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VafnrMtjr of Oftgôt —yj te th Oief ch C^eJ ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS THE VOL. XV VOICE OF TH E V A L L E Y Cave Junction, Oregon, Friday. August 29. 1972 No. 19 Single Copy Ten Cents __________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ ___________________ •_________________________________ _______ ____________ _____________ ■» — ” s ' ■ ~ Jubilee Arrives with Full Schedule of Amusement Glamour of Valley Industries On Display io Estimated 10,000 Parachutist The glamour and specialized talents of the men of the Valley lumber and mining industries will be dis played to an estimated 10.000 people as Cave Junction braces itself for the annual three-day Illinois Valley Jubilee which gets underway tomorrow (Saturday) at 1 p.m Top-flight Valley men of the woods will match their skills alongside professional talent imported from all over the Northwest in a wide var- iety-of new and different form« of competitive and demonstration events, mo>st of them free, inter- mingled with such Jubilee favorites as the Labor Day parade, Saturday smoker, queety crowning and two big dances. The big weekend of festivities is a climax of many weeks of prepar ation and hundreds of dollars of expense to obtain big-name talent and publicize, throughout the Northwest, the biggest show fo: the size of the town ever attempt ed by the sponsoring organization. Glenn Morrison Post, American Legion. The 1952 Jubilee commit tee is headed by General Chairman Ken Deaton. YOUTH ACTIVITIES FIRST Kids games and contests for school-age youth start the ball rol ling Saturday at 1 p.m. across from the Legion Hall under the direction of George Brown. For boys there will be post roping, pie eating and a pole climb. Girls will compete in balloon-blowing, water melon eating and rope jumping. Dizzy-Izzy races and sack races are open to both sexes of the younger generation, competing for cash prizes. The afternoon will be wound up by jalopy and hard top races on the Dick Neally dirt track behind the Oregon Caves Lumber mill. The newly-founded Valley ATito club will handle these hotrod events. Always a favorite in the Illinois Valley, a smoker sponsored by the Baldheaded Buzzards will lead off the evening shows at 6:30 Saturday night. A fight card of at least eight events has been matched between the Illinois Valley Outlaws and the Wonder Fireballs. The main event features Louis Maurer vs. Bobby Jones in the 175-pound class. (See the next page for the advertisement containing complete fight card.) CORONATION SATURDAY Five weeks of furious ticket selling by seven Valley beauties will terminate Saturday night at 9 p.m. at the IVY Theatre when 1*951 Queen Jonelle Benge will crown the k»ss who will reign ovei the last two days of Jubilee fest ivities. The queen contest is decided en tirely on the basis of sales of dance tickets sold in behalf of each can didate. Mayor Fred Salvage will introduce Miss Benge. The newly-crowned queen’s firs' function will be to reign over th? Queen’s ball which will follow the coronation at the Legion Hall at 9:30. Baker’s orchestra will fur nish the music. Saturday night Jubilee cele brants will have no more cracked their eyelids Sunday morning be fore the skies over Cave Junction will be filled with planes of the Sportsmen Pilots of Oregon, which has a membership of 500. The planes will land at the Cave Junc tion airport on Rough and Ready flats, followed by an air circus. Star attraction of the airplane activities which begin at 10 a.m. will be a delayed 2,000-foot para chute jump by Bob Nolan into a fifty-foot circle in the center of Cave Junction. A resident of Cave Junction, Nolan holds national par achute jumping honors. SMOKEJUMPERS PERFORM The spectacular jump will be followed by a smokejumpers’ dem onstration of the high let-down procedure, static line parachute opening, parachute rigging and loft work. A brunch for the pilots will be served by the O'Brien Women « club. The famed female log birling team, the Hansen sisters, will take on the Valley’s best at the Cabax Mill pond in Kerby starting at 2 p.m. Among the Valley birlers who will attempt to uphold male dignity will be Ed Cooke and Fred Krauss. The girls’ act will include skipping rope on a 16-foot log. From four to six in the after- noon truck driving competition on Rambler’s Field, a 234th Army- Band “jam session” near the Leg ion hall and a street dance with the ( amp \\ hite orchestra and figure skating by Johnny Grubb— all fall in rapid succession. The performance of Valley tal ent will wind up Sunday’s schedul ed events at the amateur show at the Legion hall at 7 p.m. Parade entries from all over the Bob Nolan, local 'chutist expert, state emphasizing the unusual an.I who will make a delayed jump into different will attract large Labor a fifty-foot circle in the center Day crowds on Cave Junction’s of Cave Junction this Sunday Main Street at 10 a.m. for what morning. ——Photo by Clarence McDaniels the Jubilee committee expects to be the biggest parade ever held in the Valley. Entries include a portable saw-mill belonging to Bill Gates which will saw boards as it is driv en through the streets, the sheriff’s possee, 234th Army band of the Oregon National Guard and the \Lilley activiy- received state presence of Gen. Thomas E. Rilea of the National Guard who will do wide daily newspaper coverage Sunday in the Oregonian and oth the reviewing. ENTRIES LINE UP AT 9 A M er state papers. Prizes will be offered for such A re-written version of the Aug classes as commercial, industrial, ust 15 NEWS story of the three organizational, religious, artistic Valley boys who made the Kerby and comical floats, marching units to Gold Beach raft trip was placed and juvenile activity. Parade Mar on the Associated Press wire by shall Art Kellert will start lining the Daily Courier, along with a up his entries near the corner of picture of the raft’s adventurous s*. ■ Caves Hwy. tw.d H—y. »99 at 9 a.m. crew, - for the march down Main St. Sunday’s Oregonian also includ A national guard band concert, ed a news story written by the “cat” and log balancing act and NEWS editor publicizing the Val the gold panning contest fall at II ley’s Jubilee. A picture of the a. m., noon and 1 p.m. respectively queen candidates, arranged by Slim near the Legion Hall. In the latter Hamrick, appeared in the previous contest “mossbacks” will be pan- Sunday edition of the Oregonian. ’ning against time for accuracy and Additional Jubilee publicity for 10 colors for the cash prize. Dick use of California and Oregon news Sowell will use his D-8 “cat” for papers was sent out Monday by the the log balancing act. Redwoods Empire Assn, from San The log bucking and chopping Francisco. This material included contest at 2 p.m. will feature Geo. a story of Jubilee attractions and Moen of Shelton, Wash., 1949 a picture of the Jubilee queen can bucking champ. Logs Used for didates. bucking will be donated by Harry- Sowell. Another spectacular log ALFRED O. HUNGERFORD ging test of skill follows in the DIES, AUGUST 25 same vicinity, near the Legion Alfred O. Hungerford, 83, died hall, at 3:30 when Valley woods men will compete against time at Monday, August 25 at the Joseph high climbing. With the use of only- ine County hospital lie had lived regular tree climbing equipment, in Cave Junction since 1932 un competitors will scale a tall tree to til two weeks ago when he moved t > recover a flag and return to tin Grants Pass. Mr. Hungerford was born July ground in the same fashion. Amom- Valley woodsmen scheduled to 9, 1869 in South Riley. Mich. He is survived by his widow. compete for the 16-pound ham offered as prize by Butch Hollings Grace Hungerford. Funeral services head will be Cecil Wagee. Red Deutcher, Ray Miller, Claude Rein- terday (Thursday) L. B. Hall Funeral home. Inter >eh) and Printz Beversdorf. ment followed at the Granite Hill END OF BEARDS Valley wives will be happy when cemetery, Grants Pass. Arrange the 4:30 p.m. contest rolls around ments were made by the I.. B. Hall and bearded males line up for in Funeral home. spection by four local barber judges who will pick winners in the various classes. Special events at ‘he same location, the Legion hall, will follow at 5 p.m. Jubilee celebrants will call it another summer and settle down for winter when the final number of the Labor Day dance has ended. Starting at 9 p.m this last dance will feature a waltz contest with music by the highly-rated Camp White orchestra at the Legion hall Throughout the Jubilee a carni val complete with merry-go-round and the usual booths will provide entertaiment on Legion grounds both during and between scheduled events. An information booth will also be located there to aid Jubilee participants. In addition to state-wide public ity mentioned elsewhere in this edi tion, the I-abor Day weekend cele bration will be advertised by three sound trucks and the IVY Theatre has donated a screen “ad.” Valley Activities I Hit Daily Papers LOG BUCKER Cooley Wins .Overload Case Edwin A. Cooley, of Cave Junc tion, was acquitted of a state tweighmaster's charge of truck ov erload before a six-man jury in .Justice of the Peace Chas. Hub shard’s court in a Monday morning •trial which started at 10 a.m. The jury deliberated only ten 'minutes in finding Cooley not guil- ;ty of a 5350-pound overload •charge. Cooley represented him I self, the state's case handled by District Attorney Max McMillan. The trial lasted until 1 p.m. Jury members were: Raymond Proctor, Leota Tucker, Richard A. Smith, Alfred Allard. Norman Sav age and Pauline Kellar. Another overload charge is being contested by E. I.. Ferguson of Grants Pass which will be tried be I fore Hubbard and a jury Friday at 10 a.m. Cases heard in municipal court during the past two weeks were: Norman Brown, failure to stop at stop sign, $3; and Norval Probst, Top Valley contender in the log bucking contest ia Ole Naaaen, who will basic rule, $7.50. be competing with world champ George Moen of Shelton, Waah. Justice court cases included: Naaaen received fifth place in Albany at the time Moen won the —Photo by Clarence McDaniela Harry E. Sowell, overlength championahip. load, $10 and $4.50 fine; Albert J. Heap, no transportation permit and overlength load, $19.50 amt $4.50; Odas W. Griffin, no oper ator’s license, $1 and $.50; Forrest Johnson, improper safety chain«, $10 and $4.50; Day and Coursey, The jig’s up for hundreds of Thirty IVHS football hopefuls overload, $76 and $4.50; Annis Dixon, drunk on public highway, kids Wednesday when they file into are turning out daily, giving Coach $25 and $4.50; Orin F. Alfred, no th,, various Valley schools for an Stan Smith his first look at his 1952 season prospects since the first operator’s license, $2.50 and $4.50; other nine months of learning. George Ladd, no operator’s li According to IVHS Principal turnout Monday. cense, $2.50 and $4.50; Paul L. Don Barnes, the first school day With 10 lettermen out again Murray, overwidth load, $10 and of 1952 will be a full one, with this year. Smith and assistant coach $4.50; Rob’t W. Ramsey, failure classes lasting until the usual 1 Wes Peters have a nucleoua for the to stop at stop sign, $2.50 and p.m. 1952 squad. IVHS landed in third $4.50; Valley school busses will follow place last year with three wins Oscar Wilford, insufficient bind the same routes and timy schedules and four losses. Turnouts are five days a week, ers and no transportation permit, •us last year with on«t excep) ion. Hal $20 and $9; Harold Frank, in Hemingway will thib year pick up with the exception of laibor Day, adequate brakes, $5 and $4.50; students all along Rockydale Rd. In preparation for the first non Guy McFarland, overwidth load, to Hwy. 99 on his Takilma run. league game here Oct. 19. Lettermen back this year are: $5 and $4.50; Wamitch Timber A late teacher resignation was Co., overwidth load, $5 and $4.50; that of Miss Josephine Hosely, W al ien Cooke, Orlen Pickle, Hugh Salvage Bros. Lbr. Co., overwid'h commercial teacher at the high Blue, Richard Bliss, Arnold Mel and overlength load, $20 and $9; school. Miss Hosely has accepted a low, Wayne Spencer, Ko Krauss, Odas W. Griffin, driving while position with a California milltit Bob Kester, Doug Plumlee, and license was suspended, $4.50; Leon ery firm. No replacement has yet Stanley Dick. ------------------n----------------- Emerson, no mud flaps, $2.50 and been announced. IRA HALL MOVES $4.50; Gordon Stephens, < over- ------------- o---- - NEXT TO BANK width loads, $20 and $9: and Iras B. Millard, overwidth load, $10 In an advertisement in this Loggers Complete Work and $4.50. week's NEWS, accountant Ira Hull announces the moving of his busi On 7*2 Million l’eet ness and building next to the Bank The Illinois Valley Logging Co., if Illinois Valley. Most Businesses Closed has completed the cutting and haul Hall’s move was made necessary Monday, Lalxir Day ing of about 7,5(1(1,000 feet of by the construction of the new timber from a forest service sale postoffice building which will be The following Cave Junction on Page Mtn. to Moore Timber in the site formerly occupied by business houses have informed Products. his accountant’s office next Io the NEWS that they will be clos Three successful bids for Valley the present postoffice building. ed Monday, Labor Day: timber sales were made recently Bob and Ruth Shop, Caves by Cabax Mill-, of Kerby. The most Guests of the Boyds Building Supplies, Illinois Valley Dr. and Mrs. II. W. Vollmer recent purchase was Tuesday for Bakery, Illinois Valley Cleaners, of Glendale, Calif., are guests of about 4,500,000 feet of the Bill MancheTs Furniture Store, Stem Mrs. Earl Boyd of West Side road. Sowelle Rd., Page Mtn. Two oth-. Jewelry, Trehearne’s, Morton successful Cabax bids within the She and Mrs. Vollmer are sisters. Milling, Illinois Valley Hard past month included 100.000 and ware and Illinois Valley News. (¡00,000 feet of beetle kill and Valley Variety and Apparel will blow-down. be open until 1 p.m Monday. McCulloch Chain Saw will bi Clint Trefethen, Jim Earle and closed all three days of the Labor Cliff Johnson are logging for Ca- Day weekend. 'bax on the latter two sales. The silver nnniwrsary exhibit of the Illinois Valley Garden club took the sweepstakes in the club division of the Josephine County Fair flower show last week. The club's display won $15 and was chairmaned by Mrs. Lucite Flovd. Robert Herninr'vav, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Heming- wtty, lettered the banners and planned the color scheme for the, arrangement. Robert, an art maj or, will enter Chaffey Junior Col lege in Calif., this fall. “Twenty five years of progress’’ was the theme of the local club’s exhibit. The Illinois Valley Garden club was organized in 1927. Members of the committee in chided Mrs. Lewis Monroe, Mrs. Gladys King, Mrs. Harry Smith, and Mrs. Clyde Broeffle. Jig's Up For Thiriy Out For Valley Sludenls IVHS Football Garden Top Fair SWEEPSTAKES WINNER WEATHER The weather as reported by the Illinois Valley Ranger Station for the period August 18 to 24, inclu sive, is as follows. Temp Humidity o------------------ POMONA GRANGE MEETS AT DEER CREEK HALL Josephine County Pomona Grange will meet Saturday. Aug ust 30, 8:30 p.m. at the Deer Creek Grange Hall. All Grange members are urged to attend. Visiting Grange ladies are to bring sandwiches and the host Grange furnishes cake This Illinois Valley Garden Club display, entered in the club diruion of the flower show at la»t week’s Josephine County Fair, captured the sweepstakes prise of $15 The exhibit commem orated the silver anniversary of the club, founded in 1927. (Cut Courtesy Grants Pass Daily Courier) Au( 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 H<*h 84 86 M M 88 82 73 Low 45 46 44 45 50 50 42 High 90 86 86 86 88 86 90 Low Rais None 21 17 Nona 19 None None 29 None 24 None 40 None 33
