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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1951
Page
4
Gale winds toppled trees and damaged buildings in Mill Creek area last week. Power and telephone service were disrupted with outages until Friday. Schools reopened Tuesday as crews cleared debris and restored essentials. Local clubs held meetings but postponed planned demonstrations and charity activities proceeded with changes.
Local clubs met at the Lions Den and St Pauls Auxiliary Guild planned a January coffee and pie afternoon. The Chamber heard Mr Morehouse discuss a new lumber operation in Norway. Officials eyed Powers Myrtle Point highway improvements with a Fortland hearing set for the 21st. Community members travel between West Virginia Roseburg and Eugene for family and work.
The Tuesday wind storm smashed part of a barn roof and killed three calves. Neighbors helped refix the roof within two days. Snow followed, about two inches in the valley and up to nine or ten inches in nearby logging areas. Power and telephone lines were down until Friday afternoon. The valley faced its worst storm in memory with no school on Tuesday due to the outage. A turkey Christmas dinner at the Gr hall in McKinley featured Mr and Mrs Elmer Strode and others present.
The ceb will hold its annual Xmas party Thursday afternoon at the school house with all members and friends urged to attend. Secret pals will be drawn for the new year. Newcomers include Mr and Mrs G E Hast and family formerly of Idaho.
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