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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1969
Page
2
The Agri-Business Council hosts Landmark of Quality Week to boost consumer preference for Oregon products. Governor McCall proclaims the week, praising Oregon’s climate and growers who produce top quality food and fiber. Independent grocers and supermarkets across Oregon highlight the campaign.
The Broadbent TV Translator Inc. will hold its annual meeting at Broadbent Grange Hall on Friday April 11 at 7 30 p m The group will elect officers discuss operating costs and new equipment needs A 100 foot transmitter tower will replace current poles improving fringe area reception The tower will be erected by donated labor A better receiving antenna complex costing about 100 is planned The translator has operated since 1958 Funds come from viewer dues Discussions may include adding more channels Broadbent TV Translator Update
The annual Easter egg hunt at Bridges drew about 600 eggs hidden with 75 prize eggs as 18 to 20 families joined the event on Sunday afternoon. Dozens of volunteers and local businesses donated time and merchandise led by the Rainwater Pelton family and community groups from Myrtle Point and Washington state. A separate report notes Lloyd A. Crook was treated at Coquille Clinic after a single vehicle crash on Highway 42 near North Fork Bridge at 3 30 a.m. on April 6 when he swerved to avoid a deer and struck two telephone poles.
Myrtle Point Kindergarten Association invites all parents to a meeting on April 15 at 1 00 p m at the scout building to discuss tuition. Kindergarten registration is set for April 25.
David Keir, raised in Hood River Valley, is reassigned to the Coos County Extension Office as of April 1. He will lead horticulture, forestry, irrigation, drainage, and weed control, after earlier service in Coos and Jackson counties and a nine month graduate study leave at Oregon State University.
Stan Sherwood and partners form Alder Manufacturing Inc. to buy Collier Mill from Ray and Thelma Collier and the assets of Plywood Los Angeles Northern Division at White City Oregon. The White City plant runs dry kilns and produces hardwood lumber and cut-up furniture stock. a Brookings sawmill is included. Ray Collier remains as manager of the Myrtle Point mill, to be listed as Alder Mig. Inc. Collier Division. The mills will buy Alder logs and rough green Alder lumber.
Oregon faces strain on private nonpublic schools amid rising deficits and declining enrollments. The Senate Education Committee reviews two measures: need based scholarships funded by the state and contracts with private colleges for nonreligious instruction, with funding routed through Ways and Means.
Ruth M. Gray, a Myrtle Point High School student, thanks the 35 attendees of the April choir program and urges parents to support their children by attending school concerts.
Local page items report the birth of Shawn Dale to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Rochek with Easter Sunday birth date. Grandparents include Mr. and Mrs. Henry Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Rocheck. William Sabin, grandson of Mrs. Bob Palmer, is promoted to Petty Officer Third Class, stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. Joe Buchanan and Robert Thomas visited families from Baltimore during Easter week while attending the Calhoun M.E.B.A. Engineering Institute. A Mt. St Helens area laboratory project is described to study effects of wastes on a new fresh water stream.
Airman Lloyd J. Flora son of Mr and Mrs Joseph C Flora Sitkum Route Myrtle Point Oregon has completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas He will stay at Lackland for training as a security policeman Flora is a 1968 graduate of Valley High School Ore
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