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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1939)
an» I Install Monday ___ •----------------------------------------------------------------- RAILTON RED LION FASTEST ON BARTH (Continued from page one) past presidents pin to Rooella Kline in appreciation of the service she had given. The new president Mabel Kunz has appointed the following committee chairmen for . the ensuing year- Americanism, Edna Kern; Child Wel fare, Nellie Prey; Community Service, Gladys Gano; Constitution and By- Laws Gladys Williams; Employ ment and Relief, Harriet Claterbos, Finapce, Nellie Wheeler, Hospital^ Mabel Whereat; Junior Activities, Della Nosier; Legislative, Hallie Zum walt; Membership, Bertha Sei Mg Music, Robah Robinson; National De fense, Lenora Hunt; National News, Eula Schram; Poppy, Elizabeth Hand; Poppy Poster, Nelson Stewart; Pub licity, Garnet Gant; Radio, Caroline Gray. Monday evening the American Le gion met in regular session with com mander Claire Gray presiding. A fine attendance of members provided the meeting with a spirit of deep ser iousness and progressive attitude. In successive order Commander Gray efficiently called the various com mittees for reports. Upon completion of general routine the honor visitor, District Commander M. W. Skipworth addressed the mem bers. In his talk Commander Skip worth stated that never before had the Legion faced such ■ serious era as the present one. He charged all members to stand ready to serve their organization with loyal support and promote true Americanism. He urged closer co-operation between all legion posts and placed special emphasis up on the securing of more members from the ranks of those eligible to be come active workers in the organiza tion. ............-..... ................. ■ --- After the regiilar meeting the new Legion officers for the ensuing year were installed by the district com mander. The new officers installed were: Commander, Frank Schram; First Vice Commander, Jack Arnold; Second Vice Commander, Guy Kelley; Adjutant, Edwin Lund, and Sergeant- at-Arms, Morton Nye. The new executive committee ap pointed by Commander Schram are Claire Gray, Dr. J. 'D. Rankin and D. E. Hackleff; membership com mittee, Sprig Zumwalt, Bob Stewart, Lee Hand, Harry Hunt and Roy Willoughby. f A standing committee composed of P. O. Lund, Bob Stewart and C. M. Zumwalt announced that arrange ments for sponsoring a motion pic ture have been completed. The title of the picture and date of showing will be announced later. Legion mem bers are asked to buy tickets when ticket sellers contact them and there by help provide finances for Legion activities. RANCHER KILLED BY FALLING SPAR POLE Leonard Seaburg, a 43 year-old rancher on North Sough, near Hauaer, was killed Monday afternoon when he waa hit by the spar pole at the Youst logging camp. He was watching op erations when the pole began to fall and although he ran for safety he was caught and died a few moments later. He is survived by his widow and a step daughter, Mias Ann Campbell. Townsend Club New Circuit Coses Black Tulip Mania Three hundred years ago, tulips which previously had been brought from Constantinople via Vienna and France, became a mania in the Netherlands. Dumas the Elder de scribes this tulip craze in his noyel, “The Black Tulip.** Dutchmen lost ver, speculated wildly, and les spent their frugal savings ingle bulb, soma of which 000 Borins apiece, or about American money.—National >hic Society. Calling earns, so for si.oo. i ¿1 ■ Delicious, home-cooked foods o sale by Coquille Women’s dub, Sal urday^jlept. 23 in ^SheUej^building Bring your out-of-town guetta in L] 1 " ' i I JI il "< 1 250 Attend Masonic Picnic fl , *1 There were about 250 present for ♦he Masonic and Eastern Star picnic in the Shrine grove on Hardy Mast's place at Lee Sunday. All the lodges in the district were represented— Myrtle Point, Bandon, Langlois, Port Orford, Marshfield, North Bend, and there were half a dozen couples from Coquille in attendance. There was no program, horse shoes and soft ball game furnished the di version in the way of sports. The Coos Bay Masons defeated the Coquille Masons in softball 11 to 10, while the horseshoe championship of the day went to Otto Davis and Ellis Shull, of Myrtle Point, who were victorious over Ed Curran and Wm. E. Walsh, of Marshfield. B. W. Dunn was the speed flash of the day. He sprinted 100 yards in something over ten seconds. The big feature of the day was, of course, the picnic lgpch. 1 I CREAM O' COOS ICE CREAM CO., COQUILLE Phone 11» < * T z - *
