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The Coquille
THE PAPER THAT’S LIKE A LETTER FROM HOME
L. C. Sherwood
Buried At Salem
“A single grateful thought toward the true spirt of sacrifice as practiced
heaven is the most perfect prayer.”— in the first war when patriotism lead
us to forego ’many foods that were
Lessing.
needed by the less fortunate in other
Out of a multitude of blessings, countries.
We might be thankful to be living
the first one we wish to give thanks
for this year is that we live in a in this age With all of today’s modern
country where Thanksgiving Day is conveniences and labor-saving de­
observed as a national holy day. That vices. Also we might consider our
there is such a day means our people lot as superior to the life of our Pil­
recognize their Creator as the giver grim ancestors, forgetting that in re­
turn we have lost the self-reliance,
of every true and perfect gift.
Long is the list of physical bene­ the ability to do much with little,'and
fits we have received.
Just as the pioneer hardiness of our fore­
Thanksgiving Day means turkey and fathers. We should remember, also,
*- a feast to most children, so we could that it was in search of religious free­
dwell upon the comforts and luxuries dom that the Mayflower set sail for
we enjoy. Our well spread tables the rocky land of the new world.
It is well in giving thanks to enum­
are too often taken for granted, al­
though In many other lands the erate our material blessing but those'
ancient petition, “Give us this day of the spirit are of much greater im­
our daily bread” is based on hunger portance and often we fall to appre­
ciate them. Our food would be ashes
and starvation.
Then again we all could be thank­ in our mouth if our sons lacked the
ful for our pleasant homes. Remem­ courage to defend the home land.
bering that one house in five in Eng­ The houses we live in would be
land has been damaged by enemy prisons if there were not love and har­
air raids, it is no idle phrase to say mony there to make them homes.
we are thankful for dwellings which Our radios, newspapers and maga­
keep us warm and dry and where we zines would be discredited propa­
may work or enjoy our leisure hours. ganda agencies if there was not the
However necessary food and shel­ love of freedom abroad in our land
ter may be, it is possible an over­ which demands truth and honesty
emphasis may be placed upon them. from its newscasters. Many of our
Well filled larders dhd preserved children would be ignorant bigots if
garden produce can demand too much it were not for the tolerance and fair
of our attention unless we share such play on which our public schools
provisions with others. Too often to- are founded.
The United States ed-
day rationing of food has eliminated ucational system is almost unique
Court of Honor
. Thursday Evening
Boy Scouts of troops number 14 and
63, of Coquille, received advancement
pins and merit badges at a Court of
Honor held in the Council chamber of
the city hall, Thursday evening of
last week.
Burton W. Dunn, local school sup­
erintendent, presided as chairman of
the Court and Ralph Kalaher, district
scout executive, acted as clerk. The
court which was attended by a large
number of scouts, their parents, and
interested friends, was rated as one
of the best ever held in Coquille.
Plans are already being made to se­
cure a larger room for the next court
of honor which will be held during
"National Boy Scout Week,” in
February.
Joe Sayer, Wilbert Reed, Wayne
Timmons, Bryce Tracy, and Jimmy
Bellmore, all of Troop 14, received
tenderfoot badges in an investiture
ceremony conducted by Phil Alborn,
scout leader, and Connie Phillips, as­
sistant leader.
, Norman Persing, Buford Swanson
and Billy Brown of Troop 14, received
second class badges. Scouter. Evan
Alborn, who is president of the Eagles
lodge, made the presentation of these
badges.
Don McLarrin of Troop 63, was the
only scout to receive a'* first class
badge. His pin was presented by
George Oerding, president of the Co­
quille chamber of commerce.
Merit badges were presented by
Scouter William Barrow to Ed Stev­
enson for handicraft; Jack Axtell for
civics, gardening, and safety; Charles
Stevenson for wood working, wood
carving and farm mechanics; James
Clark in horsemanship and fireman­
ship; and to Don Pierce for bookbind­
ing.
Connie Phillip, assistant scout
leader of Troop 14, exhibited a scout
knife which has been worn and used
by Tom Lane, a member of the U. S.
armed forces, active in recent en­
gagements in the South Sea Islands.
The knife was presented to Troop 14,
and will be placed ih the trophy case
in the scout cabin.
Short talks were made by Evan Al­
born, Fred Bull. Phil Alborn, Don
Farr, Ralph Kalaher, and B. W. Dunn.
Ann<Aincement of the next Council
of Honor to which the public will be
Invited will be made through the
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among nations in its demand that
every child, regardless of race, creed
or birth is entitled to a free school­
ing by the state. Our universities,
although not without faults, are still
the doors through which the earnest
student may make contact with the
wisdom Of past ages and he may also
delve there into the mysteries of the
future to which science is the key.
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As a citizen of the west coast, we
are thankful for the “lights that hav^
come on" in the past year, that we
no longer need to dim-out our town
nor pull the shades at home. We are
thankful for our neighbors and their
lighted windows at night.
In our rosary of blessings thers is
one for which we feel especially
grateful. Some youthful offenders
have caused much worry over ju-
venlle delinquency and wartime
conditions are credited with the mak­
ing of young criminals. There are a
few such isolated cases, to be re­
gretted of course, However, let us
sing of paean of thanksgiving for
the overwhelming majority of our
teen age boys and girls who have a
patriotism which might be emulated
by many oldsters, who have proved
themselves kind and courteous, who
ardTmore industrious than any group
of high school students within our
within our knowledge and, above all,
they are reverent.
Sect Escôrted From Tin Cans To Be .
Myrtle Point Saturday Collected Saturdays
The daily papers’ story of the af­
fair in Myrtle Point last Saturday
morning was not entirely correct. The
police did not mix in the encounter
at all, nor were the high school stu­
dents staging a bond and stamp drive.
They had been the Saturday before
and resented the Jehovah’s Witnesses,
pacifists who do not salute the flag
under which they live, who stationed
themselves near the students while
offering their publication for sale.
This last Saturday the students had
collected eggs and tomatoes which
were thrown at the Witnesses, ac­
companied by an order to leave town
and stay out.
One of the Witnesses, Harold Mat-
son, formerly of Coquille, who was
getting the better of a couple of
boys, was seized by two cowboys
in town who were watching the af-
fair. .They sloshed Matson back and
forth, on his back, in the water at
the curb before letting him up.
The Witnesses were then piled into
their cars and escorted out of town
with instructions not to return.
Two state police officers, sum­
moned from Coquille, were not able
to get there until after quiet had
been restored.
Geo. T. Burr, chairman, and the
balance of the Salvage committee,
were last week-end making arrange­
ments for resumption of the tin can
salvage in Coquille.
Mr. Burr is
donating the use of a truck for col­
lection of the cans, which are vitally
needed in the war effort, and high
school volunteers will make.the col­
lection on Saturdays.
How to salvage tin cans is told in
a government leaflet:
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Wash thoroughly. Remove labels.
Remove ends or fold them in. In
either case cans must be firmly flat­
tened by stepping on them. Store in
a dry place. Deliver to your local
salvage collection. A barrel in a
dry corner provides convenient stor­
age One barrel will contain all tin
* cans prepared by an average family
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in one year.
Evaporated milk cans
ARE needed.
Only oil, varnish,
paint, floor polish cans are NOT
needed. Labels painted on outside
are acceptable.
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The Japanese have captured rough­
ly 70 per cent of the world's produc­
tion of tin, out of which the United
States received about 90 per cent of
Its supply. Our stockpiles must be
carefully guarded. A limited amount
of tin comes from Bolivia, Africa,
Wales, and a few remote areas of the
world. Much of our recoversble tin
must be salvaged from used tin cans.
The fire department was called at
Ninety-nine per cent of every tin
3:30 Wednesday morning to the R. E. can is steel. This, too, is salvaged.
Hamilton home at 447 North Coulter, Under point rationing American
the former E. G. Opperman home, kitchens will use in one year enough
now owned by Mrs. Leona Bryant, steel in tin cans to make 22,900 me-
, where 850 is the estimated damage ' dium tanks or 900 destroyers. Save
before the chemical extinguished the that STEEL! ■
blaze.
The family had smelled smoke be­
The committee expects also to make
fore retiring but had not ascertained arrangements for collecting old mag­
the cause. Ashes in a cupboard in azines, papers and paper cartons, an­
the back room had not been*entirely
other product vitally needed in the
cold and had finally set the container war effort.
on fire.
$50 Fire At 3:30
Wednesday Morning
Rotary Shooting At Month’s
100 Per Cent Attendance Mark
The Coquille Rotary, with a three
weeks 100 per cent attendance in
November, are hopeful of making
their Wednesday noon session this
week a fourth perfect one and set a
record to which Rotary clubs on
aspire for a Idng time ter come. The
Sentinel, published a day early this
Bishop Dagwell To Be
week, cannot mention today that they
Here Sunday Morning
The Rt. Rev. Benjamin D. Dagwell, maintained the record for the entire
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bishop of the Episcopal Church in month.
Oregon, will be at St. James’ Church
Mrs. Hazel McCloud, at one time
on Sunday morning, at the eleven
o'clock service. Several persons will pastor of the Four Square Church
ba presented to him for Confirma­ here, was a week-end guest at the
tion and he will baptize four infante. home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Smith,
Bishop Dagwell will also be the Mrs. McCloud is teaching at Canyon­
ville.
preacher.
Albert Pidgeon Charged
With Injuring Calves
Items About Young Men And
Young Women In Unde Sam's Service
Services were conducted by Chad­
wick Lodge, No. 88, A. F. and A. M.,
for Lincoln C. Sherwood at the Gano
Funeral Home on Sunday, at 2:00 p. m.
Mr. Sherwood passed away at his
home, corner of Second and Henry
sreets, at 4:30 Friday morning, at the
•ge of S3 years, six months and 13
Says.
Born at Amity, Oregon, May 8,
1860, the son of John and Hannah
Bonney Sherwood, he had spent his
entire* life in Oregon with the excep­
tion of six years spent in Loe Angeles.
In 1881 he was united in marriage
to Emma Rosetta Bradford and to
this union were born five children:
Fred P. Sherwood, of Woodburn, Ore.;
Harry E.. of Portland; Frunk, who
passed away in early manhood; Mrs.
Ivy Fox, of Portland, and Mrs. Ward
(Lillian) Matthews, of Portland.'
"In 1895 the wife and mother of
these children passed away. He lute
married Lola Dale Clover, of Eugene,
Oregon.
To this union were born four chil­
dren: Geo. Sherwood, of Coquille;
Mrs. Ralph Lucas, of Portland; Mrs.
B. B. Sanders and Mrs. Harold Hud­
dle, of Coquille.
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In his earlier years he farmed ex­
tensively in the Willamette valley.
Many years following this he was
traveling salesman for the Hazelwood
4c Clock Produce Creamery Com­
panies. He was assistant superin­
tendent at the state penitentiary for
twelve years under the Brophy &
Minto administrations.
The last of a family of twelve
children, he is survived by his widow
and eight children and a number of
grandchildren.
Following the services, the body
was shipped to Salem for interment.
He was a member of Chadwick
Lodge, No. 88, A. F. A A. M., of Co­
quille, where he had lived for the
past 15 years.
Gene Laird Heard
From Tokyo
The voice of Major Eugene Laird,
taken prisoner by the Japs when they
captured the Philippines less than twe
years ago and who has since been in
a Japanese concentration camp near
Tokyo, was heard by Mrs. Laird in
Portland last week-end.
Just what he said the Sentinel has
been unable to learn, for no one here
seems to have heard hijn broadcast,
but Walter M. Laird, Gene’s uncle,
has stated that Mrs. Laird heard it
in Portland where she is now living.
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Mrs. Ira Baumgartner at Riverton
has received word that her son, Rob­
ert H., had been wounded, suffering
a compound fracture of his left ankle
and shrapnel wounds in both legs
below the knees. He is in Mobile
Hospital 7 and his wounds are nearly
healed but it will be some time yet
before his ankle is strong enough to
support his weight.
Thurston H.
Gremagard, formerly of Harrow Drug
store here, dressed Robert’s wounds
when he arrived at the hospital.
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The Jack Lairds Expected
Home Before New Year’s
Ensign and Mrs. Jack Laird are
expected to arrive home from Florida
shortly after Christmas from Pensa­
cola, Florida, for a week’s visit wfth
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P
Laird and Mr. and Mrs. Theo L. Clin­
ton, an$i other relatives and friends.
They will have a week at home.
Jack's new rating in the Navy has
not yet been made, the advancement
awaiting the completion of their
studies by all members of the class
with whom he is associated
Elwyn Nosier Was Home
On A 72-Hour Leave
Elwyn Nosier, stationed at a Naval
base In San Francisco, came in Sun­
day evening on a 72-hour leave and
left again Wednesday morning. El­
wyn is looking mighty well. He says
he anticipates his leave was a final
one before his outfit is sent to some
land base in the Pacific.
Donald McGilvery Was
Home On A Furlough j,
Private Donald G. McGilvery left
last Thursday to return to Camp
Clairborne in Louisiana after an
eight-day visit at home. Donald is
taking a course with the engineering
forestry corps classes at the Louisi­
ana camp.
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Jerrold Anderson Completes
Navy Training At Farragut
Jerrold P. Anderson, seaman second
class, just finished his training at
Farragut, Idaho,jnd spent his leave
with his parents? Mr. and
iu Mrs.
mrs. Paul
raui
Anderson and wife, the former
Frances Davidson, at Albany, Ore '
Jerrold and his wife attended Co­
quille schools, Jerrold finishing his
last two at Albany. He has seen some
of his Coquille friends at Farragut,
one being Alvin Widmark. Jerrold
reported to California for further or­
ders this last week.
Thermometer Said
30 Sunday Night
With the clearing skies Sunday,
after the fog was dispelled about
noon, it was evident thst a lower
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Sunday's
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beautiful day. And it was cold that
night, the thermometer getting down
to 30 degrees for the coldest night of Sends His Mother One
the fall to date. Monday night the Of His Original Poems
minimum was ten degrees higher.
The following poem written by her
son, M W. Steward, who is in the
Coast Guard and stationed at Flor­
ence, Ore., was received by Mrs. W.
M. Steward here last week:
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Benefit Dance
Wednesday Night
The Community Building dance
committee is advertising a Thanks­
giving dance in the building on Wed­
nesday evening, from 9:30 to 1:00. All
net proceeds will go to the building
fund, Bob Zumwalt’s orchestra will
furnish the music and admission will
be 75’ cents for gentlemen, 25 cents
for ladies.
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Friends here have received invita­
tions to attend the wedding of Ralph
i Fuhrman, son of Mr. and*Mrs. C. J.
Fuhrman and who is now in the
Army and stationed in Texas. He
will be married to Miss Janet, daugh­
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Taylor
Parker of Portland. The ceremony
will take place at All Saints Episco-
; pal Church in- Portland at 4:34) Sat­
urday afternoon, Nov. 27, and will
be followed immediately thereafter
by a reception, for the newlyweds at
the Waverly Country Club.
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Robert Baumgartner
Another C. H. S.
Injured In Action
Boy Making Good
O.P.A. Rules For
Tire Inspectors
Edward W. Dingman, district OP A
tire examiner here from Portland
Wednesday outlined the following set
of rules for the use of tire inspectors:
All turned-in tires must be tagged;
to be condemned a tire must be “out
of service” or “at the point of be­
coming a hazard;” no usable tire may
be condemned; all tires which are
repairable or cappable must be re­
paired or capped; all tires turned in
must be held In tumed-in stack for
30 days without exception.
Dingman warned truck operatore
that they must recap all tires that are
recappable on they- present equip­
ment. Records of the recapping cer­
tificates granted each operator are
being kept at the local board office
so that a comparison might be made
with the new tires issued and the
recaps allowed. He urged that truck
tires be saved whenever possible as
it is reported that the new tires may
carry only half the load carried by
the pre-war tires and give only 35
per cent of pre-war wear even with
the reduced load.
Rolph Fuhrman To
Be Married Nov. 27
DARK CALVARY
Air Corps Cadtt LeRoy Gilbert
leaves Thanksgiving morning for the
next course of his training at Corpus
Christi, Texas, after being home since
Sunday. Son of Carl Gilbert and a
C. H. S. graduate, LeRoy made a
splendid record at the college at Liv­
ermore, Calif., where he received his
preliminary training and was ac­
corded the Naval Cadet rating.
Alvin McQuigg Home
On His First Furlough
Alvin McQuigg, former Coquille
High student, who has been in the
Army for the past 13 months, arrived
home last Friday on his first furlough
from his camp in Arizona. He was
in town Saturday with his father,
Grover C. McQuigg, and said his 15-
day furlough would allow him to
spend ten days at home.
Letter From A Young
Lady Who Is In The Wacs
Mrs. Willis Neely hqs received a
letter from a former Coquille girl,.,
Louise Cunningham, who is now Pri­
vate Louise H. Jalo, of the Wacs, and
stationed at Ft. Ogelthorpe, Georgia.
She says, “We are very busy here.
They are giving us a three years
course in four week A
There are
many colored girls at the post. We
have maple, pine and cedar trees, re­
minding me of Oregon. A letter is
like a Christmas present that you
really want. Tell all my friends to
write.”
Baby Girl Born To The
Lient. J. S. Bartons In Nevada
Announcements have been received
here of the birth of a baby girl, who
has been named Jacqueline Anne,
to Lieut, and Mrs. Jesse O. Barton.
The young lady was born at Tonopah,
Nevada. She weighed eight pounds,
9 ounces.
Donald Littler Made A
Corporal at Alabama Camp
Announcement is received from
Camp Sibert In Alabama, that Don­
ald A. Littler, son of Mrs. Ethel C.
Littler, former Coos county health
nurse who recently moved to Rose­
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burg, has been made a corporal in
| th«^ Army’s chemical warfare ser­
vice. He entered the U. S. service last
Feb. 20, and was a C. H. S. graduate.
Miller D. Walker Was
In Coquille For A Day
Miller D. Walker, who left Coquille
last year and has been in training
at Chicago, stopped off last Friday
to shake hands with old friends and
then left for Alameda, Calif., where
he will be stationed until assigned to
duty. He is now an aviation electri­
cian’s mate third class.
Jess Davidson Is In
South Pacific War Zone
Jess E. Davidson, M. M. first class
of the Navy, is stationed in the South
Pacific. Jess is the son of Mr. and
In circuit court on Tuesday this
Mrs. Ed Davidson who moved from
week Albert Pidgeon waived grand
Coquille two years ago to Vancouver,
I think of Christ upon that cross,
jury hearing when taken before Judge
Wash.
Jess used to work at the
How he suffered there for ma.
King. He was charged with malicious
Western Condensery.
His brother,
That every soul distressed and lost
Injury of property belonging to an­
Roland, also of the Navy, is a chief
Might have forgiveness free.
other, the property being a six months
Petty officer on the U. S. S. Eider.
qjd heifer calf and a fix months old
And still. the - world in sin goes on
They hgve five other brothers, three
bull calf. Geo Smith was the oynar. | Recruits For Air WAC»
~ And thinks not hight of day,
living in'Coquille.
To Be Enlisted
of bow our Lord's heart must be torn
By us going astray.
Cpquille Shriners, who drove over ’ Fred R. Bull, area supervisor and
Kenneth Cooper Getting
to Ashland last week to attend a chief observer of the Air Warning And in my heart there is a zeal
Amphibious
Training In East
ceremonial at Hillah Temple Satur­ Service for the southern half of Coos
To go through what e’er the cost.
Kenneth
W.
Cooper, who visited
county,
has
received
word
that
a
re
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day evening included K. P. Lawrence,
To repay him, his heart to heal
his brother, Jack, and family here
Lafe Comptin, L. W. Claver, John cruiting party will be in Coquille in
For all the blood he lost.
about a month ago, is now stationed
Geider, B. D. Kesner, Stanley Ayers, the near future to enlist WACs for
By Melvin Steward, who is at Little Creek, Virginia, where he
Cliff Yarbrough, O. B. Harriman, W. the air service. The statement was
in the Coast Guard and sta­ is in training with troops taking the
P. Laws, Paul Rietman, Ivan and made that the new WACs would be
tioned at Florence, Oregon. amphibious course.
sent wherever needed
Kenneth Laird and P. C. Roper.
As* I look upon the world
There comes a thought to me.
Before my face a picture forms (
Of dark, dark Calvary.