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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1948)
° C o q u ille V a lle y 4. * * N IC E P EO PLE friend* ef U n t e r (U pped te te ask us to pnl a nette* e ( * te Ike paper, and all the newsy Cee* and C a rry counties. W * de, toe, and I f yea’d lik e to w rite h r tar ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ coquille . c o o » county , O regon 18 T hursday . octobee n . ims . Highway Department Told Time Right For Pathway On Football-Town Street Magic Wand Hits Coquille Kiddies Today, “Uncle Ben.” o f H e a rt’s Desire (heard Monday through F riday over M utual net w o rk) announced that he was go ing to help out M rs. W. J. Bon- r.ell of M cK inley 'Route, Coquille, Oregon, In her efforts to jmt through a Halloween dance and party for 82 teenager*. M r*. Bonnell wrote to Ben Alexander and asked his help, aid and assistance to putting over thia party to a great tog way for children. In this commun Thinking ity there la no swimm ing pool, about It, he felt so skating rin k or other enter rig h t out e f toe log. heated ap the Chest, made h l* eentrtbutton tainment o f any sort except en tertaining themselves. So, the le ft a let children got together and went to Mrs. B onnell M r*. Bonnell’* home is q u it* large and ha* an up Big conversation around the city stairs room that occupies almost of Portland is the fact that me the entire second floor. These price* are tum bling both hourly teenagers asked M r*. Bonnell if and d aily, and the taxi driver i* th ey could use this room for a happy. Businessmen report an Halloween dance. H r*. Bonnell arm y of “lookers”, however, and consented w ith one stipulation— they say the extra help it takes to th at the children let her give the watch “lookers" “look’ is eating up party. the p ro fit* they make from sal Since then, M r*. Bonnell One departm ent store head told us the other night that they come been very busy planning, shop in and look over every item in ping and decorating. In fact, stock, and then says, “Guess w e’ll has been given cause to wonder w ait until after election.'' Men i f she hasn't bitten o ff too tog are no better either They have a b it*! Plenty of entertainm ent picked up the habit and spend all and refreshments, and lhat in th eir Saturday afternoon* off now cludes a hayride before the dance looking (th at is, if they are in — b at where to get the prises? the m arket for a coat or some M cClary Appliance company pro thing) and then w alk out w ith vided the phonograph, but where a fifty cent p air of socks. to get the records? to our mind is the pre- T h a t’s where “U nto* Ben" i to a change in the buying m e* in. Today he said: “W hat habits e f the nation. I t eaed to a wonderful woman!” And he bought the first proceeded to do something about aw and didn’t Mrs. Bonnell’* predicament. For prizes H E A R T S D E S IR E w ill ear buyers are send to pog stick*, a box of nd if it Isn’t aportshirts, a dozen pair* of ny they w ant they sit that sue lons, 3 coematic kite, 2 leather and w ait fa r their m ilita ry kite and 3 17-jew el w rist The Portland w aterfront la a t w atch **—one watch fo r the best quiet as a church after the Sunday boy’s costains, and one for the service is out and people are gone beat g irl’s costume And also, Ben home. There are a few boats tied Alexander is sending a dosen of up w aiting for the day when the the latest Capitol record albums! packed docks and warehouses And it is hoped that the party can be emptied into the holds of w ill be one huge success! the ships. M any sailors and steam * * ship officers are "drydocked" w a it ing tor shipping out. Payroll is down and longshoremen around the city of Portland are just as pessimistic about a strike settle ment as are other citizens. Christmas decorations and lots A strange thing is the fact that the unions by this latest strike of them are to be put op shortly have made many thousands of after Thanksgiving by the Cham union members disgruntled and ber of Commerce, director* de unhappy and the statement of one cided at their meeting Tuesday longshoreman to us that “H a rry noon in the Hotel Coquille. Letters have been w ritten to Bridges ought to be kicked out of discuss the country” is found in many numerous concerns to street decorating plans and costs. other men’s thoughts. The Cham br eof Commerce feels that the Christmas promotion Sid Brew n, the traffic meter should be w ell done this year, and man for the city police depart are planning extensive decorations. ment, recently pinned a eonrtesy card on the car e f an e u t-e f-e lty man and had the motorist g ru ff ly order him back. “Here.” said the 24» pound traveler, “couple e f courtesy cards for A t a meeting of the Cub Scout yen.” The cards read, “P re committee which w ill be held at sent this card a t ye the Christian church on October and get a free can ef 20. plans fo r the organization of * another den w ill be discussed. Reactions from Coo* Bay people The Cub Scouts are being spon to the recent Sentinel’s editorial sored this year by the Christian in re the new highway and Cons church. Cub Master is John Bay brought us a lot of interesting Shilling and Assistant Cub Master comment after the Times had bor is Paul M cN air. Other leaders in rowed our thoughts. A fte r the clude Den Mothers, M rs W illiam U. of O .-U SC game we got in the Barrow, Mrs. Lewis W iltshire and m iddle of a hot argument w ith M r*. Elm er Benham; Assistant Den some of Coos Bay’s biggest big Mothers, Mrs. Ernest James and shots agreeing w ith us right down Mrs. Dan Fiah; Institutional Rep the line. But we still remember resentative, Elw yn M . Nosier; Park the warning of on* of the Coo* Chairm an. Leslie V. Barklow; Bay-ites. "Brother you better Committeemen, John Rhule, Earl drive slow when you go through L. Soward, W illia m H. Barrow , and our city.” And w e w ill. Lewis W iltshire. Cub Scouts Plan Another Den W e sort e f entered a eeaa- ment .by one fa ir member e f an after-gam e party Saturday night who after hearing Detlefsen and ethers (all Cees Oeunty) extolling Coquille to the other U . e f O. bey* and girls, made the cogent aad to the point rem ark (w hich ended the conversation rig h t n o w ), “W ell, after all w e all can’t live In Ce- quiUe. there w ouldn’t he enough job* to go around!” And the faet that she was a charming gal to the fin ality w ith which I an the local and everything else. The state highway department is aware ot the danger on highway 101 from the high school football field to 10th street. Councilman George Burr told The Sentinel this week, and repeated and concerted action has been taken by him to see Coos Apple Tops Local Records One apple eue pie. T h a t’s w hat R, H. Peterson ef 051 Weet 4th street says, and he proved h i* point by bringing one ef his apples to The Sentinel this week In an attempt to wrest a ll [ for Coquille away parte of Oregon. The apple which Inches around was a ir a it aad to of quality, M r. Pa M E R C H A N T S —Chairm an Del e f a contribution to the CommunUty Chest, to K. U “A ndy" quille druggist. w hile Active club president. Alex K rrie k leek« en w ith pleasure. The Coquille drive this re a r Is being handled entirely by the Active d u b a * part ef their eentrtbutton to the betterment ef the community. . (Sentinel Photo) A t Powers Logging Train Hits Gravel Truck W hat could have been a very serious accident occurred Friday when the Coos Bay lag gin g train h it the gravel truck driven by L yle McCulloch, Jr. L yle was dumping gravel on the rig h t-o f-w a y and did not hear nor see the train. The truck was completely de molished. Young McCulloch suf fered a few minor injuries. • * World Prayer Day Set For Monday Bandon Cranberry Festival Highlights Growth Of Burgeoning Coast Crop BANDON, OCT. 21 (Special)—With the nation now ob serving its first National Cranberry Week, plans were an nounced today for the second annual Bandon Cranberry Festival to be held here November 5 and 6. Folks from all over Southwestern Oregon are invited attend the harvest festivities by the Bandon Cranberry Festival as sociation which is readying a pro gram to Include: T 1. noctH colorful c o ro n a ri» -- « m s . ^ee; I . A O a n k o rry F air, w ith prises for best exhibits of freak cranberries, cooked cranberries In pira, macca, relishes, m ar- canned cranberries. “Redeem T h y world, O Lord, by- ginning w ith me,” is the petition around which the Coquille day of prayer, w hich Is set for Monday. October 25, w ill be centered. In view of the political crisis, both national and international, Christian peoples everywhere are realizing the great need for divine intervention in world affairs, ac- according to the Coquille M inis teria l association. In thia hour of insecurity and unrest, the ind ivid ual and the masses of the people can tu rn to the loving-kindness of A lm ighty God and find the solu tion to th eir problems, spiritually or politically, individually or col lectively, they say. It is for this reason th at the Christian people of this community dedicate this day of prayer. . Four prayer services are to be conducted as follows: Catholic church; 7:15 a. m.; Methodist church, 10 a. m.; Episcopal church, 1:30 p. m.; Nazarene church, 2:30 p. m. • • 3. Tour* ducted by ! who w ill explain highlights ef planting, growing and harvest ing the ruddy fru it: 4. Exhibits of cranberry pick | ing machinery, weed burners, cultivators and other commer cial display»; 5. An all-ou t parade, led by a veteran color guard, the fes tival queen and her seven prin- w ith the Bandon high band and everything from decorated Meyeiea to atx- wheeler trucks participating; 0. A Friday night Coronation Ball following selection of the queen and two Harvest Dances the next evening: 7. The second annual Cran berry Bowl football game, be tween Bandon and Gold H ill high schools. Eight queen contestants, rep resenting various parts of the Bandon area Metween Riverton and Port O rford, have swung in to the ticket-selling phase of the contest. Tickets to the coronation and ball, and to the harvest dance, are $1.50 per couple; Cranberry Bowl game tickets are 80 cents per adult and 40 cents per student. Admission is free to A H allow e’en dance a t G rav el- all other events of the Festival. ford free to all w ill be held at Throughout the two-day event the G ravelford dance h all, it was announced by Mesdames J. F. the festival association hopes to "better acquaint Southwestern How ard and Eunice Bartop. Open to all, the H allo w e’en Oregon residente w ith the rela has dance is a get-together for all the tively new industry th a t Bandon the Cranberry residents of that end of the county. made Capitol o f Oregon' and one of the There is no charge. two major cranberry-producing centers on the Pacific coast" Candidates for queen of the festival and their sponsors are: Nancy Price, Coquille high school senior, Randolph Community Women’s club; Diane B urrell, POWERS, ORE., (SPECIAL)—Members and friends of Bandon high senior, Bandon V e t the Open Bible church at Powers wanted a new parsonage erans of Foreign Wars; Phyllis senior. for their pastor and family, so they started out to build one. Pullen, Bandon high Cranberry That was three years ago when building materials were Southwest Oregon hard to get. They determined to complete the job within club; Florence Moore, Bandon Bandon American their budget, even though it meant superintendent of the Pacific Coast high junior, a longer period of tim e and the division of the Open Bible Stand Legion; Betty Loshbaugh, Lang lois high junior, Westmoet ard chuches. doing of the w ork themselves. They are now pleased to see the “Open House” w ill be observed Grange; Lois Blakely, B. H . S. results of their faith realized—* from 2 o’clock to 4 o’clock, when senior, Bandon Active d iA ; L a- faith that ha* had hands and feet the parsonage may be inspected. Vera K innett, L. H. S. senior, and a lot of perspiration now and Ladies of the church w ill serve Langlois Sportsmen’s club; M arie then. refreshments. Fascnacht, B. H . S. junior, Ban Dedication service* of the new G ifts and furnishings which don Rebekah and OddfeHows parsonage w ill be at 11 o’clock have been donated by various or lodges. Sunday, Oct. 24, according to an ganizations w ill be on display. * e announcement by the present Donors Include the Ladies A id, the H u n t A t O phir— M r. and Mrs. C lif pastor, Rev. Gerald S. Pope. The Women’s d u b , the Sunday school ford Bissett and son, Lee, w ith public is invited to attend. and Missionary Circle of the M r. and Mrs. Hugh B lair of Cres Guest speaker for the occasion church, together w ith private ind i cent City, hunted at O phir at the Xmas Decorations A fter Thanksgiving Hallowe'en Dance A t Gravelford A t Powers Dedication of Church Set For Sunday Delegates A t Convention — Dele gates from Coquille who w ill a t tend the W omen’s Society of Christian Service conference in Salem this week-end w ill be M r*. O L . Newton, Mrs James Rich mond. M r*. A rth u r Jacobson and w ill be the Rev. Roy H rs . S. r X. lo o rr Southard, viduals. week-end. Truckers To Meet Here Saturday A meeting of the Southwestern Oregon Truckers league w ill be held Saturday evening at • p. m „ October 23, in the Coquille Com m unity building. It is an organizational meeting and all dump truck, log truck, lum ber truck, and other trucker* are invited to attend. Speaker w ill be L. W. Simpson, secretary- manager, of Grants Paas. Director of the group from Coo* county is Ronald L. Riley of Ban don. Attending one of the first meet ings recently in G ran t* Pas* was George Burr, Rep. Ralph Moore, Ron B u rr and Garland Rock. The meeting w il be open to all truckers and they are urged to attend to consider problems m u tual to each ether. M uch w ork ha* been done by the group for revision of the present P .U G . laws and highway rule* and regulations, e that the problem was remedied. Following an editorial in last week's Sentinel, the city reviewed recent m ail from the state high way departm ent and said that both the city council and Supt. of Schools Ray Hunsaker had made many report* to the state request ing some action at once. A!1 the letters emphasized the need for an adequate footpath during football season, and the most recent letter* pointed out that w ith the longshoreman’s strike cutting down the number of tru ck ers on the highway, now would be the opportune tim e to do the re - slinging of the road and the con structing of the footpath. In September letters w ere sent to the highway department by C ity Recorder Hode CaugheU who re ceived the reply that the survey plans had not been sent to them yet, but that upon their receipt the highway office* would study the plan*. T hey stated, however, that the press of business and the effort they w ere making to do work where federal fund* were available would make the project slower in accomplishment. Highw ay 101 fro m 10th street to the footbaU field is a congested area foUowing and preceding foot baU game* and tra ffic is a hazard to both itself and to the pedestri ans who w alk to and from the field. Poor banking near the Cun ningham bridge also result* In car* being thrown sideways and altogether the problem is one that need* immediate attention, accord ing to the feeling expressed by many Coquille citizen* to The Sen tinel the past several weeks. • e * Coos Tax Bill Sets High Record C R A N B E R R Y Q UEEN Candidate is charm In f Nancy Price, daughter of M r. and M rs, George C. Price of North Bank road and a at the Coquille high shoal. Price to being sponsored by the Randolph Women’s club as their candidate for the Bandon Cran berry Festival Nov. 5-0. She to a tap dancer having appeared on the stage in Sacramento, C alif. The Coquille senior has light brown hair, blue eyea and stands five foot, three. Simmons Cleared Of Shooting Charge A grand Jury in session Monday returned a “not true” b ill in the involuntary manslaughter charge against Lawrence W. Simmons of Broad bent Simmons had been bound over to the grand ju ry by a coroner’s Jury following the death of A rth u r Cotter, 17-year old Coquille youth, who was shot in a tree near Broadbent Oct. 0th. Simmons was exonerated and re leased. • Testifying before the grand ju ry were Simmons, Byron Cotter, C arl M arney, Ansell Duey, Tony B a r clay, Sheriff W illiam F. How ell, and State Officers Lloyd W hite and James Davidson. • e Frank Leslie Takes California Bride M arried on October 7th in O ak land, California, was Frank Leslie, form er city recorder and long time resident of Coquille, to Mrs. M y r tle D err of Oakland. The romance was the end of a story of school day friendship in the M iddle West after which both M r. Leslie and Mrs. D e rr went their way, m arrying and rearing families. Last year M r. Leslie again met Mrs. D err after many years of not knowing where she was. Both had been widowed for several years. * * l a Tow n From Roseburg — Sam Carmichael was In town from Roseburg on Saturday visiting friends. Honor Roll Named At High School Throe students received grades of straight One* In a ll subjects taken during the first six week* period at the high school, entitling them to a High Honor Roll rating They are Faye Borgard, M ary G auntlett, and Sandra McCurdy. Those achieving a place on the honor roll by receiving no grade under a Tw o in any subject being taken during this first period are a* follows: M a rily n Atkinson, James Brewster, Gay Cedarquist, Eldon Chowning, Bob Christen sen, V irg in ia Corrie, Carolann Creager, Beverly Davis, Patsy Detlefsen, Joan Gauer, A lfred G auntlett, Ray G ilkey, Nancy Godard, Mae Dean* Greene, L u cille Haga, Jim Jenkins, Leota Johnson, Pat McGahan, L a rry Moore, Jo A n n Newton, Lorraine Reininger, Joe Sayre, Pat Shaw, Georgenna Smith, Lois Spalding, Clara Stonecypher, Joyce T aylor, John W atzling, Yvonne W atzllng • e Property owners are going to get the biggest tax b ill in the his tory of Coos county this month. I t calls fo r a total of $1.838.534.00 for the 1948-48 years. The official tax rolls and statements were turned over to Sheriff W illiam F. How ell for collection by Assessor C h arlei W. Forrest. Coo* county’s levy, however, is only 8.8 mills, or a new record low for county activities. The tax roll includes a total of $33,937,107.00 of value, and In clude* $12,877,510 acreage prop erty; $7,781,168 platted property; $9,878,545 personal property; $3,- 521,719 public u tility property. Exempted from the tax ro ll* was $85,775 under the Veteran« and W idow * exemption law. Taxes to be collected are: ad valorem tax, $1,790,712.44; drain age districts, $18,394X14; f i r * patrol, $14,682.68; reforestation tax, $3,- 724.90; and penalty fo r U te f il Allen C. Sm ith of CoquUle was ings, $4,950. one of five Oregon men named on * * the directors’ board of the Pacific Logging conference at the conven tion of the Pacific Logging Con A nominating committee of Fred gress at the M ultnom ah hotel this Smith Named On Logging Group Will Name Officers Lorenz, Andy Anderson, D r. Ralph M ilne, Ernie Kuntz, and H a rry Johnson were named this week by President W. J. B. Head of the Chamber of Commerce to nom inate candidates for the 1949 Chamber of Commerce officers. Others include: Robert P. Conk lin, Weyerhaeuser, North Bend; Victor Torrey, Cascades Plywood. Lebanon; Bruce Moorehead, M ount E m ily Lum ber, LaGrande, and Robert Wilson, W arm Springs Lum ber, W arm Springs. Gum Chewers To Help City's Youngsters As Lions Plate Gum Machines about Town Members of the CoquUle Lion* of this community. club are launching * new program in the near future through spon soring of penny gum ball m a chines, to raise money for it* Child W elfare project*. According to Lion President H a rry Slack 50 gum dispensing machines w ill be placed In stores, restaurants and other business places where free locations have been secured, so that the retail profit can be paid directly to the club. "W e are deeply grateful to the merchants and other business men of Coquille who are cooperating w ith us in this endeavor," Slack declared, "as it w ill provide hun dreds of dollars annuaUy fo r the beneficiaries: under - privileged children, blind, handicapped, etc. A t to time the plan obviate* need for the expense and effo rt of person al solicitation In fund raising. “These attractive chrome m a chines require but a- few square inches of counter space. Each one w ill display colorful labels with the official club emblem and showing the purpose for which proceeds w iU be used.” A t the same tim e, he explained in a confidential rem arks to mothers, the gum offered fo r sale Positively la not a bubble gum, but is pure and wholesome and guaranteed to be equal to the bast package gum. Known a* the Fordw ay Sharo- th e-P ro fit* Plan, this method of (Continued on last page, section r
