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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1946)
• • Ail ‘ u Ait Highways Mo1 Open After Waten V — 7 AM INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER _____________________ The worst storm in over 20 years hit the Powers section of Coos county VOL. XU. NO. SI. and caused the flood waters of the South Coquille to be the highest in ——----------------------------- over 50 years, according to residents of that city who were in Coquille this week reporting on the flood con ditions there. At the present time receding waters there have made the roads passable though still requiring extremely careful driving. In the Powers section over four Inches of rain fell in less than a day. A strong Bobcat basketball team With the downpour in the moun will attempt to protect their record tains and the melting run off of snow in the Coos county A league basket in the Coast range, the North and ball series tomorrow night at Myrtle South Coquille filled sttddenly and Point when Spike Leslie’s tricky Red a flash flood swept down through Devil squad journeys to that chy .or the Coquille valley innundating the first game of 1948. farms, highways, roadways, and cut Advance dope gives Myrtle Point ting off traffic between Coquille and a strong team on paper. Coquille's Myrtle Point, and all through stage team is inexperienced but develop travel and Californir-txaind autoistg. ing fast,, according to Coach Leslie. * Travel overjhe Cxjullle-Roseburg Two fast guards help to make up a highway was blocked because of a dangerous shooting combination fot slide near Remote, according to a the Coquille basketeers. state highway report. The Coquille maple court boys will The North Bend-Coos Bay highway meet North Bend Tuesday night here was closed for a while as highway in Coquille on Ute local floor. North crews were called out to clear thè Bend has one of the strongest teams debris from a hillside that covered tn the league this year and a tough the highway for some time. game is expected. { The highway in the Broadbent area Starting lineup, George Johnson, was also closed due to the high water, and Maurice Williams, forwards; ■ us was the Powers road. Don Aasen, center; Tom Boots and In and around Coquille the high Dave Kline, guards. Also playing water filled the valley as far as eye will be Bill Kistner, Jack Blum, could see. !. Tourists stranded in Co Harry Slack, Robert Scrag, John A STRAND» from quille fruì rn California spent Saturday Rankin and John Devereaux. of high waters were towed out of and Sund k.j going out to the edge of The B squad will also play the Ute various county roads. This pi the road tad watching the incoming Myrtle Point and North Bend squads. < state park, by Ed. Throckmorta water. N dap remarks were directed They are coached by Dutch Meyers. ■ qfestern shop foreman driving, u lfX Coquille on their way to Califaa by the Ct «terrnians to the loeal resi- Sftuthweetern’s tow ear to give a ta denta, ad these were returned in jest. r------------------------- a_. to Bob Stewart, mana- Accolto L <t. States Powers com- , ger of fl (quille, the amphibious pany of Lwestems Motors com- ' jeep of S Cliff Gulseth homy pany, ml ------ -- tor Thurston Gremsgaard will rei used to carry power |he managgbhiptof the Oregon i once. It Mrs. Thora Wateon of the 1 linemen i school staff presented three of repair dot pupils for the entertainment of electrical Rotary club on Wednesday at Ir . ---- Stewart the jee| the rippling wa ---- BMir itf Mltf 1M Bobcat Quintet Meets Coquille Tonight At M. P. J Liquor Store Will Have Old Manager JHigh School Singer At Rotary Meeting Wrestling Match Draws Full House For Second Show • * ' ___ .______________ e, and also local motorists who got “caught” in the unusually fast deluge Oncoming waters by the Southwestern Motors tow car on Saturday on fe was taken on the famed Myrtle Lane road that will soon be a part of the Coquille Studio tor The Sentinel and shows Soren Buus, South- Evsn Winn of Southwestern, and a group of G.l.’s who were stranded from Fort Lewis and who saw a chance for some fun so went out with «hand. rvices Held Here Hofei Coquille r Mrs. T. H. Mehl Has Hew Manager Bob Thompson, formerly associ ated with the Roosevelt hotel of Port land, officially took over the manage ment of the gotel Coquille. January 1st, it was announced today. W. J. McClements dted at the Mast ' ‘ Thomas C. Williams In the outbreak of the desperado Fred Brown in 1912, Mr. McClements served as an assistant to State Sher iff Heyers of Nebraska in capturing the bandit and was written a very fine personal tetter of appreciation by the then governor, Samuel A. McKelvie of that state. Mr. McClements was 77 years old at his passing. Services were held by Schroeder Bros, funeral home. Masonic rites were also conducted by the local lodge. He was married in 1883 to Dora Hults of Nebraska. He is survived by Mrs. Sibley Rush, Mrs. Oscar Chormicle, and Mrs. Dora Hamlin, daughters of Coquille. Also surviving are nine grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren, and one son, Sidney McClement of Seattle. He had been a resident of Coquille for 13 years. Mrs. Gano Returns Luverne, Iowa, Folk Here Visiting Forum On World Government Slated For Woman's Club Program Jan. 8 wpelll Btadie notes *nnoi'nir valley was water as far as eye could see Saturday and Sunday as the LOOKING ACRO“ JJ“ n^iin lhe mountains filled the Coquille river and its tributaries to cause a sudden uhysual rains and melting snows rounding Coquille. The J. A. Martin house on the Coos f«-h of high thb’plrture and s^rt!y afterwards a motor launch was abto to Bay highway is nea ly . wa, done, however, to the house as the water started to recede a bit a come up into the yar on c<XJg Bay_Coqunie highway, he has seen “more short time later. According ,to Mr. wrw . water and worse" but this was plenty high enough. f’4?P J: Î.J •T? ' tí ■'$-* ■ II II 4 Former Railroader Passes Away Dec 27 Howard C. Getz - Mrs. Gladys Gano returned Mon- ' day after a Christmas holiday visN' with her daughter and son-in-law,, s T Despite the fact that it was be tween the holidays and also a very stormy night, an enthusiastic crowd of fans filled the reserved seats and bleachers in the Community Build ing last Thursday to witness the rw- ond of ,a series of wresting bouts sponsored by the Eagles. In the first go the Gray Mask was reported down with the flu and Rufus Jones, a dark colored gentle man from Portland substituted in - taking on the wily Chinaman, Walter Achteu, and after each had taken one fall, the going got a bit rough, even extending it to the referee, and Dave Johnson disqualified him and gave the raised arm to Achteu. In the second part of what was listed a double main event, Joe Ly man, junior heavy weight champ of Redmond, Oregon, took 32 minutes before he could pin Herb Parks of Vancouver, B. C„ to the mat In the succeeding eight minutes neither man could gain a fall al though Parks rather had the advan tage at the bell. In this match the men put on a remarkable display of acrobatics and bounced about as though made of rubber. The next event of the aeries was announced for Jan. 10. “World Government” will be the topic of the forum discussion program of the Coquille Woman’s club meeting at the Community Building January 8th. The meeting which will include a short business meeting will be held in the junior auditorium. Program chairman is Mrs. D. B. Keener. Vocal selections will be given by Kenneth Talley. Harry A. Slack, Coquille attorney, will serve as moderator for the panel, mi t tee ■-Æ'. ■v,g I
