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COQUILLF VALLEY SENTINEL Thursday, Oct. 13, 1955 Bearded Bicycle Rider Stops Here On V/ay Io See California Governor f I HONORED RECENTLY by the Coquille Bleacher Club for his work with the foquille Loggers was Dave Douglass (center) who was presented with a myrtlewood bat from the club. Presenting the bat to him was Bill Fortier (right), president of the club. The inscrip tion on the bat read, “To Dave, for a job well done. Bleacher Club.” Witnessing the presentation is Bill Head. (Sentinel Photo) Museum Site Topic Meeting Highlight Mainly About People THE B A FFLE S By M a h o n e y Discussion of a proper location 1 for the pioneer m useum h ig h lighted the reg u lar m onthly m eet ing of th e Coos-C urry P ioneer as- RETURN FROM VISIT Mr. and Mrs. Don Estes retu rn ed ’ sociation Saturday in Coquille. M onday from a w eekend visit in M any of th e m em bers present L aG rande w ith th e ir son, Jo e Don expressed dissatisfaction with the and his fam ily. T hey enjoyed vis- m useum 's present site behind the iting w ith th e ir sm all grandson. [ Commuuity Building. One of the • • m ain com plaints voiced w as th a t HOME ON LEAVE the museum is com pletely hidden L eonard A llen is cu rren tly hom e from view now. on leave from his duties w ith the T he association has received an U. S. Navy. H e w ill re tu rn to duty I option on land at Coaledo from O ctober 25 afte r w hich he w ill be the S tate Highway commission, stationed in th e A leutian Islands. Located n ear th e w eighing station, • • the property has frontage on both PLAN SCOUT MEETING the old and new H ighw ay 101. ATTENDANCE S. F. However, one of th e problems Several Coquille w omen includ- raised in connection w ith th e ing Mrs. LeRoy Sw inney and Mrs. I Coaledo site is th a t th e association G uy Mauney are m aking p rep a ra - j does not have enough m oney to tions to attend the In tern atio n al buy both the site and build the Girl Scout m eeting in S an F ra n - I type of building needed, cisco the first w eek in Novem ber. P resident Joe Laird urged th a t • • a decision be reached on th e ques- : tion som etim e in th e n ea r fu tu re WORKS ON SUNDAY A nother draw -b ack to the p res- M arion Clayton did th e Sunday ent building w as pointed out w hen stin t at th e Coquille postoffice. it w as announced th a t th e associa tion has been offered several old hacks, w agons an d buggies, but now has no place to p u t them . I t w as also announced at the Tim., Fri., Sat., Oct 13-14-15 m eeting th a t Mrs. M innie K ing is donating an organ and an old desk to the museum. The desk w as used as th e office for th e first Fri.. Sat., Sun.. Oct. 14-15-16 ru ra l post office in the Pow ers area. • • SEJEJT NOW ON FI' M! VISITS NEW YORK "TOP v* " v M ary Thiesen has retu rn ed from a tw o-w eek vacation in New thrills | York City and P ittsburgh, P enna IN She flew back w ith Mrs. Ruth j SLOW W hite, who rem ained to visit h er g tfQT'ONJ m other in New York. Miss Thiesen visited relatives in P ittsburgh. Mrs. te l'a M d Hlr. Un.led Art,«, IHAM hUA.ll» U M I b i W hite will retu rn hom e the last of this m onth. High w ords of praise w ere paid w hich features the highest b rid *e to the hospitality of Coquille and *n U nited States, its citizens by a unique visitor A lthough m ysterious about th e Tuesday. reason fo r his trip a t this tim e. He is W alter Devine who is Devine prom ises th a t the full currently on the last leg of a trip story will come out w hen he reach- around to United States by bicycle es Hollywood w here h e will ap- obta.ning the signatures of all 48 p ear on nationw ide hook-ups both state governors. on radio and television. Devine, w’ho “is not a t liberty" • • to disclose who is sponsoring his trip, stopped in Coquille Monday RAN( I1EK night and Tuesday on his way to A rchie Stange, form erly of Salt Sacram ento, Cal., to obtain his Dake City, U tah, has leased a large j last signature. He was th ere once acreaFe in Lee \ alley on which before, but E arl W arren was gov- be p' ans t0 raise sheep. He has . RURAL AMBASSADORS . . . Attending 25,h national 4-H Club eruor then and he feels he should *’een in *he area for about two cam p In W ashington. I». C., are Jal B hlladw alla (Indiai, Kedar obtain Goodwin K night’s nam e to w eeks an d he and his fam ily are Lal Joshi (N ep ali, M iss Motoko Sato (Jap an ,. Harulonbos F ekkos make his list com plete. cu rren tly househunting. (G reece), and Urs C lavadetscher (Sw itzerland). The long-haired, bearded bi- 1 — _____________________ __________ cylist, who calls P ortland home, told how when he arriv ed Monday, 1 several high school boys helped him carry his bike to the hotel room and retu rn ed Tuesday m orn- j mg to help him carry it down again. He was also a guest of the Co quille T h eatres Monday night. Devine has o th er talen ts be sides bicycle riding. He does d e signs in w ire quite rapidly. He left one of his m em entos w ith June Mohagen, secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce. He also gives lectures on safety and proper bicycle rid in g to high schools and elem en tary schools. Stories of his trav e ls are also in cluded. Devine spent sev eral days io Coos County, staying five days in Coos Bay because of th e w eather. As he puts it “I am in no hurry now.” Devine has been on his travels since 1952 and has gone around 43,000 miles. T he m ost ground he ever covered d u rin g any one-I day was in T exas w hen he w ent 114 miles in 15-16 hours. Devine’s bicycle is alm ost as | unique as he is. The tw o-w heeled ' m achine is painted in red and ’ w hite strip s and featu res tw o i metal boxes, ten flashlights and | saddle bags attached to it. . . . it contains calcium for strong bones and healthy teeth, high The m etal boxes contain his protein value for muscle building. Drinking milk keeps you in clothes and th e docum ents he has 1 received from th e governors. shape . . . filled with energy and rarin’ to go. Milk puts a sparkle In all th e country h e has seen, in your eyes and a bounce in your walk . . . and it’s So Refreshing. Devine has been m ost im pressed with the Royal G orge in Colorado, Milk Is The Perfect Food . . . Ililiilier ideas liir Ural Planners MYRTLE LANE by FRANCES FlflOS Nome Iconom ist Oregon Wheat League lewis Building Portland 4, Uregon LIBERTY A s we sw eep aw ay th e last of sum m er’s leaves, our lives settle dow n to m ore regulai p attern s. In one of your p a tte rn s of ac tiv it y — meal p la n n i n g _ I hope to become a reg u lai help. Call Coquille 3221 for Early Morning Delivery of Delicious, Wholesome Brookmead Milk Coquille Valley M ilk from a Coos County Dairy Take a Trip Through Our W ant Ads Where Its Smooth Sailing tor Bargain Hunters! N u t r i t i o n <» O v e r w e ig h t Don Shore Says BABY STORK . . Jap an ese lad uses chopsticks to feed 10-day-old stork in Tokyo mn. The little bird grow s 5 inches each week. HEY K ID S ! Study Group Hears Susie Sears Says: Indian Discussion HI, FOLKS: T he M artha T roxell Group of the C hristian W om en's Fellow ship in the F irst C hristian Church m et last T hursday evening at th e home of Mrs. Jo h n Boots. T he study w as led by th e hostess on the “ In d ian A m ericans” w ith th e de votional m essage by Mrs. W alter N aff. P resid en t Mrs. H arold Owens appointed Mrs. Clyde C lark as Service chairm an. Service p ro jects adopted include C hristm as boxes for Mr. and Mrs. D elbert Troxell, m issionaries to Ja p a n and th e Y akim a In d ian C hristian Mis sion at W hite Swan, W ashington. T he group is also m aking a large tooled copper p lan ter for th e N ar- thex in th e ir new Church building. • • Do You Have Tires Like These In Your Garage, Basement or Attic? SHORE'S will give FREE 1 Movie Ticket To Each Child See “Spike” Leslie for insurance of all kinds, phone 4891. tfc (Under 12 Years) For EACH Casing brought in, FOR ONE WEEK - Starting Friday SHORE'S Need Casings for Re-capping KRAFT SYSTEM RE-CAPPING IH I GENERALI TIRE Across from High School —- S H O R EZS GENERAL TIRE SERVICE Phone 8881 Why Be Fat? The Ayda Plan guar- antf*ea that you will lo se p o u n d s w ith your very first box < 2.96) or m o n e y back. Taken before meals as directed, A yd a c u r b s y o u r appetite. You auto* m atically eat less, lose weight natu rally. Approved by Doctors. N o drugs —no diet. AYDS ( • Illlf C A M V SAYS: " W iS t A y d t VOW COB ocfw- o fly e o t OBd flro w W o b I ' VITAMIN AN D MINERAL CANDY S S ì II Green Stamps BARROW DRUG Roxy Corner Phone 2341 Well, h ere it is, our birthday week. H ave you seen o u r beautiful fro n t w indow ? H and-painted by a v ery talen ted young local m an. Com e to our p arty on S at u rday , all day, have some b irth day cake and coffee; balloons and lollipops for the children W e’re pulling a sw itch at this p arty : We a re going to give YOU a gift. If you are in te r ested in a D eluxe w ash er-d ry e r com bination, ju st ask us Sat u rd ay w h at w e have for you all done up in a little su rp rise package. sg u iin a’ uX[jag H ave you ever given th o u g h t to a p ortable dish w asher th a t does everything statio n ary one does except th a t w hen you come hom e from w h erev er you've been w hile th e dishes w ashed themselves, it can be rolled out of sight some w h ere around th e co m er or in to a cupboard or closet. Ju st ask for inform ation and w e’ll be h ap p y to tell you about it. (Costs m uch less than a sta tio n ary one, too!) 'Bve now. See you Saturday. —SUSIE Sears Catalog Sales Store 31 West First S t Phone 6971 O l d y o u k n o w th a t a n u tr i-' tio u s diet is not a fatten in g diet? F o r exam ple, w heat foods in a w ell-balanced diet a re not fa tte n ing. I t Is sim ply obereoMwp th a t cau ses overw eight. D i d y o u k n o w th a t to get in to a d ress one size sm aller r e q u ires losing from ten to fifteen pounds ? D i d y o u k n o w th a t the finest cak e and p a stry flours and m ixes a re m ade from “soft w h eat” v arieties grow n in Oregon 7 October is DOUGHNUT TIME! D oughnuts are on display at neighborhood grocery sto res and bakeries, Halloween, you know! If you like to m ake your own — Here is a basic DOUGHNUT RECIPE B eat 4 egg y o lk s o r 2 w h o le pgg> u n t i l lig h t. A d d 1 cup s u g a r. 2 T . m e lte d b u tte r . % c u p m ilk . S ift to g e th e r : 3ty GU|to S ift e d a l l p u rp O M flo u r >>r 4 cups p a s tr y flo u r. 4 t. b a k in g p o w d e r, 1 t. s a lt. t n u tm e g . ’ * t. cin n a m o n . A d d d r y in g re d ie n ts to liq u id and m ix to g e th e r u n t il w e ll b le n d e d . C h ill d o u g h . R o ll to in c h th k kness. C u t w it h flo u te d c u tte r. F r y in h e a te d fa t — 3 7 5 '. S lid e d o u g h n u ts fro m s p a tu la in to h o t fa t. F r y on each s id e u n t il g o ld e n b ro w n . Rem ove, d ra in o n a b s o rb e n t p aper. • SPECIAL TRICKS FOR DOUGHNUT TREATS: D re n c h w a rm d o u g h n u ts in g ra n u la te d e r pov.d» -d s u g a r, add c in n a m on o r chopped n u ts , tor», i f y o u lik e . T r y a d d in g 3 ta b le * i oons g ra te d o ra n g e r in d and s til s titttte «»range ju ic e f o r th e liq u id W h ile w a rm , d ip th e se in p o w d e r, d s u g a r. A d d m aple fla v o rin g and • hoopod n u ts , serve w a rm w it h scoop o f v a n illa o r m a ple - n u t ice cre am Ea y ? D ro p s p o o n fu ls in t o h o t fa t and h u e d ro p d o u g h n u ts . D i d y o u k n o w th at th ere are 14,000 fa rm e rs in O regon whose principal crop is w h e a t? And w h eat is the larg est ag ricu ltu ral crop grow n in Oregon. OREGON WHEAT COMMISSION U.S. NAIIONAL BANK BUILDING PENDLETON. OREGON O regon 'W h e a t IT'S A DELIGHTFUL EXCURSION - - full of surprises and unexpected treasure — something for everyone, every lime you read and "shop” through our big and complete CLASSIFIED SECTION! Rowboat or yacht — fry cook or food-fryer — you'll find any thing you’re looking for in our big WANT AD section: Sporting goods . . . furniture . . . jewelry . . . automobiles; personal services; experienced workers of all kinds — they’re ALL “on display” every day in our go-getting CLASSIFIED ADS. Look first in the WANT ADS for whatever you need. And. if you have anything to sell or swap, by all means put these dynamic low-cost salesmen to work for you . . . you get big results for only a few cents a line! C o q u ille V a lle y J e n tine]