Teachers to Be Workshop Guests Saturday Feb 12
History will be in the making Saturday February 12 when Coos county teachers meet in the high school building at Coquille for the first Oregon Education Association workshop in this area. The program is arranged by the Coos county division of the OEA with State office personnel as consultants. The conference opens at 10:00 a.m. with Coos county OEA president Alberta Wilson of Coos Bay as chairman. Warren Tinker state president from Portland will give the keynote address at 10:15. Buzz sessions will discuss questions and allow teachers to ask about OEA activities. The ballot at 12:45 will decide whether to use county funds to help defray NEA delegates expenses. Candidates for second vice president are Homer Millard Powers Kay Petersen Myrtle Point Donald Laing North Bend and Ethel Cochran Sunny Hill. Those for secretary treasurer are Luck Jacobs Bandon Harriet Lightle Bandon and Annamie Ruff Powers. Bernard Clark current vice-president becomes president and Glen Enge Charleston moves to vice-president.
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Coos County
Coquille
Oregon Education Association
OEA
Portland
OFA
Alberta Wilson
Coos Bay
Tion
NEA
Homer Millard
Powers
Kay Petersen
Myrtle Point
Donald Laing
North Bend
Ethel Cochran
Sunny Hill
Luck Jacobs
Bandon
Harriet Lightle
Annamae_ Ruff
Bernard Clark
American Legion Auxiliary to Lead Red Cross Drive in Powers
The American Legion Auxiliary will oversee the Red Cross drive in Powers with Mrs Kenneth Rolfe as chairman. The drive was planned at a Tuesday meeting hosted by Mrs Robert Bushnell with Mrs Lee Gilmore as hostess. Mrs Jack Bushnell and Mrs Wayne Madewell will chair the horror comics collection effort offering a better type of book in exchange.
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James W. Gamwell
American Legion Auxiliary
Red Cross
Powers
Kenneth Rolfe
Robert Bushnell
Lee Gilmore
Jack Bushnell
Wayne Madewell
Memorial peppies ordered for local unit sale
Founders Day events set for Friday at 2 pm in the high school building to honor PTA leaders since the Congress of Parents and Teachers formed February 17, 1897 with Hearst and Bierney as organizers. Local unit announces past presidents honored at meeting.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Pheebe Appleton Hearst
Theodore Bierney
Summers visit Tidewater as Brady returns to college
Mr and Mrs Floyd Summers spent the weekend at Tidewater on the Alsea River with friends. Duane Brady a Lewis and Clark College student returned to school on Saturday after weeks at home recovering from illness and will miss the basketball season. John McKenzie left Sunday for a trip to visit his people in Kansas. Mrs Kenneth Rolfe went to Eugene Monday for a few days.
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Floyd Summers
Tidewater
Alsea
Duane Brady
Lewis and Clark College
John McKenzie
Kansas
Kenneth Rolfe
Eugene
Broadbent basketball injury reported and social notes
Haymond Hale, son of Mr and Mrs Allan Hale, suffered a compound fracture of his arm playing basketball at Broadbent Friday night and was hospitalized then sent home. Other items note visitors from Medford and Myrtle Point, a serious jaw injury from a saw incident on a ranch, and a Stanley party with gifts and refreshments for local families.
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Rees Daniels
Haymond Hale
Allan Hale
Broadbent
Harry Wise
Medford
Jack Warner
John Warner
Buster Polling
Myrtle Point
James Watson
Romaald Grant
Ray Grant
Mast Hospital
Coos Bay
Art Sweet
Sixes
James Devereaux
Guy Head
Stanley
Ray Waybrant
Leland Post
Powers
Allen Hate
W. P. Lear
James McWilliams
Jas. McWilliams
Louis Lund
Tom Thompson
Foster Thompson
Jess Hayes
John McWilliams
H. D. Bones
John Carman
Thos. Luttrell
Harry Morgan
Kermit Hayes
Richard Morgan
Sharon
Gordon Hayes
Gloria
Janet Vanzan
Local Social at Powers and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Jack Warner and other couples hosted guests as the McWilliams couple, recently married, reside in Powers. Edna Olsen of Myrtle Point visited the Hayes home while Rex Sears and Elmer Myers traveled from Powers and Bridge to join Mr and Mrs Ted Myers. Julia Howard visited Gold Beach to see her son Clarence Howard amid family illness.
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Ing
Jack Warner
John Warner
James Devereaux
Julia Howard
McWilliams
Powers
Edna Olsen
Myrtle Point
Duane Hayes
Dewey Winkelman
Hayes
Ted Myers
Rex Sears
Son
Elmer Myers
Bridge
Jessayes
Guy Grant
Norway
Kenneth Holmes
Monument
Ore
Henry Roth
Jess Bright
Gold Beach
Clarence Howard
Parsonage Work and Local Events in Sitkum
Charles Gill’s McKinley house now serves as a parsonage with painting help from Tom and Elmer Leifeste, Elmer Wilson and others. Florence Strode visited from Myrtle Point. Elmer Wilson attended a Coquille wedding. Pep py Leifeste celebrated a birthday with friends and a Cocoa party at Clover Cooking Club hosted by Mary Leifeste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wilson
Charles Gill
McKinley
Tom Leifeste
Ted Kirsch
W. A. Nickason
Ivan Laird
Ray Shelton
Elmer Strode
Florence Strode
Myrtle Point
Coquille
V Call
Peppy
Barbara
Betty Cummings
Becky Southmayd
Sharon Davis
Charmae Reynolds
Mary Laffeste
Clover Cooking Club
Mary Leifeste
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Powers News
Studio of Hair Design
Bob Skelton
Mabelle Chamley
Pat Scott
Lenore Dufrasne
Commercial
Oscar Mintoyne
St. Paul's Episcopal Guild
Utah
William McLyman
Clarence Spitznass
Einar Swanson
March of Dimes
Melinda Lane
Suzanne Dunn
Carla Lee Robinette
Patty Hoffman
Judy Reeves
Sandra Quilhaugh
Alan Rhay
O. C. Turman
Helo
the Heart Fund
Ata Ary
Republic
Hamilton Beach
MANES
Republic Stuur
Henry A. Schroeder & Sons
Coos Bay, Ore
Myrtle Point, Ore
Anea, ‘Xtra
Gaylord News
Sitkum News
Herald
Thrifties
Bisquick
Chase and Sanborn
Valentine
Cta
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