TH* COQUILLE VALUT SKNTTNKL, COQUILLE. OKKOON. THURSDAY, JULY B. IMS. ’
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Three McCarthy Boyi
Now In The Service
Lieut. Wm. R. Pook, of the Army's
Signal Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.
A. Pook of Coquille, has recently fin­
ished his three months course of
schooling In Australia and received'
his commission. Bill enlisted three
years ugo, was stationed near Spo­
kane for nearly two years, went
through seven months
the New
Guinea campaign and was one of 400
who served in New Guinea who have
just been commissioned as officers.
Bill says he has just begun to re­
ceive the Sentinel regularly, within a
reasonable time after publication and
told his dad not so report that after
he had read it from first page to
last, including the advs., that he uses
it for part of his bedding at night!
This is the winter season in Australia
and the nights are cold.
Tom Ferry, A , Petty Navy
Radioman Officer Third Class
Tom Price Ferry, husband of Mrs.
Tom Ferry, 531 North Beach street,
Coquille, Ore., has graduated from
the Radioman. School at the U. S.
Naval Training Station at Farragut,
Idaho, and has received the petty of­
ficer rating of Radioman, third class.
He is now equipped to perform the
duties required of his rate with one
of the units of the United States
Fleet. The Radioman School is one
of the many Navy Service Schools
tn operation at this Station, and only
the top-ranking students
receive
petty officer rating upon completion
of the sixteen-weeks course.
Thos. J. Newton To Leave
For Army Air Corps Training
Thos. J. Newton, son of Mr. and
Mrs R. T. Newton of the Tenth street
grocery store, will leave Saturday for
Shepherd Field near Wichita Falls,
Texas, where he will report at the
training center for pre-aviatlon cadet
basic training. From there he will
be sent to some college for another
five months of drill and traihlng be­
fore being assigned to active duty.
Tom enlisted in the Army Air Corps
at the high schpol some months ago
and has just been called.
Coquille"Man Given A
Responsible Office In Army
Lieut. L. E. Haynes, son of Mrs. A.
N. Foley of* this city, has just been
transferred from Flagstaff, Ariz., to
Washington, D. C., where he is to
be in charge of procurement, storage
and issuance of all petroleum stocks
for the army, ¿txcept for the Air
Corps. Mrs. Haynes, daughter of S.
D. Clark of the Lee district, and their
baby are still at Santa Clara near Eu­
gene, where they bought a place,
waiting there until he can secure a
place for them to live in Washington.
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crowd when one of the contestants,
Spike Leslie, slipped from the boom
as he raced along the narrow path
Mr. and Mrs. M. McCarthy were of log, trying to balance on its
made happy Monday when their son, rounded, slippery surface. Nor was
Lieut. Edward McCarthy called them he alone in his diving.
long distance from Camp Sibert, near
Reuben Humbert, of Marshfield,
Gadsden, Alabama.
won first prize in the race against
Another son, Lieut. M. J. McCarthy time, und Denton Ellingson was sec­
has just been transferred from Camp ond in a competition of eight.
Swift in Texas, to Sallisaw, Okla.,
The class A two-mile race for mo­
where he is assisting in the work the torboats was won by Paul McNair
Army engineers are doing in rehabili­ of Coquille, with C. E. Hartley of
tating the flood stricken section of 1 Myrtle Point coming in second,
that state.
The class C race of two miles down
Their thipd son, Robert, a C. H. S. and two back was won by Eddie
graduate this spring, was one of the Freeman of Myrtle Point, closely fol-
inductees who left yesterday to join lowed by Ron Endicott, of the same
the Army Air Corps.
; city.
In the six-mile free-for-all, Verrill
i McCurdy, Coquille, with an inboard
Ross Mintonye Graduated
' motor ran ahead of Ron Endicott with
As An Army Armorer
>his boat powered by a IB h. p. out7
Sergeant Ross A. Mintoye, son of
board motor.
Mrs. Fannie R. Mintonye of Coquille, I
1 The high climbing contest, in which
and who formerly was employed by
the contestants, using strap around
his brother, Amzy, was graduated bn
the 115-foot pole and with spurs on
Tuesday from the Army Armament
their boots, climbed to the top,
school at Lowry Field in Colorado.
plucked off a small flag and then
He enlisted in February 1941 and has
descended to the ground, was won by
been stationed at camps in Califor­
Reuben Humbert, of Eastside, in 46
nia and Washington prior to being
seconds.
sent to the Colorado school.
Bob McCarthy, of Kline's camp,
¡was second in 54 seconds. Could be
I have Bone up as rapidly as he de-
scended he would have won hands
I down, for he simply slid down as
though the pole was greased.
| Other high climbers were Hubert
Harry from Laird, Benham A Laird's
¡Sitkum camp, and Deb Nelson, from
Wkai îfou ßtuj. Wiik
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Fred McClellan's camp above Myrtle
Point.
Reuben Humbert also won the
birling, or log-rolling contest With
Roy Rhule, Spi^c Leslie and Ott
Ferris, all Smith Wood-Products em­
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ployees, the other contestants.
The bucking contest in which they
sawed through a 30-tnch log resulted
in a tie, in two minutes, 45 seconds,
between F. R. Hunt of the C. D. Ray
camp and Chas. Farmer from the Al­
bertson Bros. camp. Filer of the
Atkins saws which were used in the
event was John Stone, also from Cal
Ray's camp.
The entire afternoon program went
off smoothly and according to sched­
ule and the committee set a record
for interest and entertainment for
future celebration committees to
shoot at.
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on Smoky; Charlotte Smith, Fairview,
on Daisy Mae; Polly Standley, Smith
Woods at Sutherlin, on Tarzan.
Saddle horse and man rider:
Ellis Dement, Myrtle Point, on
Jack, 1st; Lee Peterson, Coquille, on
Baldy, 2nd; William Watson, Myrtle
Point, on Bill; Milton Rolf, Fat Elk, on
Nipper; H. M. Hall, Fairview, on
Spot; Frank Culver, Beur Creek, on
Pet; Luckey Bonney, Cdquille, on
Beauty; John McNair, Fat Elk, on
Blacky; Edw. Lee Peterson, Jr., Co­
quille, ou Silver; Roy Jenkins, Par­
kersburg on Tony; Roy Folsom Co­
quille, on Johnny; Lew Smith, Co­
quille, on Shorty; O. G. Anderson,
North Bank, on Ranger; Everett Cam­
eron, Bear Creek, on Cheyenne; Dar­
rell Anderson, Fat Elk, on Dan; Tom
Nelson, Fat Elk, on Pepper; Al Hunt,
Marshfield, on King; Ivy Frye, Fair­
Amzy Mintonye and Ernie Ward­ view, on Papoose;
Herb Morrell,
rip, who have operated the M & W Langlois, onGoldy; William Johnson,
Auto Service repair shop in the Fat Elk, on Frosty.
Gardner building on First street, be­
Walk, trot, run race; Roy Jenkins,
tween Elliott and Henry, for the past Bear Creek, 1st; Frank Culver, Bear
three years, last month purchased Creek, 2nd.
the old Lyman Carrier warehouse on
Lee Peterson, of Coquille, Won out
the edge of the gulch on Hall street in the
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stake race, ___
"his time ...
in the
and expect' to remove their shop to ' final heat which had been preceded
the new location in three or four ' by five heats of four horses and
weeks, or as soon as they can find 1 riders to the uvas,
heat, was
seconds.
vvus 25.9
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units.
some one to do the necessary grad' By heats the winners were:
ing and remodeling to make the place
First Heat—William Watson, Myr-
ready for then).
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j tie Point, 27 seconds, 1st; Tom Nelson,
They purchased the warehouse Fat Elk, 2nd; Velma Beebe, Fairview;
from Herman Floten.
John McNair, Fat Elk; Herb Morrell,
1 Langlois; Milton Rolf, Fat Elk.
■Varramy ana bargain and Sale
Second Heat — Lee Peterson, Co-
Oeeds for sale at The Sentinel office, quiile, 26-seconds. 1st; Everett Cam-
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Among the casualties returning to
the United States from the Solomons
are men who have lost their hear­
ing, not from injury, not from shock,
but from attack by insects upon
men who have been without mos-
quito bar protection.
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never know how many lives
We
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probably never will know just how
much good your purchases of War
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know that regular and increasing
purchases are necezoary.
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. .Roger Stewart, who has been in the
Army since last October 23, and fbr
the past IS weeks on maneuvers with
the 0th Infantry Division tn Arizona,
came ¡nlast.evening, accompanied by
Mrs. Stewart, and intends remaining
here. He received an honorable dis­
charge, due to physical disability, a
few days ago. He looks well and
has lost weight but his old leg
trouble incapacitated him for service.
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SPINACH Fresh Local
GREEN BEANS
"Desert Victory" at Roxy Sun., Mon., Tue
Tomatoes, Cal. field grown
lb. 19<
lb. lit
Turnips ..........................
Beets, Local ............................. lb.
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We have a large variety of seasonal
Fresh Fruits
faHened hods
Prices on Safeway guaranteed meats are
l“w as these «very day of the week.
Safewtty
Hcmimiim' Bureau
Body and Auto
Painting
position to take immediate care of all Auto Painting
and Body Work
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15-R Royal Satin Shortenig 3 lb. 64c
4R Kraft Cheese, Velveeta '/j lb. 22c
10B Moneta Chili Sauce, 12*4 oz. 16c
4B Tom Juice, Sunny Dawn, 46 oz. 22c
4B Split Peas, green or yellow lb. 10c
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No. 21 Edwards Coffee wh roast lb 27c
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