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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1944)
University of Oregon Gateway to The Oregon Caves Illinois Valley News A Live W ire Newspaper Published in the Interests of the Illinois Valley and Surrounding Districts Volume VIII. T No. 15 Hospital Plan WÜ1 Continue The Josephine County Rural Health Protection Association met Monday to consider ways and means of continuing the prepaid hospital service for farm families which was in operation in the county during the past year. Six hundred and thirty-two were under this protection plan last year; 340 of them joined on Au gust 1st. A full year’s record on these reveals that one person out of every third family was hospi talized. Thirty-five of the 340 peo. pie were hospitalized for an aver age of eight days apiece. The av erage cost per, day was $7.20 a person. The renewal contract of fered by Blue Cross promises $5.50 a day. For this reason, the asso ciation decided to organize their own local group which would sup ply the same compelte coverage in the local hospital that was offered under last year’s program, Al- ready 40 families have renewed their contract. The association met with the County Court and has their en- dorsement on the local plan, Po- mona Grange went on record in support of the local plan. Earl Rinehart is president of the asso ciation and Josephine Powers is secretary. The association was or ganized through the Rural Health Services Division of the Farm Se curity Administration. Bartty Mc Veigh, local FSA supervisor here, assured the group of continuing help from the FSA office. “Prior to the war,” McVeigh stated, “75 per cent of the farm families in need of financing were in financial difficulty due to ill ness in the family or ill health of the head of the family. The farm security is forced to be interested in improved health services in ru ral areas.” At the request of the RHPA Board of Directors, the services of Mrs. Sara H. Wertz, Assoc. Dis trict FSA Supervisor, were secured for the week. o— Cave Junction, Oregon, Thursday. August 10,1914 •LOST ANGEL” AT ( AVE CITY THEATER SATURDAY, SUNDAY James Craig and Marsha Hunt, the romantic team of William Saroyan’s “The Human Comedy,” recent Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hit picture, are teamed again in "Lost Angel,” new starring picture for Margaret O’Brien, showing this Saturday and Sunday at the Cave City theater. Craig portrays a tough, likeable reporter who is assigned to report the experiment of Miss O’Brien s being raised scientifically as a prodigy by a group of professors. Miss Hunt is cast as a night club singer with whom the reporter is in love. “Lost Angel” is the first star ring vehicle for Miss O’Brien, whose sensational work in “Jour ney for Margaret” won her nation wide acclaim. Sonja Henie in “Wintertime” Next Wedneiday and Thursday Happy times are in store for you in “Wintertime”, the 20th Century-Fox musical hit starring Sonja Henie, which plays at the Cave City theater Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 16th and 17th. Filmed in the mountain resort area of the Canadian snow-peaked mountains, this film is natural screen entertainment. Lovely Son ja skates into the hearts of the au dience to the wonderful rhythms of Woody Herman and his orches tra. Jack Oakie, Carole Landis and Cesar Romero add the imprint of their delightful personalities to the general scheme, making the film a four star favorite. ------------ o------------ Mrs. Larsen Entertains Selma Health Club Mis. Olaf C. Larsen entertained the Selma Health club last week at her home when new officers were elected for the year with the fol lowing to take office: Mrs. Helen Warren, president; Mrs. Lorena Weiss, vice president; and Mrs. Audrey Trautfether, reelected sec retary treasurer. Mrs. Edith Phipps, public health nurse of Grants Pass, spoke on post war health plans and outlined a project which will be given fur ther consideration in the near fu ture. Chriitmai Packages During the social hour Mrs. Lar For Overseas Men sen served dainty refreshments. The Selma club will meet for The post office department has their next session at the home of announced that it is time to begin Mrs. Weiss. thinking about the Christmas pack -o- ages that you will want to send to your relatives and friends in the service overseas. All Dairymen Asked The packages must be mailed between September 15th and Oc To Attend Meeting tober loth. A little over a month away. The department asks that Wednesday Night you begin to think about this mat ter and help the postal department There will be a meeting of with strict observance of the law so that all packages will arrive at dairy men Wednesday nig’t, their destination in good order and August 16. at 8:30 o’clock at the on time. Your local post master Grange hall, for the purpose of will give you further information organizing a County Coopera concerning size and weight of the tive Creamery. A committee from Grants packages. Pass will be present to explain the set-up. HEALTH CLINIC All dairy men from the val- Nineteen people were at the clin ley are urged to attend. ic Wednesday with four immuniza ------------ o tions completed. One pre-school examination and one physical on Delegates Off to school child. The next clinic will leegion Convention be held Wednesday, Sept. 13, as Dr. Osgood is taking his two weeks Several valley people left this vacation the last of August. week for the annual State Ameri o------------ can Legion convention and the La dies’ Auxiliary convention, both -BUY WAR BONDS— being held this week in Portland. Those leaving from the valley I ; were: COMING EVENTS i Mr. and Mrs. Art Kellert and son (•JtHiseisssesssetesateesseeteaeessseeisesteeststesesssesHissfMM^J Harry and L. E. Athey left last Saturday. For the Ladies’ Aux Monday, Sept. 4—Labor day. iliary. Mrs. E. Y. Taylor and Mrs. Community Church Missionary Ralph Baumberger, and the Legion group, third Thursday of the sent Nat Woolley, Elwood Hussey, month. Les Henry, Blake Miller, C. Y. Ar H. E. U. meets every second Tues nold and Ralph Baumberger. They all left Wednesday for the big con day of the month. vention and will return Sunday. Ladies’ Auxiliary meet the first ------------ o------------ ■nd third Wednesday of each Mrs. Anthony Mares of Los An month. geles and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew O'Brien Women's club meet on Holt of San Pedro, Calif., left first Friday of each month. Tuesday for their respective hemes Illinois Valley Garden club meets after a short visit in the valley vis the fourth Friday of each month. iting friends. They were dinner Belt Lodge, A. F. A A. M. meets guests of Mrs. Elizabeth Holland fourth Saturday each month. . at Bridgeview last week Kerby News Notes of General Interest BY ADAH JONES Mr. and Mrs. Laque Youngblood had as week end guest, their niece, Nancy Youngblood of Grants Pass. Donnis Sauer spent a few days last week visiting her brother La verne, who is now living at Ft. Jones. Calif. —o— Miss Zenna Slack, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Slack of Ft. Jones, Calif., is a guest at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mills. —o— Recent guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ingalls were Mrs. Ingalls’ son and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cox and children Ellen Mae and John Arthur of Los Angeles. Mrs. Millie Trefethen had as guest the past few days, Mrs. Mar garet Paskal of Bremerton, Wash., who has taken a few days vaca tion from her job at a defense plant to visit her father, Les Henry and friends at Kerby. Miss Barbara Bryne of Portland was a guest at the home of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Nealy and also visiting her grand mother and other relatives on the Caves highway. Barbara is a graduate of Kerby high school and was a student at Lewis and Clark college during the past year. —o— Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Tycer brought their small daughter Jean from a Medford hospital where she spent several days under the care of a specialist. Jean had the mis fortune to puncture her eye with a table fork which she was using to untie a knot in her shoe. It was feared her sight would be im paired but now her recovery is al most complete. —o— Miss Betty Lackey is spending a few weeks in Coquille where she has gone to stay with her brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Vernard Lackey. Mr. and Mrs. Vernard Lackey report the birth of a daugh ter on July 28. This is their sec- ond child and first daughter. High School Opens Tues., September 5 It won’t be long now until the Kerby Union high school will be opening its doors for the fall term. Tuesday, September 5th is the date for the opening an pupils will reg ister on that day. Kerby Union high has been most fortunate this year in getting a list of teachers, and the valley is expecting one of the best high schools it has ever had. The fol lowing have already signed their contracts: Jerry Medcalf, principal. Florence Minium, mathematics and science. Edith Osgood, commercial sub jects and music. Esther Pickett. English. William Farlien, part time shop. The home economics and girls' physical education instructor will be announced before school opens. We can say this much. If the school board secures the teacher they want, and we believe they will, Kerby will definitely have one of the best home economics teach ers in the state of Oregon, and that’s taking in a lot of territory. Classes will start the day after registration, and the busses will make the usual run. We will try to get thp schedule for publication be fore school starts. FARM MACHINERY CLASS DELAYED The first meeting of the Farm Machinery class which was to have been started on Monday, August 14th has been postponed until Tuesday, August 15th, on account of Glen Weaver, assistant state supervisor of agricultural educa tion, being delayed in getting here. Mr. Weaver will attend this first meeting and see if there are enough men and women who want the farm class education. Classes will not start ustil eptember 1st. The classes will be held in the evenings and will not interfere with anyone’s day work. The meet ing Tuesday, August 15th will take up at 8:30 p. m. Jerry Medcalf, principal of the high school, urges all those who want to take this Mr. and Mrs. Art Kellert and course to be at the first meeting. son Harry, and Shirley Martindale left last week for a few days visit o with relatives in Washington be fore thq American Legion conven an Gets Out tion in Portland which they plan to attend. Shirley has been staying Of Sick Bed To with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Boling and plans to go Kill Rattlesnake to Pasco, Wash., where her par ents are living. Mrs. Wm. Ingalls Last Tuesday at 4:30 p. m. Mrs. is caring for the Kellert Variety Leia Cooke of O’Brien, whili start store during their absence. ing the evening meal, heard a loud hissing noise. She first thought Democrats Will Hold it was a jar of fruit spoiling, but the barking of the dog on the porch Park Meeting Sunday called her attention outside, and The Democratic Central commit there at the corner of the porch tee met in the circuit court room on the ground coiled a rattlesnake Tuesday evening with Johnnie about two feet long. While the dog stood guard, Mrs. Cooke ran Clark presiding. A state-wide covered-dish lunch for the big. heavy crowbar nearby eon will be held at the city park and jabbed the reptile and held it Sunday for those who wish to against a rock, then called to Guil come. A. Walker announced to ford who has been sick in bed since last Tuesday a week. He day. Loud speakers will be installed staggered out with the .22. Be for the speeches, and refreshments fore he could get a good shot he and amusement will be furnished. had to go to the shed to get some A. Walker, chairman of the Dov thing to pry a board loose, as the er for Congress committee has snake had nearly wriggled out been granted permission by the from the bar and crawled under Central committee to establish an the porch. Just a “tail hold” was office for both committees down holding him, Mrs. Cooke said, but he didn’t get away. Guilford shot town. it three times. It had eight rat ------------ o tles and was on the fight, So it CALIFORNIANS TO pays to have a dog around. HOLD PICNIC — ■ - o------------ Al All Californians and former Californians now living in Jose- phine county are invited to an all day picnic to be held in the City Park at Grants Pass on Sunday, August 20. Good speakers and an entertaining program is planned for the day. Free coffee will be served at the potluck dinner at noon, and everyone is to bring eats and their table service. ■ ---- o------------- Tech. Sgt. Harold L. James ar rived last week from Syracuse, New York, on a week's furlough. Harold is aerial engineer on a C-47 transport plane. MONDAY FIXED FOR START OF HOP HARVEST Hop harvest will begin definite ly on August 14, C. W. Thornber ry, Farm I-abor employment assist ant, announced today. The registrations are running behind last year’s although the transient pickers are coming in. Platoon leaders met at the Farm Labor office Wednesday morning with Miss Ruth Crawford and Or en Masters, platoon organizer pres ent. Price Five Cents NEWS FROM OUR BOYS IN SERVICE Capt. John A, Ulrich Awarded for Heroism Recently awarded a Soldier's Medal for heroism on Guadalcanal was Captain John A. Ulrich Cave Junction. The Soldier's Medal is given for courageous acts when not in direct contact with the enemy. The order reads: "John A. Ul rich, captain, ordnance depart ment, United States army, for heroism on Guadalcanal on June 26, 1944. when he directed the first vehicle into a dangerous area of an exploding ammunition dump Few Miners Attended Meeting Last Saturday evening a mass meeting of miners of this section was held in the American Legion hall, with only a handful of miners present. However, those who at tended were well satisfied with the information they receivd for hav ing taken the trouble to go to the meeting. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Siskiyou Minerals association, and Gus Walker, presi dent, called the meeting to order and explained what it was for— to acquaint the miners of this sec tion what the association was do ing in their behalf and to elect a member of the board of directors to represent this section. President Walker asked Secre tary Herb Wadell to rend some communications from the Western Mining Council, which is composed of numerous mining associations in Captain John A. Ulrich California and Oregon. One letter stated that Lester Child had been fell around while for his per- placed on the nominating commit him. sonal safety. Captain Ulrich ex tee of the council. The election of tinguished a fire in another vehicle officers for the Western Mining despite the possibility of an explo Council will be held in October in sion of nearby gasoline, thereby Grants Pass, when a large gath saving valuable government prop ering of mining men from the west will hold one of the largest min erty. Capt. Ulrich was the engineer ing meetings ever held in this sec in charge of the Oregon Caves tion. Mr. Child is vice president CCC camp before the war and has of the Siskiyou Minerals associa tion, and his appointment on the a host of friends in the valley. nominating committee of the coun —o— LETTER FROM CLINT FREITAS cil was a distinct compliment of recognition for the local group. Geo. C. Freitas S 1/C It was also stated that Gus Wal Armed Guard, ker was one of the charter mem SS Mello Franco bers of the council, the local asso c o Fleet PO, San Francisco, Cal. ciation having elected to become July 28. 1944 one of the members of the council. Dear Mom and Lyle: I'm in the One of the big fights the asso South Pacific somewhere in a naval ciation is making for the miners of hospital. I just had my nose oper Southern Oregon, is to clarify the ated on due to some blood vessels O & C land grant situation, where that were exposed when I broke by prospectors can locale mineral my nose boxing at Kerby Hi. claims on these lands according to It's pretty darned hot over here, the mining laws of the nation. but other than that everything else Since 1937 claims could not be lo is O. K. We get a little beer now cated without the consent of the and then but it’s usually so warm Secretary of the Interior, and if, we can’t drink it. in his opinion, the claim had min Thanks a lot for the clippings erals that were needed, the miner in the Illinois Valley News. I could proceed, but if he was in sure like to know about the old formed that then- was no minerals gang and where they are at. I got there, he would not allow the claim my first mail today in over a month to be made. This is a condition and a half. It sure did seem good that has handicapped mining claims to hear from home and know that since 1937, when the Secretary of everything is O. K. the Interior first declared his in I hear Bud Smith was home on tention to restrict mining loca leave. I sure wish I could have tions. seen him. I got a letter from Don- Through the cooperation of nis and one from Neil today. He United States Senator Guy Cor sure was all hopped up ah >ut going don, the senator has prepared a to Hi school. senate bill which clarifies this situ There aren’t many women in the ation and puts the O & C land islands I’ve been at anil most of grants back where they were be them are kind of black. fore 1937. This matter is of great I guess I’ll close for now and concern to local prospectors. The hope this letter finds you all alive senator hopes to get favorable ac and still kicking. Your Son, tion on the bill in the near future, CLINT. but the prospectors and miners must do something for themselves P. S.—If you get up home any if this bill is to become a law. They time tell everybody hello for me. must make a report of their claim. (The News has blanks on which Ens. Harry O. Smith, Jr., is to make the report—please come home on a short furlough from Pt. in and get one or write for one). Quonset, R. 1. He arrived in Med This report is not long and any ford by plane Monday afternoon. miner can do it easily in five min ------------ o........ . utes time. If Senator Cordon can get these reports all together and VIVIAN M<( ASLAN!) show how many claims there are JOINS THE W ACS located, it will help speed the bill to its final conclusion. The News Miss Coral V. McCasland. daugh asks every miner to please get one ter of Mrs. Irene McCasland, Rural of these blanks and fill it out. Route No. 1, Cave Junction, Ore Senator Lew Wipperman was gon, has completed enlistment in called on for a short talk, and he the Women's Army Corps at Port said that he was the chairman of land, Oregon, according to a re the mining committee in the state lease from the Army Public Rela senate and would do everything he tions Office in that city. conld to help the miners. Later on Miss McCasland, a Rural Route he said that he hopes the miners Mail Carrier and postal clerk in would cooperate with Senator Cor Illinois Valley for the past year don and get the blanks filled out, will be called to active duty in the and he warmly congratulated the WAC about August 20, at which Siskiyou Minerals association for time she will be sent to Fort Des having the blanks prepared in such Moines, Iowa, for basic training. | a condition. Following basic, she will be as The next matter of business was signed to the Los Angeles Port of the election of a member from the Embarkation and will become a member of the Transportation valley to the board of directors. Corps. Fred Linkhart’s name was pro Miss McCasland i* a graduate of posed and D. L. Webb and M. C. Burbank High School, Burbank, California and attended Wood Athey were also proposed and sec berry Business College in Glen- onded. dale. Calif. u o>. on Four)