rived it became apparent at once
that 'he president of the club,
* Aunt” Mary White had prepare«!
a surprise Christmas party for the
members. Besides the decorations
and a bountiful feast including two
of her famous cakes there were
clever book-shaped place cards
concealing dainty little gifts.
Present were Mary White, Julia
Williams, Amy Hussey, Sharlet
.‘'lack, Irene Morrison, Emily Kel-
1 ft, Jov Badden, Millie Trefethen
and th" 1942 president, Marie
U hite.
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Defense Brings ( hange
In Dairy Regulations
The total war and blackout in­
structions which have caused dairy­
men to change their programs
have resulted in the state depart­
ment of agriculture relaxing re­
quirements for lights in daily
barns.
Department regulations require
that a certain amount of light is
necessary in all such barns, how­
ever, all dairymen have been ad­
vised that due to the emergency
this will not be enforced until
further notice. Foods and Dairies
Chief A. W. Metzger says.
This procedure will allow dairy­
men to keep their windows covered
during the day, thereby relieving
them of additional work involved
in putting up covers each night.
Dairymen are urged to take any
problems arising due to the emerg­
ency to the department’s local rep­
resentative in their territory.
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