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Rere’sVMore Proof
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THAT
| The Mighty Coquille,Valley
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With Oustanding
. Achievements
IS MOVING FORWARD
THE COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL. COQUILLE. OREGON.
THURSDAY. JULY IS, 1950.
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Our Hearty
Congratulations
AND
Best Wishes
For Continued Success
to
£$S
The Myrtle Lane
Drive-In Theatre
Grand Opening
TUESDAY EVENING
July 18th
and desiring a finer climate came
to Coquille in 1932.
Wood And Clever Pioneers In Theatre
I Business Having Come Here In 1932
to
McClary Appliance Co.
Grand Opening
SATURDAY.. July 15th
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: THEATRE AMONG THE FIRS— T he M yrtle Lane D rive-In theatre is set in truly lovely surroundings
up the Rink Creek road Just a few blocks o ff the M yrtle P oint-C oquille highw ay. Pictured above are
? som e of the Sentinel photos taken during the last v. eek of construction w hen all the w orkm en w ere
i busy pre-pa, n~ <he 'rounds, settin g the piprs, doirg the w iring, and tra v elin g , bulldozing, g lid in g and
com pleting the buildings.
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(S entinel Photos)
O rville Wood and Lloyd Claver
are pipneers in the motion picture
business, and the new M yrtle Lane
D rive-In is but another step in
their successful careers.
They fir s t came to Coquille in
1932 when they purchased the L ib
e rty theatre which they s till oper
ate. In 1936 they started construc
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Huge Screen For
Drive-In Theatre
tion on the modern Roxy theatre
and have, now added the M yrtle
Lane drive-in.
Both are pioneers in the industry
w ith O rville Wood starting after
the end of World War I in Wyom
ing. W ith the Clavers, Mr. and Mrs.
Wood went to Roseburg where they
operated the theatres in that city.
and to .
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The silver screen, the beaded
screen and screens which are es
pecially porous to perm it sound to
pass through w ithout being m uf
fled are out, so fa r as drive-in
theatres are concerned.
Since sound accompanying the
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W ELCO M E
Stevens Hardware
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to
Grand Opening
The great step forward that has
The Coquille Valley's Newest . ,
The Myrtle Lone Drive-In Theatre
beep taken by these three business
MAY YOUR GRAND OPENING, TUESDAY, JULY 18th. BE THE
firms is further proof that the
FORERUNNER OF A CONTINUAL SUCCESS THROUGHOUT
SATURDAY. J u ly 15th
Coquille
Valley
is
a
grand
,
THE YEARS TO COME
place to live, work, play and trade.
“GO FORWARD I N ’50” . . .
It Has Been Our Sincere Pleasure
OF
THE
NEWEST
ADDITION
Mountain States Power Co.
West Coast Telephone Co.
No-D-Lay Cleaners
Union Service Station (Dale Elliott)
Farr and Elwood Co.
Biegger Furniture
Coquille Motor Sales
Jim’s Market
J. C. Penney
TO
THE
COQUILLE VALLEY’S AMUSEMENT ACTIVITIES
Gant’s Grocery
Coquille Service Station
Purkey Furniture
Western Stores
Coquille Auto Co.
Holimon Cleaners
Coquille Food Center
Brooks Furniture
To
Participate
Construction
COQUILLE VALLEY
Church Pontiac
Folsom’s Grocery
George E. Oerding Agency
Newton’s Grocery
George F. Burr Motor Co.
Coquille Hotel and Coffee Shop
Eaton’s Feed and Seed Store
Steinmetz Motors
Whatever Your
COQUILLE, OREGON
Building
Of
This
Newest
ENTERPRISE
Needs
You ,Can
/
Always
Rely Upon Us To Furnish Only The Finest Materials
Quickly,
Efficiently
Economically
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“Everything for the Builder”
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