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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1952)
V University of Oregon fytcwi tt th Otyn Cito ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS THE VOICE OF THE VALLEY VOL. XV, NO. 32 Single Copy Ten Cents Cave Junction. Oregon, Friday, November 28, 1952 Mechanized Printing New Postal Quarters 1st Hoop Squad Appearance Is Jamboree 4ih IV F aces Tough 21-Game Schedule During 1952-53 Season NEWS publisher Dick Pi nkerton look» on a» recently in»talled automatic printing pre»» grinds out job of printing which was formerly fed manually —ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS PHOTO ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Automatic Press In Operation At News Plant Outmodes Former Hand Feeding; Has Speeds Up to 3,000 per hour The first automatic printing e- quipment ever used in the Valley is now in operation at the Illinois Valley News. The newly purchased press will be used for commercial printing to more effectively handle the increasing demands of Valley mer chants and customers. With speeds up to 3,000 print ed sheets per hour the press elimi nates the need or manual feed ing of the printing of such jobs as envelopes, letterheads, window cards and all other printing done Burning Permits Not Needed » ♦ » * by the NEWS excepting new- papers. NEWS publishers in Cave Junc tion since 1037 have had to de pend upon laborious hand feed ing of job printing presses being able to average only about 1,000 printed sheets an hour. The new press will average around 2,400 sheets an hour on anything from a two by three inch business card | to sheets up to 12 by 18 inches ' in sizes—all automatically fed. The press will further aid the NEWS to improve its service to Valley customers as it permits the operator to do other work while ii is running. An outmoded press formerly owned by the NEW S was traded for a new spraygun attachment designed to improve the «juality of certain types of printing done in the local plant. Now on the NEWS floor, it will soon be in operation. Anyone interested in modern automatic equipmet is invited t< view this press any time during operation on Fridays and Satur days. I Funeral Services Held ' For A. Walter Doney The fi st public appearance o he 1952 53 IVHS basketba' quad will he a jamboree on th ocal floor Thursday, Dec. 4 a < p.m. A demonstration of basketba) undementals and scrimmages b? he IVHS and Kerby grade schoo loop squads will be featured n ' is event to which the public i- nvited. I'he high school squad bega "inm; -ut Monday for one of 'n oughest schedules ever faceo y : ocal squad, the first game belli, Dec. 12 with Ashland there. i\ will play 21 games during th season. Coach Wes Peters has four let ei men returning for a nucleus if i squad which will be attempting o better its 1951-52 cellar spot. Described as especially ‘tough opponents by Coach Peters -V match es w th Ashlan.’, Arcata, De* Norte and Eureka. Peters and Stai Smith will jointly coach the frosh who will pl ay an eight-game ached ule th s year. Smith will also coach the junior varsity group. 1952-53 SCHEDULE Dec. 12 Dec. 13 Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Jan. 2 Jan. 3 Jan. 9 Jan. 10 Jan. 16 Jan. 17 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 30 Jan. 31 Feb 5 Feb. 7 Feb. 13 Feb 14 Feb 20 Feb. 21 Feb 27 Ashland, there Ashland, here Eureka, there Arcata, there Del Norte, there Eureka, here Myrtle Creek, there SOCE frosh, here Rogue River, here Del Norte, here Crater, here Eagle Point, there Phoenix, here SOCE frosh, there Myrtle Creek, here Rogue River, there Crater, there SOCE frosh, there Eagle Point, here Phoenix, there SOCE frosh, here o ILLINOIS VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Mothers Play Daughters In Volleyball Game Funeral services for A. Walter Doney were held Tuesday, Nov. “Morn and Daughters Night" 25, 2:30 p.m. in the Community at the IVHS gym Monday, Novern- Church, Rev. George Gray officia I her 24 found the “older genera- The fire season has been offic ting. ! tion" in almost as good form as ially closed and burning permits Born July 18, 1915 in Redmond the “younger” when mothers play are no longer required for the re Ore., Mr. Doney had lived in Cave ed the daughters in a vigorous mainder of the winter, Ranger Junction for 35 years before mov game of volleyball. Harold Bowerman announced thi- ing to Hermsiton, Ore., a year ago. Seventy girls and women parti week. i He died in a Pendleton hospital cipated in the evening, part of The Kerby Guard Station of Nov. 20. the Girls’ Atheletic Association the state forest patrol has closed He is survived by his widow. program. Volleyball was played for the season and any major un Ema Doney, and two dauhgters, from 7:30 to 9:30 and after tin controlled fires may be reported Elaine and" Ethelyn Jeanne, at two hours of exercise had worked to the Illinois Valley Ranger sta home; three brothers, Ralph \ . of up good appetites, sandwiches, cof tion. Cave Junction; Donald M. and fee and punch ended the evening. “Care should be used at all times Mike O. of Pendleton; a sister. when burning, however," caution Cleo Arrants of Grants Pass, and 92 Girls Participating ed Bowerman. “Drying winds can his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. In Intra-Mural Program carry fire through dry litter on Doney of Wonder. top of the ground and endanger The Odd Fellows conducted part Ninety-two girls of the 110 en property." of the funeral services, which were rolled in high school have signed Bowerman commended residents under the direction of Hull an.I ! to play in the girls’ intramural of the Valley on their cooperation I tournaments that started Tuesday. in preventing forest fires, resulting Hull. Ten teams of girls are playing ------------- o------------- - in an “excellent record.” volleyball, the first sport offered "The huge cost of firefighting, in the program. Participation is voluntary, and play-offs are held loss of payroll, loss of natural re during the noon hour. Miss Hazel sources are being realized by more The justice court had a light Peterson, girls’ physical educa- and more people," Bowerman said. week of cases during the past tion instructor, is in charge of seven days. The following cases | the games. o--------- — were heard and fined: Basketball after the first of th« Thmeodore H. Beck, no opera year, and softball in the spring Freshmen Lead In tor's license, $2.50 and costs; H. E. comprise the remainder of th« Bleacher Contest Tayl or, axle overload, $50 and pr 'gi am. costs; A. C. McPherson, reckles- The girls will earn points to The freshman class having col driving, $25 and costs; and Floyd ward their GA A letters. Ten points lected $148.50 toward the new Andrew Newport, overheight, $10 per sport are the maximum num bleachers in the last official count and costs. ber allowed. Tuesday are leading in the class —o— Cases heard in municipal court competition at IVHS that offers included : Juniors Ready a half-day holiday to the winners Joseph B. Galland. Sr., O'Brien, next spring. I basic rule, $7.50; Ralph Monty. Three-Act Comedy Only $1 short of their $400 • Blue Ijtke, Calif., basic rule "Proffesor, How Could You?" quota, the four classes have collect I $14.50; Russell Hagen. Orich. will be presented by the Junior ed enough for three complete sec i Calif, basic rule, $9.50; Horace I class Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. in the Ker tions of portable bleachers. The ■ Hazen, Eureka. Calif., basic rule by gym. Be sure and get your contest was over Wednesday even I $19.50; and Wcdsel Thurman. tickets earl yand assure yourself Cave Junction, driving while undei ing, but final results were not I the influence of intoxicating liq a seat at this three-act comedy that will keep you in fits of panic available at press time. uor, $175, 30 days in jail (sus for days to come. The juniors were second in the pended) and license revoked foi i ninety days. (Continued on Last Page) race at the last tally. Police Court News . a V£ w ^CTIC-N Christmas Shopping Season Opened Monday by Treasure Hunt and Santa 19 Valley Merchants Give Shoppers Added Incentive During Event With the first of the two major winter holidays under its belt the Valley turns toward Christma- wit* appropriate cold weather a- local merchants begin the annual yule merchandising event, the Treasure Hunt, Monday. No Christmas event would be proper without Santa Claus so the 19 cooperating merchants have arranged 10 visits by the old gent starting the opening day, next Monday when he will be on Cave Junction streets from 3:30 to clos ing time. Printed rules of the Treasure Hunt can be obtained from any of the 19 businessmen starting Monday. Participants will be com peting for a daveno and chaii set on display at Manchels as well as 19 individual prizes offer ed by each business. The actual ‘hunt* will be the three days preceding Christmas, Dec. 22, 23, and 24. Santa’s busy schedule for Care Junction ■ as announced by the North Pole this year is as follows: Dec. 1, 3:30 to closing; Fridays, Dec. 5, 12, and 19, 3:30 on; Saturdays, Dec. 6, 13, and 20, noon to closing; and the last three «lays, 22, 23 and 24, from noon to closing. ; Additional information on the Treasure Hunt and prizes offered can be obtained from: Bob and Ruth's, Caves Building Supplies. Illinois Valley Bakery, Caldwells Valley Sporting Goods, Illinois Valley Hardware, Trehearne's, Log Cabin Store, Sportsman’s Tavern, • Fruiht’s Remedies, Valley Variety and Apparel, Manchel’s, Valley Drug, Illinois Valley Market, Illi nois Valley News, Cave City Parts and Supplies, Champion’s Variety, Guy Stem Jeweler, Deal’s Sh >e Store, Model Grocery and Owen- Meat Market. | CAMPAIGN DATES EXTENDED The volunteer registration cam paign for civil defense has been extended beyond th«- original date of Nov. 27. Civil Defense volun teer registration cards can be picked up at the NEWS office. WEATHER The weather as reported by the Illinois Valley Ranger Station for the period Nov. 17 through 23 is as follows: Humidity Temp. No v. High Low High Low Rain 73 Noni- 40 17 34 100 66 None 18 33 100 43 33 100 100 None 19 38 «9 None 34 190 20 45 32 Non» 91 48 31 21 32 None 95 32 50 22 31 None 95 50 23 23 Optimism Shown Postal Fixtures For Valley Delayed by Bids Soil (¡roup Hears Talk On Timber Salvage Although construction has been ^complete«! and it is now occupied. Cave Junction's new postoffie«* building will be without its new fixtures, equipment and mail boxes for another three or four months. Postmaster Clem Arnold was sent inventory lists of fixtures the postoffice department has been submitted for bid, but was warned a few months would elapse before delivery could be made. When fully equipped the new building wil have 303 mail boxes which is 126 more than the 177 contained by the smaller quarters. The increase in boxes will more than satisfy local need and will eliminate the general delivery bot tleneck, Arnold said. The 303 boxes will include 222 small boxes, 66 medium size boxes and 15 large boxes. All glass Ph rased ‘call boxes’ will b«- elimin ated. The new building was open for business Monday, Nov. 17. The old fixtures aie still in temporary us age until new ones arrive. Optimistic viewpoints regarding the future economy of the Illinois Valley were expressed at the reg ular monthly meeting of the Illi nois Valley Soil Conservation dis trict, Nov. 21. The well-attended meeting heard a discussion of the rapidly-dimin ishing timber stand and the opti mistic arguments following in light of greater salvage of timber pro ducts, increasing agricultural dev elopment and mining in this area. Ranger Harold Bowerman, in hi talk on what the U. S. Forest SA vice is doing in regard to harvest ing timber, stressed the salvage of beetle-killed trees and windfalls, and the importance of the propei disposal of slash. County Extension Agent Harry Clark gave a brief tulk on the interest shown by farmers in tree farm management. Chairman Ray Nickelson reported that negotia tions are well underway to secure a demonstration plot for foresi management with the ILS. Forest Service. Clyde Broeffle announced plans for a demonstration of equipment and its operation for the near future to show farmers what typ« of equipment is best suited for Deal’s Shoe Store is inviting the any particular job. Valley for refreshments and treats ------ . o------------- at their grand opening this Satur day, Nov. 2!* from 9 to 6. Although the store has been op en for several weeks. b>-late«i ship ments causing a limited stock de layed this official opening. The Peters line of shoes will be f<*itured w'hich includes such The Illinois Valley Grange will brands as Weatherbird shoes for participate in a joint county in children, Diamond work shoes, Vel stallation of officers Dec. 4 at vet Step ladies «hoes. City Club 8:30 p.m. at the Redwood Grange Men’s dress shoes and Weather- hall. Teens casual shoes. Ladies are asked to either bring One free pair of shoes will be < ake or sandwiches. given away to the winner of a Walter England was elected free drawing who will have his master of the Illinois Valley .selection of any pair of shoes in Grange at the Nov. 20 election the store. Coffee and cake will of officers at the local Grange be served adults during this spec ial occasion and there will be hall. treats for the kiddies. Other officers elected include: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Deal have overseer, Wallace Kohler; lectur er, Minnie Mills; steward, Ray been Cave Junction residents since mond Baldwin; assistant steward, June 1 when Bill assumed his dut Edward Morris; chaplain, Ruth ies as police chief. Before being Wendt; treasurer, Phil Sawyer; called into duty from the army secretary, Isabelle Mellow; gate reserve for 18 months during the keeper, George Bell; pomona, Rob Korean war, he served on the erta England ; flora, Daisy Bald Roseburg Police force. Mrs. Deal had about three years win; lady assistant steward, Coral Morris; executive committee, Roh- experience in an Ames, la., shoe ert Desaulniers, Chris Wendt and store. The Deals have two daugh ters. F. L. Sawyer. Deal's Grand Opening 29th England New Grange Head
