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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1942)
.... To Aniie in r----- ? m _ lif^L vUVfUlllv wv Al w C va I Sentinel Gives Complete Coverage , In SouthenfCoos Co I Far the tatari st ion of Coqui . testâmes» men most of whom are i Fire Trail To Be Built Soon —■ . n '--I "ir »» " ■■■«■■ n .m i h i Selectees Who Volunteer Groups General Red Cross Praised by Chamber Meeting March 19 Left Tuesday Postmaster Jack Wade at Bandon A general Red Cross meeting in Co- Commerce Directors qflille will be held Thursday, Mprch wfts one of the 53 selebtees sent out * letter was read at the Chamber 19, at 7:30 p. m. in St. James' Parish of Commerce meeting in the hotel House, Coquille. Tuesday noon, which recited tiow the The governing board of the county governor had gone to bat for the Red Cross Chapter will meet with all state in the effort to get mare fir« Coquille people interested in any form protection equipment for the Oregon of Red Cross committee work on this coast out of the hundred million dol occasion. A full attendance of all lars appropriated by congress for the local Red Cross workers and com t w^ole country. The letter was in re mitteemen is desired. The meeting is sponse to resolutions from the city open to all others who wish to volun Kthe chamber of commerce pro teer for Red Cross work. This meet ng the discrimination against ing has been planned so that Coquille cities of less than 10,000 population. Red Cross workers may round out The governor referred particularly to their work so as to be on a full war the strategic position of the Oregon footing. There is' need for additional .■oast section which Ipould be in more Red Cross workers in nearly all di Additional danger frotn bombing attacks than is visions of this service. the interior. ' i. committees and chairmen for Coquille After the reading of a lettejhp— in certain divisions of the work are the state minerals director, Earl K. still to be set up. According to I. T. Nixon, that his recommendation that Stelle, the director of the County Coquille be selected as the site for Chapter’s governing board, for Co chrome stock piles had been approved quille, a full attendance at this meet in Washington, D. C., and that a half ing of any willing to volunteer time acre site would be needed adjaeeftt for Red Cross work, will go far to to a railroad spur, O. L. Wood and ward getting all phases of the work Lafe Compton reported that they had fh operation on a war-time basis. been inspecting possible sites and that the half acre of level land, at Cedar , Point was probably the best that could be secured. A check of $100 was ordered sent the Coast Highway Association for the first quarter dues for 1942.”’ < President O. L. Wood asked the di- ( rectors if a Spring Opening for Oft- , quille should be attempted, and the ( merchants committee of the chamber ( was asked to contact the retail stores | managements to ascertain if they de sired one this year. ’ ““ j Praise for the volunteer activities , of the police reserves the air wardens ( (Continued on page eight) 1 Forum Meeting On Rotary Program W. D. Matthews Buried Sunday to Portland on Tuesday this week by the Selective Service Draft Board at How many boners Chas. V. Gallo Myrtle Point for the southern half of Coos county. Following is the way of the State Tax Commission, < complete list of those whose numbers may have made in. his years as a public official this writer does not were up: > , >; Ross Gale Billings, Thomas Lpne, know, but the worst one was that bill William Schettler, Aaron Knife, he drew, and which was passed by the Howard Caudill, Horace Bond, Wil last easily-controlled state legisla liam Payton, Donald Chase, Paul ture which enacted the law changing Harmon, Linden Lower, Archibald the fiscal year for the state and its 1 Jacobsen, Frederick Nordstrom, subdivisions. The change has resulted in a greatly Charles Reynolds, " Louie Gillespie, increased tax payment for everyone Donald McClellan, all of Coquille. Vern Stout, Lloyd Albertson.Orvin for the first half of 1942—for a six Smith, Benjamin Ledford Sutphin, months period—which will not be Francis Brewster, Henry Harrison, equalized by a sufficient amount of Vance Huntley, John Dickson, Roy reduction for the first half of the Parrish, William .Clark Gearhart, all 1942-43 fiscal year tax payment to put the total paid for 1942 on a parity of Myrtle Point. Francis W. Harris, Ernest Mitchell, with taxes in 194Q or preceding years. Then there is the matter of school Earl McPherson, Frank Hendrickson, Harry Jensen, John Wade, Lewis taxes for which aU districts levied, Bamekoff, Edward Ertel, Claud for thia six months period, a whole Drew, Irwin McLeod, all of Bandon. year’s taxes. County School Superintendent James Henry Pownell, Lloyd Smith, Verlin Hermann, Goven Robbins, Martha E. Mulkey informs us that this was done on instruction from the James Grant, Broadbent. state tax commission, and she gives Gussie Jewett, Bridge. us a letter from Jas. G. Smith attorney Ray Gibeau, Sitkum. for the tax commission, which an Len Metzger, Lafe Scott, swers questions she put to the com Romuald Pittard, Miami, mission, by instructing school boards Bernard Senn, Mapleton, Quentin Aydelott, Harrison, Arkan in preparing their budgets to levy for a whole year’s taxes for the first six months of 1942 period. Nedolph Wilson, Bullards. After quoting that part of the law Joseph Fry«, of Norway. which places a limit on the amount which a taxing district can budget, he writes as follows, which is the authority Mrs. Mulkey had for ream mending to school boards that they follow the procedure which has The doors and windows. for the caused so great a rumpus among tax Community Building arrived last Fri payers who object to double taxation: day from Portland and Marc Shelley Your letter of September 18, ad and crew have been busy this week dressed to Mr. Chas. V. Galloway, in setting them in place-. Marc says that which you inquire regarding prepara by the end of this week it will be pos tion of the budget of a Non-High sible to lock the building up and keep School District has been referred to prowlers out. He could not say just me for reply. how soon the floor would be laid but “Our understanding of this section thought the library room could be is that as to each taxing authority made ready for use witl^n a month, which heretofore has levied a tax for or soon after the wiring of that room the full calendar year of J94J, the maximum levy It will be permitted to Doors And Windows Being Installed Bus Reserved For Highway Meeting Washington School Presents Operetta There is much excitement in the Washington grade school, where plans are being made for this year’s operetta, “Kay and Gerda,” or “The Snow Queen.” “Kay and Gerda” promises to be very entertaining. It was chosen to •be presented by a group of profession al children actors at the Chicago World’s Fair It was so successful it ran for six weeks. Since then it has been used by several grade schools throughout the country. Colorful characters such as robbers, and peasant folk give opportunity for many gay tunes and striking cos- tomes. The operetta will be presented March 19 and 20 at the Washington Gftide School at eight o’clock. Observers Take Duty Seriously Fred R. Bull, chief of the Coquille air wardens says that things are mov ing most smoothly in that branch of civilian defense So interested ar« thé observers in attending to their iduties that one of them, who was called to Gold Beach, phoned back State Tax Commission Attorney Advised School Double Tax Clyde Mason of Seaside, president of the Oregon Coast Highway Asso ciation, announced recently that the semi-annual convention of that As sociation will be held in Gold Beach, April 19 and 20. As a contribution toward the con servation of gasoline and automobile tires the Association will sponsor a chartered motor coach trip along the eoast to pick up members and friends who will attend the convention, re turning them to their homes on April 21. Mason stated this tour would be a practical demonstration of the free dom and comfort with which people may enjoy traveling and vacationing along the Oregon coast without burn ing up gas, wearing out tires, or de priving the driver of his oportunity to enjoy the scenery. According to plans revealed by Mason, motor coach fares will not ex ceed 2 cents a mile for the distance actually traveled by a passenger and the fare will include meals and re freshments en route. By reason of the extraordinary con ditions affecting the vacation busi ness it is expected that the subjects under discussion at the Gold Beach conference will be of more than usuq). interest and value by those who at tend. Advance reservations for the motor coach trip are being received at the Association office in Marshfield. (Continued Page Eight) Phil Bourns Goes To Portland Their mafiy friends here regret the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Bourns for Portland this coming week-end, although they congratulate him on the opportunity for advance ment. Mr. Bourns has been pur chasing agent for Smith Wood-Prod ucts here for the past two years and his new duties wil be in the purchas ing department of the Kaiser Co., a Portland shipbuilding concern. • League Not Opposed To Derbies In a recent article appearing in the county press, the local chapter of the Izaak Walton League was quoted as opposing fish derbies. As a matter of fact the league simply declined to sponsor any further derbies for the present as a result of insufficient sup port of the last one where only two entrants registered when there were three prizes and they concluded they could not afford to put up thirty- five or forty dollars for prizes when so little interest was shown. -
