Sentirei
The
indipxndb H t
Thought The Japs Circuit Court
Convenes June 7
Were Bombing When
Truck Hits House
Pete Ness, lying on the davenport
in hi* home just west of Folsom’s
Grocery, thought first that the Japs
had released a bomb over his place,
Tuesday afternoon, and then decided
It was an earthquake which had
knocked him off on to the floor. But
he was wrong on both Counts.
Shady Howell’s garbage truck had
been parked in Third street, backed
up to Ralph Nosier’* woodshed while
it was being loaded with trash, old
boards and debris. For some reason
the brakes failed to hold and the
truck began to ■ move slowly across
the street, through the hedge and ac
celerated on the steep incline down
to the house.
A corner of the truck body struck
the corner of the house, setting it
back about six inches on it* founda
tion and throwing the porch supports
out of line. The truck was not great
ly damaged.
Monday To Be
Holiday Observed
Following is the petit jury drawn
for the June term of circuit court
which opens here on Monday, June
7:
Ada V. Howard, Albert Folsom,
Gertrude Swinney, Coquille; R. D.
Pittam, James Ostergaard, E. R.
Haworth, Marvin Berge, John A'.
Heath, Wm. F. Werth, North Bend;
Lilas M. Ellis, Ellis S. Dement, Marlin
D. Evans, R. L. driffin, A. L. Powrie,
L. F. Neideigh, John P. Hartsook,
Myrtle Point; C. G. Stotts, Bessie
Larson, John P. Dillon, Ellen Edna
Nasburg, Ben R. Chandler, Jr., Wm.
H. Ferguson, Elmer R. Ludwick,
Lucy M. Dixon, Margaret E. Faris,
Bert W. Taylor, Marry L. Yoder, H.
A. Busterud, Marshfield; Wm. T. Du-
fort, Ralph W. Lowe, Bandon; Alpha
Johanesen, Empire.
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Grand Jury Called For
Tuesday, June I
Judge King, who held a motion
day in circuit court here on Tuesday
this week, ordered the grand jury
which will hear the few pending
cases, to meet at ten o’clock next
Tuesday* June 1.
Poppies To Be On
Sole This Week
As announced last week Cooquille
business house* will generally ob
serve Monday, May 31, as a holiday,
Poppies in tribute to America’s
Memorial Day being on Sunday this battle dead of two wars will be worn
year. The Womens’ Relief Corps and in Coquille on Friday, May 28 and
the American Legion Auxiliary will Saturday, May 28, Mr*. Ray Jeub,
decorate old soldiers’ graves and president of Coquille Unit of the
scatter flower on the river in memory American Legion Auxiliary, an
of those lost at sea, on Monday morn nounced today.
ing.
The poppies this year will honor the
Members of those oragnizations are men who have given their live* in
requested to be at the Community the present conflict, ss well a* those
Building at 8:45 o’clock.
-4 who fell among the poppies of France
and Belgium 25 year* ago, she said.
The money contributed for the flow
ers will be used for the welfare of
victims of both wars and their fam
ilies.
The little red flower at ratnem-
Chairman O. L.
at the July
I th celebration ronR nn i 0t, free 4MM
___ Maw* Kill ** gp#Uable Is everyone
to all Coquille civic and fra- rin the city, wHlsied by volunteer
erganixations, asking that workers from the Auxiliary who Will
mtativea be p r es ent at the I be on the streets throughout both
meeting at the committee, scheduled days.
The flowers, made of crepe paper
to be held in the city hall this eve
in
replica of th* wild Flanders poppy,
ning. At that time plans will be for
mulated f<* the three-day celebra have been ordered from Portland
tion to be held July 3-4-5, announce where disabled veterans manufac
ment of which will be made'more in tured them under direction of the
Oregon Department of the Auxiliary.
detail next week. ~
Poppy making has kept the hands of
hundreds of these unfortunate men
usefully employed during the winter
and spring, helping them pass the
long hospital hour* and aiding in
their rehabilitation.
A. E. Borel, who started the gov
More Americans than ever before
ernment chrome and managanese are expected to wear poppies this
purchasing stock pile here and who year as a personal tribute to those
more recently has been in charge of "Who have been killed, and to aid th*
the temporary stockpile at Arcata, disabled, their families and the fam
Calif., is now in charge of both lo ilies of the dead.
cations. He plana on being here next
Sunday afternoon, all day Monday
Garden Plot Near Summer
and Tuesday morning and will more
or less follow that schedule hence Playground Is Being Sought
forth.
Anyone desiring to unload
Don McCune and Dave Rackleff,
minerals at the stockpile here can Park Commission committeemen to
write him at Arcata or he may phone arrange for a 10x20 feet garden
Mr. Borel’s residence here. No. 221M. space to be planted and cared for
by the youngster* who attend the
playground in Myrtle park this sum
mer, are requesting anyone who may
have such an available space, near the
park, to notify one of them if the tract
can
be used for a Victory garden. The
In order to give more room for
their huge stock of tire* at the rear care of the garden will be supervised
of the Southwestern Motors Car & by Miss Dorothy Page, who will be
Home Suply Store on Hall street, the in charge of the playground activities.
July 4th Committee
Meets Tonight
Chrome Stockpile
Manager To Be Here
And Former
Coquille People Have (kcunred Past Week
Albert Riky Clinton *
Riley Clinton, son of Coquille val
ley pioneers, Mr. and Mr*. J. W.
Clinton who came from Missouri and
settled at Norway, passed away at
his home at Johnson Mill, three mile*
south of town yesterdy morning after
an illness of two weeks, although he
had been in poor health for the past
two years..
Funeral services will be held at the
Campbell Funeral Home in Marsh
field Saturday afternoon.
Albert Riley CHnton was bom at
Norway, Oct 12, 1878, and was seven
month* and 14 days past 64 years of
age.
He had been engaged in the timber
industry all his life and for many
year* has been cruiser and scaler far
the Port Orford Cedar Co., whose mill
is at Millington on Coo* Bay.
Besides hi* widow, who was Esther
Gisholt at the time of their marriage
a few year* ago, he is survived by
his son, Austin Clinton, of Bar View
on Coo* Bay; two sisters, Mr*. W. H.
Schroeder, of Coquille, and Mrs. W.
V. Schroeder, of the Lee district, and
by five brothers—James D. and Jesse
D. Clinton, of Myrtle Point; E. O.
and Ray Clinton, of Coquille, and S.
H. Clinton, who lives on the North
Bank road.
Riley Clinton was a member of
the B. P. O. Elks at Marshfield and
had a very wide acquaintance all
over southwestern Oregon.
The hour of the funeral Saturday
afternoon had not been decided upon
this morning.
David D. Anderson
David D. Anderson, brother of
Mr*. Laura C. Brandon, with whom
he had made his home here and at
Norway for the seven year* since
Walter G. Brandon passed away, died
at 'th* local hospital last Saturday
at the age of 73 years, seven months
and 21 days. Heart trouble whisbJtad
BeJsa a
prrvriiini ins wui king a* in
of carpenter for several years, was
the cause of hi* death.
funeral services, with Rev. Cha*.
G. Brown officiating, were held at
Schroeder Bros. Mortuaries here at
two o’clock Sunday afternoon.
Members of Marshfield B. P. O,
No. 1160, acted a* pullbearers, the
deceased having been a life-ling,
member* of that order.
Interment
was in Odd Fellows cemetery, No. 2.
Mr. Anderson was born at Pella,
Iowa, Oct. 1, 1868, but had spent
most of hi* life at Hutchinson, Kan
sas. He was a widower, his wife
having died several year* ago.
Two other sister*. Mr*. Rosa A.
Stone, of Flagler, Colo., and Mr*.
Bessie A. Stanley, of Kansas City,
Kan*., and a brother, Warren An-
derson, of Kansas City, also surive.
Edgar Smalley
The body of Edgar Smalley, for
many yean a bookkeeper for the
Coo* Bay Lumber C q . when they
mainitalned an office at Powers, was
found dead in his flower garden at
Powers about four o’clock last Sunday
afternoon. From the condition of the
body he had apparently dropped dead
while working in his garden two days
previously.
The deceased, who was between 60
and 65 yean of age, had never mar
ried and so far a* known his closest
relative* are two nieces, whoreside in
Portland and Washington.
body shop as
a* been
Deen moved
movea to
io the
uie room
The body is being shipped this eve
in the Taylor Service Station build-1 Irene Boyle, Lorenz Department
ning by Schroeder Bros, at Myrtle
ing formerly occupied by the J. F. Store Buyer, To Fly East
Point to Portland for cremation.
McHenry Garage.
Mr*. Irene Boyle and daughter,
The rear room of the Hall street Jeanne, will leave Monday, May 31,
store is being fitted up with racks for New York City and Pennsylvania. Nodine Convicted Of Second
for an even larger stock of tires and Mrs. Boyle will be in New York two Degree Murder In Curry County
the front room will be used for a yet weeks buying fall merchanise
for
The jury which heard the case of
larger stock of merchandise for re the Lorenz Department store and
the
state against John Nodine for
tail sale. Until Stan Sherwood, in will then spend the rest of June in
the killing of his sister near Denmark
charge of the store, ascertains how Wilkes-Barre, Penn.,
visiting her last December, Judge Dal M. King
much of the merchandise ordered can mother, Mr*. Mary Daley.
presiding, brought in a verdict last
be secured, he is not ready to an-
Saturday morning of second degree
b*
nounce all the lines that will
Guest Speaker At Grange
murder. Nodlne’s defense was that
carried In the store.
he fired the fatal shot after their
Meeting Friday Evennig
brother, Kay, had fired at him.
The Coquille Grange will meet in
Orville Clinton Returns
The penalty for second degree mur
W. O. W. hall tomorrow (Friday)
To Duty at the Bank
der is life imprisonment.
evening
at
8:00
o'clock.
There
will
Although still rather weak in his
Clinton
>l-,^^4'^iTb^-k .QrvilteL
on
S. W. Motors To
Enlarge Its Lines
curity Administration, U. S. Dept, of Its Airplane Field
Agriculture, will be the guest speak
The state highway commisison has
er. All member* are requested to altered it* position in regard to the
keep the date in mind and be present. Blacklock Sandstone tract ■ few
miles north of Port Orford and ha*
Keith “Brick’* Leslie, who was consented to give a 25-year lease on
home a few days from Portland last the needed site. Work on the big
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Williams left week-end, sent word to Mr*. Leslie project is expected to be started by
Sunday to spend until today in Port yesterday that he had secured a house the Civilian Aeronautics Administra
land. Mr. Williams went up for med there and the family will move to tion as soon as all the preliminary de
Portland next week.
tails have been cleaned up.
ical treatment.
for a part of Tuesday this week and
expects to put in regular hour* here
after. J. O. Berglund, who ha* been
assisting in the bank for the past
several weeks, 1* returning to his
home in Hood River today.
. newspaper
Lieut. Oke Eckholm
At H. S. Assembly
Lieut. Oke Eckholm, son of Mr.
and Mr*. Sig Eckholm who live near
Mrs. Levi Snyder
Delmar, and who was a member of
Funeral services were held for Mr*. the C. H. S. graduating class in 1830,
Clara Belle Snyder, wife of Capt. was a visitor at the final Coquille
Lgvi Snyder, at two o’clock last Sat High assembly ten day* ago and was
urday afternoon at the Schroeder accorded a most hearty welcome.
Cliapel here. Rev. Robert L. Greene
Lieut. Eckholm, who was in one of
of the Episcopal church officiating, the infantry division* in the North
and nephews of the deceased acting Africa campaign,- was severely in
as pallbearers.
Interment was in jured by shrapnel and, after hospital
th* Norway cemetery.
,
ization over there, was sent back to
Mr*. Snyder had not been in good the U. S., arriving home May 10.
health for some time and the end j His decorations for , bravery
_____ _ and
came at her home here in Coquille | gallantry in service included thé
laid Tuesday. ‘
award of the Purple Heart and the
She was born at Norway, July 24, Silver Star by the United States and
1868, the daughter of pioneer resi the Croix de Guerre by the French.
dents, Mr. and Mr*. J. Fred Schroe
He will not be able to return to ac
der, and was nine months and 24 tive service across the Atlantic and
day* past 74 year* of age.
has been placed on an instructor
She was united in marriage to Capt. basis in the army.
Snyder, at her home at Norwy, Oct. ■ His brother, George, is still a stu-
34, 1887, and the captain told this dent in Cbquille High School,
reporter that they had never had a i
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quarrel during the 55 and one-half Neil McGilvery Here
year* of their happy life together. '
From The South Pacific
Beside* her husband she is surviv
Mrs. Marie McGilvery is enjoying a
ed by two daughters, Misses Pearl and
Ruby Snyder of this city, and a son, visit from her son, Neil, who is home
Walter L. Snyder, who is in the on a twenty-day furlough. He has
Merchant Marine in the Atlantic, been away for a year, is now a top
with headquarter* at Dorchester, sergeant, having been in the service
Mas*. Their first son passed away also two years. Neil was one of the
first to go. His brother, Donald, has
in 1885.
She is also survived by a sister, just been inducted and Robert is at
Mr*. Eva Watson, who cam* down Treasure Island, going to school and
from Seattle a few days before her has been away since September, when
sister's death, and by three brother* he was sent first to Stillwater Okla
—Frank and Albert Schoeder, of Co homa.
quille or vicinity, and Finley Schroe
der of Norway.
Bill Yarbrough Home
She was .a charter member of the Ou A Week’s Furlough
Eastern Star at Bandon, and one of
Bill Yarbrough ha* been home on
th* Neighbor* of Woodcraft.
Capt. and Mrs. Snyder returned furlough for the past week, leaving
seven year* ago from Portland, where again on Friday. He ha* been in
th«F had resided for 37 years while Corpus Christi for two years in
th* captain was serving on steam- March. Bill has been in the service
three yean nqw and is an aviation
bo«»*.
machinist mate, first class. He flew
out to San Francisco on a tree spurt,
Mr*. Mary Krtb*
having left Corpus Christi on a Mon-
t
Marianne Axtell
Becomes Bride Of
Ian B. Jamieson
At an impressive Episcopal service
held at high noon on Wednesday, May
26, at St. James’ Episcopal church.
Miss Marianne Axtell, lovely elder
daughter of Mr. and Mr*. J. E. Ax
tell, became the bride of Mr. I*n B.
Jamieson, of Condon, Oregon. Rev.
Robt. L. Greene, of Coquille, offi
ciated. Before a gathering of about
sixty friendgand relatives the bride-
to-be enfFmT'the church on the arm
of her father. Dressed in a smart
tailored dress of white wool and
wearing a bonnet type hat of light
blue summer wool, ■she carried a
white prayer book mounted with
white gardenias with satin and white
sweet pea streamer*. Bobbi* Burns
at the organ played the lovely wed
ding hymns and the wedding march
as the member* of the wedding parfj
entered and left the church. Preced
ing the entrance of th* bride was the
matron of honor and beet man, Mr.
and Mrs. Elsworth Willis, of Condon.
Mrs. Willis wore an attractive dress
of rose wool with small gold-colored
hat and veil.
The mother of the
bride, Mrs. J. E. Axtell, was chic
in a tailored dress of medium blue
with small hat of matching color.
Usher* were 'Jack Axtell and Jack
Stevens.
The principals of the wedding
party, Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson and
Mr. and Mr*. Willis, with Rev. Mr.
Greene, received in line a* the guests
left the church.
Outside waiting
friend* on either side of the walk
leading to their car showered the
bride and groom with rice a* they es
caped to the hotel to preside at their
Wedding breakfast held for the party
and family.
The young couple left yesterday for
their wedding trip, to be at home after
Jun* 5 at Condon.
Out-of-town relatives here for the
fiS’&X&’SVSS
and her huak
Graben horst.
home in Santa Maria, Calif., where; eH, and Mr*. Powell, the former
she had resided for the past 35 Louise Woodyard.
Powell is em-
years, after a three weeks’ illness. She ployed at Calship, which la the dssig-
was buried in San Frandtoco today, nation given to the great California
being laid to rest besides the remains shipyard which has fourteen ways.
of her husband, Harry Kribs.
She was born at Norway in Sep- ,
tember, 1864, and would have been
78 years old this fall.
Since the
death of her husband, to whom she
The sale of a house and three and
was married 55 years ago here in Co one-half acres of land, partly bot
quille, she has made her home with tom ground was completed last Sat
her son, Geo. Kribs, in Santa Maria. urday night by Bobbie Bums with
She is also survived by three sisters George C. Hunt of the Krome Cor-
and six brothers—Mr*. T. P. Hanly, poration. Mr. Hurst and his wife
of Lamps; Mrs. Ella Langor, of Pow will take possession at once, This
ers; Mr*. Alice Hite, of San Diego; represents the last of the Burns bot
W. H. Schroeder of this city; George, tom land to be sold out of the sub
of Florence, Ore.; Walter, of Gravel divisions of the original farm which
Ford; Clarfence, of Corvallis; Gus, of have been on the market the last
Arago, and J. Henry Schroeder, of few yean. All left now are lot*
Johnson Mill; also by three grand on the hill, which remain for dis
children, Keith Kribs, of Coquille; posal by the owner, Mn. Mary Bums.
Howard Kribs and a daughter in Mr. Burn* states that he appreciate*
the help the Sentinel has given to
Portland.
aid these sales through their advs.
and news stories of sale*.
New Born Ocheltree Baby
One of the twin girl* bom to Mr.
and Mr*. Faye Ocheltree. of this city,
at the Belle Knife Hospital last Fri
day passed away Saturday and inter
ment was in the family plot at the
Masonic cemetery on Monday. Mrs.
Ocheltree was afflicted with measles
just prior to their birth, but the sur
viving baby girl will apparently re
cover.
Cards Now Available For
War Ration Book No. 3
\
The Coquille postoffice now ha*
on hand the cards which must be
used to apply for War Ration Book 3,
which will be mailed to those apply
ing, before July 31. The card* may
be mailed or taken to the ration of
fice at Salem, Oregon, and must be
in the board's hand* by June 10. They
may be mailed any time between the
first and tenth of June.
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C.H.S. Biology Scrap Book*
Go To Roseburg Veteran Home
ology class added to the achievement*
of Coquille High school by contribut
ing their biology scrap books to the
World War Veterans' Home at Rose
burg, through the American Legion
Auxiliary, of which Mrs. Kranick
is a member.
Appreciation for these work books
go to Don McLarrin, Jean Erwin,
Cha*. Stevenson, Waneta Wardrip,
Jack Stevens, Wallace Cross, Bonnie
Avery, Claire Gray and Jack Axtell.
Mr and Mrs, Chas.
Former Resident
Talks To Rotary
Taking as his subject, "The Agri
cultural Situation and Its Problem«,”
, C. C. Farr, of Marshfield, speaking
before th* Rotary Club hare on Wed
nesday gave a very comprehensive
and well thought-out view of agri
cultural conditions, both local and
national.
Speaking of the fertilizer shortage
this year, Mr. Farr stated that, faced
by the acute shortatge of elements of
farm fertilizers which were almost
entirely imported, investigation* re
vealed source* within our own bor
der that can be utilized to an extent
that will provid* an ample supply
for all domestic needs if the man
power and equipment shortages can
be overcome.
Mr. Farr also stressed the possi
bilities for bulb growing in this sec-
, tion, stating that the myrtle clay
formation which is so common here
and is largely useless for other pur
poses is particularly suited for bulb
growing and that there is practically
an unlimited market for both the
Fred H. McGougan, who has been, Easter lily and narcissus^ bulbs and
manager for the Coos and Curry dis flowers.
Rotary guests other than the
trict of the West Coast Telephone Co.,
and located at Marshfield for the past speaker were Walter Chiene and Al
nine years, will leave with his family bert Matson, both of Marshfield.
Committees were named from the
next month for Everett, Wash., where
he is to be district manager for the club to cooperate in the Fourth of
Everett territory.
He will be suc July celebration to be held in Co
ceeded down here by Harry Chap quille and to attend the meeting
man, who has been assistant manager called for this evening.
at Everett.
Mr. McGougan, active in all civic How To Obtain Rationed
affairs in Coo* county since coming Pressure Cookers
to Coos, will be missed by a very
Plans for the rationing of pressure
wide circle of friends and acquain
cookers to Coos county homemakers
tances who regret hi* departure
have just been set up. Organisation*,
nevertheless congratulate him on
neighborhood pools and individuals,
promotion.
with large families or living in iso
lated areas who are interested in pur
Guy Mintonye Buys Home
chasing a pressure cooker may obtain
On Beach Street Here
an i application blank from the county
ne demonstration agent, Mr*,
Guy Mintonye, who had lived in home
Fred McGougan To
Move To Everett
ing a Consolidated
Freightway*
trucks between there and Portland
and who is now employed at the M.
& W. Auto Service shop, expects to
move his family — wife, son and
daughter—to Coquille within two
week*. He has purchased th* H. A.
Young property on South Beach street
which the Sentinel editor’s family had
occupied for more than 20 year*. Th*
sale was made through the Geo. E.
I Oerding agency.
rhe County Food Preservation com
mittee, a sub-committee of the USDA
War Board, is composed of women
representatives from all over the
county and will review the applica
tions to determine the eligibility of
the applicants. Applications should be
filed with the committee not later
than June 15.
Blank Warranty Deeds for sale at
this office.