Fair Board Makes Final Fair Plans
Fair officials outlined parade plans and exhibits for Coos County Fair with details on the parade route 4-H entries bread baking and Grange Talent Show. Pro rodeo events with Harley Tucker Rodeo and new announcer Tom Hadley were announced along with calf scrambles and prize payouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hoffman
Smith
Bob McCue
Dick McCuskey
Jerry Brog
J L. Smith
Glen Nichols
KWRO
Tom Guerin
Roger Welty
Duke Davenport
V A. Roush
Jean Shipman
Lee Barklow
Bill Cook
KOOS
George Jenkins
Harold Clarno
Coos County
Fair Board
Clarno
John Reiher
Cons County
Ma and
Pa O’hagan
Willy Kee
Mr Reiher
Oregon State College
John Tom Guerin
Harley Tucker
Tom Hadley
Oklahoma
Hadley
Cow Palace
Frisco
Cops
County Officials Inspect McKinley Water System Visit
County officials from the engineer health and commissioners visited McKinley Grange to inspect the water system planned to supply Cherry Creek park. The park water supplies will be provided by the county park commission with Grange personnel handling the work. Samples were taken and the report is due in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Grange
Helen Mast
Dora
Grange
E McCarthy
Cherry Creek Park
County Park Commission
State Grange
Grange Hall Construction Advances With Local Work Day Planned
Work on the new Grange hall progresses with S E McCarthy Frank Kaiser Kermit Shephard and Ed King of Coos Bay forming ready to pour cement. August 11 is set for a work day with a Cherry Creek park potluck dinner. A special August 3 meeting at the McKinley Grange hall admitted new members to the first and second degrees including Mr and Mrs Earl Gisler and others. Ed Johnson from North Bayside visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. McCarthy
Frank Kaiser
Kermit Shepherd
Ed King
Coos Bay
Cherry Creek Park
McKinley Grange Hall
Earl Gisler
Marvin Crosby
Richard Gill
Gene Lemmer
Clara Dickey
Gloria Stamen
Everett Springer
Earl Springer
Ed Johnson
North Bayside
Rogue Boat Race At Agness Sunday
Don Lucas presides at the Agness Community Council barbecue and queen crowning. Larry Lucas chairs the boat race with Doris among the organizers for Sunday events continuing from page one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agness
Candy
Don Lucas
Agness Community Fair Promises Balloons and Games
Stringer John Rhodes hosts a baseball event with Don Long running the logging contest plus a shoe kicking contest and other entertainments. Balloons will adorn the day as proceeds benefit the Agness Community Development Fund and first aid gear for the Agness Civil Defense unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringer
John Rhodes
Don Long
Agness Community Development Fund
Agness Unit of Civil Defense
W. R. Davenport Jerseys Earn Fifth Breeder Award
The Jersey cattle breeder W. R. Davenport of Myrtle Vale Jersey Farm in Myrtle Point Oregon receives a fifth Breeder Award from The American Jersey Cattle Club. The award, one of the highest from the Jersey breed registry, recognizes outstanding contributions in breeding and herd improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Davenport
Myrtle Vale Jersey Farm
Myrtle Point
Ore
American Jersey Cattle Club
Jersey Breed Registry
Columbus
Ohio
Jersey herd earns high marks for production and type
Davenport built a balanced herd meeting production and type goals. Sixteen cows stayed in the herd most of the year and fed Jersey Herd Improvement Registry tests with an average 8448 pounds milk and 480 pounds butterfat annually. Seventeen animals averaged 87.21 percent type, with two rated excellent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Jersey
Hoyt's Jersey Cow Sets Milestone Milk Record
A registered Jersey cow named Western Valley Dusty, owned by H. A. Hoyt of Myrtle Point Oregon, produced a record 11 612 pounds of milk with 667 pounds of fat, announced in July 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
H. A. Hoyt
Myrtle Point
Ore
Jersey Cattle Herd Tests Under National Registry
The American Jersey Cattle club on Western Valley Dusty began her official Herd Improvement Registry test at age six. The production covered a 299 day period. Eighteen other Hoyt Jersey cows earned meritorious production records in the past five months. Oregon State College supervises the HIR tests of the Hoyt Jersey herd in cooperation with The American Jersey Cattle Club Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Jersey Cattle Club
Western Valley
Hoyt Jersey
National Breed Organization
Oregon State College
Columbus
Ohio
Weather Summary for July 1956 and July 1957
Elmer Strode Observer reports daily high and low temperatures with no precipitation for a week in late July 1956 and extended averages for July 1957. Notable extremes include a 91 degree day on July 18, 1956 and a 43 degree low on July 4, 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Strode
Also Mentioned on This Page
Willys VanLeuven
Fred Haas
North Bend News
Bill Evans
Adam Donaldson
Glen Calvert
Coquille Sentinel
Bob Frenette
Coos Bay Times
Ted Thoupean
John Maudie
Portland
Jenkins
Fair Grounds
Ue Fam Roush
J. L. Smith
Rudy
Texaco
Rudy Rochek
Space Men OF the Sea
Ia New Entertainment Bargain
McKinley
Hoyt
Yakima
Dromedary
Purex
Nalley
UCM al
SWIFT
County Feir
Golden Grain
Coos County Fair
U.S
Myrtle
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