The Coquille Valley sentinel., July 13, 1950, Image 1

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Myrtle Lane Drive-In Theatre Sets Big
Formal Opening Tuesday Night With
Latest Modern Sound-View Equipment
Korea and the jum ble o f news
Offering a new field of entertainment to Southwestern
reports coming out of Asia added Oregon, Coquille, and the Coquille Valley is the new Myrtle
to the snorting of newscasters over
the billions being knocked o ff the Lane Drive-In Theatre which will hold its great opening
»stock market, hordes stampeding Tuesday night at 7:45.
markets, Truman trumpeting, and- owners of the new theatre, an­ the finest in theatre sound and v i­
Taft titila tin g caused us to long nounced that the gates w ill open at sion. Carbon arc lights are pro­
for a mountain stream w ith cold 7:45 w ith the firs t show, “ Buc­ vided to project a picture 275 feet
clear crystal waters, green firs, and caneer’s G irl” featuring Yvonne to the screen which is one of the
the song of birds who spend their DeCarlo and a host of shorts, start­ largest and best in the drive-in
theatre business.
days in looking for a choice seed ing at dusk.
Representing a considerable in ­
D rive-in theatres are p rim a rily a
after which they sing a song. And
so last -week-end we found it. vestment, the new d rive -in theatre warm weather amusement and the
High above the coastal plain, but is the newest unit to the theatres, normal time fo r th eir use us from
only a mere 80 miles from Coquille, the Roxy and Liberty in Coquille, spring to late fa ll. The Coquille
theatre management expects to run
a sylvan magic place where a of Wood and Claver.
The M yrtle Lane D rive -In was the M yrtle Lane D rive -In from
symphony
of cascading water
thundered and echoed under a erected on a 15-acre tract of land A p ril to November 1st or there­
delph blue sky. And so we-fished, on Rink Creek road just off the abouts.
Because of daylight saving time
we read, we just sat and smoked M yrtle Point-Coquille highway a
our briar. No daily newspaper; short distance from Coquille and the theatre w ill open at dusk each
evening, steadily opening earlier as
the rdMio reception was blank. close to M yrtle Point.
Accommodations are provided the days drow shorter.
And the world was a sphere of blue
The theatre was constructed by
and green, of song, and the chatter for 400 cars w ith parking spaces
of a mountain stream. Sure . . . so arranged that a clear view of C artw right and Wilson, Construc­
i t ended when we came back, the the mammoth screen to the east is tion and Engineering company, of
peace; but the strangest of a ll was possible. Each automobile is pro­ Tooele, Utah, who have used local
the fact that the mess in Ko^ea, vided w ith a special speaker which help all the way, including Carroll
and the stock market, a fid “ the hooks inside the car door. I t may Electric, T. S. and Tommy Drake,
capitol seemed to be just the same be individ ua lly regulated for sound building contractors; M a r t i n
Kincheloe of M yrtle Point; E. L.
as it was when we le f t Being 60 to suit the patron.
Entrance to the theatre is o ff the Perrott and Son, Joe Sayre B u ild ­
miles away beside a mountain
stream was a ll gain; the w orld had Rink Creek road through the tic k ­ ers Supply, J. A. Lamb Hardware,
T H IS HUGE SCREEN easily seen from all four hundred par screen of its type, it w ill catch all the detail of the movies, and
et office gates at the rear of the Ernie Smith Insurance Agency,
remained just the same outside.
king »pots in the new M yrtle Lane D rive-In Theatre to open the sound, well you can regulate your own from each individual
theatre property. Field men who Elmer Benham Sand and Gravel,
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Tuesday evening in its Rink Creek location just off the Myrtle sound receiver and am plifier on each car.
take the place of ushers w ill direct and Coquille Bakery.
Carl Hooker who did some serv­ the cars to parking places on the
Point-Coquille highway will show Southwestern Oregon movie
(ADDITIONAL STORIES
(Sentinel Photo — Additional Sentinel
ice fo r Uncle Sam in the last war conveniently arranged ramps.
goers
the finest in theatre entertainment. The most modern
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Photos in other sections of today’s paper.)
is an electronics specialist and on
Patrons may come and go at
the reserve list. His pals (?) who their leisure.
are fa m iliar w ith m ilita ry pro­
The d rive -ln accommodations
cedure say they’re a ll prepared to include a snack bar in the center
give Carl a big send-off, i f and of the tract. L ig ht refreshments
when the Korean situation gets and soft drinks are available at the
tough. We don’t th ink Carl should bar as well as hot dogs. Interm is­
feel so badly though; some of those sion music and public announce­
self-same friends might fin d out ments are
provided over the
that truck drivers are on the top speaker system. Located also in
p rio rity list, too.
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the snack bar building is the pro­
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jection booth.
I t ’s been pointed out to us a lot
In this booth the latest equip­
of times that Coquille has an un­ ment has been installed to provide
usually large group of Business­
men’s Wives who help out. Cer­
ta inly our orchids this week go to
Mrs. Stanton Stevens fo r the
m ighty fine help she has given
NO. 28.
THE COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL, COQUILLE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY IS, 199«.
19 Cents a Cop»
Stanton in getting their ntfw beau- ,
tifu l hardware store ready fo r its
Swimming
classes
under
the
opening. And the store: it ’s a great
credit to Coquille, and First street. auspices of the Red Cross as­
C o q u ille V a lle y
imi t i nel
Swim Classes Set
For Sugar Loaf
- We were too early in saying
people weren’t starting to horde in
Coquille. Tires, shells, sugar, even
coffee have been coming in by car­
loads and going out, nearly the
same way.
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The Oregon Journal has a new
term: “ Ko-Reds” which It uses to
describe the North Koreans. Not
bad. Interesting, too, is the fact
that the nation has been unani­
mous in supporting Truman on
the Korean proposition. Again we
say the people were ahead o f the
government.
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Most response on a news story
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(except where an amusing mistake
has been made, that is amusing to
the reader, not to us) was the story
last week on the zooming lumber
market. Phone calls came in as
w ell as personal calls to tell us they
hadn’t realized that the lumber
boom meant so much extra cash
to the Northwest. I t does.
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I f you haven't been out to the
new M yrtle Lane D rive-In theatre
to look around, it’s a sight to see
these fine warm evenings. Most
remarkable thing we witnessed,
however, was a 60 year old man
painting the huge screen some two
hundred and fifty feet-In the air,
a ll by himself, handling the ropes
and scaffolding just as i f it weren’t
more than a foot to the ground.
“ No hands” up there either, for
he couldn’t touch the newly paint­
ed screen as he let the platform
down to paint another strip.
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Powers Budget
Gets Approved
The second election fo r extend­
ing the six per cent lim itation on
the Powers city budget was held
Ju ly 8. Sixty-seven ballots were
cast; 51 fo r and 16 against.
It
passed.
sisted by the Coquille Active
club will again be held at
Sugar Loaf on the Coquille
river, Alex Kreick, Activian
and Red Cross safety chair­
man, said today.
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AMERICAN RED CROSS
Assisted by Coquille Active Club
Sugar Loaf
* July 31 to August 11, 1»M
25th Anniversary
Class Reunion Set
Arrangements are under way for
the silver anniversary class re­
union of the 1925 graduating class
of Coquille high school it was an­
nounced today.
Letters have been sept to all
members of the class who are liv ­
ing, Inviting them to a class banquet
Saturday evening, August 5, in the
Hotel Coquille; and a fam ily picnic
dinner at C roft Lake on Sunday,
August 6th.
Officers of the clas were Lewis
Donaldson, Balboa, Calif., presi­
dent; Maxine Paulson Mauney, Co­
quille, vice-president; Earl Rice,
deceased, treasurer; Avis Hartson
Maginnis, Portland, secretary, and
Walter Paulson, Springfield, ex­
ecutive representative.
A complete list of the class which
includes people prominent in the
business and social life of the Pa­
cific coast w ill be printed next
week.
According to the class members
who are arranging the silver anni­
versary affair, response has been
enthusiastic and a near hundred
per cent attendance is expected for
the event.
U. E. McClary Continues Progress
In Appliance Business With New Store
Swimming Pool
Work Party Set
For Saturday
Parent’s Signature
Register Early. Present- this coupon at the Hotel Coquille
between July 17 and 20th between the hours of 1 p ,m. and 4
p. m. Classes are open to children 8 years or older, but children
under ten years of age must be accompanied to Sugar Loaf by
a parent. CLASSES L IM IT E D TO FIRST 100 REGISTRANTS.
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Civil Service Jobs
Open In Siskiyou
Federal C iv il Service announces
examinations fo r probational ap­
pointment to the positions of car­
penter, $3024.96 to $3601.80 a year,
senior carenter, $3175.44 to $3852.-
60 a year, and truck driver II,
$2648.76 to $3100.20 a year, in the
Forest Service, Siskiyou National
forest, w ith headquarters at Grants
Pass, Oregon, and other Federal
government agencies in the v ic in ity
of Siskiyou National forest.
Further inform ation and appli­
cation forms may be obtained from
the secretary, board of U. S.
C ivil Service Examiners, at any
firs t or second-class post office, or
from the Director, Eleventh U. S.
C iv il Service Region, 302 Federal
Office Building, Seattle 4, Wash­
ington, not later than July 24, 1950.
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DRIVERS E XA M S SLATED
FOR W EDNESDAY
A drivers license examiner w ill
be on duty in Coquille Wednesday,
July 19, 1950, at the city hall be­
tween the hours of 9:00 a. m. and
pleted, is a part o f the plan fo r the 4 p. m., according to an announce­
building.
ment received from the Secretary
U. E. McClary firs t came to Co­ of State’s^pffice.
Persons wishing licenses or per­
quille in February 1935 as sales- mits to drive are asked to get in
manager fo r the Hub. From his touch w ith the examiner w ell
early appliance experience in A la ­ ahead of the scheduled closing
bama he had moved to C alifor­ hour in order to assure comple­
nia, and later north into Oregon. tion of their applications w ith a
A fte r a year in Portland he moved minimum of delay.
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to the Coos Bay district in 1933.
MOOMAW
TO
SPEAK
The McClary Appliance com­
pany opened in Coquille in Feb­ AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Jacob Moomaw, recently a mem­
ruary, 1939. Following the war
WVj R. Litzenberger entered the ber of the high school faculty o f
Coquille and w ell-know n as a
business, purchasing an interest.
preacher in Coos county, w ill be
A t present a ll the male employes«, the guest speaker in the Coquille
Alden Clymer, Thurman Hickam, Christian church on J u ly 16th and
Eugene Swearingen, and Stanley 23rd. The pastor, I. M. Nelson
Dornath, have interests in the com­ and fa m ily are driving to Long
pany.
Home economist is Mrs. Beach, California, where Mrs.
Robert Plieth.
Nelson’s parents reside.
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Another step toward the form a­
Quarter house races w ith horses
tion of a rural fire district in Co­
coming from the Coos and Curry
quille w ill have been achieved
county areas were added to the
when the Coos Forest Protective
association completes the drawing
1950 Coos county fa ir by the fa ir
up of a working plan of fire pro­
board in their monthly meeting
A selective sen.-ice official w ill
tection for tim ber in the are*.
Tuesday night at M yrtle Point. be in Coos Bay this week to aid
According to George Oerdlng,
Also added was an auction of reg­ In re-opening the Coos county chairman, the forest protective as­
draft board In the Coos Bay post-
sociation must enter into the agree­
istered Jersey cattle.
office building, it was reported to­
ment because it is especially tra in ­
In his report to the board, Pres­ day.
ed for fighting forest fires and
ident E. L. Clausen stated that all
Since the closure of the county mpch of the area in the proposed
indications point to a fine fair, and draft board last year, army and
interest is high in the 1950 program navy offices have been registering district is timbered.
The working plan peing drawn
which is considered to be one of 18 year olds.
up must be approved by the City
the best ever prepared fo r the
(Complete draft inform ation on of Coquille before further w ork
county.
other pages o f today’s Sentinel).
on the formation of the district can
Many new improvements have
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continue.
been made to the grounds and
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buildings and these include a floor
in the community exhibit building,
LETTER TO E DITO R
a new men’s rest room, and a new
porch and entrances fo r the dance
pavilion.
A contract fo r $1299 was given
the W. C. T. construction company
fo r the new rest room building
A real work-party for the
w ith complete new plumbing. Ray
Barkhurst of M yrtle Point received Coquille Swimming pool has
the contract for replacement of been set for Saturday with
the pavilion porch.
twenty Coquille Valley car­ Coquille Valley Sentinel
Rodney Davenport is in charge penters turning out to do the M r. Ralph Stnller,
Oregon.
of the Coos-Curry Jersey Cattle
real skilled work and some Coquille,
Dear Ralph:
club auction which w ill be held on
forty or fifty Lions and Ro-
Sunday morning.
Today the Bureau of Land
W. J. B. Head, chairman o f the tarians to act as carpenter Management held a meeting
with the Land Classifieation
calf scramble event, said that he helpers.
Also set fo r the noon tim e is a committee to discuss reclassifi­
had a number of calf sponsors
signed, and others coming in. A big luncheon to be prepared by the cation of lands in Coos county.
dezen calves won in the 1949 Rotarians under the direction of
A ll persons interested in Ag­
B ill Head, assisted by B ill Fortier, riculture were refused admission
scramble w ill be auctioned off.
In the quarterhorse races, J. L. ! Bert Folsom, Jess Barton and to the meeting. The only ex­
Smith said a large group of Curry others.
planation given by the Bureau
According to General Chairman was that it was a closed meeting.
county horsemen are racing every
Sunday now in preparation fo r the George U lett the swimming pool
To my knowledge this is the
event when they p it their quarter­ progress is now rapid and the huge first time in history that any
horses against the horses from filte r plant was unloaded yester­
Bureau of the U. S. government
day.
Coos county.
has used such dictatorial tactics
Barring no unforeseen incidents in administering the affairs of
County Agent George «■ Jenkins
reported on the new premium book the pool should be ready fo r swim-
the people whom they represent.
and said that a revised flower and ing the latter part o f August.
— Howard Leatherman.
garden section had been added, a
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revised saddle horse division made,
and other improvements are slated.
On August 8th a lamb scramble
w ill be discussed by the board.
Walter Schroeder, assistant county
agent, w ill aid on this question as
he w ill in selecting 28 eligible 4-H
boys fo r the calf scramble, i
In the days when “ a dollar “ How about the hardware store
The board also voted to buy a
bought something,
but there next to the meat market?” His
new herdsmanship trophy.
weren’t many dollars” Mr. and Mrs. brother wired him immediaitey that
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Visiting Here— Mrs. Esther Hatch­ S. F. Stevens purchased a hardware the then Oerding Hardware was
er of Coos Bay is visiting w ith her business in Coquille. That was in fo r sale. Six days later the Stevens
parents, M r. and Mrs. Charles May, 1934. Now, sixteen years later, owned a hardware business in Co­
Stevens Harware company moves quille.
Mansell.
into a completely new building,
And they have made a success
realizing a plan which was in the of the venture, as the fine, new
minds of both partners from the building being opened on Satur­
start.
day, testifies. Everything was
Stevens, who had firsk come to humming in the new store on
Chopping down trees in Can­ Coos county in 1907, was, previous Wednesday in preparation fo r the
ada, a French Canuck was able, to' 1934, w orking in a hardware
opening event. Mr. and Mrs. Stev­
by arduous labor and the obi store in Appleton, Wisconsin. There
ens,
w ith two staff members of
servance of careful th rift, to he met the school teacher w ith red
long standing, Floyd Chase and
save $100 per annum.
A fter
hair who was to become Mrs. Stev­ C. V; Carmichael, were busily ar­
fifteen years of unrem itting toil,
he decided to take a little holi­ ens. Appleton was her home town, ranging the stock which shows
day and came charging down to and she graduated from college up to advantage on the new fix ­
New York w ith $1,500 in his there, though she had been teach­ tures which have been insta lled
The Stevens store w ill occupy a
jeans. A local gambling house ing in Channing, Michigan.
A fte r their marriage the Stevens 30x100 space in the building which
relieved him of the entire poke
wanted to move to Coos county. has a total flo o r space o f 50x100.
in one hour flat.
“ Well,” bellowed the hardy S. F. w rote his brother, J. L. Stev­ The remaining space is being used
woodsman, as he arose from the ens about possibilities in Coquille by McClary Appliance company, as
table, "easy come, easy go!”
and as a P. S. to hi» letter asked an appliance show room.
Coos D raft Board
To Be Re-Opened
Registration w ill be between
, Please enroll me in your Swim classes at Sugar Loaf,
Monday and Thursday, J u ly 17 to
starting July 31.
I agree to attend class da’Q ajr.i cooperate
20, in the Coquille Hotel w ith the
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Ladies "of the Active club doing g with the instructors.
the sign-up between the hours of
1 and 4 p. m.
Name
Age
Classes w ill be lim ited to 100 this
year due to the smallness of the
Address
— Phone
pool at Sugar Loaf and bus trans­
portation arrangements.
A coupon is printed on this page
Class (Beginner, e tc .) ________22________ _________ _____
of today’s Sentinel which should be
filled out add used at the registra­
Permission is hereby granted fo r tbe above-named __
tion booth in the Hotel.
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Boy ---------G irl to take free swimming lessons this summer.
H E WAS F IR S T IN THE SOUTH!
The man who has the distinction
of being the firs t to sell an elec­
tric refrigerator in the state of
Alabama, is s till “ going to town”
in the appliance business.
On Saturday, July 15, U. E. Mc­
Clary opens a new appliance show­
room on F irst street in Coquille.
The new building, 20x100, designed
fo r effective display, w ill supple­
ment the present McClary A p p li­
ance building which is being re­
tained as a service and used ap­
pliance department. In all, the
company w ill occupy a flo or space
which w ill facilitate the largest
display of appliances in the coun­
ty.
A drive-in entrance from Front
street fo r the purposes of car
radio servicing, loading and un­
loading, though not as yet corn-
Quarterhorse Races To Be Added Feature
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Work Un rire Zone
Of 1950 Coos County Fair Program
Problems, Mopping
Free Swim Lessons
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"Back To Work"
Movement Sweeps
Across State
Despite entrance of thou­
sands of students, housewives
and in-migrants into the labor
market last month, Oregon’s
unemployment declined to
29,400, lowest figúre reported
by the State Unemployment
Compensation c o m m issio n
since October, 1948.
Only three areas—Portland, Eu­
gene and Klamath Falls—reported
any appreciable rise in unemploy­
ment, although little change was
noted in the Ontario, Grants Pass,
Lebanon and Corvallis districts.
Largest decrease came from H ills ­
boro, Astoria, Salem, Coos Bay,
Roseburg. Baker and Freewater
areas.
The July 1 figure was 13,000 less
than a year ago , about a thousand
under June 1, 1950, and lower than
any m id-year report since the end
of the war nearly five years ago.
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POWER L IN E C LEARING
TO B EG IN SOON
Clearing of the right-of-w ay for
the Port C rford-Gold
sec­
tion of the M cKinley-Gold Beach
115 kv transmission line is expect­
ed to begin w ithin the next three
weeks w ith award today of -this
clearing project on a low bid o f
$163,675 to Peterson Engineering
company of San Francisco, Calif.,
according to W. E. Yrommerhaus-
en, manager of the Southwestern
district office of the Bonneville
Power administration.
Warren
Ausland, BPA Project engineer,
Florence, w ill be in charge of the
contract inspection work.
Land Management
Bureau Holds
Closed Meeting ,
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Stevens Planned
A New Hardware Store Many Years Ago
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