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FAMILY GROUPS
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a big airplane.
were on the
to; verses
composed by
wMHt total that
tnough the marriuge was to be soon,
, Uncle wouldn’t say how soon.
Marjorie Knight is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Knight, of Eugene.
She is a graduate of Coquille High
School and has for the past few years
been the secretary of George Ulett,
manager of Smith Wood-Products.
. Mr. Holzgang was, before entering
the service, service manager at
Southwestern Motor company.
Bachelor Girls present for the de
nouement of their president were:
Alys June Fox, Margaret Belloni,
Helen Anne Shaw, Gladys May,
Norene McKeown, Dorothy Coffey,
Ellen Braxton, Lydia Holstein, Aloha
, Allen, Margaret Stewart, Marguerite
Robison and Marjorie Jones.
Ex
Bachelor Girls there were Marvin
Day, Alice Richardson, Hazel Scharf
er and Jane Martin.
Guests present
Included Ruth Dey, Frances Detlef-
sen, Kathryn Detlefsen, Lorraine
Perrott, Gladys Miller, Delores Fur
man, DaVerne Brodie, Mabel Clinton,
librarian, will visit Coos county this
week. She expects to be in Coquille
on Saturday, Oct. 3, and inspect the
new library for the first time.
The members of the Coquille Gar
den Club, who have kept lovely,
fresh bouquets of fldwer in the li
brary every since the opening, will
feature a special display for that
day. This kind and generous ser
vice has been much appreciated by
all who use the library. At Ibis time
it is planned to have scree photo
graphs taken of the interior
The fall months have brought in
many tine gifts to the library. Miss
Claire Nolte, children’s library of the
Los Angeles County Library, visited
in Coquille last winter with Miss
Stevens. She was much interested
ln the community building and has
recently sent her congratulations on
our new library and also two
esting gift booki
of MV books 11M
Junior Women Start
Year's Activities ~
A potluck dinner Monday evening
at St. James’ Guild hall brought out
an enthusiastic group of Junior
Women. Dorothy Beagle entertained
club members with several piano
solos. Following dinner, the club
president, Lunelle Chapin, conducted
a business meeting at which plans
were made to hold a rummage sale
very soon. Members also expressed a
desire to hold a Hallowe'en dance at
the community building to raise
money for the Community building
fund.
The bowls of marigolds decorating
the dinner table and the bouquets of
vivid autumn leaves were arranged
by a committee composed of Helen
Ann Shaw, chairman, Muriel Davis
and Mrs. Bob Harris. Norene Mc
Keown and Mary Virginia Morris
headed the food committee, while
Donna Dean Bosserman, Margaret
Stewart, Jean Laird and Marjorie
Knight were members of the enter
tainment committee.
Attending the meeting were Mes-
dames Ludwig Scharfer, Bob Harris,
Stanley Ayers, Roy Silverton, Dennis
Waggoner, Tom Stevens and H. G.
Homing and Misses Lunelle Chapin,
Donna Dean Bosserman, Margaret
Stewart, Joan Laird, Muriel Davis,
Marjorie Jones, Marjorie Doer, No
rene McKeown, Mary Virginia Mor
ris, Marjorie Knight, Helen Ann
Shaw, Eunice Howe and Gladys May.
High School Yell
Leaders. Chosen
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Stork Shower Far
Mrs. Frambes Friday
Mrs. Arlic Frambes was most
pleasantly surprised last Friday eve
ning by a stork shower, given in the
Fellowship room of the Baptist
The Coquille Camp Fire group re
church.
At
She had been asked to go for a ports two interesting meetings
walk and was led into the room where the first, held last Tuesday, tiie fol
the guests were assembled.
The lowing officers were »elected: Alma
room had been daintily decorated by Coy, president JeAaae Cole, vice
Alice Holverstott. On a small table president; Shirley Hamilton, secre
in the center of the room from which tary; Jarre Benham, treasurer; Laura
colored streamers extended and be Emily Ruble, scribe. Besides decid
hind the bows at the corners pink ing to vote in new members, the
shoes, filled with flowers had been group ehoee the following standing
placed. The many lovely gifts were committees: Program, Laura Emily
Ruble, chairman; Jean Borel, Mary
on the table.
Boone;
refreshment, Mary Ann Walk-
The program consisted of the read.
Ing of scripture concerning Samuel er, chairman; Roberta Medley, Helen
as a baby, by Mrs. Remple; a poem by Hickam, Jo^n McMillian.
At the meeting this week, a mock
Edgar Guest, “Which Shall It Be?” by
Participante
Alice Holverstott; a song, “Sleep, wedding was staged.
Baby, Sleep,” by Barbara Davidson as were Jo Anne Cole, the bride; Laura
she rocked her doll in its cradle. An Emily Ruble, the groom; Roberta
unscrambling of words game was won Medley, the bride’s tearful mother;
Joan Borel, the beet man; Joyce Ben-
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Wasson.
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Dainty refreshments were served ham, the maid ot honor; and Joan Mc
by Pansy Ross, Georgia Davidson and Millan, the flower girl.
Mary Ann Walker, as the prwh-
Barbara to Minnie Stone, Willa Deane
•t the ceremony,
Olson, Minnie Nevins, Geneva Finley, er, officiated
Velma Coy sang
Helen Remple, Alice Holverstott, Mae during which
Follow -
Crawford, Ethelyne Kensley, Bess “I Love You Truly.'
Wasson and the guest of honor, Mrs. ing the rites, everyone helped oat
a wedding eake,decorated with a love
Frambes.
nest sad ring, which Roberta Medley
had made. The meeting was bold ot
Calling cards, SO tor »1.00.
the apartment of Miss Cherie Mae
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Hartwell, gruardian of the group. Mrs
Lafferty of Myrtle Point, and Miss
Ethel Roop, were special guests.
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The following letter, written Sept.
26 at Springfield, Oregon, by Jno. F.
Ewell, who drilled the well near Ban
don, the one which was never brought
in, gives his version of why there has
been no actual development of the
oil and gas resources in Coos county
The Sentinel presents his letter, be
lieving as it does that some day the
southwestern section of Oregon will
become a gas and oil producing sec
tion, without having any proof of all
the statements he makes:
Wildcat drillers do face a
task, as all
them.
article, written by
ohu R. Ward, in the Journal of Sep
tember 13, 1942, sets out the impor
tant part played in the wildcat oper
ations. He states that at this time
the small
t wildcat oper
ator* are
to open up new
fields to keep the tanks rolling and
the planes flying.
It to an established fact, through
U. B. government geological surveys,
that in Coos county, Oregon, there is
an arch or dome unbroken of Eocene
of the tertiary age, which is the for
mation that produces the major part
of the petroleum of this nation. This
I have drilled in the past four years,
and further established production to
be through coring and the use of elec
tric logging, used by the big oil com
panies, which showed more than three
hundred feet of producing zones. I
also had a gas analysis made by
Smith Emery, of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, which showed a petroleum
gas of a high quality—this being one
of the resources needed for the de
velopment of the many minerals
which are found in that same area,
needed for our war industries.
• All of this information I filed at
the State Capitol. My reward was a
visit to the operations by Earl K.
Nixon, of the State Geological and
Mineral Hluuruirs,
Industries, anu
and Warren
D.
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professor of geology at the
The high school student body yes
terday afternoon selected its cheer
leaders
for the .A
coming
year.
It was
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a spirited contest, with Bill Mintgir
nn/i Kav Thalia winning ftirf
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and
Kay Leslie winning out
University, who informed me that if
An election to fill vacancies in the I got production I would have a damn
Girls’ League roster of officers wsarfi hard time getting it. This I found to
also held yesterday. As the list now be a true statement, as they are not
stands, the officers are:
in harmony with such development
Betty Emwy, president.
in this state. Also, other officials
Kay Leslie, vice preaident. „
at the Capitol did arhat they could to
Marybell Yarbrough, social chair stop such development. Yea, the wild-
man.
iperstor has a hard time to fight
Barbara Barrows, Junior represen
opposition . and also what the
tative. > _
major oil companies can do to prevent
Bernice Haga, Freshman represen
such development, and the long dis
tative.
tance from supplies for audit work.
Dorothy Beagle, assistant point
Some states encourage such devel
chairman
opment by offering a bonus of fifty
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Ewell Tells How He
Was Hampered In
Oil And Gas Drilling
Circuit Court Cases
Sept. 29—Harold Holland vs. Isa'
belle F. Holland. Suit for divorce.
Sept. 29—State Industrial Accident
Commission vs.
Alfred and Earl
Bingham.
Sept. 29—Dorothy Mensel vs. Her
bert Mensel. Suit for divorce.
Sept. 29—State Industrial Accident
thousand dollars for the first com
mercial producing well, and even
some counttea. But this state, being
a dumping ground for petroleum
products of the big oil companies,
seems to be in reverse of other states.
You may wonder why.
I learned
why. After I had reached the limit
of my credit and all the finances I
could rake up and had the well to
the point of bringing it in, I could not
get the money to do this.
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At this point, A. L. Kullancfer, of
Vernonia, and Roy Kullander, of
Milwaukie, Oregon, proposed to some
of the interested parties in the enter -
prise that the Kullanders had the fi-
nancial backing to finish and com-
plete the well if they could have full
charge of the operations. Through the
influence of Joaeph Carson, of Port-
land, and B. L. Eddy, of Roseburg,
and others,
Kullander took over.
Shortly after, a stockholders meet-
Ing was hold and officers elected to
their wishes. Being one of the di -
rectors thereafter, A. L. Kullander
haggn to take some of the corporation
teases in his own name, and hired
John A. Kelly of Bakersfield, Cali
fornia, who claimed to be an expert
oil well driller and claimed also that
be had drilled in India and worked
for the major companies for years.
Mr. Kelly was placed in charge by
making him driller and manager at a
salary of eighteen dollars a day. He
sood junked the well and made it
worthless, and told me and others that
they could not afford to let that well
come in.
I let them have the use of the drill
ing rig and equipment (a No. 6 ro
tary) without cost. Soon after this,
October, 1941, they sold some of my'
equipment to the Alaska Junk, which I
I tied up through the courts. Febru
ary, 1942, I got them in court and
the case was tried before Judge Dal
M. King, at Coquille, who took it
under advisement. No decision has
been rendered to date. Thia is what
set out why the State of Oregon
Sept 30—State Industrial Accident does not have petroleum and natural
Commission vs. Leonard Hartley.
gas production, and the wildcat oper
ator has a hard task. Yours for Ore
Our government asks that you give gon, one of the greatest states in na
War Savings stamps for that small tural resources. Come and see me.
gift. You’ll find the greeting cards
Route 2, Springfield, Oregon
containing war stamps at Nprton’s at
John F. Ewell,
6c each.
War stamps extra, of
course.
■ Calling cards, M tor »1.00,
Eight Fishing Boots
Taken Sunday
all requirements before setting out
fer I d^y <4
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Industry hath annexed thereto the
It was a lovely day Sunday and fairest fruits and the richest rewards
many sport fishermen were engaged
in pursuing the “finny tribe” near
Rocky Point on the lower Coquille
river when something happened.
Around the bend cameXhe Coast
Guard boat, "River of Coquille,"
commanded by A, B. Camaris. He
stopped his craft and beckoned the
small boats to come alongside, where
the owners were questioned and
searched for multitudinous docu
ments which would permit them to
are now entirely moved to
continue their day of entertainment.
Unfortunately some of them were not
fully equipped and about every other
boat was taken in tow ” ' 1
After being set ashore with their
"gear.^^JL was a rather -disgruntled
id ready to serve you in
band of fishermen who watched the
every way.
“mother boat” with her brood of
eight or ten small ones in tow, making
her way to the Coast Guard Station
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at Bandon and Mr. Camaris had un-
doubetly saved the lives of many fish.
420 W. 1st
Cooper’s
Gardens
The above, with some changes, wa>
handed in by one of the dispossessed
fishermen whose veracity is above
question and who says he never heard
of |he regulation which requires boat
fishermen to have a special license
from the Coast Guard office at Ban
don. He had tried to comply with
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