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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
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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
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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.
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(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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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