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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1950)
dt •* IIH li Junior Class Has Odd Basket Social Boys Health Class Studies Diseases T w irp Season is on hand again, Coquile’s future citizens w ill un so the girls were the ones who doubtedly make this city a safer bought baskets at the big Basket place to live after the unit qn com social that was planned and spon municable and non-communicable sored by the ju n io r class for the diseases has been completed in entire student body Saturday Fabian Nelson’s boys’ health class night. es. ». The boy brought baskets of food A ll the common communicable which were auctioned o ff by Mr. dieases are being studied and also We observe that: McMahon. The baskets went to means of prevention and general The fairer sex of Coquille H i had i the girls who bid the highest. control measures which we as in their day last week at .the annual Biddings started at 50c and a T w irp Season at C. H. S. The fe l lim it of >1.00 was placed op the dividuals should know about and lows say that they didn’t like all box. The g irl that bought the box practice. By practicing these con the girls asking them for dates— ate w ith the boy that brought the trols, epidemics can be prevented very easily. bragging or complaining? lunch. The girls did not know • • The seniors got a little touch of whose boxes they bought u ntil the World War II Films Uncle Sam’s army life in a recent owner was revealed. * movie on the U. S. Arm y. In te r Mr. Melson's World History and Mrs. Wisby, Junior class adviser, esting, but . . . has been calling in the members World Geography classes have Boy, did we women, get rooked of the ju n io r class during activity been having movies on World War The World Geography class at the Junior class basket social period to get their ring measure II. last Saturday night! We had to ments. The class decided on the has also had movies on expeditions pay and eat the food the fellows rose gold rings w ith protection of the South Pole. They have also guards. The rings are expected in finished their panel discussion and prepared, too! their notebooks. Christmas has blossomed out all the middle of February. • • The balance in the jun ior class over Coquille Hi. We particularly fund on Dec. 1 was >152.12. In PLAN FOR PARTY like the tree in the office. I t looks the month of November the class real homey-like. Mrs. Coleman’s Home Ec classes made >61.67. , have been decorating their room Tomorrow afternoon ts the date • • and making popcorn balls fo r the set for the all-student body Christ- _ . , A ll School Christmas Party on De mas party. I t ’s going to be com- F u tu re H om em a kers cember 22. The different classes plete w ith a Christmas tree, a Plan Pre-School Party movie, gifts, carols, Santa Claus, The Future Homemakers held a each h a v l a different part of the and FOOD. meeting December 12, to discuss room to decorate. The Homemak Everybody be sure to remember further the pre-school Christmas ing I I I class entertained the teach to bring a can o f food or some party. Committee chairmen were ers Thursday noon w ith desert. • • other household article to the par announced as follows: Refresh ty tomorrow afternoon. Let’s all ments, Colleen Brinkley; enter TYPISTS PRACTICE SPEED make this a better Christmas for tainment, Glenna Noble; present, Miss G irts’ Typing I class is others besides our families and Ruth Keeney; decorating tree, Sue having a five-m inute speed con special friends. Cedarquist, and clean-up, Dorothy test in typing. The theme of this M iller. They also discussed brief is “ Rudolph the Red Nosed Rein ly how our club could earn more deer.” Her Stenography class is STUDY HUMAN MYTHOLOGY Mrs. Engen's Latin classes are money. making a children’s color book, il- studying the bits of Roman M yth lustrating the “ Night Before ology that explains phases of our Remember— you saw it in The ! Christmas.” They w ill also- illus- world today. Sentinel! 1 trate some other poems. PAGE S e n tin e l Written and Edited by Coquille High School Students Editorial General Mechanics Build For School Christmas, does that bring to mind the smell of roast turkey and a glittering tree loaded w ith Paul Snider’s general mechan gifts? Perhaps, but the season of Christmas should have a broader ics class is one group in Coquille H i that is continually building meaning than just one’s personal and repairing the school. well-being. This group of eight boys, Den Every year at Coquille Hi, d if nis Alford, Earl Clark, Francis ferent organizations have collected Ferre, Duane Frye, Carl Jacob basketfuls of food and distributed son, Joe Loss, Keith Parry, and it among the local families who Richard Rankin, have perform are not able to have as enjoyable ed some valuable tasks through Christmas as most of us do. out the course of the school year This makes a student feel proud They soldered gutters and rolled that he is a member of such an roofing on the garage, put black unselfish group. Recently one boards in classrooms, b u ilt a student was overheard saying, calendar holder and newspaper “ Sure, gifts for ourselves are fun, case for the library, and put but look at all the people around locks on several doors. here who won’t get h alf as much Keith Parry, Francis Ferre, as we w ill at home.” Richard Rankin, and Carl Ja I t is good to know that w hile we cobson are responsible for the Americans have so much we are stage construction for the senior w illin g to share our possessions Play. w ith the less fortunate. A t a re • • cent lecture in one of the senior classes, the speaker said that na tions are looking at the United States and studying our secret for success. The world has to look no farther. For the firs t time in several The unselfish attitude of the years, Coquille H i w ill have an American youth today w ill be car The ried on to the governing bodies all-school Christmas party. of tomorrow. Christmas is the party w ill be held tomorrow after best season to exercise this outlook. noon and much planning and work We a ll love to receive but how has been put together to make this much better it is fo r someone to an enjoyable event fo r both the students and the faculty. receive the thing we give. Frank N ihil, school principal, in When we receive gifts and en joy elaborate meals on Christmas troduced the idea to the student day, we w ill fe e ljw ic e blessed be council at a recent meeting and cause we have made the season everyone was in favor o f it. brighter fo r someone who, other ' The party w ill begin at 2:15 and wise, would haave been darkened w ill include a Christmas movie and the group singing of carols. by need. The student council decorated a • • tree and each student w ill bring a gift. They w ill be distributed to the student body by Santa Claus. Do you like to meet people w ith The students are also bringing a happy and pleasing personality? canned food or other household Let me introduce you to this type articles which w ill be -given to needy families by the H i-Y and of a woman. Her name is Mrs. Matilda En- the Girls League. Mrs. Coleman and her home eco gen and she may be found during the day In Coquille high where nomics girls are making the re she is teacher of Senior English freshments which w ill be popcorn and distributive education. Both balls. of these classes interest her great ly as they are a very important factor in our lives. She likes Vo cational Guidance work and is in terested in seeing young people Seventeen years ago, in North finish school and find th eir suit Bend, Oregon, an event took place able occupations. Now, that you have a clearer which has been a problem ever idea about htis teacher, wouldn’t since. Here it is in the v ictim ’s you like to know a ltitle more of own words: “ One shining summer afternoon her life? She was bom in Missouri back in the middle of May (year ’33) a grouchy, grumbly old stork i n ------. (the date was evaded, but she did give the statement that (who had just been worked over "40 is the youth of old age” ). She by a Piper cub) saw two happy graduated from high school in' Mis- people at the home of Mr. and Thought he, souir and attended at the North Mrs. Ray Jeub. West Missouri Teachers’ college “ Peaceful are they, I ’ll fix them.” and the U niversity of Missouri and So, he dropped me. My life as a her senior year found her in the baby was, I hope, normal.” Gerard moved to Coquille, soon University of Wyoming. Mrs. Engen has three children. ! after and started school here. He Russell is in the U. S. Navy, sta has always had a knack for getting tioned in Japan at the present into trouble. Says he, “ A t the ripe time. Nancy Jo is planning a nurs- old age o f seven, just to keep i” » career and Tommy is attending things lively in the family, I w alk Washington grade school and is ed o ff the end of a dock and darned near drowned myself. Just his mother’s “ mascot.” This woman, bubbling over w ith two days later a giant firecracker energy, is interested in foods of went o ff in my hand and about any kind, enjoys watching basket amputated it.” The past three years of high ball fames, dancing, rowing a boat, and crocheting. She also enjoys school have been busy fo r Gerard. attending musical concerts, to cook This year it is even busier for he and entertain, and to go on picnics played quarterback on the football team and center on our basketball in the summertime. Mrs. Engen is found to be very team. He loves big, juicy sirloin steaks active in community groups as she belongs to the Methodist church w ith a side of french fries. May guild, the Woman's club, firs t vice be we should mention that Gerard president in the American Legion is six feet, three inches, w ith auxiliary, and second vice presi hazel eyes and blond hair. He dent of the Business and Profes enjoys duck hunting and is usually successful, although once in a sional Women’s club. When asked why she decided to while he slips up, like the time he come to Coquille to teach, Mrs. En walked over a ditch where a gen replied it was because she bridge was supposed to be butJ found our town to be such a nice, wasn’t. It might be added that Gerry (as friendly place and she was very impressed w ith Mr. Hunsaker as a he is called by his friends) plans to study law at the University of business man. A very th rillin g experience re Oregon. Good luck to you* Ger cently came to Mrs. Engen when ard, we knew you’ll make it. • • she was initiated into Delta Kappa Gamma, which is a honorary, na tional fraternity for women mak ing outstanding contributions in 3OC= education. Chosen Senior G irl for this week is Bonnie Lou Stoermer. This v i vacious, five foot, 4 inch, brunette was born in Philip, South Dakota, on August 18, 1933. A fter nine years she decided that she would The Baton club consists of a rather make her home in Coquille marching unt of sixteen girls w ith Bonnie, being a very friendly four alternates. person, made many friends and is The girls have been practicing well liked by everyone, but be routines for their firs t appearance cause she has such a sweet per which w ill be at our firs t home sonality and disposition. basketball game after the holidays. Bonnie has her favorites: they The club is p rim a rily a d rill consist of dancing, favorite hobby; team but the girls are planning to swimming, favorite sport, and Ger do some tw irlin g later in the sea ard, favorite pastime. son. Oregon State seems to be in her • • plans for the future. • • COMPLETE CONSTITUTION Mr. McMahan’s American His HAS CHRISTMAS TREE tory classes completed the study Mrs. Wisby’s algebra classes of the Constitution this week and have started to work w ith signed w ill start on Period 1815 to 1848 numbers. In the applied math next week. The Social Ec. classes class they are having speed tests, have been shown film s this last also are practicing w ith the d if fi week on tim ber and floods. They cult problems. Mrs. Wisby has a have been studying forest and w ild Christmas tree in her room decor life conservation. ated by some Freshman girls. • • • • See “ Spike” LesHe tor insurance When yon see it in The Sen of all kinds, phone 5 or 95-L. tic tinel, tell the advertiser so. Christmas Party Set For Friday Observations COQUILLE, OREGON. DECEMBER 21, 1954- READ FANTASY STORIES Miss Dies’ sopohomore English class is working in English Note books. The sophomore Literature classes are reading stories of Fan tasy. The freshman English class es are working on career books and they are analyzing two ca- reeers. • • SPEECH CLASSES INFORM Miss Quick's speech classes are giving three minute speeches to in form. The n e /t speech they are to give w ill be to stimulate. The l i t erature classes are studying a u n it on American plays. The English classes are working in their w o rk books. • • Heat Studies Made Opera is when a man gets stab Mr. Schweinfurt’s classes have bed in the bank he don’t bleed, he been studying heat in physics. In signs. Biology the students are learning about the ductless glands of the Teacher: What’s a Chinese human body. The consumer eco um ?” nomics classes are w orking out Pupil: “ That depends on how fam ily budgets. long he works.” More Coverage, Less Money $10,00(1 Coverage on each member of your family for a premium of $12.00 for TWO years. Policy covers for bills arising from an attack of Poliomyelitis, Spinal Meningitis, Smallpox, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Leukemia, or Encephalitis. Compare the premiums, then come in and let us explain the more complete coverage offered. Call us at Phone 3031 Coquille Insurance Agency INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE 340 S. 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