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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1945)
ley Senthei THE PAPER THAT'S LIKE J'1... . Coos Bay Lu Co. Statement As To Ils Purchase of Smith Wood-Products - Date of Operation Is Still Indefinite ....... ...... 11 II I I I 450 Are Out At Local Plant Holidays For Pupils, Not For Teachers Red Devils Meet Cavemen Friday Beauty of Grove Impressed Caravan Visitors Sunday The nation-wide A. F. of Thursday and Friday, October 4 Spike and his squad travel to in which it la reported that a and 5, are to be holidays for school Grants Paas to play our first game workmen are now participating, ii- children of Coos and Curry counties, on September 28th, Friday, at 8 p. m. fects Coquille and the Smith plant but not for teachers. The latter will The cancellation of the game with here, now owned by the Coos Bay be In atteendance at the Coos-Curry As announced for the first time in The Sentinel last Lumber Co., to the number of 490, Regional Conference which will be Ashland gave the team another A caravan of twenty or more cars, week's practice before starting the week, the Smith Wood-Products plant here and all its timber who walked out this week. held to the auditorium of the Marsh season. This extra practice will Kelp carrying about 75 Interested persons, holdings in Coos and Curry counties have been sold to the There was no piicket line at first field High School in Coos Bay. to give more of the players a chance made the trip Sunday afternoon up Coos Bay Lumber Company. The following is the statement. but when the trucks continued to The program will begin at 8:00 to Brummett creek to view the proposed get some game experience. released by the Coos Bay Lumber Company this week in haul wood and lumber from there, fc. m. with a 15-mlnute opening of Grants Pass, being the larger Myrtlewood State Park. The cara regard to the deal: --------- the president of the district A. F. of music, followed by an address by school, will have a bigger squad van formed in Coquille at 1:80 L. council ordered that pickets be Dr. Dillin, president of Linfield Col than ours aand will bg playing on o’clock, each car displaying a large A deal was arranged in Portland stationed and this was done Tuesday lege, who will speak of his experi their home field but if the old “T" placard bearing the words, “State yesterday for the Coos Bay Lumber noon. ence as one of the Economic Con clicks like it did last year, we have Myrtle Park Caravan." They went Company to purchase the Smith There have been no disturbances sultants in the San Francisco Peace a good chance of coming home with by way of Myrtle Point where they Wood-Product Company's mills and Several questions of general inter of any kind and both management Conference, and Dr. Frank W. Parr a victory. Of course, in addition to were joined by several more in cars. timber located in Coos and Curry The roads to Brummett creek were est to merchants extending credit and men hope that this peaceful con Will speak on the accomplishments the football spirit at a game, we must counties and including a small were presented during the discussion dition may continue until a settle of the O* S. T.A. have a good rooting section, so found to be in excellent condition amount of timber in Douglas county period, conducted by D. E. Rackleff, ment of their differences has been Another address of the first day as many students as possible should and the caravan soon covered the that has always been considered a when the Coquille Credit Association reached. Some of those engaged in will bo given by Dr. Laurence Bee try to be thert and support the team. 25-mlle drive to the Gray ranch part of the Coos county operations. where the cars were left. By »pri met for luncheon in the Coffee Shop the strike predict that the plant will ef Reed — College. -------__ His subject is A deal was also arranged for the < on Monday. President Don Farr not be able to resume operations be “The Challenge of OtTrent Social The above is from the Coquille Hi- vate road through that farm, for Coos Bay Lumber Company to pur about a quarter of a mile to his be^k presided at a very brief business fore the first of the year, but there Change » in the Family." | The speak- Times, just out this week. chase the Laird, Benham and Laird meeting preceding the discussion pe is pothing definite nor positive about ing will be interspered with com Coach Leslie stated this morning 30 seres, the party entered an area Logging operations and timber in riod. Several guests were Introduced that munity singing led by Miss Helen that his backfield is light but fast. of cut-over myrtle, which have Coos county. It is now contemplated at that time. McPherson and violin music by Mrs. The line is heavier than last year’s, grown up again to form a beautiful that the Coos Bay Lumber Company Members of the Association were Helen Horner Mason, Brookings, ac- * averaging about 165 pounds per man. grove. will take possession of these proper Continuing on throtMh this grove gratified by the report that the local companied by her mother, Mrs. | Four of the boys—Blum, DeNoma, ties as of October 1, if titles and I Boots and Kline—have had expert- into a large ,e box canyon, cany°n. the tha i visitors group is the most outstanding in the Frances Horner. other matters can be completed by _ .J trees, entire District No. 10, and is making The business session will be con- once, but Spike has been drilling . _ ‘entered the stand of myrtle that time. which so much haa has been , them every night and those with less ' about ,w hlch *° ***" talked a pattern closely watched and copied The sudden passing of Francis R. ducted by the officers of the Coos J Operating plans will be announced by other organizations. They were Larimer on Monday, September 24, County Teachers association whot experience are rounding into shape, recently. These tree« are largest «nd after these properties are definitely especially complimented on their Larry Lillebo, North Bend,, with prospects for a good showing most magnificent that the great ma at 2:00 a. m., at the age of 4s years. are: placed under our ownership. . jority of the group had ever seen. . newspaper publicity stories and ad- jn the Sacred Heart to president; Guy Shellenbarger, Coos this year. COOS BAY LUMBER COMPANY Izora The first team is composed* of The grove covers about 100 acres, vertislng. This information was giv- Eugene, came as a *taci<tad decided shock to t~ Bay, vice-president; Miss en by Manager N. P. McDonald, who* hfr wife Ind friends. He had not Gregory, Coos Bay, secretary-treas Jack Blum, «enter; Kenneth Neeley along both sides at Brummett creek George A. Ulett, manager of the urer. and Wayne Chezem, guards; Stacy and lends itself naturally to a park recently returned from a business been feeling as well as usual plant here for the past 17 years, On the second day the program Johnson, M. Williams, tackles; Floyd development. The high rocky cliffs and vacation trip. The business in- to Eugene two weeks ago for I stated Wednesday morning that al! will be given over to departmental DeNoma, Bob Jinklns, ends; George surrounding the park area and the eluded a meeting in the Astor Hotel, Cal check-up. He was Infor employees of the company would be troupe, there being an out-of-county Johnson, quarter; Tom Boots, Walter beautiful border of old-growth fir, in Astoria, of all the collection heart was causing his trou paid in full today and the former< with colorful maples intermingling, dissuasion leader for each of the di Kinney, half; Dave Kline, full. agencies in a large portion of Ore- had called his wife to say ownership would have nothing more 1 jgon and Washington. At this meet- in the hospital had benefit visions as follows: Substitutes are: Don Aasen, c; Jack gave it a very attractive aettlng. The to do with the plant operations nor Cliff Morgan, g; Glen floor of the canyon and the myrtle Language Arts—Discussion leader, Buckles, ing plans were made for a statewide M much, he could come h have any say as to when operations Miss Helen Schaper, chairman, Knight, Hugh McKinney, t; Bill wood area is comparatively level policing system to keep up-to-date on the bus alone. He did no would start again. Train, Clifford Billings, Harry Slack, and It can easily be developed into the shifting population and “skip” Sunday evening as echedul (Continued on page nine) The information given out by the debtors. Sixty agencies were repre- the meMage of hii death e; Bobby Taylor, q; Bud Buckles, a lovely park. y ,... . local management did not say what The proposal park site to on O. A Richard Parrish, Robert Shrag, h; rented. his wife early Monday. the deal involved financially, but the C. lands which can be readily se Rex Pierce, f. Dick Barklow consented to conduct is,, Larimer went dir« daily press has given the amount as cured for park purposes if enough the question period when the Credit • Eugene, to accompany the I being two end one-half million dol Association holds its next meeting interest in Its preservation to shown. 4^1«, for interment lars, the figure being released in Each person in the caravan* was on October 8. Kansas City, Mo., where Ralph L. definitely of the pinion that the na Geo. H. Chaney made an informal Smith, the president of Smith Wood- tural beauty and grandeur of the talk on Mexico as the entertainment Products, Inc., r e si des and who has myrtle grove should be set aside as a feature of the Rotary Club meeting many other interests in that i At the last regular meeting of Co state park and preserved far posterity at the hotel on WwinMdaT The opinion as expressed ths M* fan-lbw gaairiiliM to ohm . - Mr and Mrs Chaney made the quille Post M, Amsrisan largely in Coquille is that trip to Mexico City recently by following officers were installed: A. S. Hardenbraok brought in to for of all the proparty to the Coos train, returning by plane and, ac- Wm. J. B. Hoad, commander; Arthur Bay Lumber Company will be moot the Sentinel office Tuesday morn Clarence cording to George the latter is the G. Erickson, first vice; beneficial to Coquille as that com ing one of the greatest potato ex Mobile Health Unit Will , only pleasant way to make the trip. Knupp, second vice; E. E. Irvin, pany, with its sustained timber yield hibits we have ever seen. He brought Be In Coquille Before Long c Mr. Chaney’s talk was illustrated adjutant; Frank DeCosta, sergeant- policy, will have logs and timber for the vine—a Late Rose—which had st-arms; Roy C. Morley, historian. in a manner a ------- series of At 8:00 o’clock on Monday evening . . 5 ■ with -• — - pic- years and years to come, with which stood 5H feet high in his garden on the Coos County Public Health Aas’n. ltuP“ that Commander Head and the Legion brought back and his to operate the two mills and plywood North Willard, not bottom but up held Its monthly meeting. Ropreeen- <tocription* <* P°Utical, archi- wish to extend an Invitation to all land. He brought in eleven large ex-service men to become members. potatoes, all of which grew on the tativq. from Cod. Bay, North Brito, A social progi am is planned fur the Uvrtl. Point «nzt Cnoniiia narttni. Mexico showed the result of keen ob one vine and the planting of which special benefit of World War II servation. was on June 4. Harry Chapman, president of the Veterans in the near future. Regular * In addition to the 11 large spuds Coos Bay-North Bend Rotary club attendance of the new members to .there were 20 potatoes of a second A most important meeting of all and district manager of the telephone therefore greatly desired. crop on the same vine, many of them school directors and clerks of Coos company, was a guest and explained being as large as a hen egg. Two and Curry counties was held at the system by which his company Work In Local O. P. A. of the matured spuds'were about ten Washington School, September 26. now handles all incoming messages Office Has Been Reduced Louie Hooker, who was up here inches long and In circumference to This group was organized and held under contract with the Western from his cranberry bog near Bandon match the length. The local Office of Price Adminis periodic meetings prior to the war Union. on Monday, said that he had just tration announces the removal of the but had ceased to hold meetings due Other Rotarian guests were H. C. received a piece of equipment from Price Division to the Coos Bay office to the gas shortage. Rev. G. A. Gray Able To . The county Obye, district forester of Grants nil brother Droiner in Oakland, vasiana, Calif., vain., which wrucn - his on September 28. After October 1, school superintendent’s office Ap not only picks cranberries but sorts IritoW MMsa Kalla »MEltal Pass. anti. Geo. Moore, lumberman of the local office will handle only busi pointed a nominating committee, Petaluma, Calif. Local guests were and cleans them in the same opera The hundreds of friends of the Rev. ness concerning ration books, shoes, previous to the meeting, composed County Clerk L. W. Oddy and Bob I tion.' If it works satisfactorily, and G. A. Gray were happy to learn of Jenkins and George Johnson, of the ' rationed foods, sugar and tires. Mrs. of C. G. Caughell, Coquille, clerk; it probably will, there should be his dismissal from the Belle Knife Carla Savage will retain desk space Adrian Halter, Arago, director; C. C. High School football team. quite a demand in Coos county for Hospital, Wednesday afternoon. The in the office to care for this list of McCurdy, Cunningham, director. In the absence of President O. L. such a machine, as the cranberry nurses felt they were losing a fine The John A. Barretts Had things but U. E. McClary is taking Newly - elected officers are: presi Wood, Vice President Geo. R. John acreage is increasing here every year. patient when his' gallant figure over the store room for the same type dent, Ivan Laird, Sltkum; vice-presi son had charge of the meeting. walked down the hall and was as Thrilling Plane Trip West of business he formerly carried on dent, Fred Kruse. North Bend; sec.- John A. Barrett, A.M.M. 2/c, to t ■ 1 " ■■.......... ■ ■ ' ■ ■ * sisted down the stairs. Although he I Roy A. Wernich Able To there, dealing in electrical appli treas., Mrs. Ray Jeub, Coquille. must wear a steel support on his back gether with his wife, Violette, and Suffers Broken Arm In Auto Go On Trip To San Francisco ances. Geo. Huggins of Coos Bay, presi baby son, David John, flew here re for some time, he is sble to Sit up R. A. Wernich left last Friday on and to walk around. Of course, he cently from the Naval Air Station Collision Saturday Night dent of the state association, told of a business trip to Los Angeles, ex will have to rest most of the time. at Smart Field in Portage Des Souix, the important matters discussed at Mrs. E, A. Walker has been in > The Call Family Knew Nothing pecting to be south for about two the state meeting he* recently at Mr. Gray fractured his vertebrae Missouri, upon his release from the the hospital since Saturday evening About Their Flue Fire weeks. Though not yet fully re when he fell from a myrtle tree he service. They are viisting at the when she suffered an upper right The fire department call at seven tended. A resolution was passed to covered from injuries received three was topping in his back yard oo home of Mrs. Barrett's parents, Mr. arm fracture when a car, driven by o'clock Wednesday morning was to cooperate with the state association weeks ago in an automobile collision August 18. and Mrs. Frank Carrillo. Barrett a boy named Skeen, crashed into the Velorous Call home at S9S North to work for an amendment to the near Coos Bay, he was able to travel trained at tabaniss Field, Corpus the O. T. Gant car at a Henry street Henry street, where the fireplace constitution which would provide -------- 1 — in more or less comfort. His main / Christi, Texas, when he first left intersection. Mr. Gant was driving flue and chimney burned out. Neigh state school support. difficulty besides a knee injury to Fruit Trees Bear At Attendance was scattered from all Coquille; but has been at the station and Mrs. Gant and Mr. Walker, the bors turned • in the alarm before the the discomfort from three fractured Early Age At Bandon in Missouri for some time. Their other passengers in the car, were family knew anything about it and over the area, with Two Mlle. Re ribs, two of which were broken in Mrs Herman Brown, who was in plane was forced down by a fierce not injured, nor was his car very the blaze was nearly out when the mote, Beach View and Sltkum some two places. Mrs. George Maynard Coquille Monday morning from Ban storm in Des Moines, Iowa, where it badly damaged. of the outlying districts represented. department arrived. accompanied by Mrs. Ted Toom, don, was showing a couple of de was grounded for several hours. It Those districts which had one hun drove her father to Eugene, where he licious-looking Rochester p eaches was quite sn experience for Mrs. Herb Wood To Open A Corp. Jim Howe got home last dred, per cent attendance were: Co was fortunate enough to get a can which grew on a tree set out on their Barrett on her first plane trip, as quille, Charleston, McKinley, East Friday noon on a fifteen-day fur celed Pullman reservation. • place last Februsry. She' also said well as for the fine young fellow Paint Shop In Roseburg side^ Delmar, Coaledo and Norway. lough from Yuma, Arizona, where he Herbert E. Wood was over here The total attendance was 105. Curry that they had one Red June apple, whose first birthday occurred in Au is stationed. He ig taking a course from Roseburg this week packing up The Lewis Wilshire family moved perfect in coloring and taste, from a gust. ' county was represented by seven in radar mechanics. Jim was home his painting equipment and stock for last Saturday from the A. H. Grimes tree which was also set out in Feb members, Douglas by two. last April on an emergency furlough Logan Kay Released From shipment over there today. He now house on Coulter street, north of the ruary. during his father's illness. Mrs. plans to open a shop in the Douglas Catholic church, to the former E. T. Jap Prison—Is O. K. Howe stated she is expecting s visit capital, his contract for work on the Stelle house at SOO Knowlton avenue, Helen Endicott has returned from next week from her daughter, Eu Word received from Mrs. Logan Veterans’ Home there having been the sale of which was recently made Portland and has accepted a posi nice, Mrs. Gene Boniksen, and baby, Kay this week was that she had re one of the many the government has by the Geo. E. Oerding agency. tion in the telephone office again« ceived a telegram from Washington Richard, from their nome in Port since Western Union has moved its stating that Logan had been released cancelled. land. Mr. and Mrs. G. RusseU Morgan, service there from the'Southern Pa from a Jap prison camp and that he A New Janitor At The who left Coquille several years ago cific Depot. Betty Reed has also was O. K. Ray Kirkendall, BM lie, has been to make their home in Hillsboro, returned to the office. released from the service by the point Logan was on Wake island, with High School Is Being Sought where he practices law, psme in Sat the same construction battalion that School District, No. 8, is sdvertis- I system and is at home in Coquille urday for a week or ten days, during Johnny Kirk of Brewster valley was ing for someone to act as janitor at I once more, having arrived here Tues- which they expect to do considerable * J with, when the Jape captured that the Coguiile High School, Frank F. , day. fishing. island, and both have been released. Schram having recently tendered his 1 The reception for the teachers With the safety of George Maiden resignation as janitor to the school Corp. Walter Lalte, Radar Technl- qullle last Saturday again to make assured, it is stated that the only directors, He has not announced . which was announced Sunday, has an, came in Sunday evening to j their home here. They are temporar- local boy now unaccounted for is what he intends ddtng but he felt been changed from Friday, Sep tarn- eight days with his family ily living with her mother, Mrs. Mae “Bud” Gaffey. son of Mrs. Hattie that he must give up the position on . ber 28, to Tuesday, October 2, at 7:00 Ensele, on North Heath street Gaffey, of thia city. account of his health. 'p. m. in Pioneer Hall. Local Credit Bureau Most Outstanding ; F. R. Larimer Passes Suddenly At Eugene Chaney Talks On Trip To Mexico Legion Invites War II Veterans Most Unusual Exhibit Of Spuds f A Machine Which Is Almost Human Met Here Yesterday