University of Oregon
Gateway to The Oregon Caves
Illinois Valley News
A Live Wire Newspaper Published in the Interests of the Illinois Valley and Surrounding Districts
Volume IX.
Cave Junction, Oregon, Thursday, July 6, 1944
No. 10
High School
Boaid Holds
Annual Meet
The Kerby high school board
held their annual meeting and re­
organized Saturday. July 1 in the
high school. All members of the
board were present and the reor­
ganization did not take long.
Lucius Robinson was again
elected chairman of the board, and
Mrs. Effie Smith was reelected
clerk.
Five new teachers have been
signed up and provision has been
made for a part time teacher in
the shop. The teachers are:
Jerry Medcalf, principal.
Edith Osgood, from Lake Ariel,
Penn., commercial and music.
Florence Minium, from Austin,
Texas, science.
Esther Pickett, English.
There is one more teacher to
be announced later.
There has been accumulated a
surplus fund of $3700 and this
was invested in U. S. Bonds. Five
hundred dollars was set aside fot
replacement of the school bus.
The balance will be used for im­
provements to the school building
and other equipment when avail­
able. An additional $5,000 was
set aside for the purchase of a new
bus, when and if it can be ob­
tained.
These surplus funds have ac­
crued from several sources, some
of which will not be available
again. The largest part of this
sum, $2300 came from land grant
sales and the final payment to the
district from the O. & C. land
grants. Also some was realized
from the sale of COPCO stock the
district held.
Harry Elroy was employed again
as bus driver and janitor. The
home economics room will be re­
decorated this summer, and other
improvements will be made as soon
as materials and help are avail­
able.
Farmers to Get Surplus
Army Trucks Under Plan
A few surplus used army trucks
are now being made available for
sale for farm use and more are
expected from now on, according
to information received by R. B.
Taylor, chairman of the Oregon
USDA war board. Although only
a few will be available in Oregon
in the immediate future, an im­
portant procedure has been work­
ed out that provides for orderly
and fair distribution of such gov­
ernment material, says Taylor.
Chief change from former times
requires that these trucks be hand­
led through regular licensed motor
vehicle dealers, where they will be
subject to price regulations, thus
assuring final sale to users at fair
prices and without undue profit
to handlers. County farm trans­
portation committees and county
war boards will handle farmer ap­
plications for these trucks as they
become available.
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Gerry Morrison, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Morrison, writes that he
is in France now and likes it fine,
even if he can’t understand the
language. He says that it is warm­
er than England, and he can drive
on the right side of the road. Ger­
ry is Corp. E. G. Morrison, Army
Air Corps.
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-BUY WAR BONDS—
COMING EVENTS ]
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Community Church Missionary
group, third Thursday of the
month.
H. E. U. meets every second Tues­
day of the month.
Ladies' Auxiliary meet the first
and third Wednesday of each
month.
O’Brien Women’s club meet on
first Friday of each month.
Illinois Valley Garden club meets
the fourth Friday of each month.
NEWS FROM OUR
BOYS IN SERVICE
New 4-H Club Fourth Was
Quiet Day
Elect Their
“BIT” SMITH WRITES
Sunday, June 25
Dear Mr. Athey: Have been go­
ing to write for some time but
seems like time is hard to spare. I
Fourth of July for the Illinois
also have changed stations so of­
valley was a very quiet day and
ten I havent had a permanent ad­
The new 4-H club which was nothing but leisurely relaxing
dress to send you. I get the Il­ [ formed last June 26th in the among the residents resulted.
linois Valley News through my old Bridgeview Grange hall, elected
A large number of local people
address in Alabama but it takes ' officers for the coming year and went where their gasoline rations
them two or three weeks to for­ j otherwise held a very good meet­ I would allow them to go, most of
ward it.
ing for their first effort.
them not farther than the Forest
Arrived in Florida three days
John C. Williams, leader of the Service’s recreation camp at the
ago from aerial gunner school in club, stated that it has gotten old CCC camp on Sucker creek.
Okla. I am now in an aerial bom­ off to a good start and expects a Here many residents gathered for
bardier training squadron taking great deal of interest in this new a quiet outing and picnic lunches.
training as a bombardier. Will be effort to interest the youngsters
Those who could, closed store
here about two months and then in agriculture.
and shop both Monday and Tues,
go to Hutchinson, Kansas for fur­
The officers elected at their last day and hied themselves to their
ther training in B-24 Liberators. meeting were:
favorite spots of fishing and other
Have been here only three days
Charlene Walton, president.
resting places for a two day va-
and I’ll safely say a third of that
Jimmy Owen, vice president.
I cation. Bolan Lake was quite a
time has been spent in the Atlan­
Alfreda Vahrenwald, secretary. popular resort for others than lo­
tic ocean trying to keep cool. The
A few parents attended the cal residents.
swimming is really swell, also aids meeting and they were quite en­
As far as Cave Jnuction, Kerby
in cooling you off. Florida isn’t thusiastic over the results of the and other valley towns were con-
quite all they write about, but interest manifested by the young­ I cerned they were indeed very quiet
doesn’t miss it far.
sters.
and the great Independenc Day
I plan on taking in Miami Beach
The next meeting will be held cam and went without incident.
which is about a four hour ride by Monday. July 10, in the Bridgeview
Someone was heard to remark,
train, while I am here. There are Grange hall at 8:30 p. m. All j "Wait until after the war is over
also many other places of inter­ children interested in a good club and I'll bet we have a real old
est that I don’t expect to miss.
| and all adults who are interested, fashioned 4th.
It’s time for taps so will have to are cordially invited to attend the
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close for now. Certainly will ap­ ! meetings. The new county agent
preciate you forwarding the News will attend this meeting and will GOOD NEWS FOR
to me.
Sincerely.
shoe some slides on 4-H club work. MOTORING PUBLIC
EDWIN “BIT’ SMITH.
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P. S.: My new’ address is as fol­
Announcement was made last
lows: Edwin C. Smith AOM 3/c. I IMPORTANT NOTICE
week by OP A that all inner tubes
ABTU Box 27, U. S. Naval Air I TO ALL VETERANS
for automobile tires were off the
Station, Banana River, Florida. I
Public Law 312, 78th Congress, ration list.
This means that you can buy
LETTER FROM MRS. BADDEN approved May 27, 1944, provides
inner
tubes wherever you can find
that pension or compensation of
4233 N. Williams Ave. veterans of World War and World them now, without a certificate to
Apt. 4, Zone 11 War II, for service-connected dis­ get one.
Portland, Ore. abilities, may be increased 15 per
However tires are just as hard
Dear Ted: I'm writing this to centum, effective June 1, 1944. to get as ever. There seems to be
you as Bertman is now in New Gui­ (This increase is applicable to basic a very little easing up for tires,
nea and awful homesick. I wish rates only and does not apply to but they are still on the prize list
folks would sit down and write special awards and allowances and motorists are warned to take
him a letter and write one every fixed by law.)
extra good care of their tires and
once in a while. Be sure to send
“Accounts will be adjusted with­ get the most wear possible from
the Illinois Valley News to him.
out the necessity of a claim being them.
We are working on a rush order filed and it is expected that the in­
Another thing to remember, if
of troop transports now so are re­ creased amounts due from June 1 you have five tires for your car
ally busy. We are short of weld­ through July 1 will be included in and one goes bad, only a few in­
ers too. I have a vacation with the regular check for July. Pend­ dividuals in essential industries,
pay earned which I will take when ing such adjustment it is urged can get another tire. This is not
the kid gets his in August. Will that you DO NOT make inquiry re­ a ruling from the local board. It
see you then and hope .you'll write garding the increased payment, as comes from the national setup. If
B. L.
Sincerely,
such inquiries will only result in you have four good tires, they can­
JOY BADDEN.
delaying the adjustments. For not give you another tire. Make
Sgt. B. L. Badden, A. S. N., months subsequent to July, pay­ your tires last—take good are of
R-1264011, 622nd Engrs. Base ments will be made at the regular them.
Equip. Co., APO 503. Care Post­ increased rate.
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master, San Francisco. Calif.
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Edna Phoebe Cross
Officers
Staff Sergeant Dudley H. Kien-
stra, 25, of Cave Junction, ball
turret gunner on an Eighth AAF
Flying Fortress, has been awarded
an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air
Medal, equivalent to another
award of the medal.
The award was for meritorious
achievement while participating in
bombing attacks on targets in Nazi
Europe.
He is the son of Mrs. Roy A.
Miller of Cave Junction. He was
employed as a launch operator in
defense work in the Pacific islands
before he entered the AAF June
30. 1942.
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JAY HAYS WRITES HOME
April 24, 1944
Dear Mother, Dad and Evelyn:
Well here I am somewhere in Eng­
land as I have told you before but
I will tell you again as you may
not get my other letter. I got
your letters of March 24 25 and
27 day before yesterday and also
one from Gilman and Aunt Vera
yesterday. I sure was glad to get
them. Now all I have to worry
about is getting them answered.
It is hard to write every day be
cause I have to write about the
same thing as there isn’t much
happens that I can write about.
We are sleeping in eight mar ,
tents. We have canvas cots and j
straw mattresses, with three blan­
kets. so we sleep pretty warm. This
is a pretty damp climate as it has
rained about every other day since
we have been here. I guess it will
be getting warmer from now on.
The sun shone pretty warm day
before yesterday and it looks like
it might shine a little today.
I was on K P. Saturday. It was
pretty easy as we didn’t have
any dishes to wash. We eat out'
of our mess kits.
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Resolution Sent to
Both Political Parties
In Valley
Edna P. Cross, aged 50 years,
passed away at the Josephine Gen­
eral hospital tn Grants Pass, last
Sunday at 9:15 p. m.. where she
had been a patient for nearly two
weeks Mrs. Cross was born in
Ogemaw county, Michigan, Feb.
25, 1894, and had lived in Selma
for five years.
Surviving are her husband, Wil­
liam C. Cross, two sons, Maurice
H. Cross of Kerby; Robert J.
Cross of Selma; * daughter. Ethel
N. Koasak of Grand Ronde, Ore­
gon and her father, William Bart­
ram of Selma. Funeral services
were held under the direction of
the Hull 4 Hull Funeral home at
Selma with the Rev. E. J. Aschen-
brenner officiating.
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A resolution calling attention to
the major economic importance of
the agriculture industries as the
nation’s lar gest producers of basic
raw material and requesting that
the two major political partv plat­
forms "accord agriculture equal
status with other parts of the na­
tional economy” was wired June
22 to chairmen of the national Re­
publican and Democratic parties
by the Oregon state board of agri­
culture.
The resolution further requested
that “the poultry industry be ac­
corded equal and independent stat­
us with other branches of agricul­
ture.” It pointed out that the eco­
nomic condition of th» nation is
closely relate I to if not dependent LETTER OF THANKS FROM
upon the economic condition of the DEER CREEK GRANGE
agricultural industries.
Mrs. Mary Nan Thompson writes
to The News and thanks the paper
National Toll of
for its courtesy shown while she
Holiday Deaths 449
was chairman of the Ways and
Means committee of the Deer
The national toll of deaths dur­ ! Creek Grange.
ing the three day celebration over
Mrs. Thompson is now retiring
the 4th was a little larger this year from this position and the enter­
than last, and amounted to 449 tainments and dances given at the
persons being killed.
Deer Creek Grange will no longer
The Santa Fe’s crack train, be under her leadership. She has
“Chief” coming west through Ari­ been a tireless worker and the en­
zona, had a bad wreck that took tertainments given at Deer Creek
four lives and wounded 30 others, were always very popular under
some may die from injuries re­ her charge.
ceived in the wreck.
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Automobile accidents caused
The average person (and you
the largest number of deaths with are above average) doesn’t like to
177 persons being killed, 142 per­ , have anyone “put anything over
sons drowned and 130 died from ' on them.” That’s one reason why
various causes. California led the we’re open and above board when
nation with 22 traffic deaths.
it comes to telling you about
Fluhrer'a Enriched Bread We
Mrs. E. K. Vreeland of Rogue want you to try it for yourself—
River was a guest of Mrs. Harry compare it with any other you may
O. Smith on Caves highway, last (choose. The best is none too good
week end.
' for you.
Price Five Cents
“MY FRIEND FLICKA”
FULL OF HUMAN
INTEREST FOR ALL
"My Friend Flicka” which comes
to the Cave City theater Saturday
and Sunday is one of the great­
est pictures of its kind ever made.
The picture is on a par or even
better than “Lassie Come Home”
which broke all records at the the­
ater recently.
Instead of a dog, "My Friend
Flicka” deals with a horse, and
the trials and tribulations of this
particular horse are worth seeing
and hearing in any man's land.
The story is about a filly and a
boy. The boy loves the filly al­
most as much as life itself, and
what the two go through with
makes a story that folks will never
forget. To tell all about this in­
triguing film would spoil the pleas­
ures in store for those who will see
the picture.
It has been said that horses are
the second smartest animals in the
world. Elephants come first. Well
this mare, Flicka, proves that hors­
es have an uncanny smartness, and
the horse knows when she is in
good hands and when she has to
fight for her life, as she does
when mountain tigers come look­
ing for fresh meat.
“My Friend Flicka” ranks with
the best in pictures, ami those who
have already seen the pictures tell
their friends—"Don't miss seeing
it.”
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EASTER LILIES OF
OREGON BECOMING
PROFITABLE CROP
The Pacific Northwest is now
one of only two or three principal
centers of production of Easter
lily bulbs and has an opportunity
to continue and expand this im­
portant specialized industry if the
enterprise is protected against
known hazards, according to in­
formation contained in the first
comprehensive bulletin issued by
the agriculture experiment station
at O. S. C. on Easter lily produc­
tion.
This mimeographed circular of
information, No. 339, was pre­
pared by Dr. Frank P. McWhorter,
plant pathologist at O. S. C. and
S. L. Emsweller, principal horti­
culturist, and Philip Brierley,
pathologist, both of the U. S. de­
partment of agriculture.
Bermuda was the original
source of Easter lilies used in Am­
erica but the industry died be­
cause of virus diseases. Next, Ja­
pan took over the production, but
by 1939 diseases threatened that
source, which was soon cut off
completely by the war. Keeping
northwest lilies free from virus
diseases will be one of the most
important factors in continuing the
industry in this region, the auth­
ors point out.
The Oregon coast is the chief
center of northwest lily production
at present, although former belief
that lilies had to be grown in a
year-round mild climate has been
proved erroneous, as the depart­
ment of agriculture has grown
them commercially in Maryland.
The new bulletin, which may be
had free from county extension of­
fices or from the college, contains
general information and cultural
methods, and a section on control
of lily diseases. Under cultural
methods information is given on
selection of location, varieties
suitable for the northwest, propa­
gation methods, selection of plant­
ing stock, use of fertilizer, and
miscellaneous cultural and market­
ing methods.
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Nat Woolley
New Legion
Commander
Glenn Morrison Post No. 70 of
the American Legion held their
regular meeting Wednesday night.
The meeting was opened by Com­
mander Les Henry with a good
group of members on hand.
The question of fixing the roof
was discussed but it was decided
not to recover it until the brace*
could be strengthened.
The following resolution was
passed and ordered sent to Com­
rade Obye at Grants Pass.
RESOLUTION
To the Supervisor of the Siski­
you National Forest:
Whereas Glenn Morrison Post
No. 70, American Legion, in meet­
ing assembled the Sth day of July,
1944, has passed the following res­
olution:
Be is resolved that this Post, in
view of the fact that at all times
of the year there are in the Na­
tional Forests a considerable num­
ber of miners, stockmen and other
people whose legitimate business
takes them into the most isolated
sections of the forests, where, in
case of accident, there is no avail­
able means of communication,
therefore this Post feels that if
the Forest Service would publi­
cize some plan of smoke signals
to be used by those in distress it
might be the means of saving many
lives in the future.
Signed,
L. W. HENRY, Commander.
ARTHUR KELLERT, Adjt.
After the regular business was
finished the Post elected their new
officers for the ensuing year: They
are:
Commander, Nat Woolley; Vice­
Commander, L. E. Athey; Adju­
tant, Elwood Hussey; Finance Of­
ficer, E. Y. Taylor; Chaplain, Mau­
rice Sauer; Sergeant at Arms,
Blake Miller; Executive Commit­
tee, Ralph Baumberger and Clyde
Hays. Delegates to the state con­
vention: Nat Woolley, Elwood
Hussey and Art Kellert. Alter­
nates. I.es Henry, Blake Miller and
L. E. Athey.
After more routin« business the
meeting was closed until the next
regular meeting night, Wednesday
July 19 which is social night.
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WHAT THE LEGION
AUXILIARY IS DOING
Officers for the coming year
were elected as follows:
President—Mildred Taylor.
First Vice President — Rmily
Kellert.
Second Vice President — Marie
White.
Secretary—Amy Hussey.
Treasurer—Lida Miller.
Elective members of the execu­
tive board—Lucille Arnold and
Millie Trefethen.
Appointive officers and commit­
tee chairmen will be named at
next meeting, July 19, when in­
stallation will take place.
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WHAT WAR
BONDS BUY
May Save Life Overseas
The $18.75 price of that $25
"E” bond may be the price of sav­
ing a life overseas. The money
will buy any of the following:
more
than five life rings. 12 life
State Fair Won’t Be
vests,
four self-inflating life belts
Staged This Fall
or two Mae West life belts; 75
Oregon will not have a state fair packages of sulfanilamide tablets,
this year announcement was 11 arm splints or 10 leg splints; a
made late last week by Director stretcher or approximately four
first aid kits.
E. L. Peterson of the state depart­
ment of agriculture following the
And Soma for Ammunition
regular semi-annual meeting of
the state board of agriculture.
The government can buy a .50
Members of the board of agricul­ I caliber machine gun for delivery
ture and the director considered to the Army in Normandy or Italy
carefully all the angles on t>he fair for the $375 purchase price of a
before deciding it would be unwise $500 “E” bond during the Fifth
to hold a fair under present con­ War Loan drive. The gun costs
dition*.
$300—and there’ll be some money
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left over for ammunition. The
Paul Johnsons, employed by . same investment w:’l -
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Gene Brown on the High Plateau little more than r"" b
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chrome mine, spent the Fourth at walkie-talkie radio se
Brookings and vicinity.
I droppable fuel tanks
plan.-a.