Thursday, April 21, 1955
COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL
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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.
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Plight of dairyman: One dairyman tells us
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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.
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$25, $50, $100 up to $300
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Get money to pay all your bills at once.
Spread repayment over a number of months
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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
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