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COQUILLE. COOS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 27. 1941.
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Wm. E. (leghorn
Was A Resident
Here For 40 Years
After an illness of seven years, dur
ing the last four of which he had been
unable to leave his home at the cor
ner of Second and Coulter streets,
William E. Cleghorn passed away
Tuesday morning at the ripe old age
of 82 years, seven months and twen
ty days.
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The funeral services are being held
at the Asesmbly of God church here
at two o’clocjt this afternoon, under
the direction of the Gano Funeral
Home. Rev. Lloyd C. Persing will be
ficiate at the service and interment
will be in the Masonic cemtery.
William Everment Cleghorn was
born at Etoton, Missouri, August 5,
1858, and was married to Leona
Adeline Lane on May », 1880.
They came to Coquille forty yean
ago and have made their home here
the greater part of that time.
Mr.
Cleghorn was a bookkeeper and until
advancing yean rendered him less ac
tive also served as assistant in a gro
cery store here.
Besides his widow he to survived
by four stolen, Mesdames Anna
Steeley, Ida McKemeny, Addie Hitch
and Emma Dee Ligart, all of his home
town, Etoton, Mo.
R. Lane, of Coquille, was a broth
er-in-law of the deceased, and the
following four who reside here are
cousins—Mrs. John Hickam, George
Robison, James Robison and Mn. R.
B. Knife.
Mr. Cleghorn was a charter mem
ber of the Coquille Assembly of God
church.
Good Friday
Services April 11
„At a meeting of the Coquille Min
isterial Association Monday morning,
plans were made for the union Good
Friday services Io be held from 12
to 3 p. m. April 11.
As in former
year», the services will be held in
Pioneer Church and will be divided
into six periods. The Seven Last
Words on the Cross will be used as
the basis of the meditation given by
the various pastors. Special music
will be provided by each of the local
churches.
The Ministerial Association to also
making plans for another Sunrise
Easter Service similar to the very
successful service conducted last year
on the courthouse lawn. The Rev. L.
.C. Persing, pastor of the Assembly
of God church, will be the speaker at
this service and the other local pastors
will also be on the program.
The County Preaching Mission, be
ing conducted this week, was also
discussed at some length and a unify
ing program adopted.
Camp Fire Girls
28th Anniversary
New Pastor At
Assembly of God
B.P.W. Style Show
Presented
Last Evening
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Council Fire.
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Rev. L. S. Persing, the new pastor
of the Coquille Assembly of God,
arrived here recently, accompanied
by Mrs. Persing and their eleven-year
old son Norman, from his previous
pastorate in Yuba City, Calif., where
he was located for five years. This
is his first experience outside of
California and he says he likes the
Oregon brand of weather.
A reception for the pastor and fam
ily was held in the church parlors
The second round of the annual
the next evening after their arrival spring handicap tournament was
here.
played at the Coquille Valley Coun
try Club course at Norway last Sat
urday and Sunday. There are 53 en
tries for the tournament, the course
is in splendid shape and a great deal
of interest is being shown.
Last week-end’s play resulted in
Low bidder on the “B” project of
the Coos Electric Co-op was found the following: C. M. Howard, 2 up
to be Hagen A McClintic, of Pueblo, over Ray Jeub. Roland BoWers de
Colo., when bids were opened in the fault from Geo. Gratke. Louis Holl
office here Tuesday morning. Their man 8 up over Chas. Selbig.
offer was to do the 9® miles of line Holmes by default from Paul Ne
conetrwstion, which will serve >10 Dick Arnold case.up over Lloyd W
new customer members, was $69,- »on. George Linn, one-up over Dr
909.86 Their bid was for the con Beadner. Al Haines by default from
struction and the Line Material com Pat Rickard. Clayton Mast 6 and 4
pany, hardware and gap-type trans from Ralph Kring. Os. Adams by
formers;
McFarland poles
and default from Elton Schroeder. Jack
McLarrin, one up over Irving Larson.
Porcelain Products’ insulators.
Homer G. Johnson, of Portland, Bob McLarrin, one up over E. Wat
who built the “A” project of »2 miles kins. John Arnold by default from
Don Gilelspie, 2 up
which now serves 300 members, was H. Chapman.
over
Fred
Hudson.
Bob Foster 2 up
next low his bid being $73,381.96. The
John
third bid was by Fritz Liebarth, of over Dr. L. L. Summerlin.
Geider,
one
up
over
Dutch
Clinton
Long Beach, Calif., with a figure of
L. Compton, by 5 and 4 from Geo.
$94,213.45.
Ulett. B. Barrow. one up over Geo.
It is expected the staking for the
McClellan. Spike Leslie, one up over
new lines will be completed by the
Dr. Rietman. Dee Richardson by 2
middle of April.
The' contract and 1 over Pete Norton.
awarded specifies that work must
start within ten days after that com
pletion, and the contractor is allowed
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70 days in which to finish his job.
Winners In Valley
Golf Tourney
R.E.A. Contract
For "B" Project
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May Enroll For
Young men between 19 and 26
may now enroll in the civilian pilots'
training program at the North Bend
Chamber of Commerce,Secretary Har
old J; Hickerson phoned the Sentinel
yesterday. He is at the chamber of
fice from 9 until 5 during the day
and between 6 and 7 in the evening.
As many youths as want to may
register for the ground school course,
Hickerson stated There is no limit
on the number, although there must
be at least 25 enrolled and qualified
before the instruction can begin. Li
onel Wright of Hauser and Denton
Clark of the Clark Flying Service will
instruct the ground school class.
Wright will handle civil air regula
tions and meterology while Clark will
teach navigation.
The ground school course will con
tinue for approximately three months.
For those who qualify there will be
a three months flight training pro
gram. Top ten out of every 50 in
ground school competition will re
ceive flight training scholarships. In
addition, for every scholarship spon
sored by the community the govern
ment will match it with one.
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None of These Five
Wrecks Were Serious
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4 S. M. Nosier
Sells Grocery
To 0. T. Gant
Negligees, morning dresses, sports
wear, afternoon frocks, suits and eve
ning gowns were paraded before an
audience of 300 men and women on
Wednesday evening at the I. O. O. F.
hall. The Excel Dress Shoppe cos
tumed 27 girls and women in the sea
son's newest outfits for every occas
ion. The show, sponsored by the
Business and Professional Woman’s
club, was directed by Miss Muriel Dae
who trained the models and planned
the specialty numbers.
Donna Dunn and Alice Howard, st
irred as French maids, in simple gray
dresses with small white aprons and
perky caps sang a sprightly son? of
promises about the lovely costumes
to be presented. While singing they
expressed their happiness over the
show to come with a gay little dance.
To the surprise of the audience, the
first costume was not an Excel
Shoppe model. Rather It was a sad
and dreary example of how a women
might look if she let too long a per
iod elapse between her visits to the
Excel. For those members of the
audience that wondered who was
masquerading in the drooopy, dis-
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Pilot Training
To celebrate the 2»th Birthday of
the national organisation of Camp
Fire Girls, Coquille’s five troupe will
join forces in a Council Fire Friday,
March 28, at 8 p. m., at the high
school auditorium, Miss Cherie Mae
Hartwell, member of the Guardian
■Council, announced.
Awards will be made to the follow
ing Camp Fire Girls:
Fire Maker Rank—Phyllis Litzen-
berger, Shirley Snyder, Gyendolyn
Elrod and Waneta Wardrip. Wood
Gatherers Rank------ Donna Rankin,
Ardella Shelley, Dorothy Wood, Mari
anne Rackleff. Trail Seekers Rank-
Vera Bishop, Jean Lee Griggs. Shir
ley Slater, Pat Yarbrough, Pat Far
rell and Betty Preston.
All the girls have been working
hard to fulfill their requirement« and
expect to have earned their rank« by
Friday evening. Beads and other
honors will also be awarded.
Everyone is invited to attend the
Two Liebhart Boya Have
Enlisted in U. S. Army
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NEWSPAPER
Sixth Column To
Buy Respirator
In a short time Wednesday morn
ing the Sixth Column organization
had secured donations of $43 around
town toward the purchase price of a
respirator which they decided at
their Monday evening session to pur
chase for the fire department. The
instrument which they hope to have
here for the fire department early in
May will cost between $150 and $200.
They expect to hold bazaars and have
other functions to add to the dona
tions which have been so freely given.
The Sixth Column also expresses a
vote of thanks to the city council for
permitting the use of the Community
Building shed as a rifle range.
George Witters To
Move To Roseburg
George R. Witters, the capable and
efficient manager of the Safeway
store here since October 17, 1936—
just after the Bandon fire—has been
notified of his transfer to the com
pany’s store at Roseburg. He will
leave after Saturday’s closing to take
over the Douglas county, capital Safe
way store. Mrs. Witters and their
daughter will remain here for a
month or more longer.
A Coquille boy who has been with
Safeway at Roseburg for some time
will be the new manager of the store.
An Early Age
For Demonstrating
“Like father, like son," which to to
say that Chas. Briggs’ three and one-
half year old youngster, Cliff, to emu
lating his father as an Al automobile
driver. Why?
A week ago last Sunday young Cliff
went to the family garage on Heath
street, opened the big garage doors,
then the front door of the car, climbed
in, started the motor put it in reverse
and. backed the car out the ten feet to
the street and then across the drive
on the parking into the street.
About that time a neighbor boy,
Morris Ray’s son saw him and shoved
the car back into the garage.
But Cliff had been cheated of bis
joy ride so he did it a second time,
getting the car out without scratch
ing a fender. This time young Ray
told Mrs. Briggs and Cliff was the re
cipient of a good paddling.
Mr. Briggs now says that he feels
he must ppdlock the garage, lock the
car’s doors and then jack up the
hind wheels so that he will feel safe.
S. M. Noaler, dean of Coquille
business men, after 39 years of al
most continuous activity in Coquille,
to going to retire.
Orvin T. Gant, who was associated
with Mr. Nosier in the grocery store
which the latter has operated since
November, 1932, will take over the
operation of the store next Monday.
A deal for his purchase of the stock
and business was recently made and
after an invoice of the stock is taken
on Sunday Mr. Gant will be the pro
prietor of Nosier’s Grocery. For the
past two years he has been book
keeper and assistant to Ed Walker in
the Coquille Service Station.
Mr. Nosler’s first business venture
was in the creamery business which
he began in December, 1902, and
he was butter maker as well as man
ager of the business.
Selling that business he started the
Coquille Laundry in 1904 and later
sold it to Arthur T. Morrison.
In 1912 he and J. E. Norton started
a wholesale grocery business from
which Mr. Nosier retired to enter
the retail grocery business, which
line has been his sole business activ
The threatened strike at the ply
ity for the past 26 years except for wood plant has been averted and the
a short time when he engaged in the strike decision voted on each of the
insurance business.
last two Sundays, has been revoked
The present Nosler’s Grocery was by the union committee to whom such
opened eight years ago last Novem authority was delegated.
ber, in the ground floor of the con
The reason made public for the
crete building he had erected in 1924. threatened strike was that the man
After a month during which he will agement had dispensed with the ser
get his affairs in shape for a three vices of a foreman, who it was claim
months’ absence, he and Mrs. Nos ed appeared on the job in a drunken
ier, accompanied by their daughter condition after being warned twice
and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Law before as to what would happen.
rence Gulseth, will leave pn a trip
Both management and union agreed
which will take them into 37 states to abide by the decision of a federal
of the Union and during which they conciliation agent who hat been asked
will be in every state around the to come here for investigation, a*d
perimeter of the United States.
Mr. Ulett says that if it is proved
They will travel in their 1941 Buick to this investigation’s satisfaction that
sedan, going first to Spokane, then the man was not intoxicated that the
to Minnesota, where Lawrence’s par discharged man will be given a job
then to Iowa, where both in the plant
nt. Nosler’s parents former-
From there they will go
Seriously Injured In 20-Foot
e whhre his forefathers lived,
Fall
From Bridge
thence to Boston, where they will
Floyd
Bracelin, 46, is in the Co
visit a nephew, George Hartley then
on to New York where Marvel Ober- quille Hospital, unconscious and in a
teuffer, a niece, has lived for many very serious condition as the result
of a fall from the long North Fork
years.
Then they will hit for a warmer bridge this side of Myrtle Point, at
section, going to Florida, across to two o’clock last Sunday morning. He
New Orleans and on west to San fell 20 feet fractured his left wrist
Diego, Calif., where several of his and suffered concussion. He to an
employee at the Smith plant.
brothers are in business.
They will make quite a visit there
before heading for home sometime in
late summer.
Plywood Strike
Is Called Off
Evergreen Players
Circuit Court
Cases This Week
The State Industrial Accident Com
mission ha« not been doing so well in
the Circuit court cases here in which
the injured were forced to sue for a
just settlement. One case was non
suited last week and another was
decided against the S. I. A. C.
The third case was heard last
Thursday and resulted in a verdist
for George Clark, Jr., the jury giv
ing him 40 per cent of the allowance
for loss of an arm.
On Friday the jury awarded W.
E. Miller 20 per cent of the loss of
arm schedule.
On Monday this week the case of
Rose K.Williams, administratrix of the
estate of Arthur Bums, vs. Coos Bay
Dredge Co., resulted in a verdict for
$3500 for the plaintif.
Bums, a
W. P. A. worker, was killed when a
bulldozer tipped over and crushed an
outbuilding on the Marshfield high
school grounds in which Bums hap
pened to be.
The case of the state vs two Rasers,
Ravito and Pierce, for manipulating
a punch board to their prbfit at Em
pire. was started yesterday and prob
ably will not be ended until tomor
row.
The only other case expected to
be tried this term to that of Chester
and Elsie E. Isacson vs. L. W. and
Dorothy Rippey.
Greek War Belief Show
At the Roxy Saturday Night
Next Tuesday
Theatre fans are awaiting the pre
sentation of “The Scientific Romeo,”
by the Evergreen Players of Seattle,
who will appear here Tuesday, April
1, under the sponsorship of the Wom
an’s club and the Camp Fire Girls.
Two shows, one at 7:30 p. m. and the
other at 9:15 p. m., will be given so
that everyone may take advantage of
the opportunity to see a play present
ed by the well known troup of itiner
ant players.
The Woman's club share of the pro
ceeds will be turned into the public
library fund, while funds belonging
to the Camp Fire Girls will be used
to purchase supplies for the various
town groups.
Earl A. Nosier Here
On Visit From Juneau
Earl B. Nosier of Juneau, Alaska,
a former Coquille boy, arrived here
Saturday to visit his sister, Mary
Alice Nosier, and other relatives.
During the past two and a half years,
Mr. Nosier has been a member of the
Coast Guard. Recently
he was
awarded a medal for bravery, an
honor conferred upon him after he
had saved a life. He also has a
medal for expert marksmanship. Just
before taking his present leave, he
finished a course in deep sew diving.
Mr. Nosler’s visit here to brief.
He to now serving on the Coast Guard
cutter "Haida,” which has been
berthed at Seattle for repairs. On
Monday he must report for duty at
Seattle.
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Talk of Busy
Times Ahead
The most interesting statement
made at the Chamber of Commerce
luncheon in the hotel Tuesday noon
was that by Clarence H. Coe, of
Marshfield, who said tha£ within six
months all of Coos county would be
seeing things hum as they never have
before. Of course, the national de
fense program fend the aid to Great
Britain are the factors which will
produce these results.
Boat building at the Bay and on
the lower river, the development of
the airport near North Bend and the
need for lumber of all kinds will bring
so heavy a demand for labor that un
employment should be unnkown.
Another matter which is being
talked but as yet has no official con
firmation, is that Coos Head will be
come an army training headquarters,
with possibly 30,000 men stationed
there.
Another matter of interest to Co
quille was the reommendation of Da
vid B. Biegger that the city hold a
“Dollar Day" festival on Saturday,
April 12, with many other features
besides the dollar offerings by the
merchants.
Mr. Biegger who to chairman of the
chamber’s merchants committee, was
asked to contact all merchants and
secure their co-operation in making
this dollar day a great success.
Mr. Biegger also said his committee
was recommending co-operation with
the Coquille Woman’s Club on their
annual May Day dance and^suggested
that a parade and other features be
planned for the day, to be followed
by the dance in the evening.
J. L. Smith, while asking to be re
lieved of the chairmanship which he
has held for several years past, said
it was time Coquille planned on its
annual clean-up, paint-up campaign.
. O. L. Wood, of the boathouse com
mittee stated that it was; planned to
charge $10 for a stall In the boat
house for the coming year instead of
the $18 charged last year to help pay
for construction. Last year’s renters
are to be given first chance, but
should additional space be required
to accommodate all who may desire
it, the charge for new renters would
probably be $18 again this year.
President R. L. Stewart stated that
many local merchants disagree with
the statement that the volume of busi
ness done in Coquille is less than it
was a few years ago. The The Sen
tinel last week did not state the small
er estimate as a fact, but was simply
quoting remarks made by one or
two members at the noon luncheon.
Mrs. J. E. Norton, secretary, read
a letter from the state fish commis
sion in which it was stated that a
hatchery in southwestern Oregon is
under , consideration by the commis
sion and will be located somewhere
down here as soon as possible.
She also read a letter inviting at
tendance at a bridge dedication near
Smith River, Calif., in Del Norte
county tomorrow—Friday.
Junior C. of C.
Met Tuesday
The regular meeting of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce was held
Tuesday this week. A short business
meeting was held during which the
matter of assisting the city in reno
vation of the Community Building
was discussed. The matter of the
dance to be held in the near future
was also discussed and committees
were appointed to make necessary ar
rangements.
These matters being taken care of,
the meeting was adjourned and Prin
cipal Clarence Osika was introduced
to the group and favored the organi
zation with an excellent talk on
“Americansm and American Ideals.”
Baseball Practice
Here Sunday
Coquille players are planning on a
team to become affiliated with the
Southwest Otfegun JsnetoaU
in the field artillery branch of the
U. S. army and was stationed at Camp
Lewis. He was 17 on the »th of this
month. His brother, Jim, who enlist
ed some time ago is also at Camp’
Lewis, being in the infantry. The
father of the boys is a’veteran of
World War I and is the proud poses-
sor of a distinguished service medal.
or collisions, between Coq
Marshfield last Saturday night, none
of them were very serious, according
to the reports made at the sheriff's
office.
One of them easily could
have been, however, for a Car stuck
its nose through the guard rail on
the China Camp bridge, but did not
go over.
started.to work in the local
show Saturday night at the Roxy
this to his first appointment as man
No regular admission will be
ager.
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charged but a collection will be taken,
'Weloome home, Lin.
the entire amount to be given for
Greek War Relief.
The film companies are furnishing
Mrs. Gladys Gano' was called to
Yakima Saturday by the death of her the film at no charge to the theatre.
father, M. B. Stone. She to expected The theatre and its employees are
donating their services to the cause.
home late this week.
league
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season’« weather as the rest of the
.citizenty may be found in the J.
Arthur Berg garden, where sweetpeas
are in bloom. The sweetpeas survey
a bed of tulips not yet in bud. Ac
cording to Mrs Berg, the sweetpeas
were planted in November foe late
May maturity.
for all who wtoh to play this year to
be at Athletic Park Sunday after
noon where a practice and organiza
tion meet will be held. There are
six other teams already signed up for
the league and Coqutlle fans are
anxious to see a team here this sum
mer.