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HILARIOUS COMEDY
SUNDAY AT IV Y
By
AND
H A R R IS
ELLSW ORTH
SATURDAY
Jr. Women's
July Fourth
Silver Tea
Celebration For
Draws Crowd
i Illinois V alley
M A T IN E E
E V E N IN G
Shelley Creek Kerby High
Leads the Way School News
O n e o f th e fin e s t trib u te s o f
lo y a lty to the V a lle y cam e to
d ay ( T h u r s d a y ) fro m the S h e l
ley C r e e k M i ll & T im b e r , In c .,
Of Interest
The House is in recess this week
Roy Rogers in “ N ighttim e In
The E aster Silver Tea presented
but in the last 10 days or more, N evada,” in trucolor, is a thrilling
T here have been so m any re
K E R B Y ’S T R A C K SEASON
before the holiday, business was w estern full of suspense, color and last Saturday afternoon by the quests for a real old-time home-
S TA R TS S U C C E S S FU L LY
m ill, w h e n th e em p lo y e s , 1 00
transacted at a rapid rate. The excitem ent with comedy and a Ju n io r W omen’s club, was greatly spun Fourth of July celebration
p e rc e n t, d o n a te d one days p ay ,
business, however, was not the ad sparkling array of song hits. Adele enjoyed by all those attending that the \ FW and Rough & Ready
Track Coach Jack Pope has in
( S a tu r d a y
w ith
tim e
and a
option of any p a rt of a legislative Mara and Andy Devine and Sons The tea table, draped with white Ramblers with the help of many
augurated at Kerby high a track
program . The House worked m ost of the Pioneers are a few of the linen, was attractive with blue o ther individuals, have finally de h a l f ) to w a rd s the Illin o is V a l
team, which won the competition
and yellow tapers and a center cided to sponsor ju st such a cele le y h o s p ita l.
ly on appropriation bills and d u r cast in this picture.
last Saturday with C entral Point
piece of cherry blossoms and flow bration.
ing the last three or fo u r days be
M ill m en and log gers, w e re
and Sutherlin. It was called the
ering quince. The small quartet
fore recessing accounted fo r the S U N D A Y a n d M O N D A Y
a n x io u s to g iv e this days pay
prelim inary Josephine, Douglas,
There will be a Miss Liberty and
The long-awaited “ Life With tables were prettily appointed with her royal court, dances, races, con to w a rd s th e c o m p le tio n o f o u r
expenditure of some 29 billions
Jackson County meet. Kerby was
{ of dollars. J u s t exactly how much F a th e r” with William Powell and pastel organdy cloths and spring tests and concessions.
h o s p ita l
T h is is th e firs t m ill
first in nine out of 14 events. Paul
All Boy
Corsages of Oregon or and Gill Scouts of the Valley are
t money th at is, cannot readily be Irene Dunne sharing stellar hon flowers.
to s ta r t the h a ll ro llin g . W h o ’s
S herier soared to a first in the pole
understood unless the figure is ors in this American comedy The chids were presented to the guests. invited to help with stunts and
n ext ?
vault, Douglas Holly cleared a
divided into simple, small and un lads and foibles of the ’80’s are Maude Lackey, Daisy Nassen, Aud dem onstrations
nice 5 ft. 3 in. to take first in the
derstandable term s. Tw enty-nine depicted in the story of the Day rey Lemmon, and R oberta Boyd
high
jump. Doug also made the
This celebration will be held at CLARENCE SAUER DIES
billion dollars is equal to $200 for household, replete with eccentric poured at the tea table.
greatest distance in the running
Ram
bler’s
Roost
where
there
is
Last Friday night the club met
every man, woman and child in F a th e r Powell, kind, loving M other
broad jum p as well as topping the
plenty of space and shade for pic UNDER ROLLING LOG
the U nited States— or $800 for Dunne and all fo u r red-headed in the Home Ec. room of the high
low hurdles faster than his rivals.
nics and plays. Make plans to help
Clarence Sauer, aged 57 years,
each family of four. B ut the 29 sons, is revealed carefully through school with 18 members and one
Bill K ester was the dash man
make
this
4th
of
July
a
big
event
of Kerby, was crushed to death al par excellence taking both the
billion is only about 69 percent of its trials and tribulations. There guest, Ruth Kirk, present,
in Cave Junction.
most instantly while bucking logs “cen tu ry ” and “ tw o-tw enty” with
the total budget fo r the next fiscal is rom ance, pathos and tender mo on the playground.
with a power saw in the woods ease. In the javelin throw , Bill
m
ents
o
f
ra
re
charm.
A
family
A
fter
the
business
hour,
refresh
year.
The to tal budget, the
A larg e c ro w d a tte n d e d th e last Monday, April 18th, about I Rauber achieved a 146 feet 9 in.
am ount of money to be spent by crisis takes place when F ath er in m e n ts w ere serv ed by Ja n e Ed-
your federal governm ent during form s his brood th a t he has never wards, M argaret Meredith and Ram bler’s E aster egg hunt, bar- o’clock in the afternoon. The log to place in the initial position.
the 12 months beginning Ju ly 1 been baptized. See this picture Beth B urnette. The door prize becue and Gymkhana, with the caught him and with the saw both
LeGeane Brown lead the field
was won by Beth B urnette.
Tim ber Riders and S h e riff’s Posse w ent down the hill. He was em in the q u a rte r mile and in the 880
this y ear is 42 billions, in round by all m eans!
The next m eeting will be a din- of G rants Pass, tu rn in g out in full ployed by Tycer, Nealy & Dennis yard relay. Holly, Sherier, L.
num bers. This, divided by the to T U E S D A Y a n d W E D N E S D A Y
ner m eeting a t the Todelope cafe, dress and paraphernalia and a Lumber company with logging op Brown and K ester showed very
tal population, estim ated a t 140,-
W inter W onderland, thrilling Thursday night, May 5th at 7 :3 0 .( group of Brush Riders from W il erations above Sucker creek near
000,000, equals a cost of $300
clean heels to the other relay
rom ance of a Cinderella on skis
per person.
teams.
liams, also participating in events Holland.
He was born Ja n u a ry 20, 1892
Think of it— federal govern with Lovely Lynn Roberts co-star
O ther scores by Kerby men
The
Timber
Riders
garnered
in St. Paul, M innesota and has were Ed Radcliffe who placed 3rd
m ent expenditures for the coming ring with Charles Drake. The pic VALLEY COUPLE ARE
most of the prizes in the Gym
tu
re
is
a
rom
antic
dram
a
filmed
made his home in Kerby for many in the discus throw ; G erald Mil
fiscal y ear will am ount to an aver
khana. H arry Cleveland won the .years.
MARRIED IN RENO
age o f alm ost exactly $100 per in the snowy ski regions of Ore-
ler and Dwain Cross were 2nd and
egg hunt on horseback. Les Milli
Oregon.
Surviving are his widow, Lor 3rd in the mile, respectively. Glen
Coming as a surprise to their gan was the announcer and judges
m onth for each fam ily of fo u r!
The second feature with Allen m any friends in the Valley was
raine of Kerby; three brothers, O verstreet was third in the half
The ancient philosopher Solon
“Jiocky”
Lane in “Oklahoma Bad the m arriage of Mrs. Mary Camp w ere Bob Davis of the Riders and Oscar, o f St. Cloud, Minnesota,
w rote: “ No more good m ust be
mile run. Pete Brown was 2nd
Milligan of the Ramblers. About
attem pted than the state can lands,” is a rough, tough, shootin’ bell of Cave Junction and C lar 75 horses were in the parade that who arrived this week; Maurice in the broad jum p and Paul Sher
and Clem of K erby; one sister, ier was 3rd giving Kerby a clean
b ear.” I wonder ju st how mueh and fig h tin ’ he-man role his fans ence Wallace of Kerby, Easter passed through the city.
demand.
Rocky
and
his
famous
Mrs. Fred Linkhart, K erby; his sweep in this event.
Sunday,
in
Reno,
Nevada.
more we CAN bear.
An expression of thanks is ex mother, Caroline Sauer of Med
A fter the wedding they m otor
N evertheless, only the existing horse Black Jack, are a t their
N ext Saturday, April 23rd the
tended from the Ramblers to Sal ford; a son, Clifford of Y reka;
program of federal expenditures is fighting best in this thrilling west ed to Oakland, Calif., where they
team travels to Eugene to com
vage
Bros.
Lumber
company
for
ern.
and a daughter, Mrs. Wm. Walden pete in the H ayw ard relays.
visited Mr. W allace’s sister, Mrs.
accounted for in the above gloomy
Arm strong. They m ade the trip th e ir donation of a large load of of Mt. Shasta, Calif., and several
figures. The program on which T H U R S D A Y and F R I D A Y
lum ber.
grandchildren.
President Trum an was elected last
Last T hursday evening the
One of the best films of the home via the coast highway thru
A special m eeting will be held
Funeral services will be held Sophomore class came down to
fall, and which he is try in g f r a n y ear “ The Time of Your L ife,” is the Redwoods, arriving Monday
Friday, April 29, and anyone wish Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock in
tically to get enacted by Congress, set in a San Francisco bar, a rep evening.
the high school to finish cleaning
ing
to join this active organization the Cave Junction Community
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W
allace
will
make
would if passed increase the above lica in p a rt of th e late Gomez
the gym a fte r the Ju n io r prom.
is urged to attend. Ramblers are church with Rev. Gray officiating
figure by at least one-fourth.
The decorating scheme used by the
cafe, tells the story of Joe, his th eir home in Kerby where they
H e already have a debt burden protege, Tom, a girl friend, a cop, will be glad to have friends call. urgently requested to be present Interm ent in Laurel cem etery with Juniors was taken down to make
as much im portant business is to Hull & Hull in charge of arran g e way fo r the physical education
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g re a te r than the combined total a fru stra te d dance, and m any other ,
come up for discussion for the big ments.
debt of all of the other peoples of characterizations th a t make this J
classes. A fter the cleaning, the
Byron Slack, son of Mr. and F ourth of July celebration which
the world. Unless this Congress picture tops entertainm ent. S tars
Sophs
left for Grayback park for
Mrs. Cecil Slack of Kerby, has they and the VFW will sponsor.
refuses to travel fu rth e r down the are Jam es Cagney, Wni. Bendix,
a weiner roast. Mrs. P eters, class
completed his basic training at
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Mrs. Ray Palm er D uffy returned sponsor, chaperoned the group
road tow ard bankruptcy and de Jean n e Cagney and other top play
F o rt Ord and spent an 8-day fu r
Mrs. Elsie Broyles, son Jam es, to her home in San Rafael, Calif., with Mr. Peters.
nies the passage of the “ Trum an ers.
lough in the Valley visiting rela and daughter, Gloria, are leaving
a fte r spending last week a t the
spending program ” we shall be
Wednesday evening found the
tives and friends before leaving today (T hursday) fo r Los Angel
home of her sister and brother-in- Ju n io r class enjoying a w einer
come the most tax ridden people
Don’t let comical drivers put fo r V irginia to e n te r an engineer
es, where they will reside p er law, Mr. and Mis. Raymond II. roast a t G rayback.
on earth.
The picnic
you in stitches.
ing school.
m anently.
Proctor.
wa.s given for workers who con
J u s t to make a gloomy picture
structed and decorated the props
complete, we must not forget th at
fo r the prom. Mr. Peters, class
sta te income taxes and property
sponsor, chaperoned the event with
Mrs Peters.
taxes m ust be paid annually in ad
dition to the federal levy mention
ed above.
The legislation to authorize the
continuation of our program
aiding the economic recovery of
Europe (known as EC A) has been
completed. If carried on with
careful regard fo r the w elfare of
our own economy, it is good bus
iness. In addition to being a fair
l.V good business venture, it has the
Rose Hampton, lovely s ta r of
b en efit of being most destructive
the M etropolitan, will be the guest
to the Russian am bition to com
a rtis t presented Thursday, April
munize Europe.
28, by the Community C oncert As
It m ust be clearly understood
sociation in the final concert of
th a t the legislation ju st enacted is
the 1948-49 season.
only a law to authorize the con
A soprano of phenomenal range
tinuation of the ECA program
Miss Bampton has sung leading
Architects Drawing of the New Illinois Valley High School Building
Final Concert
In Grants Pass
Next Thursday
parts in “ A ida,” "Die W alkuere,”
"L ohengrin,” and many others.
She has appeared with the Chicago
Opera company, the T eatro Colon
o f Buenos Aires and the T eatro
Municipale of Rio de Janerio.
A rresting in appearance the tall
dark haired a rtis t uses not only
her remai kable voice but her ex
pressive eyes to portray the mood
of her music.
The concert hall in the Lincoln
school will open a t 7 :46 and doors
will close prom ptly a t 8:30.
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GIRL SCOUTS
Girl Scout Troop 92 visited the
Boys’ home, under the leadership
of Mrs. Duncan. They sang songs
and presented a skit.
The Troop en tertain ed Troop 3
of Kerby. Prizes won in the E ast
er egghunt went to P a tty K ellar
and Betty Robinson. R efresh
m ents w ere served to members and
guests which were enjoyed.
WEATHER REPORT
FOR ILLINOIS VALLEY
W eather reports from the Red-
wood R anger Station for the past
seven days ending April 17,
1949, are as follows:
Date
Rainfall
Hi T. Low T.
11
.........00
73
39
12
00
61
40
13
........... 00
72
31
14
.00
80
34
15
.00
7 1
40
16
........... 00
77
40
17
.00
74
42
The low hum idity for the week
has ranged from 24 to 3C . The af-
ternoons have been extrem ely
windy m aking burning conditions
hazard OUl.
It has been 21 days since our
last rain.
P.-T. A. ELECTS NEW
OFFICERS A T MEETING
The two cuts above show the de-
sign of the new high school which
will be started in the near fu tu re ,
in Cave Junction. The building
with equipm ent will cost approx-
imately $259,000, and it is hoped
the building will be completed in
time for the fall term in Septem-
ber.
plans call for 11 teaching units,
The gym is 100x72 feet, and will
house a standard basketball court
derneath the gym.
This new school will be ultra
modern in every respect and when
finished will be one of the finest
schools in the state. The building
over all will be 250x140 feet. It
with seating capacity of over 2000 will have an outside surface of
people. Dressing rooms are un brick veneer, fram e construction,
plastered inside, concrete slab with
asphalt tile floors. The gym will
have maple flooring.
The call for bids is in this w eek’s
News, and will be opened May 14,
when it is hoped a satisfactory bid
will be received and construction
sta rte d immediately.
The Illinois Valley P arent-
T eachers Association m et last
Thursday and elected the follow
ing officers:
Claude M asters, president.
Ted B urnette, vice-president.
Mrs. Haskins, secretary.
Mrs. England, treasurer.
It was also decided th at Mrs.
M argaret Crowl, assisted by Mrs.
T hersia M archant, would continue
operating the c a feteria for the
rest o f the school year.
o -
Oddfellows and their families
with Rebekahs and their families
will enjoy a social evening next
Tuesday, April 26th at the I. O.
O. F. hall in Kerby.