The Coquille Valley sentinel., April 17, 1941, Image 1

AN
IN D E P E N D E N T
COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY.
W. H. Mansell
Retires From
Active Business
Don Joins
George's Club
George Johnson is feeling better
now, not so lonesome since Don Estes
joined his club thia week. Don gave
George, plenty of ribbing last fa ll
during the duck season and George
returned the compliment thia week
when Justice Barton assessed Co­
quille's popular carrier $25 for having
six over the legal 15 fish which he
caught in the North Fork last Sat­
urday.
Tw enty dollars of the fine
was remitted.
He laughs best who laughs last,
but the query ]»; Is this the last one’
N EW SPA PE
O e Z g ON,
Chas. A. Howard
To Address
C,H.S. Graduates
Vats For The
Roquefort
Cheese Plant
Marked Down
From 98 Cents
Pumper Bids
Are Called
By The City
“D o llar Day Special for 88c" Is
the slogan on tickets now being sold
C. A. Howard, president of th e Ore­
The Isler Sheet M etal W o r k s ___ fos the Junior Woman's club dance
gon College of Education, who w a s ------------------------------------
. . t cheese
, 1OTe vals
just delivered two large
vats Saturday, A p ril 18, at the Coquille
“Wfeat ace you going to do Hilly,
superintendent at local schools more » the Hansen, Cheese Factory at
golf.' has been a frequent query
Valley County club. M yrtle Clausen,
th
nrt tw
n tu years ago, _re«
- - __ T
ma.
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. . .
*
A t a special meeting of the city
than
tw o enty
w i l l , _____
Langlois. These vats which are rather is general chairman; Carol Voung^
directed at W H . Mansell since it be­
oouncil
Tuesday evening it was de­
ing
to
B.
W.
Dunn,
present
superin
huge affairs are constructed in the ticket chairman; Jane K ram er, dec­
came known this week that he and
cided to advertise for bids for a pump­
tendent, return here M a y 21, to
Isler plant w ith a redwood shell and
hi« »on, Chas. H., had sold the M an­
oration ex ec u tive , and
M arjo rie e r truck for the fire department, bids
dress members of the high school are lined w ith stainless steel and are
sell D ray & D elivery Co. equii>..,ent
graduating class at th eir commence­ ■the last word in sanitary equipment. Knight, music chairman. According |o be opened M ay 5. The pumper
and business to W alter Barnes, who
to Miss Knight, a group of first rate must pass fire underwriters’ tests and
ment exercises, i
This type of vat waa form erly all
had heretofore been deliverym an for
musicians have been secured .to play must be capable of throwing 500 gal­
W
hile
M
r.
Howard
has
been
achiev­
shipped in here from Wisconsin but fo r the dance.
Benham's Transfer
The chgnge in
.
lons a minute.
ing prominence in scholastic Circles, since the Isler company started man­
ownership took place yesterday.
Proceeds from the dance w ig
The council also decided to fit
the
Coquille
schools
have
bean
im
ufacturing them, they have delivered, used to rehabilitate and rejuvenate
Charley Mansell w ill work with
up a room in the city h all basement
proving.
As
an
outward
manifesta­
besides
the
ones
mentioned
above,
the n ew proprietor for a couple of
the club treasury which has been de­ as quarters for the department and
tion of th eir progress, new buildings vats to S w ift A Co. in Coquille, and
weeks, and about the first of M ay
bilitated by its efforts to make ade­ Chief Snyder was requested to re­
have replaced those in use twenty to plants in Bandon, Central Point.
he and Mrs. Mansell, M r. and Mrs
quate response to worthw hile civic port on what should be done and its
years ago. The old Academy has Tangent, Reedsport, Coos R iver and
W K . Mansell, w ill leave oq a two
projects.
probable coat.
been converted into the K nife apart­ M yrtle Point and it has developed
weeks’ trip to Oakland, Calif., where
According to Georgianna Vaughan,
The w ater committee reported that
ments.
W
here
the
original
high
Clyde
Hoiverstott
now
a
machinist
into
quite
an
industry
for
Coquille.
they w ill visit the elder M ansell’s
club president, who conducted the It had been decided to have a repre­
school building stood, there is now
mute,
petty
officer
in
the
U.
S.
navy,
mother, Mrs. Emma Falconer, who
I meeting at G uild haU Monday eve­
sentative from the state public u tili­
the fine new Washington school. The
was 8« yeaiy nW yesterday, as w ell as has been enjoying a vacation w ith
ning, other service clubs who have as­ ties commission come in. make a sur­
his parents, M r and Mrs. Chas. A. high school building, for which Mr.
many others of their relatives in that
sisted the Junior Women in carrying
vey and recommend w ater rates
Hoiverstott, at F airview . H e has a Howard summoned his best oratorical
city. '
’
‘
. t ’
the Washington School M ilk Fund which w ill be comparable to those in
powers,
was
erected
soon
after
he
month’s
vacation,
having
landed
in
M r. Mansell had hoped to get
are the Coquille Woman’s club, »30; effect in other cities of this «ire.
left here. It was, during the past
down there fo r his mother's birthday Sun Francisco from the O rient the
Chamber of Commerce, »30; Lions
A
t
the
board
of
directors
of
school
It was announced that those owing
as he has done in the past but the last of March. He has Just completed year, improved by the remodeling of district. No. 8, session last week, three club, »30; Am erican Legion A uxiliary, for delinquent w ater bills might w ork
several
class
rooms
and
the
conversion
Ids
seventh
year
in
the
Navy
and
for
deal prevented.
»13; Business and Professional Wom­ out th eir debts by cleaning up city-
of one classroom into a convenient teachers for the Coquille schools
They expect to return in a couple the past th ree has been longer at
en’s
club, »10. A im of the Junior owned lots.
M an ila, Philippines, than anywhere office. The gymnasium and auditor­ were elected to succeed those who
of weeks to cSntinue m aking their
Women is to secure sufficient funds
There was considerable discussion
else but with voyages to China, the ium, constructed w ithin the past few wiU not return here next fall.
homes in Coquille.
As teacher of English and History to make certain that m ilk may be of Coquille’s tra ffic problema and the
years,
are
m
ajor
signs
of
progress.
Haw
aiian
Islands
and
other
ports.
He
“B illy ” Mansell, at 78 years,' was
One building, Lincoln Junior High, in the high school, Miss V irginia M or provided to undernourished school city attorney was instructed to ascer­
the oldest man in business in Coquille likes the sea life and says he expects
ris, a graduate ot V . of O., who is now children until the and of the school tain w hat a down town tract, sulk»
has been added to the number necc
and w ily two local men—J. A. Lam b to take five hitches at i t —five four,
teaching in Sm ith River, Calif., w ill yeer and to raise enough money so able fo r summer parking, could ba
sary during M r. H ow ard’s regime.
year
enlistments—
afte
r
which
he
w
ill
and H . N. Lorenz— have been in busi­
that m ilk may be given to the children secured for.
Clarence Osika, high school princi­ succeed Mrs. Cleona H ill.
ness here longer than has M r. Mansell be eligible for retirem ent pay.
M erlin L. M orey, from Albany Col­ requiring it at the beginning of the
pal, announces that Baccalaureate
His
brother.
Clynard,
is
also
In
the
and they were associated w ith tb elr
lege in Portland, w ill teach biology new school year in September. No
fathers back in 1888 when M r. M an­ Navy and they were In port together services w ill be held on Sunday eve­
and social science in the high school, m ilk was furnished until Nov. 18, of
ning,
M
ay
It
,
the
hour
and
place
to
recently.
SC
sell embarked in business fo r himself.
succeeding Robert Nelson, who w ill the current year.
lx* unnounced latpr.
He came here In the early nineteen
As a further money raising project,
be at Oswego next year.
Ainties and had worked as-a tinner,
Miss June Bennett now teaching in club members voted to hold a public
C. M . How ard and Pat M cLarin
m aking cans fo r the Arago cramery
Reedsport, w ill be assigned to the care party soon. Aa a variation in John Arnold
and Wm. Barrow
of which W. H . Schroeder’s fath er
large
card
parties,
Miss
M
ay’s
Shop
room In the Washington building now
•merged
last
week
as semi-finalists in
has
kindly
consented
to
clothe
a
few
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presided over by Miss Towne, who
the Coquille Valley Country Club
The partnership between Louis
v,
resigned that she might attend col
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spring handicap tournament and w ill
city park commission ___ it a e
Hoitmon and George McClellan who r i .
Will Attend Episcopal
this week play o ff the semi-finals so
purchased the City Clei * ' plant
' ' ' ' on
report to the council showing
Convention At Corvallis
that the final two games may poasibly
i.xt YaMR ■ -Whs. _
.Front ytreet last
Jas. A. that 8. F. Stevens had been chosen
Rev. and Mrs. Chas: M G uilbert 'Fitzpatrick, was
hy
played n ext Sunday.
as
its
chairman;
O.
L.
Wood,
vice-
last Thure-
m d tier mother, Mrs. E. O. Lay, who day wheh Robert
The results of the quarter finals tart
son-in-law chairman; J. I . Axtell, secretary-
has been visiting here from her home of the former,
week-end showed the following:
M c d e l- treasurer.
in Kewaskum, Wls., w ill leave
C. M Howard won from Austin
«
M r.
The
“ » be charge* tor h a - « !
Ian ’s interest in the
year» o f a c c o r d i n g to resolution adopt- s> ooven
.
_ _ _ _ ______
.» W ig
showing the 1840 rain fall in southern »'Pat M eL arrin one up over O. S
,
-.J e<j was that 20 percent of the gate be­
the diocesan convention of the Epls- experience irrtb ts Hne,
* for the ensuing
-
__________
year at
>rnfa up to thia tim e of the fiscal
«»pal church w h i c h __ _
the buxines and he expects to rontmue ing taken by the commission for all meeting of the Rotary Club at the
and what it has been to date
W m. H . Barrow, tw o and one over
service Sunday evening and concludes to give the b elt pustifclc service ojl above »25. The first »23 w ill go to tel yesterday. -J The now directors
With a banquet Monday evening.
ithe Visiting and home Warns.
cleaning, pressing and d/eipg
w ill meet tonight to elect their of­ this year. Tw o or three times aa much Dec Richardson.
From there the three w ill make a
John Arnold, six and four, over E.
’ > The financial report showed re­ ficers. Directors elected were: Schro­ thl« year as last is the record for
few days’ trip .to V icto ria, a C., be­ Ig lo o M a r k e t N e e d e d
ceipts of »70 from the city budgeted der, Osika, Bosworth, Greenough, moat weather observation stations. O. Sempert.
In Loa Angeles last year it was l« J 5
fore returning home
The finals in the consolation round
■Jem, »,18.78 turned over by the pre- Brandon, Briggs and Howard.
More locker Boxes
E ither Chas S ta ir o r L . H. Haz­
vfu»<s park commission, and expen­
Rotarian A lb ert Mattson and Shel­ inches, this year 28.43. A t Burbank w ill find Pete Norton, club president,
M arc Shelley has finished remodel­ ditures of »8 74 fo r repa
ard w ill attend the convention as the
- repairs at the ball don Sackett, both of M arshfield, were last year’s fa ll was 11.40 Inches, this pitted against “Dutch” Clinton, last
ing his building at the corner of First park.
year it is now 35.50. Santa Barbara year's president.
delegate.
guests.
Jumped from 13.0« to 38.22, while
Mrs. Annie Robinson and Mrs. and H all streets and now has tw o
J.
An oddity in last Sunday’s play,
store rooms facing on First street.
Pasadena which was 18.58 last year something that probably never hap­
Pearl Smith also expect J g be J n C o r- “tori
F. H. Mow*,returned last week from
Howard Hickam and A lv in Shaver,
vallls for the Women’s A u x ilia ry con- The one on the cogner w ill be oc­
is now 40.3».
pened before in golf and which is a
Fort Lewis near Tacoma, where he farmer Coquille boys, came down
And they have had more storms real Ripley “Believe it or not,” waa a
vention which meets there at the cupied by Marcus Shelley with his had been for the past four months us Saturday from Portland to spend
frozen foods store and office.
since the table these figures are taken play of Pete Norton’s, and there were
same time.
one of the hundreds of carpenters who Easter with relatives and old friends.
Shortening un the front store rooms
from were printed.
several stranding around who u k .
were putting up the 2200 new build­
gave additions! space at the rear
W ith the Oregon coast less rain fall the play. Pete was playing nehjr the
which is being filled w ith refrigerated ings ut the camp He is now building I H . A. Slack and Dr. Marshall Ken- thia year It would give some appear­ creek for the No. 8 hole and smacked
a house for W m Sinko out near Fish- nedy left thia morning on a few days’
locker boxes, 250 being added which
ance of fact to a prediction made last the ball which traveled about
» u t * I 100
tru
p
business trip to San Francisco
makes a total of 525 boxes now avail­
year by a southern California me- fret, struck a tree squarely
able.
teorolgist that southern C alifornia’s bounced back to the identical spot
Another meeting has been called
M r. Shelley found that the 275
weather is due to become more tropi­ from which he had hit it. He did
for representatives from all the
boxes which he had originally con­
cal w hile Oregon’s and northern C ali­ not have to move his feet for his sec­
lodges, societies and civic organiza­
structed were insufficient to supply
fornia's would become more like ond swing, which Incidentally sent
tions, which w ill arrange for an ex­
the growing demand for this service.
what southern C alifornia’s has been the ball into the creek! It's a law
tensive program on Sunday. M ay 11
of physics that action and reaction
—M o ther’s Day. Eoetv club or-lodge
Tw o divorces were granted by
I are equal, and it wns exact proof.
dr other organization in Coquille is
Judge Brand in circuit court this
Jack M eL arrin also came through In
requested to name a member who
week, one on Monday to Grace E.
the pinch Sunday. He says his putt­
w ill attend the meeting in the tpity
Richert, separating her from Chris |
ing had been rotten all day but when
hall next Tuesday evening, A p ril 22.
F. Richert, and another on Tuesday'
The cast and production staff mem­ a photographer wanted to catch a
at 7:30 p. in., at which tim e it is hoped !
to Hazel L. Archer, who was separ- ■
b e r are working Industriously on moving picture of the putt, Pat sank
the details for a Mother's D ay ob- '
ated from Clyde G. Archer.
their
Senior play, "The Dutch De­ one from the outer edge of the green.
servant» program o n ho worked out
Irm a Sumerlin was chairman of the -
tective,’’ which is to be given tomor­
The meeting was called by the
M r. uihj
and lars.
M is . n
H a a ro
ro ra
ld ruaings
R idings nna
and
, ___ t
jt .
.
.
. 1
■"».
committee in charge of the ladies'
row
night,
A
p
ril
1A
in
the
high
school
.
“ the purpose is to ;,lw<) t.,lild r,.n came in last Friday from
club rotation tournament last Friday,
gymnasium at 8.00 o'clock.
net a
ll of
o f Coquille
( '« m i l e back of
o f the pro-i
nr<U
.
get
all
Molalla. Orc, to spend Easter w ith
. M e rrill Tozier, who plays the lead- in which Florence Adams, Lola King.
ri<ct to make it a city-w ide affair.
her parents, M r. and Mrs. W. A. Bean
I ing role, is a typical old Dutchman Lillian Bowers, A v e rill Schroeder.
at Riverton. Mrs Ridiugs was for­
1 anti keeps th e play rolling in a rolick- Lee Thomas, Leta Arnold, Marguerite
N e a rly I2(M) Eggs Found
merly Dorothy Bean.
jlng mood.
There are many good Chaney and L illia n M cLarin com­
In F u lle r to n G ro v e S unday
I laughs and scares.
You’ll scream peted. The latter won first prize and
There were between 250 and .$00
M r and Mrs. Jas. A. Fitzgerald
i w ith fright when the lunatics start Florence Adams, second.
youngsters who took part ill 11» came down Saturday evening fron;
The next ladies' day w ill be held
1 slinging their knives, and scream
Eagles Easter egg hunt last Sunday in Newport, where he operates a clean­
w ith laughter when the detective tries held on Friday, M ay 2.
I’attei son's Grove and nearly every ing plant, to <pend Easter with Mrs.
his new tactics.
one o f the over 1200 eggs was found C. A. M ad am and other friends here
In spite of many illnesses and in - Unxoeid Girls Were
during the afternoon. One boy found They returned home Monday after­
teruptlons, the play is really going to Visitor.» Here Saturday
,
■0 egg placed for last year’s hunt and noon..
be a success. The admission ia twen­
for this lie was paid tw o bits.
Three Unsoeld sisters — Barbara,
ty -fiv e cents for students and thirty*
No record was kept of the prise
Bob IJolzang, foievnnn for tite
I five cents f<!r adults. You’ll miss a Beryl and Isobel — stopped in Coquille
W inners tiieie were a lot of them— Southwestern Motors repair shop, re-
last Saturday afternoon for a short
good time If you fail to see “The
ana
and Most
i . iosi of
oi the
me prizes were for eggs turned yesterday from San Francisco,
time.
They were on their way home
Dutch Detective."
marked to be worth a nickel or a dime j where he went lust Friday to visit
from visiting their parents, M r. and
Special attractions between acts
lo the finder.
his mother and a sister whom he had
w ill be; Harvey Cole playing two Mrs. Geo. Unsoeld, in Eugene. Bar­
pot seen for several years
bara. who was accompanied by her
saxophone solos; an accordian trio
ili V induction
consisting of Leah Rover, Doris Ann daughter, lives J r southern C alifo r­
nia H er name Is Mrs. Robert Shute.
He Public Affair
The Holy Name A lta r Sdciety w ill
Wood and George Folsom, directed by
Everett Harding representing the hold a cooked food sale Monday a t '
Miss Inez Rover, and • a piano duet Beryl is still teaching in Arcata, Calif.
Isobel— Mrs.' Overland — resides in
Thrift*» Grocery. Mrs. Ed McKeown 1 1
Bailey-and A v ij R
d.Mon-
■
principal, and 20 Junior and Senior
S ta tio n D is trib u to r
lx onard Farr, who was an outstand­
tioys who are tntacested in forming
Of Goodyear Tires
ing student a t Coquille High, is con­
a H l- Y here W ith M r Harding Were
Mrs. M arvin Hopkins and little
The Shell Service Station on Front tinuing to w in honors and recognition
i ’hil Seaman and B ill Huggins, mem­ Jackie, left Saturday for their home
street, of which Fred Mithtendorff at the university. He was recently
bers of the newly organized M arsh­ at Eugene after visiting Itéré for sev­
and Ellis Carlson are the proprietors, elected president of Kenwood Co­
eral days at the home of Mrs. Hop­
field H i-Y .
Above Is a picture of five generations of the Manaell fam ily taken
are now Coquille distributors for operative house on the campus.
According to M r. Osika, plane are kins parents, M r. and Mrs. W. E.
IU
seven years ago in Oakland. C alif. There shown are W . H . Manadtt. now Goodyear tires and tubes, having
under way for a public induction cere­ Boseerman
>8. of Coquille; his mother, Mrs. Emma Falconer, who ia still active at 8«
been awarded the valley teritory by
mony about M ay 1.
Tw enty local
M r. and Mrs. George U lett left
years of age; his son, A. H. (B u d ) Mansell, the latter’s son, W illiam H-, and
boys have already expreand their
M ining Location notices tor sale at his daughter. Doris, who was one year of age when the picture was taken. the Goodyear company. T h e ir ad­ M onday fo r Portland, where they ex­
vertisement appears elsewhere in this pect to spend the m ajor part of the
desire to organize a H i-Y .
thia ottica
AU reside in Oakland except B illy— W. H.
Home On A
Month Furlough
Three New
Teachers Chosen
Change A t The
City Cleaners
It Was A
Freak Shot
Park Commission
Officers Chosen
Directors Elected
For Rotary Club
Is It Rainy
California Now?
To Plan For
Mother's Day
Senior Class
Play Tomorrow
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