Coos County Fair reports record attendance and prizes
The 59th Coos County Fair set an attendance record of 48 250 over five days from August 12 to 17, surpassing last year by about 8 000 due to favorable weather. Mrs Harry Hubbell of Myrtle Point won the Frigidaire self cleaning oven range for the apple pie baking contest. Premiums paid rose to 10 260 with revenue from video gate up 1 200 and carnival income steady near last year.
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Coos County
George Jenkins
Jenkins Alao
Harry Hubbell
Myrtle Point
Frigidaire Co
Henry A. Schroeder and Sons
Hubbell
Jenkins
Carnival
Blake Son
Break halts phone service on Highway 42 near Garden Valley
A slide area on Highway 42 north of Garden Valley Road cut toll lines for Coquille Myrlie Point and Powers from 9 08 p m to 11 10 p m Monday. Dale Rongpy district manager for General Telephone Co said toll facilities were out during the outage.
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Garden Valley Road
State Highway Division
Dale Rongpy
General Telephone Co
Coquille
Myrlie Point
Myrtle Point Development Co seeks SBA financing
The Myrtle Point Development Co has a bonafide applicant for Small Business Administration funds. Frank Meldrum announced at the Myrtle Point Chamber of Commerce meeting that Acme Wood Products plans to locate on the Bell property. The board will seek stock subscriptions to cover 10 percent of local financing. Also noted, the Hamilton Thrift site at Fifth and Maple is not available under a lease purchase, but two thirds of the site could be leased.
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Mirtle Point Development Co
Frank Meldrum
Myrtle Point
Fifth and Maple
College sets meetings in Coos cities
Southwestern Oregon Community College approves a one year trial to expand board communications with five additional meetings in Myrtle Point Bandon Coquille Powers and Reedsport. Each session will announce dates to allow citizen attendance and input while the chamber funds downtown parking plans and parade banners.
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Istrict
Board of Education
Southwestern Oregon Community College
Ralph Stuller
Myrtle Point
Bandon
Couille
Powers
Reedsport
College
Maximum effort urged for Myrtle Point sewer bond
City Administrator Ben Nichols urged Myrtle Point to pass a 307000 sewer bond to renovate the sewage plant and boost efficiency. Election is Sept 2 and approval is needed before Oct 1 to keep grant priority. Council approved street light at Stover Lane and a lighting upgrade cost study.
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Ben Nichols
Myrtle Point
Iits
Nichols
Stover Lane
Lions Club
Maple Street
Ervin Wilberger
Gene Mayberry
City Planning Commission
Bids Sought For Coos Bay Roseburg Highway Lanes
The Oregon State Highway Commission will receive bids by Sept. 3 in Salem for construction of four 12 foot lanes on the Gray Creek North Fork Coquille River section of the Coos Bay Roseburg Highway about four miles south of Coquille.
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Gray Creek
North Fork Coquille River
Coos Bay
Roseburg
Coquille
Oregon State Highway Commission
Salem
Myrtle Point Area Schools Set Opening Date
Myrtle Point area schools plan to start the 1970 71 school year on August 31. New students should register during the week of August 24. Transportation will send many town students to outlying schools due to space shortages.
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Myrtle Point Area
Myrtle Point
Myrtl Point
Sctuols
Democratic legislators to tour Coos and Curry Counties
A team of Democratic legislators will visit Coos and Curry Counties Monday August 24 to learn about Southwestern Oregon and area problems. Rep. Jack Ripper says the tour aims to gather and share facts to foster state local communication. The listening panel will hear suggestions and questions from city and county officials school administrators port commissioners business groups and residents.
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Coos
Curry
Oregon
Jack Ripper
Loggers' Shodeo Draws 2000 at Cops County Fair
The seventh annual Loggers' Shodeo closed Sunday with over 2,000 in attendance. Hon. John Dellenback and Mrs Dellenback attended the awards ceremony where Mrs. Dellenback presented the grand champion apple pie award to Mrs. Harry Hubbell. Henry A. Schroeder and Sons Trigidaire Co sponsored the event. Oregon State Police selected winners for the Haley and Haley Trucking safety award, including Milton Mast Myrtle Point Earl Pichette Coos Bay Doug Bishop Coquille and Larry Gill Myrtle Point. Doug Bishop won the traveling trophy by lot. Prize money totaled 1500 for event winners and traveling trophies.
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Cops
George Jenkins
John Dellenback
Dellenback
Harry Hubbell
Henry A
Join Dellenback
Haley and Haley - Cops
Oregon State Police
Milton Mast
Myrtle Point
Earl Pichette
Coos Bay
Doug Bishop
Coquille
Larry Gill
Lot
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Moon
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