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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1941)
alley Sentinel AN INDEPENDINT NEWSPAPER O< *• • re er ..una.. 11 ■X—i Committee Thanks Those Decorating ■ ’2^7 No awards were made by the stmas decorating committee of Coquille Chamber of Commerce er home or business decorat holiday season. There were which deserved honorable r bur here again the com mittee did not wish to slight anyone and merely thanks the scores of both householders and business men who co-opcrsted Jn making Coquille one of the most beautifully decorated cities, along the. «test, and it might be better to mate, it “In the entire state.” ' ' “Sabotage” is the best definition to be applied to Mtructton last Friday night of bulbs taken , from in front of various homes. The globes were just smashed on the aide- walk. The police are seeking the youthful perpetrators of these out rages. The committee hopes that next ■ ■ that some cash prizes can be offered. But the destruction- of light globes by foolish children—certainly no one with a sense of decency would pull such stunts—is going to be a deter- to those who would up their places for .¿■to, ........ . Grange Officers Installed Saturday A group of North Bayside grange members, headed by Henry Gustaf son, put on installation ceremonies Saturday evening for .the local grange and the Bridge grange. Despite many people being kept away from the meeting on acocunt of high water, there was a fine turnout for the meet ing, and representatives from several granges were here. The new grange officers are master, Henry George; overseer, George Steward; lecturer, Effie Shindoll; Steward, Paul McNair f assistant stew ard, Ji Martin; chaplain, Aurora NtaWTariMwr secretary, Ida Oerding; gatekeeper, J. >. Ruble; Ceres, Paul Ruble; Po 0. E. S. To Install This Evening The retiring worthy matron, Mrs. Maxine Jaub, will be installing of ficer at the public installation of of ficers for Beulah Chapter, No. 8, O. E. S., in Masonic Temple at eight o’clock this evening. Mrs. Helen Aye»« will be installing marshal, Mrs. Maud Woodyard, installing or ganist; Mrs. Harriet Osika, installing secretary, and Mrs. Florence San ford, installing chaplain. “J The officers for thia year who are to be installed are: Gladys Gano, worthy matron. Clarence Osika, worthy patron. Gertrude Ulett, associate matron. Julius Ruble, associate patron. Edna Taylor1, conductress. Leona Bryant, associate conductress Emma Pierce, secretary. Susie Folsom, treasurer. Maxine Jeub, marshal. Helen Ayers, chaplain i . Idyle Godard, Adah Mildred McCune, Ruth c-——~ Lola Milne, Esther. Hazel Hanna, Martha. Florabelle Boober, Electa. Eleanor Jayes, Warder. Robt. Harbison, sentinel. Changes On County Court Monday 35 Pound Bobcat Trapped Near Town Buster, the Australian Shepherd ., Mayor R. F. Milne’s administration and Australian dog belonging to Basil of city affairs the past two years has Arnold, is enjoying the honors that resulted in a debt reduction of 848,- come with being the hero of the Rink 131.58. To ba added to that is the Creek district Monday afternoon >8000 worth of Bancroft six per cent Buster led his master to a corner st bonds which will be retired the next pasture land to show him the f fresh- interest payment date, Feb. 1. kiHed caress of an Angora goat. Mr. | These Bancroft bonds are the only Arnold, who has a herd of a t bonds the city now has goats, has lost nine of the ar and City Treasurer the past few weeks. •ays he expects to call the 816.508 during this year of Several traps were set cloee to carcass. Tuesday morning, Mr. nold and Buster went out to exai their traps. They found a bobcat who had entangled a front to in one trap and a hind foot in One carefully placed shot front a ended Mr. Bobcat’s career as a getter. Buster proudly guarded the bob cat's carcass today, while Mr. Ar nold was in town to collect the 83 bounty given by Coos county and the state Accoram< to MF. Arnold, Buster will have a beefsteak bought with part of that bounty money. Sheriffs Office Issues 328 Miss Eva Schroeder in the legal de partment of the sheriff’s office, spent a busy two days, Monday and Tues Besides the change in the asses day, issuing temporary permits to sor’s office where Chas- Forrest will those who had neglected to send to succeed J. P. Beyers next Monday, the secretary of state at Salem for the only other official changes will their 1841 plates. For this year Just be on the county court. past the fees received in the sheriff*! Ervin L. Peterson, who has been office from this source, at two bits attending court sessions for the pasbfeach, totalled 8848 which means 3382 two months, will succeed J. K. Norton temporary licenses were issued dur who has served so and ing the year. well since being ap Gov.' Miss Schroeder stated today that Sprague last summer. Lars Peter she had issued 328 of these ti son will etiler on his duties as coun permits from Monday morn ty commissioner, succeeding Charles noon today, most of them on Powers, of Marshfield, who has also been a valuable public servant since being named by the county court last summer to succeed the late Thos. H. $1,467,700 in Taxes -■ —I.;..“ Collected m '40 7-— Lions-Rotary To . Hold Joint Session mona, Grace Barber; Flora, Cora Mulkey; lady assistant steward, Effie Wheaton; musician, Florence Hallock; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fitzpatrick will executive committee, Joe Harney, W. be the toast of the Coquille Lions L Kistner and George Gilman. and Rotary clubs when they hold a Joint dinner session in the Parish House tomorrow noon. Fitz has been a member of the Coquille Lions for so many years he is one of its oldest members and on so important an oc Next Tuesday, January 7, Coach casion as his marriage, he did not for Leslie takes the Red Devils basket get his old friends. He and Mrs. Mae ball squad tosNorth Bend where both Logan were married in Portland A and B squads will meet the fe Sunday and immediately went to rocious Bulldogs In two games. The Newport, where he is now engaged North Bend quint has had some stren in the cleaning business again. uous games with outside teams and will be set to start a winning streak Hale Eubanks Has 3‘/j from the start. The Red Devils are Acres In Cranberries in good shape and will make it an in Rev. Hale B. Eubanks, who came teresting game every time they play. J A week from tomorrow night, Jan. down Sunday afternoon from Toledo, to spend two or three days at the 10, .the Myrtle Point Bobcats will L. H. Hazard home, left yesterday for furnish the opposition, the game be home, taking a bunch of cranberry ing played in the Coquille gym. B- cuttings from the Dufort bog near squad game will start at seven Bandon. When he gets those planted o’clock. - r *»-■- he will have three and one-half acres i ,>. in cranberries at his bog on Sutton Couple Did Not Want lake north of. Florence. Mrs. Ku- Publicity Of Their License banks and their daughter, Adrienne, It is to be hoped the Sentinel re went up to Portland Sunday to re porter did not spoil the culmination main over New Year’s at the home of a romance Tuesday afternoon. This of her sister, Mrs. F. M. Sercombe. reporter was looking over records in the county clerk’s office when two young men and a young lady came in. They talked about getting a marriage license, which they did not want mentioned in the paper, but went out Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Swanson, of without securing one. the Coquille Baptist church, suffered an accident as they were on their way to Portland the first of the week, near Florence. The car skidded on the slippery pavement and turned over off the highway. Mrs. Swanson was injured but after receiving first aid Sheriff Howell and Jailer Bert treatment at Florence was able to Mead went out to Salem Tuesday continue on to Portland. They were morning, taking Joseph Potter and able to drive the car on in as it Larry Vem Snyder to the peniten tiary. Pottqr was sentenced last was not too badly damaged Few 6 Per Cent Bonds "All's Well Remain Unpaid With Britain" Jaw Fractured Christmas Seal B. B. Season To Start Next Week Mrs. Swanson Injured In Accident Two Taken To Pen Tuesday week to a year in the pen for theft of an automobile, and Snyder, who — to purse snatching at Marshfield, was sentenced to two years. ... P®9rees PERSONAL MENTION Miss Margaret, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smith, went out to Eugene New Year’s day to resume her studies at U. of O. She had not been out for the fall term which opened in September. Tnfc'Moming ' morning recorded temperature. The recorueu «mperwusre w ■theewMmeter steed-s4 34.ttogseeeAMe. »>■ ¡Frank Ramus, an itinerant, war morning, 23 yesterday, while the low ii brought over from Marshfield last for early December was 17 degrees, h Broufht _ To Jail IJere — Friday and lodged in the county jail Three Links Sewing Club mem- on the charge of obtaining money un-j bers are advised that the next club der false pretenses. He issued three meeting has been postponed from or four fictitious checks over there, January 7 to January 21, when Helen and Judge Bolt ret his bonds at 810<W. which be, of course, could not Jurnish. Rev. T. H. Downs Is Very Low Five Picked Up By Police The three monthly inmates of the city bastile were before Acting Re corder Caughell the past week, Walt Smith on Dec. 27, was fined |10; Carmel Sanders and John Darling on Monday were fined 820 each. Ralph E. Wilson was arrested at three o’clock Wednesday morning and was Bert Gould returned Tuesday after to appear before the recorder this noon from San Bernardino, where he morning The same applies to an intoxicated has been visiting relatives during the woman who was told to go home by part few weeks. the police at 2:30 New Year’s morn ing. She refused to go and was locked up. Married As New Year Started Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Johnson are ex pected home the coming week-end from San Diego for which point they left last Thursday to spend New Year’s with their son, Phillip, and family. Mrs. A. W. Chapin, a former resi dent here, who now lives in Port land, has been visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold Gould. Mrs. Chapin plans to be here until mid-January. J. P. Beyers, who retires this week as county assessor, after having served the county efficiently and well in that important office for 24 years, says that he has no immediate plans for the future. He expects to put in some time working on his home place and said Tuesday that he could put in a year at it if he so deaired. The new assessor, Chas. W. Forrest, has been working in the office since election, at Mr. Beyers’ invitation, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Downs, who familiarizing himself with the duties were here Monday went up to Port there. 4s. .. land Tuesday for a couple of days. His father, Rev. T. H. Downs, former M. E. pastor here, is very low and the end is expected at any time. From Portland, Wesley and his wife are go ing to Klamath Fails, where they will make their home. They returned .a few weeks ago from a 7,000 mile trip on which they got as far east as Louisville, Ky. Wesley says he wouldn’t trade a duck pond in the Receipts of fees in the county Coquille valley for the most of the clerk’s office ferlWra 82,008.07 land they saw in the east. larger R^tehillSPwtwn the Into he various accounts the total Wes made up from recording fees, 83,651.75; circuit court, 83,250; pro bate and county court. 8887; marriage licenses, 8843; miscellaneous, gl,21S,~ 77. The December collection report for fees received by the office showed 8403.20 for recording, 8346 for circuit court, 865.50 for probate court, 837 for marriage licenses, 8227.42 miscel laneous, making a total of 8008.12. the amount levied a year 1 about 815,000 less than was Dr. J. D. Rankin was one of the •0,000 at the Rose Bowl game in Pasadena yesterday in which the coast champion Stanford teamt de feated the Nebraska Corn buskers by a 21 to 13 score. The doctor left for the south last Saturday, accompanied by J. W. Mclnturff, of Marshfield. Leaves Office After 24 Years The slide which covered the high way at the Hathaway place, Just west of the dike on the road to Bandon for a distance of 200 feet last Thurs day noon was removed from the pavement by the state highway crew; the road being cleared by Sunday, although the short detour was still necessary while the rock and earth between the pavement and the edge of the bluff was being removed. The rocks were dumped along the upper side of the dike as further pro tection from flood waters. At the highest point last Friday, when the crest of the high tide reach ed here, the water still lacked a foot of covering the dike. Down at the Joe Nilsen place. Just this way from Riverton, however, the water reached * a depth of 26 inches on the highway and only those who needed to go through were making the attempt. At the Alpine place, just below the Riverton store,, the water was about eight inches over the pavement at the high water mark. The road up the river and across, to the Roy district district, was open again Monday morning. Fees Clerk's Office Up $2,000 Last Year y**r w p“«*»were u® ** J E. Axtell and Lanis Boaworth left Monday evening at seven o’clock for San Francisco to greet the new year in the usual custom of the city by the golden gate and to attend the East-West football game on Wed nesday. E. G. Opperman received a cable gram on Christmas from his brother in England, which read, “Greetings from the Opps to all other Opps and American friends. Stout hearts are this side; ell’s weU with Britain.’’ The English brother is a manufac turer, making parts necessary in de fense. As a precaution he not long ago built another factory in case the one in operation was damaged and recently it was bombed, the building and machinery dropping into the basement. But the equipment was salvaged, moved to the other factory, and he is again operating a plant. Hitler and the hordes of hell can not,conquer a people with the indom itable spirit of the British. Highways Are All Open Again It is Grandpa and Grandma Brick Leslie now, a six pound son having been born on Christmas day to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Claterbos, Jr., at their home in Astoria. The mother is the former Barbara Leslie. s Celebrate ng Anniversary Mr and Mrs. C. Vernon Smith, ’ Mr. and Mrs. Drue Cunningham and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hand, all celebrate their wedding anniversaries during Christmas week. Several years ago the three couples and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Taylor instituted the custom of bolding an annual turkey dinner in remembrance of those most impo?-, tant dates. Sunday afternoon, the anniversary dinner was given at the Lee Hand home by Mrs. Cunningham and Mrs. Hand. Each of the couples celebrating their wedding anniver sary received presents from the other members of the group. After dinner the games scheduled for entertain ment were interrupted that everyone might listen to the President's Fire side Chat. Discussion of his speech routed all further thought of games. Roxy To Have Bargain Night Beginning Wednesday evening of next week, January 8, the Roxy Theatre is to start a new policy, that of Bargain Nights each Wednesday, when adult admisison will be 20 cents. And while on the subject of the Roxy, note the outstanding list of at tractions which are being advertised on page eight in this issue for the month of January. Messrs Claver and Wood have contracted for some of the best pictures to come out of Hollywood in recent months for their January bookings. Schroeder's Display Was Outstanding Who Knew This Was A Crime? Mrs. George Hartley and Mrs. Em ily Hersey left New Year’s day for • Beaverton where they are visiting Here’s an offense that it to a safe Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hersey After a few days at Beaverton, Mrs. Hartley guess that 88 people out of 100 did win return to her home at Mur not know was a game law violation. For the posses s io n of a coon 1 hide, taugh. Idaho. , — »ÄT1 Eugene Adams, of Myrtle Point, was fined 825 and costs in justice court. The nrreM wae mide lff the sf«* xJoUce. Sheriff Howell remarked this tll nr ¿horning that he' oouid have been cree to guilty—if he 'had had such a hide maker without knowing he was violating Bruce any statute. One of the outstanding , out-of- doors scenes, emblematic of the Christmas season, in Coquille this year was that on the Schroeder Bros. Mortuaries lot on Moulton street. It represented the Christ child and his mother, the manger, even cattle and sheep, the wise men who came to worship, and back of that was a large lighted cross on a separate mounting.