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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1946)
The city council meeting in regular session Monday night of this week went on record to order three or four carloads of new gravel to repair the streets of Coquille that are filled with potholes and are otherwise nearly impassable. The street committee under the leadership of John Purkey and George Burr also asked for a clari fication on improved and unimproved streets, extent of their upkeep to be done from trie general fund, and asked that a definite street program hr nut lined -for the citizens of Co quille. Ccof«e Burr cited the work- that has he»m done on the streets and •>v»-rr-d that it was not -even a drop in the bucket” to that which could be done in many sections. . . Purvey Cite* Complaints iJonn Purkey also told of com- tKifnts he had revived from various property owners I- the city. In many cases, however, the com plaining prope rty Owners are in sec- lions of town in what is termed “un-, improved portions," and hence pay no street assessment taxe^. In the discussion that followed on ! the subject of better streets for.Co quille, it was mentioned by several council members that a cost of im provement scale be made out and given to the city recorder who could show interested property owners ex actly what it would cost to improve their streets. This cost would be shared by all property owners touching the streets, and work would be started imme diately upon the filing of a petition from property owners needing new streets. Coots I teted Present costs are up somewhat over the past years, but will not run much ‘ more than >2.00 to $2.50 - a Five itinerant pointe have been es lineal foot. This cost would be cut tablished from the Cobs Bay local in half as each.,side of the street office for one day a week service would pay SO per cent of the cost. to claimants in nearby towns, ac The need of a grader to be owned cording to word received from the by the city street commission was State Unemployment Compensation discussed at length. Delivery can Commission. The schedule as worked now be secured at once, and it was out by the commission follows: the opinion of fhe-lhaffrity Of-coun cil members that It w6uld be a good investment. All streets would be taken care of at aM times, and would not be allowed to get into such a shape that work 'would be almost impossible to do on them. Construction on the $400,000 REA Coos-Curry county electri fication by the Coos Electric Cooperativo will start Thursday, it was announced by R. J. Connarn, manager cf the co-op. The work which is scheduled to bring r.rvz power dr.d lights to the » r a nbtrry bo ga of the Bandon area, power to the newly develop ed balblai d < f the southern Curry district, and new electrical r.er y end lighting to thousands of other Coos and Curry resi- -4-4»»t a will b e d on e b y the C dOg El éc t H FT^operatlve' ~ Bids were slated to be opened on December 28th but be cause of the lack of sufficient bids the official day was set up to ‘ nuary 8th to allow more time foiM —• ■ . ;-------- •—— ------------ •id.liqual bidding. . [hs oonatructijn of t'.c pow- At > meeting of the directors, r systems ani en«ineers. - 40 be a m .jor pob who wtìt-superv Se the work, only and one c residente are ^^d was received. This was re- IoókIng forward to a. it means that t rned unopened a. the rules of the they wUI aervite y,at w|U be .J.“1 £ bid* “ amon« the fine8t l)n coast. »meeting before any can be opened. staklng ,tart lmmediaUly Kealoent Engineer Here th»™. I» >> » ^ i ».» i Pie. John Caiman Named For Southern Phones Parents Unemployment Slops From Switzerland Coos-Curry District From the Alpine district <41- lerinath, Switzerland, to tbJLr- ■sted hills -of Fewer». Orweu. J4.Æ. teq.it. a hep aMajfc*. for the grevioua year. " CAntinued claims for the area were 4,707 against •78 for 1M4. Of last year's activity. 700 new claims and 1,850 continued claims were taken during December. longing- to Dave Johnson were okehed Also approved was the bill for con structing rt“bleachers for the audi torium of the community building. The hiring of one regular operator for the' Llons-Aotary public address system was. approved and the cost of" the" operation wlir be added to the rent of the dance hall. This will protect this valuaabie equipment and also assure better amplifying service. Clothing Drive Scheduled To Begin in Coquille Area, Chairman Announces Soon after post offices are cleared ( nation-wide clothing drive to place of the last Christmas packages, they boxes in post-office lobbies to re will begin to receive clothing gifts ! ceive clothing donaUons. from the American people to the suf- | Mr. Kaiser also announced that fering people in. bombed-out lands. Nelson A. Rockefeller, former As- according to an order of Postmaster ■ sistant Secretary of State, will serve General Robert E. Hannegan which as the New York City chairman of was made public today by fvan the Collection. Alborn, Coquille chairman of he ’ Mr. Kaiser also announced that drive here. 9,807 communities throughout Amer Henry J. Kaiser, national chairman ] ica are organized to ronrtuct Hothtns of the Victory Clothing Collection, | drives under the local chairmanship declared that the order to all post- i masters authorized and directed them i of 4,313 men and women, many of to permit local committees of the I whom will di ect county-wide drives, A large group of Coquille valley people previewed the movie, "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes” at the Roxy theatre last Saturday afternoon as guests of Lloyd Claver and O. L. Wood and came aWay moved by the exquisite beauty of this moving story of farm and small town neighborli ness. • . . Starring Edward G. Robinson, Murgaret O’Brien, and “Butch,” the Story is packed with human interest group of Coquille valley citizens to get their reactions. Unsolicited testimonials of enthu siasm for this movie which will Tun fee three days, starting tonight, at the Roxy theatre follow: “This movie is one of the most edu cational and at the same time ab sorbingly entertaining that I have story of the greatness of American farm life.” —J. D. Carl, Arago “Reared on a Kansas farm and and is a perfect portrayal of real American life. Its story so Impressed having seen fire, drought and other misfortunes bring loving kindness Mr. Claver when he first .saw the from neighbor to neighbor, I lived movie at an exhibitors’ preview that this picture as it was being shown. he immediately arranged for a spe cial showing to a representative At a meeting Wednesday night in One-Ad Comedy Slated By Eagles Tonight At Hall • A humorous one-act play is sched uled tonight (Thursday) for the meeting of the Coquille Eaglps at the Eagles hall, it was announced today. It will be held at 7:30. , In the cast of the play are Claude Perkins, Agnes Storey, Mickey Hard ing, John Harding, Frank DeCosta. Ralph Flannery Hazel Flannery Ar- deth De Groat, Ted De Groat and Margaret Spores, of Coos Bay. The men will be dressed as women throughout the play and the many humorous situations they find them- selves in a*re said to cause the play to be a side-splitting afair. the off spring to be took part of it and hqme in Coquille. sees this picture.” / — ' Wp- «•» J|_^ t?_ ano Xjsud troops: Danaon, one scout troop one cub pack; Brookings, one scout troop and one cnb pack; Fairview, one scout troop; Myrtle Point, scout troop; Port Orford, Scout troop; Pow ers, scout troop; Coquille, two troops, and one cub pack. Nbmed to the new committee were chairman, Burton Dunn; vice-chair man, Ray Jeub; commissioner, Irwin Larson; organization end extension, Evan Alborn; advancement, Carl Morrisop; finance, Lloyd Clavei*; health and safety, Leonard Witcqaky; camping and activities, Joe Sayre; leadership training, Paul Snldet; publicity, Ralph Stuller. Appreciation was expressed at the work done by Lk>yd Claver, local theatre man, and chairman of the district scout council last year. Ap Three hundred feet frontihg on preciation was also extended to all Front street, west of Willard street, other members of the council. Coquille scouting leaders are How has .been purchased for the new ard Long, troop leader, and Lonnie cheese plant of the Swift and Com Notice of Meeting Meeting of lily bulb growers to be held in city hall, 7:30 p. m„ Thursday, Jan. 17th. All growers are urged to attend this meeting as charter mem bership will be closed at this time. Anyone interested in this business, regardless of acreage, should attend. As Lincoln said, “United we stand, divided we fall,” let’s all,- go one hundred pel cent united. 52t2 nounced today. Building plans are tentaUve de- pending upon the procurement of necessary materials with which to connstruct a modem cheese plant, Mr. Seibig told the Sentinel today However. If it is possible construe- tion will be started in either April or May. The property was owned by Edna Harteon, George F. Lorenz and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Mauney. TentaUve details Include retaining all the old equipment with much new Word received today from the 13th District headquarters states that LL Comdr. Marshall R. Kennedy of Coquille, was released this week from active duty in the medical corps of the U. S. navy and was placed on reserve status. Dr. Kennedy former- ly practiced medicine in Coquille where he was associated with Dr. J- Q- Rankin In his medical clinic. Dr. Kennedy will r.eturn to Coquille toon to practice medicine again in “i« former professional associaUon w,th D™. Rankin and Gould, and modem equipment to be added. The plant will be considerably en- larged, and it will make the Coquille Swift and Company plant one of the most modern in the state. ----------- ;-------------- ■ Friends report that Earl Adams, Jr., son of Earl and Amelia Adkms of Myrtle Point, is at home after many months of overseas service in mine. Hard times "The picture, ‘Our Vines Grow part helped get a Tender Grapes,' Is an excellent pic “I enjoyed the picture very much. I hope everyone ture, full of human interest and food —Laura Brandon for thought.” —Florence Sanford The story had a good moral lesson we all should learn and practice. I was a farm boy so I certainly liked the picture and I hope the whole “May God and Hollywood give us community can see this picture." a whole lot more fine pictures like —Jacob Moomaw, Social Science this one.” —Daniel J. Kelly teacher in High school. “An outstanding production. A pic ture everyone should see." J. Creager. entertainment for chil- excellent picture.” —Wayne A. Smith
