U niversity of Oregon
tyttcMUf te the Oteycn Cafad
ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS
An independent Newspaper Published in the Interests of the Illinois Valley and Surrounding Districts
Volume
XIII
Price Five Cent»
Cave Junction, Oregon, Thursday, June 15, 1950
No. 8
Special City Election
Redwood Empire Rodeo Queen Bank of Illinois Valley
To Verify Bond Issue
W ill Open July 15th
Officials of the City of Cave Junction are anxious for the citizens i
to understand that the bond election referred to the electorate on June i
27 is not a new bond issue. It is still the last bond issue, being voted
15 as the date for formal opening of the bank, with a cautious
Directors of the Bank of Illinois Valley have finally named July
perhaps
j sooner" for the date of commencing actual operations.
Work on the reinforced concrete vault has been in progress for
on again because of a legal error in the first election.
The original resolution reads "For the purpose of providing '
more than a week, and delivery of the vault is hoped for within the next
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funds for the funding of th e exist-
and furnishings is proceeding a t
¡ng in d e b te d n e ss of th e w a te r de f |
1 1
a com fortable pace, w ith the ex­
partm ent, to re tire all special obli- V v i v O I d l l O I l I O l
pectation th at the actual opening
gation notes of said departm ent,
and to extend and improve the
date will be governed by th e
w ater system of said city, th»
length of tim e it takes to install
Common Council of the C ity of
the
vault door.
The
recen
t
onset
of
w
arm
er
Cave Ju n ctio n is hereby author-
Plans for the 2nd A nnual 4th
'
w
eather
brought
no
increase
in
M
anager C liff Sparks reports
ized and empowered to issue and . of Ju ly C elebration a re about
I O regon's polio incidence, and the that reservations for safe deposit
sell . . . G eneral O bligation Bonds i completed.
' state board of health commented boxes are rolling in, and w arns
of said City, hi a sum not to ex
T here will be games and entei-
! th a t "so far, this year’s pattern is that persons interested in securing
ceed Twenty Thousand ($20,000) tain m ent for the e n tire family,
reasonably encouraging.”
a box should see him or Mrs.
dollars . .
The w ording on the booths sponsored by comm ittees
Those were the highlights of a Sparks well before opening d ate,
p resen t ballot will be th e same from various organizations, dance
report made to the Oregon office as there is every indication th a t
and the special election is made contests and prizes galore.
!
of the N ational Foundation for safe deposit facilities will have to
necessary by the fact th a t th e last
Tire celebration will open S a t­
üMt 4 .
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fantile Paralysis today by Dt. be expanded immediately in order
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ballot did not carry th is exact urd ay night Ju ly 1 w ith a dance
Samuel Osgood, state health hoard to accomodate everyone. This may
wording, although it must be as­ a t the open air pavillion when
Queen of beauty and horsem an­ day the 14th, and top riders from j epidemiologist
, mean a few weeks’ delay for la ts-
sum ed th a t th e voters understood concessions will also open.
ship, Miss Donna M etcalf will national circuits will compete in
Dr. Osgood said that the state s COm ers before additional boxe»
w hat they were casting ballots on.
It will end sometime in the wee reign over the Redwood Em pire the big rodeo the last thive days infantile paralysis rate is slacken
can be installed.
To all in ten ts and purposes, hours of July 5 when the last
Rodeo and District F air a t E ureka of the week. Bronco busting, ing a fte r getting off to a somewhat
The Illinois Valley Cham ber of
this is the »ame bond election; num ber is danced a t the big 4th of
from Ju n e 14th to 18th, five days roping, bull ridin.g trick riding, faster sta rt than was noted in the Commerce and several other local
made necessary only by a legal Ju ly Ball. In betw een will be two
of varied entertainm ent. Prizes clown acta and three special night corresponding m onths of 1949.
technicality.
hall games, a rodeo, a horse show totalling $44,900 will be offered shows a re on the elaborate pro- I Thirty-seven cases had been re ­ organizations a re cooperating w ith
the Rough and Ready Ram blers in
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and m any other attractions.
exhibitors in the big fa ir a t Red­ gram of fun and competition dur­ corded in 1950 up to the Iveginning planning a parade and elaborate
The auxiliary hand-crocheted
this week, as compared with 33
celebration ror the forma! op -ning
Pauline Robinson To Be afghan is on display in the wood Acres, opening on W ednes- ing the Redwood Empire event. of
cases fo r th e same num ber of
It is hoped th a t S tate Superin­
window of Champions store. This
weeks in 1949.
tendent
of Banks, A. A. Rogers,
Married In July
will be aw arded a t the 4th of
The medical man said th a t the
will be able to atten d the opening
Ju
ly
dance.
The
en
tire
Valley
only “ unusual num ber of cases”
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Robinson
as guest of honor. Mr. Rogers has
this year had been reported in
recently announced th e eng ag e­ seems to be standing solidly be
greatly aided th e organization of
Clackamas County w here an
m ent of th e ir daug h ter Pauline, hind the com m ittees of the cele­
the bank with advice and assist­
e a rlie r onslaught o f the disease in­
to Mr. E rn est George Jaw orski, bration.
ance fa r beyond the requirem ents
son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ja w o r­
On T hursday evening, Ju n e 8 districts will be asked to select one flicted 7 person. He added, how­ of his office.
ski of Minneapolis, Minn.
the Josephine county school board member each to serve on the en­ ever, th a t the Clackamas situation
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The young couple g raduated
met a t th e Kerby school with ap­ larged Kerby sub-district 5-man seemed to have improved m aterial­
from Oregon S tate College June
proxim ately 50 people of the V al­ committee. It will he incum bent ly in recent weeks.
Corner's Promotes ‘20-year
The Clackamas County cases ap­
5, Miss Robinson received a de­
ley to try to work out a method upon the present Kerby sub-dis­
gree of Bachelor of Science i n .
J*o Service Manager
whereby residents of sub-district.« tric t committee (2 present mem­ parently resulted from a new out-
Botany and Mr. Jaw orski received
C ounty school elections will tak-* outside the Kerby district (Selma, bers, plus the 1 m ember elected break as distinguished from most
a degree of M aster of Science in Place Monday, Ju n e 19, from 2 to O’Brien, C entral) could have t June 19) to appoint the rem aining of Lane C ounty's 8 cases for the]
W ink Meyers, who has been
Biochemistry.
I 8 P-m- P S T ' <3 to 9 P m D ay‘ voice in the selection of represent two members, and although there year which, I)r. Osgood said, were described as the “ Best m otor
They plan to be m arried in light Saving T im e), with each ele- tatives for the Kerby school. This is at present no statutory require- left-overs from the epidemic the diagnostician in the state of O re­
Ju ly a fte r which they will go to m entary school in the county was considered desirable by most m ent th a t they do so, it is assume.I , la tte r county experienced in 1949. gon," has been named th e new
Oak Ridge, Tennessee w here Mr. designated as a polling place.
people in ¿he outlying districts, in th a t they will appoint the candi- i L atest figures showed th a t the service m anager of G arner’s A uto­
To be eligible, a voter: 1. Must
Jaw orski will atten d a fo u r w eek’.-
view of the fact th at th eir children dates selected by th e Selma and compilation on a national scale motive Service in G rants Pass.
Sum m er School in scientific re ­ be regularly registered with the atten d the upper grades at Kerby the O 'B rien district residents. In gave a w eekly to tal of 103 cases,
M eyers' whose long record w ith
search. They plan to make th e ir county clerk in an election pre­ school, yet their own sub-commit this connection, it was brought out in comparison with 168 for the
G
arner’s
was broken only by his
cinct
within
the
school
district.
home in Corvallis for the next two
tees have no jurisdiction in the th at legislative action designating corresponding week last year. N a­ five years’ w ar service, w ent to
Such
registration
m
ust
be
com
­
tional
Foundation
offices
in
P
o
rt­
years where Mr. Jaw orski is com­
the a re a s w ithin the enlarged
Kerby sub-district.
work in the service departm ent
pleting his research work fo r his pleted a t least 30 days before th»
Kerby sub-district from which land said th a t the country-w ide
Members
of
the
County
Board
under
T yrrell Carrier in 1930, ju st
election.
(To
reg
ister
one
must
tach candidate must l>e selected incidence is running about one-
PhD .
be 21 years of age and able to read present were Fred V arner, James would he highly desirable, but third under the rute for the firat fresh from the vocational tra in in g
class of G rants Pass high school.
and w rite ). 2. Must have been a W aters, O rval Lewman and Lew
Hammer. County School Super th at th ‘‘re is no‘ sufficient tim e five months of 1949, which was
lesident in the district a t least <’>
Now, as service m anager, he
A
merica's
most
severe
polio
year.
intendent L. C. M offitt was also j to dl’a f t a,ld *’nact such a law in
months immediaely before the
finds
him self boss o f w hat he calls
Nearly
43,000
cases
were
re­
time to care for the prosent situa­
m eeting or election. Residence ol present, as well as representatives tion. Several members of the corded in the nation for 1949— 325 “ the finest and most m odern ser-
The David E. W ilsons retu rn ed
6 m onths in the district may he from the com m ittees of Central, 1
from an 8,000 mile trip to W ash­ determ ined by common knowledge Selma and O 'Brien sub-districts. audience suggested that further of them in Oregon which under­ ice shop in southern O regon.”
G arner’s has recently opened its
public m eetings and discussion w ent its fourth worst year from
ington,D.C. and Annapolis, M ary­ or by challenge in case the v o te r’s
According to reports, the as |
the
polio
standpoint.
C
hapter
of-
]
new
shop building, a huge rein-
would
he
desirable
to
thoroughly
land where th e ir d aughter Marilyn residence for the past 6 months is sembly was inform ed by the hoard i
with
acquaint all residents of the Val­ ficials throughout the state are forced-concrete stru c tu re
Marcia became the bride of Ensign
th a t it is within the boaixl’s power
in doubt.
stressing to parents the ne » I for g |ass <)n three sides, which will
ley with the proposed plan.
Charles Amory Clark III, on June
V oters will select one member to dissolve the various sub-district
The county superintendent's o f­ avoiding fatigue, polluted w ater, morp th an triple the capacity of
2, a t St. A nne’s Parish.
fo r the county board, the 5 year com m ittees and incorporate the
fice
this week made public the and large public gatherings, as (he Q|(j shop No expense has been
Upon th e ir re tu rn they visited term o f Fred V arner expiring entire Valley into one enlarged
precautions against th eir children sparej ¡n t he installation of mod-
relatives of Mr. W ilson’s at (this candidate m ust be from th e sub-district of the first class with contents of the “ straw ballot’
which will he used Ju n e 19 for the contracting infantile paraly sis.
era equipm ent to speed the service
Charleston, South Carolina and Jero m e P rairie d istric t). In the five members, if such should be
of all makes o f autom obiles and
Mrs. W ilson’s relatives at San Selma sub-district, 1 mem ber is the desire of the residents of these guidance o f the county school
trucks.
board.
Following
are
some
of
the
i
Diego, C alifornia.
to be elected fo r a 3 year term , sub-districts. No oither plan was
D on n a W ilber W ed s
G arn er’s, pioneer Dodge-Ply­
Don King's term expiring. Kerby advanced for g ran tin g the out­ considerations: I. The enlarged
sub-district
would
he
of
th
e
first
m
outh
dealers in southern Oregon,
lying
sub-districts
representation
R oy G u y sin g er
The Marvin Cross fam ily w ere sub-district, 1 mem ber, the term
class. 2. Would require a local
chose wisely and well when -they
in
the
Kerby
school.
of
E
ffie
Smith
expiring.
O
'Brien
visiting the A yris family in Med­
Mrs. Earl Boyd accompanies! by cree,ted their first shop years ago
com m ittee of five m embers. 3.
sub-district, 1 m em ber, the term
A lthough no opposition to this
ford on Sunday.
Htre e t, ju st o ff »Sixth—
Would dissolve the local commit­ her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. on
of Hollis George expiring. C entral plan was reported a t the meeting,
W ilber, m otored up to Forest •>way out ¡n the sticks." Today, the
tees
of
C
entral,
O
'Brien
and
The Wilson Welsh fam ily w ent sub-district, 1 m em ber, th e term the county board expressed a
Selma, even though these schools Grove on June 2 to attend the w ed-| cjty of G rants Pass has grown
to Swiss Home fo r the weekend.
of E rn est Woodcock expiring.
desire to get a larger cross section
are continued. 4. If combined d u r­ ding of Donna Joan W ilber and aroun^ an<j faj- beyond them , and
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] of Valley opinion before taking
, they a re “ practically d o w n to w n ."
ing the school year, the three mem­ Roy Guysinger.
The Bud Doneys have purchased
action in the m atter, and this
The wedding took place in the ,
WP|| j,, t hey like th e location
bers of th e Kerby local committee
th e old A nderson place on Slate
thought m et with general approval
Congregational
church
in
F
orest
they razed the old shop and
would
continue
to
serve
the
re-
Creek n ear W onder, and a re mov­
T herefore the school board will mainder of th e ir term s and would Grove, on Sunday June 4 a t 2 p.m. ,)Ujjt the new one on the same
ing this week. They express the
(B y Mrs. Floyd Breedlove)
issue “ straw ballots" a t the school appoint the two additional mem­ In the lovely double-ring ceremony spot Thus t he shop still adjoins
hope th at all th e ir Valley friends
The Ju n io r W omen's Club hell election of Ju n e 19, on which all
bers to serve until the next annual the bride was given away by her the showroom and offices and is
will drop in to see them .
a special m eeting for the “ Fun voters in the school election will
school m eeting. 5. There is no father Norman E. (S tub) W ilber, j U(|t as handy as before.
House” a t the home of Mi's. Bob have an opportunity to vote for
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assurance th a t the additional mem­ eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J
A nnouncem ent of the wedding Steim er, W ednesday evening.
the proposed plan o r to retain the bers would be appointed from Wilber.
of Edmund Burton and Miss M ar­
present status. It was emphasized C entral, O’Brien or Selma. 6. If
The bridal group consisted of S. P. Offers Improved
th a Ganz, has been made, fo r Aug.
The contest a t the Kerby Church
th
a
t
this
vote
will
be
a
mere
ex-
combined
th
ere
would
he
one
poll-
the
maid of honor, sister of the
e
(C ontinued on r a s e 8)
closed Sunday w ith the Ju n io r
four
bridesm aids, Schedules And Equipment
girls w inning by one point. The pression of opinion, and the result ing piace jn t he tu b -d istric t— the bridegroom,
will not be binding on the county Kerby elem entary school
-D onna's school girl friends, the
Illinois Valley Garden Club hoys are giving the girls a weinei board.
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ring hearer, Danny Loomis, tw o I E ffective Ju n e 25 a vastly >m-
roast a t th e Glenn Plumlee Home
flower girls, V irginia W ilber and Proved tra m service from G rants
In
the
event
th
a
t
the
county
The reg u lar m onthly m eeting a t Selma. Both groups are to meet
Lois Marie Loomis and the best Pass south will be inaugurated by
of the Illinois Valley G arden Club at th e Kerby church at 6 p.m. on board decides to adopt the plan as
!the S outhern Pacific company, it
man, Keith W ilber.
a result of opinion gathered, the
will be held Friday, Ju n e 23 a t th e Saturday, Ju n e 24.
Mark W altz sang “ Always" and * * • announced this week.
present
local
sub-district
commit­
home of M rs. Gladys King, Lone
S horter service to Ixm Angeles
“ The Lord’s P la y e r.’
Ml? and Mrs. B um garner are tees at O 'B rien and Selma will be
Mt. Valley R etreat, in O 'B rien.
held
ait
the
,
and
San Francisco will resu lt.
Mrs.
C.
A.
H
ubbard
flew
down
A
reception
was
Ix>t us try and have a good at- moving to Selm a where Mr. Bum- dissolved (w ith th e ir perm ission),
home
of
D
onna’s
g
randparents
From
G rants Pass to Dunsm uir a
to
Berkeley,
California,
Tuesday,
and
the
residents
o
f
these
two
tendance and talk over plans for g a rn e r will work fo r L ester Frost.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Loomis of modernized, air-conditioned chair
where
her
sons
Chuck
and
Pete
Mrs
B
um
garner
is
the
d
aughter
of
o u r picnic in July.
car and full modernized air-con­
will g ia d u a te Friday from the Uni­ Forest Grove, Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Brockm iller of
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Employment In Josephine versity of California. Chuck has The beautiful throe tiered cake ditioned lounge car will be oper-
Kerby.
accepted a position with the Fisher ras cut by Mrs. Don Boyd and ated.
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Episcopal Church Meet
Mrs. Will Forbis poured. O v er'
-p^e lounge car will he m anned
Mrs. Mabel Duncan le ft on a County Still Rising
Body Company in Oakland.
A m eeting o f th e Episcopal business trip to P ortland.
Pete was recently elected to Ph. eighty guests signed the guest hy an atte n d a n t who will provide
F or th e
second
successive
Church School was held in the
soft drinks and snack meal service,
month, em ploym ent in Josephine Beta Kappa national honorary hook.
home of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Kohl-
Mrs. Mabel Ballard le ft for
i The local service will connect w ith
county showed an increase in May. fratern ity . He will spend the sum-
s heen, W ednesday evening. Plans P ortland where she plans to spend
according to H. V. R etherford, m er in Cave Junction and will ADDED TO STA FF OF NEWS the Shasta D aylight at Dunsmuir.
w ere made to get the church school th e sum m er with heT daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Thompson Every passenger from the Rogue
m anager o f the G rants Pass branch teach in the nucler physics depart-
started in the n ear fu tu re.
Mrs. Ballard has ta u g h t school at
)f the sta te em ploym ent commit- ment at Berkeley next year, while and tw o children have recently valley area will be provided w ith
It was agreed to m eet each F r i­ Kerby for 3 years.
studying for his doctorate degree. moved to tho Valley from Venice, a reservation on the Shasta.
I sion.
day evening for business m eeting
California, and are staying a t the
U nder the new schedule, tra in
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He
estim
ates
a
to
tal
of
600
un
'
Jackie
Scholtz
and
Dolores
and instruction. The n ext m e e t­
Cave
Park
Motel
until
th
e
ir
hous
-
327
will leave G rants Pass a t 9:60
Mrs. Ida W ing of G rants Pass,
ing will be held in the home of Campbell left Monday for a week employed as of Ju n e 1, 39 p er­
is available. Mr. Thompaon is a m. instead of 8:40 p.m. A rrive
cent
less
than
May
1
and
27
per­
wan
in
Cave
Ju
n
ctio
n
,
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Kohnscheen, at Girls S tate in Salem. They are
forem an o f the composing room tim e a t San Francisco will b*
s 00 o'clock F riday evening, Ju n e sponsored by the A merican Legion cent leas than the same tim e in She lived fo r m any years on her
a
t the NEWS.
11
p m instead of 11:20 am.
| 1949.
ranch at Rough and Ready.
‘ A uxiliary.
16th.
News From Nat'l
Polio Foundation
July 4th Planned
I
«
County School Board Meets
With Illinois Valley Citizens
School Election To
Be Monday, 19th
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Kerby Notes
Mrs. C. A. Hubbard
Attends Graduation
t