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ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS
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VOICE
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VALE E Y
Cave Junction, Oregon, Friday, June 13, 1952
ABANDONED CABIN BURNS
Missing Records Sought;
City Streets To Be Oiled
Future City Buying
To Require Purchase
Orders from Recorder
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One of the fir«t fire« in the «ummer fire «eason was the burning of
this abandoned cabin across the east fork of the Illinois near the
swimming hole last week. State Fire Warden Lou Blake«lee and Delbert
Crowl are «hows controlling the blaze to prevent it« spreading.
— Photo by Clarence McDaniel*
Four Men Hurt
When Car Rolls
Into Canyon
Ixjvejoy, Moore and
llanes from Here;
Car Leaves Road
Four men, three from Cave Jun
ction, were injured when their car
plunged about 300 feet down the
side of Deer Creek Canyon on the
Lower River road about 10:30
Sunday night.
The injured:
Palmer Lovejoy Jr., 31, lave
Junction, right leg broken above
the knee and a possible skull frac
ture.
Randy Moore, 59, Cave Junction,
hip and shoulder injuries and lac
erated legs.
Johnny Hanes, Cave Junction,
hip and shoulder injuries and lac
erated legs.
Philip Hansen, 36, Central Point,
skull fracture.
According to Deputy Sherriff
Les Tythcott who investigated the“
accident, Hanes and Hansen, al
though both were injured, manag
ed to climb the canyon wall and
walk three miles to the Deer Creek
Ranch, arriving at least four hours
after the accident.
Mrs. Jim Garrison notified
Tythcott at about 2:30, who with
the aid of Jim Garrison, Jack Gray,
Richard Willis and Albert Laugh
lin of Selma, freed the remaining
two men from the wreckage over
thirty minutes later.
The rescuers worked many min
utes to get Lovejoy out from be
neath the wrecked car. The job was
especially difficult due to the
'•deepness and hardness of the can
yon wall where the car had rolled
to a halt against brush and rocks.
Valley Ambulance and Hull and
Hull Ambulance took three men
to Josephine General hospital.
Hanes was treated in Cave Junc
tion by Dr. A. N. Collinan, and
then taken to his home on the Wal
do road.
Moore was released from the
hospital -Monday morning, an I
H ns, n was reported in good con-]
dit’on, . ecording to un attending
physician.
The car owned by Palmer Love-1
joy was a total loss. Randy Moore !
was driving when the car missed
the curve and plunged down the
bank.
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FARMERS HAVE CHANCE
BUY TOP-GRADE HEIFERS
TO
Valley farmers wishing to put
chase top grade four-months-old
Wisconsin heifers being purchased
on a non-profit basis for replace
ment stock should contact Harold
Hemingway before Monday noon.
About fifty heifers are being
flown from Wisconsin to Idaho,
from where they will l>e trucked
to Wave Junction.
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3 More Baseball
Sponsors Sought
About 120 Youths
Attending Practices
Three more sponsoring buainess-
es or organizations are being
sought by summer baseball organ
izer Wes Peters to help accomodate
the large numbers of boys now
turning out for practice.
Nearly 50 hoys have turned out
in the older age group, the Cubs,
and swarms of the younger lads,
the PeeWees, numbering about 70
have shown up.
In addition to the Lions as spon
sors of a Cub team and Legion be
hind the Pee W’ees, one more Cub
sponsor and two more Pee Wee
backers are needed. The sponsor
ship of these groups is relatively
painless financially, Peters pointed
out.
The large number of boys show
ing interest in the summer league
will probobly make possible a local
team league for the Pee W’ees elim
inating the need for scheduling
out of town teams except for
special occasions when they will
play Grants Pass.
Two teams are expected for the
Cubs who will play most games
with Grants Pass teams, starting
their first game this Friday.
Leslie Martin and Don Preston
have been added to the Pee Wee
coaching staff to help handle this
large group.
Peters urges parents of boys who
have already shown interest in
playing to keep up their attendance
the Monday, Wednesday and
Friday practices. The Pee W’ees
meet on the high school grounds
and the Cubs practice at Rambler’s
field. '
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5-Acre Forest Fire
Near Curry Line
WEATHER
JOBS DAUGHTERS ELECT OFFICERS
Webb Only
Board Candidate
Two projects important to the
Polls Open Monday
City of Cave Junction were given
approval by the city council Mon
In All Valley Schools
day night when it voted to take
Norman Webb of Williams is
action to recover missing city rec
ords from former city recorder the only candidate to file for the
Isabelle H. Small, and to oil parts county school board post to be vot
f certain residential streets and a ed upon along with school com
mittcemcn at the annual school
strip on each side of Main St.
The council also voted to inform election Monday. June 16.
T<o school committee positions
Valley merchants that bills will
not be honored in the future unless are open to write-in votes at Kerby
purchases are accompanied by pur and ons each at the remaining
chase orders signed by the city schools, Selma, O’Brien and Cen
tra). A straw vote ballot for the
recorder.
City attorney Wm. D. Carlson unofficial advisory committee for
the high school will also be issued
of Grants Pass was instructed to
attempt to recover certain records to citizens voting there. Charles
Downing is the incumbent.
by correspondence and to take leg
Polls will be open in all Valley
al action should letters be unsuc
schools
from 2 to 8 p.m.
cessful.
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Wobb is seeking the board posi
City Recorder Chas. Hubbard tion left vacant by Orval Lewman,
tried previously to request the whose five-year term expires June
records' return by registered Mail, 30.
but the letters were returned ’‘un
Mr. Webb is a logging contractor
claimed,” from an address now be- employed with the Brown Bros.
lieved to be iwcorrect.
1 Lumber Co., and a rancher. He
The records for city busiuess has two children in the Williams
conducted during Mrs. Small's school.
term as city recorder now missing
Interested in school activities
include the daily cash journal, in and curriculums, Webb has served
dex file for city and justice court op the Williams school advisory
cases, city police records, meter committee. He is an independent
receipt books, and records for 70 candidate, not being sponsored by
of the 110 $50 water bonds issued any group.
in 1949.
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The oiling of city streets in
cludes about 6,000 square yards on
Caves Ave., 1,000 square yards
on Watkins Ave. from Caves Ave.
to the Redwood Hwy., 2200 square
yards on River st., and a 10-foot
A Grants Pass man and two
swath on each side of Main St.,
within the city limits, excepting young children walked about nine
the portions already paved. The miles away from Oregon Caves
oiling along Main St. is pending Monday afternoon, becoming lost
when they strayed from the trail,
state approval.
and were found over 24 hours
The oiling approved by the later by a forest service trail crew.
council -would cost the cjty as
Robert C. Ramboll, hrs daugh
estimated $700, and will be done
by R. I). Copeland of Grants Pass. ter Marjorie, 11, and son Bobby,
41) portions oiled would first be 5, Jett rhe Caves Monday at about
1 p.m. for a hike over the Ioike
graded.
Mtn. trail. The three became lost
A sub-division on the west side after snow banks forced them from
of S. S. Castleberry was to have the trail. They wandered down
been the major consideration of Limestone Creek and were found
the planning commission when it on the Sucker Creek trail about
met for the first time last night.
seven miles from Grayback camp.
The council approved the sale The trio had spent the night out in
of the city motorcycle to Lavern the open in cold temperatures.
Saurer for $350.
Park Service personnel under
Court costs for city cases in Ranger Paul Turner searched for
Justice Hubbards court was est the trio all night with no success.
ablished at $4.50 in the future.
An Illinois Valley Ranger station
crew radioed the finding of them
Tuesday after they had wandered
Reed Dies from Burns
about four miles by trail and five
miles across country.
In Accident Near Kerby
The trail crew was composed
Robert A. Reed, co-owner of the of Hugh White, John Shallenberg-
Illinois Valley Logging C.o., died er and Orlen Pickle.
of burns received in an automobile
MC ABEE SPEAKS TO
fire near Kerby that morning.
Reed was severely burned when WOLF CREEK CLASS
IVltS Principal Harold McAbee
his car collided with a burning gas
tank accidentally dropped from a delivered the commencement ad
logging truck driven and owned dress to the eighth grailo gradua
ting class of the Wolf ('reek Elem
by an Ashland man.
Funeral services were held Fri entary school Wednesday night,
day, June 6, at the Hull and Hull June 4.
McAbee spoke to the class on
rhapel in Granta Pass.
"What You Should (Jet From High
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School.”
Althouse, none; Cave Junction,
Elwood Hussey and Ruth Rausch;
Illinois, Kenneth Hamilton and
Sophia Bunch; Kerby, none; Selma,
none; Wuldo, Wanda Rogers.
Kerby Grade School Graduates 76
At Commencement Exercises Friday
Bloodmobile Here
Thursday, 4-8 P.M.
Three Lost in
Hills Overnight
Seventy-six Kerby Grade School
eighth graders were graduated at
commenceinent exercises at the
school Friday night.
Dr. Wm. Sampson of Southern
A careless smoker was blamed
for a five-acre fire stopped by an Oregon College of Ed., 'ati >n pre
eig' t man forest ranger and smoke sented the commencement address.
Eleven awards and prizes were
jumper crew under district assist-
ant ranger George Morey Sunday presented to de ■ rving students by
\merican Legion Auxiliary mem
on Whiskey Creek.
Located a mile south of the Mc- bers at the exercises. Mrs. Myrtle
i Grew trail and about one and one- Clifford handed out the following
James F. Deere and Lawrence | half miles east of the Josephine- prizes AmericaTiism Essay con
A. Maicon of the Illinois Valley Curry county line, the fire dam- test—first, $10, Andy Mellow; sec
were acquitted th s week in a quick , aged only brush and scrub but ond, $5, Barbara Prewitt.
jury decision of the alleged theft threatened an area of virgin tim-
Poppy Poster contest: Class 1,
of some Caterpillar tractor parts.
first, $10, Connie Lee Jones; sec
The jurj* returned its verdict I ber.
Forest Ranker Harold Bower
after only 20 minutes of consid man asks users of the forests to ond, $5, Roger Sanders; third,
eration. District Attorney Max Me respect the dryness of the season $2.50, ^Connie Milligan. Class 2,
first, $10, Pamela Sturges; .second,
Millin presented the state’s case in preventing future fires.
$5, Don King; third, $2.50, Warren
and the defendants were represent
Chappel. Class 3, first, $10, Char
ed by Wm. D. Carlson, Grants Pass
JOB PRINTING ( .11 th. NEWS lotte King.
attorney. R. E. Nealy, Cave Junc
Arthur Kellert presented the
tion, was jury foreman.
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American Legion Scholarship a-
The Je‘ie»ndants testified taking
wards to: first, Lylabelle Cross;
the parts with the assumption that
lecond, Richard Pierce.
they had been abandoned for junk.
Humidity
Temp.
The balance of the program in
The canopy and tracks sold for June High I Low High Low Rain
junk by the defendants belonged 2
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None cluded the following numbers: pro
44
21
95
to the logging firm of Plumlee and 3
45
87
22
None fessional, Garland Benge; invoca-
94
Spinas, and were left near a log 4
None ion, Rev. Paul Kroon; “Pale in
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92
48
94
loading dock on Deer Creek.
53
8.3
None the Amber West,” Eighth Grade
29
5
94
Witnesses for the state in the 6
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None chortss; “Farewell to Thee;" pre.
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trial held in Judge O. J. Millard s 7
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None sentation of diplomas. Principal
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circuit court were Plumlee, Charles 8
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None Arch Johnson; introduction of
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class pi evident, Frank £ooke; bene
L. Davis, Jack and Vern Saurer
For week ending June 8.
and Kenneth Deaton. Defense wit (Weather information furnished.' diction, Rev. Paul Krooh.
The eighth grade graduating
nesses were Deere, Maxon, and by Illinois Valley Ranger Station.» I
class of 1952 included the follow-
Una Mae Maxon.
Two Valley Men
Acquitted of Theft
Single Copy Ten Cents
ing students:
(Jus Alcorn, Tommy Bailey,Lew
is Beck, Mary Lee IJenr.ett, Ken
neth Rlair, Carole Bliss, Peggy
Bornaman, Fred Bornhouaer. Alan
Burr, Donald Camp, Lola Mari*
Campbell, I^ee Carothers, Jackie
Champion, Shirley Charley, Rich
ard Clayton, Frank Cooke, Bob
Colee, I.j labelle Cross, Harold Cul-
berUon, Donald Culbreath, Glenda
Culbrea’th, Wil- a Downing, Rober-
'a Bancan, Sharon Ize Eisan.
Barbara Farmer, Johnny Fili-
man, Arnold Findlay, Gregory
Floyd, Laverne Greenough, Roger
Harms, Jimmy Harper. Eugene
Harrison, Gary Holm, Sara Hosk-
Ralph
Ingle,
Nadine Jiiner-
ins, r
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field, Billy Johnson, Charlene
Kimbler, Don King, Mary Kinky,
Clydus Knight, David Knight, Win
ston Marshall, Evelyn Mathews,
Kenton Mayfield, Peggy Mohr, Jo
anne Nunemaker, Doris Owen a,
Gary Payne, Ray Phillips, Howard
Pickle, Richard Pierce,
George Plumlee, Carol Preston,
Barbara Prewitt, Judith Randall,
Harold Renfro, Norma Faye Robin
son. Billy Robinson, Kenneth Ros
enberg, Edytha Scott, Bonnie I>“e
Scranton. IutVonne Smith, John
Sowell, Shirley Sowell, Donna Ste
venson, Douglas Thornton, Jan
Thornton, Teddy Walden, Allen
Warfield, Darlene Wheeler, Gene
White, Marlene Wilder, Richard
Wright, Shirlene Yandell, Donna
Zimmerman.
Officer«
dlelight
Prince««
Prince««
of Kerby Bethel No. 36 of Job'« Daughter« installed in a can
ceremony Monday night, June 2, were (I. to r.) Senior
Mae Bowerman, Honored Queen Jonelle Benge and Junior
Christine Duncan.
(Artcraft photo, cut courtesy Daily Courier)
Valley School Calendar OK'ed;
State Urges Bigger High School
IVHS Program Under
McAbee Commended
By State Official
Committeemen
Named for Valley
Sevan committeemen iuu I four
c. nimitteewonien were leit tn-
chosen in the Illinois Valley after
final primary election returns were
released by the county clerk, Ben
Coutant, last week.
Each precinct was entitled to
select one committeeman and one
committeewomen. Those persons
selected must sign an acceptance
at the county clerk’s office on or
before the time of the first party
meeting.
One Valley committeeman posi
tion, Republican in Selma, ended
in a tie and was broken by drawing
lots. Arthur Whitesell was the
lucky man.
Valley precinct committeemen
and women selected include:
REPUBLICAN
Altliouse, none; Cave Junction.
Walter Freeman and Amy R. Hus
sey; Illinois, Muriel Collman;
Kerby, Elsie Smith; Selma, Arthur
Whitesell and Lorena Weiss; Wal
do, none.
DEMOCRATIC
The American Red Cross blood-
mobile will visit the American Leg
ion hall in Cave Junction on Thurs
day, June 19.
The unit will operate from I to 8
p.m. instead of the usual 3 to 8
schedule.
This may be the Inst visit of the
to the Illinois Valley this
year. Everyone is urged to donate
blood who is physically able to
do so. Regional chairman Jackson
states that everyone who donated
at the last visit in Cave Junction,
is eligible to dogate again on June
1!» if tl”-y are otherwi.se physically
able.
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Sgt. 1st Class Luther Tibbs re
turned to Ft. Lewis, Wash. Tues
day for re-assignment after spend
ing a 30-day furlough at th«, home
of his parents, the Silas Tibbs of
route one, Cave Junction. Sgt.
Tibbs just returned from ten
months duty in Korea.
Airman 3/C Betty Tibbs, daugh
ter of the Silas Tibbs’ of route one,
Cave Junction, is now attending
a radio school at Kee.^pr Air Base,
Biloxi, Miss. Betty took her basic
at Lackland Air Base after joining
the air enrps in January, 1952.
The Illinois Valle, schools will
have their own school calendar
for next year as approved by the
county school board Monday night.
TI h * board also heard a letter
from the state department of edu
cation addressed to Supt. L. C.
Moffitt commending the program
und curriculum of the Illinois Val
ley high school, giving credit to
educational improvements made by
Principal Harold McAbee.
The calendar approved by the
board calls for school to start Wed
nesday, Sept. 3, and end Friday,
June 5 for the school yvai> of 1952-
53. Different from the schedule
to be followed by other schools
in the county, the Valley calendar
eliminates two split weeks of in
struction during hoh'days.
Twelve calendar days during
Christmas vacation were designat
ed, and a full week of vacation
allowed for Spring vacation.
A contract to puint the Selma
school addition and the interior
and exterior of the old Selma
school building was awarded Fine
Arts Painting Co. of Grants Pass,
Supt. L. C. Moffitt reports.
Following are excerpts from the
letter sent the county district from
the state department of education,
as released by Supt. Moffitt:
". . . The new building is a great
asset to this section of the county
school district, and all parts of the
plant are bring used to about the
full extent of possibilities.
“It is unfortunate that the en-
tire plant as originally planned
could not have been constructed
at the time the present building
was completed. In addition to the
present building being incomplete
in some rs'spects, it is now inade
quate for the number of students
that will pr< baldy be in attendance
n»«t fall. Some additional con
struction is needed immediately. . .
“Mr. McAbee is well informed
concerning the general principles
and philosophy of a secondary
school and its place in the educa
tional system. He is to be com
mended on his efforts to advance
in his profession, but more partic
ularly the people of this community
should be appreciative of the con
scientious efforts that are being
made to adjust the Illinois Valley
High School to the needs of this
community.
"His (McAbee’s) plans for the
organization of the program of
studies for next year were review
ed carefully, and with some alter
ations 1 should say that these plans
are about as adequate as they can
be under the circumstance*."
The communication was written
by D. A. Emerson, assistant super
intendent of the Oregon Depart
ment of Education, who recently
interviewed Principal McAl»ee and
inspected the school plant.