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ßoquiMi, 1/attey Seatiud VOL. LI, NO. 1 COQL ILLE, OREGON, Thursday, Jan. 13, 1955 1Ü Cents Per Copy County Committee To Talk RoadsCoosChamberWil,Suppor,Legisla,ion A review of past road problem s and a preview of new road and highway problem projects for Coos county will be the m ain topics of discussion at th e m eeting of Coos County C ham ber o f Com merce roads com m ittee Friday noon in th e H otel Coquille. G eorge Burr, m ayor of Coquille, and chairm an of th e com m ittee, will preside. B urr w ill give a rep o rt on ali correspondence from th e S tate of Oregon concerning highw ays and roads. He will also give a com plete breakdow n of p rio rity pro- olems for roads in Coos areas. Sure to be up for No. 1 ta lk - spot w ill be H ighw ay 42 versus other routes to the Bay area. School Board Sitting On Plans For Schools Kiwanis Club Thanked For Work A t Christmas Senator Ulett Proposes Smith For Senate Head On Distribution Of School Support Fund At a m eeting of th e B oard of Di- ectors of the Coos Countv C ham - K /if C her ree F rid a y , the m e m b e rs v oted to su p p o rt th e i during t'.e 1955 term to obtain th e dis- - ln z * L F lp rtp rj A rF R rtu z /m DUW en P rp c irlp n fr rreb iaen r A c c o rin iio n . c schooliMrT ^ssodaiion ™ i S iU,hA r3 ’ r ‘° Mrs- Jaek Bowen Coquille equalize the cost of education i___ .u r. throughout Oregon. The m eeting uuin e Valle t * ' ' ° H' ’ followed a noon luncheon at the* Ty * rt asso clat“' n a t a Tioga hotel I ™,eelin* of ‘he group Tuesday. , . , . . ‘ " f m eeting was preceded by a The C ham ber is also urging th e noon luncheon at the A rt cente'r j M em bers of th e C oquille K i- en actm en t of legislation w hich O ther officers chosen include 1 w anis club got th an k s in a com- ! will, as n e a rly as practicable, ac m edatory le tte r th is w eek from com plish the plan described in the \ ickic Rhodes, first vice-president; NEW t ITIZEN EINAR OSLU ND of Bandon, form erly of Sw eden, gave a th ou gh tfu l talk upon the the S alvation A rm y for th e ir work "Study of the Basic School S u p Liz Coke, second v ic e -p re sid e n t; Coqujlle school board of D istrict at C hristm as tim e in giv in g out invitation of Judge Dal M. K ing at the N aturalization C erem onies T hursday. Mr. O slund urged all Sen. G eorge U lett of Coos coun port F u n d ” as P lan ‘C.” •» Myrtle Clausen, secretary; and 8-C sat on any plans for additions toys and gift baskets to th e peo ty proposed th e nam e of Sen. Elmo Mayre Laird, trea su rer. A m ericans cherish their heritage of freedom sh ow n by flyin g the glorious A m erican Flag (Sen The 1955 budget was review ed to the C oquille school buildings ple in need of cheer at th e Yule Sm ith of Jo h n Day as p resid en t of tinel 1‘bofo) Members of th e nom inating by Jo h n Buries, treasu rer. It was until a m ore thorough and com season. the sta te sen ate M onday at Salem. approved by the B oard for a p er- com mittee w ere Edna H offm an, plete p icture could be gained of A busy y ea r is ahead for Sen. ) iod of th ree m onths a t w hich Mary McGilvery and Alma Minard. According to Jack Bowen, who the need in th e n ex t tw o years. assisted in th e program , m any Ulett. He is ch airm an of th e labor i tim e it w ill be tu rn ed back to th e • • T he board m et T hursday night m em bers of th e C oquille K iw anis and in d u stries com m ittee; vice- financial com m ittee for revision w ith th e budget com m ittee. club donated m uch tim e an d effort chairm an of th e w ays and means, Some m em bers proposed a pos in repairin g toys and in p rep arin g ch airm an of sub-com m ittee five | if needed. The B oard also voted to en sible extension of Lincoln E lem en gifts for the C hristm as p ro ject of on w elfare, com m ittee seven on ta ry school building, but no action th e K iw anis club. salaries, com m ittee one, ag ricu l dorse a resolution to allow the ■ was forthcom ing. tu re an d education, and a m em ber Pacific Motor T rucking com pany • • to purchase th e Pacific F reight Supt. H unsaker reported th a t of gam e and v eteran s affairs. I Lanes. the district could m anager next R E T U R N FRO M C A L IF O R N IA • • year, but grow th of th e school President, Elton A. Schroeder, Rev. B. J. C lark and fam ily re U N D E R G O E S SU R G E R Y population by 1956 w ould m ake tu rn ed from a holiday in C alifor Don P ierce u n d erw en t surgery announced th a t he will n am e his some en lareg en t of present facili nia w here they visited friends in Sacred H eart hospital in E u com m ittee ch airm en som etim e Mild w eath er experienced dur ties necessary. ; w ithin the n ear fu tu re. and relatives. gene last week. ing Decem ber com bined with a l • • strong lum ber m ark et gave the area an u nusually successful month. Both payrolls and em ploy ment declined little from N ovem ber and ran far ahead of Decem ber A m eeting of th e Coquille G irl of Iast year Scout association has been schedul- Much of the cu rtailm en t during ed for 7 :30 Tuesday even in g a t ; the m onth took place d u rin g th e St. Jam es Guild hall. latter p art of th e m onth as storm s This is an im p o rta n t m eeting evented logging, and em ployers ere inventorying equipm eauiom ent and and an id d all m em bers are urged to were logs in p rep artio n for th e new atten d . year. The loss of claim s taking activ i N A IIR A I.IZ E D CITIZENS— In Im pressive cerem onies at the N aturalization Court presided over ties in the local office w as offset by Judge Dal M. King, C ircuit Judge for th is d istrict, assisted by G enrgianna V aughan. Coos county b.v additional em ploym ent service clerk ol the proceedings, these 19 new A m ericans heard W illiam A. W alsh, form er state senator and I activities. T hese activities in clu d ed placem ents w hich w ere 300 per I acting governor and C o m Bay attorney, tell them of the 4(1(10 year search for freedom s by the people of the w orld. W alsh said “Our com m on denom inator is freedom and w e m ust be v igilan t to see all cent above last y ear; 11 tests; 76 counseling interview s, a follow -up people in our country shall have i f ’New citizen s are Mr. and Mrs. B oris E lngerut. of R ussia and F u n eral services for K ------ eith -----°* 'h e 121 tests given in Novem- < hina: Haydy A liccl C offey. Finland; Thure Sim onson, Finland; Joseph B yer. G erm any; llo lg e r Leslie of Coquille and Oswego ____ her; also num erous m iscellaneous Stenberg. Sw eden; V iolet P ettyjohn. E ngland; Ethel Moon, Canada; John Japp. C anada; Einar Os- w ere held T uesday from R iver services to both em ployrs and ap liind, S w eden: Florence Sum peer. E ngland. Elaine Su llivan . A ustralia, E lizabeth Cramer. Germ any; view M ausoleum , P o r t l a n d . plicants. Carlos Furtado. Portugal; Ferdinand T hurnlier. Y ugoslavia; E lfriede P refontaine. Viola Ilayse. S ch ro ed er Bros. M o rtu ary In Co- Orgon b enefit paym ents w ere Canada; G eorge C halm ers. A ustralia; M ildred Hall Canada. (S en tin el P hoto) q uille handled arran g em en ts. made to 848 in d iv id u lals during Rev. G eorge T u rn ey of 3 * the w eek ending D ecem ber 11, M ichaels and All A ngels Episcopal Of these 8488, 500 or 6u per church w as th e officiating m inis- cent w ere last em ployed in the te r - ’ lum ber in d u stry ; 127 or 15 per K eith Leslie, 59, died in his cent cent w ere from w holesale and sleep S atu rd ay n ig h t or early S un- j retail trad e; 62 or seven p er cent day m orning w hile resting at his from th e . construction industry.! College scholarship funds of cabin hom e on L aurel Lake. Included in th e rem aining 18 per C oquille's Chapter CC of the He w as born Jan . 2 1896 in I T ” 1 aroUJ w orkers from A gricul- P.E.O. Sisterhood w ill benefit G ran d Junction, Colorado, and ! F ' shln«- M ining and F orestry; from a rummage sale to be held February 11 and 12, Friday and moved w ith his fam ily to S acra- ‘f u s s i n g ; oth er M anufac- m ento, Calif., in 1907. T he L e s lie ! ,11 inS; T ran sp o rtatio n and U tili- Saturday at Burr Motor Co. CELEBRATE A N N IV E R SA R Y — Carl W ichert and Les C leveland, general m anager and o w n er of fam ily moved to Coquille in 1912 ‘nance, G overnm ent and Clothing, jew elry, dishes and Save-O n Food Store, had big sm iles w hen they posed for the S en tin el Photographer in anticipation other items w ill be sold. Com w here he grad u ated from Coquille j ' of the store's second anniversary w hich w ill be celebrated Saturday. T h ey ’ve planned lots of su r High school in 1916 to en ter th e " b i l e covered em ploym ent d e-; mittee in charge are Mesdames prises for their m any friends and patrons w ho visit the store during the day. (S en tin el P hoto) U niversity of Oregon. In 1918 he creased from 13,588 to 12,552 from Ray llunsaker, Wm. Barrow, enlisted in the arm ed reserves and ' . une f^53 to Ju n e 1954, the loss Fred Watson, Don Smith, and » '1 was released to resum e his educa- ls not su rP rising as n early 5,000 Roy Barton. • • tion at th e university in 1919 I w orkers w ere involved in a lab o r ! One of the sta r athletes of this Ä d^ rin e p \ rt ° f th a t ™ n th . state, he played center on the ¡ ,,7 th e ’r 5-29,6 dUF' fam ed U niversity of Oregon Rose 5 1 4 . ’ m e Period for a loss of Bowl team in 1920 w hen Oregon w d / d ecr C° T PA red lo a sta ‘<" and H arv ard m et on the gridiron. ^ h i l e claim ° f 2 5, p cr 7 n t Upon graduation from th e Uni- crease d u r in ^ th eontlnlaed to in ‘ v ersity of Oregon, Mr. Leslie 1(,ok w a, , B t? ’, ‘h e OUt‘ Two years of successful grocery A new all-tim e bank deposit and joined a P ortland accounting firm X i e n r ^ d ll j d ‘ife r£ "t than ex- store operation in Coquille will Names of new ly elected elders, He la te r opened an office in Co- loan record was reported today by ex ceUent be celebrated S atu rd ay w ith a big I deacons and tru stees of th e F irst q u ille and also served as Coquille indusU v j th e statew ide F irst National Bank th e lum ber j C hristian church w ere announced High school coach on a p art- 2nd A nniversary and lots of s u r | of P ortland, underscoring other . ' L ? 3VC . m a*n ta ‘ned near prises for th e friends and patrons ! at the an n u al C ongregational d in tim e basis. ) y ea r-e n d business indexes that em ploym ent and m tu rn stab - * of th e S ave-O n Food S tore on ner m eeting New Y ear’s Eve. H e then entered th e Internal £ „Ü' ^ Pl7 , m enl Oi,th e area j have pointed to a generally favor West M ain S treet. able economic outlook for Oregon. These new m em bers of th e R evenue Service during World creased hv Von / uneJ 'P |° y e<i in- Les Cleveland, ow ner of the church board a re H enry George, W ar II and left it a fte r a y ear and , 7 ^ 5 £ bi ) “™ ¿r ° m, Noyem ber to Y ear-end statem ent of condition m odern grocery store says ‘ each E verett W olgamott, P aul Simpson. a h alf to open a general account- the 2650 of D ecem beT w M ^ bCl° W figures for the Coquille branch of y ear business gets a little b etter Don F arr, B erlyn Billings. H arold ing office m E ugene from w hich; ,, . F irst N ational show th a t on Dec tcem D e r i»5J. than last y ear,” and his big sm ile Libby and W illard K night, elders; he served m uch of W estern O re- , em b er 31, 1954, deposits at the ls a n t‘cipated th at total em - attests to th e fact th a t he likes Cedric Cross, B ruce P u rd y , Earl gon. Ploym ent for the netx 60 days will branch w ere $7,741,165 and loans to help feed th e people of th e deepndent upon Dunsan, Cliff Noble, Ben Payne, 1 w ere $2,785,681, according to H e w as official city and Coos I „ be . en tirely deej PRESENTS < ITIZENSH IP— Ju d ge Dal M K ing p resen ts new prosperous C oquille valley area. Ed Sanders, H arold B rim hall, , county au d ito r as well as official ■ w eath er conditions. branch m anager S. H. Peterson, If w eather citizens— all 19— with their A m erican C itizen sh ip papers at im Ralph W olgam ott, Lee Brow n, au d ito r to a n u m b er of oth er gov- J r. A t th e sam e tim e one year ago fav o rable, little change Assisted by C arl W ichert, gen Cliff K ern, D an Sage, C liff In ern m en tal groups in Oregon. th e branch reported deposits of be notec* though hirin g may pressive cerem onies Thursday in his C ircuit Court. (S en tin el eral m anager, and C huck M cM an- gram , A lvin Boyer, Jo h n Boots $7,116,886 and loans of $3.395,867. P hoto) In Decem ber, 1920, he m arried , 5 a t a ,n ,n im u ,n However, should iman, m eat m ark et m anager, ; and A rt W inslow, deacons; and Miss Louise Clausen in Eugene ¡ the w eather conditions follow the Cleveland m anages to ru n one of A ccording to bank P resident C. H enry George, P aul Sim pson and who su rv iv es him. In addition he p a tte .r n Previous years, exten- th e friendliest grocery businesses B. Stephenson, deposits for the 69 E lv erett W olgam ott, trustees. in th e area. T he sto re’s policy is ' has fo u r children surviving: Mrs. | sive layoffs can be expected. sta te w id e banking offices w ere • • friendly, courteous service at all E v erett W olgam ott conducted B arb ara Je an C latterbos, Cascade I $784,731,426, Ioans w ere $368,245,- times, and it has paid off during th e business m eeting and A rt J Locks; Mrs. Jo h n M inton, San 083 and resources w ere $860,374,- th e past tw o years. W inslow acted as m aster of cere F rancisco; K eith L., Jr., Portland, 437, as of Decem ber 31. monies. T he church organizations and Jo h n F., New Y ork City. M aking up th e balance of th e T otal deposits have increased presented th eir an n u al reports. His fath er, F ran k G. Leslie, staff at th e S ave-O n Food Store $195,683,993 over the sam e date recorder and are M arion P ib u m , Ju a n ita Welch, G am es w ere played follow ing form er C oquille one y ea r ago, loans re up $67,- Ollie Clayton and E ugene Ellis. th e m eeting u n d er th< d irection of tre a su re r, also survives him, as 222,728, and resources have in 2 3 4 5 6 7 creased $214.214,410. Lee B row n and m em bers of th e w ell as his brother, E. E. (Spike) C leveland has been in th e gro Funeral services for F ran k G. 9 IO 11 12 13 14 ¡’L eslie of Coquille. ! recreation com m ittee. cery business for eight years h a v Wilson will be held at 2 p.m. F ri Since th e Decem ber 31, 1953 16 17 18 19 20 21 ing ow ned or m anaged four d if day from S chroeder’s chapel. Mr. 23 24 25 2 6 27 2 'i At th e conclusion of th e evening, sta te m en t of condition, the F irst 31 » • « ferent grocery stores d uring that Wilson died Tuesday afternoon I a b eautiful w atc h -n ig h t p ageant N ational organization has in- time. He says C oquille is th e place follow ing a stroke. j creased by 20 banking offices. w as presented, led by Miss M ar he is going to stay. A nd he is firm s S » s s g aret N osier. T his includes 18 form er affiliated Born October 18, 1881 at B er- in his opinion th a t th e people of banking offices w hich became thod, Colo., Mr. Wilson had been Mrs. C lifford K ern m ade th e a t Coquille a re th e m ost w onderful j branches on F ebruary 8, th e F irst Evangelists G. W. and Pearl a Coos county resilient for the tra c tiv e ta b le decorations for th e in th e w orld. S tate B ank of W aldport w hich was years. n He retired potluck an d hosts and hostesses Hoot, of W inona Lake, ladrYt:, Indiana, in aian a, p ■ ast 41 J'--*"- u was a reiireQ acquired on Ju ly 26, and th e H al Says G rocerym an C leveland :“I t’s w ere m em bers of th e CYF who have been engaged to conduct a rar>eher and was an active m em ber sey S tre et branch w hich was es really been a pleasure—every m in also assisted w ith th e serving. series of special m eetings in the of th t Coquille Eagles lodge and tablished in Septem ber. u te of the last tw o y ears—to deal G ene Sim pson an d C laire Com p C hurch of the N azarene, 580 E. 9th ,b e Coquille F low er Lovers club. • • w ith people here.” S treet. Coquille, according to Rev. Mr. Wilson wag 67 years of age at ton w ere co-chairm en. J e rr y H usted, son of Mr. and V. S. W heeler, pastor of th e con- th e tim e of his death. He is also a good fam ily m an K itchen duties w ere taken care Mrs. E rnest H usted of W hittier, Boy Scouts of A m erica calendars df by W illard K riight, Ron Russell gregation Beginning Ja n u a ry 18th w ith a charm ing w ife and tw o Rev. W alter N aff of the F irst Calif., has enrolled as a freshm an school age children, a boy eleven, will be given out S atu rd ay for and Edna K ern. and continuing through Ja n u a ry (C h ristian church will officiate at ^1 at C oquille High school. He is th e 30th, services will be held each i th e final rites and interm ent will and a girl eight. Lounsbury F ord by Boy Scouts of ------------- — IIIC IIl W I1 Mrs. H arold L ib b y w as general . grandson of the A rt H usteds and is • • Troop No. 14. Coquille, it w as re ch airm an an d w as assisted by th e evening at 7:30 p. m. o’clock. j be at th e K nights of Pythias ceme staying at th e hom e of his uncle ported today. * \ te ry a t Bandon. various ch u rch com m ittees. HA S H O L ID A Y I N ALPS and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. S urvivors include his wife, Em T he Boy Scout calendars a re a t C hristiansen. Cpl. G erard E. Je u b , who is sta m a Wilson of Coquille; a son, tra c tiv e la rg e affairs and th e Boy tioned w ith the Signal Corps at G eorge W Wilson of Bandon; and Scouts will give them out in Co » » R E C E P T IO N — Something new Munich, G erm any, spent th e New a sister, Mrs. Blanche Fenton of quille. Arago, M yrtle Point, Broad- was added to the A m ericaniza Y ear’s weekend a t G arm isch, a W illiard W aggoner, Coos County M em bers of th e H appy Six 4-H F o rt Collins, Colo. Two g ran d - bent, and Powers. tion ceremonies Thursday when w inter resort tow n in the B avarian tre a su re r, w as busy the la tte r p a rt Cooking clu b m et T uesday at t h e , c«ildren also survive, Com m ander B ill Head and a • • Alps. In a letter to his parents, of last week m ailing out checks for hom e of A rlene Pierson • • Color G uard presented the Mr. and Mrs. R ay Jeub, he told Rev. and Mrs. W illiam H agem an th e N ovem ber ta x collection dis Am erican Flag fo r the program, A rlene d em onstrated m aking Mr. and Mrs. Walt O erding vls- of the “w onderful tim e’’ he had and later held a reception a t o atm eal-raison cookies and w hile ’ted th eir d au g h ter-in -law , Mrs and sons retu rn ed S atu rd ay ev en trib u tio n .. th e re attending an international R eceiving th e checks w ere they w ere baking, th e girls held W a,ter O erding. Jr., at Salem over which they served cake, coffee ing from a th ree w eeks’ visit to El ski meet, sightseeing and tak in g | Coos school districts, cities, ports th e ir business session. and tea. The rake had a large 1 th e w eekend. T heir son is sta- colored pictures of the beautiful Paso, Texas, and o th e r points of an d fire, hospital, san itary and A m erican Flag an it and waa All of th e m em bers w ere pres- Honed a t Colum bus A ir Base in in terest in tfie Southw est. scenery. w ater districts. made by Hiekam 's Coquille ent. including th e leader Mississippi. Coos Employment At High Mark Due To Lumber Scout Association W ill M e e t Tuesday Keith Leslie Buried Tuesday Sale To Benefit PEO Scholarships Second Anniversary Set Save-On Food Store Celebrates Their Birthday This Saturday Christian Church Announces Board For Coming Year Bank Deposits Take Big Jump Funeral Services For Frank Wilson Set For Tomorrow Services Slated By Nazarenes Lounsbury Ford To Give Scout Calendars Out I Mails O ut Checks 4-H C u b Meets A t Pierson Home B akery. (Sentinel Photo)
