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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1948)
C oquille V a l l e y J fe n tln e l OCTOBER 21. 194«. COQUILLE. OREGON Mill Worker Sues To End Dock Strike Legion To Raise Polio-Pak Funds A drive to raise funds for the purpose of a polio-pak heater tor the use of residents of Coos coun ty is being started in Coquille this week under the auspices of the Coquille American Legion A u x ili ary, unit No. 36. The polio-pak heater, a mqch needed piece of equipment for use in the treatment of polio in the homes of residents of the area, w ill be housed, when purchased, at the Coos county health depart ment, and w ill be made available to all residents, in the county without charge. The money for the polio-pak is being raised by means of a maga zine subscription campaign which started in Coquille on Monday. • • A one-man attertipt to stop the current labor dispute between the Waterfront Employers association of the Pacific Coast and the Inter national Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s union, CIO, was started in U. S. district court in Portland Monday. Arnold L. Couty, Coos Bay, who says he is an employee of the Coos Bay Lumber company but has been out of work six weeks be cause of the maritime tieup, filed a petition of his own phrasing de manding that both groups show cause in court why the strike should continue. Couty said he was unable to get an attorney to handle his case See “Spike” Leslie for insurance so be did it himself. He paid the necessary «15 to file his action in of all kinds, phono 5 or 95-L. tic the federal court. Now it must be considered by the Judges. The federal court clerk’s office said the filing is “most unique.” In his petition, Couty charges that the defendants, both manage ment and labor, ‘ extended a labor dispute to maintain an obstruction in the loading and unloading of ships in the ports of the Pacific Coast and did so impair . . . com merce as to cause unemployment in lumber saw-mills and so bring injury to the plaintiff.” He asks the court to summon both defendants before it to an swer these charges and to show cause why the court shall not honor his petition for a redress of grievances by directing both de fendants to resume usual opera tions a • W A t Fairview Grange Wins Prizes A t Meeting BY MYRTLE CARTER Pomona Grange met in regular meeting last Saturday at Sumner Grange hall. The White Satin Sugar contest was the main a t traction of the day. Also the Ber nards Lid Co. gave a radio to the Grange which had the largest percentage of Jars sealed with their lids. . Prizes in the White Satin Sugar contest were won by the follow ing Fairview Orange women: 1st prize,. 50 pounds of White Satin sugar, went to Mrs. Fay Holver stott for her entry of M int Jelly; 2nd prize, 25 pounds of White Satin sugar, went to Mrs. Harry Hubbell for her entry of Grape Jelly. Three 3rd prizes of 25 pounds each of White Satin sugar went to Mrs. W. H. Van Orman for her Wild Blackberry Jelly, Mrs. Ben Holverstott for her Italian Prunes and to Mrs. Robert Holverstott for her Wild Blackberries. Twenty-five dollars was won by the Fairview Grange for having the greatest percentage of entries according to our membership, that were accompanied by White Satin sugar label. • e Community Chest Starting Slow Contributions to the Community Chest are coming in, but not as fast as in past years, it was re ported today by several members of the Active club who are con ducting the Coquille campaign. However, s e v e r a l l unusually large checks have been received by the Active club for the Chest funds, and many of these have bean unsolicited, being turned In by people who mentioned the fact that they had read the publicity and names of committeemen in The Sentinel and were making their donations before being soli cited. The Active club w ill solicit the entire town. • • Awards Given Past Masters' Night Gum-Chewers (Continued from Page One) raising charity funds has been Cub Scouters Set For Oct. 26 Tuesday evening, October 26, at 8 p. m. Chadwick Lodge, No. 68, A. F. & A. M., w ill hold Its an nual Past Masters’ night. The Master Masons’ degree will be conferred entirely by Past Mas ters of Chadwick lodge. We extend a cordial invitation to all Master Masons to be our guests that even ing, W. M. • • AUTO EXA M IN E R HERE TUESDAY A drivers license examiner w ill be on duty in Coquille Tuesday, Oct. .26, 1948, at the city hall be tween the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m., according to an announce ment received from the Secretary of State’s office. Persons wishing licenses or per mits to drive are asked to get in touch with the examiner well ahead of the scheduled closing hour in order to assure completion of their applications with a mini mum of delay., • • At Football Game—Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Gremsgard attended the football game in Portland at the week-end. adopted by more than 1500 serv ice clubs throughout the nation. Last year nearly «300,000 was paid out in commissions to these clubs in support of their various welfare projects, the club president re vealed. The Lions club w ill use the profits from the machines for all children’s welfare projects which Includes medical and optical care where necessary, recreational ac tivities and projects, annual parties at Christmas and Easter and other times, Boy Scout actiivties, and many others. • • Scout Training Set For Leaders Receiving awards and medals at a Cub Scout court ■of honor held in the Christian church basement on October 15 were Gordon Jones, wolf badge and certificate, gold and silver arrows; Dale Ellingson, gold and silver arrows and one year pin; Tommy Creager, gold and silver arrows and one year pin;Gary Rhule, gold and sliver arrows and one year pin; Joe Vaughan, cub scarf: Jimmy James, xibcat pin and scarf; Lewis W ilt shire, bobcat pin and scarf; Larry McCurdy, membership card; Bob by - Turrbon, s c a r f ; Douglas Schnlck, bobcat pin and scarf; Training for leadership of G irl Scouts w ill be given under the auspices of the Coquille G irl Scout association with the first class to be on Monday, October 25th, at 7 p. m. in the G irl Scout clubrooms of the Community building. instructors for the training ses sion w ill be Mesdames Virgil Beaudette, LeRoy Swinney and Ralph Stuller. Richard Fish, bobcat pin and scarf; Gerry Barrow, bobcat cer tificate and pin and scarf; Charles Trother, bobcat certificate and pin; Kenneth^-Trother, bobcat pin; Paul Clayton, membership card. Dick Thrift, wolf certificate and badge; Larry Summers, member ship card; Dean Benham, one and two year pins; Bobby Brooks, two year pin and gold and silver ar rows; Bobby Burr, two year pin; Billy Lee, wolf pin and badge and one year pin; Jerry Malone, bob cat pin and scarf; Billy Graves, bobcat pin and one year pin; Jim my Meadows, one year pin; James Cottengim, bobcat pin and scarf; Charles Strong, bobcat pin and scarf; Terry Cooper, bobcat pin and scarf; Wayne So ward, mem bership card and scarf; B ill Baker, membership card. [FRI. SAT. SUN. Audiometer Given County Schools A portable audiometer, a gift from the Marshfield lo d g e . B.P.O B. N. 1160, to the .schools of Coos county has been placed in the Coos County health depart ment this week. The presentation of the audio meter was made by Earl Littrell, Jr., Exalted Ruler, to Dr. E leanor Gutman, county health officer, at a potluck dinner held in Coos Bay on Wednesday evening. AU schools of the county from Reedsport to Gold Beach w ill be given free use of the audiometer, which w ill be housed at the co u n ty health department, at Coquille Oct. 22-23-;24 You'll Like This Show! 1 hy 1 J U S T M AO M V B C A K E S A O JU S TB O O v t ß At ' For Expert: •Motor Tuning Brake Work •Body Work Radiator Repairing • Upholstery Repair »Fender Work BRING YOUR CAR OR TRUCK TOUS --- - — PLUS M iW i A u t o C o < ^ ¿ 3 4 • - COQUILLE--------- Latest News Cartoon FREE KIDDIES M A T IN E E S A T U R D A Y 1:00 P. M. S p o n so red b y C o q u ille CHAMBER OF COMMERCE [ THUR. FRI. SAT. ) [ Libert SUN. MON. TUE. O c t 24-25-26 Return Engagement When Everyone Charlestoned And Youth Was Flaming In That Flapper Age! « ^ 6 ^ TUNE-SWEPT AN A L L -T IM E FAVORtTE TAKES YOU BACK TO S H A N G R I-LA ! TECHNICOLOR, MUSICAL! Power Out; Cooks Use "H o t" Bursts When a break in line 20 from Roseburg and .consequent over loading caused M yrtle Point, Pow ers and Coquille to have a series of outages at dinner time Monday, Coquille cooks were hard put to keep the venison steaks frying. While Coquille was out for min utes at a time, Coos Bay and North Bend were out for an hour, W. J. B. Head, M t States Power mana- treason given was the fact iEat with outages now the Coos Bay power plant is unable to supply the area without the aid of the Coos Bay Lumber company’s plant — and m ill shutdown—no power for extra loads. Most violent complaint which rung in Manager Head's ears was that of a cake baker who had a party coming off in the evening and had her whole dessert menu planned around a cake in the oven -half-cooked, and then . . . FRANK CAPRA S Supreme Achievement M A TIN E E SUNDAY 1 :45 - OSCAR LEVANT • BARBARA LAWRENCE • TWO SHOWS EACH EVENING 7:00 & 9:00 LATEST NEWS CARTOON SPORTLIGHT RONALD COLMAN WALTER FRANK BUTCH « . s M A X W E l l ’ ta iM O O R E H E A D LOST HORIZON w rttl J a n . W ,a n A METRO-GOLDWYN MAYER PICTURE John H o w o rd . M a r jo ■ T h o m a \ M ilc h .ll ■ Id w o rd H o rto n . U a b .l J n w .ll S < r.,n Floy by R O B E R T R IS K IN A C O L U M B IA R E -R E L E A S E
