THURSDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1950
Historical Bits Of
Coos-Curry Lore
By Emil R. Peterson
Historian, Coos-Curry Historical
Society, North Bend, Ore.
The proposal for a half-mill
tax in Coos county to create a
historical fund, as requested by
Coos-Curry Pioneer and His
torical Association, will not be
on the ballot at the November
7 general election. The request
came too late to get the issue
before the legal voters at this
time.
This announcement by the
county court has given rise to
a rumor that the history writing
project of the association is defi
nitely off—that the work has
come to a dead-end.
This rumor is totally without
foundation. The association has
not at any time counted on a
tax for the writing and publish
ing of the history which is now
in the course of preparation.
The work of collecting the
material for the book is largely
completed; in fact, there is much
more material on hand than can
be used in the limited space that
the proposed 500 pages will per-
j mit.
The w’ork of processing this
material for the pointers is well
on its way and is progressing as
rapidly as limited means will
alow’. The work is going on;
it must proceed and it will be
continued to completion.
Estimates of the cost of print
ing and binding have been ob
tained for the association by Al
fred Powers, who has been re
tained to direct, supervise and
edit the work. Mp. Powers is
dean of the school of creative
it’s here! it’s NEW!
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
writing and publishing a branch
of the Oregon state department
of higher education.
The matter of a new’ history
of Coos and Curry has long been
a fond hope of our pioneer fam
ilies and of the Pioneep Associ
ation. A leader was needed to
start the ball rolling. Lack of
funds was the obstacle. A lead
er was needed to show’ the way.
J. E. (Gene) Norton was such
a person. Mr. Norton came to
Coos with his parents in the
eighties. He has had a wide and
varied experience. Perhaps no
person in Coos and Curry en
joys a wide»* range of acquaint
ance and confidence among the1
established residents of the re
gion. His career has included
newspaper work, traveling sales
man, retail and wholesale gro
cery business; he has served as
county judge, has represented
Coos county in the state legis
lature; was a member of the
Coquille Rivej* Port commission;
has been instrumental in secur
ing highway and bridge constric
tion projects; has helped more
than one young couple get a
start on the road to success. Mr.
Norton built up, owned and op
erated one of the modern farms
in the Coquille valley, where he
and Mrs. Nopton now’ reside in
a beautiful and comfortable
home on a knoll by the side of
the road overlooking the valley,
and the river.
With his quiet and genial man
ner, Mr. Norton enjoys the full
confidence of those who know
him best. He believed that a
sufficient number of pioneer fam
ilies, together with others who
have come later, would be suffi
ciently interested to sponsop a
history-writing project. He pre
pared a list of twenty-five such
persons, selecting only those who,
he believed, and contribute a
hundred dollars each without fin-
nancial burden or strain.
Mr. Norton is not a man of
leisure. He has many duties in
addition to the free community
projects. But he went calling on
his list of 25 old friends. Many
call-backs were required, for of
ten no one was found at home.
But Mr. Norton reported 23
paid up out of his list of 25.
He had so much fun that he
increased the list to 60. His last
report shows 50 paid-up sponsors
at $100 each. His list is still open
for those who may be interested.
OPHIR NOTES
By Marian Miller
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* Slow Trolling
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it 73 o B.C.
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This is the one they’re talking about
at the
rts shows! The light
motor that "has everything." The
one with Duo-Clutch that lets you
start in Neutral —"press the
button" and you leap into action—
idle in Neutral anytime. We have
it— right now—drop in and see itl
E. E Hanscam
& Sons
Harbor Oregon
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pollock are
on a delayed honeymoon to diff
erent parts of Washington and
perhaps Canada. They will be
gone about a week.
Ophir residents who are hunt
ing deer in eastern Oregon are
“Mutt’ and Wallace Wade, Jack
Poff, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ram-
alia, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Bettis,
George Moore, the R. C. Hyde
family and the Ray Nowlins.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bar
rington have gone to Prineville
to take Mrs. Barrington’s moth
er, Mrs. Osborne, back to her
home.
Merrill Hagen and Jerry Ja
cobs are now' employed at the
Arizona Inn Ranch while the
owner, Norman Nash, is away
on business.
Mrs. Leonard Costello of Port
land is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Calvin Dishner.
Bruce Burns is now in the
navy and stationed at San Diege.
He writes that one day he heard
a voice mention Curry County.
He turned, and to his surprise,
there stood his old buddy and
former classmate at Ophir High,
Douglas Wilcox. He, too, is in the
navy and stationed at San Diego.
Local lily bulb growers are
busy planting their bulbs before
the rains start. As a result many
high school girls are groaning
at every step. These gals aren’t *
used to w’ork—that kind.
Mrs. James Meteer of Nesika
Beach is visiting in Okland, Cal.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Taylor and
daughter, Beth, have gone to
Eastern Washington to visit their
parents asnd other relatives in
and near Spokane.
Ophir Woman’s Club met at
the home of Mrs. Mildred Kob-
lenzar Thursday of last week.
A special event of this meeting
was a stork shower honoring Mrs.
Rose Barrington. The guest of
honor received many useful and
lovely gifts. Refreshments were
served.
On Wednesday of last week a
group of old-time friends sof Mr.
and Mrs. Will Coy called at their
home to say “au revoir”. The
Coys have purchased a new home
at Reedsport and plan to move
there within a few days.
Ophir High will hold its an- .
nual carnival Saturday evening, (
Oct. 14 at the gym. Charlie Jen
sen and his orchestra will furn
ish tihe music. Admission w ill be
$1.00 Fun is in store for all.
For Sale—
Curry Co.—Opportunity Land...Page Seven
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these
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50 bulb trays, 50c each. John
W. Hogan, Box 456, Brookings 2*
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