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COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1943.
Well On Davis |
Slough Was Down
1500 Feet Sunday
Baby And Home
Lost At Green Acres
Beverly, the 21 months old baby
girl of Mr. and Mrs. Fay Ocheltree,
was burned tb death last Wednes­
day when their home was destroyed
by fire of an unknown origin, at
Green Acres, which is just off the
highway this side of Delmar.
Mrs. Ocheltree had put Beverly and
her baby sister, Sandra in a crib be­
fore going up the hill to the mail box
on the highway, only about 200 feet
from the house, but hidden by the
brow of the hill. She had to wait
some time for the mail carrier to
come along and when she started
down and reached their gate, she
saw the house was ablaze. Ruah-
ing in she just had time to grab
Sandra before the flames prevented
her going back in.
She immediately phoned for the
Marshfield Fire Department and to
Mr. Ocheltree, who is employed 'at
the Millington mill, and both arrived
at the same time but too late to save
anything.
Sandra was brought to the Belle
Knife Hospital for treatment of her
burns, which were not severe, and
she is now recovering nicely.
The funeral services ftr ■ Beverly
were held at the graveside in Masonic
cemetery here at two o’clock Friday,
under the auspices of Schroeder Bros.,
with Liston Parrish officiating.
Mrs. Ocheltree, who before her
marriage was Winona Brown and
attended high school at Myrtle Point,
said Tuesday that the sympathy and
kindness of their friends, and of
others whom she barely knew, was
almost overwhelming and that they
appreciated it more than they could
tell.
“Better than 1500 feet down” was
the report made to J. E. Axtell and
the Sentinel scribe, who accompanied
him last Sunday on a visit to the well
being drilled on the Dobbyn acreage,
two miies up the Davis Slough road
from Highway 101.
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More than that was not vouchsafed
by any of the men on the job. “It's
a tight* well" was the statement by
those in charge, meaning that any
report of oil or gas showings will be
made. to the Phillip Petroleum Cor­
poration at Bartlesville, Okla., be­
fore any news is released for publi­
cation.
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However, an observation of the site,
the sump where the drilled out earth
is dumped and the liquid mud which
circulates down through the hole up
and around and down again, and
which can be seen by anyone who
carea to visit the well, showed no
trace of oil as yet. Nor was there
any yvord frotp anyone there as to
whether gas pockets had been en­
countered.
Whether the rock capping, through
which the bit on the rotary drill has
been boring for some distance, is the
covering for a subterranean lake of
petroleum, can only be surmised. It
could be.
It is most probable that by this
time the shaft is down more than a
quarter of the 8500 feet which the
contract calls for, if It is necessary to
go that deep.
Everything on the location, the two
huge 750 h. p. gas engines, the steel
rigging, the concreted base for the
derrick, the housing and office build­
ings, go to prove that this is to be a
thorough test, on the Westport Arch,
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to learn whether the geological for­
mations at the surface, which indicate
Edgar W. Smith, of Portland, mem­
petroleum, are the real thing or just ber of the Oregon State Board of
shadow without substance.
Higher Education, was the guest
The Investment, including the road speaker at the noon meeting of the
improvement up the slough, the 6500 Rotary Club in the I.O.OJ. dining
feet of casing on the ground, and all room on Wednesday
the other stuff moved in there the
Taking as his subject, “Education,
past two weeks, probably runs to The War and Peace,” Mr. Smith gave
quite a little higher figure than the an instructive and inspirational talk
8100,000 mentioned in these columns on the phases of education in the con­
last week.
duct of the war and the part it must
Mr. Ditmore, the head driller, who take in determining the construction
is on call during any of the three of the peace after the war la won.
8-hour shifts a day, spoke quite freely
Showing a thorough mastery of
of the operation, but not on any of his subject, Mr. Smith held the close
the taboo subjects.
attention of his audience throughout
Mr. Utterback, the geologist an the the entire time of his address.
job, was more reserved in his com­
Two new members were introduced
ments, but gave the impression that by J Arthur Berg, Kennett Law­
he could give an account of what each rence and Leo J. Cary.
100 feet of tailings mean, if he so
Rotarian guests present were J. E.
desired.
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“Deke” Richmond, of Eugene, H. C.
No one is denied the privilege of Obie of Grants Pass and John D.
visiting the operation; the road which Carl, of Myrtle Point.
was used to haul in all the heavy
Other guests were Geo. Oerding,
equipment, is in very fair condition, Burton Dunn, Lloyd Claver and Wes
and more and more will Coos county Travis, all of Coquille.
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people want to see the beginnings of
Robert Greene, who received some
what may result in the biggest nat­ attention last week when he was
ural resources development ever to initiated into the New Fathers’ Club,
occur in Oregon. Coos county can­ had a birthday of his own this week
not show any more interest in the and received a copy of the Rotary
project than many of the other big book.
oil corporation are showing by hav­
ing representatives in the county at Chas. Oerding Is Back Again
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this time.
On The Pacific Coast
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Edgar W. Smith
Talks To Rotary
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Plan A V. F. W.
Unit In Coquille
Mrs. Chas. H. Oerding returned
from Seattle Tuesday evening after a
week’s visit with her husband, who
recently returned to his work at the
Naval Air Station there after oom-
. pieting his six weeks’ special train­
ing at the Briggs Manufacturing Co.
school in Detroit. He is really very
proud of his diplomajftom the school
and glad to have had the opportunity
to earn it, but moire than happy to
be back in the Pacific Northwest
again. On her return home, Mrs.
Oerding spent Monday in Portland
with their daughter, Jane.
A meeting will be held in Union
Hall on East Second street starting
at 1:00 p. m. Sunday, Nov. 21, and
there will be some one there until
7:00 p. m. to interview prospective
members, with the intention of form­
ing a Veterans of Foreign Wars of
the United States' unit in Coquille.
Comrade McGuffin, of the State De­
partment, will be present and will
be glad to answer questions in re-'
gard to Veterans' welfare.
Union Thanksgiving Services
All ex-service men will be wel­
The annual Union Thanksgiving
come and the attendance of those who
service
of the local churches, as spon­
have served ir. this conflict is especi­
sored by the local Ministerial Asso­
ally desired.
ciation, will be held at the Baptist
Church on Wednesday, Nov. 24, at
7:30 p. m. Liston Parrish, of the lo­
cal Church of Christ, will bring the
message. This meeting is for all
the townspeople, regardless of wheth-
Everyqne is interested in learning er they go to church regularly or not.
«here boyi in tire service are located, we all have much to be thenkful for.
Let's Have More
Service Men's Items
what they are doing and when they
are able to get home on leave or fur­
lough.
The Sentinel is therefore making a
special appeal to any and all par-
. ents, or friends, or to the boys them­
selves, ta Jet the Sentinel know when
they are bom* on a visit, or any item
connected with their service life,
which would be of interest to the gen­
eral public.
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Thanksgiving Service at Church
Of Christ, Scientist, Nov. 25
The annual Thanksgiving service
of the Coquille Church of Christ,
Scientist, will be held in the church,
corner of Third and Hall, at 11 a. m.,
next Thursday morning, Nov. 25.
The public is cordially invited to at­
tend.
Community Building
Furnace Has
Been Approved
It was announced by Mayor Wood
at the council session Monday eve­
ning that the-League of Oregon Cities
will hold its annual regional confer­
ence in Coquills on Wednesday, Dec.
1. Last year the meeting was held
in Marshfield and there are 13 cities
in southwestern Oregon which par­
ticipate in the conference. The Re­
bekah lodge will serve a 6:30 dinner
for tt)e rerpesentative* in Odd Fel­
lows hall.
A letter from City Engineer Gear­
hart, in regard to the petition for va­
cation of a portion of Fairview street
on Knowlton Heights, stated that the
portions asked to be vacated could
not be used for street purposes, be­
ing, on.a steep aide hill, but that the
county owned two or three lots
along the street there and that It
might object to the vacation. This
brought a statement from Councilman
Geo. Burr that the petition signers
expected to purchase those county-
owned lots for what the county had
against them for delinquent taxes.
Mr. Burr also reported that the
management at the Western Con­
densing Co. has been doing every­
thing possible to control the ashes
and dirt from the plant which wore
recently complained about, and that
a shut-down would occur soon so that
remodeling and further Improvement
of facilities and conditions there could
be effected.
The light committee of th* council
was asked to investigate the need
of additional street lighting, to the
city limits from the turn of the high­
way south at the Intersection of
Front and Hall streets, and was given
authority' to have them installed if
they found additional lights were
necessary.
The request for the
lights was made by Smith plant em­
ployees who work on night shifts.
Wayne Smith, representing the
Club which
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in mind the landscaping and
tying of the space in front of the
Community Building, asked the coun­
cil if* a part-time caretaker for the
building could be named at once.
There are many things about the
building, following each dance there,
which need to be taken care of, and
it was stated that the building was
beginning to deteriorate before it
had been finished even.
Geo. B.
Adams was suggested as a good man
for the appointment.
Mayor Wood than told the council
that the W. P. B. had approved the
city’s* application for a heating plant
for the Comumnity Building and
stated that the contractor had already
ordered the furnace in the east. He
has the pipe, fittings, etc., and the
installation will be made as soon as
the furnace arrives.
Police Chief Creager reported to
the council that the old curfew or­
dinance and amendments were some­
what conflicting, in its provisions as
to time and City Attorney Berg was
requested to investigate and bring
in for adoption a clarifying amend­
ment which would give the police
ample power to keep youngsters off
the streets at night.
Buy Large Tract
In Douglas County
Officials of the Smith Wood-Prod­
ucts, Inc.—Ralph L. Smith of Kan­
sas City, Geo. A. Uleti ot Coquille,
and Fred Ingham, of Seattle — last
week purchased 11,000 acres of fir
timber in Douglas county, the pur­
chase being ot the land and not just
the timber. While the purchase was
made by them as individuals and not
for the company, it shows that Smijh
Wood-Products is looking ahead to
a continuance of their operations in
southwestern Oregon.
Chamber of Commerce To
Meet In Hotel Next Tuesday
The Coquille Chamber of Com­
merce, which had postponed its first
of the month meeting in November,
because there was no place in the city
Where
a g(oup dinner meeting could
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be held, will hUd thia nsontas meet-
Ing next Tuesday, Nov. 23. in the
hotel Coffee Shop, which is being <*"
opened this .week.
Rev. Mark Nickerson, a retired
Methodist minister who is nearly 90
years of age, came down from Port­
land last week to be cared for at the
Timmons' Rest Home here. He is
the father of Mrs. Pugh at Port Or­
ford.
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Coos Boy Merger
Defeated Tuesday
As was predicted in these columns
a few weeks ago, the city of North
Bend took care of the selfish attempt
to destroy that city's identity at
Tuesday’s special election on the con­
solidation by voting about 6 to 1
against the proposal.
The theory of consolidation of
cities, as near one another as North
Bend and Marshfield are, is good
but the people at the south end of
the highway bridge are to be congrat­
ulated, in this case, that they could
see the private interest which was
to be most served by the joining and
which was the one that brought the
issue up in the first place. •
In North Bend the vote stood 1079
against the consolidation to 182 for..
The majority of one against, the
resulting 11 to 12 against, in the ter­
ritory between the two cities which
would have been included in the city
of Coos Bay had the merger, carried,
was enough to defeat the consolida­
tion, but there would probably have
been found some technicality to over­
come that adverse majority of one
had North Bend favored the merger.
The vote In Marshfield was 775 for
to 164 against, about 5 to 1 in favor.
That the attempt to merge the two
Cities will come up again some time
to a foregone conclusion but it will
not be until after war.
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The Grim Reaper Has Called Many
Coquille People The Past Week. .
MRS. F. G. LESLIE
JOHN EDWARD QUICK
Funeral services are to be held at
Jonathan Edward Quick, a Co­
two o’clock Saturday afternoon, at quille vglley pioneer who cante here
the Pioneer Methodist church. Rev. 69 years ago, in 1874, with his par­
Chas. G. Brown officiating, for Mrs. ents, passed away at his home on
F. G. Leslie, wife of Coquille’s city Henry street last Thursday morning.
recorder, who passed away at her He had not been in good health for
home here on Beach street at 5:30 the past year or two but he was
Wednesday morning.
confined to his bed ‘less than two
Mrs. Leslie had suffered with '• weeks.
heart ailment for the past two or three
The funeral services, with Rev.
years but it has only been the past Menno Rempel officiating, were held
six weeks that her condition became at Schroeder Bros.’ chapel here at
alarming.
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two o’clock Saturday afternoon. At
Born Hettie - Lenore Wood, March the burial plot in the Masonic ceme­
30, 1870, at Clayton, Illinois, she was tery the burial service of the Masonic
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse D. lodge was read.
Wood, he being postmaster there for
John Quick, affectionately known
many years.
as “Uncle John” by the young people,
The family moved to Benkelman, was born in Kansas, June 19, 1863,
Nebraska, in the 1880’s and it was and was four mbnths and 22 days past
there she met and married F. G. 80 years of age at passing. He had
Leslie, Feb. 2, 1893.
never married but his kind and gentle
Soon thereafter the happy couple disposition brought an affection and
moved to Colorado, where they re­ high regard for him by all who knew
sided at Grand Junction for 12 years, him. He dedicated his life to his
and then after five years in Sacra­ Creator at an early age and was one
mento they came to Coquille in 1912, of the charter members of the Co­
where Mr. Leslie Was stationed as a quille Emanuel Baptist church. He
grocery salesman before becoming had been a member of Chadwick
city recorder after the death of John Lodge, No. 68, A. F. & A. M. for more
S. Lawrence.
than 50 years.
Mrs. Leslie in her early years gave
The family, when it came to Ore­
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herself to the Lord and has been a gon, lived on Lamps creek fot a time
noble Christian, \one who lived ac­ but after he came up the river to
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cording to the teachings of Jesus Coquille he engaged in the mer­
Christ for many years. She was a cantile business from which he re­
devout member of Pionee^ M. E. tired a few years ago.
church here. She was also a member
His passing is mourned by all who
The Coquille Hotel Coffee Shop,
of Beulah Chapter, No. 6, O. E S., knew him as well as by the members
which has been closed for the past
and of the Neighbors of Woodcraft.
of his surviving family, who -are:
few weeks, will be re-opened tomor­
Besides her husband she leaves to Mrs. Flora E. Dunne and Mn. Clara
row (Friday) morning. It will be
mourn her passing, her two sons, Wheeler, both of Coquille; Mn. Ida
operated by Mrs. Gertrude Menning, Earl E, Leslie, of Coquille, and Keith
A. Levine, Eureka, Calif., sisten;
who recently sold the Town Cafe and L. Leslie, formerly of Coquille, but
Thos. L. Wheeler, of Sweet Home,
who has leased the coffee shop from now living in Oswego, Ore. He came
Ore.; Chas. E. Levine, of Hanford,
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Mr. and Mrs. Lafe Compton.
back here last Friday when advised Wash.; Clyde R. Levine, of Alpine,
Hal Cardwell, who was chef until that the end was near? ,...J
Ore., nephews; Mn. Mary L. Rey­
recently in the coffee shop, is ex­
Another son, Julian, passed away nolds, of Eureka, Calif., niece, and
pected back from San Francisco so in 1936.
by two grand nieces and one grand
that this needed addition tjo-Coqullle's
Also surviving are four grand­ nephew.
public eating houses will be ready to children:
Mrs. Barbara Claterbos.
Those from out of town who were
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tomorrow morning. ■
Kay, Keith, Jr., and /ohn Leslie; here for the service Saturday were
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one great grand son; one brother, Mr. and Mn. Chas. Levine, Mn. Mary
Chas. E. Wood, of Hiland Mills, N. Y., L. Reynolds, Mr. and Mn. Edward
and three sisters—Mrs. Clara Sage, Levine and son, John; Mr. and Mn
of Grand Junction, Colo., Mrs. Ruth Clyde R. Levine, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Burgin, of Pando, Colo., and Mrs. Wheeler.
John Quick was a good man, one
Private Wilda Mae Van Meter, Estelle Gray, of Glendale, Calif.
The sympathy of the entire com­ of God’s noblemen, and his sterling
daughter of Mrs. Eldie A. Dolan of
190 North Beach street, Coquille, and munity and of all who know them, and endearing qualities will never be
a member of a Women's Army Corp* and who knew the myriad sterling forgotten by those who had the privi­
company which arrived at a city in qualities of Mrs. Leslie, goes out in lege of knowing him. He practiced
North Africa early in September to full measure to her surviving loved the religion he professed and was ever
ready to do any kind act he could,
work with the Army, has been as­ ones.
or help those in distress.
signed a* a stenographer in a-Signal
Section.
Private Van Meter, a notary public,
ha* had secretarial and managerial
experience in atT insurance office.
She was a member of the Women’s
J. C. Savage, publisher of the Co-
Transportation Corp* and a Red
Mrs. Nellie Calista Keltner, mother
Cross First Aid instructor before she quille Valley Sentinel from 1908 un-
til Jam., 1913, passed away last of Mrs. Hugh MacMahon of this
joined the WAC last April.
Thursday morning after an illness of city, passed away here last Fri­
She is the third member of her
six months, although he had been in day and the body was sent by
immediate family to serve in her
Schroeder Bros., on Saturday, to
1 poor health for several years.
country’s uniform, A brother, Ser-
Arcati, Calif., where funeral ser­
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Interment
was
in
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Odd
Fellows
geant
Van Meter,
tioned Charles
at Fort A.
'sterns,'
Oregon is ’, sta-
and | ' “m*‘ery\J®U°*i.r^_the.
vices were held and interment took
place.
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Funeral
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two
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a second brother. Private John A. Van
Mrs. Keltner was bom Oct. 28.
on Monday.
Meter, is overseas.
Rev. G. A. Gray officiated at the 1869, near Grand Rapids, Mich., and
service, the theme of his discourse was 14 days past 74 years of age. She
being, “Honor Thy Father and Thy was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Mother,” and he paid especial tribute John Grovensteen.
Besides two sisters who reside in
to the deceased's, daughter, Mrs. Betty
Payne, who had remained here while the east, she is survived by the fql-
A Boy Scout Court of Honor will her father was ill and not joining lowtag children—Lynn F. Keltner,
be held in the Coquille City Hall at her husband in the east, until this Manteca, Calif.; Lloyd and Clifford
8:00 o’clock tonight
¡week, because of Mr. Savage's condi- Keltner, Eureka, Calif.; Mrs. John
Hayes, Stockton, Calif.; Leo and
Advancement In rank and the pre- tlon.
sentation of merit badges to members | Pall bearers were old friends of John Keltner, of Arcata; Wayne Kelt­
of troops 14 and 83 who are ready for . many year's standing—O. C. San­ ner, who is in the service and sta­
advancement will be the principal | ford, J. S. Barton, J. P. Beyers, Frank tioned in Ohio, and Mrs. MacMahon,
business of the meeting according to , Duhgey, A. H. Grimes and H. A.
Burton W. Dunn, local school super­ Young.
Baptisf Evangelistic Campaign
intendent, who will preside as chair­
Jay Claude Savage was bom in Revival Meetings Start Sun.
man of the court.
Cass county, Mich., Nov. 5, 1875, the
The Rev. Neil J. Barnes, well
son of George and Laura Ann Shef­
known minister of the Marshfield
field Savage. He came to Oregon in
J. E. Axtell Named To
Baptist Church, and for his Sun­
1892, and not long after the turn of
Head State Title Ass’n.
day morning and evening broadcasts,
the century came to Coquille, where
Jos. E. Axtell returned Sunday eve­ he was married and purchased the will begin at the local Baptist Church
ning from Portland, where he had at­ Coquille Valley Sentinel. He pub­ a series of revival meeings on Sun­
tended the Oregon Title-Association. lished the paper until 1913 when he day evening at eight o’clock. Every
Mr. Axtell was honored by th* state sold it to Lew A. Cates, who retained member of the church is particularly
organization of Titlemen' by being ownership for just a year before urged to attend and, of course, to all
elected to the office of president of selling it to H. W. Young, father of friends and all interested, a most
hearty invitation is extended.
th* association for th* coming year. the present publishers.
The office carries no salary but it
For 15 years he was a printer on
does show th* high esteem in which the San Francisco Chronicle but re­ Sentinel To Be Published
Mr. Axtell is held by the men in his turned to Coot county about 18 On Wednesday Next Week
line of business over the state.
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months ago..
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Agate next Thursday a holiday.
Besides his daughter, Betty, he is
forces
the
Sentinel to publish a day
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I survived by two sons, Patrick D., early, for the second time this month
Pioneer Church To Observe
who lives in Portland, and Lieut. Cal­ and correspondents, advertisers and
Homecoming Day, Nov. 21
vin J. Savage, of the U. S. Army; those having news items are re­
The Homecoming observance of also by a brother, Harry L. Sav­
quested io bear this fact in mind and
Pioneer Methodist church, with a age. who resides in Florida.
let us have their items a day earlier
potluck dinner in Pioneer Hall after
than usual.
the 11 o’clock services will take place
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Rain fits been a minus quantity
this coming Sunday, Nov. 21, as pre­
viously announced in letters sent to for the past week or ten days until
this morning.
members of the congregation.
Mrs. Menning To
Operate Coffee Shop
Wilda M. Van Meter
Now In Africa
Claude* Savage
Buried Monday
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Mrs. Keltner's Body
Taken To Arcata
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Court Of Honor ,
This Evening
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