Wilberger Graveside Service Today in Coquille
Graveside service for Gaylord Glen Wilberger will be held today at 2 00 pm at Myrtle Crest Memorial Gardens Coquille He died December 20 at Mast Hospital at age 41 Born December 4 1925 in Lee Valley He was a lifelong Coos County resident except for two years in the Marine Corps Owner of Wilberge Electric Co and a member of Coquille Valley Elks BPOE 1935 Survived by wife Geraldine two sons Greg L and Gale G a daughter Ginger mother Etta Enyeart Myrtle Point and four brothers Ervin R Myrtle Point Ellis E Brookings Melvin L Santa Barbara CA and Arthur Coquille The Rev Gerald Nelson Myrtle Point Methodists Church will officiate
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Gaylord Glen Wilberger
Myrtle Crest Memorial Gardens
Coquille
Mast Hospital
Lee Valley
Coos County
Marine Corps
Wilberger
Wilberge Electric Co
Coquille Valley
Arago
Geraldine
Greg L
Gale G
Ginger
Etta Enyeart
Myrtle Point
Ervin R
Ellis E
Brookings
Melvin L
Santa Barbara
Calif
Arthur
Gerald Nelson
Myrtle Point Methods Church
Students Eligible For Speech Contest
Fourteen sophomores and juniors at Myrtle Point High School may enter the Odd Fellows United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth Contest. District winner receives a month long tour of monuments across the United States and Canada, with stops at the Liberty Bell Lincoln Memorial Kennedy grave and United Nations Security Council. Entrants must prepare a speech on the United Nations and may contact Mrs Manley Sterr or Mrs Ellis Lewis for details. John Meldrum, MPHS senior, was a district alternate last year.
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Myrtle Point High School
Odd Fellows United Nations
International Order of Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs
United States
Canada
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Manley Sterr
Ellis Lewis John Meldrum
Myrtle Grange Installs Officers in Norway Hall
Myrtle Grange installed officers Sunday night December 18 at the Grange hall in Norway with Harold Potts of Sumner presiding. The lineup included Master John Caudle, Secretary Emma Barzee, Treasurer Lawrence Clinton, Lecturer Mrs Russ Evans, Steward Ellis Southmayd, Assistant Steward Emmett Hammack, Lady Assistant Steward Mrs Emmett Hammack, Chaplain Mrs Ellis Southmayd, three graces Mrs Stanton Stevens Pavlons, Mrs John Caudle, and Mrs Dean Brown, with Stan ton Stevens as outside gatekeeper and an executive committee including Ellis Southmay, Emmett Hammack, and Russ Evans alongside musician Vada Clinton. Myrtle Point fire brigade responded to Jim Neal Jr residence at about 1:00 p.m. Sunday to a bedding heater fire.
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Martie Grange
Norway
Harold Potts
Sumner
John Caudle
Russ Evans
Emma Barzee
Lawrence Clinton
Ellis Southmayd
Emmett Hammack
Ellis
Teachers seek $6000 base raise and extra pay adds
At the December 14 district 41 school board meeting the teacher consultation committee presented a demand for a $6000 base raise to put the district among the state’s top salaries. They urged higher pay for extra duty staff and better medical coverage for employees only, plus boosts for substitute teachers.
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Art Mots
Masons Install New Officers at Mittlé Lodge No 78
Mittlé Lodge No 78 of the Masons held installation of officers on December 17 at the Masonic Hall with Jack Thomas installed as worshipful master. Officers include Robert Sheedy senior warden David Hatfield junior warden Ben Daniels treasurer Harry Dillingham secretary Ed Kirketrick senior deacon Thelmar Farmer junior deacon William Huff senior steward Charles Wagner marshal Chester Mullen chaplain Robert Morgan tyler William Winningham Installing officers were John Nelson and Chester Mutlen.
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Mittlé Lodge
Order of the Masons
Masonic Hall
Jack Thomas
Robert Sheedy
David Hatfield
Ben Daniels
Harry Dillingham
Ed Kirketrick
Thelmar Farmer
William Huff
Charles Wagner
Mershal
Chester Mullen
Chaplin
Robert Mogan
Tyler
William Winningham
Joe Stewart Attends Traffic Safety Confab
Delegates from across the state totaling nearly 400 attended the Governor's Conference on Traffic Safety in Salem on December 9. The one day session in the Capitol Building covered driver education driver re examination court systems periodic motor vehicle inspection safety council organization and enforcement practices under the Federal Highway Safety Act. Joe Stewart superintendent of Myrtle Point School District 41 attended from Myrtle Point.
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State
Salem
Capitol
Myrtle Point
Joe Stewart
Christmas Eve Services at Christian and Methodist Churches
Christmas Eve worship at the Christian Church at 700 p.m. Saturday December 24 includes choir and congregational carols a Christmas meditation a candlelighting ceremony and informal attire The Methodist Church hosts a candlelight service at 11:00 p.m with Reverend Gerald Nelson delivering The Message of Redeeming Light.
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The
Christian Church
Methodist Church
Gerald Nelson
City Council Votes to Vacate Two Alleys and Move Shop Fence
The December council meeting approved vacating alley on block 16 between Mom's Drive-In and Shell station and another alley north to south bounds between Ash and Alder. A street fence by city shops on Alder Street was approved to curb theft. An audit contract for the new year was awarded to C. W. Wray and associates.
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Mom's Drive- In
Mation
Ash
Alder
Grace Rylander
C. W. Wray and Associates
Firemen Respond Twice In Overnight Flu Fire Alarms
Local fire department was dispatched twice within four hours this week. The first call occurred about 7 30 p m Monday at the Jerry Boggs residence 433 18th Street. The second call came at approximately 6 00 a m Tuesday morning at 1130 DPipae Mirpet the residence of Lynwood Rhiénsen with both incidents ruled as flu fires.
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Jerry Boggs
18Th Street
Lynwood Rhiéssen
Mirpet
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