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Thursday, April 21, 1955__ COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL Letter From Washington Harris Ellsworth Makes "Easter" Report On His Projects Carried Out In Session Of Congress During Past Months By Your Congressman HARRIS ELLSWORTH Hear Friends: gency. P resid en t Eisenhow er has suggested a four point assistance program based largely on helping w ith credit. His p ro g ram has been widely criticised but it is a sug gestion. T here w ill be action on this subject soon. died last week at his home in Oklahom a. O u r sym pathy, also to W alter Veeder whose b ro th er, A rtie V eeder of B andrn died last week. Mr. and Mrs. W alter Reed, G ary and Carolyn Kay of Salem w ere w eekend guests at the Eli B rault home. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lew ellen had as guests Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Jo h n T rack and Je an e tte ’ of Em pire. C harles H artw ell has been con fined to his home because of ill ness. Mr. and Mrs. H arry H orner of Coquille visited a t th e A. C. S u th erlan d hom e Sunday. The R iverton club held its m onthly m eeting T hursday ev e ning, April 14 at th e Floyd Sex ton home. Mrs. Sexton and th e co-hostess es, Lucy Allen, Helene Sexton and Irja H effley served a buffet luncheon from a beautifully ap pointed table. The teach ers and pupils are busy rehearsing for the program , "F airy T ales” w hich will be pre- 1 S H E LIKES IT TOO— President Ernestine B issett of the B .l’AV sented F rid ay evening, A pril 22 Club g iv es her approving sm ile to Leonard Johnson, general d e liv at 3 o’clock. P aren ts an d friends ery clerk, as he m ails a package for her w ith the new modern are invited to atten d an d enjoy an P itn ey -B o w es stam p m achine at the Coquille P ostoffiee. evening of fine en tertain m en t. • e tober. Coos County has alw ays 1 this event. Each year w e send a had ju st lim ited p articip atio n in | livestock judging team to com pete In line w ith m y established policy of rep o rtin g as often and as com pletely as I can on th e w ork of the Congress and on m y work as your R epresentative here, I am N orthwest P ow er Project tak in g ad v a n ta g e of th e E aster D evelopm ent recess to m ake this brief m id-ses U nless alm ost tw ice as m uch sion report to you. per year can be expended in th e D uring this session I have been future on building hydro-electric m aking a tape recording here pow er projects, w e a re going to be twice a m onth w hich is broadcast short of pow er in th e v ery n ea r on m ost of th e radio stations in future. The F ed eral p ro g ram is our 4th Congressional district. 1 continuing at th e ra te of a h undred am likew ise m aking tw o televis- J million dollars a y ea r but th a t is ion p rogram s each m onth w hich not enough. The p artn e rsh ip plan are being broadcast by th e TV which will prem it th e ex penditure stations in Eugene and in Medford, of local money along w ith F ed eral Each w eek I w rite a 'L e tte r is th e best answ er. from W ashington” w hich is printed I have consistently w orked for in m ost of th e new spapers in oilr the F ederal construction of p ro district. T hat column is a ru n - jects w hich produce pow er. I shall n ing account of w hat goes on here, of course, continue to do th at. But w hat th e issues a re and w h at I we need at least th ree v ital flood th in k about them . At the end of control and pow er projects faste r each Congress, I m ake a detailed than they can or w ill be con- "R eport to T he D istrict” w hich I structed by th e F ederal g o v ern - have p rin te d and sent throughout m ent alone. T he Hills C reek dam the Congressional D istrict. in the upper W illam ette area w ill L egislation Passed T hus Far I probably have to be built by th e O nly four bills classified as m a- ' governm ent. Cougar dam on th e jo r legislation have been passed by McKenzie and G reen P e te r dam on both Houses-—the Form osa resolu- the Santiam can be speeded up tion, the extension of the d ra ft act, several years if m y bill to con- th e m ilitary pay adjustm ent, and stru ct them on a p artn ersh ip basis th e urgent deficiency app ro p ria- is passed by Congress this session, tion bill. The House of R epresen- It is im portant th a t everyone un- ta tiv e s w hich usually runs its cal- derstand w hat th is plan m eans and en d a r m ore rapidly th a n the Sen- th a t it should not be confused and ate has also passed th e T ra d e mixed up w ith th e trad itio n al A greem ents Extension A ct and public pow er v ersu s p riv ate pow er tw o special and five re g u la r ap- I political battle. p ro p riatio n bills. You w ill observe th a t except for * * th e Form osa resolution th e above » . listed legislation m ight alm ost be A t K lV e rtO fl L ead ers’ Association m eets to classed 4s routine since th e bills night (A pril 21) in th e Extension involve e ith e r extensions of ex ist- j Conference room a t 8:00 p.m. All ing law s or are appropriation bills leaders and friends are cordially w hich m ust be passed each year. invited to atten d . Special featu res | M eanw hile, the P resid en t’s legis- j of th is m eeting w ill be a dem on lativ e p rogram has been presented stratio n on flow er arran g in g by A b irth d ay p a rty w as held S a t to th e Congress. Bills fo r it have Mrs. G eorge Jen k in s, and a m eet u rd ay afternoon a t th e George been p repared and introduced. ing of livestock and m iscellaneous C om m ittees are w orking on them , Shelton hom e in honor of little project leaders to discuss various in all, 5400 House bills and 1600 Miss F ern K aino and Mrs. S hel events concerning those projects S enate bills have been introduced. ton. Those atten d in g w ere Mrs. and th e County F air. Rudy K aino and Carol, Mrs. Highway Program * * * V eneta Rhodes, Mrs. Cliff A lb ert P resid en t Eisenhow’e r has sug gested a g ig a n tic highw ay build son and Zane, Mrs. Irene H artw ell 1 4-H m em bers will w an t to be th e | ing p rogram w hich involves out and G eorge and F reddie Shelton. first in th e ir school to "R eflector- C ongratulations to Mr. an d Mrs. ize and S tay A live in ’55”. It’s fun ! rig h t governm ent investm ents, aid to states and credit guaran tees for G eoitre Church on th eir 7th w ed to p u t your nam e or initials on the a posible toll-road system . Com ding anniversary. They w ent to back of your rain slicker w ith re m ittees of both House and Senate Eugene S unday to visit relatives. flector tape. It looks keen in the Mrs. Jo e S urrell and daughter, daytim e, and shines at n ig h t w hen a re studying th is series of pro posals. T he w hole plan is en o r Miss M ary G arrlet of Coquille the lights from a ca r are reflected mous, it looks fa r into th e future, w ere guests M onday a t th e hom e from it. You m ay also w an t to cut 1 and it contains m any points on of Mr. and Mrs. Ira B aum gartner. some reflecto r tap e in th e shape of j G lenn and P eggy Je a n W illis of a h ea rt and p u t it on th e fro n t of w hich th e re is honest difference Bandon spent S atu rd ay at th e your slicker. T he reflecto r tap e 1 of opinion. T here w ill be no will stick to ru b b er and plastic haste in w orking out th is legisla Ralph Sm ith home. Mr. and Mrs. H arry H o m er of rain w ear and do a good job of tion. F ederal Cooperation On Education Coquille w ere guests at th e Sam letting d riv ers know th a t so m e o n e, Our country is faced w ith an Bradley hom e Sunday afternoon. is w alking n ea r th e stree t or road. T he reflecto r m aterial also Amos Sanford left S aturday for estim ated deficit of 300,00 school w orks on cloth, b ut you m ust place his hom e a t A nchorage, A laska, j classroom s plus a yearly need of Mrs. Robert Sm ith an d Jim m y it on a m etal or w ooden b u tton | 60,000 m ore. Congress is now stru ggling w ith th e problem Vf . of. uM>'rtIe Point '\pcnt M onday th a t you can pin to y o u r clothes. how best th e F ederal governm ent w ith her m other, N ina M organ. We extend o u r sym pathy to T he Pacific In tern atio n al is an ! can assist in m eeting this em er- Mrs. A rt T u rn e r w hose b ro th er event th a t is held each y ear in Oc- 3 in this event held in Portland. Some of the finest livestock from the entire Pacific N orthw est and adjacent areas is exhibited at the P. I A nother big event in Coos C oun ty 4-H Club work is our annual 4-H Leaders’ Banquet We all owe a lot to o u r 4-H L eaders for th e fine work they are doing. 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