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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1950)
EIGHT S e n tin e l DECEMBER 21, 19M. >4XKHinXE, OKEGON. long and Short (Continued from page one) Figures are the damdeet things. .Since Supt. Ray Hunsaker brought in the classes and prospective classes of the local schools, we can’t see how Coquille can get along w ithout a new high shoot u nit . . . and that means $500,000 i f i t is done right, right now. High coat of having more people move into an area. (However it makes a better community.) ------------ & _ Howard McKinnon says this may be a timbered country, but to get good Christmas trees fo r his Odd fellows Cub Scout pack he and his assistants had to drive some th irty-n in e miles to find trees that were nice and bushy, and that also would not denude the forests, .©till . . . that isn’t as fa r as some C urry county trees go. They go to Albany for tim ber produc tion. carries a big advertisement he doesn’t get told about his adver tisement. Ergo . . . small adver tisements don’t get readership. Now comes a small advertisement we donated to the Cub Scouts last week telling the world that Christ mas trCes were on sale at Stevens Hardware corner. What happens? Well everyone read the advertise ment. It wasn’t a page advertise ment, either. Funny thing about advertising, it’s timeliness that pays off, plus bargains. Ever want a white Christmas . . well John J. Pickett and his wife and child are on their way to Col orado where they w ill have snow . . . plenty of i t And zero weath er. But people are funny. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Swinney and A meeting was held Friday by children w ill' be basking in the 30 Coquille business men to de semi-tropical sunshine of Arizona. termine whether or not to go ahead ---------------St — Someone came in the other day to form a local credit bureau for and said, “ Wonder what the people retail trades. S. H. Peterson mana who opposed the organization of ger of the First National bank, was a National Guard u nit in Coquille think now?” Incidentally', most named chairman of an organizing people favored such a Guard u n it committee consisting of Alex including the Coquille Chamber of Kreick, Fred Lorenz, O. T. Gant, and Claude Mason. F irst meeting at Commerce. which time officers w ill be elected ---------------St — - Every so often we hear the com was set fo r sometime in January. plaint of a merchant that unless he Local Credit Bureau Discussed By Men ■rite AU YEAR An Astounding Bargain GIFT A t Johnny's Music Store All - Electric Kiddies' Phonograph Modern Three-Lane Road To Come Through Town Bids were requested yester day in Portland by th e Oregon State highway commission for the grading and paving of the Cedar Point-Coquille section of the Oregon coast highway. This section, 2.26 mires in length, ties In w ith the going reconstruc tion job on the north near Cedar Point and closely follows the pres ent highway route to Second and Taylor streets In Coquille, at which point the route w ill be via Sec- and street to W illard and thence south on W illard street to Front street, the present route of the Coos Bay-Roseburg highway. The work involves grading, rock base construction, bridge and box culvert widening, concrete walls, walks and curbs, and five-inch as phaltic concrete paving. • From the north end of the pro ject southeasterly fo r about 0.74 mile, the new roadway w ill pro vide a 24-foot pavement w ith four- foot shoulders; thence the roadway w ill be widened to a three-lane pavement, to provide an extra 12- foot lane on the easterly side of the highway for trucks and other slow moving vehicles, southerly 1.17 miles to 4th street. Between 4th and 3rd streets on Taylor the street is to be widened and paved to 64-foot w idth be tween curbs; from 3rd to 2nd 58.5 feet; and on 2nd and Willa. d streets to the highway junction the width is to be generally 60 feet. Work w ill start in the spring. • • Paving Job Bids A ttrac t Portlander $21.95 Plus $10.00 of Records Free Not A Toy, But Rather A Fiife Record Player * For Last Minute Gift Ideas Try Us! Chamber Approves Filtration Plant Bids Requested Yesterday For Highway Project Open Evenings Thurs., Fri., Sat., until 8:30 Johnny's Music Store Coquille 310 W. 1st Phone 581 A bid by the Porter Yett com pany of Portland to pave the piece of Schroeder avenue which the property owners petitioned to have modernized was low Monday night. It was for $5,586.50. „ The only other bid came from the Coos Bay firm of Baker Paving - company who quoted $9,479.95 fo r the job. The city is now in the process of calling for the necesary data to declare the area as an improve ment section and contract fo r the work in the spring. • • LEAVES FOR TEXAS TO HOLIDAY WITH BROTHER <Woyd Claver left Sunday even ing! fo r Texas via Southern Pacific where he w ill spend a few weeks visiting with* his*bfother who has a large ranch in the Lone Star state. . Read Sentinel ads — then buy it at home Approval of a bond issue fo r the construction of a filtra tio n plant in Coquille was voiced Tuesday at a dinner meeting of the Coquille Chamber of Commerce. The action came following the city council’s move to put the bond issue to a vote on January 12, in view of the city’s dire, need of an adequate water supply. Proposed legislation to reduce truck load lim its was discussed be fore the Chamber by George Burr, who said because of long distance hauling and advanced operation costs load lim it reductions would prove costly to operators in this area. Logging organizations are moving to make certain that prop er information is in the hands of authorities before such legislation is enacted. A log trucking safety program now under way was also outlined by Mr. Burr. He told of a meeting w ith E. T. Clark, president of the Northwest Loggers association, which is spearheading a safety campaign which w ill cost close to $9000. The cost w ill be borne by the Loggers association and log ging industries. A moving picture demonstrating all phases of safety trucking is being filmed and w ill be available to all service clubs and organizations. A committee appointed by the chamber w ill work w ith the city planning commisson in an effort to obtain a house numbering plan for the city. Street posts, now ready fo r setting, w ill be put up by the city, councilman Burr reported. • • See "Spike” Leslie for insurance of all kinds, phone 5 or 95-L. tic Sorry. . . Too Late To Classify TURKEYS Swift’s Premium Grade A Hen lb. 61c Tom lb. 51c Sw ift’s Premium ..,69c SLICED BACON Sw ift’s Premium Half or Whole CHRISTMAS HAM ■■,. 69c The Igloo Meat Market 310 W. First St. Coquille Phone 1154 S E A S O N 'S G R E E T IN G S FRI. SAT. DEC. SUN. 22 - 23 - 24 FOR SALE — Sacramento Baled A lfalfa. Delivered $36. W rite Wayne Watts, Sutherlin, Ore. I 49t3‘ LOST Young gray and white male cat, w ith bob tail. Near Collier Heights. I f found please phone 6174. 49tlc ¿ o^6eR0US LOST—Glasses in bronze plastic frames. Phone Maynard Insur ance Agency, 221. 49tlc COLLIE PUPS For Christmas., Why not give your children that real Collie pup they’ve always wanted! Top bloodlines at reasonable prices. C. M. Jester, Hi way to t N., Florence. (Sign on highway, 4 miles north of Florence.) 49t3* SEASGN’ S G R E E T IN G / (THUR. FRI. SAT. } [SUN. MON. TUE, Too lazy for WORK.. .WOMEN. . . or WORRY... a girl and a gun ) [ WED. N ot Just Fun— But Wonderful Fun! Sunnier Than Sunshine, Happy as a Holiday, Welcome as a Hug-and-Kiss! T ) THE FACE AND FORM OF AN M '.h '.a '- IM r n M h t e M PERRY ' ” ARTHUR LARRY L _ SINGLETON LAKE SIMMS U n iM U k .! « «OKI Story and Screw Ftoy by lad Harney Froducad by Ooractad by MILTON FELDMAN EDWARD BERNDS a columiu noun TH 1ND A made him tame Feature No. 2 the WEST’S WILDEST RANGE LOVE DESTINED TO DESTROY! ■WMcCfiEA-WandaHENDRIX .»h John RUSSELL • John MclNTIRE • Jeanette NOLAN > r CARTOON “THE KITTENS’ MITTENS” Plus M U S IC A L LATEST NEWS TWO , COMPLETE SHOWS 7:15 - 9:15 FREE KIDDIES' X M A S M A T IN E E Special Holiday Attraction TECHNICOLOR FEATURETTE "Wish You Were Here" Plus MERRIE MELODY CARTOON “Booby Hatched” C O N T IN U O U S SH O W S SU N D A Y * Starting at 5:00 5i00 ----- 7:15 ----- 9:25 Starring John Carroll Walter BRENNAN RALSTON Saturday 1 :00 Showing "W est of Señora"
