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.
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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
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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
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held
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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
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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
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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-
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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. W ith this
fact in mind, the Pacific Pow er
and Light Com pany sponsors a
banquet for Coos County 4-H
Leaders. T he ban q u et is held an
nually th e second S atu rd ay in
November.
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Champion Bob M athias and his
lovely w ife, Melba, play out their
romantic life story in A llied A r
tists' "The Bob M athias Story,”
com ing to the Liberty n ex t T u es
day for three days.
Birthday Party
Held On Sunday
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