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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1955)
Thursday, April 21, 1955 COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL a E D IT O R IA L S THE BLAST THAT ROCKED A NATION Mrs. Robert Aitken Hew to San i h e r acta-ln-law and daughter, Mr. F rancisco to spend E aster w ith ' and M rs. John Foster. S fÇ Plight of dairyman: One dairyman tells us Random Lengths his taxes run $30.00 per cow. Figure that one Mayor George F. Burr of Coquille is ac out and see why he works in town now. tually unpaid legislator to Salem. He enjoys going up and enjoys doing work for his con School board members found out that cost stituents. What’s more, the legislators—elec of sites could be high. One place they looked ted, that is—enjoy him and like to see him at was given them at the price of over $50,- come. Throughout the state of Oregon there 000.00 which just doesn’t make building are only a few private citizens who regard schools any easier. Salem as a place where they can go to help make better laws by being on hand for con Coquille Valley Art Association women sultation. Some wise man once wrote that in who took on the big job of buying the old all states the private citizen should go to Valley View schoolhouse a couple of years the legislature as do the elected delegates. ago put on a real dinner for the members o f( the Don Estes Photography class last week.. Again this week we have three “unsigned” The food was the best we’ve tasted yet, and letters to the Editor which we would like to the pies were out of this world. So Art in ■ run inasmuch as only one gives us the devil’s one line is also transferred to the Art of the j due and two pay us nice compliments. But, Kitchen. Of that w ?are now happy knowing our policy is, and we hope it remains, to pub that while the women can paint beautiful ; lish only letters of people who are willing pictures they can also cook beautiful food to have their names also appear in public. for their husbands. BULLS fo r PEOPLE Who WORK A S p e c ia liz e d Loan S ervice $25, $50, $100 up to $300 ( U p to $ 5 0 0 Come in or, to save time, phone first Despite the feeling that there are too many hundred drives every year, rest assured that practically every one is vitally needed. We think now of the Cancer Drive which Chuck Adams is heading in Coquille. Last year more than 37,000 Oregonians viewed society-spon sored films in 946 showings throughout the state. Mare than 175,000 pieces of educational I Jack Curtis, OTTO safety engineer, recent literature were shown. How many lives ly drove Vern Estelle’s new big International saved by the Oregon Chapter of the Ameri with the full-power steering. He had some can Cancer Society? Perhaps hundreds. Give troubles with it and now reports that on sec freely to this important drive. Mail your do ond time out he drove it like a charm, nation to Cancer, Postmaster, Coquille. which Jack ruefully admits: “Should have taken my own constant advice and had a And on the subject of Drives, the Coquille brief training1 session before starting out on Active Club is sponsoring the film, “The Bob a brand-new rig.” Jack is all for power steer Mathias Story”, for benefit of Camp Easter i--------------------------------- —— ing. Seal where Crippled Children of the state unem ploym ent pay a t th e sam e get a real outing and lots of fun including am en™IIe1?.11.n, s' h001 urnder fishing for perch and catfish off the dock at in school< , am not working the Camp on Tenmile Lake. The Activians A No> it is not possibie, u n der Coquille Valley Sentinel are busy selling tickets, and will also get part th e law, to o b tain GI unem ploy- of the gate receipts for their benefit show- m ent allow ances w hile you a re en- ing. On the subject of “The Bob Mathias rolled in train in g u n d er th e K or- Story”, it’s one of the best movies we’ve j ean GI Bil1 A lthough you m ay not seep, and certainly one for the entire family. be workin2> y ° u a re d raw in g Shows at the Liberty Theatre Tuesday, Wed- monthly GI train in g allow ances from th e G overnm ent. nesday and Thursday, April 26, 27 and 28. Subscription P rice $3 00 P er Y ear in Coos County, $4.00 Outside County. An Independent P ap er D edicated to the D evelopm ent of S outhw estern Oregon E ntered at th e post office at Coquille, Oregon, as 2nd-class m a tte r u nder Act of Congress of M arch 3, 1879. Ralph P. S tiller - Editor and Publisher Edith J. Stuller — Co-Publisher 180 EAST THIRD STREET Phone: 8781 or 8791 Advertising News VI ELLIS CAROLYN POLLY W. H. Ortman..... ................Mechanical Supt P. W. Church ................ Linotype Operator Edgar Punzel....................Apprentice Printer Bill Kelly......... ................ Compositor-Printer V E T S M A IL BAG under th e K orean G I Bill. T he biggest increase in en ro ll m ents, VA said, Is accounted for at Colleges an d U niversities. These enrollm ents account for w ell over half of all K orean G I v eteran s u s As a service to veterans l n the ing th eir G I train in g benefits. E nrollm ents in schools below comm unity, this newspaper w ill publish a w eekly column of news college level—trad e schools, voca tional and business schools and briefs from the Veterans A d others of th a t type, saw a slight m inistration. For fu rth e r In fo r u p tu rn last month. m ation. veterans should contact Increases in o n -th e-jo b and In or w rite th e ir nearest VA office o n -th e-farm training, VA said, Korean G I K ill Students w ere very slight. N ear A ll-T im e Record VA studies show ed th a t veterans K orean GI Bill enrollm ents at taking GI train in g to become schools and colleges hit th e 532- teachers, this totaling about 25 per thousand m a rk for M arch, V eter cent of all K orean GI Bill tr a in ans A d m inistration reported. A fter ees, show an increasing aw areness a betw een -sem ester slum p In J a n of the fact th a t th eir best pros u ary and F ebruary, th e enroll pects for jobs a re in "specialized” m ents neared th e a ll-tim e record education fields, ra th e r th an in of 538-thousand. set last December. g e n e r a l all-aro u n d classroom By th e tim e th a t all reports from training schools a re in, VA predicts, this i -pbe 25 per cent K orean GI Spring should see th e g r e a te s t; train ees tak in g specialized tra in - n u m b e r of v eterans yet In train in g ing, VA said, indicates a su b stan tial increase over W orld W ar II teacher train in g ; w hen less than 20 per cent had such objectives. One m ore h in t from VA to v et erans who plan to go to school ov erseas under the K orean GI Bill. They are rem inded to be sure th at VA has approved both th e applica tion and course of instruction b e fore leaving the U.S., thus avoid ing any possible disappointm ent in having schooling applications re jected for any reason. License Nos. M - 4 4 6 - S -3 68 PUBLIC LOAN Û , M O R II WHO W 0 II I R P O R R T I O H ----- Your nearby loan service . . one of 312 affiliated offices FARMERS: You Can Save More Than 40 W—Oaa je e gtve ma the erlgto et the term • f R epresentatives? ‘Speaker” In the Henee A —The word "Speaker” goes back to the 13th century in the House of ARTIANOS MOVE HERE Commons when one man was literally forced to become a “ speaker” F R O M H O M E IN E N G L A N D on behalf of the common people to the monarch, representing the Mr. and Mrs. T ony A rtiano an d body before the kings and queens of England. 6 -y ear old d au g h ter, C h ris tin e ) have moved to Coquille from th e ir | q Has the Congress done anything about See. Benson's decrease of cotton aoreago? hom e at A ylesbury, E ngland. Mr. A rtian o is a diseal m echanic and A— Yes, the House h at passed a bill (H.R. »853; which would increase eotton acreage by 3 per cent to provide each cotton farm a m ini is w o rk in g for H ow ard-C ooper I mum of Ova acres, or the largest acreage grown in any one of the Corp. At th e p resen t tim e, the past three years. The bill Is in the Senate Agriculture Committee. new residents a re staying at th e hom e of Mr. and Mrs. H arold W il q — W hat la an a c t of n alllttratlon? liam s w ho w ere frien d s of theirs A --T h e state resorts to acts of nulllflcaUon when 1» refuses to enforce an act of Congress. Some states practiced nullification when they in E ngland. Coos County roads—despite what lots of people think—are excellent. When you fig ure that Coos County Court has a job of taking care of roads that figure out about the same length and number as does the state of Vermont, you get an idea about the road- job in this county. Plans this year are for a • • great extension of graveling and hardtop ping. It means that the Court and County) HEAR JU D G E LONG SPEA K Engineer Floyd Robb deserve a pat on the Ju v en ile probation officer Jam es back, which being public officials they don’t L eonard and deputy officer G er always get quite as many times as they might. tru d Plam beck drove to Coos Bay Coquille American Legion Post has stepped out with an active program of Americaniza tion and aid to all. Recently they helped buy a second auxxiliary motor for the infant res pirator at the Mast Hospital—given by the Legion and Legion Auxiliaries of Coquille and Myrtle Point. Now they are conducting an essay contest for students. Such works as this do add to the prestige and the power of Veteran’s groups. o n A u to o n ly ) Get money to pay all your bills at once. Spread repayment over a number of months — you choose how many. If needed, the money will be ready in one day. Beachcombers—the modern variety—re port that they found Japanese light bulbs on the beaches of Southwestern Oregon Sun day. Some glass floats also had worked up. Who was it wrote: “When the tide is out, the table’s set?” Light bulbs are not quite food, but they do add to the interest of living. Stella Cutlip, Coos County’s busiest gal, is at it again. She’s head of the Coos County Conservation Program, appointed by Gov Paul Patterson. F riday evening to h ea r Ju d g e Donald Long of P o rtlan d speak on "W hat Is Being Done About Ju v e n ile P ro b lem s” a t a m eeting of th e AAUW . T hey w ere accom panied by Miss C arolyn Polly. failed or refused to enforce the 18th amendment. As far back as 1789 Virginia and Kentucky passed resolutions preventing enforce ment of ths alien and sedition laws. Some authorities call acts of states today to prevent anti-segregation in public schools, acts of nullification. Other authorities say this action by states Is “recall of judicial decisions.” Colorado has a recall procedure. President Theodore Roosevelt advocated recall of Supreme Court decisions ln 1813 declaring the people should have right to express their opinions of Federal and state supreme court decisions. Q—What official is next in line to the Attorney General in the Justice Department? A— He Is the solicitor general ON FARM FIRE RATES With this new plan you actually SAVE AS MUCH AS 42% on farm fire insurance policies! Call us today . . . 4781 for complete information on a fire insurance program fitted to your needs . . . and your budget! Ask About Our New Plan for Substantially Reduced Automobile Rates! 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