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A Letter From
Buzz Holmstrom
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Certified Hppper
Coquille Red Cross will meet on
Friday, Dec. 10, between 1:15 and
4:15 p. m. at Guild Hall.
This will be the last work meet­
ing until after Christmas and for
that reason the ladies in charge are
particularly anxious that those doing
plain sewing each accept one of the
hospital shirts or gowns for which
a quota has been set. Contrary to
the opinion of many, these shirts are
not more difficult to make than much
of the recent sewing. At the meeting
Mrs. A. M. Mclntee entirely com­
pleted one shirt in sbout two hour*.
Mrs. Phil Albom is desirous of
placing more yarn among her knit-
Extracts from a letter “Buzz"
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Knife have re-
Holmstrom wrote to his mother, Mrs. ceived a fine ______
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picture of
their _____
son,
Frances Holmstrom, here recently. Willard v., who'has been In the cast­
le* J* witjyan-M l'b squadron in the em war theatre for more than a year.
South- Pacific area:
he being a -technical staff sergeant
“Letter writing is tough going. All! in the Army Air Corps, with his
I can tell you is nothing, and get tired j mail address at New Orleans,
repeating it week after week.
J • Another picture shows him with a
“We had ice cream today. You told nice catch of good-sized fish.
me once that what you get now is not.
Still another interesting thing he
as good as it used to be, but you sent home was a certificate awarded
should have seen this. My taster has him showing that he is now a mem-
a good memory and every time 11 ber of the Super Royal Order of Hy-
stuff in a spoonful my mouth is dis- perterrestial Hoppers, he having
appointed.
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/‘hopped, hastened, hurled or other- “good old Oregon.” He left Coquille'
“The barber is sick now and I need- 1 wise hied away over and above the in September, 1941.
ed a haircut, so I borrowed Haro- sacred Equator” last Aug. fl.
mon’s mirror and gave myself a
In a letter acoompanying the pic­ Gordon Neal In Hospital
haircut with a safety razor. I've al- tures he expresses the hope that he
¡Seven Times For Malaria
ready had a number of comments but can be home by Christmas, 1944.
Lieut Wm. A. Pook has written hi«
no compliments.
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I parents here that he had just taken
“I have now had three copies of the CoquiIle
In The Service
Gordon Neal, of thia city, to the
Sentinel. You would be surprised
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how good it is to read, and pick up 'Wr»tes Of His Engagement
hospital for treatment for malaria.
a lot of what is going on around ' Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Drake have re­ The boys are “somewhere in the
home. For instance, telling about the ceived word from their son, Cpl. Tom South Padffic” and this was the sev­
new tax system, it mentions that E. Drake, that he is engaged to Miss enth time Gordon had entered the
A. O. Walker of the tax office went Ann Williams, of Monterey, Califoj- hospital for that trouble.
somewhere. So I know by that what nia. Tom is stationed at Truax Field,
Bill also said that if it is correct
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Arch is doing. I am very glad you Madison, Wisconsin, where he.has that men in the service are shipped
sent it to me.”
been for some time. In his last let- back to the States after two years
The destroyer on which Carl Holm- ter he said it was extremely cold out there that he should be coming
strom, brother, of Buzz, is a metal- there and he would like to be back in , home before long.
smith 2/s, had a visitor some weeks
— back, who proved to be no other than
Charles Doane of Curry county, one
time county commissioner of Coos
county, and they had a wonderful
visit concerning home people and
places.
. Rolf Holmstrom, a third son of
Mrs. Holmstrom, having completed
his basic army training at Camp
Callan, is now waiting his call to
begin air corps training, having suc­
cessfully passed the examination.
Arthur L. Wilberger Is
Now Stationed In Maryland
Mrs. G. A. Wilberger writes from
Elsinore, California:
“We enjoy reading the Sentinel
every week and getting the news
* from Coquille although we have
been living in Elsinore for nearly a
year. We are still having nice weath­
er here but a little cool of nights.
“Our son, Arthur L. Wilberger was .
home an a furlough this week and '
visited his folks and friends at Elsi­
nore for a week.
“He has just finished his basic
training in the Armored Command
at Ft. Knox, Ky., and left Thursday
for Ft. Mead, Maryland, where he
will be stationed. He has been in
the service since the first of July.”
Two Valley Boys Are
Seeing Service In Pacific
Sergeant Fred Vetter, of Arago, ;
who has been in the service the past1
two years, in the Chemical Air Corps, |
is still stationed in the Hawaiian
Islands. ' His brother-in-law, Frank
L. Byers, who has been in the service
for one year, is with a Tank outfit
as mechanic seeing action somewhere
in the South Pacific, says Mrs. Byers.
Jack McCracken To Enter
The Air Service Soon
Jack McCracken, C. H. S. gradu­
ate last May and who has been at­
tending the University, came in last
Saturday evening to spend a few days
or weeks at home. He enlisted in the
Air Corps last spring and last week
received notice that he would be
called for training in from one to
three weeks. Jack says it was a lot
of hooey, that published in a Port- \
land paper that he transferred to Ore- ,
gon, State when U. of O. cut out
football last fall.
The Art Grahams Hear
From Corporal Jas. Bernets
Mr. and Mrs. Art Graham receive!!
a V-mail letter Saturday from their1
son-in-law, Cpl. James Bemetz, for­
merly of Bandon and North Bend,
who recently arrived somewhere in
England. He was inducted in March
tn this year and was at Camp White.
Mrs. Bemetz, nee Marge Graham, is
a welder in the shipyards at Van-
CuUXii, Wellington.
Parents Hear From Howard Kyle
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Kyle received
a long distance call the other night
from their son, Howard (Buddy),
saying he had Just arrived in port
In San Francisco.
They had not
heard from him for three months. He
said he is now a machinist mate, first
class, in, the navy and is sound aijd
well. He expected to sail agffin soon
so will not be at home for Christmas.
Howard graduated from Coquille high
in 194Q.
Henry Spargo, lormerly with the j
Mt. States Power Co. crew here,
but who has been in the Army Med­
ical Corps for the past year, was a
Coquille visitor on Monday. He la a(
technician third grade and is now sta­
tioned in Louisiana.
tors as she is working hard to fill
I her quota of stump and thigh aox,
which are so badly needed.
In answer to^a number of inquiries
concerning blood contributions for
plasma for service men overseas, the
following is quoted from a letter just
received from the Blood Donor Cen-
ter, American National Red Cross,
Portland, says Mrs. D. B. Keener,
chairman of production:_________
■'The dlllaflCfls too far to Coquille
or Marshfield for our mobile unit
to cover as the blood has to be shipped
to the laboratory the day it is taken.
These are army rules and there can
be no deviation from them. Our
unit goes to Corvallis the first Mon­
day of each month and to Salem ev­
ery Tuesday. If a number can ar­
range to go there arrangements
should be made with the County Red
Cross office there. We regret this
exceedingly but it is better to not
take these contributions' of blood
rather than have the blood spoiled."
The Dorcas Society of the Christian I
Church has started work on, a Red
Cross afghan at their sewing meets.
Three vary attractive afghans were
turned in by Mrs. E. J. Ruble and
her evening groups.
A contribution of $5.00 was made by
Mrs. Frank Dungey and a dollar for
yarn was given by Mrs. Geo. Oerding.
Wool materials, yams and Turkish
toweling were contributed the past
week by Metdames Rogers, Hall Bean,
Lundquist, Avery, Emily Hersey, Ire­
land and Pansy Ross.
Regular workers are asked to please
bring in their completed work so It
may be included .in the next ship­
ment to Coos county headquarters.
New workers are especially urged to
attend.
Stationery is a much appreciated
gift. Buy it at Norton's and for a
small additional sum have it im­
printed in gold with name or mono­
gram.
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COME AS you ARE
Having taken over the operation and management of the
Coquille Hotel
Coffee Shop
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I wish to extend an invitation to all my former patrons
and customers to come in for
BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR DINNER
just as you are, whether Logger, Mechanic, Mill Worker
or Clerk *
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Our prices are no higher than they were at our former
location and excellent service is guaranteed.
Banquet Room is now available for dub or group meetings.
Gertrude Menning, Prop.
Phone 103R for reservations
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