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 VIII.
Cave Junction. Oregon, Thursday, November 16, 1944
No. 29
Stage Set
For High
School Play
When the curtain raises this Fri­
day night and the audience turns
its eyes to the stage at 8:15 p. m., 1
11 cast members of the All School
Play of 1944 will emerge from the
shadows of six weeks concentrated
practice and “All American Fam­
ily” will be under production.
As a result of the fine work of
the director, Mrs. Wertz, the com­
mittees and the cast, Friday night
is faced with confidence and as­
surance that the best is given for 1
all who attend.
The finishing touches were giv­
en at a dress rehearsal Wednesday
evening when the cast performed
before complete sets and full cos­
tumes for the first time.
The cast in the order of which
they appear:
Grandma Butler, Dotti Jury;
Mrs. Carrie Butler, Evelyn Hayes;
Bobby Butler, Rebecca Freeman;
Carolyn Butler, Dolores Lockhart;
Bruce Ford, George Kellert; Wid­
ow Smith, Sharley Kiever; Roger
Butler, Ernest Hamilton; Bill But­
ler, Bill Hill; Peter Smith, Laur­
ence Tabor; Lucy Middleford, Ei­
leen Schneider; Avis Middleford,
Sylvia Wilson.
“GASLIGHT” AND
BORDER TOWN
TRAIL” AT THEATER
Saturday and Sunday brings an­
other big double header picture
program to the Cave City theater.
One good picture that all of us like
to see, a western, “Border Town
Trail” with Smiley Burnette, and
a great mystery picture that will
keep you spellbound, “Gaslight.”
“Gaslight is one of the most ex­
citing and dramatic stories ever to
reach the screen. Featured by out­
standing performances by Charles
Boyer, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph
Cotten, “Gaslight" will keep you
on the edge of your seat as it re­
lates the story of the beautiful
young singer, portrayed by Miss
Bergman, who marries her accom­
panist and with him sets up home
in the London house where Paula’s
aunt, a famous singer, was murd­
ered.
Delibreately, Boyer sets out to
drive his wife mad—just why, and
through what ingenious methods,
it would be unfair to relate. The
entrance upon the scene of a Scot­
land Yard man, played by Joseph
Cotten, brings the picture to a
tense and highly thrilling climax.
“Border Town Trail”, the sec­
ond picture, is a strong western
picture and has all the excitement
and fun you can imagine in a west­
ern movie. Smiley Burnette, the
boy with the two voices commonly
called in other pictues the “Frog”
is the star and the picture is ranked
as tops in entertainment.
Wednesday and Thursday
CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH
SCHOOL BLEACHERS
UNDER WAY
Henry Schneider has recently
completed plans for the high
school bleachers and with W. E.
Weiland have commenced con­
struction of the bleachers which
will have a seating capacity for
500.
Co. A, O. S. G. Now
Equipped With Rifles
A large shipment of military
equipment was received last week
by Co. A, Oregon State Guard,
and stored in the new building re­
cently completed for that purpose.
The equipment includes En*ield
type rifles, bayonets, tommy guns,
packs, mess kits, shelter halfs,
mackinaws, helmets, overseas caps,
shirts and pants in wool and also in
khaki and shoes, gas masks, etc.
The company is now fully equip­
ped for action, and the company
has a machine gun also with its
equipment. It is now recognized
as one of the leading state guard
companies in the state, and is well
equipped for any emergency that
might arise.
The company and its officers are
to be congratulated for their fine
showing and on becoming a rec­
ognized state guard company.
Capt. Baumberger and his lieuten­
ants have been highly praised for
their work in developing the com­
pany status.
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“Northwest Passage"
Coming as a re-issue “North­
west Passage” with Spencer Tracy
as the star, comes to us again.
Anyone who has seen “Northwest
Passage” will not miss the oppor­
tunity to see it again.
Ranking among one of the top
pictures depicting the building of
the west, this re-issue was selected
because the picture was an out­
standing play a few years ago.
With Spencer Tracy as the star, it
comes back to us as a better show
than ever.
All picture fans know of, or have
seen “Northwest Passage” and it
needs no further introduction, ex­
cept to say that seats will be at a
premium and we advise coming
early.
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BIG BEAR GETS
IN THE WAY
Mr, and Mrs. L. R. Test were
coming from their home, abort
three and a half miles east of Ker­
by, last Friday, nnd a large black
bear was in the load. Mr. Test had
his gun and got out of the car and
shot him.
This is the second time Mr. Test
hal seen the bear, hut the first time
he did not have his gun with him.
There is another bear in ‘he lo­
cality of their home who makes
tract's that measure 12 incites
across. Test hopes to get him If
he ever makes his appearance, he's
a goner.
This bear that they brought in
Friday weighs about 300 pout'd.-
Roland Tresham left last week - He ws surely a n:c€ big one.
for Prineville where he will join ■
his father who has been spend-, Garden Club to Meet With
ing the past month assisting the Mrs. Elizabeth Holland
Howard Harkers harvest their big
potato crop. Later they will go
The next meeting of the Gar-
elk hunting before returning to len club will be held Friday, Nov.
their home in the valley.
24th at the home’of Mrs. Elizabeth
Holland, Bridgeview. Several im­
portant features are scheduled for
the afternoon’s program and a
COMING EVENTS
good attendance should be pres­
ent. At this meeting plans will be
Tuesday, November 21 — Western discussed for the Christmas party
Star chapter initiation.
which is an annual and gala event. |
Thursday, Nov. 23—Thanksgiving
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day.
New Sugar Stamp .34
Friday, November 24 — Garden
Good
for Five Pounds
club at the home of Mrs. Eliza­
beth Holland, Bridgeview.
Sugar stamp 34 in war ration
Saturday, November 25—Benefit I book 4 will be good for buying five
dance for Bruchler’s at the Deer pounds of sugar beginning Novem­
Creek Grange hall.
ber 16, 1944, Sam H. Baker, chair­
Community Church Missionary man of the local OPA office, an­
group, third Thursday of the nounced this week.
Like sugar stamps 30, 31, 32 and
month.
Eastern Star Chapter meets the 33, the new stamp will be good in­
definitely for buying 5 pounds of
third Tuesday of each month.
sugar. Baker explained. Since
Ladies' Auxiliary meet the first
March 16, 1943, the OPA has been
and third Wednesday of each
validating one sugar stamp good
month.
for 5 pounds—every two and one-
O’Brien Women’s club meet on half months, he said.
first Friday of each month.
Sugar stamp No. 40, validated
Kerby P.-T. A meets the last , February 1, 1944, is good for buy­
Thursday of each month, in i ing 5 pounds of home canning su­
Kerby grade school.
gar through February 28, 1945.
P. T. A. To
Valley Is
Hold Cooked All Set For
Food Sale
Bond Drive
Saturday, November 18, the
Kerby P.-T. A. will hold their
cooked fool sale in Cave Junction
and Kerby. In Cave Junction it
will be held in the store building
next to the barber shop. In Kerby
it will be at the Kellert Variety
store in the Masonic building.
Those donating food for this sale
are requested to bring it in by 11
a. m. if possible. The P.-T. A. was
left dormant for some time until
those interested reorganized last
month and are doing everything
they can to get the valley inter­
ested in their work. Remember
the date, the places and that good
home cooked food. •
If the hopes and aspirations of
the county war bond committee
and the local valley committee are
realized, the county will go over
the top with a boom the first week
of the 6th War Loan drive, which
starts next Monday, November 20.
However, any bonds that have al­
ready been purchased this month,
will go towards filling the county
quota.
D. C. McGregor, county chair­
man of the 6th drive, has called a
meeting this Thursday evening in
the Redwoods hotel. Grants Pass,
where details of the drive will be
explained to the sales people and
their kit of work sheets handed to
them. A large delegation from the
valley will attend.
The valley’s quota is large this
year, and the people here will have
to stretch their purchases as far
as they can if we reach our goal.
The slogan this year is “Buy An­
other $100 Bond.” The valley is
asked to buy $100,000 worth of
bonds in this drive. If we all do
our part and do it quick, we will
go over the top.
When the volunteer workers call
on you, it will materially assist
them if you would have your al­
lotment all made up and ready to
hand to the sales people when they
call.
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Navy Needs
Radar Men
The U. S. Navy’s need for men
to be trained in RADAR has be­ I
come so great that the recruiting
service has been ordered to put the
program at the head of its list, ac­
cording to Specialist 1/c H. W.
Crain of the Medford Navy Re­
cruiting Station, who covers this
area.
As the American offensive is in
the Pacific, more and more RA­
DAR technicians are needed on the
ships which take men and sup­
plies to advanced bases or seek
out the enemy’s fleet, on the great
armada of naval planes and in the
ever-expanding submarine serv­
ice.
Applicants who can pass the ap­
titude test are enrolled as seamen
first class (comparable to corporal
in the army) and given at least 10
months of training at Naval schools
and leading universities. Ratings
as petty officers can be earned dur­
ing training or upon graduation.
Seventeen-year-olds who are
able to pass the qualifying test
can enlist immediately. Men in
the draft ages of 18 to 37, inclu­
sive, who can sualify, will receive
letters of directed assignment to
be presented at the time of their
induction. Full details concern­
ing each of these groups can be
obtained at the Medford Navy Re­
cruiting Substation, Post Office
Bld., Medford, Oregon.
School principals and superin­
tendents in the Oregon district
have endorsed the Navy’s RADAR
training as an excellent back­
ground for employment in advanc­
ed radio and electronics after the
war.
H. W. Crain, specialist first
class, USNR, in charge of the U.
S. Navy Recruiting station at Med­
ford, will be in Cave Junction be­
tween 1 p. m. and 4 p. m., Novem­
ber 22, to interview young men of
17 interested in joining the navy
and young women 20 to 36 inter­
ested in joining the WAVES.
Specialist Crain reports that
Navy enlistment quotas for young
men past 17 and not yet 18 still
are unrestricted and that any
young man in that age group who
has parental consent and who
meets basic enlistmtnt require­
ments as to physical and mental
fitness, now may qualify for the
Navy.
The Navy representative urges
young men of 17 to ask about their
chances for qualifying for train­
ing as Navy radio technicians and
about the major advantages offer­
ed those who can qualify for this
highly specialized training pro­
gram.
At present he added, there is no
limit to the number of qualified
young women who may be accept­
ed for the WAVES. However, it
was emphasized, after January 1,
WAVES enlistment quotas will be
greatly reduced.
The curtailed enlistments, it is
expected, will be accompanied by
even more rigid enlistment re­
quirements than have prevailed in
the past, as a result of which many
young women who now could qual­
ify for the WAVES may not be
able to do so a few weks hence.
Price Five Cents
NEWS FROM OUR
BOYS IN SERVICE
Tom Walton, S 1 c, son of Mrs.
O. C. Larsen, who has been sta­
tioned at Treasure Island, San
Francisco, for the past several
months has finished his schooling
and was recently assigned to a fast
ship which will take him to some­
where in the South Pacific. Mrs,
Walton will remain in the bay city
where she is employed and resides
with her mother.
Joe Walton, another s >n of Mrs.
Larsen is hair stylist in a beauty
salom in New York City and writes
his mother, that he hopes to spend
the Christmas holidays at home
in the valley. Joe has been in
the metropolitan city for the past
two years.
S Sgt. Jonathan S. Bedingfield,
Cave Junction, Oregon, is due to
arrive in the United States soon
on furlough from the India-China
theater of operations where he
served 30 months with the army
air forces.
B. E. (Bud) Squire, signalman
2 c, arrived Wednesday evening
for a visit with his mother, Mrs.
Winston Tuttle and other rela­
tives. He is on leave from his base
at San Diego where he has been
stationed for the past two years
or more.
WILMINGTON. Calif. — A new
group of Oregon Wacs has recent­
ly joined the WAC detachment at
the Los Angeles Port of Embarka­
tion, an installation of the Trans­
portation Corps. Among them is
Pvt. Coral McCasland, daughter of
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Mrs. Irene McCasland of Cave
Junction. She used to work in
THANKSGIVING
her home town post office so that’s
PROCLAIMED BY
probably why she was assigned to
GOVERNOR SNELL
the post office soon after her ar­
rival from Fort Des Moines, where
SALEM — Gov. Earl Snell, pro­ she completed her basic training.
claiming November 23 as Thanks­
giving day, asked that citizens of
Oregon give thanks for a Free LAUNDRY SERVICE
America and that Oregon has been
IN VALLEY CHANGES
able to make a big contribution to
the war effort.
On account of the shortage of
The proclamation follows:
gasoline and tires, it has become
“The time of the traditional
necessary for the laundries in
American Thanksgiving approach­
Grants Pass to separate their dis­
es again when this nation contin­
tricts and deliveries.
ues at war—when we can be thank­
In the future in the Illinois Val­
ful not for peace but for the justi­
ley, the French Laundry delivery
fied hope of a peace more fair
truck will cease delivering and the
and lasting than the world has
Grants Pass Laundry will take its
known. Let there be thanksgiv­
place.
In other sections the
ing.
French Laundry will take the place
“Let there be thanksgiving that
of the Grants Pass Laundry trucks.
Oregon in 1944 has been so richly
This move was made necessary
able to justify her statehood in
through shortage of labor, gasoline
Free America through her valiant
and tires. The two laundries are
manpower, her leadership in war
a'nxious to give their customers the
sendees, her vast production from
very best service possible, but con­
the farm, the forest, the shipyard
ditions make it impossible for both
and factory.
trucks to make deliveries and pick
“Let there be Thanksgiving that
up laundry in all parts of the coun­
we are a nation and a people with
try. This is the reason for split­
the strength and the will to be
ting up the territory.
free.
In the future the Grants Pass
“Let there be thanksgiving that
laundry truck will call in the val­
there has been a reverent return to ley on Tuesdays, instead of Wed­
religion and a revitalized determi­
nesday.
On another page the
nation that the America of the Grants Pass laundry has an ad tell­
coming peacetime shall be a fit­
ing of the change and agencies in
ting memorial to those of our the valley where laundry can be
great who have given their all.
left and picked up.
“I, Earl Snell, governor of the
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State of Oregon, therefore do pro­
claim Thursday, November 23, Richard McElligott New
1944 to be Thanksgiving day in
compliance with congressional ac­ Land Office Receiver
tion and in conformance to the
A letter received from Richard
McElligott that he has been' ap­
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pointed registrar of the United
States Land Office at Roseburg,
To the People
and be is now there in his new po­
of this Community
sition.
Mr. McElligott did not seek the
Five billion dollars nt the 14
billion dollars our c >untry needs
appointment, and it was probably
»o press the war against our ene­
given to him on his record with the
mies mu't come from individu-il
investor.! That
county lands while he was county
sounds like, and
commissioner.
He made a wonder­
is, a lot of
money Actually
ful record with land sales while in
sucre s or fail­
the county commissioner’s job.
ure of the Sixth
Mr. McElligott’» friends con-
// War I nan is up
7
to each individ- I gratulate him on his new appoint­
'
ua' American.
ment and wish him every success.
Every war
loan has been
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oversubscribed
because Ameri­
Western Star Chapter
cans by the mil­
lions hive shared its responsi­
Initiates Next Tuesday
bility. Americans su-h as you
have recognized the need of extra
War Bond purcha.cs over and
Next Tuesday evening Western
above their normal payroll sav­
Star Chapter No. 64, O. E. S., will
ings.
There is no such thing at a
hold their regular meeting and will
little fell iw in a War Bond drive
also init'ate a new member into
Your War Bond purchases, mul­
tiplied by the War Bond pur­
the order. Worthy Matron Myrtle
chases of your friends and neigh­
Larsen will preside and invites all
bors. become fight'ng power
members anl visiting members to
which saves lives of Americans
on the battlefronts and brings us
be present. This meeting will also
nearer our common objective
honor past matrons and past pat­
THE EDITOR
rons.
Official
Election
Returns
The official figures of the elec­
tion for Josephine county have
been released and we give the fig­
ures as released by County Clerk
Coutant. We do not have the of­
ficial returns from state measures
or state offices, 'but will give the
winners in state offices.
For President—
Dew. v. R
4010
Roo-evelt. D
3214
U. S. Senators—
Cordon, R
4206
Mahoney, I)
.2588
M
< . R
4204
Smith. I>
2366
R e prese nta t i ve—
Dover. D
3055
Ellsworth. Il
3756
State Treasurer—
Lambert. D
2430
Seott, R
3796
Attorney General—
Neul er, R
3413
Spaulding, I)
2867
State Senator—
Moser, D
3570
Wipperman, R
3262
State Representative—
B.ildei i ee, R
3794
Mesman, D
2796
District Attorney—
Millard, R-D
5829
County Judge —
Fredrickson, D
3402
Johnson, R
.......................... 3569
County Commissioner—
McElligott, D ......................... 3134
Mitchell, R
.......................... 3643
Sheriff—
Griffin, D
.1810
Lewis, R
4823
County Clerk—
Coutant, R
5324
Weaver, D
............................ 1306
Coroner—
Mae M. Hall. R .................... 2461
Virgil Hull, D
4289
The county treasurer, assessor
and county surveyor, namely, Sav­
age, Griffin and White, had no
opposition and were all elected.
The fight between Johnson and
Fredrickson for county judge was
the closest vote candidates have
had in this county for a long time.
The big surprise in the election was
the election of Dr. Moser for state
senator against the incumbent, L.
W. Wipperman.
Baumlierger Sells
Cave City Park
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Baumberger
sold the Cave City Park thia week,
located on the Illinois river to Mr.
and Mrs. George Smith of Modesto,
Calif. The Smiths have a motel at
Modesto. They will take posses­
sion on January 15.
Ralph announces that he will
dismantle the model railroad in
the near future, and if anyone in
the valley wishes to see it in oper­
ation before this is done they are
cordially invited to come Sunday
afternoon, November 19th. He has
had numerous requests to see it in
operation and wants all those who
would like to see it have that op­
portunity.
After the middle of January, Mr.
and Mrs. Baumberger will move to
their home across from the Red­
wood Ranger station and Mr. and
Mrs. T. H. Baumberger plan to
leave soon for an extended visit
in Iowa, their former home.
HEU’ers Learn Much
About Scrap Bags
The valley women of the Home
Economics Unit met last Tues­
day at the home of their chairman,
Mrs. Sam Bfanch at Bridge view and
project leaders, Mrs. Mattie Sey-
fi rth and Mrs. Lily White. It was
an all day meeting, the business
session opening at 10:30 a. m.,
with a delicious potluck dinner
served at noon and the afternoon
was spent discussing "Conserving
With the Scrap Bag.” The Christ­
mas gift making proved of much
interest to the ladies who were
very enthused with the articles
demonstrated and suggestions giv­
en by Miss Ruth Crawford, county
home demonstration agent of
Grants Pass.