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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
The 1040 acres was formerly owned
by the Smith Wood-Products Com
pany of .Coquille.
digging
and
planting
isn’t done in vain.
For the
best results work with the best
equipment — use the finest
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and don’t hesitate to ask our
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today!
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