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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1948)
M A Y POLE WINDERS— They wound the May Pole, and a colorful affair It was quille Woman’s club May Day fete. ( o q u llle V a l l e y S e n tin e l COQUILLE, OREGON M A Y IS, IM S. Pioneers Have Large Membership The Coos-Curry Pioneer and His torical association met at the Coquile Community building on May 8th, and were served a luncheon by a few of the lady members. President J. Albert Matson stated that this association now has the largest membership in the state out side of the State Historical Associa tion itself. Visitors who were given an op portunity to tell about their observa tions and experiences of pioneer days were extremely interesting. C liff Martin recalled the booming coal mining days at Riverton when coal was shipped to San Francisco. He also told of his and his partner catching 024 salmon in one night. In those days salmon sold at 12: cents and 25 cents apiece for silverside and Chinook .respectively. Mrs. Teeters presented some . pi oneer history and told about the Fairview school as being the first to start compiling old records of the Brewster Trail. Henry Schroeder said that his grandfather, who was a cobbler in Baltimore, Maryland, took all his shoes with him to Port Orford. Shoes were shipped in hogsheads and came all the way around Cape Horn in ¡those days. In the routine of business, Emil ’ Peterson reviewed his system of ac cumulating and preserving priceless historical data and the work that had been aaccomplished. J. E. Norton said that he has start ed to enroll a group of families to be known as sponsors of the association's history. By contributing $100.00 each they w ill be entitled to life member ship. When the lim it of this group is attained they w ill organise and start another group, and so on. J. Arthur Berg and J. H. McCloskey have re sponded thus far. In response to many inquiries the curator, Mary Randleman, wished to state that the museum will be open to the public every Saturday from 1:00 to 3:00 p. m. She also re quested that each member donate a relic. Mrs. A . E. Volck extended an in vitation to the members to meet at Langlois on June 12, their next regu lar session. A t Fairview "Basic Landscaping" Meeting Topic The Fairview Home Extension Unit held its'monthly meeting Friday, May 7th. The project was on “Basic Land scaping.” Attending this meeting were five members of the McKinley unit, Mrs. Evelyn Ziegler, Mrs. Lee Mast, Mrs. Grace Hudson, Mrs. Emma King and Mrs. Carol Hall. Mrs. Ziegler acted as installing officer for the Fairview unit and Mrs. Frye installed the of ficers for the McKinley unit. The officers installed for the Fair- view unit were Mrs. Roxie Frye, chairman; Mrs. Evelyn Stock, vice chairman; Mrs. Lucille Ewing, secre tary and treasurer; Mrs. Lottie Fanno, librarian. The officers installed for the McKinley unit were Mrs. Evalyn Ziegler, chairman; Mrs. Idell Merritt, vice chairman; Mrs. Carol Hall, sec retary and treasurer; Mrs. Emma King, librarian. The officers were given very lovely corsages made by Mrs. Albert Thorn- men. The business meeting was held in the morning and a nice potluck lunch eon was served at noon.- In the afternoon, Mr. Jack Hansell, assistant county agent, gg^e a very interesting talk and demonstration on "Basic Landscaping.” He pointed out the basic rules and plans to follow when landscaping. A footstool made by the members at a former meeting was given to Raymond Norris. This is a very lovely footstool of which the unit is quite proud. The ladies present at this meeting were Mrs. Albert Thommen, Mrs. Fred Stock, Mrs. Jim Hollenbeck, Mrs. Percy Nickolson, Mrs. Charles Geit- ner, Mrs. Alice Saylor, Mrs. Ray mond Norris, Mrs. Ivyle Frye, Mrs. William Fanno, Mrs. Jess Ewing, Mrs. Quivey and Babrara, Mrs. Rus sell Stillwell and Mrs. Melvin Ken yon. A ll ladies of the community are invited to attend these meetings. Mrs. Leah Norris was presented with two lovely tea towels. • • Exams Slated For U. S. Academies Congressman Harris Ellsworth an nounced today that preliminary quali fying examinations for vacancies at both the U. S. Naval and the U. S. M ilitary Academies w ill be conducted by the U. S. Civil Service Commis sion, Monday, June 12, 1948, at the Post Office Buildings in Albany, Coos Bay, Eugene, Grants Pass, Medford, Roseburg, and Reedsport. Candidates for admission must never have been married, and must be bonafide residents of the Fourth District. As of the date of entrance into the Academies, July 1, 1949, ap pointees for the Naval Academy'and M ilitary Academy must be 17 years of age. The maximum ages are 21 and 22 respectively except in -the case of ex-servicemen who may be two Teen-Agers By Coquille Electric Co. Saturday evening at the Ca- ( Coquille Studio Photo) I years older. Servicemen within the proper age limits may compete and w ill be given the examination by their commanding officers. The examination w ill be about 3 Vi hours in length and confined to vo cabulary and reading, spadai rela tions, and algebra. Nominations w ill be on the basis of grades earned in the examination. Candidates desiring to compete should notify Congressman Harris Ellsworth, House Office Bldg., Wash ington, D. C., not later than June 1st, indicating their choice of place for examination, legal residence, and date of birth. • • timar It’s fun to garden! But, it’s Son Born To Forrest« 'A n infant son, w eighing six pounds, 15 ounces, was born at Mast Hospital, Myrtle Point, to Mr. and Mrs. George Forrest of Coquille on Monday morn ing, May 10. • • more fun when you know all your GARDEN HOSE $• feet - - - $0.50 25 feet . . . 53.95 Nylon. Guaranteed to last 512.00 Powers Land Goes On Sale The Federal Farm Mortgage Cor poration Office at 610 Main Avenue, Spokane, Washington, is offering tor sale 1040 acres of government surplus land, located about four miles south east of Powers, Oregon. This tract Is being advertised today under certain priorities and in accordance with reg ulations of the Surplus Property Act, Government Agencies, the Recon struction Finance Corporation for Re sale to Small Business, and State and Local Governments have first priority for a ten-day period. The former owners whose priority, If exercised, is superior to that of the Recon struction Finance Corporation for Re sale to Small Business, must purchase within the 90-day priority period fol lowing May 13th. Portions of the tract have been previously logged and parts have been burned over but there is said to be something over two million feet of fir timber still standing. Veterans of World War I I may establish their priority by filing a statement prior to August I I , 1948, with the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation at its Spokane address that they are in terested in acquiring the tract. I f not sold to a higher priority holder, Veterans who have so filed w ill be advised the special price at which they may acquire the tract under their priority. Should more than one Veteran bid, the selection w ill be by lot. To qualify, Veterans must cer tify that the land is needed to help them establish or continue their own small business of logging or sawmill operations. 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