Valuable Prize List for Coos County Bread Contest
Ada Thommen announces prizes for the fourth annual Coos County fair baked bread contest. The Queen receives a trophy from Evans Dairy, a copper crown from the Coquille Chamber, corsage from Chuck’s, Melowest cheese and butter, sugar, flour, yeast, wrap, and grocery goodies from multiple sponsors. Each princess gets a corsage and a round Melowest butter prize.
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Ada Thommen
Coos County
Evans’ Dairy
Coquille Chamber of Commerce
Chuck
Complete Program of 46th Cops Co Fair
The program lists daily events for the 46th Cops Co Fair from Aug 14 to Aug 18 with entry timings, judging schedules in Flower Dairy Beef Sheep Poultry and more, 4-H and FFA contests, rodeo sections, parades, dances, and carnival rides at fair grounds in Myrtle Point. It notes reduced ride prices 1 to 5 pm and public gatherings such as a cowboy breakfast and parade.
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FFA
Pa O’hagan
Willy Kee
Coos County
Myrtle Point
Fair Grounds
Sundady
City Park
Spruce Street
Queen of Bread Contest Attracts Community Prizes
Four ladies of the court will receive assorted sugar from Amalgamated Sugar and Spreckles sugar, flour from Fisher Flouring Mills, heavy duty wrap from Reynolds Metals, Lac-Mix dry milk from Safeway, and a $5 grocery order. Additional prizes will be added daily as entries for the Queen's Bread contest are collected. Entry day is August 14 from 9 am to 8 pm at the fair to speed judging.
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Coos Bay Mutual Creamery
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Red Star Yeast Company
Spreckles Sugar Company
Fisher Flouring Mills Company
Reynolds Metals Company
Crown Mills Co
Safeway Stores, Incorporated
Chuck
Coos Bay
Mutual Creamery
Red Star Yeast Co
Speckles Sugar Company
Fisher Flouring Mills Co
Reynolds Metals Co
Safeway
Thommen
Shakespearean Festival Opens with Strong Attendance in Ashland
About 3000 people attend the first round of four plays at the 1957 Oregon Shakespearean Festival in Ashland Oregon. Attendance and gate receipts show noticeable gains over last year with NBCs Andrew C Love directing the festival radio program and a taping scheduled for August 10 at 11 oclock.
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Ashland
Ore
William W Paton
Andrew C. Love
NBC
National Broadcasting Company
Festival Theatre
NBC Radio Network
Shakespeare Company Publishes Pericles Rehearsal Dates
Expanded rehearsal schedules for Pericles, season's fifth show, to be staged August 23 and 29. Tickets can be reserved by visiting or calling the box office or writing Shakespeare Ashland Oregon.
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Pericles
Ashland
Oregon
Heeren Henry Entertain Lions With Mex Films
Myrtle Point Lions club members were entertained at Anglers cafe by moving pictures from Mexico. Frank Henry and John Heeren showcased scenes of La Paz fish catching and a Mexico City bull fight. A fund drive followed with a notable 10 peso note in the collection. Ed Roberts caused laughter with a mishap as the event wound down.
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Myrtle Point Lions Club
Anglers' Cafe
Frank Henry
John Heeren
Mexico
la Paz
Mexico City
Frank
Espanol
Ed Roberts
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Franklin Stoves
Henry A. Schroeder & Sons
Cops Co
Browning Bros
Orc
Heeren
Henry
St Christopher
Typewriter Service
Coos Fay, Ore
Heeren & Linn Insurance Agency
205Th Street
Heeren & Linn Agency
Train Logging Co
Nal
Loe
Addon Tai, Ae
Coos
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