The
Sentinel
THE PAPER THAT’S LIKE A LETTER FROM HOME
VOL. XL
COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1944.
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Sen. Guy Cordon
Addressed Dinner
Meeting Tuesday
Coos Registration
Less Than It Was
Four Years Ago
Vern Oderkirk
Injured In Europe
Coquille Woman's { Coquille Learning
Club Enjoys "A Day More About A
With The Red Cross" Coos County Y Unit
Mrs. Vern Oderkirk received a
wire last Saturday, from Canadian
Army headquarters in Ottawa, that
her husband had been injured in the
European theatre, with the added
statement “extent of injuries un
known." He is supposed to be in
a hospital in England. Vern, who
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vern
Oderkirk, Sr., of Coquille, enlisted
in the Canadian Army in July, 1940,
five months before the United States
entered the war and has been over
seas for some time..
His wife and parents are anxious
ly awaiting more news as to his con-
di tian.
Council Again
Turns Down Card
Room License.
■ A fair-sized attendance greeted the
Mrs. R. E. Booher, new presi
Although Coos county registration
A special meeting of the Coquille
for the Nov. 7 election Is 3,600 larger dent of the Coquille Woman's Club, speaker« at the meeting called by the
city council was held Monday eve
than it was for the primary in May, took the chair to conduct her first Inter-Club Committee of Coquille to
ning, in accord with Mayor Wood's
the figures as just tabulated by the regular meeting Tuesday afternoon, consider this city’s participation in
previous promise that the council
county clerk’s office shows this Oct. 10, at the Guild Hall before an a Cooe county Y.M.C.A., with North
would act on the application of C. A.
fall’s registration to be less than it audience of around sixty or more Bend and Marshfield.
Gage for a card room license in B. L.
The meeting was called by the
was for the general election in 1938 representative Coquille women. The
Tracy's building, formerly the W, O.
and 1940.
club has the largest membership in Inter-Club president, Larry Lund
W. building, as soon as all six coun
The total at the close oFthe regis its history this year, 215 paid mem quist, after the Cooe Bay meeting at
cilmen were' able to be present.
which County Superintendent Mul
tration period last Saturday was bers.
Since the filing of Mr. Gage’s
Twenty-five dolalrs was voted to key and Probation Officer J. H.
14,580. Of this number, 7,832 are
petition, which had been signed by
Leonard had been present and the
listed as democrats, 8,335 as republi the War Chest. .
124, was done last week, another pe
A rummage sale to start Nov. 1 In matter was first brought up to en
cans, 165 as Independents and 448
tition had been circulated and it was
expressed no political party predi the rdftm next to the Safeway store large the proposed Cooe Bay Y to
on file Monday.
It contained the
include Coquille, and Myrtle Point
lection.
was announced.
,
names of 252 Coquille citizens, more
A call for cranberry pickers was and Bandon if those communities
In the 448 are included the con
than double the names of those on
the other petition.
;
Stauff, County Judge L. D, Fetoheim, siderable number of service men voiced, anybody and everybody who carted to participate.
C. C. Farr, of Marshfield, and Rob-1
registrations who gave no political will help save the Coos county crop.
The result was the same as it was
A letter was received this wgek a few months ago when Lee Os
| Any time or number of days given ert P. Conklin, of North Bend, were
affiliation.
Last April's total was 10,983, di- ! will relieve aq acute situation, Mrs. here Tuesday evening and the latter from Capt. Jess Barton, somewhere borne's petition for a license caused
vided 5,608 Democrats, 5,225 Repub- | O. C. Sanford announced. Gas will said the move over there wai still in Europe, which he wrote in the a 50-50 division of the council; Gray,
licans, 113 Independents, and 32 . be available and the need for pickers in the “groping” stage, to try and i hospital where he had been taken Pettit and Stark voting tor granting
others.
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'will continue another month. Con- ascertain if a Y could be organized after being hit in the head by shrap the petition, and Purkey, Taylor and
nel on Sept. 18. Hto father, J. S. Burr opposing.
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In 1940 the fall registration to-' tact Evjn Albom for further in in Cooe county.
tailed 16,867 and in 1938 was' formation, she said.
Everett W. Hardin«. Y.M.C.A. as Barton, received a wire from the
As he did previously Mayor Wood,
15.986
The work of the Red Cross afford sociate executive secretary from War Department last week telling heeding the much larger inquest, cast
.That there ar* not fewer people in ed the theme for the program of. Portland, representing the three that Jess had been “slightly in I the deciding vote against granting
Coos county this year thaq there which Mrs. Kennett Lawreqc* was in north w^t «tates, and who has been jured,” and the fact that Jess was | the license.
were four and six years ago is cer charge. Number one place over the In frequent conference with the Coos able to write indicates that hto in
As he had the week previously,
tain, but hundreds or thousands of seven other Cooe county Units has Hay representatives who are work- jury was not serious.
i Attorney J. W. Mclnturff of Marsh-
.them have not had their names en been attained her* during th* last tog on the Y-project, was also here.
I field spoke at some length in favor
I He gave aqpnsiderable talk on the
tered on the registration lists.
year.
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of his client, Mr. Tracy, and the lat
Three Woman’s Club members Y.M.C.A. and the Y W.C.A., which
ter also urged the council to act fa-
have headed the Red Cross depart are linked together in executive man
ments: Mrs. D. B. Kesner as produc agement, and told of the Peninsula Y
Liston Parrish and others present
tion chief, Mrs. J. R. Bunch, surgi area, south of San Francisco, where
The Coquille Red Devils will re spoke in opposition and, aL the con
cal dressings, and Mrs. Phil Alborn several years ago an area which in
ceive their most strenuous test of the clusion of the talks, Councilman
cluded four good-sized towns and
The combined Coqnty War Chest in charge of knitting. Mrs. J. A.
year this coming Saturday, Oct 14, Stark said if a well-signed petition
cities in one Y, and with only one
and National War Fund Drive will Berg is city chairman.
when they meet the North Bend was brought in asking that all card
paid secretary, had been of so much
“
A
Day
with
the
Red
Cross
”
was
begin Friday morning, with a crew
Bulldogs on the latter’s home field, rooms be eliminated in Coquille, as
benefit to the communities and had
of volunteer workers soliciting both cleverly carried out. Seated on the
and no one knows it any better than well as some questionable resorts
grown to sy^h proportions that now
he mentioned, he would vote in fa
the business and residential districts platform were’groups at work. Mrs.
Coach Leslie and his squad.
Bunch and her three workers, hifch- the area had four paid secretaries
of Coquille and vinclty. Each per
The members of the team, all 26 vor pf such action.
while still maintaining but one Y
No other business came before the
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son who is working is asked to con
of them, who have had enlightening
organization.
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meeting.
tribute half a day’s wage..
The
experience in two games already this
Mr. Harding explained that the
quote for Coquille to $4800. Co-oper
fall, have been practicing steadily
Y supervisory council for the area
ation of ail'wage earners and busi
and earnestly this week, on new
*"which he to one of the secretaries,
ness men will find that quota
plays and improvement of older ones,
1 not be concerned to how many
reeSheri. CostorflMittona to the com
< 11—> tn i mg
i
.
recreatioh centers there were in
of themelsves at North Bend and
bined fund will make each giver a
Clarence Coe, of Marshfield, Coos
velopment future of Coos county.and partner to one of the most worthy county war finance committee chair - Coot county, ft the program goes here’s hoping they can maintain
western Oregon lies in a practicable causes. Coquille, Coos County, the ‘ man. received notification last weèk through, that local affairs would be their championship climb, although
administration of the O. A C. lands, State, the Nation and the World will : of a state conference October 18 and entirely to the hands of the Y board, no one expects it to be another Wl-0 •
so that the Umber on those lends beneflt.
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score.
Chairman of the National Clti-
19 in Portland to plan Oregon’s part
will be a continuing asset for gener
George Changy, local drive chair in the Sth war loan. The drive is
| son’s P. A. C. in Oregon for some
ations.
man, has stressed the fact that this scheduled for November 20 through
time, presumably by appointment of
He said the U. 8. government can drive serves to eliminate duplication
December 16.
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Hillman, has been Sheldon Sackett,
not be run lor the people unless it to of effort, reduce expenses and con
Over-all goal was announced as
publisher of the Cooe Bay Times.
run by those people, and that our serve manpower.
Many agencies $14,000,000,000. Five billion dollars
Portland P. A. C. and C. I. O. mem
government will be just as good as whose sole labor is for the good of
^Honoring Mrs. Ella Robinson on
is Set as the goal for Individuals, of
The grand jury which met on bers said they have not had con
the people insist it shall be. “We humanity will be aided through this
which $2,500,000,000 must be raised her 98th birthday, Oct. 9, a group of Tuesday this week, preceding the tacts with him and haven’t fny idea
have had too much government in fund.
Pamphlets naming and ex in E bonds. Marketable issues will relatives and friends gave a party
opening of the October term of Cir what he to doing for the cause.
business and social life because of the plaining these agencies have been
be on sale from December 1 to De for her Monday afternoon at the cuit court, had but one case brought
war," the Senator declared, “and left at each door by Boy Scout volun
Timmons Rest Home, which the aged
cember 16.
Dr. J. B. Mattnews, research di
before it and an indictment was re
that, if continued, leads to dictator teers. Mr. Chaney asks that “We
Oregon’s quota has not yet been Fishtrap pioneer and all-her friends turned
rector of the house committee inves
against
Thomas
Carlyle
ship, a condition of government we read them—and give generously!”
thoroughly enjoyed.
set.
un-American
activities.
White, the charge being “driving an tigating
are now approaching."
Coquille and her citizens will wish
A splendid lunch, topped off with
charged Thursday that 119 members
automobile
while
under
the
influence
He does not like any part of the to do their part Everyone shoulcfbe Committee Named To
a large white birthday cake, helped
of the C. I. O. national citizens po
of intoxicating liquor.”
New Dea! which, by multiplying and ready to receive the solicitor at his
make the occasion still more enjoy
Seek Craaberry Pickers
After they had considered and re litical action committee have had ad-
increasing bureaus, attempts to run door and to make his contribution.
able and Mrs. Robinson was the re
ported on this case Judge King ex filiations with 245 “communist or
A Citizens' Committee met at the cipient of many lovely gifts.
all sections of the country by re
cused 'them subject to call, but communist-controlled organizations ’’
County
Agent
’
s
office
in
Coquille
mote control when those in the bu Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Chaney
Those present for the'affahr were
Matthews submitted to the com
with
the prospect that their grand
Monday evening for the purpose of Cleta Holland, Thelma Cribble, Lu-
reaus know nothing of local prob
mittee a chart which he said showed
Sell Their Apartment House
jury duty was over for this year.
mapping
a
plan
of
action
to
help
lems.
cina Bell, Burnis Gulsteln, Eva
that 26 members of the national
Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Geo. H. Chaney, relieve the cranberry labor shortage
Hickam, Ida May Steward, Amela
He said that Labor now has 12
committee headed by Sidney Hill
through
the
J.
S.
Barton
agency,
Jast
in
the
Bandon
area.
Evan
Albom
Three
Fire
Calls
The
Past
Miller, Frances Holmstrom, Juanita
different governmental agencies deal
man have been affiliated with ten
ing with its problems, that neither week sold their 11-unit apartments, was made chairman of the following Gartin, Irma Halter, the hostess, Ora Week—No Damage Done
or more communist front organiza
committee:
Oryin Gant,
Ernest Timmons, and two children, Ralph
northeast
of
the
high
school
and
employer nor employee can operate
Three fire alarms the past week tions. He testified that the affilia
James, Mrs. Bard Kesner, Mrs. O. C. Holland and Shirley Steward.
without the other, and that one Is I adjoining their 'home, to W. H.
called the department out on Fri tions by all national citizens political
just as important, for government Eveland, who has taken possession Sanford, Mrs. Jas. Richmond and
day, Saturday and Tuesday evenings, action committee members named
Fred
Bull.
Geo.
H.
Jenkins,
Rus
and to now operating it.
consideration, as the other.
Tax Payments For 1944-45
but there was no damage at any of totaled 942.
sell Adams and S. K. Seeber were
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them.
Can Be Made Next Monday
"I think it to fair to characterize
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also
in
attendance.
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to be done in Washington, D. C., and
Last
Friday
evening
some
one
saw
the
national citizens political action
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w— Yesterday
________ , , There is a critical „„„
Assessor Charles Forrest turned
Harrison Greenoughs
need for cran-
that he will represent all of Oregon,
committee as a communist-front
Word
was
received
last
evening
berry
pickers
.
in
the
Bandon
are.
over
to
A.
O.
Walker
to
the
Tax
u was receivtKi last evening
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Viiin«**
every section, if the voters so decide.
and ____
Mrs. _.
F. L. Greenough
*nd, if sufficient help
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X Organization having as its object-
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JBM to not made Department last week the 1944-45
He declared there should not be an by Mr. ____ ___
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*es on rront street, but the tive working the way of communists
that a son l -
had
been "bom that day, * available immediately, th*
the ernwen
growers tax
tax rolls,
rolls, and
and the
the latter
latter stated
stated ves-
yes- la —
overwhelming majority of either
a_ into the democratic party,” the di
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i was reported in such
Oct. 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Harrison ,<:*nd
loae P“rt of • war «» ~ senli*1 terday
that _____________
the tax office ________
would be
party in Congress, that if he were a
The above committee will ready to begin receiving payment on way that P“rt
the ^ire crew went rector told the committee.
New Dealer, which he most em Greenough at Seattle, Wash. The;cr°P-
Matthews listed the 245 “front”
ry 'effort
'effort lo
lo assist
assist in
in recruit-
recruit- (
' the
current taxes next Monday, Oc- .out to l^e Coquille Auto Park and
make every
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phatically to not, that he would wish boy has been named William Tailant
the rest to the Front street cabins groups to if categories, such as
ing
pickers
in
the
Coquille
area.
.
tober
16.
for a sufficient number of Republi and to their first child.
where a bucket of water was all that “fronts dealing with racial, refugee
cans in Senate and House to main
was necessary to extinguish the and alien questions,” and “fronts
After an abeence of 17 years, Mrs.
tain a balance, it would mean bet Ray Smith, daughter ’ Hazel of Mrs.
blaze. No one could report how it for defense, support, or honoring of
ter consideration of legislation. He Jennie Price, came in Sunday from
started.
avowed communists.”
referred to Oregon as a balance her home in Seattle to Visit her
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Oh Saturday evening the call was
wheel, a state normally Republican mother; her sister, Mr«. H. S. Nor
to the Mattoon home on Spurgeon Interesting Services at Assembly
but which occasionally has gone ton, and other relatives and friends
Hill, where a flue was burning out,
Of God Church 'Will Continue
Demdcratic.
I and it was the same kind of a fire
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here.
Her three children are all
The opening services at the As
Tuesday evening, about 7:45, the
The senator said he had been in grown and she is a grandmother of
house being at the end of Schroeder sembly of God Church with the
Congress for seven months, but that two, one of the youngest-looking
Wood Evangelistic Party were well
street, below the county bam..
he to not a statesman; that he has a grandmothers we have seen around
attended Sunday in both the mom-
general understanding of the prob here for some time.
tog and evening meetings.
Those
lems of government and believes
J. E. Axtell Left On
to
attendance
felt
the
enthusiasm
of
permit
smaller
vessels,
of
25-foot
that at the end of the war the Allies
Monday For Chicago
the revival and the pastor believes
must formulate and adopt plans draft say, to enter -and leave, bear
Jos. E. Axtell, who is president of these services will be of lasting ben
which will preclude the possibility of ing freight, supplies, equipment and
the Oregon Titlemen's Association, efit to the church ,and conununity.
another World War. Also that the lumber products.
left by train from Marshfield Monday Mr. and Mrs. Wood both sing and
His concluding remark was that
United States must have such an ideal
nigbt for Chicago, where he will be preach a Bible- message that brings
system of government that the other he wishes to be of service to all of
the Oregon representative of the inspiration and joy. Their two chil
Oregon.
nations can look to it for guidance.
state title association at the annual dren will also be singing throughout
Before sitting down the ¿enator
Referring again to Cooe county
convention of the American Title As the special meetings. Prayer will be
matters, the senator said the devel said he wished to recommend to the
sociation which opens its sessions on offered for the sick and Mr. Wood
opment of southwestern Oregon is voters of Oregon the selection of
Friday this week. He expected to will be relating some definite cases
tied up with the development of Wayne Mosse as senator and added
of divine healing.
be back in Coquille on the 20th.
that
Harris
Ellsworth,
present
con
greater shipping in and out of Coos
Courtesy C oon Ray Harbor
The services will continue nightly
Bay, and he wants to help, as senator, gressman from this, district and a !
Sen.
Guy
Cordon,
facing
the
camera
and
talking
to
’
f.
O.
Toon,
presi-
except
on Monday and Saturday.
Big
Dance
next
week
—
Sat.,
Oct.
republican
candidate
for
re-election,
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the settting up of a coastwise devel
opment of bays and river harbors, to one of the five outstanding mem- | dent of the Coast Fuel Corporation, Monday when the latter officially 21, at Coquille Community Building, The public to invited to attend.
Sponsored by Junior
such as at Bandon, Port Orford, ben of the House of Representatives opened the company's new mine five miles south of Marshfield, where the Good Music!
1 first machine-mined coal in Coos county to-to be produced.
Woman’s Club.
Gold Beach and to the north as will I Washington, D. C.
Senator Guy Cordon was the guest
of honor at a dinner meeting in the
Coquille Hotel Coffee Shop Monday
noon which taxed the capacity of the
dining room, every seat being taken
by ladies and men from all over the
county who wished to hear Oregon's
junior senator, who to a candidate
for election next month.
• R. A, Jeub was toastmaster for the
occasion and before the dinner intro
duced Wm. E. Watoh,
republican
candidate Nr
as state
senator from
r; Fred C.
True, republican ^andMate for coun-
Copt. Jess Barton
Hit By Shrapnel
Red Devils At
North Bend Saturday vor^&
War Chest Drive
To Begin Friday
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F4 Billion The
6th War Loan Ann <.
Party For Elderly
Lady, 98th Birthday
Sen. Cordon At Coast Fuel Mine Opening
Grand Jury Found
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