Illinois Valley News, Thursday, July 29, 1943
WE SALUTE A W S
(Continued from Page One)
Air Force’s Aircraft Warning
Service in this country and in any
of the combat zones in which it
operates and we might well have
another Pearl Harbor. In the last
18 months there has been develop
ed an aircraft warning system op
erating with an efficiency permit
ting a performance something like
this: Let an enemy plane approach
either coast and the army can have
fighter planes in the air within a
few minutes after the approaching
aircraft have been reported. It
has been estimated that one plane
on “ground alert” through an ad
equate warning system is worth
more than 16 planes in the air on
“search patrol”.
The other 15
planes and their crews can be re
leased to carry the offensive to
the enemy in Europe, Africa and
the Aleutians, and Southwest Pa
cific.
“The Fourth Fighter Command
is charged with the protection of
the Pacific Coast from invasion of
enemy aircraft. They are using
the Ground Observer Corps to
keep them constantly informed of
all air traffic in the western de
fense command area. By volun-1
leering in the above service you
may serve any time you can spare
a few hours from your already'
busy schedule.”
After reading the above, I
think we will all realize more fully
the necessity of keeping these
posts manned, and also that we,1
each one of us, who serves at one
of these Observation Posts, is doing
a real service for our country, let
us sign up for this service, it is
so important and yet takes so little
of our time, call me or see me per
sonally and enroll your name in .
this army of volunteer workers.
LIDA F. MILLER,
Chief Observer,
Cave Junction, Oregon.
Those who have served 100
hours or more on Observation
Post and are entitled to arm
bands are: Isabel Mellow, Lida
Miller, Sophia Bunch, Pauline
Sherrier, Alice Hogue, Bill Ingalls, '
Margaret Ingalls, E. N. Cooke, Le
ia Cooke, Bob Milner, Ernie Sams,
C. N. VanArnam, Tillie Van Am-1
am, Lucille Floyd, Margaret Wells,
Lulu Wells, Banche Robinson, Net
tie Farlein, Florence Elroy, George
Wells, Ethel Banta (has served
500 hours), William Bumby, Ver-|
lie Babcock, Mabel Darger, D. J.
Farlein, Ruth Hill, Alvien Kauf- [
man, Elizabeth Mellow, Irene Mor-(
rison, Bertha Mayfield, Lena Ow
en, Dorotha Bearss.
Mrs. Lida Miller has received a
sterling silver Service Pin for six
months service, and will have
served now one year the last of
August.
Mrs. Dorotha Bearss will begin
her school of instruction for the 1
Post, Thursday, July 29. Hope
all who can will take advantage of
this.
Elmer Phillips Writes
Home From Overseas
sure passed through some heighty
SHANGRI-LA DANCE
mountains as we went through
Saturday night is the last day
some clouds and saw snow on high you can buy a dollar stamp and
peaks which is very rare in Africa, help build the ship that will blast
I suppose. Our worst battle was Tokyo. The American Legion is
The following letter was re fought at a mountain pass between I giving a Shangri-La Dance Satur
ceived recently from Elmer Phil I'oudouk and Pichon on the road day. July 31. Come and dance and
lips, some place in Africa, to his leading to Kairouan and on to also buy a stamp and help build
brother, Ralph (Shorty) Phillips J Sousse and our trucks and some this wonder ship.
of the Ritz Tavern, Kerby:
equipment were full of bullet and
Dear Brother and Family:
shrapnel holes and we- had a hell
Received your letter yesterday, of a time till we won our objevtive
and was sure glad to hear from | there.
all of you again. I am still OK i 1 was in the Mediterranian swim
or the same all around, and the I ming off and the beach sure is
weather was not so hot the last i nice along there. I was also in ILLINOIS VALLEY CHURCH
OF SEVENTH DAY
several days as there was a little Tunis twice and don’t think much
ADVENTISTS
more breeze blowing.
of it, but the prettiest place in
Sabbth School at 9:30 a. m.
We did a good bit of front line North Africa is Constantine, so we
Preaching Service 11:00 a. m.
fighting from the beginning to the l were told and we passed through
Prayer meeting Wednesday at
end of this war and we were at it going up.
7:30 p. m.
tached to the American First Di
We saw thousands of German
You are invited to meet with
vision for the first few months of and Italian prisoners and all kinds
fighting in the Tunisian moun-f of their equipment was laying us.
F. W. Cooper, elder. Cave Junc
tains and we were among the first . around and quite a few big Ger
to see action in Tunisia and up! man air transports are scattered tion.
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around Medjen-el-bab along side ! around our present position.
BRIDGEVIEW COMMUNITY
of the British First Army and ’
I hope Cliff is getting along OK
CHURCH
were around there for a good and I think 1 could give him some
Morning worship, 1! a. m.
many weeks before we moved ! interesting stories in his line. I’ll
Young People’s service, 7:45 p.
down near Sbeitta for our next I dose for now hoping all of you are
battles and finally we were sent ¡ in the best of health, luck and in.
Evening service, 8:15 p. m.
back for a few days to get bigger’ happiness, as I am OK also.
guns and to re-equip what was |
Prayei meeting Wednesday, 8
Brother. Elmer Phillips.
p.
m.
ruined by bullets and shrapnel and |
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we were then attached to General
KERBY SUNDAY SCHOOL
"The real fault is to have faults
Patton and his 34th Armoured Di
and not try to amend them.” Buy
Sunday school at I. O. O. F. hall,
vision for our last battles.
9:45 a. m.
We travelled to Tunisia and we those Liberty Bonds today.
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CAVE JUNCTION COMMUNITY , receiving much good from them.
CHURCH
We would like to see more children
Geo. IL Gray, Pastor. i out to Sunday School. So much
is planned for their special bene
Sunday School— 10 a. m.
fit ; so let’s see more of the little
Morning worship—11 a. m.
| folk out.
Young People's Society—8 p. m.
Mr. Gray’s sermon was "The
Bible class, 8 p. ni.
light of the World.” His text was
The Sunday School lesson for "Then spake Jesus saying I am the
last Sunday was “‘Useful Citi light of the World; he that follow-
zens.” Golden text "Know ye not eth Me shall not walk in darkness,
that the unrighteous shall not in but shall have the light of life.”
herit the Kingdom of God? The John 8:12.
Sunday School is showing some
Mrs. Dorothy Gray sang a beau
very interesting Bible stories with tiful s do. “Tell it Again.” Every
the “Feltogram.” The children one welcome to attend these ser
are enjoying them very much and vices.
Ambulance Seivice
DAY AND NIGHT
PHONE 388
L B. Hall Funeral Home
Near County Courthouse
5th and “C” Streets
Grants Pass
if they are unpleasant
HE forests of this area supply critical
materials used in the prosecution of the war . . . and you may he sure that they
will become important military targets in case of attempted raids. In fact, south*
ern Oregon forests have already been attacked! Other attempts are almost cer
tain to be made— and if successful will divert sorely needed manpower from war
industries to the task of fighting
destructive fire and will consume
vitally needed war materials.
The Japs well know the value of the
forests of this state and would be
willing to pay a high price for a
successful raid here. Many “in the
know” honestly believe that an
enemy raid WILL be attempted
somewhere on the Pacific Coast,
maybe in several places.
You can actually shorten the ss**r
by helping insure the FAILURE of such
an attack. And you don’t have to put
on a uniform to do it, either. Here’s
U.S.WAR BONDS
how:
Sign up for non-military, volun
teer work in the vital Aircraft Wan
ing
Service — the
amazing
warning
syftem of the U. S. Army that keeps
the whole Pacific Coait constantly alert,
warns of the approach of unidentified
aircraft, actually plots the course of
every aircraft apnroTching or flying
over this area.
Zh?AUGUST
I—U S. Postal Saving»
banks established, 1911.
1—First s’reet ¡«“er-box»»
placed in Boston. 1858.
3— lodge Landis lines
Standard Oil $29240.00.
1907.
Join the AWu icJay.
IN ( AVE JUNCTION CONTACT
MRS. LIDA MILLER
4— Chinese exclusion act
takes effect, 1882.
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