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.
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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.
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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.
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