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VOL. XL.
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Charles L. Willey
Buried Here
Sunday Afternoon
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Legion Seeking
Dintinguished’Flying Couldn't Let Well
Kline Employees
Enough Alorie
War II Members
Organize For Safety Cross Awarded
Patrick James O’Neill, sentenced by * Coqulle Post No. 38 had one of its
In line with the trend to conserve To Dick Sherrill
Judge King on Feb. IS, for entering outstanding meetings of the year
man hours in vital production for the
It is probably the universal cus
war effort, a group of department
heads under the sponsorship of tom to listen with* more or tees
Weldon Kline, of Kline Logging Co., bored attention to the recital by
held a dinner on April 8 at the Co news broadcasters of men
quille Coffee Shop. The object of medals and decorations on the
the meeting was to outline a program war fronts, names one never
of accident prevention and to promote of before, until suddenly the
the idea of “Safety at all Times” in a local boy io mentioned,
terest becomes intense.
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the operation.
Such was our experience last
Meetings will be held once a month
in the future at which times the ideas when the announcer gave the
put forth by the employees and the “Richard Sherrill of Coquille” as
'representatives of each department being awarded the Distinguished
1 will be discussed and acted upon. The ing Crocs.
gafety ¡dea wm, of course, be pushed
Dick is a Marshfield boy,
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pilot in the BacifiC, but his wif
1 Mr Baker, safety engineer for R. former Markle Smith, is one
F. Owen Co. of Portland, presided office force in the Coquille
and will visit the operation regularly office. .
to check on progress and give his ' • The citation, which named several
ideas, of which he has many, for he other fliers, read: “For heroism in
is weU qualified in hie field.
flight and exceptional and outsta
A permanent safety committee was ing accomplishment in the fact
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,t this
organised by the employe«
great danger above and beyond
meeting. William Earls wi elected line of duty.
chairman and N. W. Boles, secretary. 1 “These operations consisted ef
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over 50 missions, including
Funeral services were held here
last Sunday at 2:30 p. m. for Chas.
L. Willey, a former Coquille business
man who had passed away in Seattle
last Thursday evening. Rev. Chas.
G. Brown, pastor of the Pioneer
church of which Mr. Willey was a
member when he resided here, offi
ciated at the service^ in the Schroeder
chapel, and interment was in the
family plot in the Masonic cemetery.
Pall bearers for their old friend
were L. H. Hazard, R. H. Mast, O. C.
Sanford, Harold A. McCue, J. S. Bar-
tan and D. L. Cruckshank.
— Since leaving Coquille several
years ago the deceased had divided
his time between the homes of his
daughters in Portland, Mrs. Edith
Miller and Mrs. Elva Roberts, until
he had gone to Seattle a month be
fore, to spend his remaining days
with his other daughter, Mrs. June
Walker.
Charles Leon Willey was born in
Springfield, Illinois, Sept. 9, 188S,
and was 78 years; six months and 27
days of age at passing.
On November 28, 1890, he was
Stan Shfi wood inaugurated a cus-
united in marriage to Miss Ella Pearl tom last Sunday morning which those
Clark in Peoria, Illinois, and after present all hoped would be continued
the turn at the century they came to
in the future, that of an Easter mom-
Oregon. Mrs. Willey passed away in
Portland in 1987.
Of the six children born to them, I
one—Mae—was a vjctim Bf the East
Fork in Brewster valley when she
was drowned while swimming in 1914
at the age of 18 years.
Mr- Willey was a plumber by oc
cupation, and conducted a plumbing
shop here for many years. He was
one of the town’s most popular citi
zens, was ugsll liked by everyone who
' knew him, was a true Christian gen
tleman whose faith in his God never
wavered. He served one or more
terms as a Coquille city councilman.
Mr. Willey, who was bonfthe same
35 At Easter
Morning Breakfast
supplies and transporting
advanced position. These
'volved flying at low altitudes
mountainous terrain under adverse
I weather conditions in a transport air-
P‘«in and often necessitated landing
.within • iew miles of enemy bases,
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Accident Victim A
Zwicker Grandson
NeW OfflCCFS
Rotary ClUD
to disinter the body and open the
casket and Mr. Willey was the one
who sealed It before .its final re-
burial.
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He had not been at all well tor -«Officers elected at a meeting of the
tiw past few yean and death came new directors last week were an
as' a welcome release from suffer- nounced at the regular weekly meet
ing and he was ready to meet his ¡ng of the Rotary Club at the hotel
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Creator.
They are J. S. Barton, president;
Robt.
L. Greene, vice president, and
George E. Oerding Sells
Hode Caughell was re-elected secre
State Police Officer’s Heme •
tary and treasurer. Tom Stevens was
The home and nearly an acre of appointed sergeant at arms.
—■ land, located on Sanford Heights west
Attention was called to the annual
of Coquille and owned by Mr. and dinner dance to be held at I.O.O.F.
Mrs Harold F. Stromquist, he being hall on Saturday evening, April 22.
an Oregon State Police officer, was
Conrad Phillips ot the local ply
sold by George E. Oerding, a Co wood plant was a guest and told of a
quille realtor, to Mr. and Mrs. Vener sort of a hobby he has been en
Johnson, a Coquille logger. The new gaged in for the past year or so. His
owner will take possession Imme job at the plant is loading the ply
diately. The Stromquists have moved wood on cars and one day he wrote
to town, having purchased the Tyrrell I his name, “Connie” Phillips and ad
home on Second street.
dress on the Inside of one of the
. Another deal made by Mr. Oerding cars and soon he began to get letters
was the sale of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert from various parts of the country,
James' property, located at 325 E. from men assuming that he was a girl.
8th St., to. Elsie Jennings, who bought
Since then he has written his name
the property for investment and Mr. on sheets of plywood and he has re
and Mrs. James have moved to the ceived several
hundred letters,
apartment In the rear of their Henry among them several proposals.
street grocery store.
Rotarian guests present were Judge
Dal M King, Al Powrie, R. C. Bowers,
Jess Clinton and John D. Carl, all of
Mrs. H. A. Niergarth
Myrtle Point
Dies In Canada
Other guests were John W. Walker
Mrs. J. R. Bunch has received word of the state liquor commission at Sa
from H. A. Niergarth, who left here lem and Lloyd Wood of Seattle.
five or six years ago and has been
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living in Kitchener, Ontario^anada,
-since, that Mrs. Niergarth passed C. H. S. Senior Class To
away there in March. She had been Present Class Play April 20
in poor health for some time.
The senior class has chosen the
play, "Pride and Prejudice,” a dra
matic; comedy, to be presented April
20th.
The play, “Pride and Prejudice,?
by Jane Kendall, was taken from the
book of the same name by our first
great woman novelist Jane Austen.
A motion picture has also been made,
entitled Pride and Prejudice."
Visit Eagles Here
34 Inches of Rain
Since September 1
The reading of the precipitation
gauge at nine o’clock this morning,
showed that the rainfall for the pre
ceding 24 hours was .29 of an inch.
This makes the total rainfall since last
Sept. 1 stand at 34 inches, which is
but little «more than half the usual
annual precipitation for Coos county
and there are less than three months
left in the probable rainy season.
The fairly large hail stones which
fell here Tuesday afternoon were not
as large as have been seen locally
but they were good size.
At that, Coos county is much better
off than the middlewest where cy
clones, floods and wind have caused
many deaths and much property dam
age.
Dal M. Ktag be invited to be
much to clarify the many
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The Burke Wine bill he
William J. B Head was appoin
a member of the committee to con said was written when a wave of re- >-
tact World War II veterans in regard seatment swept the Willamette Vai-
to joining the Legidn. Comrade Head Uey because of the great number of
succeeds L. E. Bishop, who has moved drunken young men seen standing
in public doorways, etc. Briefly, the
away.
The committee to choose the honor bill asks that all liquors in excess of
student and to present the award is 14 per cent alcohol be taken out of
to be composed of Claire Gray, chair the grocery stores and placed in state
man; George Ranson and William liquor stores. It will be up to the
feeling of the people to decide this,
A Couri of Honor will be held for Head.
the Scouts of Coquille at the Wash-
After the house committee made a he said. ..
No recommendation was made on
intgon School auditorium this Thurs- careful check and report on the Poet's
| day evening at eight o’clock. At that arsenal, it was noted that the condi House Bill, No. Ill, which is an en
time a large number of boys will be tion of our guns is very bad; they abling bill and opens the door for
The Veterans
presented wtth badges they have are rusty and dirty and many of the a county manager.
Education Aid Bill la dangerous, as
earned in the past two months.
slings are missing. It was decided
Burton Dunn, chairman of ad that the members present, who would, It is now written, because of the
vancement, will be In charge of the should take a gun home with them clause, “or credited private schools,”
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meeting and an interesting program and clean it up and return it on or
has been arranged. An opening cere before the next meeting.
mony Will be conducted by Troop 83
It was suggested that a program of Goo. H. Chaney To Seek
and several members of Troop 14 some special interest be presented at State Senator Nomination
will present a musical number. Mayor | each meeting. The details of such a
Geo. H. Chaney, who served as
O. L. Wood will address the boys. program are to be worked out in the state senator for the 8th district—
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and their guests.
I immediate future and put into ac- Coos and Curry counties—prior to the
Everyone is cordially invited to at- tion.
present term of Wm. E. Walsh, last
tend and a feature of the evening is
The old, worn-out members of the week at Salem filed a petition asking
to be a contest between the two Poet are hedging.
They are very that his name appear on next month’s
Troops based on the number of par anxious to get into the post as many democratic primary ballot for the
ents and guests they have present. of the new men from War No. Two same office.. There being no other
The winning Troop is to receive a set as possible and to shift the burden of candidates in either party it insures
of signal flags as a prize.
Post labor over on to younger shoul- that Mr. WaUh and Mr Chaney will
ders, who evidently will do a far I oppose one another again at the No
better job running the Post than the ! vember election.
old fellows are doing.
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By Roy C. Morley. | puw, por p|ay
Coquille Boys
Meet In Asia
In a letter from George Tracy
Leach to his uncle. Jack Leach
here, the Coquille young man who
is with the Army somewhere in
Asia, said that he had recently en
countered Harry Gisholt, whose home
is here, and that the latter is now a
master sergeant
The day they met George Tracy
had just received his copy of the
Sentinel, but it was a November is
sue, indicating that he is pretty far
back from the coast where mail is
slow in reaching them.
Bandon Junior Women To Give
Benefit Dance Saturday Evening
The Bandon Junior Woman’s Club
is sponsoring a second benefit dance
The Rev. Robt. L. Greene of St. 'for
for the Lecp Memorial hospital Sat-
James church will leave lor Port- |urd.y evening, April 15. at the Ban
land. Sunday, to attend the annual
The tax department last Thursday Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal
afternoon turned over to County Church. ____
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He will
in . Portland
Treasurer Stauff the tax moneys ' for several days, in order to be with
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collected during March, a total off his grandmother who is seriously ill.
835,717.83.
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1 on Friday.
will
be back
and stealing from the Cook Service Monday from the standpoint of new
Station at Four Mile, along with Vern interest suggestions and what might
Ralph Kuehl—two boys from Astoria be accomplished if some of the sug
At the regular April meeting of the
—to three years in the pen and then gestions are put into practice?
practically paroled for three months,
The Poet’s committee on Ameri Coquilje Woman’s C^ib held last
was taken to the pen on Wednesday canisation reports that the program Tuesday at the Parish Hall the fol
by Sheriff Howell, who was accom is getting under way but there ,1s lowing new officers Were elected:.
panied bp s. H. Donated.
O’Neill still much to be done before results president, Mrs. R. E. Boober; first
was sentenced again Oil Tuesday by will be noticed.
The committee vice president, Mrs. A. J. Moore; sec
Judge Kirig to four years in the pen members are scheduled to have a ond vice president, Mrs. F. A. Robb;
gfter he had signed a written con meeting at an early date to decide recording secretary, Mrs. P. W. Al-
fession that he had stolen from vari more definitely what must be done born; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
John Purkey, and treasurer, Mrs. W.
ous offices in the court house.
first to show the best results.
Aa he was to be paroled in May.
The committee in charge of Legion H. Barrow: Installation of the new ot-
O’Neill had been treated as a trusty* affairs reports that the petitions cir ficers will be at the May luncheon,
around the court house and had culated for the signature of names which will be held at the. Coquille
helped in the janitor work in the supporting the passage of the Le Hotel, the date to be announced later.
buildings there, and later had been gion’s omnibus bill met with wonder This plan to a’change from the ori
allowed by the sheriff to take a job ful support from business men and ginal one to hold a potluck luncheon.
Hon. Ralph Moore, of Bandon, state
at the plant, and sleep in the jail.
others and the petitions were sent to
After numerous pens, pencils and Washington, D. C., together with representative from Coos county,
addressed members and friends of the
other items had been reported as telegrams.
stolen. Sheriff Howell began looking
The Adjutant was instructed to club on the subject at legislation.
for O’Neill and found him eating a write to National Headquarters to The Bank Stock biil-receldedlipecial '
Mr.
final meal at a local restaurant, with find the cost per hundred of copies , attention from the
his bag packed and <11 ready to leave. of the National Flag Code, which are Moore is a champion df’State Banks,
Aa he has done in so many cases to be used in connection with the which he believes are «.«oseVMb-the
the sheriff was. able to induce the “Respect to the Flag” campaign be people and helpful in financing small
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operations, which fact will be of value
young fellow, to confess and the ing planned.
{ It was moved* seconded and car at the close of the war when small
stolen articles were recovered.
ried: that the Commander contact business, through such help, can go
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District Vice Commander Stotts, sug on high gear, The National Banks
gesting that the Legion Posts along are important in financing large
the coast In the fourth district con operations and those of proven re
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solidate on a gigantic radio program turns. Double_____
tional
BAnks
was
withdrawn
in
1929.
over KOOS in connection with the
Mr. Moore states this amendment
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be passed and he believes it
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visit
from
State
Trustee Wally Rappe
c*">P»‘«n- ’ Th* obJe<?t of thi» Pr°-
and’ District Director'Roy ’Klis'at
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make ,th’ PeoPle
** would have when it was up before if
people had understood. The amend
their regular meeting Friday. April,
more conscious of the Ameri-
ment contains amew clause this time
14. The offioers of the local Aerie ,can, r'*«~ ‘Old G>«*y.
It has been
which excepts cases where banks
are arranging for a large attendance
on to°
that
and urge every Eagle member who !
P™Pyr7pect h“ not been ^o*« shall have provided security through
membership in the federal deposit in
can possibly attend to turn out for , to**rd the f*«<
this meeting to welcome these offi-l. “ w“ a<reed that
Adjutant surance corporation-.or other instru
cers ot the State Aerie.
I1* ,n«tructed to call a special meet- mentality. His advice is to vote “yes” •
on the bill.
Being the regular monthly social;
Poat Wo M tor the-
' k It was not the speaker's intention
evening of the organization, enter- P^Poae of arranging a ceremony of
to tall the group how to vote, he said,
tainment is being arranged and . 'htltiation for the new members of
free luncheon prepared for all who | ^orhi
11 wba ara ^‘"8 the but added it is the duty of represen
ara in
Post, and it was suggested that Judge tatives to explain the bills to the
Friday from Portland, where she was
called earlier in the week by her
daughter, Mrs. Naomi Reiling, whose
five-year old son was killed by a hit
and run driver, last week as he was
in a marked crosswalk at Fourth and
Sherman streets. The driver. Rose
Greer, 45, who lives near Milwaukte,
was chased by an officer who finally
had to drive his car head-on tote
hen before she would stop. Her «hr
t
had
the boy for 90 fest Jy-
foce
dropped to the grosSd.
a
Cykler, of Riverton, will address a
She has been charged with six traf
joint meeting of the Eugle Lodge and
fic violations, including driving while
the Ladles Auxiliary at the regular
monthly social evening on May 11
son with his grandmother. The boy’s
father was killed in Albany 22
months ago when the knife with
which he was cutting meat slipped
and several a main artery of his
stomach.
Ralph- Moore Talks
To Woman's Club
About Measures
$tO te OfflCerS T0
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O80" I Mrs. Reiling drove down here with
Cold
Co,d her mother and left her two-year old
March Tax Turnover
Made Last Thursday
Sentinel
E A LETTER FROM HOME
THE PAPER THAT
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don high school gymnasium, to raise
, the 877 the club needs to complete
; the purchase of the 8175 refrigerator.
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are buying for the hospital. The
music will be by Bum Gartin's popu-
1 lar orchestra.
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Court of Honor
This Evening
May Festival
Queen Chosen
Bob Jarger On SeaBees
Winifred Van Fleet was
nounCed at the Coquille High
Publication Staff In Pacific
sembly last Friday . as . being
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of Coquille’s Annual May Festival,
nn Ugland X,
tuhinh
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which will
will h*
be hold
held in
in th*
the Communitv
Community .
in the Pacific," were re-
Buildlng next month.
'ceived this week by a friend of Bob
Princesses choeen for the balance Jarger from him. Bob is on the edi
of the roykl court were Maxine torial staff.
His address is 39th
Whereat, Claudia Varney, Louise Naval Constr. Batn., Fleet Post Of-
Butler; Jeanne Boyle, Gwen Rogers | fice, San Francisco.
and Glenda Richardson.
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Three Coquille Patients Doing
Well In Mast Hospital
1 Center Progressing
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In answer to inquiries regardingjhe
progress with plans for the Chihj
Care and Play Center, it may be said
the survey now contains the names
of forty women.
a letter from r
A
Sam ~ Lehman, head of ‘
the Federal Employment Agency in
Marshfield, states the field represen
tative from the Portland office of
Federal Works office, will be in Co
quille next week. Mr. Lehman’s let
ter, with one from the field represen
tative, and a budget form to be stud
Twin Bull Calves Show
ied to use with an application for
Up On Fairview Ranch
establishment of the Center are now
Mrs. Cortland Ellis, who was in from in the hands of Mayor Wood.
Fairview on Tuesday, said that she
H.. Z. Young, who had been em
was greatly surprised one day re
cently when she found one of their ployed in the Coos county highway
cows, which she had not seen * for department since he returned from
several days, nursing twin bull calves. Seward, Alaska, last August, left
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They had been farming for 18 years Monday for Chattaroy, Wash., just
and this is the first time twins ever north of Spokane, where he will take
over the operation of his father’s
appeared on- their ranch.
farm. Mrs. Young, who is secretary
Mrs. Betty Payne resumed her posi In Drs. Richmond A Stark’s office,
tion in the Gregg Hardware store will remain here until the first of
Monday morning. She returned last June When Mr. Young expects to
Thursday from North Carolina, where come down and take her and their
she had been with her husband since child and their household goods up
last November. He expects to be to the farm where he was born and
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Postmaster M. O. Hawkins will
have to be off duty for a couple of
weeks or more as Tuesday morning
he underwent a hernia operation at
the Myrtle Point Hospital, Dr. J, D.
Rankin officiating. He was resting
very easily after the ordeal, Mrs.
Hawkins reported.
Another operation there by Dr.
Rankin was a major one for Mrs.
R. L. Stewart last Wednesday,
is recovering nicely and car
brought home next week.
Another of the doctor’s pati
N. C. Kelley, has been underi
treatment up there since Thui
sent
evening. He is also improving.
in the near future.