Thursday, Jan. 13,1955_____
COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL
9
COQUILLE STUDENTS
PREPARE FOR EXAMS
Lew is an d C lark College, P o rt
land (S p ecial)—M errill Brow n, a
1954 g rad u a te of C oquille high
school, who is now com pleting his
first sem ester a t th e college, is
p rep arin g for final exam inations
Word of lla g g ai . . .
One day last sum m er th ere was
a sim ple cerem ony at A berdeen’s |
First P resb y terian church. It w a s .
to observe th e raising of a spire i
on a new edifice—th e crow ning j
glory of a long task of work, giv
ing and p ray er by an inspired
T he local Selective S ervice o f
congregation. It was all done in fice reports that on M onday, J a n
the spirit of obedience to the an uary 10, a large group of in d u c
cient com mand, spoken through tees, most of whom w ere v o lu n
H aggai;
teers, left Coos Bay for th e In
"Go up to th e hills and bring duction Station in P ortland, w h ere
wood and build th e house, that after being exam ined an d “ac
1 may take pleasure in it and that cepted" for service, they en train ed
1 may ap p ear in niy glory, says for F ord O rd. C alifornia to u n d e r
go th e ir basic training.
the Lord.”
Also, on th a t date, a group left
The new spire gleam ed like
silver against a sum m er ra in cloud. for physical exam inations, after
which they retu rn ed to Coos Bay.
It shone forth from the g reen hill,
T he inductees included: G eorge
top site of th e new church, look
Alen H alter. Arago; Ja y R oderick
ing down and aw ay over the old Olsen, Jack W illiam Jacobson and
skidroad streets, w here hordes of Bay D ean Forbess. Coos B ay; Duel
loggers storm ed into tow n from Forem an, form erly Eastside, now
! a hundred camps in th e holiday in A rkansas; Ronald Elwood H unt,
seasons of long ago.
W illiam Jo h n Ellis, Rodney D ennis
1 he gleam of the new spire Collins, G ilbert Leroy Siew ell,
was seen, likewise, from th e Grays T erry C arlos Je n k in s and F ran k
Harbor plan ts of pro sp erin g m o d W alter T ucker, Bandon. W illiam
ern forest industries—m akers of Alvin Young and Ronald L eroy
furniture, rayon, paper, plastics, V’anD eZande, N orth Bend. David
fine woods for grand pianos and Ronald G illaspv, fo rm erly Coos
concert harps, as well as lumber Bay and now C alifornia. R obert
plywood an d shingles for A m eri- Lynn Salm on, Stephen Allen J o h n
; ca’s record-breaking hom e-build son, Lloyd Dicks Russell, Hugh
Logan Dawson, Jr., and R ichard
ing p ro g ram of our time.
Brick tow er. M etal spire. But Eugene McGinnis, B r o o k i n g s .
in th e m ain the new church was F rancis C. Hicks, form erly Spo
m ade of wood brought down from kane, W ashington and now of
| the Grays H arbor hills, in the way O phir. F o rrest Lee Couch, fo rm er
ly C oquille and now P ortland.
of the ancient command.
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Way of Haggai . . . .
“And th e Lord stirred up th e |
spirit . . . of th e rem n an t of th e |
people, an d they cam e and worked
on the house of th e Lord of Hosts, |
th e ir God,” the word of Haggai,
Coos C ounty’s need of m oney
I the prophet, also tells.
for Polio is du e to th e fact th a t |
The way of A berdeen's church Coos county had 21 cases of
folks, from foundation to spire in Polio last year, Jo e Yost, Co- I
the years 1949-1954, w as indeed quille chairm an of th e M arch '
a w ay of people who “cam e and of Dimes fund said today.
w orked,” by ones an d tw os and
N orth Bend had seven cases; i
VFW A UXILIARY — These w om en w ere m em bers of th e VFW A uxiliary who helped prep are a delicious potluck w hen a v isit
organized large parties, women C oquille one; M yrtle P oint one;
ing sta te officer w as h ere recently. T hey served it up, decorated the tables in lovely fashion, and made th e evening a happy so
and men, young and old, th e h e a l. I Bandon one; A llegany th ree ; :
thy and th e handicapped alike. and th e balance th ro u g h o u t th e |
cial hour. T he A uxiliary m em bers of th e Coquille V eterans of F o re ig n W ars Post are active in all civic affairs and p ut on th eir
The deacons digged, th e preachers county.
poppy sale each May to help b rin g funds in for the V eterans of Foreign W ars who are hospitalized. (S entinel Photo.)
painted, and all hands saw ed wood. |
The actual sta rt a t Aberdeen ;
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of all kinds, phone 4891.
tfc j was m ade in 1945 w hen, w ith J W O R D S B L— i ’ i —i — t
J the Old T estam ent.
peace in sight, the P resbyterian
congregation selected a building
THOUGHTS
com m ittee and began the raising
of $53,000 as the financial base j
for a new edifice. T heir goal was
a $139,000 project.
In the sp rin g of 1946, under the
leadership of the M inister, Rev.
S. Charles S hangler, the n ational
ly known consulting architect of
th e U niversity of W ashington,
Jo h n P aul Jones, was retained.
T hree y ears later, afte r many
d rafts and conferences and cam -
i paigns, th e congregation began to I
"build the house.” A contract was
let for th e foundation on a h an d - j
, some hilltop.
Blessing of Haggai . . .
The trea ted piling was driven I
and the concrete poured in the
spring of 1949. But by this tim e
construction costs had soared to a
point th a t pegged th e necessary
building fund at $228,000, instead I
of the original $130,000 figure. A
new program was devised to suit
the change in conditions. F irst
need was expansion of old pledges
and addition of new ones. Second,
plans w ere studied for oiganization
of w ork p arties w ithin the con
gregation to beat building costs.
T he new p ro g ram was a long
tim e in th e m aking. The bare, I
yaw ning foundation stood th e ie
m onth a fte r m onth, until people
began to call it “T he P resb y terian
F olly.” It was tw o years before
con tracto rs and skilled building
lab o r g ath ered on the site to erect
the Douglas fir fram ing, apply the
red cedar shingle roof and install
w iring and plum bing lines.
Then the work parties of men,
women and children moved in on
th e job, each party directed by a
person with the know -how for
th e task to be done. The Rev.
Jam es F. Moore succeeded Mr.
S h an g ler and carried his in sp ira
tion on. T here w ere periodic work
stoppages, as financing lagged and
held up phases of construction that
could not be bypassed. O ne big
blockage w as a specification for
brick sidewalls, all round. Its cost
w as set at $25,000. At last the job
w as done w ith W estern red cedar
C grad e bevel siding rough side
out for a rustic finish. So th e walls
w ere com pleted at a ten th of the
originally estim ated cost.
And now th e spire shines forth
— from th e newest of th e 42
churches in th e G rays H arbor
for professional haulers. T hey are slashing
YDRA-MATIC* GMC’ s are rounding out
area. And the builders m ay well
deeply
the
costs
of
delivery
operations.
They
their first two years in service. A nd the
believe th a t the Lord’s promise
are speeding schedules; saving time, money and
through H aggai, ‘‘From this day
experiences of ow ners in every field of truck
on I will bless you,” is for them.
trouble for ow ners in all kinds of businesses.
Inductees Leave
For Service
to be given Ja n u ary 21 to 28.
A m ath m ajor, he is th e son of
Mr. and Mrs. M errill A. Brown,
20 N. A dam s Street. D uring his
high school career he w as active
in basketball, football and golf and
served as p resident of th e L etter-
m en’s club.
ATTENTION ALL TEENAGERS
If we are to be the leaders of tom orrow , then we must
help protect our country today. A bout the only thing
we can do tow ards the protection of our country is civil
defense work, and about th e only line of civil defense
w ork in this area is the G round O bserver Corps.
So w ake up, look up, sign up today. To contact the
Ju n io r G. O. C. phone Mrs. M. Holton, Coquille 3804, or
contact Don C larke or Don Lucero, the junior recruiters.
I)O IT TODAY!
ONE N E W TELEPHO NE
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Polio Cases Rise
In Coos Last Year
THE VERDICT
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We are adding new telephones to our system at
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