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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Corvallis Store
Is Purchased
Polio Inoculations Of School Students
Postponed Pending Arrival Of Vaccine
Mexico Movies Seen
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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.
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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.
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CATCHES 32 POUNDER
C arl H ooker landed a 32 pound
salm on on the Rogue th is. week.
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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.
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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.
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Christian Group
Holds Meeting
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The annual o p ere tta of W ash-I itm e friends and bring sp rin g
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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.
Oregon Horseman's Association Meets
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The local board of Selective S er- at w ork fo r th e Pacific Pow er and
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