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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1961
Page
4
An elderly couple at a fair had a purse stolen during a sales demonstration but a good Samaritan turned it into Mobil Service Station. The purse was recovered, restoring faith and prompting thanks from the grateful couple and community fans.
The 1961 Oregon Town and Country Church Conference at Oregon State University Oct 9 to 11 will report survey results on rural church changes. Key speakers include Dr E W Mueller and Phillip Aylesworth with sessions on renewal and vitality. A second session shifts to Southern Oregon College Ashland Oct 12 and 13.
Calf winners include Jerry Gillin Coquille Curry Electric Coop Coquille David Messerle Coos Bay Weyerhaeuser Timber Co Coos Bay Art Dobney Bandon Southwestern Motors Coquille Jimmy Pearce Boardbeat Coquille Lions club Lee Shull Myrtle Point Bridge Grenge Bob Jenkins Coos Bay Al Pierce Company Coos Bay Rex Nuttbrock Bandon Western Bank Bandon Manley Cress Coos Bay Douglas Fir Plywood Coquille Arthur Johns Coos Bay Coos Bay Timber Company Coquille Bill Coates Coos Bay Coos Heed Timber Company Coos Bay Pig winners include Richard Gorman Bandon Bridge Grange Bob Claween Coquille Breadbemt Grange Rod Booezer Coos Bay Bando Grange Curtis Stewart Riverton Coquille Grange Bob Brink Greenacres Mc Kinley Grange Gregory Wells Coquille North Bayside Grange Bill Claween Coquille Myrtle Grange Frank Bartlett Myrtle Point Coos Pomona Grange Lamb winners include Shirley Anderson Coos Bay George F Burr Coquille Margaret Deadmond Coquille Cafe Coquille Nancy Delameter Bandon Lounsbury Ford Sales Coquille Jane Roberts Myrtle Point Television Systems Inc M P Maria Berger Coos Bay Coos Bay Kiwanis club Coos Bay Faith Newell Coos Bay Scott Paper Company Empire Linda Huff Broadbent Myrtle Point Rotary club Joan Deadmond Coquille Coquille Hotel Sandra Craig Coquille Representative Carrence Barton Coquille Carolyn Gransson Coquille Western Farmers Assn Coquille HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS YOUR BEST SALESMEW
New Oregon school bus laws take effect August 9 aligning with neighboring states. Rules require all vehicles to stop for school buses with flashing red lights on two and three lane highways, while two lane highways have partial stopping rules. Buses may cross railroad crossings when traffic allows and speed limit rises to 53 mph on open highways.
A sequence of birth notices from August 1961 records multiple families in Coquille and nearby Oregon towns. Entries include 8 pound plus newborns, twins and single births with times and addresses for the families Wigtey Lawrence Doak Williams Huntley Schulze, each tied to local residences such as Fairview and Powers.
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