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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1943)
University of Oregon Gateway to The Oregon Caves llinois Valley News A Live Wire Newspaper Published in the Interests of the Illinois Valley and Surrounding Districts V olume VII. ! No. 27 Washington ■ I Weekly Letter; I Cave Junction, Oregon. Thursday, November I, 1943 KERBY HIGH I SCHOOL NEWS Red Cross Kerby School K of .e' General by Ne.w, Interest s ,Note‘ Interesting . J Report Given Volunteers Students To Chamber Answer Call Win Contest Students earning a place on the scholastic honor roll for the first six-weeks period of the school By HARRIS ELLSWORTH | year are: Freshmen Dena Jones. Carol Anderton. Grace Iverson, Betty Kaufman. Sylvia Wilson. this is written, the official status Zenna Slack, and Elizabeth Mel-1 of the proposal to construct an low; Sophomores Lou Ann Maur alumina-from-clay plant in the er and Jean George; Juniors Al The largest attendance yet reg- i It is gratifying to the extreme Northwest is obscure. WPB’s lene Brewer and Rosemary Sachse; istered marked the meeting of the to know that Kerby school students Production Erecutive Committee Alice Red Cross on Tuesday afternoon ' won all three prizes of school stu Seniors Yvonne Payne, which, in WPB is “the works”, has at the Crew House of the Ranger dents in the county in an essay Smith and Charlene Miller. now- withdrawn its previous order Station. Two large tables were contest. the subject of which was: withholding permission to build Ernest Krauss had a date withl^*^e<^ with busy, happy workers, “Why 1 Want to Join the WACS.” the plant. That is the way the the selective service board in I "h° 'n three hours turned out over Beverly Dick, eighth grader at statement from PEC reads. How- Grants Pass Monday, Ernest’s 1500 surgical dressings. Kerby school, won first prize, and ever, it goes on to say that the 18th birthday occurred on that The O’Brien group of five, with Grace Iverson and Betty Kaufman plants (one in South Carolina, one day. their leader Mrs. King, was pres won second and third places in a in Wyoming and one in the North- ent early, including Mesdames WAC t essay • ' contest sponsored in west) hiay be built providing they Bessie Miller, sophomore, trans Hockett. Masters, Bowerman and a Josephine county by the American do not require in their building, ferred to Grants Pass from Ker- new recruit. Mrs. Muelhauer. Two Legion Auxiliary in Grants Pass. critical materials or essential man by high school Wednesday. The of their speedsters turned out well The winners attended a public power. Miller family are moving to a over 100 dressings each so we meeting at the Grants Pass high The manpower commission takes farm they own near Grants Pass. should like to see their number in school Saturday afternoon where an interesting position in the mat creased at least to ten. Also a the prizes were awarded and a fine ter following the PEC action. First Lieutenant Ray Bergman very cordial welcome awaits any program of music and speaking WMC says, in fact, “We have of the Army Air Corps visited ladies from Kerby or Bridgeview wag presented by a group of nothing further to say about it— school last Friday and talked to who would join the* Cave Junction WACS and army men from Camp local interests in the Northwest de the students about some of his ex unit, which was increased by two White. Beverly Dick was award clared at previous hearings on the perience; in the army, Lt. Berg- new recruits. Mrs. Fern Foster and ed a trip to Camp White whree she subject that they had names and I man pilots a B-24 and has a crew Mrs. Gay Smith. Others in at will spend a day as special guest addresses of more than enough of 8 men. He says he is prepared tendance were Mesdames Lou and of the WAC orgaiazation there. I available and non-essential labor for action whenever the call John Hill, Villair, Wasmond, Following is the essay which to proceed with plant construc comes, Ray graduated from Kei- Baird. Sowell. Beyersdorf, Stone, won first place: tion. So far as w-e are concerned, by high school in 1940. , Brown and Frederics. WHY I WANT TO BE A WAC let them go ahead—that is no con Next week it would be a pleas- My reasons for joining the cern of ours.” In other words, Ruth Crawford, county home ' | ure to set up a third table to ac-1 WACS are simple ones much like they seem to think that the bluff, demonstration agent, visited the commodate additional workers. the reasons of most girls. It is if that is the proper word, of some Home Making Class at the high I j \s-dc from the valuable work ac-1 not only | atriotic but it is an Oregon and Washington commun school on Oct. 29th. ' complished the afternoon is filled 1 honor to be able to join. All of ities has been called. To my way with jolly conversations, which us want the war to end as soon -------------- o— of thinking there was no bluff j ranged from “Half the World as possible and the more men we about it. The location of the plant j “Star Spangled Rhythm” Away” and back again. New reci have, the sooner it will be over. has not yet been determined, but I pes a e exchanged and discussions This is where the women come At Cave City Theater I am sure that sufficient man often wax warm on political, so in. Women are becoming more This Week End power can be obtained at any one cial and eaonomic questions. A | and more essential towards win- I of the several possible locations splendid opportunity is afforded,] I ning the war than ever before. A The billing of this omnibus at mentioned. for meeting new ladies, and being j woman can't very well get out The “no critical materials” catch traction for Saturday and Sunday more neighborly. Several have I and shoot a machine gun or fly a in the WPB grudging permission at the Cave City theater lists 16 asked why so few attend from | bomber on the battle front, but to build the alumina-from-clay stars of first rank, a larger num Cave Junction itself, within walk ( she CAN go in an office and plant is far more dangerous to the ber of principals just slightly less ing distance of the Crew House, take over a man’s job at a desk. actual realization of our hopes distinguished, plus a number of so patriotism is being challenged Since that is one thing we can do standouts in other fields of en- and we are anticipating a pleasant than the manpower problems. toward« helping win the wi.-, it’s tertainment. The film is • hit surprise next week. Come and if » » » up to us to do it. Produced only from bauxite, as from end to end, produced in high possible bring a friend with you. I If there were one WAC to re- -------------- o-------------- it is now, aluminum production is humor and packed with music. place a war casualty there would mirth, beauty, song, dance and controlled almost entirely by one probably be enough of them to re GOVERNOR ISSUES company. This company owns the laughter throughout every one of lease every soldier in the Army PROCLAMATION South American deposits and it its hundred minutes. for active duty. Unlike other films which have also owns all of the high grade BEVERLY DICK. Governor Earl Snell has issued bauxite deposits in the United enrolled a multiplicity of stars a proclamation concerning lighting -------------- o-------------- States. But when the processes this one is no broken cavalcade of restrictions which were made dur Mr. ami Mrs. W. Trefethen i e- for obtaining alumina from clay thinly related sequences. It is a ing the early months of the war. turned today (Thursday! from straight story of Harry Tugend in are fully developed, there can be These restrictions are hereby Portland where they have been for no aluminum monopoly. Alumin which all the notables appear as suspended as of November 1, 1913, the past two weeks. Mrs. Tre themselves for valid reason. It is um bearing clay exists in many until further notice. fethen was called to Portland by a tale about a sailor who thinks sections of this country and in vast ------------ o------------ the serious illness of her sister, his father is boss instead of gate quantities. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Messenger Mis. Roxy Hawxhurst, who passed * • * keeper of the Paramount Studio, and daughter Miss Elva, left this away October 25th. Many of the They talk about the shortage of and about the way in which the afternoon (Thursday! for San valley residents will remember her manpower as a reason for not con sailor's girl manages to make his Francisco where they will visit from childhood where she made belief stand up. structing the clay process plants. their son Richard before he leaves her home for many years before The stars perform in all the pos Nonsense. Two years ago we sent for foreign duty. Ted Athey will leaving for Tualatin, Oregon, an army down to Dutch Guiana to sible groupings, as when Paulette substitute in the post office during where she resided for the past 20 Goddard, Dorothy- l.amour and protect the bauxite mines and min Mrs. Messenger’s absence. years. . ers. The army is still there. We Veronica Lake sing a trio number I are building ships frantically in kidding themselves, again as Fred! order to get soldiers and supplies MacMurray. Franchot Tone. Ray ARMISTICE DA) to the battle fronts, but 200 ship Milland and Lynne Overman per loads of bauxite will be imported form a skit burlesquing as many from South America this year on women playing cards. Bob Hope plays a part in the armed bauxite boats — and more will come in next year for only story, as himself, and is master of recently (October 1) bauxite min ceremonies in the section which ing in Arkansas was curtailed 65 represents an impromptu perform-1 per cent! They talk about man ance staged for a ship’s company Bing Crosby also power. The alumina to feed the of seamen. Northwest aluminum reduction doubles as character and perform plants, forty per cent <»f the na er. and all hands figure in the tion's output of aluminum for war running narrative, which adds must be hauled 2600 miles con to excellent entertainment. ------------ o------------ stantly tying up 650 freight cars and requiring considerable train FARMERS CAN GET crew manpower. BUTCHERING TAGS We are throwing the manpower; VI' GEO. MARTIN S : : I COMING EVENTS a.......................................... Thursday, Nov. 11 -Armistice. Thursday. Nov 25- Thanksgiving December 8—Health Clinic at the Auxiliary room. Illinois Valley Garden club meets the first Wednesday of each month. Aircraft Demonstration school Mondays and Thursday, Red wood Ranger Station Crew House, 8 p. m. H E. U. meets every second Tues day of the month. O’Brien Women’s club meet on first Friday of each month. Ladies' Auxiliary meet the first Mr. and Mrs. Murphy Hicks and third Wednesday of each transacted business in Grants month. A Pass several days this week. BY ADAH JONES Kerby library which is open Tuesday and Friday afternoons has the welcome out to all lovers of books or magazine reading. Two new libraries of books were brought out from Grants Pass last week with a plentiful supply of childrens' books, westerns and mystery. A magazine table has a variety of good reading. Corporal Lonnie Dixon is spend ing a few days leave with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dixon Lonnie is stationed at Camp Clay bourne. La. —o--- Kerby grade school board met at the home of the clerk. Mrs. J. H. Wittrock on Tuesday. Art Ki I- lert who was recently appointed board member to replace George Hicks, who moved away was sworn in. Mrs. Adah Jones will take care of the clerk's business during the absence of Mrs. Wittrock. Rad Hoskins, board member was not able to be present because of ill ness. Clem Sauer is chairman. —o— Chickenpox seems to be the first epidemic of the school year. Sev eral cases have appeared among primary grade children. —o— Wednesday was the last di y of school for this week in grade and high schools as the teachers must go to school at Ashland for the re mainder of the week, it being Regional Institute —o— Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Wittrock left Thursday morning for Arizona where they will spend the next three months. For the past three years the Wittrocks have spent the winter in Arizona because of Mr. Wittrock’s health, They also have property there. — o— Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Santee are building a room on to their house, which they purchased last summer from Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Cooper. —o— Mrs. Lottie Woodcock is stay ing with Mrs. Essie Currier since the death of Mr. Currier last week. Mrs. Currier is recuperating from a major operation and has been home from the hospital but a few weeks. Dannie Farlien is spending insti tute vacation at Ashland as guest of Bob Wendt who is attending Southern Oregon College of Edu cation. —o— Doris Jones arrived Wednesday to spend a 12 day vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ford Jones. Doris is employed in the office of defense transportation in San Francisco. —o— Mrs. Alma Benedict and small daughter arrived this week by plane from Portland to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clay- Ram sey. Charles Dodd has gone to Kelso, Wash., to visit Mrs. Dodd who went there last summer to receive medical treatment ami also to be with her daughters who live there. Mrs. Dodd has not improved in health ns was hoped. —------ —.—-o Bodfish-Hamrick Nuptials Solemnized (Continued on Page Four) This week, arrangements were made by Sheriff Loyd Lewis, whereby farmers who contemplate butchering stock and plan to trans port or sell the meat, to get their tags to do so at Martin s Hard ware store. Mr. Martin consented to handle the tags so farmers would have to go into Giants Pass to tain them. If you plan on cutting up meat and putting it into a locker, it will be nece-sary to have a tag. But if you are going to keep the meat on the ranch and not trans port it, you do not need a tag. the minute you transport and it, you need the tag. Price 5 Cents Next Thursday we celebrate Armistice Day, the day hostilities ceased in 1918 when World War Number One took ** >30,000 of our boys to that world from whose borne no trav eler ever returns. Next Thursday we will honor those boys and stop and pay tribute to their memory, for it was their sacrifice we thought would make the world safe for democracy. We're doing it all over again, but we will never forget the boys who paid the price in the last war. A C. (Slim) Hamrick gave his friends a “grand slam surprise •» last week when he came home with a bride. The wedding ceremony was per formed in Reno, Nevada, and the bride was Miss Ixiuise Rebekas Bodfish, of San Francisco, The marriage took place Saturday, Oc- tober 30th. Mrs. Hamrick was formerly elfi- ployed in the Army Medical De- pot in San Francisco, anti while there she won the decoration for being a five-time blood donor for the armed forces. Mr. and Mrs. Hamrick will make their future home in the valley and at the present are dom iciled in the Hussey building over the H & L. Cafe. The local chamber of commerce had as its guest last Tueaday noon. F. (' Hart associate engineer with the Bureau of Reclamation, his of fice being in Grants Pass. Mr. Hart talked to the few who attended the meeting and gave the im arbors some of the most inter esting data concerning reclama tion in the valley that we have ever had. One of the most important things was the fact that if and when a reclamation project w-as started in the valley, the present waler rights that have been in effect for years, would not be dis turbed. The area covered by tile pl esent water rights could be des ignated outside of the project if the owners so desired. If they wanted more water than their rights give them, they could buy the water from the project Uli ler the same conditions as any othet individual. This was one of the most im portant items < f his talk, as the farmers of the valley who hold wa ter rights would hesitate to disturb these rights on any kind of a pro ject. But if their rights will not be disturbed and we can still hhve a reclamation project that is real news for other farmers who want water for their lands. Mr. Hart told the chamber that there were 24,000 acres of class one and two lands irrigible in the valley and that at present there were 5,400 acres being irrigated. The members were told that the annual precipitation in the valley amounted to 50 inches of rainfall a year. This takes care of some of the irrigation, but in the dry season when water is necessary, storage reservoirs are absolutely necessary. There are several sites for storage, but as yet none has been found that would meet the demand for irrigating the lands at a cost that could be met by the farmers. In other words, the cost of the dams would make the cost per acre of water too high for the land, but further study along this line, it is hoped, will find a sight that will make it possible to irri gate the unirrigated lands in the valley at a cost that could be met. This cost should not be over $7.00 at the most and if possible should be under this figure. The dam sites that have been studied at present, muke the cost come as high as $10 per acre, which is out of the question. Further study will be made as soon ax possible for additional dam sites that will impound water to irrigate the necessary lands at a price that can b<* made profitable to all con cerned. The dam could be paid off in 40 years. Mr. Hart gave a resume of the settling of the valley from the time the first white men came up to the present, and showed the trend of irrigation and agricultural de velopment. Mr. Hart sent us a paper on the project planning for the Rogue River basin, but it is too long to be printed in this issue but we will print ax much as pos sible and continue the subject un til it is finished. Those who are agriculturally inclined should cut out this paper and keep it to gether. It is a valuable contribu- (Contlnueii on I’»ge Two) ----------------- O WHAT THE LEGION AUXILIARY IS DOING Sewing meetings will be held on Friday nights in the Auxiliary room. Wool squares, pillows and other items will be made for the Veterans hospital at Roseburg, where boys from this war are be ing added to those still hospital ized from the last war. These things are badly needed and all who can come are urged to do so. Being on Friday nights many members can come with their hus bands to drill. Bring thimbles needles and seixxors. A welcome guest at last meeting wax Mrs. A. C Hamrick.
