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.Thursday, July 21, 1955 COQUILLE VALLEY SENTINEL J Pioneer Association Names Joe Laird As New President During Annual Picnic Penney’s July Clearance Jo e L aird, M yrtle Point, was been bo m ju st across th e Coquille He elected p resid e n t of th e Coos- River from th e picnic site. C urry P ioneer and H istorical As made m ention of several in te re s t-| sociation d uring th e annual Pione ing instances of early days. A fter singing “A m erica” an d | e r picnic held S aturday a t Mc ■ giving th e Pledge of A llegiance Closkey G rove in Norway. O th er officers chosen w ere vice- to th e flag, th e picnicers sang president, Ivan L aird; secretary, early day songs under th e le ad e r V ictor West, J r .; treasurer, J. E. ship of Mrs. O delia Wilson of Em N orton and m em bership chairm an, pire. Robert B urns played the j organ which h ad been loaned for Mrs. Jam es Maple. In addition, th e following direc the day by Jo h n n ie’s Music Store. to rs w ere elected; Jack K ronen- Alsu accom panying w ere Mr. and burg, Ed Detlefsen, A. N. Gould, Mrs. Ja ck McCain of Arago w ith Mrs. Bruce Purdy, J. H. McCloskey, their g u ita r an d accordian. It appears th a t Mrs. M ary B um s, Jo h n Carl, H enry Schroeder, Mrs. Minnie King, John Nielson. A1 age 97 14 years who cam e to Co Volck, Louis L. Knapp, Victor quille in 1898, was probably th e W est, Sr., L ester Clausen and Mrs. oldest person present although Jam es Maple and Mrs. Grace Cain. there were m any who w ere eighty T he nom ination report was m ade some years ano Mrs. M ary R and by J. E. Norton. O ther members leman who is 91 years. of the com m ittee were Mrs. A1 Many Guests Attend Those from outside of Coos- { Volck and Mrs. Jam es Maple. Curry w ere the following: V er- j M ore th an 200 people w ere jn attendance and enjoyed a day of non and Pearl Hazin, Mr. and visiting, eating, singing and listen Mrs. Jo e Knight, S p rin g field ; Miss j ing to the program which had been Jessie P erkins, E ugene; Mr. and I arran g e d by Mrs. J. E. Norton. Mrs. J . M. M iller and Mrs. A. M. ( Neal, Roseburg; Burke W illough Mrs. Stephens Crowned Queen ... . . . . Mrs. Ralph S tephens of Coquille by, Salimas, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. w as crowned Queen by president, Ira W. Carl, P ortland; C h ristin e j Ed Detlefsen. The Crown bearer E. Dobbyn. T rail; Mrs. Marie C u r - ( ROLLING LOGS off his truck p arked at the Coaledo scales betw een Coquille and Coos Bay caused ap p aren t b ark in ju ries to Eugene w as h er own granddaughter, ran and Alice L. Dement, San i C ream er. Bandon, Ju ly 12. T he logs w hich struck C ream er are in th e foreground beside the tru ck , lie was injured w hile legalizing an Chrisie, d aughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jose, Calif.; A nna M asters, R ich- | overload. O tto an d Jack C u rtis a re investigating the accid en t w hich may point up a possible change in the law. A llen Cooper of Camas Valley. mond, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Those atten d in g were M esdames Mrs. Stephens comes of a pioneer L afferty, Moses Lake, W ashing Agness, C urry County. T he m eet G eorge Dobson and Ja n e t, G eorge fam ily and has taken a very active ton, Percy Schroeder, Tillamook, ing will be held a t th e H enry Schroeder cottage w ith Mr. S chroe Clark, Harold Clark, N ita Stanley, in terest in the w ork of the Coos- Mrs. S. S. N orton, Redding, C alif.; der and Don Lucas serving as A. D. Mathis, H iram Johnson, W il- | A drivers license exam iner and from Cam as Valley, Mr. and C urry Pioneer and H istorical A s liam Caver, W illiam F u llerto n and will be on duty in Coquille W ed sociation. F or m any years she a s Mrs. A llen Cooper and d a u g h te r ; hosts for th e uarbecue dinner. Ina May Van Epps. nesday. Ju ly 27. 1955, a t the City sisted in keeping open th e Coos- Chrisie, Mrs. Don L aB ranch and i Those who are planning to a t Sending gifts but unable to a t Hall betw een th e h ours of 9 a.m. tend should notify Mr. Lucas at Mrs. Noble Standley. C urry Museum. Gordon Hudson, David D river Mrs. Jam es Maple, m em bership j Agness or in ad vance of th e date. tend w ere M esdames F red Hyde, and 4 p.m., according to an a n In his short address, Claude of the date. K enneth McKenzie, G eorge Lowes, nouncem ent received from the and N orm an F erry attended the Giles of Coos Bay, paid tribute to chairm an, reported th a t sh e re Point well in advance • • first annual encam pm ent of O re Robert W alker, W. Spencer, B er Secretary of S tate’s office. the pioneer fam ilies and especially ceived during th e day $50.00 from gon Youth T em perance Council nice Cowan, Jo y W aldren, Val Persons w ishing original li-' new members, m aking a total of j to those who, like the McCloskey's, Southw ard, Thomas Grove, L o is ) censes or perm its to d riv e are held last m onth a t Jen n in g s M ast’s and otners, had set aside $59. Ray and Hazel Lewis. asked Io file applications well Lodge. They w ere sponsored by O utgoing president. Hid D etlef- | beautiful groves to be enjoyed by ahead of the scheduled closing the m em bers of the Coos County P o stm aster and Mrs. A. L. I sen has expressed appreciation to j th e present generation and future Burch retu rn ed home recently hour in o rd er to assure tim e for WCTU. posterity. He urged his listeners all the com m ittee m em bers w h o 1 D river was elected state tre a s ! from a vacation to Y ellow stone completion of th e req u ired li served so faithfully in m aking the to keep up th is beauty. cense test. u rer of th e YTC and Hudson was Park. M esdames J a m e s Boggan, Ira C art of P ortland, b ro th er of picnic a success. • • m ade “king” of to ta l abstinence A rchie F. M atthews and Mrs. Next m eeting of th e association I T hom as G rove and Lowell Davi^ J. D. C arl of A rago, was invited PVT. DENZAL COl'CH j by th e camp. to speak and he stated that he Iw l will be S aturday, A ugust 13 at were co-hostesses last T hursday G ladys Binegar w ere m arried S u n FIN ISH ES MP TRAINING At an inform al g ath erin g a t th e day a t Gold Beach. Follow ing q evening for a stork show er honor CAMP GORDON, GA.—Arm y Church of God M onday night, the ing Mrs. Richard W hite. T he a f sh o rt w edding trip to th e Rogue, P v t. Denzal K. Couch, son of Mr. boys told of th e ir trip and camp fa ir was held a t th e R ebekah Hall they will m ake th e ir hom e a t Gold and Mrs. B ernard R. Couch, Co j activities. Beach w here they are both em - w hich was beautifully decorated. R efreshm ents of punch and Mrs. M atthews arriv ed quille, Ore., recently was gradu R efreshntents w ere served to I ployed. cookies w ere served by th e WCTU ated from the M ilitary Police recently from M ississippi. Mesdames C arol Je n sen , A rlene Mr. and Mrs. C. A. M atth ew s T raining C enter at Camp Gordon, m em bers following th e m eeting. Grove, Mabel D avis and Pam ela, • • Ga. G ayle Boggan, W illene Grove, atten d ed th e new lyw eds. PVT. JERRY McGAHAN P riv ate Couch, who attended M rs. Fay Tolefson and d au g h ter, B irdie Grove, M arg arette S haw - NOW IN GERMANY ver, Leona McCulloch and Carol, Daisy of S askatchew an, C anada th e school afte r com pleting basic Pvt. J e rry B. M cGahan, a Co Cecil Boutin, J e a n Boggan, Ja n et are visiting this w eek a t the hom e train in g at F ort Ord, Calif., was quille High school g rad u a te last taught unarm ed defense, traffic of Mr. and Mrs. Lym an Rolfe. Dobson, Lois Ray, D arleen F u ller Robert McCray is a p a tie n t a t control and o th er law enforcem ent y ear is now stationed in G erm any ton and N orm a Je an , M arge Reese, an d w ould like to h ea r from his Je a n G eroux, Bessye C aver, Mrs. Good S am aritan hospital in P o rt duties. school friends. His add ress is: P vt. The 18-year-old soldier entered land w here he tecen tly u n d erw en t M artin S tallard , L o retta Meadors, J e rry B. M cGahan, RA 19508621, the Army last F ebruary. surgery. M arg aret Rolfe an d Susie and • • 57 O rd. Ammo. Gp., APO 227, New • • M arcelle W alker. York, N. Y. RETURN FROM TRIP Sending gifts but unable to a t • • Mf. and Mrs. Cecil Nelson re tend w ere Hazel Lew is, M yrtle Mr. and Mrs. G eorge Biegelow tu rn ed from a trip along the ' F reem an, Alice Cady, Frances Alcan highw ay into Canada. They and Mrs. Jo h n C h io rritte of A u Shorb, Leila and Y vonne Allen, w ere bound for Alaska, but were burn, Calif., w ere guests of Mr. P earl Aubin, Mary W hite, W ilma C arp en ters Local 1096 and th e forced to tu rn back as the road and Mrs. Jim B allah last week. Epperson, Racnelle Rolfe, Louise A uxiliary 643 an d th e ir fam ilies Don’t F orget— B ap tist church Getchell, Edith McLyman, M axine ! have scheduled a carav an cam p was flooded above P rince George. Spitznass, Velda W arner, O ra ling trip for Ju ly 29, 30 and 31 at H ow ever, Mrs. Nelson reports V acation Bible school opens Mon Sheedy, Elaine C rabill, Dorothy i Ijoomis Lake. F u rth e r inform ation the fishing was excellent. They day at 9 a. m. for youngsters 3 to W alker, M arion W alker, Jessie I may be obtained by phoning 8202 w ent up th ro u g h the F ra ser can 17. “S ailing W ith C h rist” is this yon and returned th ro u g h th e y ea r’s them e and all ch ild ren and R athburn, Jo an e W atson, Mae or 8644. O kanogan country. M aking the voung people are welcome to a t Damon, Helen, Rpcves, Georgia trip w ith them were Mr. and Mrs tend. 2 8 tlc Brady, Florence N icklaus and Gordon Sprague of Roseburg. N ita Crew. A son was born recently a t Mast hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Mc RUFUS EDGAR MATNEY Culloch, J r . T his is th e ir th ird F u n eral services for R ufus E d- child and first son. J g a r M atney, 78, la te of M cKinley Mr. and Mrs. Jo h n n ie McCardle i Route, w ere held M onday at $24.95 GLENN MILLER ALBUM and daughter of P o rtlan d and Mr. i S chroeder’s chapel. He died last $19.95 LISTENER’S DIGEST and Mrs. Guy C arey of E ureka | T h u rsd ay afte r a m o n th ’s illness. $36.95 RCA AUTOMATIC RECORD PLAYER were recent guests a t th e Dale Born in Illinois on F eb ru ary 4, Crew home. 1877, Mr. M atney had been em Mrs. Ada Sibold of A lbany is ployed by th e railro ad m ost of his visiting her m other. Mrs. Florence life. He had been a m em ber for W arn er and d au g h ter, Mrs. Abe 30 years of th e Brotherhood of Locom otive, F irem en and Engine Fry and family. Mr. and Mrs. P. E. M atthews of Men. S u rv iv in g are a daughter, Mrs. S eattle and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E lliott, Sr. and Mrs. H arold Moore C lifford G ulseth, C oquille; sons, and children w ere guests S a tu r Jo h n R ichard, W alnut Creek, Cal., and W. M. M atney. Coquille: a sis day at th e Hazel Lewis home. Mr. and Mrs. Sw anson have re ter, Mrs. Will B arnett. Miami, tu rn ed from a tw o w eek ’s trip to Okla., and th ree grandchildren. • • Southern California. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M unro re PVT. PUFFER FINISHES tu rn ed this week from a m onth's ADVANCED TRAINING F o rt K nox, Ky.— Pvt. Sam uel H. trip to Minnesota w here he a tte n d ed th e national Lions convention. P u ffer, Jr., 22, whose fath e r lives Mrs. F red Sew ell and Mrs. Ross at 775 N. Birch, Coquille, Oregon, Reser w ere hostesses at the Sewell recen tly com pleted ten weeks of I hom e in N orth Powers F rid ay for advanced train in g at the A rm ored Phone 581 I a sto rk show er honoring Mrs. L a- R eplacem ent T rain in g C e n t e r , Coquille «8 E. 1st F ort K nox, Ky. vern Meadors. He w as train ed u nder the new packet platoon system. P resen t plans call for him to be a p erm an en t m em ber of his train in g tan k crew d u rin g his tour of d uty in th e Arm y. P riv a te P u ffer com pleted basic ! train in g a t F o rt Ord, C alif • • Drivers' Exams Set Local Boys Attend Encampment Of Oregon " Y T C " A t Powers Shower Party Held For Mrs. R. 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