ILLINOIS VALLEY
35 Acre Park Planned
By FRANK STRICKLAND
Cave Junction Preliminary
plans will be started here Mon
day towards the construction of
a recreation park at Cave Junc
tion. Local businessmen and
city officials are preparing to
build one of the most unique
public playgrounds in the state.
The project, which will require
approximately 35 acres of land,
may be completed by July 1.
The new park, yet unamed, will
have many and varied recreation
al and entertainment features
for Illinois Valley people as well
as tourists traveling in this sec
tion of Oregon.
Approximately one half of the
park's area will be utilized to
create a lake of six to ten feet
in depth and containg five
islands ranging in size from
200 by 100 feet to 1400 by 300
feet. According to tentative
plans the islands will be pro
fusely landscaped and three of
them made accessible to the
general public. It was also re
vealed that the entire park will
be designed, promoted and op
erated by the people of the Ill
inois Valley as a cooperative,
non-profit, self '.iquidating proj
ect. The exact location of the pro
posed park has not, as yet, been
divulged but it is understood
to be near the town of Cave
Junction where the lake basin
may be filled and held to a fixed
elevation by a diversion canal
flowing from the east fork of the
Illinois river.
Among some of the recrea
tional features proposed for the
new park will be fishing, boat
ing, swimming, picnicking,
horseback riding, baseball, ten-
' nis and locally operated conces
sions. The initial plans call for
a 50 foot wide circular drive
around the largest segment of
water in the island-dotted lake
and ample parking space will
be provided.
A strand or carnival area for
special events such as holiday
celebrations and the valley's an
nual jubilee celebrations will
be provided in the overall
scheme.
Estimated cost of the park in
cluding engineering work, plans
and specifications and the con
struction contract, itself, is $10,
000. Land for the project site
will, no doubt, be donated by
the owners.
It is expected that the money,
at least part of it, will be se
cured through an outright fed
eral grant and the balance bor
rowed from the government on
50-year low-interest basis. Con
gress made such money available
last year is expected to appropri
ate the funds this month. Presi
dent Eisenhower signed the bill,
just before the congress adjourn
ed, which made it law.
Other southern Oregon cities
and towns are also planning to
take advantage of these grants
and long-term loans. The com
mittee who will be assinged to
handle the Cave Junction proj
ect will give every individual
or organized group in the valley
and equal opportunity to take
an active part in creating what
is being visualized as one of
the most beautiful public parks
in the northwest.
By HELEN BOTTEL
Cave Junction A night course
in basic farm welding will be
offered at the Illinois Valley
high school starting January 10.
vocational agriculture instructor
Ralph Burns announced. The 10
to 12 week session will be
taught by Lowell Camp of Sel
ma. with Burns as assistant.
A fee cf $15 per member will
be charged to furnish needed
materials. 3oth arc and acete
lene welding instruction is to
be offered. The class will be
limited to 18 members.
Another course in basic ani
mal nutrition is to be started
later in January, Burns said.
The vocational agriculture ad
visory council met Wednesday
night to plan details of the
work, which will include a study
of the sources and effects of
food on specific species of farm
animals.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith.
owners of Rancho Park golf
driving range and trailer court
on the Caves highway, are in
southern California until February.
A New Years get-together for
young people of the Cave Junc
tion Community church was
combined with a welcome-home
party for Eugene Sams, at the
Ernie Sams home on the Red
wood highway Dec. 31.
Guests included Norma. Car
ole and Roberta Martin, Marie
and Jeanetta Adams, Barbara
Pritchr-tt, Iantha Rouse, George
and Roger Martin and Mrs.
Robert Martin, who assisted the
hostess.
Eugene Sams visited at his
parents home over the holidays.
He graduated from Illinois Val
ley high school two years ago
and is now employed at Portland.
Future Farmers of America
will hold their first meeting of
the new year at the high school
vocational agriculture building
Monday night Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Burnett
left Wednesday afternoon for
Tacoma, Wash., where they were
called by the death of Burnett's
mother.
The newly married Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond (Rocky) Jones
were feted at a surprise party
and shower Thursday. Dec. 27
at their home near Cave Junc
tion. Present were members of the
Oregon Caves Bowmen club,
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Reinoehl
and Allan. Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Holten, Donner and Jimmy.
After refreshments of sand
wiches, cake and cookies were
served Reinoehl and Roberts
entertained the group with selec
tions on their guitars.
The spacious sunken living
room of the Arthur Cribb home
in Kerby was the scene of a
New Years open house Sunday.
The Cribb's annual open house
was preceded this year by a
number of small dinner parties
given throughout the week.
A midnight smorgasboard
celebrated the new year at the
Carl Wieting home at Siskiyou
Mountain camp. Guests were
their son and daughter-in-law
from Phoenix, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl (Bud) Wieting. Mr. and Mrs.
Leo DeMoss, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Bottel, Carolyn DeMersseman,
Jimmy Billi, and Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Tuffs of Smith River.
A watch night service on New
Years eve was held by members
of the Bridgeview Community
church Sunday school.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Culbertson
of Cave Junction moved to Irv
ington, Calif, last weekend.
A lamp made of hoseshoes by
Blacksmith Bill Murchinson of
Grants Pass was given to Ethel
Banta, past president of the
Saddlebums at a recent Christ
mas party. Mrs. Banta, though
in her 70s is still an active
horsewoman and spends much
of her time on overnight pack
trips in surrounding hills.
All of Mr. and Mrs. William
(Bud) Hoskins ten children and
all but two of their grandchil
dren were at the Hoskins home
in Bridgeview for Christmas
this year.
Pelican Bay Bowman of Cres
cent City was guest of the Ore
gon Caves Bowmen last Friday,
Dec. 21, at a dinner held in
the drying room of the newly
completed Southern Oregon
Archery plant at Kerby.
Musical entertainment sup
plied by Lee Roberts and his
guitar was followed by an even
ing of dancing and archery
"shop talk."
Southern Oregon Archery ar
row shaft factory was re-opened
in December by Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Reinoehl, less than four
months after the disasterious
fire which leveled the building
and destroyed all its equipment
late in August.
At the Ken and Frank Hamil
tons for Christmas were Ken's
sister. Celeste Lough of Los
Angeles and Maude Watkins of
Cave Junction.
Mr. and Mrs. William Baskin
and their daughter Marilyn
Baumgardner, of Four Corners,
spent Christmas in Los Angeles
where they attended a family
reunion.
The Les Henrys were in Cres
cent City for Christmas, at the
home of their daughter and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. William
Burke. Burke is the chief of
police at the bay city.
New name for Joy Dress Shop
in Cave Junction will be "Hazel's
Dress Shop," after the first of
the year. Mrs. Les (Hazel) Henry
announces the change to avoid
mix up of names with the form
er owner, Joy Kellert.
Here with the Clement Y.
Arnolds until the day before
Christmas were Mr. and Mrs.
Clement Arnold Jr. and their
children Jan. Kim and Jill of
Philometh, Ore. Arnold is a
science teacher at Philometh
high school.
After weeks of wrestling pack
ages and cards in their positions
as postmaster and assistant at
the Cave Junction post office,
the Arnolds said they were quite
happy to spend a quiet Christ
mas at home with their younger
son David.
Entertaining at a family din
ner on Christmas, the Harold
Crowl's guests included Mrs.
Crawl's father. M. F. Sheets of
Medford. her sister and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Elliott and
JACKSONVILLE
Garden Club Meeting Held
BY MRS. C. S. HOSKINS
Jacksonville Jacksonville
Garden club held its last meeting
of 1956 on Thursday, Dec. 27 at
the home of Mrs. Kenneth Far
ley on the Medford-Jacksonville
highway.
The meeting, with 15 mem
bers and one guest present was
held in the Farley's new rumpus
room. A short business meeting
was held and reports given with
Mrs. R. T. Nichol presiding. An
exchange of Christmas gifts was
made and Christmas entertain
ment and games provided. Mrs.
Lee Wright won the door prize.
Tea and Christmas cookies were
served, with Mrs. Wilma Krebb
as co-hostess.
The next meeting will be held
Jan. 24 at the regular meeting
place in the Jacksonville Com
munity hall at 1:30 p.m. It will
be a birthday meeting for mem
bers with tiirthdays in October,
November, December and Jan
uary. Mrs. Ruth Quigley spent the
Christmas holiday with her son
and family in Richmond, California.
Christmas dinner guests at the
home of Mrs. Alice Ranney were
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Ranney of
Phoenix. Evening callers were
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Berry of Ruch.
Mrs. Grace McDaniels has sold
her home at 300 Fifth street in
Jacksonville and moved to 919
West 11th street, Medford.
The Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Turn
bull and children spent the holi
day season in San Bernardino,
Calif., guests of Rev. TurnbiUl's
father. A family reunion was
held before his brothers Bob and
Wayne Turnbull returned to
their missionary work in the
Dominican Republic. Another
brother John was also present at
the family gathering.
In the Rev. Turnbulls absence
the Rev. Arthur C. Phillips of
Salem, Ore., conducted services
at the Jacksonville Assembly of
A TOUGH ONE
Bassett, Neb. (U.R) Harvey
W. Miller, in charge of water
fowl investigations for the Ne
braska Game Commission, re
cently took a mallard he tagged
on Oct. 10, 1948. Miller said the
mallard would be about nine
years old. His comment: "Better
boil."
three boys, Douglas, Robert and
Gregory, also of Medford, the
Crowl's two grandchildren and
their father. Kay, Carl and
Charles of Cave Junction.
On December 26 Mr. and Mrs.
Crowl celebrated their 33rd
wedding anniversary with a din
ner to which Mr. and Mrs. Blake
Miller were invited.
God church. Phillips also held
revival services in Phoenix this
week.
Out of town guests over New
Years holiday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. David O'Connor were
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Misener
and baby daughter Yvonne
Marie, and Misener's mother,
Mrs. Thelma Misener, of Ana
heim, Calif.
At a New Year's family din
ner gathering at the O'Connor
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Hill
man Miller and Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Heinzer. of Central Point.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morgan of
Grants Pass.
The Miseners plan to return
home this Saturday, after visit
ing friends and relatives in this
vacinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hewlett and
daughter Holly visited at the
home of Hewlett's Aunt and Un
cle Mr. and Mrs. Austin Low
over the New Year's holiday, in
Troutdale, Ore. While there they
were an unexpected addition to
a family gathering at the home
of a cousin Harold Lewis. Hew
lett met many of his relatives
whom he had not seen for years.
Lyod Whitney of Jacksonville
has established the Whitney Real
Estate Agency in Medford at 218
East Fourth street.
Sunday. January 8, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE .
Shirley Baysinger of Jackson
and Joe Dolan of Medford. Cards
were played and refreshments
served.
Mr. and Mrs. Ruby Baysing
er, former Jacksonville residents,
now of Sacramento, Calif., were
last weekend visitors in this
area.
Christmas day guests at the
-home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Curl were his mother, Mrs.
Sarah Curl of Grants Pass and
Mrs. Curl's brother, Jake Curl
of Gold Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Berntson
announced the birth of a baby
daughter on December 29. The
baby has been named Rebecca
Lynn.
New Years day the Berntson
family held a dinner at the H.
A. Berntson home in Jacksonville.
Eddie Berntson is in Kelsey
ville, Calif., at the home of Dr.
Patmont, a family friend. He ex
pects to be there quite a while
and assist the doctor in his work.
if any items of news cojne to
your attention, or mail them to '
P.O. Box 38, Jacksonville. In.
this way this column can be
made more interesting and bet
ter service to the community".
Carl Hoskins and nephew Pat
Hubbard accompanied by the
family s two Labradors 'Jet' and
'Panther', took an end of the sea
son duck hunting jaunt Dec. 30.
The pups throughly enjoyed an
icy dip in the Klamath river and
a final 'fetching" of the ducks
for this year.
Residents in the Jacksonville
area are asked to phone 9-8209
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Mrs. Lulu Saulsberry spent
the Christmas holidays at the
home of her son John Saulsber
ry in Berkeley, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Omar Culy and
Mrs. C. W. Culy returned this
week from a Christmas vacation
spent in Mora Bay, Calif. They
visited at the home of Culy's
sister and family Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Pease. While there they en
joyed temperatures of 82 de
grees and came home wearing
California sun tans.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Allard
of Darwin, Calif., spent the
Christmas holiday in the valley
visiting friends and relatives in
Jacksonville and Medford. Mrs.
Allard is the former Pat Marks
of Medford.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Watts and
Mrs. R. T. Darting of Central
Point were Christmas dinner
guests at the Archie Rock home.
Guests at the Carl Hoskins
home New Year's eve were Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Lamb of Mag
nolia lane, Medford.
New Years guests at the John
R. Hamaker home were Mr. and
Mrs. Milton James and children.
A New Year's eve watch par
ty was held at the home of Mrs.
Velma Moon. Guests attending
were Mr. and Mrs. Daniel King
of Medford, Mr. and Mrs. Dale
McCay of Medford, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Baysinger and Miss
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FIRST FEDERAL
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDFORD
29 NORTH IVY STREET
MEDFORD, OREGON DECEMBER 3T, 1956
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
ASSETS
First Mortgage loans
Investments and Securities
Cash on Hand and in Banks
Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment, less depreciation
Total Assets
$2,856,009.85
190,000.00
162,754.06
8,916.05
$3,2 17,679.96
LIABILITIES
Members' Share Accounts
Advances from Federal Home Loan Bank
Loans in Process ;
Other Liabilities "
Specific Reserves '.
General Reserves
Undivided Profits L
$210,190.58
16,559.79
Total Liabilities
.$2,697,782.45
. 150,000.00
. 141,874.54
972.60
300.00
226,750.37
.$3,217,679.96
Officers and Staff
R. F. Kyle, President
A. J. Hanby, Vice-President
John E. Myers, Secretary-Treasurer
Robert F. Kyle, Jr., Asst. Secretary
Mary Jane Myers, Asst. Treasurer
Janet Crosby, Cashier
Nancy lambo. Asst. Cashier
Directors
A. J. Hanby
Herbert G. Grey
John Niedermeyer
John E. Myers
R. F. Kyle
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