.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
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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,
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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
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57 O rd. Ammo. Gp., APO 227, New
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M arcelle W alker.
York, N. Y.
RETURN FROM TRIP
Sending gifts but unable to a t
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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-
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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
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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.
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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
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Local Boys Attend
Encampment
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A t Powers
Shower Party Held
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picnic at N orw ay Sunday.
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