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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1969
Page
7
Dog licenses for 1969 are due with fees 9.00 for male and spayed, 3.00 for female if by February 28. A 2.00 penalty applies after February 28 per license, except for dogs just purchased or reaching legal age. Licenses may be bought at listed Coos County locations. A 2.00 penalty also applies to licenses purchased on or after March 1, 1969.
Broadbeant residents recount a week of outages from the record snow storm last weekend. Power and water shortages eased as crews and neighbors helped, with 4 wheel drive access and community support. medical updates and local events followed as life returned to normal.
MR and MRE WH Van Rooyen and Mr and Mrs Ernest Dewey traveled to Coos Bay on business with Mrs Dewey visiting daughters in Wisconsin. Dewey improved after recent illness as the Swede Gulstroms visited Mrs Schroeder. George Hall and Glenn Gulstrom endured travel snow, hospital stays, and a Lake region tour with Oregon groups. A Broadbent helicopter aided ranchers by moving hay to stock, aiding Leonard Watson as he rode with the pilot.
A press release from the Oregon Heart Association notes cardiovascular disease caused over half of Coos County deaths in 1969. It calls for public support of the Heart Fund Campaign February 1 28 and Heart Sunday weekend, citing 270 cardiovascular renal deaths in the county.
Funeral services were held for Walter Barklow Sr. in Myrtle Point with Rev. Olp and Rev. Backlund officiating. Barklow, a former Coos County Commissioner, died January 29 in North Bend. Survivors include wife Ruby, son Walter Jr., daughters Maxine Hogan Evelyn Breuer Jackie Seals Mary Adams and Betty Schroeder, and many relatives. Also noted are Clyde Cook age 71 of Myrtle Point with services conducted by Rev. Harold Smith. Cook a WWI veteran and former logger. Additional obituaries include David J. Kirkland Jr. of Sitkum and Wesley G. Dow of Bridge with details of birth, residence, and survivors.
Mrs. Ritchie France recuperates at home from a flu illness. Mrs. GQ Leamanowsky fills in at the Herald for a couple of days.
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday February 19 and lasts forty days excluding Sundays. The piece encourages spiritual renewal through sincere worship honest prayer genuine Bible study and growth across physical mental moral and spiritual planes leading to a happier Easter.
A listing of church names with pastors and weekly services including Sunday School times, worship and evening services, and midweek meetings. Includes Baptist Stover Lane St James Lutheran Missouri Synod Mass times and other parish activities.
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