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A LETTER FROM HOME
1943.
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Coquille Bond Quota
Two-Thirds Sold—
Big Rally Saturday
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An Invasion Bond Rally, to be held
in the Community Building here at
7:30 this coming Saturday evening,
Sept. 25, has bean arranged by Bob
Harris, appointed last week as Co­
quille Bond drive chairman, and the
committees working with him
Ray-Jeub has been named as auc­
tioneer for the rally when a lot of
surprise packages will be awarded to
those buying, bonds. Besides many
prizes to be donated by Coquille mer­
chants and others there will be boxes
of 12-gauge shot gun shells and a case
of beer to be awarded to those who
buy bonds of various denominations.
Just how this actulon sale to to be
conducted has not been announced
but there will be a lot of entertain­
ment along with the bond bidding.
The program includes novelty per­
formances by well known local peo­
ple, music and entertainment of a
nature that no one will want to miss.
Local groups are assisting in this
splendid entertainment program. Geo.
H. Jenkins is representing the
Granges and rural groups, Mrs. Wm.
H. Barrow to genera! chairman of the
four women's organizations which are
co-operating, and Frank W. Martin
to general chairman for the mer>
chants and other male groups.
It has now been learned that Co­
quille’s quota for this Third Bond
campaign is 8350JXM and up to last
night, 8185,425 of bonds had been
sold, end there are many pledges by
those who will take bonds which will
increase that figure.
The Coquille post office reports
sales up to last night at 539,725; the
First National Bank's sales aggre­
gate 865,700 and there to besides the
850,000 allocated by the Oregon Mu­
tual Life Insurance Co., which Gee.
P. Laird places for Coquille credit.
Up to last night’s cteee of btwliiesi,
the Coos county quota of 82,103,900
was » IHtUe raeee — liilF dtifa.
scribed; the total ae reported by E.
T. Stelle, who had been drvoleeg a
great deal of his time in the bank
to handling bond purchases, to 8108,-
099.26.
The above county figure includes
numerous large out-of-county allo­
cations to Coos county which were
placed through the Marshfield com-
mittee and the showing of Coquille,
where only the one allocation has
been credited, is quite remarkable.
The 3185,425 reported as of last night
to practically two-thirds of this city’s
quota, being 66 plus per cent of the
8250,000 which it to expected to be
and which will be subscribed here
and
throughout the surrounding
country.
Coos County To
Buy $40,000 Bonds
The county court on Tuesday in-
structed County Treasurer Stauff to
purchase 840,000 worth of the third
War Loan bonds and to allocate them,
for credit, among the several towns
in the county, according to those
town’s portions of the 82,103,900
county quote.
J. C. Penney Co. Buys Ten
Thousand In Bonds Here
The J. C. Penny Co. organization is
buying ten million dollars’ worth of
this month’s Invasion Bonds — the
third War Bond issue. Of this amount
810,000 has been allocated to Coos
county and the loc^ J. C. Penney
store gets 32,000 of it. Manager F.
W. Martin has placed Coquille’s
share of the ten millions through
_,the Coquille Woman's Club of which
' Mrs. Wm. H. Barraw is bond sale
. chairman.
Gant’s Grocery Advertises Only
Three Deliveries A Week
In order to comply with more fool­
ish O. P. A. ' regimentation regula­
tions, Gant's Grocery to advertising
this week that hereafter the store
will make but three deliverira each
week, on Monday, Thursday and
Saturday, No deliveries ot less than
’•■.M . ..... ./,■ -.A.,
five pounds is per
Coquille Grange Booster
Night, September 24
H. S. Must Have
New Heating Plant
The directors of Coquille School
District, No. 8, at their meeting last
evening, voted to secure the services
of a heating engineer to make esti­
mates and recommendations for a_
new heating system in the .high
school. The state boiler inspector,
on his recent visit here, condemned
the present system. .
The board voted to match funds,
about 8105, with the high school band
for the repair of present instruments
and the purchase of others, which are
needed by the band, but which are
not instruments that a player would
take home.
The salary of the high school prin­
cipal was set at $2700 per year and
a contract was signed with B.. W.
Dunn for transportation of pupils
from the Coaledo section to Coquille.
While Mr. Dunn is improving at the
Mast Hospital, he will not be able
to come home for a week or more and
must then remain quiet for sopie
weeks more.
Spent Thirteen
Months In London
Coos Municipalities
1943-44 Tax Levies
And Other Statistics
Kenneth Cooper, now a Pharmacist
Mate, first class, in the U1. S. Navy,
who enlisted from Myrtle Point,
February 1$, 1940, arrived home on
his first leave last eveqirtg. He is
the brother of Mrs. Lonnie Clark and
Jack Cooper of Coquille.
Kenneth lias been in London for
the past 13 months, having arrived
there in a convoy which took 12 days
to cross the Atlantic, on Aug. 18, 1942.
He says there are unifopns every­
where in London, that the U. S. ser­
vice men enjoy it Over th«re but are
always glad to get back to the United
States.
There are many interesting things
that Kenneth might relate of his
experiences over there eould he tell
them but the men are not allowed
tp talk of them nor could a newspaper
publish them.
He has finished his hitch in England
and when his 30-day leave is up, he
will report to the Navy yard at Nor-
lo!k’ V*" *Or re—i«nm*n‘- Where or
ta/lent
— does __
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what ikal
that mne.
may U*
be L».
he
not
know.
Coquille has had a new fire chief
County Assessor Chas. W. Forrest
furnishes the following statistical in­ since Monday evening when the
formation as to the 1942-43 tex levies members ot the department elected
for Coos county and the municipali­ Craig Parrott to the position.
The city council, in session that
ties in the county and a comparison
of the levies for the preceding three evening, had heard the resignation of
Ted Snyder as chief and LeRoy Swin­
years:
Levy in Mills for Year ney as assistant chief, read by Re­
Municipality 43-44 42-43 41-42 40-41 corder Leslie, and shortly thereafter
Coos County .148 15.0
18.9 Lud Scharf er brought word down­
Coquills
65.3 stairs to Mayor Wood of Craig's selec­
46.9 55.5
Marshfield
50.9 53.3
62.1 tion and ttvs-naming of the new chief
North Bend 60.5 60.1
73.7 was promptly confirmed by the
75.8 council members, all of whom were
Eastside
35.9 50.1
M.7|preseni it except Geo. Burr, who was
37J 5141
Empire
Bandon
59J 57.7
55.7 out of town.
After hearing the recorder read a
Myrtle Point 39.6
„ 54.0 ___ - 58.9
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These levies for 1943*44 were com- Mtter from the state highway com­
pared back aa far as 1919 by this of­ mission in regard to post war mu­
fice, and. with the exception of Ban­ nicipal activities in which many im­
don and North Bend the levies are , provemen ite, were suggested as pro-
ame
them hospitals. Dr. G.
the lowest since that time and, in; jacta, among
Stark remarked
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that the establish­
some cities these levies are perhaps ! -Ì.
ment of a city hospital is being more
(he lowest in their history.
The assessed valuation for the city and more talked about and the in­
of Coquille for 1949-44 is 61,494,396, terest being shown indicates that a
as compared with the 1943-43 valua­ municipally-owned hospital will be
While many thermometers which tion of 31,490,980, an increase of que of the first things the people of
R. T. Hanly, son of Mr. and Mrs.
the community will demand, after the
were affected by radiated heat on 6M16.
Thos. H. Hanly of Bullards route,
Tuesday stood at a higher point, the
The city levy for the coming year war.
The application for permission to was the only one of four to escape
Sentinel’s gauge, which to hung on is 18.6 mills, an increase of .1 of a
repair the building owned by Mrs. yesterday when planes collied in the
She north side ot a houae, 30 feet mill over last ytaris levy.
above the ground, registered a max­
Coquille school district. No. 8, will Machon and occupied by the Geo. Yuma, Arizona, section. Two offi­
imum of 83 degrees Tussday after­ be 13.5 mills for the coming tag year, Brooks’ Used Furniture Store, made cers and a cadet were killed but
noon. This was the warmest day of which is a drop o* 7.5 mills from last by Mr. Brooks and approved by the young Hanly parachuted to safety.
building inspector and fire chief,
the year, three degrees higher than year’s levy of 2T*!HHs.
the maximum three weeks ago.
Of the five principal cities in the WM granted by the council with one
ting vote. This councilman's
To those who have been complain­ county the Coquille combined levy
ing that the Coquille valley has not of 46.g mills is lower than any of
vas that there are many frail,
had any summer this year, it can them except Myrtle Point with ita wooden buildings in the business sec­
only be said that the 1943 summer is 39.8 mills, but that 46.6 mills to quite tion and if permission is glvpp.to re­
The following men were forwarded
coming
in the fall
5 drop—18.3 mills to be exact, from pair them that Coquille will never to Portland for induction from Coos
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get rid of the old shacks (which are County Local Board No. 2, at Co-
Yesterday the thermometer went the 65.2 mills levied for 1949-41.
on to break Tuesday's summer record
In the year 1919 the combined a disgrace to an up-to-date com- quille, Oregon, on Tuesday of this
by registering an 87 degree maximum. levy of .the city of North Bend was munity.
week:
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The Hier Sheet Metal Workf bid - Foster Hale Thompson, Gaylord.
More than likely that to the peak of 52.8 which to somewhat lower than
our summer thia fail for indications the preaent levy of combined millage. of 860.50 for six galvanized down
Dale Louis Stevens, Coquille.
are
for a decided change almost any In 1924, however, the combined levy
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Leland Wesley Poet, Powers.
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hour now.
Louis Irvin Slyter, Powers.
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ArnoM Eugene Dtmfey,- Myrtle
Point.
was 126.2 mills.
Samuel Nelson Wood, Coquille.
The assessed valuation of Coos
James William Manning, Marsh­
field.
county which has already been given
Mrs. Edith Q. Walton, who left last
has increased
from $26.313,626 to Friday to attend the wedding of her
Osborne A. Dunn, Bandon.
Paul Ryning, of Medford, potentate 1 out __
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I* Itoeal year 1943- son, Dudley, who is junior lieutenant
Vernon Rodger Kissell, CoquiHe.
, Hillah Shrine Temple at Ashland,! J2 '794,067,
Eric Magnus Westerstrsnd, Co­
was in Coquille last week-end check-
in the Naval Air Corps, returned
quille.
The drop In the combined levy for Tuesday morning this week.
. ing the Community Buildirig and its
Curtis Eugene Adams, Coquille.
, equipment prior to the Shrine cere­ the city of Marshfield ia due to J
His bride was Miss Alice Harford,
monial to be held there on Saturday, of a mill reduction in the city levy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Har­
( Oct. 23. He expressed his greatest .1 of a mill reduction in the Port of ford of Seattle, and the wedding was
, approval, declaring it, to be a better Coos Bay levy, and .2 of a mill in the celebrated In the Mt. Baker Presby­
.
arrangement
than many of the halls county levy, with the balance of re­ terian church there. It was followed
( used when away from the temple— duction credited to the State School by a reception at the Harford home.
Support Fund of which School Dis­
, usually in armories.
The happy couple has gone to
The football schedule for the Coos
He stated that all the uniformed trict No. 9 received 127,643.73. The Whidby Island, where Dudley is now county high schools was adopted by
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bodies
of Hillah will be present on school district showed a 2.9 mill re­ stationed, but they do not know how the Schoolmasters Club which met
, the 23rd when a class of upwards of duction in levy, although the tax long he will remain there.
Lieut. last Thursday at which time Clarence
400 novitates will be inducted into levy was increased $9,473 over the Walton* was recently selected, along Osika of Coquille was elected preii-
previous levy. »
Hillah Temple.
with others from various units, to dent for the coming year.
The school levy in North Bend fly the new Ventura bombers.
K. P. Lawrence, la charge of local
Following is the schedule:
the Sentinel to shows a reduction of 4,6 mills over
Sept. 25—Grants Pass at North
the
previous
year.
However,
the
city
add that any Shrine member, no mat­
Bend.
ter to what Temple he belongs, will be of North Bend increased its levy by
Oct. 2—Coquille at Myrtle Point.
welcome to attend the Ceremonial. taxation over the previous year for
Marshfield at Medford.
an amount of $9,169, thereby increas­
Oct. 9—Marshfield at Grants Pass.
ing its levy 4.7 mills which eliminated
Oct. 16 -r- Marshfield at Myrtle
the reduegon of the school 'district
Marvin H. Law, who came to Co­
Point. North Bend at Coquille.
on the combined levy of North Bend quille in 1914 as pastor of the M. E.
Oct. 23—Myrtle Point at North
and increased the levy .4 of a mill South Church, now the Pioneer
Bend. Marshfield at Corvallis.
over the last year and set the levy Methodist Church, and served as its
Oct. 30—Coquille at Marshfield.
Councilman Goo. F. Burr went over at 60.5. The city actually increased pastor for two years, has been a Co­
Nov. 11—Myrtle Point at Coquille.
to Klamath Falls last week-end io its levy from Ml in 1943-43 to U.S quille visitor the past week. He
attend the funeral of his father, H. T. mill far 1943-44. The school district came from Dallas, Texas, where he is North Bend at Marshfield.
Nov. 19—Eugene at Marshfield.
Burr, who passed away at the hos­ lowered its levy from 14.2 mills in In the engineering department of the
Noy. 25—Marshfield at North Bend.
pital there last Friday. The funeral 1942- 43 to 10.6 mills for 1943-44.
North American Aircrat. corporation,
Admission prices set were the same
services were held al Tule Lake on
The Bandon city levy is up from 9.4 to visit his mother and sister here,
Monday and the body was taken' to mills in 1942-43 to 10.8 mills for and left on the return trip yesterday. as last year for both football and
basketball—Adults 50 cents,
Stu­
Damascus, Oregon, for interment.
Always an ardent fisherman from
1943- 44, and the school levy is up
dents
(with
Student
Body
cards)
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Mr. Burr, who was born in Wash­ from 32.3 mills in 1942-43 to 33.7 his boyhood up. Mr. Law timed his
cents.
ington, about 75 years ago, lived in mills in 1943-44.
vacation and visit so that he might
Myrtle Point some 25 to 30 years
The Port of Coos Bay dropped In enjoy the best fishing on the streams
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ago, but has lived in the Tula Lake millage from 3.7 in 1942-43 to 3.6 which he whipped some 27 to 29 years
section since.
ago.
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mills in 1943-44.
Besides George he is survived by
The Port of Bandon dropped in
five sons and daughters—Henry Burr millage from 1.0 mills in 1942-43 to
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Rev. and Mrs. C. S. Bergner
of Coquille, Mrs. Clark Fenaler of 0.0 mills for 1943-44..
John Ferugson, of the Marshfield-
Tule Lake, Mrs. Ruby Gaston of Se­
Union High No. 2 dropped from Were Guests Here Sunday
North Bend Rotary club, talked to the
attle,. Roger Burr of Astoria, who is 10.2 to 8.4, Union High No. 3 draped
Rev. and Mrs. C. S. Bergner, who members of the local club at their
in the Coast Guard at Seattle; Mrs. from S.3 to 4.6 mills and Non-High left Coquille 18 years ago, after he meeting at the hotel on Wednesday,
Gladys Wolhagen of Damascus; ten is down from 9.6 to 7.7 for 1943-44.
had completed a two-year position as Advising his listeners to get as com­
grandchildren and eight great grand­
pastor of the Presbyterian church fortable, as possible si he might talk
children.
here, were guests at the J. L. Smith a long time, Mr. Ferguson spoke for
George Burr is expected home thia Bard Keener Buys
home from Saturday evening until half an hour-on the subject, “This
Ray Jeub Home
evening or tomorow.
Monday morning when they left by Changing W5rld,” and held his au­
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jeub expect to bus for .Ventura, Calif. Mr. Bergner dience to the closest attention given
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Public
Auction At Lee
move about the first of the month into left the ministry leas than a year ago to a speaker here in quit^ome time.
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the house they purchased last month, to enter the U. S. O., and for several
Lack of space forbids a complete
Sunday,
September 26
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farther east on Second street, from months past has been stationed at report of his talk but it was one that
Note the advertisement of a Public
Last i should have bete^ heard by a much
Camp White
Medford.
Fv*B. .Emery. M*. and Mrs.
4 Auction on page elglfl of this issue.
week he received notice of hil trans­ larger audience and showed the re­
Keener
last
week
eoApleted
a
The sale will be held next Sunday,
for the purchase of the Jeub home, fer to the camp near Ventura.
sult of some deep and studious think­
the 36th, at the Alfred Daniels ranch
ing.
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in Lee Valley. Stock, hay, machinery comer of Second and Coulter streets,
Ted Balcom. who returned last Fri­
into which they will move as soon as
Lloyd W. Claver was able to be
and autos are included in the list.
it N vacated.
back on the job at the theatre Mon­ day from a summer spent at Ketchi­
day morning, after being laid up last kan. Alaska, was present as was also
L G. Ray last Saturday made a
week with an attack of bronchial John W. Goddard, of Portland. Ed
deal for the purchase of the former
pneumonia.
In losing 10 to IS W. Hughes, Rotarian of Grants Psss,
C. C. Farr houae on Spurgeon Hill,
pounds, he is down nearer to fighting was also present ss'a guest.
which has more recently been owned
Get Our Summer
In September
Local Boy
Survives Crash
Those Inducted This
Week From Here
Expect Large Class
Shrine Ceremonial
Married Monday
1943 Football
Schedule Adopted
Former Pastor
Here A Week
Father of Geo. F. Burr
Buried Tuesday
Coquille Grange members are again
reminded of the regular meeting to­
morrow, Friday, Sept 24, which is
also Booster Night for the local. The
Worthy Lecturer has arranged for a
splendid program and it is hoped all by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ziedrich.
Ray will make it his
members will attend.
Interesting Program
At Rotary Meeting
Mr.
trim but is still too weak to sn-
Southwestern Oregon
Counties Plan For
Post-War Work
By L. D. Felsheim,
Coos County Judge
Urgency of plans for post-war con­
struction work in order to furnish
employment for returned servicemen
and war workers, was impressed upon
officials of five county courts of
southwestern Oregon Friday by two
engineers from the state highway de­
partment, delegated by Governor Earl
Snell to assist in preparing a post-war
program.
“Be ready with plans and specifi­
cations insofar as possible, and have
your financée set up, so you can start
work as soon as the war ends,” de­
clared C. B. McCullough, assistant
state engineer, before“«* meeting'of
District 4 of the Association of Ore-
gon Counties held in the circuit court
room in the court house at Coquille,
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Outlining
briefly . McCullough’s
suggestion:
“1> List STI the things your county
t needs in the way of improvements.
2. Sift out the ones that are most
feasible for Immediate consideration
and arrange them in order of prior­
ity.
“3. Have plans and specifications
drawn for as many of these projects
as possible, and have your finances
ready."
Augmenting McCullough's state­
ment, Oscar Cutler, assistant staff
engineer of the state highway depart­
ment, stated that counties and other
tax-levying bodies should be pre
pared to provide at least 50 per cent
of the cost of such projects. It to ex­
pected that federal match money will
lie available for post-war projects.
Legislation to that effect has already
been introduced in congress. Cutler
recommended that not more than M
per cent of match nridhey be accepted,
otherwise local governments will lose
control of their projects to the federal
government. ., „
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’ "When the boys com* beck ftom
this war they will demand jobs that
will make it possible far them to ac­
cept without sacrificing their self-
respect," Cutler declared.
"They
don’t want any more boondoggling or
leaf-raking.”
If local governments do not furnish
the jobs necessary to take up the em­
ployment slack after the war, the
federal government will furnish such
jobs, which will mean, it was pointed
out, further encroachment of federal
control over local affairs.
County governments, according to
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Tournament Play At
Country Club Sunday
The Cup Tourney now in progress
at the Coquille Valley Country Club
grounds will be continued this com­
ing Sunday, those matched in the
tournament being:
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Dutch Clinton vs. Oscar Hendricks
Cliff Tyrrell vs. M. S. Anderson.
Andy Richardson vs. Butch Briner.
Stewart Norton vs. Harry Dement.
“Spike” Leslie vs. Fay Osterhout.
Louis HoUmon vs. Sam Carmichael.
Jack McLarrin vs. Bill Barrow
Larry Lundquist vs. John Arnold.
Matched in the first flight are:
Austin Dodge vs. Fred Darby.
Grover Richardson vs. Vern Estelle.
Bob Harris vs. George Laird.
Ted Buck vs. Lin Swain.
Vern Heintselman vs. John Lauder-
back.
N. Chownlng, Jr., vs. Jim Clinton.
John Geider vs. Lee Morrison.
N. Chownlng, Sr., vs. Bill Mlneau.
The cup flight will be playing for a
golf trophy which has been won in
the past by Don Gillespie, Clem How­
ard, Jack McLarrin and Dutch Clin­
ton. It indicated also the mythical
championship of the club.
The first flight, played with handi­
caps, will be playing for prizes do­
nated by the merchants and business
houses of Coquille.
Teachers Institute To Be
Held In Coquille Nov. 1
The Coos-Curry County Regional
Conference fos teachers will be held
in the Coquille High School on Mon­
day, Nov. 1. As a means of saving
gas and tires for the Curry attendants,
the Schoolmasters Club made the
recommendation that the Institute be
held in Coquille and County Superin­
tendent Mulkey agreed with the pro­
posal.