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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wedneiday, April 3, 1957 ILLINOIS VALLEY PTA Officers Elected By HELEN BOTTEL Cave Junction Douglas Han by was elected president of the Illinois Valley High school Parent-Teacher Association Thurs day night. His officers include Mrs. Joe Ollis, vice-president; Vrs. J. Van Johnson, secretary and Mrs. Frank Gibbons, treas urer. Out-going president is Don Rosenberg. A program of popular music was presented by the high school band, under the direction of Van Johnson. As their contribution to the 1 Playhouse for impromptu jam sessions. He hopes to turn it into a gathering place for young peo ple all over the valley. An average of from six to 10 cases of basic rule violation a week are tried in Illinois Valley Justice court as a result of the radar check being conducted on the Redwood highway in recent weeks. Each violator has been fined the minimum of S15 and costs. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gant of Holland announce the arrival of school this year, PTA members! a new grandchild, a daughter, have voted a $75 scholarship to! born Sunday, March 24, to Mr. ber, is now able to get around in a wheel chair, Ortis reports. The- Rev. and Mrs. George Gray drove down with their son-in-law as far as San Jose, where they visited their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. James Em bry, and also spent some time with their son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Gray. Mrs. Gray is the former Dorothy Murdock of Cave Junction. be given to a member of the lo cal graduating class. Selection will b made by a panel of teachers. A joint installation is planned for May 5, when officers of the five Illinois Valley schools will be introduced in ceremonies at the Illinois Valley High school. Another planning meeting for the event is set for 4 p.m., April 23, at the high school cafeteria. Representatives of each school are asked to attend. and Mrs. Richard Gant of Los Angeles, Calif. With the Third Marine divi sion on the Island of Luzon is Marine Pfc. William E. Neil, son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Neil of Cave Junction. He recently participated in the largest ship-to-shore landing held in the Far East since World War II. New officers for Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4390, as elected Thursday night at the VFW hall are Bernie Cornett, commander; Laurence George, senior vice-commander; Alfred Mellow, junior vice-commander; Dave Chamberlain, quarter master; C. Y. Arnold, chaplain; Ed Piersall, judge advocate and Jimmy Arnold, three-year trus tee. Joint Post and auxiliary in stallation ceremonies are to be held April 25 at 8 p.m. at the American Legion hall in Cave Junction. Don Krotz of Shady Cove, district commander of the VFW, will act as installing offi cer for the men; while Mrs. Krotz, district president of the auxiliary, will install unit offi cers. Plans for the Buddy Poppy profciam in May, and for the Il linois Valley's July 4 celebration were made during the meeting. At a recent Evergreen Parent- Teacher Association executive board meeting a decision was made not to send a delegate to the State Convention at Pendle ton unless one of the new offi cers could make the trip. Officers will be elected at the next meeting, April 15. Shamrock club square dances are now being held on the first and third Saturdays of each month at the high school. They were previously given every Saturday. Mrs. Nettie Sowell, who has managed Nettie's United service station in Cave Junction for the past two years, announced the tale of her inventory to Jim Crawford of Wolf Creek. The sale did not include buildings, located at Colby's Court in the south end of town. Crawford took over operation of the station last week and has moved with his family to Kerby. His five children are James Jr., Janet, Rod, Mark and Geary. Following trip to Washington, Mrs. Sowell plans to spend her time on chrome mining ventures, Before taking over the station in 1955 from Dick Saunders, she operated a logging truck in the valley. Because of a two-hour power outage at Selma Thursday night, the Cub Scout organizational meeting drew few parents to the school. Lights came on around 8 p.m. A Cub Scout den is still being considered at Selma, but may be dropped for want of parent leadership. Elected as delegates to the VFW district meeting in Rogue River May 5 are Lucille Arnold and Priscilla Mellow1, and as al ternates, Alice Beem and Char lotte Tryon. At their meeting Thursday night VFW auxiliary members planned to send cookies and candy to Camp White for Easter. They are also working' on articles for the Camp's gift shop. Men joined the ladies for a social hour following the two metings. Mr. and Mrs. Leo DeMoss are closing their Siskiyou cafe at the state line for five weeks and will leave soon for Las Angeles where their 6-year-old son, Lu ther, will receive a medical check-up. Mrs. Lela Parsons of O'Brien left Friday for an extended visit with her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Car ter, in Elma, Wash. Her son and family, the James Cookes, will stay at the Parsons home during her absence. ' At the opening of Melody Lane Playhouse in O'Brien Wednesday, April 3, gifts will be given to everyone. Owner Paul Schneider has provided pool and snooker tables, ping pong and a ten-pins game, in addition to a juke box for dancing and a soft drink dis penser. Another attraction for 'tween agers is the magazine rack where kids may bring their comic books to exchange. Schneider especially invites young instrumentalists to the Election of officers is planned by the Western Star Social club, Order of Eastern Star, at their potluck luncheon meeting at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 2. Work on items for the annual St. Matthias Guild bazaar is an nounced for the next meeting, Wednesday, April 3, starting at 10 a.m. Members are asked to bring scissors, needles and thread. Ross Turpin, who takes over his duties as Cave Junction po lice officer April 1, moved to Cave Junction this week. Mrs. Turpin and their two children, Make, 9, and Pat, 5, will remain in Grants Pass until school is out. Turpin comes to his new post well-equipped for police work. He served on the Grants Pass ponce lorce lor live ana one- half years and has also been em ployed as recreational super visor in that city. At present he is Instructor In the Junior Rifle club, sponsored by the National Rifle association Mrs. Turpin is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Duncan who own the "Paint Pot" in Cave Junction. Ortis Seat returned Tuesday from Los Angeles where he vis ited his mother, Mary Seat, and his brother, Orval. Mrs.. Seat, who broke her hip last Septem- Make Every Cent Count! K Open or add to yottr U savings account by April 10... ' Earn 2Yz Interest from April I MEDFORD BRANCH Mwtff Fttr DvpNft hflM Corprattt! a At the meeting of the South ern Oregon Christmas Tree asso ciation Monday night, March 25, M. A. Sprague, a Selma tree far mer, reported on his recent visit to the Northwest Christmas Tree association meeting in Port land. He and Ed .Grosh of the Portola Tree Farms represented the local group at the meeting. After a demonstration of Christmas tree culture, Clark Davis of San Francisco, Calif., talked on the benefits of belong ing to a Christmas tree associa tion. Davis, who manufactures a flocking machine for applying artificial snow to Christmas trees, gave a demonstration of his product. Next meeting is set for April 22 at the Legion hall. Home Tuesday from Washing ton were Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Cooke and son, Pat Logan, who visited Mr. Cooke's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Carter at Elma, and his brother and family, the Gordon Cookes, at Port Angeles. During their parents' four-day absence from Cave Junction, two of the Cooke children, Susan and Douglas stayed with their grandmother, Mrs. Lei Parsons at O'Brien, while Jim visited at the Howard Yarbrough home in Cave Junction. The Young Adult group of Immanuel Methodist church elected temporary officers at an organizational meeting Friday, March 22, at the church. Richard Eddy was named tem porary president. Chairmanships went to Don Smith, recreation; Dave Chamberlain, program, and Vern Larson, devotions. An evening of recreation was followed by devotions and re freshments. Next meeting is set for Fri day, April 5, at 8 p.m. Mrs. Vern Larson and Mrs. Robert Smith will serve as hostesses. Election of officers is planned for the Selma Parent - Teacher association meeting Thursday, April 4. Attending the sub - district meeting of the Women's Society of Christ Service at Gold Hill Methodist church Wednesday were Mrs. Lucius Robinson, Mrs. Lester Archer, Mrs. George Cook and Mrs. Robert Kings bury. . - Mrs. Kingsbury led the clos- Shady Cove Students Visit Airport, M-T Twenty-one sixth grade Shady Cove elementary school students were taken on a field trip yes terday tothe Medford municipal airport and the Medford Mail Tribune building. Students were Wilber Boat wright, Johny O'Brien, Douglas Stout, Lee House, Pat Barr, Lin da Winslow, Donna Jack, Lindy Langston, Gloria Collins, Karen Britt, Patty Wood, Rita Spain, Greg Wolfe, Marvin Stout. Ira Connor, Charles Henry, Richard LaGrave, Darold Meinecke, Dan iel Wood, Gary Jackel and Den nis Stout. They were accompanied on the tour by William Croucher, Shady Cove teacher, and two guests, Mrs. Mike Wood and Mrs. John Collins. ing worship service for the group. Fourth graders of Evergreen school, together with their teach er, Mrs. Dave Wilson, and sev eral parents, visited the Illinois Valley dairy Thursday after noon where they watched the milking machines and were con ducted on a tour of the dairy by owners Robert and George Mar tin. Mrs. Martin served ice cream to all the youngsters. Mrs. J. H. Van Buskirk of Castro Valley, Calif., is at the home of her parents,. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Martin, where she is recuperating from a re cent illness. It's a new grandson for Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hall of Cave Junc tion. Their son and daughter-in-law, Air Force Lieutenant and Mrs. William Raster, of Spo kane, Wash., announced the ar rival of their first child, William Eugene II, born on March 27. Mrs. Kester is the former Anna mae Meyer of Grants Pass. The Missionettes, newly form ed girls' club, met at the Assem bly of God church in Kerby Tuesday afternoon to work on their first project, a baby quilt. New members welcomed were Shirley Brewer, Lela Skinner, Patty Barnes and Linda Hunter. Deputy Sheriff Les Tythcott was called out on aiother "lost boy" hunt last week, when'2Vfc-year-old Warren H. Williams Jr of Rough and Ready Flats wan dered away from home. The little boy was found within half an hour near Rough and Ready creek, which at this time of year is a good-sized stream. A total of 672 boxes of Girl Scout cookies were sold in the Ilinois Valley during Girl Scout week. Of the profits, nearly $70 goes to local troops while $100 will help support troop camps. MMMNi 'm mini jjiin iiimrrrriiiiii TOOTING HIS NEIGHBOR'S HORN Sitting on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay and watching the ships go' by is a lonely job for Warden Paul J. Madigan. So after 2V2 years of seeing the vessels plod in and out of the Golden Gate, Madigan decided to get to know his "neigh bors." Here, he visits the bridge of the American Presi dent liner SS President Hoover. He's getting a helping hand from Captain Valdmar Nielsen as he salutes the "Rock" with the ship's whistle. Union Blacklists Liner Queen Mary London (U.R) The giant luxury liner Queen Mary was an exile from its home port to day despite the decision by Brit ain's dockworkers to call off their nationwide strike. Union leaders at Southampton blacklisted the 81,237-ton liner, the world's second largest, be cause it left port with the aid of Royal Navy tugs last week when regular tug crews refus ed to handle it during the strike. The queen put into Cherbourg, France, on its return from New York Monday after the dock unions warned they would not unload it at Southampton, the port from which it has sailed to the United States for more than 20 years. A smaller Cunard liner, the Ivernia, ferried 1,100 passengers from Cherbourg to Plymouth on Tuesday. They arrived just in time to learn the strike had end Marysville Boy On Shooting Spree Marysville, Calif. . (U.R) A 14-year-old boy fatally shot his grandmother, wounded two eld erly men, then shot and killed I himself Tuesday without any apparent reason. Police Chief Jack O. Blevins said the youth, identified as Felton Yarborough, used a .22 caliber rifle to shoot his 70-year-olj grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Yarborough, as she rested on the living room sofa. The boy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Yarborough, said they had no idea what had provoked their son into committing the fatal shooting. After killing his grandmother, Blevins said, young Felton ran from the house and fired five shots at two elderly pensioners sitting on a nearby park bench. The police chief said the boy then put the muzzle of the rifle in his mouth and pulled the trigger. oe D DSD o J r if. 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