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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1953)
r -Thursday, May 21, 1963 COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL E D IT O R IA L S The Rain And It Came News of most import was the- sun that peeked through the willows along the river the other day as a small lad and his dad fished for catfish. It was first-class, page 1 news, and they knew it. But, then, as always, it rained, and did it make news. Well not so you could see it. There was the familiar pitpat on the window; the familiar swish of the car’s wind shield swipers and the familiar puddles where people stood dripping in the hallway. And the grumbling. Oh yes, it came too. But up stood a tall and bearded gent from the hillsides. And he wiped his hand across his face as he adjusted his spot of snuff, and he said in loud and stentorian tones; “Ram, sure enough, but that is the reason we grow trees down here, and who would give up the rain and not have trees. Not me. A tree is a thing to think about. Big, lovely, growing, and lots of work too. I like them.” So do we, and we like the rain. In fact, we all like the rain. care of the duties he assumed in making a modern transportation for Oregon. Yes, it is fitting that Gov. Paul Patterson is to be present. That all the cities of the county will have special programs mapped out for Friday. That a tribute is to be paid to Ben Chandler. We like to think that the immortailty of some comes in Heaven, while more import ant is the Greatness Men of Stature receive on earth. And how do they get it? By giving themselves unstintingly and unselfishly. And that Ben Chandler has done. Friday is his day, and rightfully so. COQUILLE, BANDON, LANGLOIS and OPHIR H IG H tez/ Grads/ A City And How It Votes Surprising to many of us was the vote on Friday when a decided majority of the city electorate turned out to defeat two money-raising measures on the ballot. It had been an understood fact that the two fill bond issues would have a nip and tuck battle; but the new community build ing bonds were given an overwhelming chance of making the grade. And both got whipped. In an anaylsis of the voting, we have come up with these rather surprising facts: Ben Chandler Day 1. People felt the city council had not Friday—all day Friday in fact—it will be given out ALL the facts. They expressed a Ben Chandler Day. He’ll be the Man of the fear that the city was trying to “Shove” Hour and the Man of the Day and in our mind something over on them. And they wanted to he’ll be the Man of the Year and many years know more about how the money was to be spent. for Coos county. 2. People from the recently annexed areas Ben Chandler, logger, industrialist, bank er, and foremost, public citizen, a Coos county felt they had been taken into the city in time man who stands for the life of doing and to assume what they consider a large new bite of indebtedness. They didn’t want any of making big things come to pass, Ben C h a n d l e r , highway commission it. 3. People who had pumped for street chairman, and a citizen who is bigger than a county, who has served not only Coos county naming and re-numbering felt that the city well, but the entire state in his thoughtful needed a lesson in cooperation with its own body, i.e., the planning commission. 4 The North End residents do not like the Coquille I alley Sentinel location of the Elliott street fill and are still wanting Henry street. In this they have a historic basis for their desire and only a com » 2 , H B W IF A F B B plete and fair selling job will persuade them P U B IIIH IR B differently. b > *7 > A S $ O C tA I» O N 5. Higher water rates coming at a time with little or no warning, and without any chance for the people to be heard caused a certain number of voters to take the opposite NATICLM A I EDITORIAL side on anything the city wanted. A study of the voting would certainly bring out the salient fact that if the city of Coquille is to merit and receive the support S ubscription Price $3.00 P er Year in Coos County; of its populace at the polls, it must therefore _ $4 00 O utside County. take the people into its confidence more. It must make a definite attempt at giving them An Independent P aper Dedicated to the credit for both intelligence and ability to D evelopm ent of S outhw estern Oregon make judgments too. Coquille has a council of thoughful in E ntered a t th e pest office at Coquille, Oregon, telligent men. The councilmen are busy and as 2nd-class m atter under Act of Congress of have had many duties thrust upon them when M arch 3, 1879 they assumed their posts. This the people do not see. Ralph P. Stuller — Editor and Publisher Elections such as Friday’s have a good Edith J. Stuller — Co-Publisher effect. They will bring into focus the close interplay necessary in a town between the News, P hotography, P rinting .A dvertising governmental body and the electorate. Out Carolyn Polly — Lillian Butler of it should come a closer understanding, and W. H. Ortman Mechanical Supt. more progress, IF the council and the people Bill Sutton Linotype Operatoi are willing to sit down together and make a Leo Call............................................. Pressman fair appraisal of what serves the interest of Bill Kelly......................... Compositor-Printer ALL. JA^efj’ gN . . . a i.ovcli| own assets w orth at least $4500 above th e ir liabilities. • • M ary G auntlett On High Honor List M ary G au n tlett of C oquille is am ong 121 Oregon S tate college studen ts selected to m em bership by Phi Pappt Phi, national a ll school scholastic honor society. M em bership into Phi Kappa Phi is lim ited to 10 p ercent of the senior class and 3 p ercent of the ju n io r class, g rad u ate students and faculty m em bers of all d e p artm en ts of A m erican u n iv e ri ties and colleges. A ctivities of the organization a re planned around furth erin g scholarship and ed u cation. Miss G auntlett, senior In b u si ness and technology, is th e dau g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. G au n tlett of Coquille. FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE FIRE INSURANCE EXCHANGE a n n u l a at Z this exquisite LANE Miniature Keepsake Cedar Chest with lock and Key FREE Seniors Will Hear Rev. Norman Orfh At Baccalaureate Services May 31 Rev. N orm an O rth of F aith L u th eran church w ill give th e B ac calau reate serm on for 66 Coquille high school seniors May 31 at 8 p. m. at th e P ioneer M ethodist church, according to F ra n k Nihil, principal. T he invocation w ill be given by Rev. B. J. Clark, St. Jam es Episco pal church; Rev. G eorge Wilson, Church of th e N azerene, w ill o f fe r p ray er; Rev. D onald Cam pbell. P ioneer M ethodist church will give the scripture read in g an d bene diction will be given by Rev. W al te r N aff, C h ristian church. Music fo r the service will be provided by th e m ixed chorus un d er the direction of M illard K in ney. T hey will sing the Lord's P rayer. G raduation cerem onies w ill be Ju n e 4 at 8 p. m. at th e new high school gym nasium . Dr. Thom as O rdem an, re g is tra r at O regon S tate college w ill be the com m encem ent speaker. • • Casey's Service Has New Operator You’ll find "1001” things to keep in this genuine miniature Lane Chest—» costume jewelry, personal letters, treasured souvenirs that call for a private little place of their own! He plans to continue operating th e service as a tru ck stop an d is having th e station grounds s u r faced w ith a black top. T idew ater A ssociated is also installing tw o new loop bays. • • It’s our gift in honor of your coming graduation. Be sure to bring in the Lane invitation card you received in the mail. County Exceeds Quota In Recent Red Cross Drive . GRADUATION IS YOUR SHINING HOUR! I t I s O ur S incere W ish T hat T his M iniature L ane W ill H elp Cince Finley, Coos county c h a ir m an of th e A m erican Red Cross fund drive, rep o rts th is w eek th a t th e south end of th e county w ell exceeded its quota, w ith collections totaling $6.266.51. He expressed his personal ap preciation to all w ho donated, and to all w ho solicited th e funds. In Coquille, w ith Don Estes as chairm an, $3,778.26 w as collected. Dr. B. E. G ra n t at Bandon and his co-w orkers n etted $823.22, w hile M yrtle P oint w ith L eonard Ensele as ch airm an collected $1,122.33. Mrs. K en Rolfe at P ow ers and h er h elpers totaled $541.70. • * K eep I t B richt I n Y our M emory T hrough T he Y ears . HIGH SCHOOL GIRL GRADS . . . . COME IN NOW AND GET YOUR MINIATURE LANE CEDAR CHEST. SEE OUR FIRST STREET W IN D O W DISPLAY FURNITURE • At Lonsberry of Coquille M otors Dick C arm ichael took over th e retu rn ed Monday from M edford operation of C asey’s A ssociated w h ere h e spent the w eek-end Service W ednesday afternoon. Mr. atten d in g a S h rin e m eeting. C arm ichael w as form erly a sales m an for th e F irestone com pany Helen Holms was in ’ o r t la n d here. la st w eek on business. NO RTH B E N D C O Q U IL L E “Think of furniture, think of Purkey’s” Take the wheel anda world is yours • • Thom as K night, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. K night, was chairm an of the en tertain m en t com m ittee for th e Q ueen’s Ball held recently on the cam pus of Linfield college. Tom is a freshm an m ajoring in English. W ire wheel covers. cs illu stra te d . a v a ila b le of extra cost. E L E C T R IC A L APPLIANCES SALES • NORGE • IROMTE e HAMILTON REPAIRS Authorized Repair and Service for Evinrude Out board Motors. SERVICE Installation and mainten ance for ALL your electrical appliances. e CARREL L. PAYTON 111 S. Taylor St. Coquille Phone 531 ‘p-t1 1 3 Mux Clausen of R iverton was recently elected operations officer of A rnold A ir Society at Oregon ' S tate college. The society is a national m ilitary : honor group for advanced students of th e A ir R eserve O fficer T ra in ing Corps at OSC. M em bers are I selected on th e basis of scholar- | ship, m ilitary aptness and le ad e r ship. Clausen, sophom ore in ag ricu l ture. is th e son of Mr. and Mrs. L ester C lausen of Riverton. Farmers is — THE WEST'S LEADING WRITER OF AUTOMOBILE and TRUCK INSURANCi Herds Whyi Lower Rato*. Somi-Annual PramimM. Standard, Broad form, Non-Astatsabla Polley. Prompt Claim* Bar** lea through 700 authoriiad District Salt* and Branch Claim* Office*. Thl* eliminate* red-tape and delay . . . policy» holder* receive Im •THS rear OHI a FOR MX mediate service ala* MOWR-lN-LAWf» prompt payment. • A V E M O N E Y in s u re w ith F A R M E R S A U T O » T R U C K - F IR E a T A d H O -tu n cut . Clausen Takes Veterans Given Priority Of Farm Units M M ax ilitary Position To Open For Homestead Entry In Idaho W ar veterans are offered p rio r ity in acquiring 72 farm units being opened to hom estead entry in southern Idaho, it was announc ed this week by Vere A. M cCar thy, Oregon D epartm ent of V eter a n s’ A ffair« service officer. V eterans applications m ust be filed with th e Bureau of R eclam a tion, 11th and E Streets, Rupert, Idaho, by July 20 to quulify for th e public draw ing to determ ine th e w inners. T he 72 farm units cover 7,289 irrig ab le acres in the Minidoka irrigation project and a re situated about 40 miles east of Tw in Falls in Minidoka and Jerom e counties of southern Idaho T he units go free to qualified, successful ap p li cants. V eterans m ust have had 90 or m ore days or m ore of honorable service betw een Sept. 16, 1940, and July 3, 1952. They must have had farm ing experience and m ust Bill Elllis of Coquille waa am ong . an exhibition gam e w ith C ornell played against th e U niversity of the Yale U niversity baseball play- U niversity a t C iudad T rujillo, Do- S anto Dom ingo and aa a ll-sta r ers who recently p articipated in | m iniean Republic. T he team s also team from C iudad Trajillo. THE POOR RELATION'S e wo things stand out above all others in oadmaster . T this Golden Anniversary R It is the most beautiful Buick Riviera ever built. It is the most brilliant Buick performer in fifty great years. The first of these is an obvious truth that you learn at initial sight of this automo bile’s sweeping lines, its gracious styling, its stunning interior fashioning. The second is one you discover when motion begins and the wonderful new experience unfolds. Y ou soar from standstill to legal speed as you never have before—for Tw in-Turbine Dynaflow gives you getaway with a com bined swiftness, silence and smoothness no other car in the world can equal. You command the highest, the silkiest, the most instantly responsive power in all Buick history — from the world’s newest and most advanced V8 engine — the first Fireball V8. You ride with the gentle, constantly level cushioning of coil springing at all four wheels. You guide your two-ton automo bile with the exquisite ease of Power Steering. You slow or halt with the velvety control of still finer braking—plus the extra comfort of Power Brakes* if you wish. R oadmaster Custom built by Buick W O R LD 'S O N L Y CAR w ith o il the»» f e a t u r e ,; VS VERTICAl-VMVE FIREBAU ENGINE • POWER STEERING TWIN-TURBINE DYN.Vi.O W • DYNAAOC FLOW MUFFLER Surely, this rich new world of motoring magnitjeence is one you should explore— if only to know that it's real, and more easily reachable than you may think. POWER BRAKES* • COMPlETElY NEW SWEE'S’ EAR STYLING •ALANCED M ILL IO N DOLLAR R/DE • CUSTOM RICH INTERIORS TILT-AW AY SE/0C-AWAY PROMT SEATS (2-door K cdtltl PANORAMIC ONE-PIECE W INDO W S FRONT AND REAR DOMLE-RAIL FRONT BUMPER • AIRCONDITIONER We’ll be happy to seat you at the wheel of this superb new R oadmaster — and let your emotions and good sense judge its greatness. Won’t you visit us this week? Television tr e a t- th e BUICK CIRCUS H O U R -e ve ry >ov rth Tuetdap * Optional at extra cost. e REASONABLE PRICES WHEN SETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK Will. BUILD THEM- Ihornloruk Phone 5121 COOITLLF SOUTHWESTERN MOTORS 298 W. 2nd S t Coquille Phone 3201
