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ILLINOIS VALLEY Give Citizenship Awards By HELEN BOTTEL Cave Junction Bill Young, son of Air. and Mrs. Glen Young of Kerby, and Marie Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Adams, also of Kerby, are winners of the fc Stem Citizenship award at Illinois valley High school. The award, made each year by C. Guy Stem, jeweler, is based on class conduct, co operation, willingness, and all around good citizenship. Bill will receive a Hamilton wrist watch, while Marie is to have an Elgin wrist watch. Awards will be presented at the Awards Assembly at the school May 27. Winner of last year)s Stem award was Micky Swift, now o Redding. John White, president of Chemical Metallurgical Enter prises, Salt Lake City, ar rived in Cave Junction Mon day to look over property con nected with nickel mining in this area. He is connected with nickel mining in this area. He is connected with Nickel Corporation of Amer ica, the company which con ducted exploration work , in the Illinois Valley last year. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Curnow of Rough and Ready flats are moving to Ashland after 37 years in the Illinois valley, Curnow, who has worked as a logger and miner during jnost of his stay here, .plans to retire soon ajt his new home. He is a member of the Vet erans of World War I and both have been active in Parent-Teacher association work while their children and their grandchildren were attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brading of Cave Junction, who recent ly sold the local Dairy Queen to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bow ers, have purchased the Big Dipper in Grants Pass, and moved to their new location Saturday. They have taken a home on Seventh st. near their business establishment. Patrick Love of O'Brien celebrated his 11th birthday Sunday with a party for sev eral of his friends. His mother and grand mother, Mrs. Bill Love and Mrs. Hubert Love, served cake and ice cream during the afternoon, and later Pat's father took the children to the show at Cave Junction. A Mothers' Day tea -was combined with the annual pre school round-up Monday after noon at O'Brien school. Mrs. Carol Bullard's first and second graders presented a play, "The Donkey's Band.'j with children in animals' heads playing the part of the four who routed the robbers in the well-known fairy tale. Third and fourth grade stu dents, under the direction of Mrs. Eileen Orton, depicted the work in their social studies class with a playlet which emphasized world brotherhood. Tentative plans f or.a.Grange dance were made at the Ill inois Valley Grange potluck dinner meeting Thursday. Hugh Foster was named dance chairman, and the date was set for May 31. , The next Home Economics club meeting is scheduled for May 12 at the home of Ruth Wendt in Grants Pass., A pot luck luncheon is planned. Curtis Nasheim, chief dis trict warden for Josephine and Jackson counties, Howard Brock, assistant from Grants Pass, and Paul Mattesen, also Dear Annabelle... To Each Her Own By Nulade Annie DEAR ANNABELLE: I read your column every week and I like the advice you give to people writing in. I imagine you're the envy of every hen in these parts. Frankly, I flip my comb every time I see your picture. You've never indicated whether or not you have an attachment, but if not here's one rooster who'd like to know you better. I have a little nest all staked out. How about it, chicken? ROGER ROOSTER DEAR ROGE: I'm flattered by your offer and I bet you're lots of fun, but I'm afraid 111 have to decline. Thanks loads anyway. You see I'm a dedicated chicken, if you get what I mean. Romance for me is producing farm-fresh NULADE eggs for people who insist oa the very finest quality in the eggs they buy. If I could crow like you, Roge, I'd erow for local farm-fresh NULADE eggs. As they say, to each his own, or her own as th ease may be. of Grants Pass, were in the vallev last week checking on State Fire Patrol lookout stations. The old Kerby peak look out will be rebuilt, or possibly re-located on Roundtop, ac cording to an item in the Ill inois Valley News, and Waldo and Tennessee Lookouts will be manned this summer. In order to balance the PTA budget at O'Brien, a baked food and candy sale is planned for this Friday, May 9, at the Illinois Valley Cleaners in Cave Junction. Special Mothers' Day cakes and boxed candies will be on display, starting at 10 am Mrs. Gene Pulley is chairman of the sale. The Illinois Valley Minis terial association skating party was well attended last Monday, with Selma Baptist church winning the plaque for most members present. A complimentary turkey dinner for the second annual "Lovaltv Dinner" was held Wednesday, May 7, at Im- manuel Methodist church. Following the repast, the church program and budget for the year was presented and explained, and each mem ber was given an opportunity to share. Gordon White was general chairman for the af fair. Mrs. Les Hoff was hostess to the Western Star Social club Tuesday, May 6 at a pot luck luncheon. Visiting Dr. and Mrs. C. G Stem last week were Mr. and Mrs. Francis Vert of Placer viiie, Calif. Dr. Stem is Mrs Vert's brother. A Grants Pass man, Philip T. Hyde, has purchased the former Hanseth place in Kerby, and will move his fam ily to the valley soon. Mrs. Albert Scott returned last week from Tulare, Calif., where she and her son, Andy, went to visit Mrs. Scott s sis ter, Mrs. Myrtle Huff. Andy stayed at Tulare, where he is working in an orange grove. Al Hobart of Takilma had as guests last week his sister, Georgia Tooker, his brother, J. H. Hobart and a friend from Los Angeles. Mrs. Took er is a nurse in a Los Angeles hospitak Recent visitors at the Jim Hogue and Dave White homes in Kerby were Mr. and Mrs. Wes Downs, former residents of the valley, now of Coos Bay. Trustees Named To Pear Bureau Trustees and alternates to the Oregon-Washington - Cal ifornia Pear bureau were named at a recent meeting of the Medford Pear Shippers as sociation. ' Named as trustees were David Holmes, Floyd Baker, James Finegan, Howell Mur phy and Don Root. Their al ternates are Joe Naumes, Ray mond Reter, Harold Holmes, Dave Lowry and Lynn New bry. All of the trustees and al ternates served last year. Every pear-producing dis trict in the three-state area is represented by trustees on the- Oregon - Washington -California Pear bureau. They serve as the governing body of the research and promo tion organization, one of the most active and successful trade groups in the 'fruit industry. School Safety Patrol Bv LOUIS CASSELS ! United Press Correspondent Washington (IP You see them every day, rain or shine. They stand on the street corners near a school, their arms outstretched to hold back pedestrian traffic. You can tell" by their Sam Browne belts and the proud look on their faces that they are members of the school Safety Patrol. Perhaps you have thought while driving through an in tersection one of them was guarding that it's a pretty good idea. But you may be surprised to learn just how good an idea it really is. Since the school Safety Pa trols were organized, the GOLD HILL Family Back By MRS. CLYDE KELL Gold Hill Mr. and Mrs. Leonard McMahan and sons, Steve, Douglas, and Jeff, re turned to their home on Sar dine creek May 2 following a three week's vacation.- They visited relatives in California, Texas, Illinois, Iowa, and South Dakota. Among the sight-seeing Highlights of the trip was a tour of Disney land while in California. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Nunn returned recently to their home on Highway 99, north, from a two week's vacation in California where they visited This month traffic death rate among youngsters 5 to 14 years old has been cut in half. During the same period, the traffic age group has nearly doubled. The first Safety Patrol was organized in Chicago in 1922 by the late Charles M. Hayes, president- of the Chicago Mo tor Club. He persuaded the American Automobile Asso ciation to make it a nation wide project. Today there are patrols "in 15,000 American communities. Hand Picked Youngsters The 670,000 boys and girls who serve on them are picked by school authorities for lead ership and responsibility, It's an honor to be chosen. Patrol members are taught From Trip friends and relatives at Re dondo Beach. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hartley planned to leave last week for their home in Sand Point, Idaho. The Hartleys have re sided in Gold Hill since last October. Harry Newnham has been visiting in Bandon where he was a houseguest of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wyatt and children. The Wyatts are former resi dents of Gold Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gray of Portland visited in Gold Hill May 3 with her father, Charles Kell, and other rela tives. try Arden's Wild Credited With Reduction in Death Toll Ithat they must never try to stop cars or direct vehicle traffic in any way. Their job is to stand on the sidewalk, one step back from the curb, and watch for a "long, safe gap" in the traffic. When there is a gap, they signal to their schoolmates that it's now safe to cross the street. Most safety patrolmen are elementary and junior high school students. But there are some high schoolers, too. Some patrolmen serve on school buses. When a bus stops to take on or discharge passengers, the patrolman gets out, looks both ways to make sure tht all traffic has halted as required by law, and then beckons to the chil dren to cross the street. Example is First Duty Patrol members are told repeatedly that their first duty is to "set an example" of safety for other children. This means they are not sup posed to "play hero" by dash- Idaho Falls Policemen Charged With Burr ' Idaho Falls, Idaho OB Investigation continued v. j into a series of burglaries, al legedly perpetrated by seven members of Idaho Falls Police department and two other men. Six police officers, includ ing a police lieutenant, and two other men, were being held in jail in lieu of bail on first-degree burglar" A seventh policeman was free on $100 bond on a pCk ceny charge. Mountain Blackberry Ice Cream ing into the street to retrieve a child who has ignored the don't-walk signal. Any child taking unnecessary risks with his own safety, in order to pose as a hero, is liable to prompt dismissal from patrol duty. Sometimes, however, cir cumstances thrust a safety patrolman into a situation where the simple, clear-headed performance of duty con stitutes genuine heroism. Last Oct. 16, Patrolman Bobby Jones, 18, of Arena, Wise, was standing in front of a school bus, shepherding five small children who had just climbed out. Bobby saw a speeding car hurtling to five children, shoved them into a ditch, and piled in on top of them just as the car crashed into the parked bus. Big Parade in Washington During the past year, four other patrol' members have save'd lives in similar ways. They are Sue Marie Gilchrist, 13, of Toledo, Ohio;, Effie Passas, 12, Lancaster, Pa.; Raymond Czech, 14, Little Falls, Minn.; and Clarence Linz Jr., 11, North Little Rock, Ark. Along with Bobby Jones, they will go to the Pentagon Building Friday afternoon to receive gold life - saving medals from Gen. Nathan F. Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Saturday morning they will join 31,000 other Safety Pa trol members from 20 states I in a parade down Constitution lave. It will be a dilly of a parade, with 70 bands, 80 safety floats, drum major ettes, drill teams, and a lot of government big shots in the reviewing stand. The parade is held every year. It ties up traffic in downtown Washington for about eight hours, and some JIM' 838 W. McAndrews Rd. Friday and Saturday Specials Closed Sunday f We Give Northern Stamps on All Purchases DOUBLE STAMPS ON WEDNESDAY FRYERS Pan Ready PORK STEAKS Lean, lender.. WEINERS Tasty, skinless LOCKER MEATS Up to 6 Months To Pay NO DOWN PAYMENT (ON APPROVED CREDIT) 11 sa . III residents frankly regard it as a great nuisance. But many others, like FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, think that the traffic jam is a small price to pay for this annual, reminder that there are still a- great many non delinquent kids in America. urn AY 49' HAMS, home smoked fAl Shank V2 or whole .3 lb. Whole Hog Sausage Cf) Pur own make 3 lb, ROUND STEAKS 79c lb. SIRLOIN STEAKS 69c lb. T-BONE STEAKS .. ...79c lb. Vi OR WHOLE BEEF 49 lb. FRONT .... 45 lb. HIND 14 .......... 55f lb. lb. FA lb. 59 lb. . Thursday, May 8, 1958 5A MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. TW PER CENT JOBLESS London (IF) Unemploy- , ment in Britain increased by ' 11,000 during the period from March 17 to April 14, the La bor Ministry reported today. The total number of unem ployed on April 14 was 444, 000, or two per cent of the working force. - - f 'JZ i m 1 LOCAL FARM-FRESH Nulade GUARANTEED FRESH v. , I HALF GALLON '; A
