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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1941)
Red Cross Nursing Course Holds Closing Exercises Lincoln Junior High School News Junior Class Play Up To Expectations r Mrt. Littler will start similar stan dard courses Dec. 1st at Powers; The 8X Roil Room placed first for Dec. 3rd, Eaataide, and in Marsh the past six weeks In achieving the field an evening class first week in The Junior class play, “Don’t Keep January. Groups already heard from The scholarship award hangs in that Him Waiting,” presented at the high who wish to organize a class are in rocm- school gymnasium last Fdiday eve North Bend, Green Acres, Bandon, Claas averages were as follows: ning was remarkable in more ways Myrtle Point and Empire. tx—2.47; 7y—2.50; By—2.77; 8x— than one. The admission receipts Fourteen points on the value of the 2.78; By—3.88; 7x—231. made a record for a class play—8115. course have been prepared in a sum Students who did not receive a Another thing was that the mem mary which might be interesting to grade lower than a two for the past bers of the cast had been so weU prospective members of a successive six weeks were: 8x. Walter Isler. selected for the parts they were to course to be conducted at a June Dalton; 8y, play. A comment of this kind to time: Marianne Rackleff, Shirley Slater; the director, Mrs. Ruth Beyers, . 1. Better knowledge of 7x, Iris Fox; 7y, Raymond Kay, brought forth tlie remark that she being done by Red Cross. Maurice Williams; 6x, Jim Brown, had a splendid class from which to 2. Sanitation in home and Donald Fox, Clinton Peart, Rose choose. And the play itself was un munity and how to prevent contagion^ Marie Peart, Betty Pruessler; 8y, usually well presented by the stud 3. Confidence in aiding neighbors Betty Dalton, Patricia Darby, Anne ents, probably the most striking fea in case of sickness or emergency. Harbison, Joanne Savage. ture of the evening’s entertainment 4. Time and energy saving meth Students who did not receive a being the song period with which ods. , ’ grade lower than a three and re Harriet Tozier picked daisy petals, 5. Practical Improvised methods in ceiving honorable mention are: tossing one aloft with the remark, “He the home Eighth grade, Robert Alborn, Anna loves me,” and then spinning the 8. Use of articles already an hand Arnett, Edward Arnett, Jack Blum, next by dashing it to the floor, and in humblest homes in care of sick. Phyllis “I|g in a more subdued tone, “He loves , 7. Methods of isolation. Floyd i, Donald Dunham, me not.” 8. Value and aid Of Public Health Norma r, Charlotte Finch, It was a little difficult to tell who Dept, in the community. George Sue Gobble, Helen was being kept waiting, whether 9. What not to do—as well as what 1 Greve. « Haga, Netabelle Boyd Hendrix, as David Vance, to do. Hendrix, Dorothy Howe, Bob Jen whose girl Betty RamHe, played by 10. Social contacts valuable. ' kins, George Johnson, Bill Kirtner, Verene Bailey, who had to pay all 11. Wrong ideas about health and Jim Kramer, Keith Leslie, Wilma the family bills, or Pat O'Toole, the care of sick corrected. Drake, Patricia McKelvy, Dorothy taxi driver, played by Wilfred Was 12. Prevention of spread of disease. Polignout, Loraine Steward, Pat son, whose demands for pay for the 13. Advantage of study in organ Yarbrough, Eulia McCracken, Ger amount his meter was registering ized group over individual pursuit. aldine Oerding, Idel Sell, Beatrice were in the most approved cabby 14. Ways of aiding parent in faster Taylor, Melbourn Mitchell; Seventh style. recovery through methods of occupy Joe Estes, as the boy on whom Grade: Edith Alford, Joyce Benham, ing time and making greater comfort. Bill Brown, Leo Call, Bartley Car Toodles Ramble (Harriet Tozier) was I '"t" ■-• ................- rillo, JoAnne Cole, Dorothy Ellison, lavishing her affections, was allergic Edwin Griggs, Bud Hickam, Glenn to work, newspapers, effort of any Km#it, Marian Gregory, John kind, but not to resting and sleeping, Leslie,. Bonita Miller, Carmen Re brought frequent applause from the I pass, Laura Emily Ruble, Harry large crowd. The leading man was Dick Gregory I Slack, Loren Steward, Bobby Tay lor, Fred Vogt Mary Anne Walker, as Jeff Ramble; Avis Ricketts as Versie Willis, Everett Steward; Sixth Jimmy McTarrish, was a good little I Grade: Carolyn Borgard, Darlene pal but she wanted more personal Cole, Neil Haga, Shirley Hamilton, affection; Selina Ramble, played by I Donna Howe, John Levine, Geraldine Mary belle Yarbrough, and Owen Price, Preston Willis, Sally Bonney, Ramble by Norman Ojfen, were aunt Carol Gray, Charles Hanna, Bobby and father of Jeff, and permitted Kuenzli, Lael Shuck, Elizabeth Betty to pay all the family bills, even I Stelle, Louise Terry, Jean Truman. presenting her with presents which Attendance Award had been charged to her, as tokens The 8y Roll Room won the At of their love and affection. tendance Award for having the high Roberta Stonecypher as Sally Lou est per cent of attendance during Blaine, a glamour girl, and Doris Ann I the last school month Per cents Wood as Minerva Harrington, “who 11 were as follows: 8y—96.8%; 8x— •giggles;” and Eugene Mead as Amos I 95.8%; By—85%; 7y—94.8%; 8x— Atkins, a collector of antiques, were I 94.5%; 7x—94.4%. all instrumental in making the 1M1 I Aaeembiy Award Junior class play the success it was. • ’ At present the Assembly Award adorns the By Roll Room. This ban ner is awarded on the conduct of the rooms passing to and from assem blies and upon their behaviqr during the assembly. The Coquille Class of Hnm, giene and Care of the Sick,___ graduation exercises and received their certificates last Friday after noon at two-thirty p. m. at the American Legion Hall in the presence ot invited guests and members of the class amounting to thirty-six in num ber. v-r- Because the National Federation of Women’s Clubs is forcibly behind Hie movement for Home Defense, Mrs. O. C. Sanford, state president of Federated Women’s Clubs of Oregon, was ctiosen as the principal speaker. Mrs. Sanford spoke at length on the relation of our national strength, both in preparation for defense or in case of .war and its bearing on conditions which originate in the American home and told how the National Defense plan is dominating every phase of our every day Jives, of the powerful work of organizations and of their eo-ordnation. Going into the defense plans worked out in the fed4ration„ the Department of Welfare was men tioned, and attention called to the great number of rejects, of men be cause of nutrition deficiency. Mrs. Ethel C. Littler, registered nurse from Coos county public health department, has been instructer of the twelve weeks’ course, having con ducted a two-hour lesson each week. Mrs. Littler opened the exercises with a talk which dealt with the purpose of the course, and the need of train ing housewives in home nursing and care of the sick. She traced the his tory of the struggle to get such courses available to the public due to opposition among nursing groups and educators, fearing the purpose of the course could be misunderstood and explained that the certificate re ceived for this course is not a diploma or license to obtain employment. In closing, Mrs. Littler emphasized that this course had been made possible through the efforts of the Red Cross and urged individual support of the organization through paying of. the one dollar subscription st such times as the current drive is made. During the program a demonstra tion was given of the moving care of a bed patient by Margaret Church and Violet Qeitnar, commentator. Leia McCue, Coos county chairman of home hygiene played the role of patient and so realistic was the pro ceding with the professional manper of lifting and placing the helpless pa tient in the real bed provided by the Biegger Furniture Co., that for a while the room became hushed and to relieve th* quiet some one asked from the audience, “What is .the matter with the patient?” The nurse and commentator were at first in disagreement as to whether it was smallpox or just that the patient was aged! Lou Blanc, chairman of Coos coun ty, Red Cross Chapter, was present from Marshfield, to present the cer tificates and delivered a short talk, at which time he expressed his desire for the return of Coquille into more Nov. 28—Wendell T. Patrick and active participation with Red Cross' organization and during the informal Ruth Catherine Pickering, both of discussion on the subject, Mrs. Leia Marshfield. They were married on McCue was designated as a chairman Saturday by.Rev. T. W. Heald at his to investigate the separation of Co home in Marshfield. Dec. 2—Elmer Alvin Jennings, of quille from the County Red Cross. Distribution of certificates to show Coquille, and Elsie Electa Fisher, of completion of this course was made Charleston. to Alice Barrows, Margaret Church. Ruth Lemon, Leia McCue, all of Bul lards Rt„ Coquille; Thelma Burgess, Anna Christiansen, Eva Herker, Ma bel Willard, McKinley Rt., Coquille; Violet Geitner, Rthelyn Kuenze, Macie Neal, Lenore Steen, Leona Stone, Alma Culbertson, Maxine Stevens, Anna Hendrix, Coquille; the. SIOW estate teft by Eva Tillman, who died in San Francisco last Jan uary «_ Appraisers named were Wal ter Butler. J Albert Mat*» and H. E. Folsom. Probote Court Coses Seal Sale Is Up To Average Marriage Licenses . ~ . —a— Monday night the Coos County Schoolmasters’ Association, Elemen tary Division, met in the Lincoln Junior High School- for the purpose of drawing up basketball schedules and making tentative plans for the Elementary Basketball Tournament. It was decided to hold the tourna ment Friday night and Saturday night <4 February 20 and 21. The place has net been definitely set but present indications point toward the tourna ment being held in Coquille. The Coquille team has a possible fourteen game schedule, with three of the games before the Christmas vaca tion. \ . ■ ... Also, a tentative Schedule for the Girls’ Volleyball teams was drawn up. The local girls have seven games schedued at present. This year finds the greatest num ber of boys out for basketball in the history of the school. Sixty-foUr as pirants each night appear on the court for instructions from Coach Meyer and Mr. Clarke. From all in dications Coquille should have the best team it has had for the past several years. One automobile company is saving 35,000,000 pounds of critical materials on 1032 models—with no sacrifice in quality. 1942 Dodge With the new IOS hp. Power Flow Engine, Fluid Drive, New Body Deaign and Artiatic Interior Finiah. ALSO THE 1942 Plymouth With th$ 22 out of 23 quality Features found on the high priced cars See them both at our showroom Opposite the New Telephone Building - • t Coquille Motors GEO. 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