MEMO*
TC C C M E M A C C T
meeting with these women from
other countries, visiting in their
homes, and touring through several
European countries.
The Christmas season is upon
us. It should be a time of happi
ness for all. I t is a season when old
friendships are renewed through
a visit or correspondence. I t is a
time when families gather together
to celebrate that very special fam
ily day.
I t has been said that of all the
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ELMER BENHAM
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Coquille, Oregon
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Claire M. Gray hom e will be their “ e5
rd 8aw * * * to
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and' Take her home.
Mrs. Edward McCarthy and tw o 11? a ,w° r ‘d 5° “\ unkno* " ’
daughters of Portland, their son j The light she le ft to shine,
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. For those who knew and
Claire Gray, Jr., of North Bend, Lover her best,
and Mrs. Gray’s sister, Miss Etta W ill bow their heads
And say,
Osgood of. Seattle.
“Not my w ill Lord but thine
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M r. and Mrs. Fred Von Pegert!
The eve before the final day,
and Mrs. Mary Hatcher were Sun
These words'to me
day dinner guests at the home of
She did say,
M r. and Mrs. David Riggs.
“Mary, I have never
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Ceased to pray.”
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stevens re- T | , -
t -ly - 1
In this hope we w ill rest
turned on Tuesday from California ■ n c m S v I V c S
Knowing she is in the
where they had been visiting for
Dan Steinmetz of Steinmetz M o -!Land of
a week. They visited relatives in
By Mary E. Baumgartner,
San Jose, and in Los Gatos they tors, local Dodge dealer, has re
Riverton. Oregon
visited Mr. and Mrs. John Randle. ceived word that 49 of the 86 state
Though they travelled during some champions who competed In the
very stormy weather, they also had
some lovely weather while they three major events of the 1950 Na
tional Truck Roadeo in New York
were south;
chose Dodge “Job-Rated” trucks
Miss Dorothea Yarbrough of to drive ih the spirited contest for
Portland w ill spend the Christmas national titles.
vacation in Coquille with her par
Six of the nine national cham
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Y a r pionships awarded in the straight
brough.
truck, the tractor single-axle semi
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trailer and the tractor tandam-axle
Ernie Sm ith and George Manner semi-trailer classes were won by
were in Portland on business for drivers of Dodge trucks.
several days.
, Richard Wold, of Minneapolis,
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drove a Dodge GA-152 (lV i-to n )
Mrs. O. C. Sanford w ill spend truck to win first place and the
Christmas in Portland visiting national title in the straight truck
with her niece, Mrs. G. L. Osborne, event. R. D. Wallace, of Charlotte,
and fam ily there.
N. C., drove the same truck to
win third In that event.
All three places in the tractor
tandem - axle semi - trailer were
won by drivers who drove a Dodge
YA-142 (4-ton) truck.
O. E.
Chapman, of Denver, won first
place and the national title. Rob
ert Rudesill, of Minneapolis, won
second, and Harry W. Pollock, of
Baltimore, won third.
Frank Kirkpatrick, of Portland,
Ore., drove a Dodge JA-128 (2% -
ton) truck to win third in the
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Cow Bell Dairy
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Yarbrough
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OUT OF WASHDAY
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DECEMBER 21, ISSO.
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About
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1950
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B Y M A R Y AGNES A IN L E Y
County Extension Agent. Home Economic«
I t ’s good to be back in the coun
ty after my two weeks absence.
One of the highlights, I thought,
on the annual extension confer
ence program was Mrs. Elsie Lem
ings’ talk on “World Meeting of
Country Women." Mrs. Leming is
the president of the Oregon home
economics extension council, and
and was Oregon’s official delegate
to the ACW W conference in Den
mark, September 9 to 23. In her
talk she gave her impressions of
play days of humanity there is no I Mr. and Mrs. Julius Ruble have tractor single-axle semi-trailer
other that warms the heart and i returned to town from Gold Beach event.
Twenty - one state champions
quickens the pulse as Christmas.
Christmas * *
son in Coquille.
who had won their titles in state
Washington Irving has said, “That
eleminations while driving other
of all the festivals.
Christinas
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Oerdin* makes of trucks switched to Dodge
awakens the strongest and most were week-end visitors to Salem in the national finals. .T h e ir deci-
and Portland.
Their son. Buzz! sions were made after they drove COQUILLE, OREGON.
heartfelt associations."
It is the festivity of the Nativity Oerding, who is attending W ilia m -1 Dodge trucks on a New York
Ten manufac-
and has been celebrated since the ette university in Salem, returned practice course.
early centuries of Christianity. The to Coquille with them to spend j turers offered trucks for the 86
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| contestants in the national finals.
name is taken from the name the Christmas vacation.
used in early England. "Christe
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' Thus more champions chose Dodge
Ronald Burr of Portland is than all other maeks combined.
Messe,” meaning Christ’s Mass.
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The real sgnificance of Christ spending several days in Coquille
A MEM O RY OF M Y SISTER
mas is based on the birth of Christ. this week.
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As Christ was a gift to humanity
The year of 1891 in a little
M r. and Mrs. W. D. Roten re- Town, Ashland, Oregon,
so “giving” to others of friendship
or gifts is the true spirit ot Christ-1 turned from a two-week vacation A baby girl was born
mas.
; in sunny Arizona, where they vis- Cord ilia Harriet Lomas.
Here is a poem which conveys ited relatives.
The temperature And when a sweet little Miss
reached eighty-three degrees while She grew to be.
this thought:
' they were there and they enjoyed She learned to sing a song
G IV IN G
I f nobody smiled and nobody , picking tree-ripened oranges and Which went like this:
i grapefruit.
cheered •
“A t the Cross, at the Cross,
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And nobody helped us along
Where I first saw the light,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Roten and
It each every minute looked after
And the burden of my
family are leaving Coquille for the
himself
H e a rt rolled away.
winter.
They
w
ill
return
to
their
And good things all went to
It was there by faith,
old home in Leslie, Arkansas.
the strong;
I received by sight.
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I f nobody eared Just a little for
Mrs. Matilda Engen spent the And now I am happy
you.
A ll the day.”
week-end
in Portland and Cor
And nobody thought about me.
As she older grew
vallis.
And we ail stood alone in the
She learned another song
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battle of life.
Guests at the home of Rev. and That was quite new.
What a dreary old world It
. ■
Mrs. Robert Lessing over the Stems as tho’ I can see
would be!
Christmas weekend w ill be Mr. and Her now as she stood
On the Salvation Arm y platform.
Life is sweet just because of the Mrs. W. C. Pritchard and daugh And lifted her little face
ter, Ruth. Chuck, who is attending
friends we have made
the Anglican Seminary at Van To Jesus, as she sang,
‘ And the things which In com
couver, B. C., is spending the bal “I want to be an angel
mon we share;
ance of his Christmas vacation And with the angels stand;
We want to live on. not because
A crown upon
with relatives in Portland.
.. .. my , forehead,
I , . .,
of ourselves,
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A harp within my hand.
But because of the people who
Mr. and Mrs Guy Mauney will ^ n d th e rc before « ^ S a v io r,
care.
have as guests for the C h ris tm a s ^ , gorio^ * " d 80
I t ’s giving and doing for some vacation, Mrs. Mauney’s parents, ‘A jol^
e * ea\ enly
body else—
Mr. and Mrs. John Paulson o f !
prai,e
and n,(rhl
On that all life’s splendor de-
Oswego, her brother and’ sister- In the year of 1912
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Paul She married the man
And the joy of this world, when
son and son, Johnne, of Spring- She loved the best.
you’ve summed it a ll up.
field, and her brother-in-law and His name is Ruben Young.
Is found in the making of
sister, Mr. and Mrs. George Rock- She became the mother of
friends.
Seven girls and two sons.
rise of San Francisco.
October 23, 1950,
Spending
Christmas a t the On a cold and cloudy mom,
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Christinas
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