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►AY. MAY 18. 1844.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Horse Parade To
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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
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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
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Winifred Van Fleet, this year's May
Day queen and who delivered the
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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-
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representative,
Mary Lou
Newton, tn detailing briefly where
some meml>ers a>f the class now are In
Uncle Sam’s service, centered her
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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
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«»V-one eighth grade graduates
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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,
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^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
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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 .
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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
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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?
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Willis, Lenars will have just as good a chance to win Tice to the former Blanche Bandon,
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Bal tots Tomorrow
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