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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. January 27, 1957 ILLINOIS VALLEY Home Destroyed by Fire By HELEN BOTTEL Cave Junction The Martin T. Rouse home in Rough and Ready flats near O'Brien burned to the ground Wednesday noon. No fur niture or personal belongings were saved, but volunteers from the Illinois Valley Fire Protec tion district kept the blaze from spreading to a nearby guest house, shed and garage. Fire trucks from O'Brien and Cave Junction answered the alarm. Full insurance was carried on the house and furniture. Rouse said The fire started from a de fective flue. basket now being filled with handmade articles. It will be sold sometime this spring. 70 meeting held here Wednes day night, Jan. 16. j At the Legion Auxiliary meet ; ing Wednesday, plans were ' made for members to visit Rose ' burg Veterans hospital and , Camp White in the near future Local March of Dimes Chair man Don Rosenberg has appoint ed Mrs. Marvin Cross to head the Mothers' march here this month. Dr. Joseph Meyer has been asked to contact Valley organi zations and clubs for contribu tions to the polio fnd. Marcia Renee is the name cho sen by Mr. and Mrs. C. Guy Stem for their new daughter, born Jan. 17 at Josephine Gen eral hospital The baby's grand parents are Dr. and Mrs. C. G. Stem of Cave Junction and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Nosier of Co quille. Mrs. Nosier arrived last week end to assist her daughter with the new arrival- This is the tenth grandchild for the elder Stems and the fourth granddaughter for the Noslers. The Grants Pass Eagles drill team, together with their presi dent Harry Baker, visited Eagles Aeri No. 3055 Thursday night, Jan. 17. Anna Paulson, a teacher at Kerby school was initiated into the Eagles Auxiliary at its regu lar Thursday meeting- President Dorothy Piller conducted the formal initiation ceremony. A visitor from Grants Pass was June Bomaman, formerly of Kerby. Refreshments were served following the meeting. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hal Moore Sr. at Kerby this week is their granddaughter. Valarie David of Costa Mesa, Calif. She came to the Valley with Mr. and Mrs- Vern Yeargan who re turned to their home Saturday from a California trip. The Illinois Valley Civic Women's League raised money for their scholarship fund with a food sale Saturday at the Illi nois Valley Cleaners. Another fund raising project is the linen Mr. and Mrs. Tom Duncan spent last week end in Grants Pass with their daughter and grandson, Dorothea Gustafson and son Carl. Three miles of the White School road near Cave Junction are being graded and widened, in part, by the Illinois Valley crew of the county road depart ment. A replacement bridge and a culvert have been installed on the road. County road men graded the Old Stage road and the Lone Mountain valley road last week. Both of these roads were rebuilt during 1956 and are due for a heavy oil coat in the spring. . The County rock crusher has been set up on Sucker creek road near Bridgeview- Plans for a Washington's birthday dance were made at the American Legion Post No. Illinois Valley high school journalism students and their instructor Edwin Bridges at tended the Pacific Slope all coast press clinic at Seattle on Jan. 22 and 23. The meeting was held on the University of Washington cam pus. Ronine Rausch, Barbara Hawkins, Judy Collman, Karen Kuil and Pat Sowell made the trip. week Is being sponsored by the Grants Pass Active club. One of the highlights of the week will be the awarding of prizes in Cub, Scout and Explorer divi sions for best Scout window dec orations. Winners of the grand sweepstakes for 1954 and 1955 i were Scouts of Illinois Valley troop 20. In 1956, a Grants Pass cub pack took the top award, j Attending the dinner meeting ' from the Valley were Art Kel- lert, Orville Meredith, Scout- masters Gene Pulley and Ralph j Huber, Dave Wilson and Les : Henry- Among those here from Grants Pass were Alfred Middle ton, Wade Collins, Scout Execu tive Dick Lamb, Lew Merrill, Bob Hart, Bud Ray, and two rep resentatives of the Active club. Local High school debaters will go to Southern Oregon col lege in Ashland on Jan. 25 and 26 to take part in a' debate tour nament with other teams from southern Oregon schools. Coached by instructor Don Brown, the speech students are preparing their debate on the subject: "Resolved: that the fed eral government should adopt the basic principles of the Bran nan Plan " DRIVE-IN CLEANERS "YOUR CASH AND CARRY CLEANERS" Q FASTEST SERVICE Q BRIGHTER CLEANING All Your Garments In Plastic Bags 2 Convenient Locations 844 S. Riverside 702 West Main SI. 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An open discussion on the Oregon tax situation followed a potluck dinner for Grange mem bers and their guests Thursday, Jan. 17, at the Bridgeview Grange hall. It was generally felt by the group that the present tax struc ture throws a too-great burden on property owners.- A state sales tax to reduce the present high income tax was discussed. Plans for the annual Boy Scout week were made at a Roaring Rogue District meeting held Thursday night, Jan. 17, at Nowman's cafe in Cave Junc tion. The recognition banquet, to which all Scouters and their wives are invited, is scheduled for Feb. 11 at Jerome Prairie community hall. Again this year Boy Scout An organizational meeting for the Illinois Valley choral group was held Thursday evening, January 17, at the high school music room. Music instructor J. Van John son led the group of 25 singers in a pracitce session for their Easter program. Johnson hopes to increase the chorus to 60 people. Home from their reseeding ex pedition on the Inaja burn at El Cajon are smokejumpers Or ville Looper and Phil Clark Jr. of Cave Junction, and U.S. For est Service pilot Ed Scholz of Grants Pass. The men were responsible for air planting 221,000 pounds of rye grass seed on the recently burned over area near San Diego. O'Brien school children got their long-awaited ride on the big red fire truck Friday. Driv en by fire-in-chief Herb Falken hayn and manned by O'Brien fire chief Vibert Kirk, the Illi nois Valley fire truck made trips up the Lone Mountain Valley road and down the Redwood tiighway. Youngsters also re ceived instruction on fire safety practices from the two chiefs. Practical Nurse Course Among Adult Evening Classes This Year The need for a Josephine county child guidance clinic was emphasized Thursday night at the O'Brien Parent-Teachers As sociation meeting by Gail Daugherty of Grants Pass, a member of the county mental health study group. Mrs. Daugherty described work being done by the study group toward organization of a psychiatric clinic for mentally disturbed children. If problems are detected and treated early, she said, many complications can be avoided. Wiliam J. McLean, secretary of the Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce, discussed Rogue Valley flood control at a meet ing of the Democratic club here Monday night, McLean is on the planning committee for the pro posed Sucker creek irrigation project, which was said to be feasible in a preliminary report by army engineers last year. The possibility of a hydro electric plant in connection with A course in practical nursing for women who are employed in homes and hospitals is among 18 courses scheduled for the win ter term adult evening classes sponsored by the Medford school system, Lindsay M. Vinsel, di rector of adult education, has announced. Registration for evening classes will be by telephone Wednesday. Thursday and Fri day, Jan. 30, 31 and Feb. 1. Vinsel said. Those interested have been asked to telephone Vinsel at Medford 3-5341. Advanced Registration Purpose of advanced registra tion is to determine whether sufficient adults are interested to hold the class, he said. The classes are adult self-improvement courses and no school cred it is given, he pointed out. The practical nursing course will consist of correlating physi ology and anatomy with the symptoms and treatment of med ical diseases and will include first aid measures, bedside care, doctor's orders, and exnlanation of the laboratory finding. It will be held in room 11 at Medford High school between 7 and 9:30 p.m. for 12 weeks. Starting date has not been set, Vinsel said. The state division of vocational education will pro vide certificates to those stu dents who complete the course. Other courses include: Tailoring Three 12-week classes are tentatively scheduled for women with considerable Peace Officers Set Gold Hill Meeting The monthly meeting of the Southern Oregon Peace Officers association will be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 30, at the Dardenelle's Gold Hill, according to Medford Police Sergeant Lyle Perkins, president of the association. A program will be conducted by Claude Haggard, safety di rector for the California Oregon Power company. It will consist of demonstrations on electricity. Robert Wievesiek, secretary treasurer of the association, has authorized the purchase of a nickle-plated snub nosed revol ver suitable for off-duty use, Perkins said. A drawing will be held and it will be presented to one of the officers attending. local flood control and irriga tion projects was mentioned, as a means of lowering power rates Charles Brooks, former pub lic relations man for the Coos Curry county co-op has been asked to speak at the Club's next meeting on Feb. 4. skill in sewing and experience in sewing techniques. Those in terested in taking the course have been asked not to purchase material or patterns until after meeting with the instructor. Cake Decoration Three 10 week classes are scheduled in the class which will start with simple decorations and advanc es through three types of roses, daffodils, forget-me-nots, and other designs. Lamp Shade Two 10-week classes in lamp shade will con sist of instructions in techniques of making shades for the home. Advanced Sewing Techniques The course is interrelated with all clothing instruction and is designed to give students confidence in step by step pro cesses. As time permits, special sewing problems of individual class members will be analyzed and worked out. Clothing These classes will consist in construction of a cot ton dress along with demonstra tions on such subjects as purch asing correct size Dattern. choos ing suitable fabrics and other timesaving methods of clothing construction. The course is for women who have some know ledge and experience of sewing and ability to do adequate con struction. .Children's Clothing The class will consist of construction of a child's garment, selection of design and fabric, pattern measurement, and alteration of patterns for individual require ments. The course is for women who have some knowledge and. exnerience in sewing. Millinery Fundamentals of millinery including materials, stitches and styles will be taught in the millinery course. Prepar ation of an old felt hat to remod el and designing, blocking and fabricating a new hat also will be included. Drawing and Sketching The class consists of figure drawing and the study of prespective problems. SculoJure The class will de velop two or more designs in clay. Emphasis will be placed on the technical process of model ing and casting, and one of the designs will be cast in plaster for reproduction purposes. Water Color Painting The class will consist of water eolor .theory, demonstrations and ex perimentation m color. Industrial Arts Project In dividual woodworking projects with instruction in hand and machine tool operations, meth ods of construction, and finish ing techniques are included in the course. Enrollees have been asked to purchase material aft er the first class session when projects are checked with the instructor. Creative Writing Practice The class is intended for people who are either engaged in some form of creative writing or for those who are interested in try ing to write creatively. It will consist of a lecture and discus sion of techniques for plot con struction, character develop ment, mood, emphasis and ana lysis. Some attention will be de voted to manuscript form and marketing techniques. Parliamentary Procedures The class is devoted to the study, explanation, demonstra tion, application, and practice of correct parliamentary proce dures in the conduct of group meetings. Textile Design The class will cover such projects as spatter painting, vegetable prints, linoleum block prints, silk screen, stencils, and the forms of applied arts which may be used to make articles such as aprons, scarves, skirts, lunch eon sets, placemats and cur tains. Conversational Spanish The class will consist of vocabulary development for local and trav el use, conjugation of the more commonly used verbs, guide in class conversation and reading assignments for idioms and vo cabulary development. 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