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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1950)
VA. “HST” is becoming quite as fa m iliar in type as ‘ FDR" and for different reasons. H arry Truman has a penchant fo r going off in fits of temper, and his most recent in cluded a letter now reputedly worth $20,000 to Music Critic VOL. X L V I. Hume of the Washington POST. Castigating those who disagree w ith him iea w artlcularly Truman- esque quality and during the Christmas season we note that editors around the country are calling it a good ‘safety valve.” A fte r Christmas perhaps we should A rich call it by its rig h t name. NO. 49 Churches, Town Plan Christmas Program fC ith Tiny Tots Taking The Yuletime Stage ----------------St — I t ’s a sad commentary that we face one of the most critical peri ods in our history w ith a man who lags so far behind the people. ------------ ft _ General M acArthur is getting the blame for Korea now that his m ilita ry strategy has lost the firs t major U. S. battle for us. I t ’s a defeat. It w ill go down in history along w ith a ll the various other major m ilita ry catastrophes from Tactituaon down. B u t . . . a gen eral can’t w in a battle when the political calls the signals and he is a leading character in a Punch and Judy show. and full Christmas, season is in store for all the youngsters of the Coquille valley, and the churches and the town have planned a full program for this week-end. Sewage Disposal Poises Problem First off, the Lions clnb’s an- make their communion at that nual Christmas party is scheduled time may come Wednesday, St. for Coquille Saturday afternoon at John’s Day, at 10 a. m. An interesting and varied pro Problems of building a sewage the Community building. A t one gram is being arranged by the Co p. m. the youngsters o f the area quille Eagles a uxiliary fo r the an disposal plant were discussed by w ill be special guests o f Lloyd Cla- nual lodge Christmas party sched the city council Monday night af ver and O rville Wood at the L ib uled fo r Friday evening, Dec. 22. ter that group heard a letter read e rty theatre to see the free Christ Regular meeting of the lodge and from the state board of health. mas matinee. This is a spcial g ift auxiliary w ill not be held that It was voted to turn the letter to all youngsters and is an annual evening. Highlighting the enter over to the Mayor-Elect, Don Farr, tainment w ill be a visit fixup Banta eustom of the local theatres. - - ~ Claus who w ill have treats for forTiis new council to study. A t the conclusion of the matinee, all the lodge children stowed away I t is understood that both M yrtle about three o’clock, Santa Claus in his bag. » Point and Coquille w ill be forced w ill be ushered into the Communi to put in a sewage disposal plant Something new has been added ty building by Coquille Lions un . . . one contributing factor being ----------------St — der the leadership o f Jess Barton, to the local union scene w ith the the new proposed filte r plant to Andy Anderson has had his Jr., chairman of the Christmas beginning of the firs t annual take water from the Coquille river. Christmas party Friday evening, name added to the great and val party. A t present the city has $49,000 Dec. 22, by Union 2691 of the Coos iant heroes of the Coquille mud in a reserve sinking fund for the Here after a short program of Bay Lumber company plant. A ll puddles! Friday evening while project. Total cost w ill be over going to Spurgeon h ill he sank his Christmas music, gifts of candy workers at the CBL and their fam $200,000. and fr u it and nuts w ill be given ilies are invited, whether they are Chevrolet Aerosedan down in the Free muck of the 4th street fill. The out by Jolly Old St. Nick to a ll union members or not. cookies, ice cream, coffee and I barricades had been removed, and youngsters. Holy Name Catholic church w ill oranges and apples fo r the kiddies.. not put back. In the mist and darkening gloaming it looked have a special Christmas mass and According to Dean Brown, b u s i-' ness agent, and G ilbert Ice, presi- j driveable. I t wasn’t.* A wrecker other observances this week. The Pioneer Methodist church dent, this w ill be a real party. helped pull him out. His name is • • now added, according to our in w ill feature a Sunday school formants who maintain they are Christmas program Saturday eve also members, to the long and he ning, and the Christmas Festival roic list of people who have mud service w ill be held Sunday at 11 I baths everytime they w alk home a. m. A N a tivity service has been The Christmas motif has un- (they can’t drive.) Such is prog set fo r 11 p. m. Sunday evening. | usually beautiful application ress. Hey, who wanted that sewer This w ill be a candle-lighting serv ice. this year in the homes and anyway? Gene Fields? ------------ & _ ' Friday night at 7:30 the Bible The annual Christmas concert yards of various local citizens. At the Schroeder Mortuary A local teacher who has been school of Coquille Christian church was presented Tuesday night in the adding to his check from school | w ill present a colorful Christmas Coquille high school gym. Under a lovely church Christmas district 8-C w ith a minor b it of ' pageant under the leadership of the direction of Mr. Carroll Nickels. scene is drawing much admir Santa Clausing on the side, tells i Mrs. Paul Simpson and Mrs. Eu- Coquille H i’s band and chorus pre ation. It w « constructed and us that he has a new understand ‘ gene Nosier. White gifts w ill be sented a program of Christmas lighted by Elbert Schroeder ing of the understanding of chil I presented and there w ill be treats hymns and carols. Most outstanding on the pro with the aid of his family. dren. For the most part they are i for the children. Mrs. Ernie Wallace on North Special music w ill be presented gram was “ T’was ths Night Before now reasonable in their demands for Christmas present, and express I by the choir, entitled “ A Savior, Christmas” sung by the mixed Henry street has made one of the much concern over the pocketbook Christ the Lord,” Sunday morning chorus and ‘‘Sleigh Ride,” played most beautiful life-size creches at 11 o’clock. Don Farr is the choir by the band. of their pater and mater. The girls triple imaginable w ith all the N ativity director. The pastor, I. M. Nelson, trio offered the selection ‘‘In Da figures life-size and enclosed it on ----------------St — ill speak on “ Christmas Sym vid’s Town,” w ith a solo by Corkie her entire front porch. It is effec riome cnowning is opening his w bols.” Horton. Arlene Kellenberger jo in tive and beautiful. Spurgeon H ill houses for inspec Mrs. Donald Auer has a life-size A Christmas candle-light service ed Miss Horton and they finished tion next week. These FHA ap gingerbread Christmas church at 6:30 Sunday has been planned in a duet. Those singing in the proved houses are the firs t such which has dawn much praise, and project to be completed (or w ill be so that a ll w ill have the opportun trip le trio were: Garnett Cochran, Mrs. Julius Ruble has done a lively completed soon) in this area. ity to attend church and s till be June Sypher, Corkie Horton, Bon job of handpainting a Christmas nie Stoermer, Bobbye Jean Harris, Noble, the retiring Chamber of home fo r the fa m ily parties. St. James’ church w ill celebrate Jo Ann Newton, Joan Walton, Le-- window at her home on 2nd street. Commerce president, has done a Also not to le ft out is Joe Yost great service to Coquille the past the Feast of the N ativity o f our cla Barklow and Arlene Kellen of C arroll’s Electric who has made two years in adding new houses Lord w ith a Solemn Eucharist on berger. a remarkable Christmas scene, all to this area. W ithout him we hes Sunday, December 24. The service Those singing in the mixed cho electrically operated on a tu rn itself w ill begin at 11:30 p. m., but itate to say if they would be many rus were: Corkie Horton, Lulu- table. houses built. You'll enjoy seeing the choir w ill sing carols before belle Siedel, Velma Burcher, Bon • • hand, beginning at 11:15 p. m. The them. And on another page of to nie Stoermer, Jo Ann Newton, A r Afra. Hanna Named day's Sentinel appears the com Holy Communion w ill take place lene Kellenberger, B ill Wilkinson, plete story on how little it takes to shortly after m idnight Richard Rankin, Sam Duncan, and O. E. S. Head Sunday, the 24th, is the fourth move into one of these houses. Mrs. Hazel Hanna was named Lynn Purvis. Already Mr. and Mrs. Jim David Sunday in Advent and there w ill be Worthy Matron of Beulah Chap Accompanists wre Sandra Mc son have purchased one of these the usual celebration at 11 a. m. ter, No. 6, O.E.S., at an election Also, at this time, the new Curdy, girls’ chorus and triple meeting which followed a fam ily modem houses fo r themselves. trio ; and Donna Mast, mixed cho And there are still some more to church school program w ill get dinner on Thursday evening. under way with a Christmas party rus. Other officers elected were E l • • fo r all church school people of a ll St — bert Schroeder, worthy patron; INJURES HAND irious G irl Scout troops have grades. This program is under the Vesta Johnson, asociate matron; W illiam Keck hurt his hand Rudolph Johnson, associate patron; i out caroling the last few direction o f M r. and Mrs. Lud lings and it is a pleasant and Scharfer. From this Sunday on, the while w orking at the National Viola Norton, secretary; Edna Rob ill thing to hear. They enjoy entire church school w ill meet at Cranberry canners this week. His ison, treasurer; Helen Lundquist, hand was caught in a conveyor conductor; Garnet Gant, associate most as much as do the people 11 a. m. There w ill be no service on belt which broke several fingers. conductor. hear them sing. Christmas day except the mid- He was taken to the Falk hospital & Chairman of the dinner was E. Continuad on page eight) night service. Those who cannotfor treatment. L. Perrott, worthy patron. Christmas Motif Lovely In Homes Christmas Concert Of Local Residents Is Well Received It doesn’t pay to be a council man. Only report heard so far about outdoor Christmas lights being stolen came from Dr. L. B. Gould who reported to city police today that his outdoor lights, all of them, were stolen Tuesday, night from his home on Knowlton Heights. Sentinel Will Print Financial Outlook of '51 Roger Babson Famous Economist To Appear In N ext W eek’s Paper The Coquille Valley ‘’ Sentinel w ill publish the BABSON BUSI NESS AND F IN A N C IA L OUT LOOK FOR 1951 on Dec. 28. You w ill find it on page 1. We bring this article to your at tention because we know that our readers w h o have followed these Outlooks in the past w ill be v ita lly in terested in Mr. B a bso n ’s views on 1951. Also, we feel that Mr. Bab son’s uncanny a c c u r a c y in Kegrr W. predicting fu ture Business Trends makes his Outlook for 1951 w orthy of presen tation to our reading public. Mr. Babson’s 1951 Outlook w ill contain 50 Forecasts covering such important topics as: General Business Commodity Prices Taxes Retail and Foreign Trade Labor Deficit Financing Farm Outlook Stock Market Real Estate Politics • o Parental Warrants Ready For Violators A crackdown on parents of nine w thirteen year old young sters who sleep while their chil dren foam the streets of Co quille all hours of the night, was ordered by the city council Monday night. Chief Athel Dudley was told to arrest par ents on the city law which makes it a misdemeanor for parents to allow their children to violate curfew laws. The local police have many times taken small children home near midnight sad had to awaken sleeping parents to tarn the youngsters over to First FHA Housing Project Opened For Public Inspection Next Week Coquille’s first FHA homes, eight of them, will be opened for public inspection between Christmas and New Year’s Noble Chowning, president of the Riverside Lumber com pany, said today. The houses which are modern two-bedroom homes will sell for $8350 w ith $1440 down and approximate monthly payments of only $52.15 a month. The monthly payment includes taxes and insurance. A ll assessments on the property nave been paid which includes, water, city sewer, paved streets, sidewalks, and paved drives. The homes have insulated ceil ings, hardwood floors, electric hot water heaters, and automatic floor furnaces. The kitchens have lots of b u ilt- ins and the entire house is most attractive. Two of the homes have been sold. A ll w ill be completed and ready fo r occupancy by March 1st, 1951, Chowning states. • • City Signs With State Highway An agreement w ith the state highway commission accepting the route pf the new highway through Coquille was signed Monday night by the mayor and city recorder on order of the city council. The agreement eliminates park ing for 50 feet on 3rd street to Hall, and parking on W illard street from Front to 2nd street. Some m inor changes, however, are expected to be made after the city and state confer again. • • Mr. and Mrs. G. Russell Morgan and nephew, Bub Joy, of Hillsboro w ill spend Christmas in Coquille Gay Cefjarquish Coquille high guests at the home of Dr. and school senior, received the district Mrs. E. C. Hamilton. • • Daughters of the American Revo lution citizenship award, it was announced last week by Mrs. A r thur Fox, regent fo r the Coos Bay chapter of the DAR. She was Thur., Dec. 21: Past Noble Grands chosen by a DAR committee and Christmas Party, Masonic hall. was selected on the basis of her Fri.. Dec. 22: Christian Church reply to a questionnaire, which School program, 7:30 p. m. each contestant must f ill out and Fri.. Dec. 22: Local Union 2691 submit accompanied by a picture First Christmas Party for AU o f herself. Employees Coos Bay Lumber Miss Cedarquist waa chosen as company, and families. Labor the outstanding high school stu Temple. dent o f the Coos county schools, Fri., Dec. 22: Eagles and their and her questionnaire w ill be sent families’ Christmas party, Eagles to the state contest to compete for hal, 8 p. m. the state prize of a one-hundred SaL, Dee. 2$: Methodist Church dollar war bond and an expense- School program, 7:30 p. m. paid trip to Washington D. C., as SaL. Dec. 23: Lions’ Club Christ guest of the DAR. mas party fo r the children. She is the daughter of Mr. and Community buUding, following Mrs. Frank Cedarjuist and has long Liberty Theatre matinee. been active in CoquWe’s school and Sun., Dee. 31sL New Year’s party, social affairs. Coquille Valley Country club. Gay Cedarguisf Coos DAR Choice W hat’s B u z z in g V.
