VOL. XL. 0 NO. S. Fourth War Bond Rally And Audion Sel For February 10 COQUILLE, coos COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1944. Letter Tells Of Archie Hansen Death A few weeks ago the Sentinel noted the death of Archie Hansen, a Mc­ Kinley and Coquille high school young man, who was killed in Italy. The letter reprinted below has just been received by his mother, Mrs. Verna Hansen, from Col. F. B. But­ ler, Archie’s commanding officer. She has also received from Washington, D. C., the beautiful Purple Heart which was awarded posthumously to the departed soldier. Col. Butler’s letter was as follows: Astoria Boy Thieves Quickly Caught Yesterday—0. K. — Rakestraw's Sudden 82.66 TUE YKA« Boy Scouts Pot-Luck Dinner Feb. 13 Readjustments Al H.S. Due To Vacancies Have Been Made Two Astoria boys—Patrick O’Neill, Plans for the huge Boy Scouts 21, and Vern Kuehl, 19—got them­ pot-luck dinner and program for all selves into trouble Tuesday evening. scouting families and friends of scout­ They walked into the Four Mile store ing, to be held at the Coquille Com­ below Bandon about nine o’clock and munity Building on Sunday, Feb. 13, The thermometer on the Mt States Death came suddenly at 4:30 Wed­ picked up the cash register and walk- Supt. B. W. Dunn has been a pretty are progressing satisfactorily, ac­ Power company corner shows Co­ nesday afternoon to O. K. Rakestraw, ’ ed out with it. The family was cording to reports from all committees busy man the past ten days. Last quille’s 4th War Bond drive has a resident of the Coquille section, on 1 eating in the adjoining room but did working in the interest of the project week he had to drive the school bn« reached to 8170,000 mark, the actual the Arago road opposite Johnson’s ' not hear the entrance. They missed If you are ¿interested in the welfare for several days because the regular figures up to five o’clock last eve­ Mill, for the past six years and a 1 it at onoe on re-entering the store-! — vu driver was sick, and this week, with of boys, try to make your plalla plans to ning being 8170,190, which is 80.14 resident of Coquille since 1919. room but did not find the register, bring the whole family to this meet- the help of students after 8x o’clock, per cent of this section’s quota. He was loading grain into a ear which contained about 850, until the ing. Let’s make this day a “red let- he has had to be high school janitor. The Bond Rally and Auction which near the Southern Pacific depot when next morning, not far from the store ter day” for the boys and at the same Frank F. Schram has been down with has been arranged by Mrs. Jack he waslound unconscious, with grain where it had been rifled of money, time, by your attendance, express i intes.tlnal flu Dolan, appointed by Chairman F. W. Dr. James I realize that the brief news of the scattered around him. checks and gas ration stamps. __________ i your appreciation of the men who are • reP°rted yesterday that adjust- Martin to handle it, gives promise of death of your son was a severe shock Richmond was immediately called but Sheriff Howell, accompanied by devoting hours of their time to lhe i men _s in the teaching force have been being a very entertaining affair. ’’"J to you, knowing that we were engaged there was nothing which could be ; Mr. Aiderman, went down Wednes- • . welfare of our boys. pretty well worked out. Wayne The speaker for the evening will be , in the theater ot war in Italy. Is is done to resuscitate him. day morning and then the sheriff , After the pot-luck dinner, a top Smith has taken over the high school The funeral services will be held at Sergeant Geo. Minich, a veteran of my desire to express to you the keen went to the bank to stop payment on notch program will be presented. If band leadership in addition to per­ the battle on who is now sta­ sense of logs that we too feel. < the Gano Funeral Home at two o’clock _ Attii, ... _ the checks while Aiderman began it is impossible for you to attead the forming the same service at junior tioned at Camp White. His appear­ On the afternoon of November 7, Friday afternoon, Feb. 4, with inter­ calling on service stations to see if dinner at 1:30 p. m., plan to attend high. ance here was secured by Mrs. Dolan 1943, Comapny. A attacked enemy ment in the Mason:,' cemetery beside Another portion of Harold With- any gas coupons had been turned in. the program which will start at 2:30 through the co-operation of State positions situated on a high ridge. the body of his father-in-law, E. M. At the Laurel Lake service station P- m. Below are listed the essential nell’s music activities has been as­ Drive Chairman Sammons of Port­ While the Company was thus engaged Dunn. he came up with the two boys who details covering the entire program as sumed by Mrs. Thora Watson who wilt land. in a vigorous fight to dislodge the » Orville K. Rakestraw was bom at had u conduct the high school chorus work, - j « trouble — l >. ...,,u outlined by the Program Committee. had with their ------------- car and The Rally will be held in the Lib­ enemy from this important position Goshen, Missouri, June 29, 1880, and had sen wish more ore information, address an . d Alice Lafferty will handle the erty Theatre next Thursday, Feb. 10, your son was fatally wounded. was 63 years, seven months and three junior high chorus work. Mrs. Ellen 1. Box 1. CnnntlU were brought to Coquille E. W. Albom, Box 1, Coquille, nr or Juni at 7:30 p. m.> with Ray Jeub as master On behalf of the officers and en­ days of age at passing. He was the Arrell has been engaged to take over in jail. phone Coquille 17: J and auctioneer. , listed men of this regiment, I extend son of Mr. and Another new name on the sheriff’s Date: Sunday, February 13, 1944. the work which Mr. Smith and Mrs. The high school band will furnish sympathy to you. Your son was an both deceased. He hqd been a car­ blotter was that of Raymond Ernest Time: Djnner to commence follow­ Lafferty had to give up in junior music, Dave Rackleff will lead com­ excellent soldier and leader and it penter’s assistant for most of his life, Yost, who was picked up here as an ing invocation, promptly at 1:30 p. m. high when he took over the music munity singing; there will be old-time has been an honorable privilege to i coming west when he was 21 years Army deserter last Saturday by Place: Community Hall in Coquille. instruction program. music, a banjo solo, and music by have been' associated with him. In of age. Mrs. Cecil Finley, the former Sheriff Howell and Sam Epperson. Cost: There will be a nominal At Waverly, Wash., he was united the Hill-Billy band. our future operations we will feel Still another booked on Saturday charge of 10c for each person at­ Evelyn Gano, has helped two days The entertainment features will al­ that private First Class Archie Han­ in marriage in 1909 to Miss Edna was Ivan Louis Duncan, charged in tending the dinner. This is to de­ In the Commercial department of the- ternate with the bond auction and the sen is with us in each engagement Dunn, who survives him. They had Justice Dodge’s office in Myrtle Point fray the cost of transporting tables, high school since Mrs. Helen Ayres committee plans to secure many sharing our victories. no children. _ Iwtth larceny from an automobile. preparing programs, jahitor service, 'left, and Mrs. Idyl Godard has been small prizes for auctioning so that He is also survived by two broth­ Please penpit me to convey the engaged for the rest of this year as. etc. those who cannot invest a great deal sorrow that I feel and extend to you ers, Melvin C. Rakestraw, 'df Fortuna, Who Is Invited: The entire Scout­ instructor in that high school depart­ will be able to secure some of the my heartfelt sympathy. I am sure Calif., and John S., of Waverly, ment. ing family! Thatrpeans: merchandise prizes. that by this time you have received Wash., and'by one sister^ Mrs. H. A. ____________ i_ 1. Scouts, and Cube, their fathers, Merchants, farmers and housewives details of burial, etc., from the War Stevens, of Spokane, Wash. mothers and entire fatuities. are to be solicited by a committee Department. Please feel free to com­ | He was a member of the Coquille 2. All Scouters and their families. The fire at the B. W. Dunn apart­ headed by Mrs Dolan. Besides the municate with us, however, for any Grange, and was universally liked 3. Everyone interested in Scouts small merchandise donations by mer­ further information that you desire. and respected by all who knew him. ment, at North Heath near Ninth street, at 8:45 Tuesday morning was, and their activities. chants the committee hopes to secure Food: All food is to be prepared The Coquille Red Devils basketball without question, caused by rats. farm produce, home-canned fruit, There was no flue nor wiring any­ and served on a “pot-luck” basis. Hot squad journeys to North Bend Friday, vegetables and meat, and anything coffee but not cream and sugar will Feb. 4, to meet the second place T D D • J E L. C I where near the spot where the blaze else that would be useful to the suc­ Bulldog team in a double header, the I 0 DC buried reD. 5 started, between the inner and I out«.' be furnished. cessful bidder. Those willing to do­ What Is The Program: We guaran­ B squad game starting at seven ' walls, between two studding and nate are requested to bring their of­ Death came at 2:30 Wednesday above the plate, Capt. Levi Snyder, who. came fo .... window ____ . . The de­ tee that it will be a top notch program o’clock. ferings to the Liberty during the day afternoon to Mrs. T. C. Williams at1 partment answered promptly and in every respect—but we are not Next Tuesday, Feb. 8, the Red Coos county at the age at 14. year, which will help the committee in her home, comer of Fifth an^ Beach j !pnly a few square feet of the outside ready to announce'the details. It Devils will be hosts to the Myrtle preparing for the program—and save back in 1878, with his parerits who will include music, presentation ot Point Bobcats on the local gym fleer. settled on what is now Myrtle Ppfnt, streets, and followed a awards, a Court of Honor for all This also will be a double header stroke three weeks ago. Sh*/ia«pThe _ _____ _ firemen reached up, after the was speaking Tuesday of the return Admisisoo to the show will be one been in a coma for 48 hours and death ’ btaze’wi’ou’t,' and'pulled'« ?ati neat Scouts in the two districts, a head­ and the B squad game will start at 2ft-cents War Stamp, and all those to good old Coos* county weather, line speaker, etc. Leave the pro­ seven o’clock. came without a struggle. when it was raining so steadily. from the hall. taken in will be presented as a door Coach Leslie, who had hope» of The funeral services will be held ís He told of four men in conversa­ Mr. Dunn said the damage which gram to us—we will see that prize to the holder of the lucky num­ winning one of the last three home at 2:00 p. m., Saturday, Feb. S, at might run from 8100 to 82.00 was tops. tion, one from Colorado, one from ber. the Gano Funeral Home and inter­ covered by insurance. games, is still hopeful that his pro­ The blaze The Liberty Theatre should be California, and one from Oregon. ment will be in the Masonic cemtery. burned part of the inside wall and teges will be able to ring up at least The fourth man inqured of the filled to capacity next Thursday eve­ one victory during the next week. Born Nov. 11, 1868. in Hamilton filled the home with smoke. ning. The program Will be an at­ Coloradoan, “You have lots of snow county, Indiana, she was two months in Colorado? ” tractive one and the effort is designed “Yes,” was the reply, “but it’s a and 21 days past 74 years of age at to help put Coquille over the top in passing. the 4th War Bond drive as the first dry snow.” Totgl precipitation in Coquille, Her maiden name was Angelina And to the Californian he queried, town in Coos county to raise its since the start of the weather fiscal Moore and she was married to T. C. “You have lots of fog?’ to which the quota. r year, September 1, stands at 22% Williams, who survives her, at Poplar Repairs on the old Dillard Market Be there for the good of the boys reply was, “Yes, but it’s a dry fog.” In circuit court on Tuesday this inches this morning. Bluff, Missouri, March 16, 1890. “You have lots of rain in Oregon?” building on Front street have been over seas, to help in the downfall of While it apparently rained quite a They lived in Coquille at various week Judge Dal M. King revoked the nearly completed by W. Weston and Hitler and Tojo, and for your own brought the reply, “Yes, but its a dry parole, granted last Jun« 7 to Alfred little yesterday the gauge this morn ­ times since first coming here in 1924, rain!” benefit. Roberts. He had been sentenced at ing only showed .43 of an inch since Fred Burks, who hope to open the ‘Í Capt. Snyder could not agree with the last time being in May, 1943, that time to six months in the county the Wednesday morning reading grocery under the same name it was that designation. “Its a very wet when they moved here from Grants jail for issuing bad checks. Sheriff which showed .99 for the preceding operated by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Peter­ Pass. rain!" he said. son, on Friday of next week. The Other larger readings, Besides her husband, she is sur­ Howell took him into custody Tues­ 24 hours. Capt. Snyder has been a subesriber day and he is to serve out his sen­ comparatively, for the past two weeks new roof, floor, foundations, etc., to the Sentinel, or one of its predeces­ vived by four sons, Lewis H. and J. C. have made the building look almost Williams, of Coquille; Arthur E„ of tence. More bad checks and other were: .52 'on Jan. 17, .99 on Jan. 23, like new and the painting, shelving sors, for half a century or more. .74 on the 24th, '.39 on the 25th ahd O’Brien, Oregon; Colman L„ of Tracy, misconducts caused the parole revoca­ and display tables will make the in­ Two men, whp have seen service .21 on Feb. 2. Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Jane Funke, of tion. terior a very attractive place. in the South Seas, were guests at Good Attendance Expected Ernest Albert Clark, the same day, There were 13 days in January on Detroit, Mich., and a brother, Chas. the Rotary luncheon in I.O.O.F. hall W. Moore, of Orange, Calif.; also by waived grand Jury investigation and which there was no rain of a meas­ At Woman ’ s Club Tuesday State Tax Commission Deputy on Wednesday. pleaded guilty to the non-support urable quantity. Next Tuesday, Feb. 8, the Coquille nine grandchildren and three great J. Thurman Hickam had the ex­ To Be Here February 17-18 charge which had been filed against grandchildren, perience of having his ship torpe­ Woman's Club will hold its regular him. He was sentenced to a year in “Crater Lake” To Be Launched A deputy from the State Tax Com­ Mrs. Williams was a faithful mem ­ doed out from under him and Don meeting, with Mrs. J, A- Berg having the pen. mission office in Salem will be in ber of the M. E. Church. At Swan Island Friday McClellan was with the Army when charge of the program. A panel dis­ Coos county the latter part of Febru­ It took over from the Marines at cussion on Antique and Modem Art Crater Lake National Park will be ary to assist taxpayers who may Hal Clark Expects To Drill Wil Guadalcanal- honored Friday, February 4th, at wish to consult in regard to their For Oil On Marsters Tract •W ____ _____ _ ■ Both men gave brief talks and an­ 11:30 a. m. at the launching of Swan state income tax reports. Hal R. Clark, Los Angeles attorney, Island's 51st Tanker, the S. S. swered questions about'aeme of their of work« to be discussed have been He will be at the city hall, Coquille, loaned by Miss Stevens from the who has been greatly interested in “CRATER LAKE.” The ship will be experience«, on Feb. 17-18, at Marshfield, Fqb. 10 Bob Greene read a couple of ar­ State Art Library, Mrs. Leia Elrod t Mrs. Floyd Dalton writes from i the possible oil development in Coos sponsored by Mrs. Preston C. Hie- to 28 inclusive, and at the North will talk about the recruitment of county, left for Portland and then ticles from the current Rotarian and Vancouver, Wash., to inform the Sen­ field, wife of the assistant superin- Bend city hall Feb. 28. Residents of In connection with one of them called nurses and Mrs. Mildred Tyrrell, col­ tinel of the death of a former Co­ home last Saturday after being here , tendent of the erection department for a couple of weeks, but intends re­ 1 at Swan Island, and the Guest of other towns will have to call at one upon Ed Hughes to tell of his progress oratura soprano, will sing. Mrs. W. quille resident: of these three sites in order to confer turning in another two weeks when i Honor will be Miss Jean Steele, of as supervisor of the local Boys* and H. Mansell will head the hostess com­ with the deputy. mittee. Mrs. O. C. Sanford, club he expects to start another well on | Medford, Girls’ Club, which is just getting or­ Death called another former Co­ representing the. Crater I president, urges members to attend ganized and occupying their new quille resident in the passing of Fer­ the Marster's tract across and up the Lake National Park. Miss Steele is quarters In ths Community Build­ and she extends a welcome to visitors. ' man L. Dean at a Portland hospital I river. the daughter of the late Will Steele, Chamber of Commerce To Mr. Clark has a drilling outfit near for many years Chief Forester in the Meet Next Week, Feb. 8 ! after only two days’ illness. ing Mr. Hughes who has had a num- two- nf veer, mrwrience «Ions this i PriHh-- Thmujh Hard «bale i Mr Ttean wm emnlnv««! at »he Eureka in California and will start a N«»inn«l Park «nd nffnn-firnn« nnlMd The board -f director? the r'n- ». Kaiser Co. shipyard in Vancouver as t well down In the Humboldt county the "Father of Crater Lak«.’’ line as a member of the Grants Pass quille Chamber of Commerce did not ! The Bit Down To 8,000 Feet district where the geological forma­ Rotary Club, responded with a very a marine machinist. meet on Tuesday this week because ' The hole being drilled for the Phil­ Interesting talk about the work. He was a resident of Coquille and tions indicate gas and oil may be the Coffee Shop dining room was Raymond Clapper Killed Rotarian guests present were Har­ lips Petroleum Corporation on Davis Coos county for many years and will found as well as the hole he is going closed. President Oerdir.g says the In The Marshalls Invasion ry Dement, Dal M. King, Jess Clinton Slough was down to 6,000 feet y«- 'be mtaed 'by many 'relatives and to drill here in Coos county. meeting will be held next Tuesday, He wag at Grizzly and J. D. Carl, of Myrtle Point; John terday. The drill has been going friendg The radio this morning brought the Feb. 8, and if the Coffee Shop is a hard shale, which has D1U11, Bluff Calif .. vail. jan 23. IQVQ^ 1888. anu and died County Bar Assn. Annual Ferguson, of Marshfield, and Dr. J. through — A., news that another newspaper war still closed the meeting will be in a „regnum hemorrhage at six E. Richmond, of Eugene. Besides the slowed down operations somewhat. correspondent, Raymond ' Clapper, the evening at the city hall. Meeting To Be In North Bend two service men mentioned above So far there have been no definite o’clock on the morning of Jan. 19. whose articles and broadcasts have The Coffee Shop was cl >sed due to The annual meeting of the Coos the other guest« were Frank Rood, of indications that petroleum or gas un­ He