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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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■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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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tles and was on the fight, So it
CALIFORNIANS TO
pays to have a dog around.
HOLD PICNIC
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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