Tires May Halt Pacific Greyhound Myrtle Point Route
Public hearing at Myrtle Point city hall on tires and material shortages as the Pacific Greyhound Lines seek permission to abandon service between Myrtle Point and Powers. W N Eggers testified the route has only recently broken even and may be discontinued if tires or recaps remain unavailable. Examiner Burke will report to Commissioner Bean who will decide promptly. Participants included Ned C Kelly for local business groups and James W Gamwell for Powers Lions Club.
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Pacific Greyhound Lines
Myrtle Point
Ormond R. Baan
Donald J Burke
William N Bush
Myrtle Paint
Ralph H. Mitchell
War Production Board
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
State Salvage Committee
Sprague
Eggers
Pacific Greyhound Limes
Oregon
Here
Powers
Greyhound Lines
Bean
Burke
Ned C. Kelly
Coquille Lions’ Club
Coquille Chamber of Commerce
James W. Gamwell
Powers Lions’ Club
Elvin Hull
Coos County Realtors Favor Economy and Tax Equality
Coos County Realty association meeting at Coquille Hotel urged maximal economy in meat affairs to aid war effort and favored equalization of school taxes across districts. County Judge E L Peterson attended and spoke. Myrtle Point attendee E C Roberts noted. Union High faculty signed contracts with a ten percent pay raise and are set to return in fall. Fred Dallas faces possible army service pending examination.
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Coos County
Union High
Fred Dallas
Mobilization For Industry Seen For All Men
Oregon moves to accelerate wartime labor mobilization as 75000 men aged 0 to 44 receive occupational questionnaires. Governor Prague urges prompt completion to shift workers from non essential to essential roles and support war production. Occupational census aims to guide manpower budgeting for Oregon by year end. Mrs Roper undergoes major operation at Mast Hospital and is reported recovering.
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Oregon
Seactive Service Boards
United States Employment Service
Charles A .Prague
E . Wooton
Selective Service
Portland
Civic Auditorum
Washington
United States
L. C Stoll
P . Roper
Roper
Mast Hospital
Marshfield Vo Tech Seeks National Defense Trainees
Marshfield Vocational school offers 360 hour National Defense courses in carpentry ship joinery electric welding and marine engine repair with future pipe fitting and sheet metal options. Demand rises for shipyard workers. applications accepted at United States Employment Service 156 Curtis Marshfield and at city hall Myrtle Point Wednesdays 9am to noon.
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Marshfield
National Defense
F G Scherer
United States Employment Service
Curtis, Marshfield
City Hall
Myrtle Point
Third
Market Streets
Senior Play Cast Chosen For Heart Trouble
The annual senior play Heart Trouble has cast selections made by the church director. May 8 at the local high school will feature Mia Morrison portrayed by Tou ise Dement and other roles including Rex Stevens as Junior Morison and Lenore Appleby played by Marion Hendershot.
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Touise Dement
Mia Morrison
Rex Stevens
Junior Morison
Tarkington
Lola Tripp
Patricia Morrison
Beverly Sparks
Laura Mornton
Kenneth Strong
Onrad Fyler
Lthario
Bob Peel
Fred Morrison
Marion Hendershott
Lenore Appleby
Lyle Olson
Tommy Caler
Flon Root
Jethro Appleby
Fane ‘Wartt
Bastrice Tyler
Pioneer Woman Juried Tuesday Funeral Service in Myrtle Point
Funeral services were held at Schroeder funeral chapel in Myrtle Point on Tuesday at 2:00 pm for Mrs Eliza Lewellen age 85 who died Sunday night. Rev F H Barry officiated and interment followed in Myrtle Point cemetery. Elizabeth Widby, born October 3, 1866 in Taylorsville Tennessee, moved west in 1873, married Conrad Miller in 1880, then J L Lewellen in 1914. she had seven children and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Schroeder
Myrtle Point
Elizaeth Lewellen
F H. Barry
Myrtle Point Cemedry
Elizabeth Widby
Taylorsville
Tennessee
Henry Maller
Myrle Point
Powers
Oregon
Widdly
Thomas Hayes
Conrad Miller
Irving
Sarah Hermann
Henry Miller
Cora Hermann
Broadhent
Nutrition Body Reviews Plans in Coquille Meeting
The County Nutrition committee met Monday night at Mrs Worothy Bishop’s office in Coquille to review progress and plan ahead. Mise Ava B Milan of OSC spoke as a guest. Objectives include hot lunches for county schools, posters in schools and public places, and arranging nutrition talks for men’s organizations. Mrs King chaired the speakers committee with Mra Dal King and Miss Helen Austin of Myrtle Point as members.
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Tooxs County
Worothy Bishop
Coquille
Mise Ava B
Milan
OSC
Mra Dal M King
Helen Austin
Myrtle Point
Mrs King
Myrtle Point high school hosts Gordon the Magician show
The Myrtle Point Union High School Presents Gordon the Magician at Myrtle Point High School Gym on Tuesday April 21 at 8 30 a m. The act arrives from New York and offers a streamlined magic program with admission ten cents.
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Myrtle Point Union High School
Gordon the Magician
Myrtle Point High School
New York
Mrs Bonnie Groke Buried At Whittington Cemetery
Funeral services were held at Myrtle Point Wednesday afternoon for Mrs Bonnie Groke who died at a Salem hospital. Rev F H Barr officiated. Interment followed in Whittington cemetery on the South Fork. Mrs Groke formerly lived at Myrtle Point and moved away two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schroeder
Myrtle Point
Bonnie Groke
Salem
F H Barr
Whittington
South Fork
Groke
Newt Harrin Ellsworth Seeks Fourth District Seat
Harrin Ellsworth, Roseburg News Review publisher and Douglas County state senator, campaigns for the Republican nomination in Oregon’s new fourth district. He spoke at Myrtle Point on Local Business Changes and told the North Bend Chamber of Commerce he would push coal and mineral development in Coos County and seek federal aid while fighting non essential government expenditures.
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Harrin Ellsworth
Fourth
Myrtle Point
North Bend
Congress
Coos County
Ellsworth Leaves Coos County for Coast District
After several days in Coos county Ellsworth departed today for Port Orford and Gold Beach. The new fourth district now includes Linn Lane Douglas Coon Curry Josephine and Jackson counties.
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Coos County
Ellsworth
Port Orford
Gold Beach
Linn, Lane
Douglas, Coon
Curry
Josephine
Jackson Counties
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