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-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
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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
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$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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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CARREL L. PAYTON
111 S. Taylor St.
Coquille
Phone 531
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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
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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
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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
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You ride with the gentle, constantly level
cushioning of coil springing at all four
wheels. You guide your two-ton automo
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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 ,;
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TWIN-TURBINE DYN.Vi.O W • DYNAAOC FLOW MUFFLER
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if only to know that it's real, and more
easily reachable than you may think.
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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
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your emotions and good sense judge its
greatness. Won’t you visit us this week?
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298 W. 2nd S t
Coquille
Phone 3201