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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1944)
* w I • * 17,1*44. -J. Arago News Items . ¡Rebekah Meeting Mr. and Mrs. George Mason re- ' Last Week tuned home Tuesday after spending about two weeks in Loo Angeles, The regular meeting of Mamie Re- where they went to attend ^he Chai- bekah Lodge, No. 29, was held in. the lenge Cream and Butter Association's I.O.O.F. hall on Tuesday evening, Feb. 8, with Noble Grand Iola Moore annual meeting, r Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schroeder I in the chair. In spite of the rainy and Mrs. Emily Hickam and Kent,' weather there was good attendance. all of Corvills, visited at the home of Among the highlights of the eve Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burbank from ning a letter was read from Mn. Laura Boutell, who was the recipient Friday till Sunday last week. Mrs. Eva Hickam and Thurman, . of of the Past Noble Grand’s pin award- . ________ i Coquille, were Saturday evening din- ed by the Sewing Club to the oldest iner guests of Mr. and Mn. Frank active Past Noble Grand of the' Washington, D. C., Feb. 17—Efforts i Burbank and their house guests, Mr; local lodge. She received her pin have bean made for months past to 'ahd Mn. C. E. Schroeder and Mn. arM thanked the Sewing Club of the lodge for the kind thought that have the war department establish Emily Hickam and Kent. Mr, and Mra^Oliver M/en, of Myr prompted the gift.- concentration camps in the northwest where the prisoners of war can be | tle Point, visited relatives in Arago i The Honor Rebekah pin was | awarded by vote of the members to used to relievo the manpower shortage Saturday Mr. and Mn. Frank Lane were Fri- 'Brother J. P. Beyen to wear for the on such projects as reclamation jobs, next three month« in recognition of in lumber camps, etc. From the ini I day guestao f Mn. Ida Myers. Mr. And Mrs. Gene Robisoo were hi« outstanding work of the lodge. tiation of, this movement objections Sister Estelle Dunn was elected as have been raised by union loaders Monday evening dinner guests of against the employment of any war; Wylie Embree and his mother, Mrs. trustee for a term ot three years. ,______ _ work which „2-2-2___ L Bailey. 2L-22-,. The charter was draped in memory prisoners to perform can be done by card-carrying unionists.' Rev. G. A, Gray, of Coquille, was ! of Sister Hannah White, Who passed away in December at her home in Prior to the proposal to use prisoners an Arago visitor last Friday, of war some of the work on govern- j Ladies Aid met Wednesday Tor an California. Sister White was the next ment undertakings has been done by all-day meeting, with potluck dinner to the oldest living Past Noble Grand conscientious objectors and little or'at noon. The ladies spent the day in point of service, and had been no objection was heard from business , quilting. They will meet again Wed- awarded a P. N. G. pin by the Sewing agents of the unions. Now a new is- nesday at the church for an all-day Club—an honor which reached her sue has been injected. ' meeting and quilting. too late for her to enjoy it The proposal to employ German Rev. M. D. Rempel conducted the Routine business was cared fdr. war prisoners on an . incorporated , regular Sunday morning church ser Helen Larson was Installed as Vice farm in in'New vice. f Sunday sohool followed with ‘Grand and Pansy RdBs as L. S. N. O’, New Jersey hhs brought the vice, demand from a business agent that jxn attendance of 26. There will be , Mildred Schaer, distrist deputy presi- the employer deduct union dues for f services again.next Sunday, preaching dent, acted as instaling officer and each prisoner employed. This is tip* at 10 a. m. and Sunday school at 11 (Ruth Beyers was installing grand "—“ system —‘ 2 m. —, marshal, check-off which labor has a. again ' Members of the Sewing Club have forced upon employers with the ap- ' The _ Arago _ school ... opened . proval of the administration. Before Monday morning after being closed been serving lunches for the Rotary the check-off system was adopted the ( for a week on account of both of the lnd Lions Clubs. Reports from these going was pretty tough for the union teachers being ill. “■ ! luncheons were heard. It is gratifying treasury; members neglected to pay j f Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wodward and that they were so successful. All Re union duts. With the check-off—a'JT Mrs. ~ Ida “ Myers were Monday ___ evening ' bekalis are urged to help, with these system originated by John L. Lewis dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley I lunches in every way. for hie United Mine Workers—the,Halter. j After After lodge lodge closed closed bii birtiplay cakes lining room to employer makes the deduction from | Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Aasen were Fri- were served in . the dim the payroll and turns the money over day callers at the hoipe of Mr. and honor ’ all Rebekahs whoet birthdays to the treasurer of the union. And 1 Mrs. S. C McAllister fall in January and February strangely enough, the membership of i ................ ........ — —i--------- • the Lewis miners’ union went on a Hubert Harry, an employee of the strike several years ago to compel i Coos Bay Lumber Co. camp pbove their employers to make the deduction. .Fairview, whs so severely injured The coal mine operators kicked, but last Thursday morning, when he the miners refused to return to the dropped from a tree top, 178 feet In Circuit court here last Tuesday, pita until success crowned their ef above the ground, that he passed Ivan Lewis Duncan pleaded guilty to forts. / away at the Belie Knife Hospital here the charge of entering a truck at Myr. Prisoners of war, are not members soon after noon that day. tie Point with the intention of steal of any union, but the business agents He had taken the place of a high ing it. insist that someone—the war depart climber who failed to show up for Alao pleading guilty that day th the ment or the employer— take 28 cento work that morning and his safety i week from each prisoner and turn belt, which a climber tosses up along charge of larceny fr<Jm a store—the I it over to the union. Basis for this the trunk of the tree as he ascends 6; O. Cook store at Four-Mile below demand is that the union,. represented went over the top at the last throw Bandon, last week — were James by the business agent, has a closed and he had nothing to hold his body O'Neil and Vern Ralph Kuehl, young shop contract with the incorporated to the tree and without the~belt the men from Astoria. On Tuesday this week Judge King farm. The war department, which hooks mi his boots would,_cg course, sentenced Duncan to four years in has not interfered with the check-off not hold him. "The slant W the top- the penitentiary and O’Neil and in certain war industries dectares it ™ what allowed Kuehl, the Astoria boys, to three will not dig up a nickel for dues to the belt to slip over. yean in the pen. He ordered a stay a union to which the prisoners do He suffered a fractured skull and of execution for the latter two and not belong. The federal government jaw, besides the bodily bruises, and they are to be paroled after 90 days pays prisoners of war 80 cents a day the axe .handle which all high climb in the county jail. and when they are employed the I ers carry up the trees with them, prisoners receive the going wage of i pierced his body, between his legs. Shop Norton's Greeting card racks the locality, but instead of the pris I tore his abdomen to pieces, and was for Birthday. Convalescent, Sympathy oners receiving this wage scale the so firmly imbedded that It required and Friendship cards/ You’ll always difference above 80 cents is paid to all the strength of the first man to 1 ™«rhim't"*wiUidraw*‘the halite find just the right card at Norton's, s this money finds its way into the .from his body. g United States treasury. Dr. James Richmond was at once If anyone is to pay the union it , called ^nd he went out to the camp must be the employer, but the war and then had tlie unfortunate and department is indifferent as to wheth- I suffering man brought in to the er the employer pays. If he does hospital where he passed away an pay it will have to come out of his <. . profits. Should the union carry its „2 - , . « point in the New Jersey instance it I largely attended, were held at 2:00 will serve as a precedent and when i p. m. Saturday at the Schroeder and if prisoners of war are employed Chapel here, Rev. L. C. Persing of on reclamation projects or -in the ficiating, and interment wy in the woods in the northwest the con Dora cemetery. tractor will have to battle it out Hubert Leland Harry was born with the unions. — near Coquille, June 25, 1902, his par In these sizes: ents being Grant W. and Hannah The feclamation bureau has no ob Harry. / jection to the use of prisoners of war He was united in marriage July 1, on the projects listed for Oregon and 1928, to Miss Violet Ohlsen, and they 7.00-15 Washington, but there is a stipula- j have resided on Fishtrap where they n «.25 f «.50-1« tion that there must be a minimum owned a ranch, until they moved to of free labor and that explosives must Dora when he went to work at the 7.00-1« be handled and blastings done by camp. Ten children were born to 5.2S I 5.50-17 free labor. No chances are to be this union—Leland, Joaeph, Paul, taken by allowing prisoners of war— Wayne, Vernon, David, Hannah, 5.2S I 5.50-18 Gehnani or Italians—to obtain pos Alice, Gene and Hubert, who with 4.75 / 5.00-1» session of explosives required for the j their mother survive him. He is alrf> 4.40 / 4.50-21 construction work. The war depart- I survived by his aged father. Grant ment is very partciular as to the jobs Harry of this city; a brother, Joe. L. the war prisoners shall be allowed to Harry, of Marshfield, and three sisters f perform in the woods. Losing is —Mrs. Chloe Tennison, of San Diego, Get tfîe Synthetic tire with hazardous at best, but certain jobs Calif.; Mrs. Maude Cox, of Eugene, are more dangerous than others and and Mrs. Beryl Sypher, of Langlois, it is the policy that war pr toners • Mr. Harry was a veteran of World 3 yean* EXTRA experience , shall not be used on these. ¡War I, having served three and one- —o— half years in the U. S. armed forces, The proposed Umatilla dam on the and WMa memebr of the Veterans of Columbia river, touching Oregon and "F°re>gn Wars. He was also a mem- Waahlngton, does not find favor with ber ot the ’’«‘ernal Order of Eagles. ; Idaho if the dam is to be used for ................. .. ........ the generation of power as well a. We carry . cotnp,eW Hne of V- I - 5*. The cont«ntion •’ Belta for all makes of Refrigerators , • at if the Umatilla dam generates Washing Machines and other equip- * P<LW*r * WU pr*Ve"t building of .nent Washer Service Co., 385 W. Tire Information Headquarters other power dams for which there yront. Coquille Phone 16tf. is now an agitation in Idaho. | command. If the change is made Robbers Plead Guilty Tuesday .""«i. Valentine Party At iChurth of. Christ About 30 young people of the Church of Christ and their guests enjoyed a formal Valentine's party in the recreation rooms of the church last Saturday evening. “Hearts and Flowers" was the theme of the evening, carried out with colorful decorations. The rooms were gay with red and white crepe paper, whjch festooned the ceiling. A large, heart, framed by silver paper, center ed one end of tlie room. White and red cyclamen and lattice of fern and greenery were used about the rooms. Stunts and games, a song-fest and a program were enjoyed during the evening. Kenneth Hooton sang "Smilin’ Through,” accompanied by Mary Lou Newton. Ann Anderson gave a clever reading, entitled, “No Thank You, Tom,” and Vernon Eld- redge piayed his guitar for the song fest. A play in pantomime, "The Evolution of Courtship,” was put on by Kenneth Hooton, Vern Eldredge, Gene Boots and Liston Parrish. ’ A surprise feature of the evening was a beautifully decorated birthday càke which Mrs. Eldredge sent In honor of her son's birthday. Guests wire served refreshments at gaily decorated tables, centered with red hearts. Mr. and Mrs. Parrish received the guests at the door, assisted by Gene Boots and Donna Gasner. See “spike" Leslie tor the best in Liability, or other Insurance. Office, next door to Coquille Hospital, phoae 5; residence phon* ML. s Phone 222R, to Art Hooton for your electric wiring and repair needs He is located north of the ball park on the Fairview road.' 52tfs for cars that stand up in wartime” Coquille I Alito' Company 8 _______ If you have a Grade I Certificate TIRES SELECT BEER buy WAR BONDS 6.00-16 B. F. GOODRICH PUBLIC FAVOR IS UNIQUE fhe standard of excellence to which Sicks' Select Is brewed makes it difficult for us always to insure your dealer of having a supply. If ever you are disappointed in not being able to obtain Sicks' Select, remember you will never bo disappointed in its quality when you do. SILVERTOWN r Thornton Tire « i There is a possibility that the ra- tionlng of shoes for civilians may be tightened in the near future. It will depend ilpon what the army decides about equipping troops with ten-inch boots. The change has been suggested, though by whom is not stated, and is now being considered by the high there will be still further inroads upon the scanty leather supply and stricter rationing of shoes may be- come necessary. The adoption of boots would eliminate leggings, the wearing of which hae always been the cause of much grumbling among aoldiess. ■SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO. * Sine* 1878 * E. G. Sick, P tm . I