Accelerated funds support forestry jobs in Coos County
Congressman Robert B. Duncan announced that $887,000 from the Department of Interior will fund forestry conservation projects in Oregon's 4th District under the Accelerated Public Works Program. The effort, on public lands and parks, aims to create jobs and improve timber and water resources. In Josephine County the $166,000 Bureau of Land Management project will start late August, creating 120 man-months and including tree hazard reduction and seed collection on 2,800 acres. A $137,000 project will build Elk Creek Forest roads, starting October. In Douglas County a $288,000 multipurpose forest improvement project will run nine months, creating 372 man-months and addressing snag removal, site improvement, reforestation, and sanitation facilities at Wolf Creek and Little River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Duncan
Department of Interior
Oregon
Duncan
Bureau of Land Management Forestry
Josephine County
Elk Creek
Bureau of Land Management
Ostebor
Douglas County
BLM
Wolf Creek
Little River
Urban Planning Funds Granted for Coos District
Federal grant of 1000 to Bandon and 3700 to Central Coos County includes Coquille Powers. Coos Bay area group gets 16400 covering Coos Bay North Bend Empire Eastside. Local contributions total 98400. Planning covers 21 months with studies of economy population land use circulation and facilities, plus zoning ordinances and maps.
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Bandon
Coos County
Coquille
Powers
Coos Bay Area
Coos Bay
North Bend
Empire
Eastside
Supak and Davis Guests Share Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Joe Supak of Winston spent Saturday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Lee Davis on Sandy Creek. Mrs Gene Radford and sons Jerry and Jim are enjoying a vacation before returning to visit her son and Mr and Mrs Jim Leekmen a few weeks later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Supak
Winston
Lee Davis
Sandy Creek
Gene Radford
Jerry
Jim
Jim Leekmen
Chapman Appointed Deputy Sheriff of Multnomah County
Mr and Mrs Rue Hentze announce the appointment of Dr Chapman as deputy sheriff of Multnomah county with headquarters in Port. His degree was a study on police dogs and their use in England and plans for U S adoption. Dr Chapman has aided cities in many states Canada with writings on police work criminology and related services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rue Hentze Re- Chapman
Multnomah County
Port
England
United States
Social Notes From Gaylord Area Farm Community
Friday night guests at the John Horton home included Tony Egerstaffer from Jamesville Wisconsin Melvin Saxby from Love Park Illinois and Owen Allen with three children from Sutherlin visiting. A large black bear was killed on the L W Land place last week after a chase by Dave Brown and Daerlan Hammer with dogs. Visiting at the Horton home this week was Donald Horton and his three children from Baraboo Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rees Daniele
John Horton
Tony Egerstaffer
Jamesville
Wis
Melvin Saxby
Love Park
Owen Allen
North Bayside Grange
Lawrence Mullins
Myrtle Point
Nita Bartlett
Cocoran
Calif
Kermit Hayes Ranch
Monte Lund
Portland
Ruth Powers
Albert Powers, Jr
Seattle
Wash
L.W. Land
Dave Brown
Daerlan Hammer
Broadbent
Donald Horton
Baraboo
Sharon
Washington
Corbin
Warden
Bob Bones
Carey Bones
Powers
Louis Lund
Divs
Mente Lund
Beby
Oswego
Dale Lowen
Powers News Briefs: Births and Visits In Area
A daughter weighing 6 pounds 13 ounces was born to Mr and Mrs Richard Teasley at Mast Hospital on August 12. The Teasley family includes two brothers and two sisters. A family gathering occurred at Orchard Park. Mrs Geeden Ferris and her children Denise Patti and Freddy Ferris of Concord California left after a 10 day visit with Mrs John McKenzie and family. Mrs Leo Gilasse was in Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Sherrke
Mast Hospital
Lyne Reush
Powers
Ferris
John McKenzie
Leo Gilasse
Local notes on residents and visits from past era
Last week a mother stayed with her son Robert after his surgery. Jim Bentin returned to work at the Georgia-Pacific pond after a South American basketball tour. The column notes local ties and memories, mentioning Oliver McAdams of Lompoc, Calif, who lived here with his parents the Henry McAdams in the 1920s and 30s.
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Field
Robert
Jim Bentin
South America
Oliver McAdams
Lompoc
Calif
Henry McAdams
Charley Abel Participates in Swift Strike III Exercise
Charley Abel of the Army participates in Exercise Swift Strike III, a US Strike Command event with over 75,000 personnel across Georgia and the Carolinas. Abel serves in the 2nd Missile Battalion 30th Artillery at Fort Chaffee Arkansas and entered the Army in November 1961.
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Georgia
North
South Carolina
Charley Abel
Army
Abel
30Th Artillery
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Pic Charney
Mic Abel
Werway
Fort Ord
Calif
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Inoue
Ana
Lloyd's
Hiland Theatre
Remote News
Mrs. Chasies Bowers
This Is
the Real
McCoy
Universal
W. Main
Chapman
Multnomah
Gaylord News
Powers News
Macel Lewis
Eee
Rexall Drug Store
Myrtle Peiat
S&h
Henry A. Schroeder and Sons
Ogy
Iyongse
Fresser
Pat
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