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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1944)
' . < ■> .< --n .. W - • : ■ ■ h. < • J-’ » - , ■ 4 -a i-' WT4 P » ft." < ■I W. - * WH K» A LETTER FROM HOME 1 ¿t gj ' -r \F>1' ►AY. MAY 18. 1844. ¿4 ■ ■ Uy*- <b *- B I ■> ? * wo Prominent Coquille Residents Pass Past Week MBS. BLANCHE A. DAVIS Mrs. Blanche A. Davis, mother of Mrs. Eula P. Schram, with whom she had made her home here since her husband died in Salem 18 years ago, passed away at thr hospital, where she had been taken the day before, at 1:00 a. m. Tuesday. She had not been well for some time. The body to to be taken to Salem where it will be laid to rest that of her husband, the to be held at two o'clock triday, and interment in the Jason Lee cemetery. For the benefit of who desired a last look at the tures of one they so sincerely re- knd loved, the body lay in at the Gano Funeral Homo Wed nesday afternoon and Thursday morning. Mrs. Gano made the fun eral arrangements. , JBorn Blanche A. Wilson, daughter Mr and Mrs. Samuel J. Wilson, ia Froemont, Ohio, Feb. 8, 18M, she three months and eleven days 86 years of age. • She came to Oregon with her hus and daugther 38 year» ago and ved in Salem for 30 years. Besides her daughter, she to sur- ired by a sister, Mrs. Grace Hayes, at Fort Douglas, Utah; eight grand- chltllren and three great grandchil dren. JMrt. Davis was a true Christian woman, a faithful and untiring mem ber of tho Pioneer Methodist church here, untU her affliction and age wtod, ,Md her .passing rood by a very large circle of ids and acquaintances. 3 £i. A I ■ . . > Horse Parade To Be On Sunday -W i jii ii ■ Splendid Address, Program Al C.H.S. Commencement Because so many of the horse men who wish to participate in the bar becue anti 4th of July preview this coming week-end, are working and would not be able to be here on Sat urday, the data for this event has been changed to Sunday, May 21. As previously stated only horse mounted men, or women, will be privileged to partake ot the beef bar becue and dinner which to scheduled to start at 12 noon. Following that the assemblage »-ill parade from the ball park down town and through / An unusually fijie and attractive appearing class of young ladles and men was that which graced the stage of the high school gymnasium at last evening’s Coquille High School com mencement exercises. In their cape and gowns they presented a more mature appearance than in their usual habiliments and it was a class of which Supt. Dunn and the faculty wmti.wvs proua, HS WBU OS Uieir return tea to 4km the kmll ball park 4k^ the riders «.ill will parents and friends. put their mounts through the paces i The honor students presented by they will exhibit on the 4th. The Mr. Dunn were: public is invited to witness this pre- - ■ i Mary Lou Newton, who had the v'iL u, u.. Mo, u»TT (nearly perfect scholastic average for high tahool band members will be out of town on Sunday, the public ad dress system from Myrtle Point, with its nice collection of musical records, will play for the parade and the preview. Coos Cranberry . Production More Per Arre Than In East Cranberry production in thio dis trict averages about IS barrels per acre above that of the Eastern grow ers, says C. J. Hall, editor and pub lisher of “Cranberries, the National Cranberry Magazine,” published at Wareham, Mass. Mrs. Hall, who is accompanying Mr. Hall on a trip through the cranberry growing dis tricts of ths United States, is a mem ber of the magazine staff. They ar rived here Tuesday evening to spend several days visiting local bogs and interviewing growers la this area. According to Mr. Hall, cranberry growing is a ten million dollar a year q’ I I Winifred Van Fleet, this year's May Day queen and who delivered the i ¡thoughtful welcoming address to the I audience, was second high with a 1.5 average for four years. Mary June Foote, one of the best- liked as well as most studious girls in high school, had an average of 1.8. <Bdhjamin F. Howe, who Supt Dunn said had not had his hands clean all year—he made the school’s stancito and mimeograph patterns— average 1.81. James A. Peart, now a member of the U. S. Army Air Corps, who will be called to service soon, and who will be greatly missed in the band, averaged !.^ for his high school years. Waneta Mae Wardrip, who com pleted the usual four year course in three, was the sixth honor student, her average being 1.88. In presenting the diplomas. Chair man of the Board J. R. Bunch, an nounced that two could not receive theirs last night, both being already in the service James Howe and Frank Woodward The high school band and the Girls Glee Club, which furnished the musl- 4 s I I 9 dtftlatiae and they M# 1- - • representative, Mary Lou Newton, tn detailing briefly where some meml>ers a>f the class now are In Uncle Sam’s service, centered her A —. _■ than _before tilth that interest in view the local Poet has arranged for a public Hitl g in the Liberty Theatre at IMS a. m. on May 30. at which time there will be a short patriotic pro gram and Judge Dal M. King will • deliver, aa addrdto. This cillties offered by Cranberry Canners, Inc., which baa plants at Markham and Long Beach, Washington, besides a dehydrating plant at Graylands, and the cannery here. Mr. Hall says that he foresees a sound, substantial growth of the cran berry industry for this area, which, compared with his home district of Cape Cod, is a newcomer in the field, ■ftie first bogs were planted on Cape Cod, according to Mr. Hall, in 1810. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are being shown about this section by Mrs. B. L. Bark well, of Cranberry Canners, and Mr. and Mrs. L., M. Kranick, owners of Cranberry Acres, several miles south imiiuij , mi» Esiien noy, wno preceaea him in death by nineteen years. He wae mechanical engineer by pro- f««rion but had farmed most of his J A lu*- He h,d retired from active oc- «»V-one eighth grade graduates ln 1W s were presented with their diptomaa He survived by his daughter, this morning during the commence- Mi„ Mn. wlth whom he h-d ment exercise, of Junior High held made hlg home and by two glgterg ited the Westmoor bog. the Cape in the gymnasium at 10 o’clock. Mrs. E. L. Kime, of Los Angeles, and Blanco Cranberry Co. mill and bogs, theXi^^^ ^n^TZi^n the E. R. Ivie property and the Joe Stankavitch bogs. Today they are benediction by Rev Chas. O. Brown; on< whcMe word was as pood as his visiting several more bogs in the • b* c,alre Gray, high bond; a true friend to Uxwe to whom Bandon area and making a tour of the school student body president,. . vo- |he h(g and h< wtu bogs In the Hauser district May 9 And Joly 1 Ta ..I numtar. “1 Lnv. You." b, U,ur. mWed . „„u.u.ll, After surveying bogs in the south There being no candidate for Coun Be Holidays If Desired " end of the county, Mr. Hall said ty Clerk, on the Republican ballot at The Chamber of Commerce retail that they compared very favorably tomorrow’s primary lllriim nearly ; trade committee was asked by the with those he had seen elsewhere on all Republicans will write « the of Commerce directors his trip. He was considerably inter name of the present very efficient, ac noon to contact the mer Leonard Alien, Clifford Billing», ested in examining the 22H acre bog commodating and courteous occupant chants and business houses of the Frank Barrows, Jim Bellmore, Sally being put in by the Cape Blanco of that office, Lloyd W ©ddy. whom city and ascertain If It Was the g»h- Bonney, Jean Boots, A lets Mae Handicaps fqp candidates for Vic- Cranberry Co. south of Bandon, since unless we, as individuals, cease dis name does appear on the Democratic tya| desire that |he Mondays before Brown. James Brown, Bill Brown,' tory Queen at the Coquille July 4th .the gray soil, covered by volcanic ,lp«tion of all kinds. He said it was b-llPt- > . Memorial Day and the 4th of July- Bill Caudle, Margery Cobb, Bill Col- celebration have been figured by the . a»h. in which the berries will grow, going to be lots of fun to live the By the same token, and for the May n and July 3—be declared legal Una, Byron Cotter, Dale Courtright, committee In charge of that 4th fee- 'differs so greatly from,the peat bogs next 25 yean, “if it doesn’t kill you,” same excellent reasons, many deme- holidays. There Is some sentiment Marilyn Dtohner, Vernon Epps, Carol ture. The percentages were arrived of the eastern states. He is taking BrKj asked the class members, “What crats will write In the names of Judge already expressed far a double holi- Jean Gray, Nell Haga, Shirley Hamil- at by considering the amounts turned pictures of many of the bogs in this would you dp for your great country? L.D Frishelm for Coos County Judge day for each occasion, and Mayor I ton, Charles Hanna, Anne Harbison, in by the three organizations the district. IT.ive for it? Obey its laws? Ba and for 4, N. Gearhart far County Wood indicated that he would so Helen Hickam, Alene Hunt, Joan Ja Uv, for u past twp yean—Lions, Rotary and I Mrs. Hall, who is an artist, says that honart and clean for Surveyor, on their ballot«. declare them jf It was the wish of cobson, JuHus Jepson Carol Kimgey, Eagles—in order that the candidates , she finds the scenic beauty of th«<M W<11 as die for it?” Nor should Democrats overlook the those la business. , Clovis Knight, Robert Kuenzll. Lula of other groups or organizations may . Oregon coast unbelievable. She is | He expressed the wish that some name of Ralph Moor» for Represen The committee which completed its Lindsay, George Lltzenberger, Duane have a chance in the Queen contest looking forward to a return trip here Ion« would tell him what mother love tative from Coos oojmty. His name survey Wednesday found the senti Livengood, Joan MacMillan, Patricia The Rotary ah<l Lions dubs are ( after the war, when she may travel In-’ u. It cannot be put in a tube and is on the Republican ballot but there ment nearly unanimous in favor of Malone, Betty Marney, Geraldine to be discounted 35 per cent in figur leisure to have the time to paint pic- tested, but it exists, and neither can Is no candidate listed on the Demo a holiday preceding Memorial Day, Melia, Donna Milligan, Marion Moore, the human race prove by scientific ing the votes from sale of tickets and tures of this lovely country. cratic, and Mr. Moore is as able • on Monday the 28th, and Mayor Patsy Norton, James Oden, Robert the Eagles 8 per cent. In other words ---------------------- — means that there is a God. It is a legislator as C«* county has over Wood's proclamation will appear in Oerding, All. e Parry, Clinton Peart, matter of faith and trust. " only 65 per cent of the amounts Babv Girl Born To Former had in the tower house at Salem. next week’s issue. Rose Marie Peart, Don Piece, Betty turned in by the two service clubs Coouille Young Lady th< recessional, the class was Jean Preuasler, Nancy Orant, Maxine will be eligible for votes, and 82 per , „ „ ,___ \ u ,___ stationed on the auditorium floor, Mrs. L. P Fogelson, who has been wh|>re and <lrlg W|1(J gre Roth, Joanne Saxage, Lael Shuck, cents of the Eagles Iqdge candidate Elizabeth Stelle, Laura Swanson, ticket sale. in Tacoma the past two weeks, writes Jugt gt threshold of lite, received that a baby girl, weighing seven '¡h. «.„.r.^uunn. and tast wishes Grace Taylor, Neal Tennison, Robert This discount will mean that the Thompson, fcaatha Troudt, Dorothy Grange or Woman’s club, Junior pounds, 14H ounces, was born to Mr. theJr frlendg who nUed Thp American Legion Auxiliary Wersh, DdrothyWillfamg. Roger Wil Woman's club or B. P. W. candidate and Mrs. W. E. Tice on May 18. Mrs. their “commencement will hold its Annual Poppy Bala May liamson, Preston MvIn_» Willis, Lenars will have just as good a chance to win Tice to the former Blanche Bandon, - ------- ------------- — ’ M, 3?. pe| pa not forget the die dig- Wornsiaff, Bonnie Zwicke». Their daughter. Mar|apne— Mrs. Ian 26. Let us the coveted honor as will the other Mrs. Fugelson’s daughter, and the fl Jamieson—became the np»|her pf |ab|ed vetmanTof W<*M Wta I They little miss has been named Judith Postmaster M. O. Hawkins was i three candidates. Ann. Mrs. Fugetoon adds that she to able to get back to duty on Monday a six pound« and P»W*6 hebj have made tyese popples to be sold Friday, th« 18th, Is A H boy a| The Dal|es hospital Monday | by the Legion Auxiliary, the proceeds Statu Legal Holiday Wave Ensign Dorris Compton was now the grandmother of four, a this week but will have to take It night. The young man was named , from which go directly back to the Tomorrow, May 18, is primary elec- able to get home for Mother’s Day. daughter, Sandra Anne, having been easy for a time. He has completely O mms The Jamieson disabled yetefane and their families tion day, a state holiday in Oregon, She accompanied her father down born to her son. Gerald Sandon, and recovered from the effects of his re »--m- j, In Condon, Oregon, yrhieh Is and is their chance for helping them- and the bank, city hall and court from Portland Friday night and left wife, at Ladysmith, Wls, on March 4 cent operation but does not have his gO mltoa from The Danse. ¡selves. this year. strength back yet. that day since 1837. The Legion will probably march to the bridge to matter flowers on the waters in memory of them who hwe died at sea but it is more than likely that the trip from the bridge to the cemetery will be made In cart, for the veterans of the first World War, are like so many of us, not as young as they used to be. 11 ------------ m F Blanks On Both Bal tots Tomorrow - Commencement Jr. . .. , —.. . . . , nign This Morning * ‘ I •* - *I ft '"p,om“ £ ’“*■Dum Th* Handicaps Set For Three Candidates * I Poppies To Be On Sale May 26-27 » ' ft < —7^ / ■ V i .^r