C o q u ille V a lle y
VOL. XLVI.
NO. 3«.
THE COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL. COQUILLE. OREGON.
O r*» o „
THURSDAY,
10 Cento a Copy
SEPT. 21. 1858
Drastic Shortage Of Water
Fall Festival Draws 3,000 People
To Help Coquille Celebrate, Parade,
And Dedicate New $60,000 Swim Pool
QUEEN OF THE FESTIVAL—Marilyn Atkinson ruled the tw e-
lay Fall Festival as Queen of the Festival last week-end after being
.elected by a group of four Judaea. The contest was close and the
raet that Miss Atkinson led In ticket sales helped make her the winner.
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(Coquille Studio Photo)
Shrub Planting
Topic For Meeting
Tests taken on the water of
Laurel lake in preparation for
»me fish planting have brought
>ut the unusual fact that this lake
a one of the few in the lower
toastal plain area that seems to
je free from ail bacteria.
The first project leader meet
ings of the year on ‘‘Landscape
Planning” or ‘Landscape Uses of
Ten Basic Shrubs” w ill be given
September 28 and 27, according
to Mary Agnes Ainiey, county ex
tension agent. Project leaders in
the south end of the county w ill
meet at M yrtle Grange hall in
M yrtle Point, Tuesday, Sept. 26.
The leaders from the north end of
the county w ill meet at Empire
Civic center Wednesday, Sept. 27.
Meetings w ill be held frpm 10:30
a. m. to 3:00 p. m. w ith a sack
lunch at noon.
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Coquille has lots of man and
vife partnerships and not so long
igo we ran a sefies on them. We
isppened to th ink o f It when we
topped in fo r a pleasant chat w ith
drs. Spike Leslie the other day
vhlle she was capably operating
he Leslie Insurance agency.
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With one o f Coquille's school
eachers livin g in the basement of
he Valley View’ school, it appears
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hat the Valley View building
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.t the
uld well be a ‘teacherage*’
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istric 8-C. I t would be a m agnlfl-
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A
nt place fo r a teacherage Look- Community building Junior audi
g over the green Coquille Valley. ; torium Monday evening at 7 JO
igh. Dry,- And on a good high- P- m. Sept. 25 w ill name anie
ay
J
i tion slate for a mayor, city record-
er. and three councilmen fo r four
Toughest spot of the week was year terms.
Political dope points to both
M judging of the Queen contest-
n ti last Friday night. Not more Dr. L. B. Gould and George Burr,
nan ten points separated a ll of ciuncilmen. being named on the
aem. Final winners won m ainly first ballot for the top post of
n their ticket sales— that be- mayor now held by Ray Jeub,
lg the difference between them who it is understood, w ill not ac
cept nomination again.
-j the fin al addition of points.
For the council Clarence Bar
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Pleasant surprise today was a ton, John J. Pickett, Ivan Smalley
Stan
Sherwood are all
ote from Mrs. Morgan of the and
named
as
possible
candidates,
he Soroptlmist club to thank The
ientinel for our mention of the plus Mrs. George Maynard, Ernie
lub In the past few weeks. It Smith and Clarence Osika.
The Coquille city charter al
/as pleksant to receive, but unde-
erved. The Soroptimists are one lows a second caucus to be held
t CoquiUe’s finest groups and we following the first citizens’ meet
iave been constant admirers of ing at which time an opposing
heir work on helping the swim- slate can be named to appear on
the November 7th ballot.
nlng pool.
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New City Heads
To Be Nominated
At Caucus Monday
And speaking of helping the
vimming pool: Soroptimist Pres
ent Mae Barton of Miss M ay’s
»ve George U lett a personal
leek for 81,000 as her personal
onation to the Coquille swim-
ling pool last Saturday afternoon
>llowing the official dedication
»remonies. Mae is out of town
> we can’t give you an interview
n her gift, but needless to say,
ie ’s going to have a lot of young-
ters growing into fine young
’omanhood and manhood who
re going to think of her as a real
-tend.
attacks
Earl
rcnsing buildings and office!, the
'use of the Democrats has not
lined much. Most people like
« ease w ith which they can
ansact the business of buying
ates fo r their cars and trucks;
hile others think the saving in
ioney is also w orthw hile in this
»y of mounting inflation.
Aus-
n Flegel won’t w in a governor-
tip on this point of attack.
Ellis Selander w ill be missed at
e county assessor’s office. As
lief deputy for the past eight
?ars he has done a real job, no
iubt why Clarence Barton hired
im to go to work fo r the West
oast T itle company.
Taylor street isn’t" a b it safer
an it was a month ago.
How
any people have to get mangled
•fore » m e action is taken to
ow 'em down, stop racing,
,uirreling and the et cetera*»?
Coquille is fortunate In hav-
g Noble Chowning’s little FHA
»proved subdivision going at the
id o f 5th street on Spurgeon hi»,
ousing is critical. People are
eeping in cars and some in cold
isements.
(Continued on page 8)
Osika Plugs New
Freedom Crusade
There never was a doubt in the minds of over 3,000
people from Coquille and the surrounding Southwestern
Oregon area that Coquille’s First Fall Festival was a success.
From the opening of the Festival with the crowning of
Queen Marilyn Atkinson, with a lovely style show featuring
new clothes for both tiny tots and oldsters as arranged by
Mrs. Helen Holmes, and the clever showing of Jantzen Knit
ting Mills period old-fashioned bathing suits to the final night
of dancing and concessions, Saturday, the affair was an un
qualified success..
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Queen Marilyn I was crowned by President Noble
Chowning of the Coquille Chamber of Commerce, follow
ing the appearance of the six girls on the stage of the com
munity building. Lloyd Wood acted as master of ceremonies
and was assisted by Bobbie Burns at the Hammond Electric
¡"Sneak" Irrigators Using Up Vital Water
y oqui e ron9e Siipply Dwindles With NoRain In Sight
Booster Night Set
An outstanding program is be
ing arranged, by Coquille Grange
members for booster night sched
uled for October 13. A ll Grang
ers as well as a number of guests
have been invited to the affair
which w ill be held In the junior
auditorium of the Community
building at 8 p. m.
Included on the special program
w ill be an agricultural outlook
review, a resume of Grange ac
tivities of today and highlights of
Coquille Grange history. A hu
morous skit, readings and musical
selections w ill add spice to the
entertainment.
“It might be anyone’s neighbor,” said City Engineer Joe-
Kuffler today, “who is using up the last drops of water this
city could need desperately tomorrow." He was talking
about the fact that Coquille faces a sudden emergency unless
it rains soon for there are only 16,000,000 accessible gallons
of usable water left in the city’s reservoir. And at the pres
ent emergency use now allowed that means*at the maximum
only twenty-four days supply.
City officials in commenting on
the shortage of water said that the
irrigation by various people in the
city without regard to irrigation
restrictions and hours was one
cause of the shortage at the pres
ent time, though Coquille has been
xt
periodically short of Water for
the past th irty -fiv e years.
“ A lot of mighty swell people
observe the irrigation rules re li
Salt water ends near Riv
giously,” K u ffle r stated, “ but a
lot more don’t, and that is one erton. That was the result
thing that leads to more violations. of extensive tests taken last
°rgaFollowing this ceremony, Mrs. Patsy Barkwell acted as
One fellow gets away w ith it, and
week by the firm of Cornell,
commentator for the style show which had been arranged by Coquille will be the gather another tries i t ”
Howell and Merryfield of
W
ith
no
rains
forecast
in
the
Mrs. Holmes and a committee-from local stores.
ing spot of county assessors,
future, Coquille is not far Corvallis who are conducting
During the showing of the J an tzen Bathing suits, which September 26 and 27, when near
from a- serious state of water an extensive and exhaustive
brought long and loud chuckles andjaughs from the audience the assessment and taxation shortage,
the city said today.
research program into all pos
x
no
lead
acted
as
master
of some thousand or more people, Bill
division of the state tax com They emphasized the fact that sible sources of water for the
of ceremonies.
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mission, gives its thij-d in- if you have a neighbor who does
Saturday, too, was a big day with the parade, said by service training program this n’t play the game, why not ask city of Coquille upon orders
him to consider the safety of all of the Coquille city council.
many to be the finest even seen in Southwestern Oregon, month.
A Coos Bay lumber company
,
a giant free barbecue, and the dedication of the C oquille Other ‘‘schools’’ have been held by conserving water.
boat was used to make the tests of
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swimming pool during the daytime, and the concessions and at Baker and Bums. The final
water up and down the Coquille
school is scheduled for Portland, BERGS RETURN FROM TRIP
river, and a second set of samples
a dance that evening.
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TO
CALIFORNIA
POINTS
The barbecue, arranged and prepared by Stan Sherwood, immediately fallowing the ses Mr. and Mrs. J. A rth u r Berg was sent to a private laboratory
at Coquille.
for tests and reports for the city.
general chairman of the Festival, saw 2,600 people having free sions
The in-service program is spon returned this week from a trip
The Corvallis firm which is
steer beef and there was still enough on hand to feed another sored
to
Northern
California
that
saw
by the legislature fo r the
the survey has spent much
400, Sherwood said. The beef which weighed oyer 1,000 benefit of the assessors. The state them visiting the San Francisco making
time in the field making studies,
pounds dressed was especially selected /o r the barbecue by is so large, that it has been ad Bay area and taking their son, Joe, land"
this week a te again checking- ■
the University or Sarfta" Clara
RoberkBones of Coquille.- and it was delicious----
-------- visable io 'd istrlb u le the meetings. to
the North Fork of the Coquille.
where
he
enrolled
as
a
freshman.
Under the direction of Chuck Adam* the parade was a For this area, fo r example, at They also visited their daughter, They have contacted A. N. “ Bert”
thrilling sight, and the Rotary club gave away $34.00 to tendance is expected from Coos, Martha, who is a laboratory tech Gould for information, and state
Curry, Douglas. Jackson, Joseph
that their report w ill be unbiased,
over 90 entries in
th® «^nsored, as ine,
Klamath, Lane and Lincoln nician in Mt. Zion hospital in San and toill have fu ll information
Francisco.
Weather throughout
their contribution.
t
nt counties.
The Coquille Lions blub won the sweepstakes prize of Commissioner Robert D. Mac- the entire trip was lovely and en about all sources.
It is expected that it w ill be fin
515 at the parade. Judges were Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. lean has selected some of his joyable, Attorney Berg said today ished
soon.
upon
his
return
to
Coquille.
Meier, Coos Bay; Dr. V. E. Smalley, McMinnville; Henry heaviest weights fo r the Coquille
program.
For example, he is
Schroeder, Myrtle Point, and Mr. Gasner, Fairview.
The Coquille fire department, with an ancient fire truck bringing his two top chief ap-
and long red underwear, won the comedy division. F arrs praisel engineers, Harry J. Loggan
and Jease S. Gilkey. They w ill
was second and the Coquille Food Center, third. The J. L. discuss
Sunday morning you can turn
tax lot methods and build
Sport» Editor Plan»
Penney company won the commercial-industrial division, ing
appraisal. Robert V. Nelson, back your clock one hour and
with West Coast Telephone company, second, and the Bootery, research engineer, w ill present an though you get up at nine, DST, Exten»ive Coverage
third. For organizations, the Active club was first, high appraisal program fo r a city, and you'll actually be able to eat an Plans are under way to give
school Stinkers club, second, and the junior grange, thircL Mrs. Mildred A. Roos has been as eight o’clock breakfast at 8 a. m. minute, colorful coverage of afl
sports activities of Southwestern
Cooper’s Gardens took the prettiest float award The signed the subject of uniform pro PST.
Eagles auxiliary won the marching groups division, followed cedure In assessment and collec Mayor Ray Jeub announced that Oregon and particularly the south
of ad valdrem taxes. Ber he was issuing the order to put ern end of Coos county and north
by the junior high school drum and bugle corps, second, and tion
Shevach, assistant attorney into effect the regulations set last ern part of C urry county covered
the junior high marching group, third. The Lincoln ele nard
general, w ill handle legal ques summer when Daylight . Saving by The Sentinel by The Sentinel's
mentary school Indian Summer group won the schwis di tions.
Time in Coos county and Coquille newly appointed sports editor, Jim
vision, with the high school band, second, and the Washington
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would end Suhday, September McMahon
VISIT IN COQUILI.E
24th.
McMahon w ill take over next
school, third.
I t ’s good news to the farmers, week on a part-time basis. He is a
AND RENEWS SUBSCRIPTION
Winners of the Rotary Pet Show:
Mrs. Alma Halter of M yrtle lots of workers, and the people form er sports editor of the Lewis
Seven year and under group: 1st, Joe
Point was a Coquille shopper who like to attend the D rive-in ton, Idaho, Tribune and in addition
bulldog; 2nd, Colleda Couch; 3rd, D’ane_1R" P hi . 4th’
to his teaching duties is handling
Christiansen; 5th, Marlene Jaskari; 6th, Flicky Starrett, 7th, Wednesday and While here renewed theatre.
Change in time will cause the public relations fo r the local school
her subscription to The Sentinel.
local postoffice mailing hours
Zoe Eight year old and over: 1st, Judy Haumschilt; 2nd, Gail Visiting here w ith her was Mrs. to
system.
change too. Postmaster Don
Eva Morgan DeSimas who is a
“ However,” says Editor Mc
Schroder; 3rd, Cecil Flesher; 4th, Ardie Shenvood; 5th, former newspaperwoman having Estes said today. Outgoing mail Mahon,
“ we’ll w rite ’em as they,
will
need
to
be
in
the
postoffice
Ronald Mauro; 6th, Esther Johnson; 7th, Elizabeth Alderson. been associated with the old Port
play
’em.”
by 4:50 p. m. PST if it is to be
C Eugene Fields was chairman of the pet show, held in land News-Telegram.
Messages and news tips for Mc
sent out the same day, he stated.
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connection with the parade. Ed Hughes assisted in listing
Mahon may be le ft at The Sentinel
Under
Daylight
time
merchants
winners, while judges were Fred True, Elbert Schroeder and Mrs. Docia Sweet of Sixes was could get their mail in by 5:40 office.
a Coquille visitor on Wednesday,
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guest at the home of M r. and DST and catch the mail.
DINNER MEETTING SLATED
Street races, held under the direction of Carl Hooker, a Mrs.
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F. W. H ilton
A dinner meeting w ill be held
included regular sprints, 3-legged races, potato relays and
at the Hotel Coquille to tell inter
w^th winners listed l„ order as «rst,
ested lay people about the C hil
dren’s b ill which w ill be on the
November ballot to give an addi
S€C°Boys and girls under seven: Shirley ^ rr2“ >.
tional $30.00 per chool child to
Mints and Shirley Stevens; boys and
10:
Rob
each district in Oregon.
Fred
County Commissioners
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True and Fred Kruse, County
Road Superintendent Floyd Robb,
and County Forester A. F. Moore-
head inspected forest roads and
bridges and looked over county
timber in the area south of Pow
ers on Monday.
W ith the four county officials
were Hershal Obie. superinten
dent of Siskiyou National forest,
and Don Cameron, road engineer
of Grants Patou The party tra
veled the Wooden Creek over
road the
to
Eden Ridge and looked over the
Johnson
Iron
Mountain
and
Mountain roads .
Tax Assessors Set
Coguille Meeting
To Talk Problems
Standard Time Comes Batk To Town
Clarence Osika. acting fo r City
Chairman John J. Pickett, told
the story of the Crusade fo r Free
dom, and urged Rotarians to take
part in signing the freedom scroll
which w ill be hung near the L ib
erty Bell at the Templebof a ir
field in free Berlin this coming
month.
Osika gave a stirring and ex
cellent presentation and said that erts, Darrel Sanders and Philip Clark; boys 10-13. Allen
in the psychological war w ith Drews, Tommy Johnson and Ronald Paul, girls 10-13. Gayl
■RussiV’ wë ïfîUSt use such mean» V/Tnh Shirley'Hane«5ck'aT«t Velma S chneider --
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as the Crusade fo r Freedom to
Three-legged races, girls under 10: Betty Cotter-Carol
prove to the people of the world Jones; ^hodyThrift-Shirley Roten, and Elaine Spaugh-Char
that America is a united group of lotte Spaug'h; girls 10-13: Nola Ice-SandraVolk; Shirley Han
working people.
The scroll is on his desk in the cock-Gayla Winn, and Jeanette Johnson-Verna Frenier.
Three-legged races, boys under 10: Dickie Hancock-Jeffie
Hotel Coquille and can be signed
Wood; Billy Cleiand-Dicky Roberts, and Michael Pea^ * ^ "
here.
Treasurer Lud Scharier of the Londize; boys 10-13: Gene Simpson-Allen Drews; Ronald
swimming pool committee re Paul-Tommy Creager, and Ronald Haddix-Gary Rhule.
ported that $1300 was still needed
Potato relay, girls: Betty Cotter-Gayla Winn, Jeanett
to finish paying for the swimming
Johnson-Shirley Hancock, and Nola Ice-Sandra Vol£ h o ^
pool.
Jimmie Fughatt-Allen Drews; Gene Simpson-Dicky Roberts,
County Roads
Viewed By Experts
Salt Water Ends
Near Riverton,
Lab Tests Show
County Court To Ponder Public Housing
Commission For Low Income Groups
Being studied this week was the proposal which will be
iFnt
-Coos- Courrty -court afcking them. to., set up.a five.-,
man, county-wide commission on Public Housing which
would make a survey to determine if the need exists in this
area for a public housing project.
W hat’s B uzzin’
Fri., Sept. 22: Coquille Grange,
jun ior auditorium, Community
building, 8 p. m.
I t is unofficial, but understood, —
BONNEY’S VISITING IN
Fri.. Sept. 22: Regular meetings o f
that various veterans’ groups on
Coquille Eagles lodge and aux
the Bay plus several unions and SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ilia ry, Eagles hall, 8 p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Luckey Bonney
private individuals are to take ac
Sun.. Sept. 24: Coquille Soroptim
tion this week petitioning the Coo« Southern California where they
ists’ Com Feed, Frank Burbank
county court to appoint a com w ill visit their daughter, who flew
home at Arago, 6:30 p. m.
mission, fo r Coos county.
down a week ago to resume her Tues.. Sept. 26: Mamie Rebekah
The present housing problem is
lodge meets Oddfellows hall, 8
acute in Coos Bay-North Bend studies at Scripps college. The
p. m.
Bonney’s
plan
to
attend
some
areas
and
the
action
follows
a
pub
and Ronald Finley-James Famey.
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Tnea., Sept. 26: Coquille Sorop
At the swimming pool dedication, Ralph Stuller acted lic meeting there at which Roger football games while in California tim ist noon luncheon, Coquille
as master of ceremonies. The program opened with Ow Spalding, Seattle, regional direc and w ill also visit in Portland be hotel, Ray Hunsaker and Father
of the public housing admin fore returning.
Robert Lessing, guest speakers.
high school band playing the Star s P®n8ledr ^ " " ^ Osika tor
appeared and spoke.
Toe».. Sept. 26: Coquille Toast-
Rev. Robert Lessing gave the invocation, ^ a r e n c e Osixa istration,
The housing, i f put into effect, ELKS SET INFORMAL DANCE
mistress club meets city hall,
chairman of the Rotary
5 °mm‘ttee
con. would be concerned with low in FOR SATURDAY EVENING
7:30 p. m.
community organization, talked briefly. He cr^“lt
..
come groups. Coquille could have
An informal dance wtli be held
Wed.. Sept. 27: Fat Elk Duck
struction of the pool to all the people of
* ating a public housing development I f in the Elks lodge rooms in Coos club meets at Lamb’s Hardware
that no organization could claim credit for itself alone
the commission fe lt the need jus Bay w ith music by the 10-piece
store, 8 p. m.
George A. Ulett, chairman of the ™rn1mumty
tifie d IL
band of Monte Brooks Saturday Wed., Sept. 27: Brownie Scout or
then told of the committee members who had done the^woric
ganization meeting, Community-
evening.
building, 8 p. m. A ll Invited.
Admission is one dollar per per
mentioned that $2,500 is still needed to clear all debt from SSSSSSSSSëSSSSS^SüSSSëSSS»
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Thnr.. Sept. 28: Coquille Am eri
son.
the pool, valued at $60,000, and turned the ke^ t o t ^e bath-
can. Legion A u x ilia ry w ill go to-
houseover to the city. W. C. Mason represented the city m
Powers. Members wishing to
Walter Schroeder, Coo« county
accepting the pool, and the pool was opened to public in Telephone Operator (To new agent
go, contact Mrs. Ed Hughes.
for 4-H, left Coquille on
spection. The pool was officially open for the first time g irl she is breaking in ): “ No, Friday for Corvallis, where he Thnr., Oct. 5: Mamie Rebekah
Sunday for swimming, although swimming had been per- honey, you say, ’Just a moment, w ill spent a few days at his home lodge “ Three Links Club”
meets at home of CJiristina
mitted earlier on an unofficial basis before necessary licenses please,’ not ‘Hang onto your pants. before reporting for active duty
Today's Tickler
were obtained.