gun in this happy land we will find
oM In there with old Bill, Ma cun
and the aid Ford ready to meet his
friends that are. now there and those
who will soon join him. He enjoyed
life and he did get a lot out of it.
Many amusing stories could be told
in which In was ana of the main
character«. On one huntinc expedi­
tion to Brewster valley lone ago the
writer and In Mt Corn City astride
two ateeda. In on a bronco none too
tame and with the habit of every once
in a while trying Co throw the rider
over hia bead. We had our camping
outfit tied on our saddles, which did
not amount to much, just something
to eat, and a coffee pot and fryinc
pan, no blanket«. In had the coffee
pot and tryinc pan tied an the back
of hia saddle and I had the reat.
While we were riding alone up a
hili my mare waa browsing along the
road and went over the bank of the
road with me, about six feet straight
down, but she lighted on her feet in
the brush, made a tew lunges and
landed back in the road With me
hanging on for dear life. So that was
that, but Ira thought the event waa
tunny. I didn't; I felt a little rattled
over it. He made some remarks about
my letting my hone browse along
the road and kept chuckling to him­
self as we rode on up the mountain.
I was in bad humor, so when we
started down the other side along
what was called tire Fem ridge I was
riding behind and I gave Ira’s bronco
a few slaps with my hat and let out
a yell. My, how we
coffee pot and frying
flip and fly around,
bronco to more speed. |
away with me and when the level
waa reached. Ira did not laugh- Ha
aaid some very abusing words to me
and told me something which sounded
very much like the truth.
On our way, at Middle Creek Stage
station we picked up one Wayne Sef­
ton, who was at one time connected
with the Sentinel.
One night we
slept in an old bam on the Goheen
place at Brewster valley. We crawled
under the hay. Sefton covered him­
self over completely and when Ira
got up in the morning he did not see
Sefton and stepped on his head, one
of the calks of Ira's shoes going
through Sefton’s naae.
Church Societies
The Dorcas Division of the Church
of Christ Missionary 8octaty was en­
tertained Thursday at dessert lunch­
eon by Miss Jennie Lafferty and Mrs.
Willard Sloan at the Sloan houM. Mrs.
Harold McCue and Mrs. Ernest O'Dell
opened the meeting with devotions on
the subject of harvest.
During the business meeting, Mrs.
Alton Dungey reported that ail dish
towels had been sold but more safe
would be finished very soon. Mrs.
Eiwyn Nosier reported on the prog­
ress being
to fill a Christmas
box for the Franklin Smiths, Alaskan
missionaries.
Each member of the
society brought a shower gift for the
missionary box.
Presents Included
such items as towels, aprons, and a
pair of fine double blankets, pur­
chased by tbe Dorcas group. Other
items will be bought according to the
results of a vote on the matter. Mrs.
Eiwyn Nosier road a form letter from
Melba Palmer, former Coquille girl
who was a missionary in Tibet and is
now in New York.
Mrs William Holcomb was a visitor.
Members present were Mesdames V.
L. Bailey, John Boots. Alton Dungey.
T. S. Harrington, Belie Hooten, Guy
Kelley, Harold McCue, Qus McCul­
loch, Eiwyn Nosier, E. H. O'Dell,
Paul Simpson, W. A. Sloan, Art
Towne and Miss Jennie Lafferty.
"Grandma" Lillie
Was Nearly 91
Funeral services, with Rev. J. W.
Barnett officiating, were held at the
Schroeder Brae. Mortuaries here at
2:00 p. m. Tuesday for Grandma
Lillie, as she was affectionately
known to hundreds of Coos county
people. She passed away at Bandon
last Saturday at the ripe old age of
30 years and ten months. The Wom­
en’s Relief Corps conducted graveside
services at the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
Mrs Lillie was bom Minerva Eliz­
abeth Snead, October 13, IMO, in
Dallas county, Missouri, and crossed
the plains with her parents when two
yean old. After living near Salem
and in Canyonville, they came to Coos
county eight yean later .
Her first husband was D. W. Doyle
to whom she was married in IMS.
He was killed in an accident here in
Coquille in IMS.
Several yean later she was mar­
ried to Albert T. Lillie, who passed
away early in this century.
For many years Mn. Lillie lived
at Arago but after her children were
grown sire moved to Bandon
Her children by her first husband
were: David W. Mellisa, Cassius,
James, Dewey, Elizabeth Elmer, and
Burton Doyle. She was the mother
of three children by her second hus­
band, one of whom is Albert Lillie,
of Arago. She is also survived by
sixteen grand children fourteen great
grandchildren and four great great
grandchildren.
U.E. McCLARY TOXa
Philco KeMnstor RC A
Liberty Must
Be Preserved
We Might Eater Tbe War
Win IL And Still Law
By George Peck
What baa been done cannot be un­
done, and no amount of second guess­
ing can alter tbe situation. It is idle
at this juncture to argue that the
Administration and the Congress
should have done this or should have
done that. It is too late for Ameri­
cans to quarrel about governmental
policies that have brought us to the
brink of war.
All of us hate war—all of us loathe
oppression. Our sympthy. yes, even
a lot of our money has gone out to
the nations that have been overrun
by the Nazi hordes. Most of us were
determined, however, that America
was not going to get itself mixed up
in the lhad debacle that is devastat­
ing Europe and parts of Asia and
Africa..
‘
Some of us like England, and some
of us dislike her.
But, all of us,
whether we like her or not, realize
that if she is vanquished, our civiliza­
tion here in America is menaced. So,
little by little, we have increased our
aid to Britain, thus incurring the bit­
ter hatred of Hitler and Mussolini.
Today, only a miracle can save us
from having to engage in actual com­
bat with the Axis Powers. We re­
peat, it is too late to turn back. We
cannot—in fact, most of us would not
undo a single thing the we have done
to extend aid to Britain to help her
fight our enemies—the Axis Powers
(the word “our” is used intention­
ally)
In this column, we have stood sol­
idly behind tbe Administration and
the Congress on the Defense Pro­
gram. We have not in the past, we
do not now,, nor will we in the fu­
ture, begrudge one single penny
spent, being spent or to be expended
to arm us to the teeth, and for ammu­
nition and supplies for Britain.
It is not too late now, nor will it
be too late if we are drawn into the
conflict, to continue every effort to
preserve our democratic processes;
to maintain civil liberties insofar
as is possible for a nation close to or
actually engaged in war; to maintain
the American System of Free Enter­
prise; to curb governmental waste, and
to stop further encroachment by the
Federal Government into the affairs
which properly and constitutionally
belong to the several sovereign states.
If we tail to maintain tbe American
Way; if we bow to further bureau­
cracy; if we adopt some form of na­
tional socialism, then when the Axis
Powers are finally defeated, either
with or witbout our military aid, the
United States will have lost tbe war.
We will have set up in this country
Schools To
Receive Books
Eight hundred eighteen books have
been segregated by the office of the
county school superintendent and are
now ready fur distribution to the sev­
eral school districts which sent in
for them. These books were shipped
last week to the county office by J.
X. GUL book depository for Oregon.
The Oregon law provides that the
eounty court must provide a fund
which amounts to not less than 10
cents for each child on the school
census. Coos county provides only
the minimum, which amounts to
Ml 1.00.
Besides this amount, the
following listed districts sent in ad­
ditional funds of >240.14: North Bend,
Kentuck Inlet, Fairview, Coos River,
Dora, Norway, Allegany, Eastside
Delmar, Sitkum, Bunker Hill, and
Randolph. The number of 813 books
does not include shipment of books
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Playground Notes
Tomorrow, August 15, there will be
a Pet Show at the Coquille play­
ground for all boys and girls of school
age who wish to display their pets.
Judging will begin at two o’clock
and prizes will be awarded. Since
animals running loose are apt to
cause trouble, the supervisors ask that
they be either leashed, tied-up, or
carried in a box or basket and each
owner will be held responsible for
his pet. Prizes will be given for tbe
biggest pet, the smallest pet, the most
unusual pet, tbe youngs* !**•
best-dressed pet, the best-behaved
pet, the most-comical pet and tbe
best-trained pet.
Phyllis Litzenberger defeated Pa­
tricia Berg last Friday to win tbe
girls' ping pong tournament. Shirley
Slater was third (lucky Shirley!).
In the boys’ ping-pong. Benjamin
Franklin Barton was first, Don Aasen,
second, and David Kline, third.
Tom Boots defeated Jim Kramar in
croquet with Gene Boots, third. Bad­
minton winner was also Tom Besda;
Bill Donaldson, seeeadj David Kline,
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