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MY, MARCH g, 1943.
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Commission To
Make A Survey.
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lifers On Which
ofC. Will Work
iring Year 1945
Council Session Held
Monday---To Set
Fixed Rental Charges
President Evan Alborh had quite
Councilman George A. Ulett, st
Monday evening** council session, re­ a program arranged for the Chamber
ported on the March 3 meeting of ef Commerce session in the Coffee
which he is chairman,
the other Mop Tuesday noon and there were
member* present being Dr. J. D. 39 present for the dinner.
Rankin, Don Farr and J. A. Moore.
The list ’ of guests included "Dr?
The latter was named a* secretary of
the commission.
In the report which is printed be­
low the “survey” mentioned refer* to
the questioning of a goodly percen­
tage of Coquille residents as to their
ideas on what Coquille should start
planning now for the future, and the
report 1* herewith presented with
the hope that it will inaugurate a
discussion among our citizens as to
what is moat
needed,
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most greatly n
ee d ed, aqdL.
and
also that local people will be consid- •and B- L. Stewart to make comments
ering the question of future plan- , aqf suggestions for the various cham-
ning ancb will bo ready to gjve their torn committee* activities this year,
opinions, in a concrete form, when Aatong Mr. Wood’s suggestions for
the “survey" is made.
Cqquille action were the need for a
The following are extracts from the federal postoffice building, an air­
minutes of the March 3 meeting:
port, a new court house, a museum.
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With Mayor Wood and all council­
men preeent Monday evening, the
city dads spent considerable time dis­
cussing what the city must charge
for dances held in the Community
Building, whether those dances are
as—
The question came up when Mr.
Ulett reported that the two unions
at the plant wished to hold a get-
together and dance there in the near
future and it wag left to him to make
satisfactory arrangement* with the
two unfam committees. %_.■
A letter from the State Health
Department was read. It stated that
‘ deputies from the department would
be in Coquille soon, as requested by
th* city, to make a survey of the
milk situation here and inspect all
dairies and dealers' plants.
The council ordered that a call for
bids be made for a waxing and
fl nor-polishing msehins which Is
• floor. The adv. appsgg* s|sewteere in
Rotarians To Rebuild
J.E.
Lee Hand Gets
Medical Discharge
Lee Hand, who had seen 14 months
of service with the Navy in the South
Pacific, arrived back here last Thurs­
day morning, accompanied |>y Mrs.
Hand who had been living in San
Francisco. Lee had arrived in San
Francisco on Jan. 18, and on Jan. 34
received his medical discharge from
the service.
On their way beck to the old home
town they stopped in Klamath Falls
'to viist Mr. and Mrs. Don Gillespie
and in Vale, Ore., to visit Mr.
and Mrs. Drue Cunningham.
Lee expects, after a couple of
weeks here, that he wiM return to
Klamath Falls and probably locate
Phil Alborn said the enlargement
of the boat house, considered last
year, was greatly needed, that all
1 available space is now used.
Mr. Stewart referred to the Retail
Trade committee as one which can
produce better relations and co­
operation between business firms
here and between merchants and
farmers.
That committee should
also urge fair trsde, practices; that it
is really a Public Relations commit­
tee.
The Mineral Resources committee
should ascertain what mineral* exist
in the surrounding territory, what
use can be made of them and then
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gaged in that business.
To sell Coquille to ourselves as
well a* to outsiders is an important
job .for the Publicity committee, Mr.
.» Judge King on Tuesday this week Stewart said, and to give publicity
excused the petit jury subject to call to what the Chamber of Commerce
and then ordered that a new grand is doing.
The two clergy guests stated that
jury be drawn. Those whose names
all
ministers are supporting the C. of
were on the slips drawn out by
C., and Mr. Parrish added that he
County Clerk Oddy were:
. Jthr Arnold, Geo. W. Hoffman, greatly appreciates the spirit in Co­
Lolo T. King, an'of Myrtle Point; quille and pointed to the fact that
Carolyn F. Gray, Mildred M. McCune the Chifrch of Christ expects to have
a new church building after the war.
and Alice Robb, all of Coquille,
Dr. Stevenson spoke briefly and
C. W. Wolcott, of Coos Bay.
referred - to Coquille business men
as a "live-wire bunch.”
* Lafe Compton called attention to
the need of a "Myrtle Lane" com-
l mittee to work with the State High-
|way Department, and Prs. Alborn
agreed* to the suggestion by naming
Lafe as chairman of such a commit­
tee, with authority to appoint the
other members to work dth him.
The others guests and visitors also
were called upon AJ* sr-uke briefly.
New Grand Jury
Drawn Tuesday
The request of I. W. Newton for a
price on the city-owned Lot S, Block
3. Supplemental Plat to Academy Ad­
dition, was referred to the Finance
committee with power to act. Be­
sides county taxes, the city has over
|«0 invested in the lot which was
taken over by the city in 1943 for
non-payment of the Eleventh street
sewer assessment*.
The city’s Division of Public Safety
reported that thè sidewalk on the
north side of Fifth street, between
Henry and Elliott—at the north end
of th* Henry street bridge—is in a
dangerous condition. The street de­
partment wa* ordered to take it
down and burn the old rotten lum­
ber.
A restaurant license was granted
Al Jone* for the Coffee Shop, hi*
31.00 being on deposit, even though
he left town Saturday night and
will not continue it* operation.
It wa* ordered that the water de­
partment crew install the meter
boxes for water users on Sanford
Heights and that the M OO charge be
added »to their monthly water bill.
Another discussion of charges for
dances in the Community Building
came* up when the matter of refund­
ing Ml-13 to the Junior Woman’s
Club for their recent March of Dime*
dance wa* mentioned.
Heretofore
dance* for charitable purpose* have
not paid for use of the building and,
as the ladies had been Informed of
that policy, they requested the refund
that it might be turned over to the I
infantile paralysis fund. The coun­
cil voted that the Ml-12 should be
refunded.
Milburn Stout, of Portland, a
Claire M. Gray, Senior and Junior,
Coquille.
last
**BenH Cutlip Died At His
Coos River Ranch Monday
Lorenzo A. (Ren) CuUip, promin­
ent North Bend business man and
former mayor of that city, was found
dead alongisde his tractor on his
Coo* river ranch Monday afternoon.
He was SO year* vt age and a heart
attack was the cause of his passing.
Mr. Cutlip was well and mo*t fa­
vorably known by many Coquille
people, as well as all over southwest­
ern Oregon and his sudden demise is
regretted by all who knew him.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Stella Cutlip; their two children; hi*
father, S. B. CuUip of Coos Bay,
three brothers and two sister*.
Friday
morning.
The