INDBPIWDBNT
VOL. XXXIX.
NBWSPAPBR
NO. ».
Hawaiian Couple
Visiting Here
February 22nd
Point Rationing
Citizens of this community
urged by members ot the local War
Price and Rationing board to give
“full co-operation" in filling out and
form required to obtain War Ration
Book No. 2, starting Monday, Feb. 22.
J. Arthur Berg, chairman of the lo­
cal board, said the inconvenience of
waiting in line can be averted, to a
great degree, if housewives will make
certain their forms are filled out be­
fore presenting them to the registra­
tion site.
The forms will be published in
newspapers in advance of the initial
registration date, Feb. 22. Those who
fail to get a newspaper* reproduction
of the form may obtain one at the
registration site, Mr. Berg explained.
The filled out declaration form
must be presented at the time of
registration on or before Feb. 32,
along with the War Ration Book No.
I held by each member of the family.
The declaration form, which is
mostly self-Aplanatory, requires:
1. The names of all memebrs of the
family on one form.
*
3. Serial numbers of War Books 1
held by memebrs of the family.
3. No. of pounds of coffee on hand
“Nov. 2$, 1942, minus one pound for
each family member over 14 years of
4. Number A. of cans,
bottles
and Jara
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Alberts. Bean Killed C. of C. Approves Truck And Trailer
Roll Over, Burn
Friday Morning
Planning For Post
By Lumber Truck WaF RebaHding I
Coquille la enjoying the distinc­
tion of a visit at ibis time by a high
princess who arrived here last Tues­
day with her husband from Honolulu.
Hugh Hamilton, the son of Mrs. Sue
Instant death came to A. 8. Beep,
Aitken, who has been away from Coos
county for two yean, returned for a about 7:30 o’sloek last Friday morn­
month's visit with relatives and ing, on the highway 350 or 300 feet
friends. With h£m comes his charm­ east at the Cunningham raHroed
ing wlie,- the TSriSer Irene Elefessa,
The coroner's inquest, conducted at
daughter of the high chief of Pago.
the
Gano Funeral Home Tuesday af­
Pago, located on the south side of the
Samoan Islands, Tutiula. The Samoan ternoon by Dr. J. D. Rankin, found
Islands are 2,000 miles south of the that Mr. Bean’s death was entirely ac­
cidental, with no one criminally re­
Hawaiian Islands, in an almost di­
rect line between San Francisco and sponsible for the tragedy.
Mr. Bean was walking on the prop­
Australia. Mrs. Hamilton is a Poly­
nesian and with some of her family er side of the highway, off the pave*'
has for some time been a resident ot ment, and going out to the Guy Tor­
Honolulu. She was there during the rey place to do some carpenter work.
It was extremely foggy in the bot­
Pearl Harbor bombing and tells some
vivid stories of the horrors with toms there at that time and John
which she was surrounded.
The Estey, accompanied by Ernie J
couple met and were married in Hon­ was driving to Coquille. In
he got over the yellow line just as
olulu in May, >941.
At the time Pearl Harbor was Thomas Roy Leaton, driving a truck
trailer loaded high with lumber,
bombed, Mr. Hamilton was at Mid- and
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to­
way Island, where ho came in tor
told
plenty of excitement. The root of the ward Marshfield. Mr.
air raid shelter which he. had sought Estey that he was over the line and
for safety was blown off. He escaped the latter pulled back but Mt the
unhurt to the open and enjoyed the left front wheel of the truck with
chance to assist a Marine in shooting sufficient force to bend the tie rod,
thus throwing the truck out of con­
down a Jap plane.
trol. It swerved to the left, knocked
Mr. Hamilton has been connected
down
and ran over Mr, Bean, and
with the Pacific Naval Airbase Con­
tracting Company for two years, dur­ came to a atop 50 feet off the high-
way In the brush.
ing which time he has been engaged
The lumber was scattered all over
in defense work on Wake Island,
the highway for a distance of 500 feet
Guam and Midway Islands. For the
or more and traffic was held up tor
pest year he hoe been located in Hon­
olulu and\e and Mrs. Hamilton have a time.
The state police were promptly
recently bought a home there. Not
called and, a thorough investigation
having taken a vacation in two
of what happened was made on the
years he was given a aixty-day leave.
spot and the throe witnesses interro­
They left the Ielands February f,
gated
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stopped two days in Ban Francisco
Mr. Johnson taM he saw Mr. Bean,
and came directly to Coquille by
although Mr. Estey did not, and that
train.
he was entirely off the pavement.
After the Pearl Harbor bombing,
Mr. Hamilton was unable to commun­
icate with his
tor fifty days,
to hta
Services For A. S
ot the Sentinel.
Donations To
First-Aid Car Fund
The Coquille First Aid Car Dance
ticket sale, on the last lap in the race
to sell 1000 tickets, is making very
favorable progress toward that goal.
The local committee in charge of
the affair, sponsored by the Coquille
Eagles, reports several voluntary do­
nations. naming the following per­
sons and» groups:
I. W. A.-C. 1. O„ Local No. 273 of
Coquille, probably the smallest union
in the county, donated $25 (Ml to the
First Aid Car project.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church
of Coquille, is turning over $20.00.
Miscellaneous smaller donations have
been received from the following: J.
A. Albertson, Reedsport, $1.00, Dr.
Stem, Coquille, $2.50 and $3.50 from
several unknown persons.
First-Aid Cor Dance
Saturday Night
The Eagles are preparing to enter­
tain a huge crowd at the dance in the
Community Building here Saturday
night, the proceeds of which are all
going to the purchase and equipment
of a first-aid car which will be pre­
sented to the city of Coquille. The
ticket sale and contributions to the
fund makes it certain that the dance
will come up to the Eagles* expecta­
tions and they promise a good time
One Will Receive
D. A. R. Award
Each year the Coquille Senior class
selects its outstanding girl citizen,
who la then presented the D. A. R.
medal for citizenship. The class has
chosen three from among whom the
final selection will be made. They
are Doria Ann Wood, Harriet Tozier
and Kay Leslie
the Gano Funeral Home at FOO p.m.
on Tuesday for A. S. Been, whq^was
killed last Friday morning as he was
walking west alongside the highway,
between the high school and the rail­
road crossing.
Liston Parrish of the Christian
Church officiated at the services and
Interment was in the now I. O, O, F.
cemetery,
Albert Stephan Bean was born at
Drain, Oro., March 17, 1874, the eon
There was a total of 375 who regis­ of Stephen and Martha Bean, and
tered during the three days on which was a month less than 89 years of age
ton teachers were kept busy at the St the time of his death.
He came to Coquille as a young
Washington school between 3:30 and
men and was united in marriage to
9.00 p. m.
Fuel oil users in private dwelling« Maude Drew at Riverton. The four
children born to them survive, as does
accounted for 237 of that num­
ber; 87 registered for fuel and cook­ Mrs. Bean. The two daughters are
ing—mainly l^erooene; 35 for build­ Mrs, Clare Burnett, of Redmond.
____ than
___ private
... .. dwellings, and
_ °TO., and Mrs. Hazel Dye, of Bandon.
ing« other
14 for domestic and institution build-
sons are Lieut. Clarence A. Bean,
Ings.
Two industrial - commercial
Fort Mason, Calif., and Percy Bean,
users .too registered at the school,,“'Coquille■ Grandchildren arc Rich-
although this class of user was sup­ ard Dye. who Is in the armed forces,
posed to make application direct to and Anna Marie Burnett. He is also
survived by a brother, Edgar Bean,
the ration board.
of this city, and three sisters—Mrs.
Myrtle Burns and Mrs. Anna Timon,
both of San Francisco, and Mrs. Mary
Hazard, of Portland.
Mr. Bean was ai carpenter and
builder by trade.
He was a very
The Coquille Red Devils meet the companionable and friendly man with
Myrtle Point Bobcats again tomorrow those to whom he gave his friendship,
(Friday) evening for their fourth but was one who attended strictly to
contest of the basketball season. The his own business and did not seek
game will be played on the Coquille prominence nor take any active part
gym floor, and will be preceded, at in civic affairs. His death came as a
seven o’clock, by the B squads game. blow to the friends and acquaintances
The Bobcats have won two of the who really knew the honor. Integrity
three games already played..
and kindness which actuated him st
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all times.
375 Register Here
For Fuel Oil
Bobcats To Be Here
Friday Night
Public Asked Nut Te Call
The Schools For Information
Supt. B. W. Dunn makes the request
that people do not call up the school
houses to ask about rationing. One
day this week one teacher in each
school was kept busy all day answer­
ing phone calls abopt rationing and
this greatly interfered with their
regular school work.
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Give Street, Number
In Case Of Fire
• The Fire Department boys make
the request that in calling the de­
partment in case of fire that the
street and number be given rather
than the name of the occupant. At
Wait Christenson lost his logging
truck and trailer Monday night, or
early Tuesday morning, when it left
the highway on that straight stretch
just beyond the old rock quarry, half
way to Myrtle Point from Coquille.
When brought to the Coquille Hos-
pital it was found that he was bruised
Now Propose To
Buy Waler As
Individual Owners
A special meeting of the Coquille '
Chamber of Commerce board of di­
rectors was held in the hotel Tuesday ’
noon at which time the roads and
WltlWiyrfbmffjIttee submitted a com­
w
fend no fractured bones.
prehensive, report on House Bilk 44
He was driving toward Myrtle council relative to the extension of a
and 220 which are now before the
Point and evidently fell asleep for four-inch main out to that district so
legislature.
In submitting the re­
. the truck swerved from the road, that they could have the benefit at
port H. A. Slack, chairman, said that
crashing through several small trees, the city’s water system. .
in his thirteen years as a membpr of
As a starting point for discussion.
the trailer turned wheels up and the
the Coquille C. of C. that this was thé
truck and trailer were still burnini City Engineer Gearhart had submit­
first t(me ho had ever been asked to
ted a report which outlined the pro­
Tuesday at eight o’clock.
serve on a committee, and that the
The glass was all broken and the visions ot the proposal as made two
committee had been handed a "hot” doors of the cab were both |
jammed weeks ago, and which set forth a
one. When he had finished. Presi­
shut but Mr. Christenson was able to figure of $99 per month for the 40
dent Oerding said that it was the best
users out there, for 114,00 gallons of
escape without injury.
aad most complete report he had ever
water, If they provided the connect­
heard given in a Chamber of Com­
ing line, read meters, collected from
merce meeting.
the individual home owners, and paid
The report was adopted by the
in a lump sum for the group.
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board and It also approved recom­
The basis on which the figures
mendation for enacting into law Sen­
were made was that each home own­
Life magazine dovotes several pages
ate Bill 118 which will require the
er should pay the $2.75 per month
testing of logging truck loads by foot of this week’s issue to Oregon’s see which is charged for those living out­
measurement rather than by pound­ flier, Major Marion Carl, who was side
•ity, with a deduction tor
age. The present law has been the last week advanced to that rank from the
reading, bookkeeping, etc.
source of much grief to log truckers captain in the Marine Corps. Thir­ which is a part of the water system
who did not know their loads were teen pictures of the major and his cost of operation.
bride who recently visited his home at
excessive.
After hearing the figure the com­
The board also voted to appropriate Hubbard, Ore., and were feted and mittee figured that the Sanford
honored
in
Coquille,
Portland
and
1 $10 for the school milk fund, a project
Heights people would be better off
I ChX 7nd by the Junior Woman’s elsewhere, illustrate the magazine ar­ to spend »2500 to 13500 for laying
which the chamber has ticle.
a four-inch line and other incidental
Major Carl was recently made com­
I
supported
financially for several
expenses, and then to pay $2.75 each
manding officer of Marine Fighter
; years.
per month far the water service.
FoUowihg Is the report of the high­ Squadron 223, and is now located at
It was left that way and George
way committee on the highway bills, Santa Ana, Calif.
Oerding stated Tuesday t/iat a gen­
1
the
report being signed by Mr. Slack,
eral meeting of the home owners out
I A. Walker, E. E. Benham, Ralph
E.
there would be held next s
I
Manning
and Ranald Burr:
the matter submitted to the
Marion Carl Is
Made A Major
To the Coquille Chamber of Com­
1
merce,
Coquille, Oregon.
We, the undersigned members of
I
ths
Committee on Roads and High­
ways, appointed by the President of
(Continued an
She Appreciated.
His Honesty
If the decision is to forget
ter meter suggestion and It
monthly payment plan and to permit
each property to buy his 7jXi® gal­
lons per month for $2.75, the city
will buy the Meters, I
there, attend to the
Buried Friday
John Haga, for more than half a
century a resident of the Bear Creek
section, passed away at a local hospi­
tal Monday afternoon.
He was
brought up from his Eandon home the
Corporal Dee Krantz Was
day before.
Funeral services are to be held at Heme For • Few Deys
the Bandon Baptist church, Friday
Corporal Dee Krantz left on Tues­
afternoon, with interment in the Odd
day to return to duty at Camp Butner
Fellows cemetery down there.
in North Carolina, where he Is a gun­
Besides his widow, who was Maude
ner and attending a field artillery
Leneve and to whom he was married
school. He had a 15-day furlough,
July 4, 1897, he is survived by his
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after being in the Army for eight
son, Orval Haga, of Bandon; four
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grandchildren and one great grand- , ,
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“ met by his father,
“hnd
I Harry Krantz, at Eugene > last Thurs­
day. Dee, who graduated from Co­
Surviving brothers are Joseph and
quille High a few years ago, enjoys
Jack Haga, of Bear Creek, and slaters
army life very much and says he
—Mrs. Polly Randleman, ot Coquille;
thinks he will make it his life job,
Mrs. Lizzie Van Leuven, ot Bear
but he was glad to get back to Ore­
Ceek, and Mrs. Frances Davenport, ot
gon and see something green once
Toppenish, Wash.
mote. He also enjoyed a day’s fish­
John Wesley Haga was born Oct.
ing Saturday.
14, 1875, In Independence, Virginia,
and was four months and one day
past 67 years of age. He came to the
Willamette valley in Oregon with his
parents in 1883, and to Bear Creek
five years later. He operated the
Haga ranch there for more than 30
The call of Non-Hi School war-
years and for several years conducted rants, appearing elsewhere in this
the Bear Creek store. He had been issue will put that fund on a cash
living in Bandon for th- past throe basis, County Treasurer Stauff re­
years.
ports, and leave about $13,000 cash
Non-Hi Fund Is
On Cash Basis
E. H. Fish Buried
Here Yesterday
Edward H. Fish, a resident of Caos
county tor 34 years, passed away last
Sunday at the Knights of Pythias
home In Tacoma, which he had enter­
ed a couple of years ago, and the body
was brought here for interment.
Death was due to pneumonia.
Rev. W. S. Smith officiated at the
services, held at Schroeder Eros.
Mortuary here yesterday and he was
laid to rest in the Masonic cemetery
beside his wife who died four years
¡-M®- •
He had been bookkeeper for vari­
ous logging and lumber concerns in
Coos county and was well and favor­
ably known all over the county.
He is survived by two sons, Daniel
W. Fish, at Chiloquin, and Edward
H„ Jr„ of St. Helens, and two daugh­
ters, Mrs. Shirley Wright, of Eugene,
and Mrs. E. J. McCain, of Lewiston,
in that fund.
This is the first time
the Non-Hi fund has been on a cash
basis since the first warrant was
drawn in November, 1933.
He also states that there are $400.30
worth of warrants, previously called,
which have not yet been presented
for payment
The present call which is for those
warrants issued in November and De­
cember, 1942, and for January, totals
$9,870.99.
fall after the potatoes were du
So many of the graveled st
being now in need of grading, ths
council voted that $200 be deposited
with the county highway department,
whose crow does the work With
county equipment at an agreed price
per day.
Complying with Chief Snyder’s
request that be be permitted to In­
crease the fire department to 25
members, the council adopted a reso­
lution fixing 30 as the maximum
membership, any increase to be with
the consent of the council.
The street committee was asked to
inspect the parking in front of the
Grogg property where R. L. Stewart
reside« and if it is found that two
low trees there obscure the vision of
approaching motorists at the inter­
section that they order those tree«
removed.
Quit claim deeds were ordered de­
livered to Dewey Cox az
Lane for property in the
of town on which all asset
agreements have been paid. The
Cox tract was tor eight acres and the
Lane for one lot
Jahn Bullack was given permission
to tear down the remaining eeven or
eight Barton 4c Gage garages, on the
south side of First street between El­
liott and Henry streets, for the lum­
ber they contained, the .property to
be thoroughly cleaned up.
J. E.
Quick was previously given permis­
sion to tear down three of the garages.
A restaurant license was issued
Arthur Fred Meyer for the eating
place next door to Donated’« pool hall.
Meeting For Red
- CrtsTWoritin Tm.
been shown no more of ' ¿®e work
could go on such as the knitting,of
fine sweaters and socks for our ser­ I
vice men. Even now Coquille has
women waiting for yarn to. knit. As
fast as enough money comes in more
yarn will be purchased and the work
will go on. The rummage sale con­
tinués to be open Tuesdays, Wednes­
Idaho.
days and Thursdays. Bring In what
Mr. Fish was affiliated with the you c
stock.