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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 2002)
Planés, trains and automobiles... 1919-1937 1919 R. C. Dement started Security Bank in Myrtle Point. Three large firebells were installed around Coquille, which could be activated by the telephone operator. 1920 Coquille population now, 642; Myrtle Point totals 934; County has 22,254. Seven Oerding brothers completed their first sawmill located near the Southern Pacific Depot in Coquille. 1921 Coquille High School built on the comer o f Tenth Street and W. Central where it stands until the early 1970’s. 1922 Lounsbury Ford started in 1922 by Archie Walker and new Fords cost only $284. Riverboat captain William (Bill) Panter moved to Bandon. 1925 A movie company from Hollywopd came to Myrtle Point to film a portion o f a logging picture (silent movie) called “The Ancient Highway.” 1926 Lincoln School on East Tenth Street is built and serves asl a junior high school for many years. Riverboat "Charm" made its last run, thus ending the riverboat way ©flif& A modem'concrete build- ing was constructed for the Sentinel office at the corner o f First and Willard (now Birch). 1929 ' First National Bank held up, posse formed. 1930 Coquille population numbers 2,732; Myrtle Pint tal lies 1,362; Coos County now has 28,373 recorded in census. Bill Barrow establishes own drugstore. Soon, everyone will have one ~ Haley Laird lounges on the hood of this automobile; Bill Weekly is in the driver’s seat. Circa 1917, in Myrtle Pqint. murder in the first degree in late December On October 30, 1933, Frye shot 45-year-old H.U. Blackman. He first denied the charge, 'then stated that he had mistaken Blackman for a deer. His tes timony-was "proven to be false as Blackman was obviously shot once in the head at close range and once in the shoulder from a distance. The victim was found by a local man who had heard gunshots and on his investigation, came across Frye burying the victim. g 1932 Temperatures in Coquille reached record lows in early December. Thermometers read 10.5 degrees above zero and the Coquille River was covered in a sheet o f ice that was thick enough to walk across in some areas. While residents insisted that there had been more ice on the rivers in 1888, colder temper atures hadn’t been recorded since 1924. 1934 Stories Of drilling begin appearing in the Sentinel in March, 1934. A h Oil drill in the Fat Elk area Was showing great promise after 1,650 feet had been drilled. Indications o f oil and gas were still strong, but drilling at that depth proved to be a difficult task. Two weeks later, gas was bubbling out o f the hole in the ground. By late July, it was stated that the well Would produce enough gas to fulfill the city’s needs. Plans to pipe the gas into the city were not commenced until the next yeair. Several other companies also made plans to drill at that time in various areas around the community. 1933 Sixteen-year-old Raymond Frye was found guilty of 1935 N. and H.B. Jameson of Chicago’s Arrow Mill Co. * , United Valley Christian Academy SETTING THE STANDARD \Ne at United Valley Christian Academy are committed to maintaining the highest academic standards while remaining mindful of the individ ual, God-given gifts and talents of each student. ib UVCA strives to provide each student with a quality, well-rounded academic program that will best prepare him or her for life. Students are challenged to exercise their knowledge in practical, everyday living and by reaching out to those in our community. United Valley Christian Academy is an independent, interdenominational school. Class sizes do not exceed 15 students per class room in first through eighth grades, kindergarten does not exceed 12 students. We invite you to come visit our school. “EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION” Stated in June that they would build a battery sepa rator plant in Coquille. Construction began quickly and; went on throughout the year. They decided Coquille Was the most advantageous place to build the plantbecause o f its location in the center o f the lumber and logging activities in southwestern Oregon with rail and water transportation available. Also, Smith-Wood Products Inc. mill at Coquille was built (later known as Georgia Pacific). 1936 In April o f l936, Kermit Shaw, a police officer o f the Coquille Police Department, established a fin gerprint bureau in Coquille. So began the system o f taking the fingerprints o f those who were arrested and keeping them on file. At that time, there were only two other fingerprint bureaus in the state o f Oregon: one in Salem and one in Portland. 1937 After the main residential section o f Bandon was eliminated by flames and transformed into ash in September o f the previous year, one house stood strong. That was until early February o f 1937, when the last house standing fell victim to a fiery death. The Wàdé family, residents o f the house, were unharmed in the fire.
