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Coquille Schools
To Open Sept. 5~
New Teadien
Mrs..Gene Laird
Hears From Major
,
Mrs. Eugene R Laird, here from
Portland this week, told the Sentinel
that her husband. Major “Gene”
Laird, who was taken prisoner on
Bataan in 1942 by the Jape, is in the
Zentoiji war prison camp on Shikoku
Island. She raoeivad her* first word
from him since last December, a
week or two ago, the letter being
dated Jan. 24, 1844. In it he said he
had had six more letters from her,
tackages, that everything is fine
him and for her not to worry.”
He said he was only waiting for the
> come that he could come
He sent his regards to all his
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Laird, who is having her va
cation from her duties in Portland,
came down to visit Gene’s father,
Joe. Laird, and other relatives. She
said this is the first time she has
been sure that the Major was receiv
ing bar letters.
The packages Gene referred to
wore sent on the Gripeholm last Sep
tember and his advice was ^“con
tribute to the Red Cross prisoners’
■vli
fund.**
Chamber Commerce
Wants To Enlarge
The Boat House i
Musical Treat For
Coquille, Friday
Coos County Did Welt fr. Q £ $tem
In Fifth Bond Sole
Reports On Legion
State Convention
Coquille Valley music lovers are
Coos county stood Sth ia the 12
looking forward to this Friday eve Oregon counties wesf of the Cascades,
ning when Marvel SkeeH, New York exclusive of Multnomah, Clackamas
church soloist and concert singer, is and Jackson counties, in the per
to be heard at the auditorium of the capita of E bond sales to individuals
At the Chamber of Commerce
Carl E. Morrison, Superintendent
Commander Dr. C. G. Stem's im-
Pioneer Methodist Church at 8:00 p. in the recent fifth War Bond drive.
meeting in the Coffee Shop Tuesday
of Schools, announces September 5
m. Mrs. M. O. Hawkins will be her In Coos county the per capita sales p less ion on the highlights of the 26th
noon, Phil Alborn, chairman of the
as the opening date of thq 1944-45
accompanist. Assisting will be Bob amounted to $25.33, while in Tilla annual convention of the Department
chamber’s boat house committee, re
school year in the Coquille schools.
by Burns, who will play a group of mook county, which stood at the top, of Oregon, American Legion, were
ported that there was a waiting liat
To aid in determining the number of
numbers on the organ. Additional the per capita averaged $38.74. Clat presented to Coquille Post, No. 36,
of 20 names, boat owners who would
classes to be provided for in the
numbers will be given by Ronald sop, in second place, averaged $34.86 ■Monday evening. This being Com
like to have space in the boat houa<
schedule, high school students are
Williams, youthful Coquille violinist. per capita, Linn $28.94,
Yamhill mander Stem's first convention as a
and there was an unanimous sentiment
requested to register for their classes
The concert is open to the public. $28.53, Benton $28.27, Coos $25.33, delegate, he was really put through
that the building should be doubled There will be no admission charge
at the high school previous to the
Lincoln $25.06, Marion $24.64, Curry the lntiation mill, when he was ap
In size as soon as war conditions per
opening date and are asked to ob
tgnto-n*
but a silver offering will be taken. $24.61, Douglas $23.88, Lane $22.53,' pointed to the resolutions
mit more building.
serve the following schedule: Seniors
committee, and he can justly feel
The program is as follows:
and Polk $18.62..
Mr. Alborn reported that boys who
will register on Tuesday, Aug. 39;
I.
, Coos county’s total sales in the proud when, after the smoke had
go swimming off the dock have com "Since First I met Thee"
Juniors, Aug. 30; Sophomores, Aug.
I drive were $2,885,400. Its quota was cleared away, there were no reso
mitted some depredations around the
31, and Freshmen, Sept. 1; hours, 9
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Anton Rubinstein $1,978,000, the sales being 145.9 per lutions returned to committee for re
boat house, stealing some things from
to 12 and 1 to 4.30 each day.
“When Children Pray”
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cent of the quota. These figures, of assignment.
Inside the house, oars, locks, etc., by
For convenience of students who
Possibly, out of the fifty-five reso
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Beittrice Fenner course, include all bonds sold, to cor
diving down and coming up Inside,
live outside the local district and who
Aria from ’Mignon’ Ambrolse Tltomas porations and other than E as well as lutions which passed through the as
and an effort will be made to find
may have difficulty getting in to
signment committee, the resolutions
CKnowest Thou Not That Fair Land’) E bonds to individuals.
a custodian who can spend most oi
register on the day scheduled for
“Let My Songs Fill Your Heart"
The state’s total sales amounted to on education, publication and reha-
his time there.
I th«ir class, they may be registered on
Ernest Charles $187,761,500, which is 150.2 per cent bilitatlon were the three which im-
The need for a swimming pool and
any of the registration days which is
Marvel Skeeis
of the Oregon qpota of $125,000,000.. pressed the commander the most
bath house was also discussed and
n
convenient for them, regardless of
Hood River county, in amount over Education dealt mostly with the
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their year in high school. Students
when the war is over the creation of -rm.,,» ra.m*. nt.
quota, ranked first in the state, that need for k higher standard of citizen
urtii
h. ___ ^ruu,n Durch Die Dammerung
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one will probably be one of the first
who are working may be registered
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Richard Strauss county's sales being 218.1 per cent of ship and impressed the need tor sin
by appointment.
projects undertaken by the chamber.
cerity in respect to the flag, these to
its quota.
(Dream In The Twilight)
AU grade school and junior high
There were 14 members present
be promulgated in the grade and
"Ungedult” (Impatience)
x / at Tuesday’s masting and CoqulUet
pupils wiU report at nine o'clock on
high schools. The things which our
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Franz Schubert
new school superintendent, Carl R
the opening day and wiU be registar-
Stars and Stripes symbolize are the
“Iris”
...
Daniel Wolf
ed at that time; grades six, seven and
Morrison, attended for his first meet
things which make America what it ia
“The Lord's Prayer”
eight, to the Lincoln Building and
ing with the board <4 directors.
and these ideals and traditions should
if . i “
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Albert Hay Malotte
Phil
Albom
of
the
Lions
Club
gave
grades one to five, to the Washington
The chamber went on record qg
be jealously guarded. It la too often
Ian interesting detailed description of
Marvel Skeeis
Two pioneer CoquiUe valley resi manifested when the flag passes and
Building.
approving whataever was done at the
his
visit
to
Lucky
Boy
Scout
camp
dents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
E.
A.
Wimer,
are
Parents who have children entering
meeting in Bandon at one o’clock, Gypsy Airs
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a
Sarasate
week leaving Coquille to make there are no signs nor salutations of
the flrat grade are urged to enroll at Blue River above Eugene a week on Tuesday when the matter of elim
respect.
Frequently an attitude or
Ronald Williams
their home In Eugene where they resentment Is shown when folks are
them on toe flrat day of school. Chil ago, at the meeting of the Rotary Club inating the furze in the coast dMrict
at
the
Coqujlle
Hotel
on
Wednesday.
have purchased a home three blocks reminded to show the proper respect
dren whose sixth birthday to on or
was up for consideration.
•Ave Meria”
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Franz Schubert goyth of
y of q campus on 16th
Phil took a carload of boys from the
before November 18th may be en-.
President Geo E. Oerding appoint
to the flag.... Today our young man
with organ and piano
I avenue. They will be near their hood is struggling, fighting and suf
rolled but no child may enter the troop of which he is scoutmaster out ed as a publicity committee, to pre
•The
Rose
and
the
Nightingale"
son, Fred, who operates a store at
first grade after Oct. 2, unless he has to the camp and stayed there with pare and have printed a now Coquille
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Rlmsky-Korsakow Springfield, but they have not sold fering so that in the future we might
them for the week, and from his en pamphlet far Issuance to those in
been previously enrolled.
enjoy and cherish the things which
"None But the Lonely Heart”
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their home here.
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New teachers added to the Coquille thusiastic talk, one would judge that quiring about Coos county, the fai
our flag symbolizes.
Tchaikovsky
Mrs. Wimer has lived in or near
staff for the new school year are: he got as big a kick out of H as did lowing: Evan Albom, Andy Andersen,
Under the head of publication, the
Marvel Skeeis with Organ
the boys
Mr Alburn's talk Was in C. E. Morrison and Oso, F, Burr.
Coquille for the past 67 years, having Legion is formulating a program of
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been bom on her father’s place, back
Ernest R. James, High School prin the interest of forming a new scout
"Caprice Viennois”
Fritz Kreisler of the Mrs. Joe Collier place, three gigantic magnitude to educate the
cipal. Mr. James to a graduate at troop in Coquille and he seemed to
public and keep them informed on the
“Indian Love Call"
- Frtml miles down the Bandon highway.
the Montana State University rectov- think there was enough personnel
part each and every one of us will
•elections
the opera “Carmen"
here
to
organize
a
third
troop
in
thia
Mr. Wimer has lived 75 years in be called upon to do in assisting to
ing his B. A. degree in 1930 and his
Oregon and came to Uve on Flahtrap
M. A. degree in 1937 from the same city. The Rotary club is investigating
back to normal the American
institution. In IMS be eame from the matter with the idea of sponsor
of We after the peace has been
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Montana to be superinteadmt at the ing this new troop.
won. The returning veteran is go
with office I "The Old Refrain" - Fritz Kreisler
The date for the club’s annual stag
Oakland Schools at Oakland, Oregon.
ing to need a lot of sympathetic un
in Marshfield, passed away at his “The Bitterness of Love" James Dunn
dinner
at
Arthur
Berg's
cabin
at
Miss Leona Ingman, Chemistry and
derstanding
and help; he has changed,
“
I
Heard
the
Forest
Praying
”
home in Eugene Monday after several
Home Economics. Miss Ingman holds Laurel lake was set for Thursday,
the world will not look the same,
years of illneas. Re was Marly 74
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Peter deltoee
Aug.
24.
a B. A. degrees from St. Olaf Col
home environments will need drastic
Rotarian guests present Wednesday years of age, having been born Oct. “Thru the Years” Vincent Youmans Gano Funeral Home Has
lege, Northfield, Minn., and has also
readjustments to make a place Into
10, 1870, in Newton, lowa. He had “Come To The Fair” Easthope Martin
were:
John
E.
Bunyan
and
Leroy
attended Montana State University.
Reached Its Tenth Milestone
which he wijl .fit; there will be a
Marvel
Skeeis
been
operating
the
Smeed
Hotel
since
She has taught in both North Dakota Hiatt, both of Roseburg; C. C. Farr,
(Continued oh page seven)
of Marshfield, and John D. Carl, of leaving Coos Bay.
and Wisconsin.
Ed
Mll|er,
whu
hag
served
In
the
1*1*9 TakM Before J. P.
Mrs. Lucile Counts, Girls Phy. Ed. Myrtle Point Larry Lundquist had
his guest James F- Hodges, of th« Oregon »toto «W has been a mem Here By State Police
and English. Mrs. Counts to a gra<|q^te as
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ber qf the State Banning Board, and
Of thg 8pu|hem Pfeqop College pf ( Smith Wood-Pfoduçts pffjce jit
The docket In Justice Fred Bull's
h«d always pevn agtlvg in «ate af-
•Vi.
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Education apd (he University of Orq- (
office here shows the following ar
falrs-
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Ffi: S1,*! toMfM 1*0 JfMF M PtoW '
HWH
"R JrWnl W itvtnf on tfte rests to have been made by the state
The Coquille Lions club, with Pres
Pwnty Boy» wb
Bay,
M
W«4
a frequent Coquille vis police for the Coquille justice of the
ident Jack Moore in the chair, last
Mjss Olivia Otoon h
I a rpcenj pad- K««P PltofFR GWH Aw«Hs
peace court's consideration:
Thursday greeted a member who has
qate of WUtoWtotto Vnlvemlty
UnlvenKy and
w, p^, coyn|>,
have itor, being quite popular here, and his
Raymond Charles Rivers was sum
death oomes as • shook to his large
been gone for several month, Lin
will tegch Biojbgy and General Sil- been cited by the Reep Oregon Oree»
number of friends In Cooe county, as moned Aug. 44 to appear for having
Swain
who was here on a “delayed
me«,
She to earning from North Association for meritorious service io
no operator’s license and for having
well as elsewhere.
orders" furlough. No need to men
Bend.
their state and have been awarded
an improper muffler on his car.
tion that he was heartily welcomed.
Miss Edna Lee Montgomery, Eng- merit badges. These girls and boys,
Mike Saria was given a $7 fine and
Phil Alborn gave a report on the
ltoh and Spanish. Miss Montgomery's members of the Green Guard, have
costs oh Tuesday for passing another
recent Lucky Boy Scout camp on
home to In Portland where she at helped in the publicly-sponsored fire
car with insufficient- clearance. Both
Blue river to which he took a num
tended Lincoln High School. She to prevention program by reporting or
Corporal Frank D. Caudle is a fine and costs payments were sus
ber of Coquille Scouts.
8 graduate of the University of Ore putting out fires and have been welder with the Eighth Air Service pended.
County Agent Geo. H. Jenkins and
gon and to attending the summer ses _________________
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______ _ Command Sub Depot, stationed in
awarded these badges
in recognition
For violation of the state’s traffic
John D. Carl q( Arago, gave informa
sion there at present.
of their fine service to the state and England, which was recen||#
basic rule, Warren Ogle Btagden was
tive and interesting, talks on the gov
their communities. The effectiveness mended for its egcel|aq| work a| the sentenced tn ja|l for ten days and
ernment's agricultural programs now
Mrs. Florence Breedlove, First of public consciousnes is well dis- . base by ty. Gen. James H. Qoo|itt|g,
given a $25 fine and $4 coats assess
in effdfct, and on the crops and dairy
Grade. Mr6. Breedlove to from the
who hove according tq a P(eqg ^e|eaqe jusl rr ment. He paid »M $38 ahd the jail
subsidies which are a part of the*
Southern Oregon
ip« R hm 'Mused. -
sentence wag suspended.
program.
and has <fone
PpotecUon I Th|g vuqt, to
Rss
Phil Alborn Talks
*SC0Uting At RotOrV
The E. A. Wimers
Moving To Eugene
ni
rv
Sen. Ed Miller
Pa^es In Eugene
Lions Greet Member
Here On Furlough
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G|ad)ri Cqqk, F|s$t 0pf|a
Mr» 6qo|f |S also from (he S.O.G.l.
and has had several year,' experi-
gpfe Shf (aqght last year af Lafce-
Vi«Wt Prqofl:
\
Miss Helen Thomas, Remedial
Mjss Thomas taugh; the past fqqp
years Rt arid«® «M hM to*» «wo|a|
wwk «1 toe Unlv«F»llJ< Of Oregon
fhjs »umwipr |n further pr«p»rat|qn
for her work here. She is also grad
uate of the S O.O E.
One more teacher will probably be
added to the high school staff for
Library and English and a full an
nouncement of the entire staff will
be made soon.
► ”Wf BW PF»Md pf Iftaae boys aqd ■
to¥» Mto- S$ei|a Cutl|p, Qoop
county ROG chairman, “but during
the pegt fWQ »opths whan the skjes
8S9 C«»
ffc* dangers arp pt
|he|F |>e|gh|, w$ pygt ag|( tMl »U
wflRM. ydtrnf wl tM.
iq t^g responsibility of preventing,
detecting and suppressing these small
blMW,"
The hoys and girls receiving the
honor badge from Cooe county are:
Albert Lundberg and Roger Ott, Alle
gany; Floyd Brown, Bandon; Eldon
Lee Leaton, Eastside, Raymond Aus
tin, Margbfleld, and Charlene Roe,
Arago.
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Çowity pourt Authoçiwq
Red CroM
I’M?
|4r$, D. B. Keeper, head of Produc
Th? cqWU oywrt on Wednesday
tion i for the Red Cross act|v|t(eq
act|vft|eq |n authorized th? county treasurer to
Poquill»
Il v|.(t|nj
v|s|t|ng refaRvgs
ralkHvps pq
qq Ppgej
Ppgef remit to |he. Çoos & Qurry Qouaty
[uil|f R
W°rk w F’1d«y* •* 0*9
Fair bpapl |he sum qf IIMH IO to he
gufld Half continues each week ,rW used a$ premiums for agricultural
|:30 p. m. until 4:|0 p. m There R exhibits at the fair, Sept. 1-3-4, and
sewing la be worked on there and also the $1,461.11 received recently
sewing to be taken out and done at from the Oregon Racing Commission.
home if desired. There is a quantity
of navy yarn for knitters. A need Deserter From Camp Adair
still exists for yam and wool pieces
Picked Up Heye frftqy
for afghans.
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I Twl S- Miner, who was A.W.OL.
Klwin A. Alford, who was in from from Camp Adair near Corvallis
his Sitkum ranch this morning, says was picked up here Aug. 11 and
that it to getting extremely dry out lodged in the county jail until offi-
on the East Fork, making the fire ' cers from the camp arrived next day
hazard more serious all the time.
Ito take him back.
«
,R»OP
months, has handled mure
pi-^j GMU»y In
V>*n 1.00(1 «fork orders far repair and Ciw-uit C.uH
W~.li
modification, qf. damaged heavy
LMUft Last Week
bombers.
| Merton D. Jones, arrested recently
In addition to th« maintenance on the charge of larceny by embezzle-
Wrt WHled «»•> by the Sub-Depot, ment' Pleaded guilty before Judge
it alee supplies the Liberators with all Kln< ln Circuit court last Thursday,
the equipment needed for operation, He wai »entenced to two years in the
The efficiency of thia branch was a P*D and then immediately paroled on
major faetor in a recent report that condition
— that
' * *- he make
‘ monthly pay
the heavy bomber group it services ments of $5Q to Kirk ft CS», until the
had fewer ships on the ground due to »400 is repaid them.
H.AFFy A. Johnson also pleaded
non-availability of parts than any
guilty to the affiliation charge against
other in the division.
him and was ordered by the court to
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Chadwick Ledge, A. F. & A. M. pay $36 g month—or $12 each for his
thyoe children—on or before the 98th
A special communication of Chad
of each month until they each be
wick Lodge, No. $8, A- R * A M- come 14 year» nt age.
k ItoW
to« lodge hall qt
R too« Tuesday, Aug. 32. There
Mrs. Cotton Sella Coquille
wjll De work tn the f. Q, degree and
Property)
Moving To Eugene
visiting brother« are tovited to at-
l«nd.
Mrs Nella B. Cotton, having sold
her real estate and insurance business,
with its office in the Drane Building,
Two Coquillg Homes
to Mrs. Amy Britton, she and her
Have Changed Hands
daughter, Mrs. M. E. Middleton, will
Chas. Kuenzli, of the state high-
leave on Friday for Eugene, where
way department here has sold his
they have bought a home. Frank A.
home on East Third—the old Wimer
(took bought Mrs. Cotton's home here
place—to Mrs. Price and has pur
on Elliott street.
chased ft Mr»- MUto M. Dunn her
fwiite «nd lot on North Coulter.
L. J. Poet returned Monday from
Salem, where he went last Friday to
Mrs Ora Timmons, who has charge
visit hie two sons, both of whom were
of the Timmons Rest Home, has bggQ
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born over in the Cooe Bay country.
quite ill lor several wfttoa *»» R
"of"Vm_Howard''-e^r
Improving po^
js abje ta be up.
Mr. P(Mt reports
Camp Fire Girls ÄI
Bandon For A Week
GLADYS C. GANO
Elsewhere in this issue appears the
advertisement, with pictures, of the
Gano Funeral Home, corner of Third
and Coulter streets. In it the pro
prietor, Mrs. Gladys Gano, announces
that the Gano Funeral Home has been
operated ten years in Coquille, and
she expresses appreciation to those
who, in their sorrow, have made use
of the service offered and a Service,
thia writer can add, which has been
most helpful to the afflicted patrons
of the Gano Funeral Home.
Mornings Now Have That
Usual “Feel of Fall”
This is the time of year the Sen-
tinel has for years repeated the state
ment, “There is a feel of fall in the
morning.** And it is just as true this
August of 1944 as it has been in the
past. The days are still warm, when
the sun gets out, but the thermometer
has not yet reached to quite the 80-
degree mart yet this summer.
Accompanied by their guardian,
Miss Cherie Mae Hartwell, and two
assisting mothers, Mrs. A. O. Walker
and Mrs. V. L. Cornelius, eight mem
bers of the Coquille Camp Fire Girls
went down to Bandon last Sunday
for a week’s stay in Dr. Jas. Rich
mond's cottage on the beach. The
eight girls, who will return home Sun
day evening are Laura Emily Ruble,
Mary Ann Walker, Shirley Cornelius,
Glenora Parsons, Roberta Medley,
Versia Willis, Patty Geaney • and
Betty Foote. •
29th Robison Family Reunion
To Be Held Sunday
The 29th annual reunion of the
Robison clan—and they have not
missed one during the past 28 years
—will be held at the Geo. F. Robison
place on Fishtrap this coming Sun
day, Aug. 20. All members of this
very large family group are expected
to be in attendance for the picnic and
get-together.
B. P. W. To Meet With
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wood, of Eu
Mrs. Richmond Aug. 21
gene, visited at the Timmons Home
The next regular meeting of the
thia week.
,
Coquille Business & Professional
Mrs. Myrtle Clausen returned la«t Women's Club will be held at the
home of Mrs. Georgia Richmond on
week from a California trip.
Beach street next Monday evening,
Aug. 21.
Calling carda, av aor »’ W.
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