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
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Mr. and Mrs. William J. Sow
ell were dinner guests of the
Crater Lake Machinery company
Monday evening at Mildred's
Cafe in Kerby.
The company's manager.
Crock Hunter was host at the
affair. Others present were sales
representatives Sam Jones and
Lloyd McCulloch-
Following the dinner, films of
new heavy equipment were
shown at the Sowell home, and
the Sowells in turn ran pictures
of Japan, taken by their son
PFC Clifford Sowell.
Sowell's company has done
most of the road building in
the Bray back area, and it was
he who put in the big 12-foot
culvert there, the largest ever
installed in this area.. To be com
pleted by the company this
year are one and one-half miles
of road at Grayback which will
lead to 13,800,000 board feet of
government timber.
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.
Radio Workshop The class
MAN OUTRACES BOAT
Vienna IU.R) A passenger
riding a ferry across the Saint
Wolfgang Lake in the Austrian
province of Salzburg decided
that Eliza's way was best of all.
The man, tired of waiting for
the craft to make its way through
the frozen lake, walked on the
ice to the other side and beat
the ferry by half an hour.
will include radio script writing,
production, engineering orienta
tion and announcing with op
portunities for preparing and
participating in radio broadcasts.
Welding (Electric Arc) The
arc welding class consists of
instruction and practice in flat,
vertical and overhead welding.
The classes are set up for jour
neymen craftsmen who want to
improve their welding.
Additional information con
cerning hours of classes, loca
tions where classes will be held,
the instructor, and length of
course may be obtained from
Vinsel at the high school.
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