The Coquille Valley sentinel., May 10, 1935, Image 1

Sentinel
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COQ VILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 18, IMS.
Will Not Refund Water Bonds j
Aileen Richards, 17, of Ceos
Bay, Thrown Front a Car
and Crushed Sunday
That was a terrible accident dn the
river bridge, shortly after eight
Six
o’clock last Sunday evening,
young people .from the bay were
coming from Bandon, four in the
front seat and two in the rumble. The
car, driven by Preston Packwood, of
Marshfield, was being driven so fast
that it could not hold the road on the
south bridge approach. As it slewed
toward the rail a door flew open and
AHeen Gay Richards, 17-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Clara Richards, of
Englewood, was thrown out
The
door was slammed shut by the railing
of the brdge, her foot being caught
in the door.
She was dragged for
•everal feet between the car and the
rail, her head being battered almost
to pulp.
Fractures of neck, back,
skull, jawbones and arm, were fatal,
•nd she died within half an hour af­
ter being taken to the hospital where
Dr. M. Earl Wilson says it was as de­
plorable a mutilation as be ever saw.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Beck, who came
•long just after the accident, put the
unfortunate girl ta their car and took
her to the hospital.
Funeral services were held at
Marshfield yesterday morning.
Beside her mother she is survived
by six brothers, Roy and Emmett, of
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Los Angeles, Lawrence, of Medford.
___ Peter, of Marshfield, Lewis, of Tilla­
mook, Thomas, of Marion, and four
sisters, Mrs Nona Lester, of Eccles,
W. V., Mrs. Lucy Jennings, of Sum-
„ ner, Mrs. Tom Wrist on and Mrs
Billie Conner, of Marshfield,
The
family came to the Bay from West
Virginia twelve years ago.
Young Packwood, the driver, was
held to the grand jury by Justice Bolt
in Marshfield, Monday, and released
under $3000 bonds.
He is charged
with involuntary manslaughter
Speed Put Two in Hospital
Elbert Dean, of Norway, is in the
Mast hospital at Myrtle Point, suf­
fering from a slight skull fracture
and severe lacerations of right knee
•nd elbow; and Paul Resaun, of Port­
land, who was with him, is also ta the
hospital with a broken right hand and
ankle and a deep cut on his right
knee.
They were injured in an accident
which hapepned about nine o’colck
last Saturday night. The men were
at Tedsen's Norway store at 8.57, and
said something about getting into
Myrtle Point before the baber shops
closed at nine. Dean was driving a
new Dodge, which he had purchased
from the John A. Bigger company
here ten days before In making the
turn at the top of the hill going into
Myrtle Point, at a very high rate of
speed, the car went over the grade
-nd nosed down onto the old high­
way which leads to the cannery, and
turned over.
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The city council spent, two or three
hours Monday evening, after the reg­
ular session, and more than an hour
Wednesday evening, discussing with
a bond house representative the ad­
visability of refunding bonds and
funding outstanding warrants with a
bond issue. The bond man was very
anxious to have the city refund the
$80,000 water works bond issue,
which bears 5H per cent interest,
with one which he thought could be
sold at 4h per cent, and follow later
with a bond issue, subject to the
voters’ approval, with a refunding of
Bancroft street improvement bonds,
and another one for funding city
warrants.
But the council decided that to tie
up all water revenue for the next few
years in paying off the $50,000 issue
would not be good business for the
city.
They have in mind, however,
he possibility of calling an election
o submit the question of refunding
‘he Bancroft bonds and issuing bonds
o call in the outstanding general
fund warrants.
There are no out-
¡tending water fund warrants.
TO FIGHT FOR
16 FEET ON BAR
J. E. Norton, president of the Port
of Bapdon, attended a Port meeting
at Bandon Wednesday evening at
which time it was decided to make a
more strenuous effort to have the en­
gineer’s office in Portland give more
consideration to the need of harbor
improvements at the mouth of the
Coquille river, particularly to have
the 16-foot water depth on the bar
project revitalized. The army engi­
neers now consider a 13-foot depth as
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The Western World yesterday con­
tained the following item concerning
the harbor at Bandon and its state­
ment that the matter is as vital to
Coquille as 'to Bandon is absolutely
correct:
United effort on the part of citi­
zens of the Coquille Valley, through
.he instrumentality of the chambers
of commerce Of Bandon and Coquille,
is proposed’ ta behalf of ths Coquille
river harbor. It ta apparent that un­
less the federal government is in­
duced to give relief the inadequacy of
the local harbor facilities will fore­
stall possibilities of any appreciable
Industrial development.
The entrance to the local river la
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Efforts for a C om Cannery
The Ford caravan which was tn
Coquille Tuesday afternoon attracted
considerable attention, each one of
the eleven units in the group being
an object of interest. One unit in
particular, with parte of the bousing
or working parte cover cut away, waa
the truck running gear. Another was
the all-steel body school bus Work-
ing as the districts do in Coos coun­
ty, giving only a year’s contract at a
time, no contractor can afford to buy
so comfortably equipped and fine
looking a bus, but if the districts
could see their way clear to buy a bus
and engage a driver, it would save
the taxpayers money in the long run
and provide safer transportation for
the pupils.
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All the delivery cars, pasenger cars, [
trucks, buses, etc., of the Ford cars- '
van were attractive and they made
an imposing sight as they travelled'
the streets and highways.
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A committee of the board of di­
rectors of the Coot Produce Growers
Association, including C. A. Baling,
of McKinley, C. A. Holverstott, of
Fairview, Wm. Church, of Leneve.
and E. L. Petarson, of North Bend,
accompanied George Jenkins, county
agent, to Corvallis and Eugene last
week, to investigate the possibility of
installing a small cannery in the
county; also, the feasibility of selling
some local grown produce through a
public market.
While in Corvallis this group visit­
ed the canning department in the
horticultural products building at the
state college where a conference was
held with E. H Wiegand, who ta in
charge of the canning work there
Changes which will be necessary in
the present organization, if canning
is added as another function to the
setup, were also discussed with Paul
Carpenter, extension marketing spec­
ialist.
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Enroute home, the group visited the
Eugene public market and conferred
with Mr. Ayres, manager.
In order to pass along the informa-
tion obtained on this trip to members
of the association, and others inter-
e,ted. a meeting will be held under
the direction ot the association in the
Woodmen’s hall at Coquille tomorrow
(Saturday), May II, at 1:00 p. m., I
according to C. A. Sating, president
of the organization,
MAÍ DAY DANCE
Woman’s Club’s Seventh Annual City Council Objects to More
Festival a Most Brilliant
Beer Halls in
Affair
Coquille
More than a thousand were present
in the Community Building last Sat­
urday evening for
the
annual
Woman’s Club May Dance end Fes­
tival. And the v<uy pleasing part of
it is that everyone could see all that
was going on all the time.
The
bleacher seats were all occupied, as
was the gallery and the only ones
who had to crane their necks and
peer between heads were the late
comers who stood at the rear of the
hall.
It was one of the most attractive
dances ever given in Coquille and
unstinted praise is due Mrs. R A.
Wernich. club president, Mrs. Ted
Homeker, general chairman, and
their very able assistants, as weU as
the young people who presented a
program of dancing, and some sing­
ing, which kept the large attendance
entertained for an hour and a half.
The club realized $130 after pay­
ing for the orchestra and for the
numbers brought over from Miss
Meredith’s dancing school at the Bay.
Led by two heralds, Georgianna
Johnson and Virginia Hartson. the
Queen's entourage of maids, flower
girls, crown bearer and Queen Ger­
aldine hercself, with H. S. Norton
sounding the trunriet. proceeded
around the hall and s back to the
throne where Mayor Berg was wait-
tag to crown Miss Minard ast Queen
Geraldine I.
The May pole winding and dance
did not follow past precedents, but all
the action was in a rhythmic skip,
and the whole pageant was lovely
Miss Grace Ellingsen directed this
feature and the piano accompaniment
waa furnished by Mrs. Claudia Lowd
The girls taking part in the wind­
ing were May Saylor, Robert Mace.
Glenda Clinton, Harriet Tozier, Kay
Leslie, Betty Emery, Aldine Yar­
brough, Ellen McCool, Bonnie Jean
Forrest. Fairy Cardwell,
hurst, Gladys Avery, 1
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Eugtne Townies vs. loggers
It will be a day for revenge when
the Eugene Townies invade Coquille
to face the Coquille Loggers at the
ball park Sunday. The battle will of
course, pit the two clubs together col­
lectively, but it will also see "Cocky”
Brewer working hard to subdue his
old mates and Townies in turn at­
tempting ferociously to knOcB* tB8
pitcher from the. hurling mound.
Brewer was slated to occupy the
slab for Eugene this season, but when
Bill Fortier made entreaties to him,
he decided to change his scene of ac­
tivity. His impressive debut with
the Loggers last Sunday aided greatly
In re-establishing the local tossers
with the fans, and now everyone in
Coquille is hungry, for the Townies’
scalp. Manager Frank Fasaett has
already served notice that his ball
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Beer licenses and slot machines
were the high lights of the city coun­
cil session Monday evening at which
all members were present.
The beer license question came up
on the applications of O. L. Linn and
Hub Davis for recommendations to
the state liquor commission.
Mr.
Linn wanted to operate in the W. O.
W. building, in the room recently oc­
cupied by Wilson’s Confectionery,
and Mr. Davis in the former Casey
Jones building, now owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Gilkey.
Mayor Berg
stated that a third application would
be made by Mr. Osborne, of Myrtle
Point, who expected to lease the
Farmers & Merchants Bank building.
Although four councilmen had pre­
viously signed recommendations for
the two applicants, when the matter
came up Monday evening it was de­
cided that six places for vending beer
were sufficient in Coquille, and the
recorder was instructed to notify the
liquor commisison that approval of
the applications for permit was with­
drawn.
It was also decided that
hereafter no applications would be
considered except at council meet­
ings.
A slot machine ordinance was
adopted limiting the number which
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Walter Krueger to Marry
The lease of the Coquille Mill Co.
plant, the former Johnson mill hare,
by the Coquille River Land company,
of which W. J Sweet, of Bandon, Is
president, became effective May 1,
as foretold in the Sentinel several
weeks ago. Mr. Sweet leases the mill
from Dennis McCarthy with an op­
tion to buy.
Louis Chameski, who is to be man­
ager at the plant, says that operation
there will not be started until it is
certain that the srike will not inter­
fere.
Logs for the mill will come from
Mr. Sweet's timber holdings on the
upper Middle Fork where logging has
been in operation for some time.
Walter G. Krueger, genial bridge
engineer of the state highway de­
partment for Coos county, secured a
marriage license at the court house
Wednesday. He could not be found
this morning by the Sentinel man but
the following Is clipped from the '
Myrtle Point Herald, which tells
when Walt is to become a benedict:
Melba McCoy Married
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Callin« canta. SO tor 11.00.
No Strike Activity in Coon
The strike which has paralyzed the
lumber industry at Portland and
around Puget Sound, has not affected
Coos county yet, and unless the long­
shoremen complicate matters thia
summer the strike should not bother
down here.
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A couple of agitators, one a plug-
ugly, ware in Coquille a few days
ago, but they received pointed warn­
ings about trespassing and have not
been seen since.
WOMAN’S CLUB
LUNCHEON
More than seventy ladles were in
attendance at the annual Woman’s
Club luncheon on Wednesday this
week at the Hotel Coquille.
The
annual luncheon is always the happy
cliinak for the activities and work
the ladies of the club have achieved
during the year and visualizing at­
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In decorating, yellow was the color
Local Smith-Hughes Boys
scheme and the luncheon tables were
Win Laurels at Corvallis resplendent with yellow flowers and
tapers of the same hue and yellow
During the seventh annual voca-
butterflies were attached to the place
tonal conference at Oregon State
cards.
College held May 2 and 3, Coquille
The hostesses, Mesdames C. J.
Bigh School students of the agricul­
Fuhrman, J. A. Lamb, Louis Char-
tural department won many scholas-
neski, J. E. Pauigon, A. J Sherwood,
tis honors against 35 other schools in
Jas. Brady, H. 8. Norton, Geo. Lor­
Oregon.
They were awarded two
enz and Claire Gray spared no pains
firsts, one third, and one fourth place,
in making the afternoon a pleasur­
signally honored by being
able one. Mrs. R. E. Jeub, in charge
'rem $50 sasnpetitars to
of the program, had secured Joe Mc­
broadcast over Station KO AC. Cedric
Keown, Marshfield attorney, and
Cross was honored by being elevated
Mrs. W. 8 Nicholson, also of Marsh­
to the position of State Future Farm­
field, as speakers for the occasion.
er and trustee of the southern Oregon
Mrs. Jeub introduced Attorney
F. F A alumni.
McKeown, who talked on present day
Charles Reiter. Smith-Hughes in­
problems which especially concerned
structor, entered the following teams
women, comparing conditions exist-
in the different contests: Bud Berry
~ tag in our own country with those in
and Ben Daniels in the General Dem '* ­ ' many other nations of the world. Mr.
onstrations; Charles ‘ Vincent «nd
McKeown is a fluent speaker and was
Merle Devis ta the Seed Com Selec­
listened to with close attention.
tion Demonstration; Leonard Law­
Following this the Misses Florence
horn and Jack Clinton in Field Crops
and Dorothy Cary, who are accom­
and Weed Indentification Bud Ber­
plished musicians, and Mrs. June
ry and Ben Daniels demonstrated a
Walker, one of Coquille’s favorite
program of dairy herd improvement
singers, delighted the audience with
by presenting a playlet with Bud in
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the hole of Ben’s son. A giant book,
three feet by two feet, profusely il­
lustrated with pictures and charts
Tried to Bluff Police
graphically emphasized the two parts
Two CCC boys from McKinley, re­
In keenest competition, this demon­
cent arrivals froin Chicago, thought
stration won first place.
Charles
they could run over a small town cop
Vincent, a sophomore, and Merle Da­
last Saturday night, but Kermit Shaw
vis, a freshman, were winners by a
took them to jail notwithstanding.
wide margin against teams of upper-
He had arrested Wesley Hedricks on
class men from other schools. Their
a public nuisance charge, and was
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immediately besieged by several of
Operation Depends on Strike
Miss Melba McCoy, daughter of
Tip Top, Name nnd Service
Mrs. A. L. Simpson, of this city, was
“Tip Top" is the name adopted by united in marriage in Portland Wed-
Pre-School Clink
Mrs. Bonnie Walker for the confec-, nesday morning to Wm. E. Sullivan,
The P. T. A. is sponsoring a pre­ tlonery, which has just been moved of Marshfield.
He is familiarly
school clinic to be held Wednesday. from the W. O. W. to the Odd Fellows known as "Buster,’’ and is the son of
May 15, from 9:30 to 13:00 a. m. at building. The name was sugg< tested
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old - time “
Marshfield
the city hall in Coquille. All children by Mrs. A L. Simpson, who recei
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Mrs. W.
W. E. E. Sullivan,
Sullivan, who
who con­
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of pre-school age are urged to be the five pound box of candy offered duct the Marshfield Hotel.
present. Those desiring transporta­ for a name.
They went up to Portland Tuesday
tion, call Mrs Bonnie Walker.
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lunches are to be a feature of and were married by Father Knauff.
Bess Finley Wasson, P. T. A. Pub- , tuw
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After a honeymoon on the north­
licity Chairman.
cream, soft drinks, confections, mag- ern Oregon coast they will return to
Marshfield to make their home.
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azines, etc.
County Track Meet Tomorrow | Misses Helen Robison and Halliie The bride is a graduate of Coquille
high school, very popular with a wide
The county track meet, to be held Knight have been employed as ta­
circle of friends, and the best wishes
in Myrtle Point tomorrow, will be sistants by Mrs. Walker Mrs Beryl
of all who know them are extended
participated in by all the larger high Wilson, who has conducted the con-
schools of the county and several Ot fectionery for several years, expects _ to the happy couple,
the B league schools will also enter,to leave soon to accept a position in,
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competing athletes.
Will Talk on Townsend Plan
D. D. Hail, state president of the
.Fraternal Order of Eagles, will speak
on the Townsend old age pension
plan, at the Coquille Community
Building next Monday evening. May
13, at eight o’clock.
The Eagles have been advocates of
old age pensions for years and have
been instrumental in having old age
pension laws passed in more than 30
ct the states in the union.
Secretary W. H. Schroeder, of the
local Townsend club made arrange­
ments for the meeting here yesterday.
son. of Myrtte Ptant, and Writer O.
the boys from McKinley. One, Adam
Kordowskl, was so violent that Ker­
mit took him to the can also.
The
officer suffered lacerated knuckles in
the fray and had his trousers tom,
but he did his stuff.
Hedricks was
fined $25 by Recorder Leslie Monday
morning, and Kordowskl, $40. Both
boys were committed to the county
jail. The whole crowd was more or
less intoxicated.
BUI Brown and Walt Smith were
fined $30 apiece by the recorder on
Mond*y for being drunk Saturday
put
work
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‘ o< .?.oq Sunday.
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tied at r Coquille
Mtai Gyletw gmlth
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Fitzpatrick and Clayton Mast will at- .
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tend the couple and afterward ac-
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company »hem on their honeymoon, j
Chain Letter Racket Strikes
Miss Johnson, is a daughter of Mrs.,
Mary Johnson, of Oroville, Calif.,
The dime chain letter racket hit
and the groom’s parents reside in Coquille with a bang this week and
Canby. The bride, who is affection- j the clerks in the poetoffice have been
ately known to her many friends ta pretty nearly swamped the last day
Myrtle Point as Johnnie, is a nurse at or two. Whether the government is
Mast hospital and has been connected able to stop this wild gambling spree
with the local Institution since 1929. or not, it should produce vastly larger
She will return to the hospital after a postal receipts and reduce the annual
four weeks’ leave of absence.
The deficit of the department.
Someone is authority for the state­
groom is connected with the state
ment that the dollar chain letter in
highway department at Coquille.
The couple have rented the Clarke a community, if carried to its logical
Fensler house in Myrtle Point and termination, would pay everyone
have been busy remodeling, com­ 118,000 and coat everyone <18,300.
pletely redecorating and furnishing it The 8300 would be the coat ot stamps.
since. After a brief honeymoon to
northern points, they will be at home
The last meeting of the Coquille P.
to their friends ta this city.
T. A. will be held in the high school
auditorium next Thursday, May 18,
The fire department was called at
.. 3:30 p. m. All members
- -T- , .are - re-.
vesterday afternoon to the Henry quested to attend. The annual elec-
Belloni home where a chimney was, tion of officers is to be held at that
burning out No
A.
Sponsored by MacDowell Music
Club Was a Wonderful
Treat, 1
That was a splendid musical pro­
gram presented in the Pioneer
Church, Tuesday evening under the
sponsorship of the MacDowell Music
Club as Coquille’s contribution to Na­
tional Music .Week. The auditorium
of the church was filled and there
was a good sprinkling of the seats in
the gallery occupied.
The program was printed last week
and will not be repeated, but words
of praise are due to each and every
one of the performers.
Miss Muriel
Dae’s string ensemble gave evidence
that they are constantly advancing ta
technique and their ability to render
the more difficult of classical selec­
tions on the violin and cello.
Miss
Florence Cary’s harp numbers were
a treat and again proved what an
sirtlst she is.
Leonard Ensele, whose inherent
ability with the violin is fast making
him an enviable reputation over
southwestern Oregon, delighted ail
his hearers.
Mias Dae, who is a past mistress of
her chosen instrument, the violin,
added further laurels to those she has
won as a most accomplished artist,
and Audrey Aasen rendered two
pleasing piano selections.
Mrs. Ruth Beyers on her cello. Rev.
W. Raymond Wilder and H. H. Hart­
ley, who rendered vocal solos, Mias
Dorothy Cary, vocalist, all added ma­
terially to the pleasure of the eve­
ning's entertainment.
The vocal selections of Mrs. Maud
Woodyard that evening have been
generally commented upon as sur­
passing any presentation Mrs. Wood­
yard hat ever made in Coquille here­
tofore. And her reputation as a vo­
calist has, always been of the highes .
Sleeping Girl Found in Hall
Before locking the Community
Building after the May Day dance
last Saturday evening Mrs. R. A.
Wernich, president of the Woman's
Club, made a final round to see that
everything waa in order. And it waa
fortunate she did, for over in the
southwest corner, on a pile ot cloth­
ing, she found a six or seven year old
girl asleep. The little tot had been
forgotten, evidently, by her mother,
and if she had waked before daylight
and found herself locked in the big,
dark structure her terror would have
known no bounds
Mrs. Wernich had the child taken
care of that night and reported it to
the juvenile court Monday. The pro­
posed humane society will be able to
handle such cases In the future.
Junior League Has Good T<
• The Junior League team showed a
team of business men how the na­
tional game should be played, at
Athletic Park, Tuesday evening. Not
only did the B. M. fail to get a run
in the five innings but they did not
get a hit off the delivery of Ralph
Wilson, who looks like a real chucksr.
The Juniors scored IS runs in the
abbreviated game, due in large
measure to the awful support Art
Berg received. The Juniors hit, have
no doubts about that, and they could
lay down a bunt and beat it out nine
times out of ten, but the B. M. infield,
especially, and the outfield occasion­
ally booted the ball in a manner fear­
ful to behold.
‘‘Penny" Sturdivant, who is coach­
ing the Junior team, has the team
playing a brand of ball that should
get them into the state tournament.
Dr. and Mrs F. G. Bunch and
daughter. Geraldine, were Coquille