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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1955)
T Thursday, April 21, 1955 COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL Indian Basket Social______ Empire Indian Hall Scene Sunday Of Old-Fashioned Basket Auction A n old-fashioned basket social terest at 3 p er cent, and was a t w hich th e basket luncheon will aw arded the Coquilles and other be auctioned off is set for Sunday Indians following extensive liti sta rtin g a t 10:30 in the Indian Hall gation. It is paid for abrogation of treaties w ith th e W hites in at E m pire. T he bask et social is being spon early pioneer days in Southw est sored by th e descendants of the ern Oregon. • • C oquille and oth er Indian tribes. All proceeds will go to pay off in- V ^ n C C T P l a f l t S debtedness and to assure th e I n - , dians of m aintaining th e ir central T a R p C o n S t r U C t P f J m eeting center in Empire. The V A veneer plant at Swisshom e by public is invited to come and take the Coquille Valley Lumber com p art. pany under Noble Chow ning will On F riday and Saturday of last be built shortly, Chow ning said w eek several hundred Indian des- this week cendants registered wnth the U. 8. He is also planning a num ber G overnm ent Indian agent a t the of m ore such greenend plants E m pire hall for their sh a re of the throughout the Northwest. tw o and a half million dollars to The Chowning interests recently be paid the Coquilles during the purchased a large holding of tim next year. ber in th e Swisshom e area which The money is now draw ing in- will be used for peeler plants. the Colorful "Spring Glow" Scheduled By Talented Elementary Students Annual Vocal Festival To Feature Music By Junior High Students In SW Oregon Special vocal num bers, ensem b les and a m assed chorus of more th an 600 voices will be featu red on the p ro g ram of th e an n u al South w estern O regon Vocal Music F es tival F riday evening a t M yrtle C rest school in M yrtle Point. The ev en t w ill sta rt at 7:30 o’clock Admission has ben set at 50 cents Admission has been set a t 50 cents dren. A m eeting to organize a Zone in c’uding Coos, C urry an d p arts of Douglas counties to Reedsport on the coastal area will be held S aturday, A pril 23 a t th e Coquille Com m unity building by the O re gon H orsem an's Association. The m eetin g will s ta rt prom ptly at 1:30 p. m. according to Leland B arklow of M yrtle P oint w ho is actin g as ch airm an of th e planning Ju n io r High schools p articip a t ing will include Coquille, M yrtle Point, Langlois, G ardner, R eeds port, L akeside N orth Bend B road- bent C harleston, E m pire an d Coos Bay. Donald Sites, of the music de p artm en t a t O regon S tate college will direct th e m assde chorus. A p re-p ro g ram reh earsal has been set for tom orrow at 6 p. m. 7 he Mercury competition record is unmatched in modern outboard history.' The power, stamina and reliability necessary to finish first year after year makes Mercury your best choice for fishing, water skiing and family outhoarding as well. See us for a demonstration. DAVISON & HARTLEY now PHONE 5061 for Olympia! W hether you choose it direct from the tap or in bottles or cans, you can rely on Olympia to always taste refreshingly the same. th e W a te r t h a t rr,aA. com mittee. O fficers of th e new Zone will be elected an d discussion on prob lems concerning horsem en will also be tak en up. As large a tu rn o u t of horse lovers and ow ners as possible is desired, and Mr. B arklow urges everyone in terested to atten d w hether or n o t th ey belong to th e Oregon H orsem en’s Association. Elks Essay Contes, Closes April 26; Winners To Receive $50 And $25 Bonds All stu d en ts from th e 7th to 12th I grades who wish to p articip a te in trtb Elks Lodge’s Essay contest are I rem inded th a t th e ir en tries m ust | be tu rn e d in to A1 R einer, Box 133, C oquille by T uesday, A pril 26th. T hem e of th is y e a r’s contest is "W hat A m erica M eans To Me.” A $50 w ar bond w ill be given to th e firs t place w in n er an d th e stu d en t placing second w ill receive a $25 bond. All en tries m u st be w ritten on 8% by 11 inch w h ite p aper an d m u st b e w ritten in not less th an 500 w ords. T he final ju d g in g of th e w in ners will be m ade by R alph S tu l- ler, p u b lish er of T he Sentinel. T he w inning essays w ill be taped for re-b ro a d ca st over KWRO May 1st. • • A 14 for F ran k Funeral services Dungey. 70, were held at 11 M onday from Schroed- a. Sales of U nited States E and H ■ e r’s apel with final in term en t at Savings Bonds in Oregon for the Masonic cem etery. Mr. Dungey was born S eptem M arch w ere th e highest for th a t __ ___ m on^b Texas since 1945, according to ber 22, _ ___ 1884 ___ at _____ K errville, and died A pril 15. He had "lived i ?jg u r5? released today by Mr. Ted in this com m unity for th e past 42 G am ble, C hairm an of th e S tate Savings Bond Com m ittee. O regon’s years. P allb earers w ere M url P ettit, sale of 54,133,088 in E and H bonds Ed W alker, C raig P erro tt, George last m onth exceeded those of the Oerding, Jim W atson and Luckey best previous M arch (1946) by a l m ost th re e q u arte rs of a million Bonney. Surviving a re his wife, K ate dollars, and w ere m ore th a n th a t Dungey of Coquille; a son, Ronald ahead of last M arch. Mr. G am ble Dungey of Coquille; a daughter, rep o rted fu rth e r th a t Oregon sales ! Jean H aw kins of N ew berg, O re fo r th e first q u a rte r of 1955 e x - ' gon; tw o brothers, A lton of Co- i ceeded those of last y ear by S3,- i quille and L ester o f Scappoose; 200,000, o r 32%. T he gain n atio n and two sisters, Ada M cClellan of ally for th e sam e period was 13%. | “Sales in th is County last m onth Coquille and Amy W illard of E u reka, Calif. T hree gran d cild ren al w ere $74,194,” said Mr. Lew is: W iltshire, County Savings Bonds? so survive. C om m ittee C hairm an, “as com • • p ared to 558,129 a y ea r ago.” Banos' Testing Hits New High Throughout State O regon’s p articip atio n in th e stepped-up fed eral-state brucellos is (B ang’s) control program is paying dividends in increased te st ing th ro u g h o u t the state, th e O re gon d ep artm en t of ag ricu ltu re r e ported today. In Decem ber, Ja n u a ry and F eb ru ary , about 6,000 m ore cattle w ere tested th an in the same m onths th e previous year, w hile from N ovem ber through F eb ru ary ab o u t 7,500 m ore calves th an a y ear earlier w e r e vaccinated against brucellosis. So far, th e incidence of b ru ce l losis infection in eastern Oregon herds has been considerably low er th an an ticipated a t th e outset of this program , says Dr. Lee M. A n derson, assistant sta te v e te rin a r ian who is directing th is activ ity for the departm ent. In w estern Oregon, the program is functioning smoothly. F our counties—C u rry , Coos, Josephine and Clatsop— a re now m odified certified brucellosis-free a r e a s M arion and Yamhill counties have applied for and are qualified for this certification and will receive certificates early in A pril. • • Corvallis Store Is Purchased Polio Inoculations Of School Students Postponed Pending Arrival Of Vaccine Mexico Movies Seen SHELL Heating Oil KEEP FULLSERVICE PHONE 2 3 4 1 , M YRTLE P O IN T GORDON MacKERROW Shell Heating Oil Jobber Locol Men Attend Engineers' Meeting E ngineers from the Coos area atten d ed th e d irectors m eeting of th e d istrict Professional Engineers of Oregon at Eugene on S atu rd ay From th is are a w ere County E n gineer Floyd Robb, City E ngineer Mike H uddleston, Coquille: John G ea rh a rt, C oquille city disposal an d w ater engineer: and Coos Bay and N orth Bend engineers, Bob K yle and Bob H errington. • • Cub Scouts Hear About Tree Growth Coos County is one of th e great tree-g ro w in g regions of the World, Cub Scouts and p aren ts of Pack No. 169 w ere told M onday night at th e reg u la r pack m eeting in W ashington school presided over by C ubm aster G eorge Bolster. S peaker was G eorge W. H off m an of M yrtle Point, inspector for th e S tate F o restry D epartm ent. H offm an said Coquille youngsters could p rev e n t forest fires, and help m ain tain a tree forest on th e Co q uille w atershed. H offm an is a long-tim e resident of Coos C ounty and rem em bers j th e original forests of Coos Coun ty. • • CATCHES 32 POUNDER C arl H ooker landed a 32 pound salm on on the Rogue th is. week. • • RUMMAGE SALE SET A rticles of incorporation for the R o tarian s annual rum m age sale Diam ond Shop, Inc. of Corvallis is slated May 27 and 28, Luckey w ere filed in Salem th is w eek by Bonney, chairm an, reported this W. M atejka, A lta M atejka, A. week. R ichard H andley, and A nita R. H andley. Mr. M atejka said th ey ha<2 re cently purchased th e C orvallis Dr H arold T. O sterud has a n - booster shot be ad m inistered w ith- store. He plans no change in th e nounced th a t th e mass inoculation in 7 m onths to p ro v id e m axim um operation of his jew elry store in Coquille. of Coos County school children im m unity from th e disease. • • • • w ith th e S alk Polio V accine has been postponed pending th e a r rival of th e vaccine. T he inocula tions w ere originally scheduled to Dr. and Mrs. J. R. B unch of Co- j be given yesterday at Lincoln and I q uille show ed colorful m ovies ofj M onday at W ashington E lem en th eir recent trip to M exico t o 1 tary. church m em bers of th e C hristian The program for ad m in isterin g : A m eeting of th e Southw estern churches of N orth Bend, M y rtle' the vaccine will be planned after J | building and the 1st C hristian Point an d Coquille and Coos Bay ! the date of its arriv al h ere is Churches w as held in Coquille yes at th e F irst C hristian C hurch I known. However, according to Dr. terd ay at the Coquille com m unity T uesday night. T he B unch’s also explained j O sterud, plans at th e present tim e : building an d th e 1st C hristian I M exican life and related m any in - I call for th e inoculations to b e giv i Church. ! terestin g and new things to th e j en the day afte r th e S alk vaccine Sessions of th e W om en’s Work group. is received. in the Church w ere held from ten Dr. an d Mrs. Bunch recently r e Instead of receiving th ree shots S a. m. until fo u r o’clock in th e 1st tu rn ed from a m id -w in ter sojourn previously announced, th e j C hristiam C hurch w ith Mrs. Edna in Mexico. youngsters will be given tw o shots L. Burke, executive secretary of th e w ith the recom m endation th a t a O regon C hristian W om en’s group j in charge. T he evening banquet was p re - ' sided over by Rev. W alter N aff of the Coquille church. T he choir of the Coquille C h ristian Church alsv sang several num bers. Speakers of ihe evening a t th e banquet which w as held in the Com m unity building was Rev. l>ent Dorsey of M yrtle Creek PFC. KEN M. STORY STATIO NED IN GERMANY C hristain Church. Pfe. Ken M. Story, son of Mr. Discussion was held on strea m lining th e d istrict into m ore ac and Mrs. G lenn Story is now serv ing as an assistant com m unica cessible geographic divisions. tions chief w ith th e 22nd In fan try Regim ent n ear F ra n k fu rt, G er many. D uring his free tim e, h e does som e b arb erin g and has been enjoying th e beautiful countryside and S p rin g w eather. • • Christian Group Holds Meeting OLYMPIA BREWING COMPANY Olymp» W ish U S A • » Savings Bonds Sales Show Gain X The annual o p ere tta of W ash-I itm e friends and bring sp rin g ington g rad e school will be pre and flowers to tn e land sented tonight and tom orrow A pproxim ately 100 children are nights at 7:30. “S p rin g Glow” is in th e cast, about 10 from each the title of the fan tasy told in room of th e school, and each song, story and dance by children m em ber of th e facu lty is assist from each room of th e school, ing w ith th e production. tim e friends, an d b rin g sp rin g A dm ission for adults is 50c who in scenes depicting w inter children 25c, and proceeds will and spring does h er best to cast be used to p u rch ase a ta p e re out Jack F ro st and his w in te r- corder for th e school’s use. 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Sold only by an Authorized Chevrolet Dealer SOUTHWESTERN MOTORS 122 E. 2nd St. Coquille P h o n e 3201 RECEIVING TREATMENT C larence B au m g artn er is in P o rtlan d receiving tre a tm e n t for an in ju re d back he suffered w hile The local board of Selective S er- at w ork fo r th e Pacific Pow er and | vice System rep o rts th a t on Mon L ig h t • • day, A pril 18, Jo h n Adam Lor- sung, a volunteer, left for induc VISITING HERE tion. Mrs. G ertie W illiam s of K ettle T he call w as originally for no Falls, W ash, is visiting a t th e C lar men to be d elivered from th e local ence B au m g artn er home. board th is m onth. • • T he list of A dvisors to Regis HEAR TALK BY JUDGE LONG tra n ts is now com pleted for the Ju d g e Dal M. K ing and Mrs. benefit of reg istran ts or those soon King an d Ju d g e Jam es W. H a r to becom e reg istra n ts and includes th e follow ing: Dean P. Sheldon rison an d Mrs. H arrison w ere in and G uy O. S hellenbarger. 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