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Parking Problem - tfiurdi Christmas 7 Coquille Valley Bulb Growers Organize
Appears Easing
Service Attracts . ' Group To Grade, Certify and Market
The parking problem in the down
town area of Cequille, appears to be '
easing, according to local merchants
who have been cooperating with the 1
city council in the newly organized
commttteework to combat the over
parking and double parking prnhUgh.
According to merchants many out-
of-towners remarked during tee
Christmas rush about the availability
of parking space, and voiced their 0»
predation of the work the counejl
had done to give them opportunity
to find room to shop in Coquille.
Painting of thenew 15 to 30 minute
parking strips will start soon, tee
council has announced. At the pres
ent time all-day parking to allowed
on Willard and part of Second street
The Christmas Eve service of the
St. James’Episcopal church attracted
am of the largest groups of wor-
shippers ever to attend such a service
in Coquille, Monday evening.
The solemn beauty of the sacred
moment was held in the services
under the vicar, the Rev. Robert L.
Greene, who had as his choral group
a newly formed St. James’ choir.
At 11:18 before the starting of the
services, the robed choir sang Christ
mas earoto in front of the church.
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lord who lost 40 head of sheep to
both bear and coyotes; Mrs. Leona
G. Bryant who lost all of her lambs;
Lawrtence Jennings of Remote who
lost from 125 to 135 lambs.
This report given The Sentinel by
the Livestock Association covers
only one end of the county. Accord
ing to officers of the association there
have been severe looses in other parts
of the county also.
The Livestock Association pointed
out that no blame to to be attached
to the work of Victor Howard, gov
ernment trapper. According to them
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George E. DeNoma received a dis
his work to the most efficient of ariy i
charge on October 10th and was mar
trapper ever ’ to be in the county. I
ried to Miss Doris Mendenhall of
However, he cannot, according to
Ban Francisco, fm October 30th. They
the Livestock Association, cover all
took a wedding trip to Billings, Mon
the various points of the county
tana and Mt. Vernon, Washington.
where the raids by animals on the
The bride was given a shower in the
sheep flocks occur.
His record of
IeNoma home here on December 15.
trapping, however, to far ahead of
Glenda Richardson, daughter ef They will make their home in Eureka,
any other trapper in the state.
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Thjy also said today that the Coun Mr. and Mrs. G.‘ C. Richardson of California.
A brother, Cpl. John DeNoma, is on
ty dourt has been very cooperative Roseburg, and a graduate of Coquille
high school, was chosen queen of the bis way home from Shanghai, China,
in their aid to the stockmen.
Douglas county Victory Loan drive ¡after two years ef service overseas.
last month In Roseburg.
| He expects to arrive the first part
She Is employed at the J. G. Penney of January,
Company store there and as oaahigr
at the Stir Theater. Mbs Richardson
was presented Sunday night on the
stage of the Indian Theater.
The Queen contest was credited
Mr. and Mrs. A. Thommen of Fair with E bond sales amounting to
view Route. Coquille, received word 1249,400. or 81,900 more than the re
Vetarous Call of 303 N. Henry. Co
from their son, Charles, stating he signed goal.
quille
had a poem printed in the
was assigned to duty on the Sub
Final count of votes was 5.57 »(for
marine U S. S. Bergall No. 320 on Miss Richardson and 4.403 for Eve Poet’s Corner of The Sunday Journal
Sunday Dec. 33rd, ’ It to entitled
December 12, and has already started lyn Meserve,
"The Night" and is a lovely Christ
his- new destination.
Mias Richardaon
in PortMpd mas verse dedicated to the season of
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Wednesday and appeared with g^-
dtdates from other Oregon eount»«
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in the final seelctjan of a state qugen.
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George E. De Noma
Receives Discharge
Glenda Richardsonj
Douglas Queen
Charles Thommen
Assigned To Sub
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Here For Christmas
CoKlaird Tells —
Of Jap Prisons
• A talk by Lj. Col. Gene Laird.
Myrtle Point, on his war and Jap
prison camp experiences was a fea
ture of the Lions club meeting
Thursday noon here.
They were Cliff Strom and Lev.
Craven. It was voted to hold the
club's regular meeting Thursday of
next week.
Visitors included Harry Chapman
and Freddie Logsdon, both of Coos
Bay; C. G. Caughell, OrviUe Wood.
Stanley Phillips, George Burr and
eg He
Jack Sieber, all of Coquille; Lloyd Manila. He received his discharge held the rank of lieutenant
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Wood recently returned from the Dec 18th at Ft Lewis, Washington. 1 wa' a navy pllot an<* had a**’ ’erV*1
service; Frank Biegger. Iowa; J. D. He to the son of Mrs. Minnie Stone. « •» i«tructor In the naval air corps.
Carl, Arago; F. B. Rood, North Bend;
Arnold Bodtker and William Mulkey,
both of Corvallis.
Pfc Boyd Slone
Arrives From Japan
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James Kimsey Will
Preach Sermon
r-rarr Kimsey, a well known Co
quille boy, who has been studying at
Northwest Christian College for the
Christian Ministry will preech his
first sqrmon at evening service of
the local Christian church next Sun
day night.
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Christian Church _
To Hold Meeting
The annual meeting of the local
Christian church will be held next
Bunday afternoon following a pot
luck dinner at noon. At the annual
- meeting each department of the
church will make It? yearly report.
During the meeting the Building com
mittee will present a plan to hasten
the day of the beginning of the con
struction of the new building.
The polls for the election of the
officers of the church for the coming
“ year will be open at the church from
8:30 to 1:00 p. m. The election com
mittee is Alan Rhay, Wm. Arnold and
John Boots. The nominees to be
voted upon are: Elders. L. E. Wol-
• gamott, C. O. Stem, Don Farr, Jacob
Moomaw, E. W. Buckner; Deacons.
John Boots, Cedric Cross, ElwynNoe-
|ay, JaCnb Moomaw, Harry Horner;
Trustees, Ned C. Kelley. Don Fayr
Golden Wedding Celebrated by Noslers
With Many Guests and Relatives Here
One hundred guests and relatives
attended the lovely reception held
Saturday evening at'the home of Mr.
and Mrs. S. M. Nosier In honor of
their fiftieth wedding anniversary.
The rooms were a bower of beauty
with baskets and vases of gold chry
santhemums, "talisman roses and
other beautiful flowers.
Presiding at the tea table were
Mesdames Lloyd Oddy, Clarence
Tuttle, Mary Gage and Birdie Skeels.
Assisting about the rooms were Mes
dames Orvin Gant, Earl M. Carroll,
| Elwyrt Nosier, Roy Klucheskey, and
I Bonnie Gage. Many beautiful gifts
were received, as well as numerous
cards.
Relatives from out of town were
three brothers of ■ Mr. Nosier and
their wives, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Nos
ier, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Nosier, Mr.
and Mrs. I. R. Nosier, all of Ban
Diego, California, and from South
Carolina, Mr. and Mrs. Noeler’s
daughter, Mrs. Bari M. Carroll, the
former Mary Lou Nosier, whose hus
band is in the service.
Coquille Youth
Get Discharges
.,??. £ Coanarn, manager.
Three Coquille navy men who re
ceived discharges
recently
are
Charles F. Liday, AOM 3/c; Lowell
M Bingham, CCS; and Clarence G
Stem, AM2/c, all of Coquille, ac
cording to e report received by The
Sentinel today from the U. S. navy
public relations offices.
Powers Census List 762 Residents
jin Newly Incorporated Municipality
conducted last week by the secretary
of state office, under the direction of
Adam Lefor, shows that newly in
corporated town as having 732 resi
dents, It was reported to The Sen
tinel In an exclusive first-time story.
The census was organized under
the direction of Adam Lefor, repre
sentative of the secretary of state’s
office.
James Kelland, mayor of Powers,
supervised all the actual census work
and named as population enumera
tors, Mrs. Eureka L. Coy, Mrs. Hazel
M. Lewis, Mrs. Sadie M. Richards and
Mrs. Wills G. Stollard.
The census to a part of the service
of the state of Oregon to newly
organized towns to give them a pro
rata on the apportionment of state
funds.
Mr. Lefor expressed his apprecia
tion of the fine cooperative attitude
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Rotary Benefit
Dance Successful
Poem In Journal
holiday season are Miss Mabie
tt«t«. The estate had bam in trust
Roberta, medical technology student,
for th« widow «ihce 1817, Mr. Haz
and Mto* Lillian Solan! dietetics ma
ard reports Portland busy and
jor. They arrived here Wednesday j a . F. Morehouse, a graduate of the
crowded With shoppers from all over
morning.
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the Willamette valley and he didn’t
University of Michigan sehoola of
like, th* ice on the sidewalks and
forestry entered the employ of Coos I
streets.
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cording to Judge L. D. Felahelm.
Mr. Morehouse has bought the
Kern house In Coquille and now has (
' Mrs. Morehouse and his 10 months old
Pfc Boyd Stone arrived Thursday baby with him.
Morehouse recently received his
from the Southwest Pacific where
from the VSNR where hgI*
he bad been for over W months, He discharge
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New Year Finds
Coquille On Verge
Of Development
Coquille Writer Has ’
County Hires New
Forestry Aide
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At a meeting held Friday Decem-ft>
ber 21st in Eaton’s Feed store, Co- '
around the varieties, culture, and
quille, the Coquille Valley Bulb marketing of bulbs.
Growers association was formed with
It was pointed out by members
Guy Torrey of' Coquille acting as
present that there were many peo
chairman for the initial meeting.
ple in the Myrtle Point, Arago, and
Twenty-five growers were present other districts of the valley who were
to elect temporary officers for the interested in bulb growing and the
new organization that was started group went on record to attempt to
as a result of the meeting of the Paci get them present for the next meet
fic Easter Lily Growers association ing.
recently held in Coos Bay. At the
It is the hope of the group that a
Coos Bay meeting it was suggested large association can be eventually
that the units around ‘the state of formed to make it a strong unit in the
Oregon get together to organize into development of the lily Industry in
groups of growers and then come into Western Oregon.
the larger group with their delegates.
The next meting of the group will
Guy Torrey, chairman of the or be held at Eaton's Feed store on Jan.
ganizational meeting, appointed Dan 9^1943 at 7 JO p. m.
Fish, Rink Creek, as acting president
and E. C. Mather of Coquille «s act
ing secretary-treasurer.
By motion the name of Coquille
Valley Bulb Growers was accepted as
title for the group.
No articles of incorporation or by
laws were adopted as the group will
await final organization before doing
this.
Discussion at the meeting centered I
A survey of the news stories of the
Coquille valley for the 1845 year
finds the finger of portent pointing to,
great new developments for all of*
thhe Coquille Valley for the coming
year'of 1843.
Listed as stories of the year car
rying important futures are the sale
The Rotary athletic benefit dance
of the Smith Wood-Products hold-
held Friday evening before Christmas ' ings to the Coos Bay Lumber com
drew a large crowd of dancers and
pany, the development of the pea
well-wishers to the high school
growing acreage in the Coquille val
athletic development provam.
ley as a permanent development in
The Coquille Community building
agriculture, and the rapid expansion
was filled with dancers and onlook
of an
dairying, stockratolng, and
ers. Music was by Medford Miler’s
lumbering activities in this • section
orchestra.
of Coos county.
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Important to the many users of
electricity to the 8400,000 improve
ment project and new line building to
be started at once by the Coos Elec
tric Cooperative as announced by
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of thePowsrs mayor and residents
and to the enumerators for the fine
work that they did so efficiently to
make this one of the most accurate
and efficient census taken by the
state this year. He spoke on behalf
of Robert S. Farrell, secretary of
state.
Garland Rock Home
For Christmas
Oarland W. Rock, MM3/C of the
U. S. Navy« is at home in Bandon
for a 30 day leave. After that time
he will report back on his ship the
U. S. S. Ajax at Sea Francisco.
Mr. Rock will receive his discharge
some time in February. He is the
son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Sturgeon of this city.
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Thto new
work will bring new power and en
ergy for lighting and farming and
industry to over 700 new families, or
around 4000 new people in Southern
Cooe and all of Curry counties.
Not to be slighted, however, the
most famous news and the most
newsworthy happening on an in- ,
ternational scope, however, was the
sinking of the Southwestern Motors
new jeep in the Coquille river at
the scene of the annual Lions' club
fish derby.
This story has appeared in over £
2000 paper here and abroad, accord
ing to a conservative estimate made
by a member of The Oregonian staff
who reported to the Sentinel.
In
many of the leading dallies of the
United States the Lions’ jeep made
special top of the page featured box
position, and in many papers it drew
editorirl quirps in a friendly, kidding
fashion.
Basis of the popularity of this story
was the international scope of the
Lions' organization plus the desire
in millions of American hearts "to
own a jeep of my own for fishing
and hunting.”
Triple A Field Man
Checks County Books
Arnold Bodtker, former AAA field
man for this area, and William Mul
key, both of Corvallis, and both of
the state agricultural office, spent
Wednesday and Thursday hero going
over the county agricultural agent’s
office procedure for handling differ
ent forms and to check on other work
handled by the agent’s office.
Miss J. Wald from the state office
was also here to audit the associa
tion’s books.
Thursday the men met with the
county AAA committee. J. D. Carl,
Arago; F. B. Rood, Coos River, and
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A. R- Davenport, Myrtle Point, to
1,< handle routine matters.
The method for making 1845 crop
incentive payments were approved
and the work to to be started in the
very near future. The county agent’s
office and field staff up to the pres
ent time has been concerned with
operator’, reports for 1945.
Out of 300 farmers eligible for
benefits, less than half have reported
as yet for 1945. They may report
at any time at the county office, or
on Saturday at the Coos Bay Mutual
s’
creamery from 13 a. m. to 4 p. m.
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