New Courthouse Dedication Ceremonies Calls Citizens Hvïe Saturday
Coos County will dedicate
1 its new modern, spacious
courthouse Saturday. It will
be a ceremony marked by
music, reverence and satis
faction—satisfaction in a job
| well done for a large and
growing section of an expand-
1 ing state.
The official program of ded
ication will begin at one
I o’clock Saturday, January 23
with music by the Coquille
High School Sand under the
direction of Carroll Nickels.
Rev. Jean Clark, rector of
St. James Church, will give
the invocation.
Judge James Harrison will
make an introduction of prom
inent guests which will in
clude among others. Justice
James Brand of the Oregon
State Supreme Court and At
torney-General Robert Thorn
ton.
Mayor Donald Farr of Co
quille will cut the ribbon
opening the new courthouse
and will then deliver an ad
dress.
Following the official cer
emonies the entire courthouse
is being opened to visits by
the citizens of the county and
each department has worked
at preparing various exhibits
of the duties it performs for
the county official life.
The new modern Home Ec
onomics room in the County
Extension Agent’s office, said
to be the most modern Home
Economics room in the state,
will be shown to the public,
and at the same time coffee
and cakes will be served with
out charge to all visitors.
The new courthouse is out
standing inasmuch as it is en
tirely paid for. The construc
tion of this courthouse* came
about through the foresight of ty seat since the election of
county courts who put aside I 1896 when it was moved from
revenues from timber sales |
and O and C land revenues Empire to Coquille. The pic
to build up funds to pay for turesque wooden courthouse
just torn down in the spring
the building.
The East w in g of the of 1953. was constructed at a
courthouse, completed in 1951, cost of $37,000.
cost $177,968; and the present
Contractor for the new
complete project of the West courthouse was J. L Hansen
wing just finished cost $258,- of Coos Bay and architect
000.
was Rowe Kennedy of Port
Coquille has been the coun land.
Sentinel
VOL. L. NO. 2
COQUILLE, OREGON, Thursday, Jan. 21, 1954
LOTS OF RECORDS—The pulse of life of Coos County from the
beginning of Coose County, Territory of Oregon, are found in
the millions of recordings kept by Mrs. Georgianna Vaughan, Coos
County Clerk. Mrs. Vaughan, who is a Coos booster, is busy pre
paring exhibits for Saturday's open house at the new court
house. (Sentinel Photo)
Barton Asks City
To Get Out Tile
On Coquille Park
Mothers March
On Polio Set
Tor January 28
City Councilman Clarence Bar
ton asked that the city attorney,
Tallant Greenough, get out the
complete file on all correspon
dence and conversations with
Herbert Ketell, builder of the Co
quille Park subdivision, before
any action be taken on a letter
received this week.
Ketell had asked that new ar
rangements be made for the city’s
share of the cost on the access
road from the highway to the park
tract.
He also asked to put in an as
phalt curb backed by cedar sim
ilar to those in some Portland
residential areas.
No action will be taken until
a complete study is made as urged
by Councilman Barton.
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Once again local mothers will
participate in the Mothers March
on Polio which has been sched
uled for the evening of January
28. All residents who wish to give
money to the March of Dimes are
requested to leave their porch
lights on that evening. The moth
ers will stop to collect the dona
tions.
Another part of this year’s
March of Dimes is the pancake
breakfast. On January 21, the
mothers and wives throughout
the county will go on strike and
the men will take the family to
some local restaurant where they
will be served pancake break
fasts. Half of the proceeds from
the breakfasts will be donated 6y
the restaurants to the March of
Dimes.
A “ Kangaroo Court” will be
held again Saturday on Front
street. Presiding judge will be “ W.
E. Sockum” who will sentence
the guilty persons appearing be
fore him to contribute to the
March of Dimes.
At Powers, a donkey basketball
game has been set for January 27
between the Lions club and school
faculty. The event will begin at
7 p.m. and an afternoon parade
is planned for 3 o’clock.
On Saturday, January 23, the
Cub Scouts will sponsor a Block
of Dimes in downtown Powers. A
“Kangaroo Court” will be held
there on January 30. Powers city
chairman is Ray Getchell.
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VISITING HERE—Attorney-Gen
eral Robert Thornton of Salem
uill confer with District Attorneys
John J. Pickett of Coos County
and Samuel A. Hall of Curry
county this weekend on a state
wide study of law enforcement
problems on the local level. Dis
trict Attorney Pickett, one of the
state's outstanding attorneys, has
recently come in for much public
commendation by Attorney-Gen
eral Thornton. Thornton will also
be a guest of the Coos county
court at the formal dedication of
the new Coos courthouse Saturday.
Snow Reported
READY FOR OPEN HOUSE—Coos County’s new courthouse will be ready for the citizens of the
area Saturday when a big "open house’’ program starts at 1 p.m. with the county court and county
officials serving as hosts. (Sentinel Photo)
ASSESSING—C. G. (Hode) Caughell, Coos County Assessor,
stands between his wife, Mrs. Caughell and Deputy Assessor
Harry Johnson as they are busy opening personal property
assessment returns. The Coos County’s Assessor’s office is one of
the spots where increased growth of Coos shows up first. (Sen
tinel Photo)
Forestry Scientists
Visit A t Goulds
Bruce Anderson and Don Bar
nett of the Experimental labora
tory at Oregon State college
visited at the Pete Gould borne
last week. Pete Gould is one of
t h e outstanding myrtlewood
lumbermen in the southern area.
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Coos county residents could
take their choice of weather
this last week. First part of the
week was fair and warm; then
came heavy rain storms; and
followed up in the hills by a
white covering of snow.
City Will Continue Elliott Street Fill Development
Coquille will place a culvert pipe
at the bottom of the gulch on El-
liott street and continue to buy
right-of-way easements for the
continuation of the project, the
council voted Monday night.
The action was taken following
a report on fills and bridges by
City Engineer Mike Huddleston
and a request that the city take
action on a fill for the North End.
Councilman Jack Bowen asked
that three bond issues, one for El
liott, one for Heath, and an issue
for Beach street be placed on the
ballot.
A big s.o.s. was sounded for
This was rejected in favor of a
Mike Huddleston, city engineer,
when the oil tank in the front continuing plan to fill Elliott as
yard of the new Community dirt was available. It would mean
no bond issue for the taxpayers,
building collapsed on Tuesday.
City Engineer Huddleston with and main cost would be the $5,000
assistants got the Lloyd Bros, busy now which can be taken fir>m a
on the job taking off dirt and put bridge and street reserve fund.
It was also pointed out in the
in a rubber hose and meanwhile
hoped that the removal of the discussion that Elliott will event
weight of dirt would allow the ually connect up with tbe new
heating system in the community Myrtle Point highway near the
building to continue to get oil.
Coos Bay Lumber company plant.
P.S. Temperatures were cold
Former Councilman George Burr
too, this week.
is
going to Salem this week to
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ask that the state make Ike con
nection as a part of the highway
42 construction improvement pro.
ject they are planning to do this
coming summer.
It seems slow, but blame it on
Original plans of the city plan
COUNTY TRFASl'REP—F.ff’eier-v -nrl r n n -'-v »r- V-y-
the weather, the city council
ning commission, approved by
said Monday night when asked
of the office of Mrs. Clara Stauff, Coos county treasurer. Mrs.
three councils, have asked that El
by the Coquille Valley District
Stauff. and since then was elected by the voters of the county.
liott street be filled as the most
Boy Scout chairman when the
(Sentinel Photo»
new Boy and Girl Scout room satisfactory site for a crossing to
allow for a North End traffic
would be completed.
artery.
Councilman Barton said that
Several months ago Heath street
as soon as weather permitted
residents and other North Erd
the concrete roof would be
poured, and then actual inside people had signed a petition ask
In the meantime, the council ing that Heath street be filled and
modernized.
In the meantime, thee ouncil
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voted to allow the Boy Scouts
and the Coquille Valley Boy
Scout district council to use the
Leaders training courses for
facilities of the community Cub Scouters of the Coquille Val
building without charge.
ley Boy Scout district will start
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Monday night at 7:30 in the Odd
fellows hall, it was announced to
day.
Sale of city improvement bonds
The meetings will be held for
was awarded to the Charles Tripp six weeks, and the first meeting
firm Monday night when bids will be under the direction of the
opened. Tripp bid $100.15 for the Bandon Cub Scout pack.
B3 bonds for which he will pay
Films and activity periods mark
I 5 per cent interest; and he also the training.
bid $100.25 for the larger sum of
This will be the first time Cub
bonds and an interest rate of 3% Scout den mothers and others from
: per cent.
tne newly formed PTA cub pack
There was only one other bid- will have a chance to take train-
der who asked 5t4 per cent.
| ing.
S.O.S. Sounded
When Oil Tank
Has A Collapse
Boy And Girl Scout
Rooms Underway
Justice James T. Brand To Give Speech
At Dedication Of New Circuit Courtroom
James T. Brand, associate jus^ burg, circuit judges of the fourth
tice of the Oregon Supreme C o u rt,, district.
is scheduled to give the main ad-
Judge King will introduce the
dress at the formal dedication of guests. The Rev. Jean Clark will
the circuit courtroom in Coos give the invocation and Mrs. Clark
county’s brand new courthouse j will sing the national anthem.
Saturday, January 23.
A banquet has been planned for
The big event is slalvd to 6:30 o’clock Saturday evening at
get underway at 3 p.m. when the the community building. Invited
Honorable Judge Dal M. King en- I guests will include members of
ters the courtroom from his quar- the Coos-Curry Bar Association;
ters and calls the court to order, members of the Douglas County
Counly Judge James W. Harrison Bar Association; and visiting su-
will give the welcoming speech preme court and circuit court ju s -
Other county officials and judges tices. An invitation has also been
will also speak.
extended to their wives.
State dignitaries coming for the
Tallent Greenough, president of
dedication include William Perry
of the Oregon Supreme Court; the Coos-Curry Bar Association,
Lawrence T. Harris of Eugene, will act as master of ceremonies.
former circuit court judge and su- J J B. Bedingfield Sr., of Coos
preme court justice; William G. Bay is in charge of the dedication
East and G. F. Skipworth of Eu program and Harry Slack is chair
gene and Carl Wimberley of Rose- | man for the banquet.
One of the famous Disney
films, this time the first in his
exciting new series of “ People
and Places,” The Alaskan Es
kimo is set for the Roxy theatre
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
it was announced by Lloyd
Claver, manager.
In full technicolor, the movie
is a sequel to the nature studies
of Walt Disney. This time peo
ple and places of the world will
be depicted.
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Sewer Line Start
Ordered Monday
By City Council
A resolution calling for the start
of the $44,039 sewer construction
project on Sanford Heights was
ordered Monday night by the city
council.
The sewer line will serve San
ford Heights, White Cloud and
other parts of the newly annexed
area, and will run across to the
site of the new filter plant at the
Charles Eugene Watson, 71, end of Front street.
died here January 19 at the fam
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ily home. Funeral services will be
held at 11 a.m. Friday from the
chapel of Schroeder's Funeral
Home.
Watson was born April 12, 1882
Commissioner Fred True filed
at Bieber, California and came by for re-election to the post on the
wagon to the Coquille Valley in county court this week. Com
the spring of 1906. Accompanying missioner True who is now com
him were his brother, Isaac and pleting a term filled with many
his family.
activities building up the county,
He had been a dairy and live- is a resident of Coquille. Before
stockman for the past 15 years moving to Coquille he operated
near Myrtle Point.
the general merchandise store at
Surviving are his wife, Nettie Broad bent.
Watson of Coquille; two sons,
He has been active in Coos
Wayne W Watson of Coquille and
Floyd E Watson of Redmond, county affairs, and is familiar with
Oregon; a daughter, Ellen I. Ar- the problems of the county having
rell of Brookings; three grand come here when a young man to
children, Elsie Watson, Louise take responsible positions in the
life of the area.
Watson and Jerry Arrell.
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Other survivors include three
brothers, Handy Watson and Jay
Watson of Gridley, California, and
John Watson of Redding, Califor
nia; three sisters, Margaret Whit-
inger of Gridley, California, Rach
el Love of Susanville, California
Mrs. Helen Payton has resigned
and Julia Rodgers of Coquille.
her teaching position in the Co
Numerous nieces and nephews quille public schools. No succes
also survive.
sor has yet been named.
Charles Watson
Dies January 19
Commissioner True
To Seek Re-election
Lions Club To Bring OSC Coach To City
Tor Talk At Dinner Honoring Gridsters
New Cor Comes To Town
Newest car to pick Coquille as ( for this area.
its home is General Motors Olds- 1 The cars which have been corn-
mobile Announcement was made P?etely rfe$esi«ni d
now
. ..
shown at Coquille Auto on Front
this week at the time of the show- slreet
ing of the new 1954 OldsmoWle
In addltion to lhe oldsmobile
that Coquille Auto company, for- line, the firm has alao taken the
mer Studetoaker agency, would franchise for the GMC trucks and
handle the fast sleek new GM line | pickups.
Set For Roxy
Resigns School Post
New City Bonds
Coquille Auto Company Now Shows
New General Motors Oldsmobile
Disney "First
Mrs. Helen Payton
Training To Start
SCHOOL KIDS FRIENDS—Lillian Farley. Coos County School
Superintendent, leads a busy life taking rare of the thousands of
school children in Coos County. The day her picture was taken
she had Just eome from a meeting with the Rural School Board
who were busy working eat their budget for the next school
year. (Sentinel Photo)
10 Cents Per Copy
METHODIST SPEAKER—“Why Our Charch Needs Men” will
be the subject for the address of District Supt. Meredith A.
Grove« at the Methodist Mens’ Club Supper Friday evening,
January 22 at 6 pun. in the Pioneer Methodist social rooms.
Rev Groves is a graduate of Willamette university and Kimball
school of theology He has held successful pastorates in Cottage
Grove. Seaaide Roseburg. Medford and store June has been
district superintendent of the Methodist church for this district.
He 1« aloe a Maaon. Oddfellow, Kiwanlan, and member of the
Grange.
Kip Taylor, head football coach
at Oregon Statp college, will b e !
the guest speaker at the L io n s'
club’s special luncheon honoring1
members of Coquille High school’s
"A ” and “ B ” football squads. The I
event will be held at the C oquille.
hotel January 28 at noon.
Following the speech, Mr. Tay- |
lor will show a film to the guests 1
of honor.
The Lions club will also be hosts I
to the football players for e l
movie “Crazylegs”, which i s
scheduled to be shown January
29, 30 and 31 at the Liberty the
atre The film is the story of El
roy Hirsch, famous football star
with tbe Los Angeles Rams. Also
appearing in the picture is Nor
man Van Brocklln, former Uni
versity of Oregon football star
who now plays for the Rams.
I
Weaver, Riedel
Named To Scouting
Earl Weaver, Kiwanis club
president, and Biegger Furni
ture manager, and Dr. Robert
Riedel, Coquille optometrist,
have accepted appointments to
the Coquille Valley District Boy
Scout executive committee.
They w ill work on the corn
mlttee on Scouting and A ctivi
ties. One of the first projects
they are to aid on w ill be the
February Boy Scout week din
ner— potluck in the Coquille
community building at which
Boy Scout people from Ban
don, Powers, Arago, M yrtle
P o i n t , Fairview, McKinley.
Broadbent and Coquille w ill
take p a rt