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c ILUHOIS YALLEY Liont Net $200 for Blind By HELEN BOTTEL Cave Junction Over S200 ha bed cleared for the local tight irfcd blind fund by Illinois Valley Lions who wound up their liht globe sale Tuesday night with a steak dinner at the Todelope cafe in Cave Junction The winning team members headed by Jewell Bunch, were dinner guests of the losers. whose chairman was Walt Col pitts. All proceeds will be used for sight and blind aid in the valley. A committee was appointed to select a play for the annual Lion extravaganza. Skimming Low, to be held April 26 and 27 Members are Wes Peters, Walt Colpitts, Casey Piller, Dr. Jo seph Meyer and Bob Cherry. Money raised from these per formances finances the Lions summer recreation program. Crgia Adams, an Illinois Valley high school instructor, showed films and gave a talk on her experiences as a mem ber of a Red Cross team in Jap arPand China. On display were antiques Miss Adams brought back with her from the Far East. Guests ycre Howard Bearss Wesley Vahrenwald, Al Bouch- I er and Dick Elson. The Win or Lose group threw caution to the winds Sun O day when they celebrated a year of dieting with a big steak dinner at the Todelope cafe. The annual banquet is financ ed by fines voluntarily extract ed from members who have fail ed to hold the- weight line. A goal of minus one pound every two weeks is the usual requisite, and a dollar is payment for not holding the line. Secret pals were revealed at an Eagles auxiliary party on Thursday night, Feb. 7, in Ker- by. Although new names were drawn, those who were not pre sent may still select their sec ret pals at the next meeting. O Nearly 100 young people par ticipated in the first of a series of Singspirations at Bridgeview Community church last Sunday. O The afternoon of song and special musical numbers, spon sored by church youth groups throughout the valley, is being planned as a monthly affair. Don Brown of the Selma Bap tist church was master of cere monies. Outstanding members were presented by Mrs. Ed Mi chel of O'Brien by the guitar and soloist Perry Lee Pullen. Next Singspirgtion is planned at the Selma church at 2 p.m., 3larch 10. 0 Color sildes of a 521-unit house trailer caravan to Mexi co were s&own b Les Hoff at O thS Illinois Valley Grange meet q lng Oeld Thursday, Feb. 7, at Bridgeview. Mr. and Mr$ Hoff made the 3500-Oiile round trip in Janu ry, 1955, shortly after they bought the old Causey ranch near Cave Junction. The cara van, which took up nearly four irtiles of theg highway, traveled down the west side of Mexico and returned by the eastern route. Films of Florida were also shown by Hoff. Bill Raines, ijgent for Stark Brothers nursery, told of oppor tunities for commercial orch ards in the valley, and announc ed the fruit and nut growers meeting to be held on Tuesday at the Legion hall. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hoff are clearing their 10 acres of land on the Illinois river and will plant it to dwarf apples and Christmas trees. The Hoffs are retired southern Californians. Illinois Valley High school students won three of nine de bates with the Grants Pass de bate team Thursday when they discussed the pros and cons of United States agricultural pol icies, at Grants Pass High school. On the local teams were Jean Knight and Karen Kuil, Linda Marshall and Norma Martin and Arlene Banks and Shirley Brewer. Ed Grosh, managing forester of Portola Tree Farms, demon strated Christmas tree planting at the E. W. (Jiggs) Morris tree farm Thursday, Feb. 7, to members of the Southern Ore gon Christmas Tree association. According to Morris, presi dent of the associatoin, similar demonstrations will be given during February, or until all of this year's seedlings are in. He is inviting Illinois Valley High school vocational agriculture classes to participate in one of the tours. Technical men in the forest in dustry or representatives from Oregon State college will come to the valley to conduct educa tional field trips on all phases of tree farming, if sufficient re quests are made here, Morris said. Sixteen members of Lorene Yeargan's Girl Scout trpop 201 went skating at the Grants Pass Rollerdrome last Saturday after noon. They were accompanied by Mrs. Yeargan, Carol Costello and Anna Paulson. County Judge Raymond Lath rop has been invited to discuss taxes at the next Grange meet ing February 21. The usual pot luck dinnerOwill preceed the meeting at 6:30. Grange Master Jiggs Morris invited the public to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Van Johnson gave dancing instruction and as sisted with music at the eighth grade Girl Scout troop Valen tine nartv Fridav night. Feb. 8, at the Eagles hall in Kerby. The girls planned and served refreshments to some 25 of their eighth erade friends. Itol Col pitts helped with arrangements while troop leader Emma Castle- berry and Evon Carothers actea as chaparones. Visitine Mrs. Eleanor Lillich for the past three weeks were her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Lillich and John, who re cently returned from New Zea land. The Lillich family has lived in New Zealand off and on since the end of World War II, and had not been in the United States since 1954. Having sold their farm overseas, they now plan to settle in Oregon, iney left Monday morning for Clat skanine, Ore., to see Mrs. Lil lich' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Van. Mrs. John Milburn left Mon day for California, where she will first visit her granddaugh ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brown of Vallejo. Her itinerary will include a stop at Los An geles to see friends and rela tives, a trip to Mexico City and possible a journey east to meet her son. Col. Frank Moyers, who will return from Africa this summer. The colonel is second in com mand of strategic air materiel fr the European-Asian area, and is stationed at Casa Blanca. French Monoco. Three visitors from Grants PS provided an afternoon's entertainment for Illinois Val ley Federated Women' club members Friday at the home of Mrs. Frank Rauber, president. A trio of French air was pre sented by Mrs. Sidney Bazett, at the cello and Mrs. Robert Sun Life, Canada, Reports Record in Policy Payments '56 new insurance an ail-time high; $7 billion new in force; United States business up substantially. Another all-time record in the sixty -two year United J States history of the Sug, Life Assurance company of Canada and a new and increased divi dend scale that will further re duce the cost of insurance to policy holders, have been an nounced by George W. Bourke. President at the company's Annual Meeting. Total new life insurance sold in 1956 amount ed to $854 million, largest amount ever sold by Sun Life and an increase of $93 million over the preceding ygpr. A sub stantial proportion of the new business originated in the UnHd States, where the Sun Life has 37 b of its inftirance in force. Included in the 1956 figure was S259 million of grijup insurance, or 30 of the total. Sun Life's insurance in force has now passed the S7 billion mark, also a new high. Policyholders' dividends are again b?ing increased, and in 19di fe Company will pay policy dividends amounting to S31 million, more than in any previs year and S2.700.000 more than the amount paid in 19r6. The Sun Life Report also re veals that S137 million was paid to policyholders and bene ficiaries during 1956. the larg est amount ever distributed by the Company in one year. Of the total. $94 million was paid to living policyholders and annuitants. Mr. Bourke pointed out that during 1956, even though tight er credit conditions existed in the United States and Canada, the Sun Life advanced some S89 million in new mortgage loans in the two countries. Thus the Company provided once again a very substantial amount of money for construction of new homes and for expansion of various types of business en terprises. Sun Life's mortgage loan aecount now stands at S460 million. In his Report to the holders of the Company's two million policies and group certificates, Mr. Bourke expressed the be lief that, with the prospect of continued expansion, the vol ume of new life insurance will continue to grow and that Sun Life's outlook for the future is an optimistic one. "In the high ly competitive atmosphere in which we operate.", he said. 'the Sun Life will continue to be responsive to public needs, and anxious at all rimes to im prove the service we have to offer." A copy of Sun Life's com plete 1956 Annual Report, in cluding the President's review of the year, is being sent to each policyholder. Further de tails may be obtained from Charles E. Jones, Rep., phone 2-9772. Frantr at the panlo. Mrs. Bazett briefly described the music and it composer before the selec tions, which included "The Swan," by Saint Saens; "Elegy," Faure and "Pece in the Formala Ha Bauera," by Ravel. Mrs. Paul Skinner, a collector of Oregon history, told legends of Southern Oregon, described the Rogue Indians and related a number of "firsts" for this Caroline Faust, county agent, has asked Mrs. Les Basham's 4-H sewing club to make up a kit of first-year sewing projects, to be exhibited in the Grants Pass office. Next club meeting is Wednesday, March 6. Harold Haslock was named supervisor of the Cave' Junction Airwatch station at a meeting held Thursday at the Legion hall. He replaces Betty Burnett who has submitted her resigna tion. The station must be moved from its present location on the Mulvey property, as owners have the land up for sale, it was announced. Several locations were considered at the Thursday meeting. Until the building is moved, no airwatches will be maintained in Cave Junction. MSgt. Clifford Poulson of Medford showed films of ground observers corps work. Second polio shots and boost ers will be given at the Illinois Valley High school February 21 and at Kerby Grade school on February 25 beginning at 8:30 a.m. The clinic will last approxi mately one hour at each school. High school students and school and pre-school children from the O'Brien and Cave Junc tion areas will receive their shots at the high school, while Kerby and Selma children are scheduled for the Kerby clinic. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ten Eyck ot 'OBrien will show color slides of Korea, and will de scribe that country's life and customs at the O'Brien Parent Teacher's Association meeting February 21. Monday. rkniary 18, 1957 'MEDFORD (OREGON MAIL TSIBTJKE FIVE The young couple will appear in their wedding costumes, worn at their marriage in Korea, where Dick was a soldier and Sonia was the daughter of a Ko rean industralist. , Martha Woolley, county health nurse, is arranging a program on mental health for the Evergreen Parent-T e a c h e r s Association meeting Monday, Feb. 18. A film on family life will be shown. A brief Founder's Day mess age is to be presented by Mrs. Harold Crowl, past president of the Kerby and high school PTA groups. USED LION FOR SALE Detroit U.R) Wanna buy a lion? Frank G. Mclnnis, Detroit zoo director, told 60 zoo officials from major cities Sunday he was interested in selling or swapping a male lion in order to pick up some birds, an antelope or a young chimp. A committee to nominate next year's officers will be elected. President Emily Allen has in vited all parents, whether Evergreen PTA members or not, to attend the meeting. . Refreshments of caka and coffee will be served. . Tugman President of Oregon Press Conference Eugene (U.P William Tugman, publisher of the Port Umpqua Courier at Reedsport, Saturday was elected president of the 1958 Oregon Press Con ference here. Re-elected as the Oregon Press Conference represntative to the Eric Allen Memorial Board of Trustees was Vern McKinney of the Hillsboro Argus, Carl Webb of the University of Oregon was reelected secretary - treasurer of the conference. Read and Use Classified Ada 4 BIG FREE PARKING LOTS IN BACK OF STORI (GE(ID(CIErriEIffiIM SIXTH AND GRAPE STREETS OPEN 7 DAYS A O WEEK UNTIL V P.M. CETERIA 6R0 PRODUCE IS Lr Lm S Lru L& Lm NOBODY, BUT NOBODY CAN TOP OUR VEGETABLES! Fresh From the Farm Produce Is Rushed To Your Groceteria by Fast Refrigerated Truck. 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