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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1948
Page
8
Long list of residents and relatives visiting or staying in Powers and nearby towns. Includes patients in Mist hospital and Port Chicago Cal moving to Martinez Cal, trips to Coos Bay Eugene Portland and Klamath Falls. Some entries mention illnesses and travel for family events.
County road crew drafts brush clearing plans for widening project pending rainfall, while Spaulding Lumber completes planking and prepares to saw ties at a new site. Local residents and visitors from Coquille Myrtle Point Shelton and nearby areas were noted in a series of social and business calls through the week.
Bocal insurance agent V B Billingsley attended a regional meeting of the Oregon Association of Insurance Agents at the Tioga hotel in Coos Bay on Tuesday night. The session covered PAC rules, the Unassigned Risk Plan, financial responsibility law, and the Canadian Responsibility Law. Attendees came from Bandon Coquille Coos Bay Reedsport North Bend Gold Beach and Empire.
The Coos Curry Farmers Co op released March sales at 37 528 dollars mostly in feed. President Quincy Corrie and manager Dan Auer noted strong patron response and plans to add new lines including gasoline fertilizer and petroleum products.
Earl T Newbry Republican candidate for Secretary of State has built support across Oregon with Gene Rossman of Portland as state campaign chairman. Campaign offices are in the Lumbermen's Building Portland. Coos and Curry counties name local chairs as Newbry seeks to succeed the late Robert S Ferrell Jr. He previously served in the state legislature and ran an Ashland orchard and packing plant now run by his son Avon Endicott. A regional Pacific Supply Coop expansion and $100 debentures at 5 percent are planned to fund growth with Coos Curry Farmers Co op backing officers and directors from Coos Bay to Myrtle Point.
Dr Harold M Erickson state health officer welcomed federal hospital construction funds for Oregon areas lacking cancer treatment. The American Cancer Society report notes seven million dollars earmarked for five years and Tillamook county plans a 75 bed medical center with 20 nurse beds at about one million dollars. Heppner seeks a 15 bed facility and inquiries span Wallowa Bend Roseburg Yale Florence Newport Gresham Sandy.
Orvis Miller and Ellis South from Myrtle Point have been chosen for the 4 H Scholarship committee for the coming year. The panel is headed by Mrs Palmer Alto of Eastside, with Ken Beeson, assistant county agent, announcing the selection. Other members include Mrs Doris Youst from the North Bend area and additional local donors and advisors.
Seniors at Myrtle Point High School host a charity event in the high school gym featuring a dance and ticketed activities for students only to raise funds for a local cause.
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