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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1949)
IT 2%| ! eVI C o q u ille V a lle y ^O Q U JLIX. COOS C O UNTY. OREGON Iced Logs Don't * Make Good Meal For Lumber Saws BASK OF T H E l«2-foot self-supporting KW RO vertical-rad toting lower, adjacent to the Sanford Heights transmitter-studio building la shown above, shortly after completion of the structures. The tower was erected by John J. Hoke of Hoke Vertical Radiator Company. The building was engineered by E. L. Perrott A Sens, of Coquille. (Inset) K W RO Staffers (I. to r.) Bob Harris, B ill Cook. Ralph Brown, and Curt Raynes. go through their paces on a "dry run” rehearsal of the opening of a station studio production. (Coquille Studio) Heritage of Freedom Must Be Prized .Safeway Official Tells Chamber Body Courthouse Funds Opposed For New Buildinq By Bandon “The independent man producing in a stage of freedom is the first cause of our progress, and the heritage of freedom that has given birth to America can be lost by taking it for granted,” Ted Medford, Salem, Safeway division sales man ager, told a crowd of over 130 Chamber of Comrperce guests Tuesday night. Delivering the main address of the annual installation and annual meeting banquet in the Coquille Community building, Medford who is president of the Salem K i- wanis club and past president of the Salem Toastmasters’ club, told of visiting the Freedom Train in Salem last summer and com ing away with a new realization of what had helped to make America as great as it is. I t was freedom of opportunity, freedom to create, freedom to share in the fruits of extra effort, freedom to think and to talk that gave birth to the rich state of the Individual in America, the speak - Broadbent Stays Out of School • Consolidation Broadbent Consolidated school district No. 23, voted against con solidation with the M yrtle Point school when a vote was taken on January 6. Voting to consolidate were school district No. 23, Lee; school district No. 28C, Gravelford Connsolidated; school district No. 33, Bald Hill; school district No. 41C, M yrtle Point Consolidated, and school district No. 43. Nor way. The consolidation w ill become effective on Wednesday, Janu ary 12, 194», and the new district w ill be known as No. 41C, Myrtle Point Consolidated. The count of ballots revealed the following: Broadbent, yes 22, no 36, challenged 1; Lee, yes 23, no 1; Gravelford, yes 15, no 9; Bald H ill, yes 8, no 0; M yrtle Point, yes 37, no 0; Norway, yes 29, no 11. • • Tracing the history of freedom in America, the speaker told of the early Colonial days, the days of the C ivil W ar and the differ ence in the way a German Kaiser and President Lincoln regarded the deaths of a mother’s sons, reading both a letter from the German Kaiser and the famous Lincoln letter to Mrs. Bixby of Massachusetts. “We’re not great because we are intellectually superior, not be cause we work harder than other peoples— many work harder than we do — not because we have more natural resources — many have as much or more than we— but rather because we have free dom for effort, that we forge ahead,” Medford said. America has seven per cent of The power situation is “touch the earth’s population but more libraries, more hospitals, 85 per and go,” Manager Bill Head of cent of the automobiles, 67 per ¡ the Mt, States.Power said today. Lights were off for two hours cent of the life insurance, one telephone for every four people, Sunday morning, and during the 48 per cent of the radios, 46 per evenings the Coquille district was cent of all electric power, 44 packing 7,0Q0 kilowatts which is per cent of all daily newspapers,, two to three thousand in excess 30 per cent of all highways, and of the transforemr capacity. The extremely cold weather in much more, the Salem man stated. Scoring the apathy which caus Oregon has caused ice to plug ed so few people to vote on No the turbines at the Prospect vember 3rd, Medford stated that dam and no relief is seen by the right to vote was won by Head from the power emergency people with their lives. Such until the Klamath river resumes apathy helps a benevolent state its normal flow free of ice. set-up, which is the first step toward despotism, the speaker said, an<T Russia. Germany, Italy, ail came about by people not re garding their privilege of free A chimney fire starting at the dom as important. Medford was introduced by collar of the chimney and flue at David Biegger, toastmaster of the the house of Robert Bailey, Bieg evening. He was later presented ger Furniture employee, Monday with a myrtlewood lamp from the night, did only $25.00 of damage cranberry g i f t b o x f r o m E d to the wall and wallpaper, Chie! Craig Perrott said today. Hughes. The house is located at 475 N. Kenneth Talley, accompanied Coulter. by his v/ife, sang two solos. Power Situation touchy Again Compulsory Vaccination Urged for Calves county Coos A group of dairymen went on record as favoring compulsory calf vac cination in infected herds and in herds in proximity to infected herds, when a meeting of the dairymen was held on Friday in the junior auditorium of the Co quille Community building for the purpose of discussing ways and means of combating the Bang’s disease prevalent in this area. A resolution was drawn up recommending that all calves be tested at the time of vaccination, be vaccinated with desiccated vaccine, and be retested ten days after vaccination. It was further recommended that all reactionary calves be branded and removed from the herd and that indemnity be paid. It was thought advisable, too, that adult cattle, vaccinated as I B IL L W ALSH— Who is the owners of KWRO. Ice Causes 3-Way Smash Wednesday Three vehicles were wrecked on the,Riverton-Bandon section of Highway 101 Wednesday after noon as a result of icy roads. The smash-up occurred about three o’clock on the section of the road just before Lampa Creek. . A car, driven by Margaret Frye of Bandon, travelling south, skid ded on the icy highway and plunged head-on into a loaded grain truck driven by Abraham Berger of Langlois. The impact of the collision pushed the car back into its own lane and a loaded logging truck, driven by Donald Stoneburg of Springfield, which had been following behind the car smashed into the back of the car. The grain truck careened over the embankment and turned over while the logging truck plunged into the opposite bank. Drivers of the three vehicles, though badly shaken, were not seriously injured. The car and the two trucks, however, were all damaged and had to be towed from the scene of the accident. Credit Group Will Banquet January 31 A Credit Association banquet on Monday evening, January 31st, w ill find the Retail Credit asso ciation of Coquille swinging into action for 1949 with an introduc tion of new officers, including Donald Farr, newly elected presi dent; a skit, and talks by Walter A. Jensen, J. D. Mac Ewan, and J. H. Fisher, all top-flight Credit men. Entertainment w ill be of a high caliber, according to P. McDon ald, secretary of the group, and dinner tickets are on sale for $2.00 each. The dinner w ill start at 7 p. m. in the Community building. Reservations for tickets can be made at Steinmetz Motors, Farr calves, be revaccinated after a and Elwood’s, and the Credit Bu ' three-year period. reau office. A request from the meeting w ill AU business men and their be sent to the county court asking wives and members of the Wom that Dr. Bennett, county veterin en’s Credit group, the Women’s arian, be sent to sessions at Sa clubs and the Soorptimists are in lem in an endeavor to obtain a vited to take part in the program. more workable vaccination pro • • gram. DRIVERS’ EXAM S SLATED Graydon Anderson presided FOR COQUILLE TUESDAY over the meeting which was at- A drivers licenses examiner w ill dairymen. be on duty in CoquiUe Tuesday, January 18, 1949, at the city. haU COQUILLE MAN MAKES between the hours of 9 a. m. and HONOR GRADE ROLL 4 p. m., according to an announce (Oregon College of Education, ment received from the Secretary Monmouth.) A t the close of the of State’s office.. fall term at the Oregon College of Persons wishing licenses or per Education, seventy students mits to drive are asked to get in earned mention by carrying at touch with the examiner weU least 15 term hours and earning a ahead of the schedulled closing grade point average of 3.0 or bet hour in order to assure completion ter. Among them was Louis of their applications with a min Marvin Pinkston of Coquille. imum of delay. Chimney Fire Does Little Damage Iced logs don’t saw good at all, and they’re no more palatable to the saws of the plywood division of the CoquiUe Cooe Bay Lumber plant.. So say plant officials as they turned off the last day crew Wednesday afternoon .at 3:30 lo r a vacation from work until mid night Sunday. * AU shifts wiU be “down” tke company said today until the ply wood shift goes back on Sunday midnight. The logs are ice-covered in the booms and make poor sawing In the sawmill and are not satisfac tory to work with in the plywood division, hence the quietness of the miU’s whistle today. • • BANDON _ (Special) — The Bandon Chamber of Commerce voted at its meeting January 3rd, to protest to the County court opposing the spending of county money for the proposed addition and repairs on the county court house at the present time. It is the feeling of the Chamber of Commerce that thia money should be used in the construction of a bridge at Bullards over the CoquiUe river. John Fitzsimmons, president of the Bandon Chamber of Com merce and delegate of the Seven Devils community, stated that if the Bullards bridge is turned down and that the court house ad dition is approved, that the peo ple of that community would file a letter of protest to the County court and would ask the people to vote for or against the addition to the court house or building a new court house, and if the money is voted for a new court house, that a suitable site be picked between Coos Bay and North Bend as that section is the center of population. Fitzsimmons further stated that over $23,000 a year is 'spent by the county at the present time on a ferry at Bulladrs and one at Riverton. By building a bridge and eUminating this expenditure and applying $23,000 a year to ward the expenditure of the bridge, it would soon be paid for. Approximate cost of the bridge is $600,000 and Coos county would have to furnish $300,000 of this amount. Head Gets Trophy For Chamber Stunt Better late than never might well be the slogan for the presen tation of the Coos county fair trophy for the best Chamber stunt when it was presented Tuesday night to retiring president Bill Head of the Coquille Chamber for winning the 1948 stunt contest. Ed Hughes was chairman of the Chamber stunt that beat out M yrtle Point, Bandon, Coos Bay and North Bend. E. L. Clausen, veteran chairman of the Coos fair board, made the presentation at the annual Co quille banquet • • A t Powers Coldest W eatfier In History (?) Powers experienced the cold est weather in history. It was three decrees below zero on Eden Ridge, two degrees above at the Coos Bay shops, three decrees at the Ranger station. Schools have been closed Mon day and Tuesday due to inabil ity to heat rooms. All kinds of grief from broken Pipes! o o A t Longlois Schools Closed It was cold down here in Curry county and for the first time in many years the pipes in the schools closed. So. it was no school for all the chil dren the first part of the week. Temperature stood at a low of IS degrees. • • A t McKinley W ater Pipes W on't Give O ut W ater McKinley is almost like the saying goes, "Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.” Pipe broken and froz en. and in other words, no water where is shoifld be. We have tola of snow and lee, though: No school and no it doesn’t At Riverton Woodcutting Takes Priority This Week Wlth is kept busy catting keep- ing fire s-going, etc. frozen and broken water pipes, etc,, and oh! the ears are giving troubles. Bat the children and older ones have enjoyed the snsw-sledding and making of Abner Johnson Nearly Loses Leg A slip into the chipper saw which he was running at the Coos Bay Lumber plywood Monday morning at 1 a. m. nearly caused Abner Johnson to lose his leg. Johnson slipped and caught his leg in the chipper saw which cut it in many places, and cut it very dangerously. Every effort is being made to save his leg, and over two hours surgery was need ed to sew up the cuts. Johnson is at the Falk hospital and w ill be hospitalized for sev eral months, attending physicians report. • • Free Matinees End On January 22nd Saturday, Jan. 22nd, w ill see the end of the free movie matinees at the Liberty theatre, and the first Saturday show that kiddies w ill pay for w ill be on Saturday, Jan. 29th. So stated Lloyd Clav- er, manager of the Liberty today. Started last May the free movies were a part of the Retail Trades committee program to ex pand the CoquiUe trading area and to furnish more activity for the youngsters of the area. Water is running out of the Assessments levied against city pipes in town — because members of the Chamber group people are leaving their pipes individually paid for the shows. open to keep them from freez A recent ballot from contribut ing — faster than the reservoir ing merchants showed that they can fiH ap. City Engineer Joe were not in favor of continuing K uffler warned the people of the show. the city today. • • Extreme care should be ob UPHOLSTERING CLASS served by city water users. POSTPONED U N T IL JAN. 18 K uffler stated if we are to have Due to illness, both the day and enough water to get over the evening adult classes in uphol cold spell. stering have been postponed un The city of Myrtle Point had til Tuesday, January 18. water trouble late Wednesday There are vacancies in both the because of a frozen pump but upholstering classes. Anyone in had the situation in hand today. terested should contact Mrs. • a Guorge Taylor, phone 140L; Mrs. PENNEY M E E TIN G M O ND AY Archie Walker, phone 14M, or A t MEDFORD Mrs. Walter Laird, phone 64. • • A district meeting of the J. C. Penney company w ill be held HAVE NEW FURNACE Monday and Me 'day night in The old furnace at the Coquille Medford and w ill be attended by Christian church broke down this Manager and Mrs. Ernie Kuntz of week and a new furnace is being the Coquille store. installed immediately. W ater Supply C ritical! ÁC *' M. Of*«' .<'** THU RSD AY, JANUARY 15. 1949 k<»d‘ 1» Cento a Copy Kuntz Installed As President of Chamber At Annual Banquet Meeting Tuesday New president of the Coquille Chamber of Commerce is Ernie Kuntz, J. C. Penney company manager, who was installed at the annual banquet and installation ceremonies by retiring president W. J. B. Head Tuesday night at the Project Chairmen Named By Kuntz Chairmen for the important committees of the Chamber of Commerce were named today by President Ernie Kuntz ana an nounced by Executive Secretary Clarence Osika. Named as chairmen were: Mem bership, Noble Chowning; Retail Trades, U. E. McClary; Finance and Budget, Ralph StuUer; High ways and Roads, George Burr; Agriculture. Ed Detlefsen; Audit ing, Jack Bowen; Civic Projects, Clarence Barton; Legal, J Arthur Berg; Boathouse, Paul Snider; Publicity, Chuck Pritchard; Parks and Recreation, J. D. Rankin; Tourist Promotion, Bob Mason; Education, Craig Perrott; Trans portation, Buzz Smith; Postoffice, Harry Slack; Housing Projects, L. G. Scharfer; Highway Safety, Carl Hooker; Fish and Game; Ernie Smith; Youth Camp and Activities, Donald Farr; Industry, Ed Parent. Xmas Seal Money Still Coming In Communoty building. Other officers installed were Noble Chowning, vice-president; Donald Farr, treasurer; and C lar ence Osika, executive secretary, and directors Andy Anderson, Dave Biegger, George Burr, Ed Detlefsen, A N. Gould, Ed Hughes, George Jenkins, W illiam Head, Fred Logsdon, U. E. McClary, W. C. Mason, Jack Moore, H arry Slack, Ivan Smalley, Ralph Stull- er, Lewis Wiltshire, Orville Wood, Delbert Driskeil, ' Chet M urray and Evan Alborn. Retiring president B ill Head was presented an old-fashioned lantern as a joking gesture lo r the effort he has put forth to light up the city in his capacity as manager of the Mt. States Power company in a period of critical power surpluses, and in a serious vein a fine wristwatch band. A gift to the Chamber of Com merce was a colored lighted pho tograph mounted in a myrtlewood frame presented by Evan Alborn, former president and director of the Chamber who was not present due to the fact that he is on a vacation in the South at preaent. Treasurer Donald Farr reported a balance of $3901 as of January 1st, 1949, as compared to $1981.94 on January 1st, 1948. The annual report given by Executive Secretary Clarence Osika told of the work of the Chamber of Commerce during the past year when 3583 bulletins were mailed out and 453 letters written to people asking pertin ent questions about the CoquiUe Contributions in the Christmas seal sale are still being received, according to chairman. Mrs. Clara A. Stauff. Those wishing to con tribute who have not already done Listed as number 1 project was to, are asked to mail their dollars immediately in order that the the gaining of the start on the highway 101 Coquille to Coos Bay books may be closed. • • sector and the seeing to it that the highway would be completed to make a modem connecting link between the county seat and Coos Bay area. The formation of a definite Services for Judge Allen How trade booster group was related ard Boice, 87, who passed away by the secretary in which he list late Monday * afternoon at Gold ed the special promotions of the Beach wiU be held this afternoon year by that group under the at the Langlois hiigh school. leadership of Fred Lorenz, the Judge Boice who retired Janu sponsoring of free matinees, and ary 3rd after twelve years as Cur other events. ry coynty judge was bom on Flo r Number three was the definite as creek on August 5, 1881. He policy of the fish and game com attended school at Langlois and mittee on closure of the CoquiUe was married to Caroline Priscilla river and work with the state fish Guerin on Jan. 1, 190«. The wid and game commission to estab ow survives as do twelve children. lish hatcheries in this area to Judge Boice had been active in make the fishing more of a tourist the truck and logging business in attraction. Coos and Curry counties and had Flood control, agricultural served as county commissioner of work, sponsorship of the Farming Curry county before becoming Report (n conjunction with other judge. civic groups in the county, promo The Schroeder Bros, mortuaries tion of industrial growth and the addition of many new businesses are in charge of the services. • • were cited also by Osika. A net gain of 40 new businesses were reported by -the secretary. As a preliminary 1949 program, Osika said the development of I f you’re one of the cranberry tourist trade through advertising growers who has been inter and better facilities was a must ested in what was happening for the year. He also cited that the chamber group would work to the cranberry market the past few months, then you’ll for water, sewage disposal, better get the dope right straight from hospital faciUties, and growth and the source when M. L. Urann, diversification of industry In the president of the National Cran community. • • berry association, talks over R AD IO KOQS. Coos Bay, at 12:45, Saturday. Jan. 15. M. L. Urann delivered the same talk In the East last week and the transcription was sent to Coos county for local grow • On Sunday evening, January 16, ers this week. Mr. and Mrs. James Kimsey of a • Northwest Christian college, w ill MEASLES HIT CITY be guests at the CoquiUe Christian A number of cases of measles church. M r. Kimsey, who is a have been reportedly among the CoquiUe boy, wiU speak on younger children in Coquille dur "Christian Education.” Musical ing the past week. Over si My selections w ill be given by Mr. youngsters were absent Irom and Mrs. Kimsey. • • Washington school, although there w e r e no noticeable absences Leave For Eugene Wednesday— among students in the higher Mr. and Mrs. Lin Swain left on frades. Wednesday to visit in Eugene. Judge A. H. Boice Services Today Cranberry Dope On KOOS Saturday Kimsey's To Talk To Church Group Plumbers Busy During Cold Spell CoquiUe plumbers have been working overtime this week in an endeavor to keep up with the broken pipes and pumps and frozen drain lines, caused by the wintery weather so unusual in this section of the country. Local hardware stores have completely sold out their supply of blow torches, and pipe clamps are becoming scarce. The entire Coos Bay Lumber company m ill in CoquiUe closed down Wednesday and wiU remain closed until Monday in order to repair the broken pipes and mains. The difficulty of peeling logs in which the sap is frozen has made the shut-down of the plywood imperative. Damage to fall seeding on farms in the area can not as yet be estimated, but there is little doubt that there w ill be some damages caused by the cold weather. Considerable incon venience has been caused by broken water systems in the farm area and, according to County Agent George Jenkins, the cold weather is very hard on cattle here where barns are not con structed to withstand cold weath er.
