Should Ten Mile Lake Be Poisoned
A movement sponsored by fisheries biologists aims to poison Ten Mile Lake in Coos County near Lake Side and Highway 101. The plan would destroy all fish including trout and cutthroat and halt steelhead runs in Ten Mile Creek, leaving only stocked trout after recovery. Locals fear loss of perch and catfish access and warn trout anglers may face poor eating quality. Page Nine continued.
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Ten Mile Lake
Fisheries Department
State Game Commission
Broad Pacific
Coos County
North Bend
Lakeside
Ten Mile Creek
State Taxes Studied As To Size History
Portland ore February 14 Special This is the first in a series on taxation in Oregon by the North s office of the National Association of Manufacturers at Portland The article surveys Oregon tax origins and early sources including property death and auto taxes then gasoline tax in 1919 corporate income tax in 1929 and individual income tax in 1931
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
North
National Association of Manufacturers
Ground Observer Corps Sponsors First Aid Classes
The Myrtle Point Ground Observer Corps sponsors a First Aid course starting Tuesday February 22 with John Casper of Bridge as instructor. Classes meet twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays for two hours each, beginning at 7 PM. Location to be announced. interested parties contact Mrs. Joe Schilling at phone 233 for updates.
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Myrtle Point Ground
John Casper
Bridge
Joe Schilling
Skunk Sighting Sparks Schoolyard Chaos At Myrtle Crest
A Myrtle Crest school scene turns comic as a skunk roams the cafeteria area provoking a pandemonium among about 2300 students and staff. Teachers chase the animal while kids react with dancing and shouting, the incident fueled by a hounded hound and an unknown professor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Ratcliffe
George
H. H. Thomas
Myrtle Crest School
Oregon backs dams over bickering to grow power
In Salem Governor Patterson praised Oregon's legislature for memorials urging Congress to fast track Columbia John Day Dam funding and approve Green Peter and Cougar dam projects. The House and Senate backed the measures 21-7 and 21-6 respectively, highlighting partnership fleets to avoid monopolies.
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Statehouse
Salem
Paul Patterson
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
House
Senate
Congress
Columbia
South Santiam
McKenzie
Paterson
John Day
Cogress
Green Peter
Santiam
Cougar
Patterson
White House
Formosa
Green Peter-Cougar
Stewart Hardie
Condon
Paul Geddes
Roseburg
Don Husband
Eugene
Geddes
Myrtle Crest School to Present Friday Talent Show
Myrtle Crest school plans a Friday talent show with four divisions dance vocal instrumental and variety. Prizes total 30 with grand prize 15 and smaller awards. entry blanks available in the main office due by February 21. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents children. proceeds fund books and library equipment.
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Myrtle Crest School
Deficiencies Found in Tour of High School Are Recited by Ralph Whitaker
Ralph Whitaker and about seventy five citizens toured Myrtle Point High School on Thursday night February 3. They cite music department acoustics noise from PE above the room and lack of soundproofing. They note commercial department crowding and equipment gaps and insufficient space for homemaking and storage. Continued on Sack Page.
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Ralph Whitaker
Myrtle Point
Commercial
Tooll
High and Mighty at Myrtle Point Theatre
Press notes promise thrilling adventure and blazing excitement as High and Mighty plays at Myrtle Point Theatre starting Monday night around 1 30 with a show schedule altered for weekend screenings.
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Myrtle Point Theatre
San Francisco
Ground Observer Corps Seeks Defense Prep at Myrtle Point
Myrtle Point group met Feb 8 at the Scout building with about 50 members. Supervisor Endicott presided as Sgt. Lovins showed Defense of Iran footage and presented awards including a 500 hour pin to Pat Donahue and Observers’ wings to J H Olinger. Plans called for Major Stafford and Lt Berry to speak, a post of the month story to appear in Contect magazine, and a March 15 1955 recruiting campaign closure.
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Myrtle Point
Power High School Pus Hi Power Opens as Student Newspaper
The Powers High School launches The Hi Power Vol I No 1 with Scott Grandmontagne as editor in chief and a student staff including Ronny Reed Wallace Wooden Diana Gobel Julene Frye Beverly Frye Ed Magill and Danny Peterson. Advisors are H C Millard and Mrs Hazel Lewis offers guidance. The Herald applauds the venture as a potential career path for students and a useful news medium for Powers residents.
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Hi- Power
The
Powers High School
Scott Grandmontagne
Bob McMahon
Leonard Grove
Nancy Hull
Howard Post
Courtney Horney
Utterback
Ronny Reed
Wallace Wooden
Diana Gobel
Julene Frye
Beverly Frye
Ed Magill
Danny Peterson
James Gamwell
Clyde Thorpe
Hazel Lewis
H. C Millard
Herald
Hi-Power
Powers
New Dora School Nears Completion
The Dora school house two miles east of the old site nears completion and the move to the new building will occur this year. A dedication date will be set by the school board and Dora district parents. Sealed bids for the old site and teacherage will be opened March 2, after a vote to sell the old schoolhouse and grounds.
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Dora
Gfortland
Salem
T. S. Easton
Sunday Shoot Produces New John Cawrse Trophy Winner
Bill Church won with 48 24 from 16a and 24 from 31 yard line to claim the John Cawrse Trophy. It was his first leg on handicap. Ford Worsham and R Cope each posted 44, while W V Hagedorn and John Cawrse posted 43.
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John Cawrse
Bill Church
Ford Worsham
R. Copeland
W. V. Hagedorn
Mrs May Racklevy Dies Early Wednesday
Word reached from the Eastern Star Home at Forest that Mrs May Racklevy died early Wednesday morning.
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May Racklevy
Ke Eastern Star
Forest
Mra
Eisenhower Praised At COP Lincoln Day Banquet Speech
Dr. A G Dubach of Lewis and Clark College spoke at the Coos County Republican Lincoln Day event at Tioga Hotel, lauding Lincoln and Eisenhower. He defended private enterprise and initiative as core Republican values while noting the nation’s need for strong peaceful leadership. Continued on Page Seven.
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Lincoln
Eisenhower
Abraham Lincoln
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Ike Eisenhower
A. G. Dubach
Lewis and Clark College
Coos County
Republican Club
Tioga Hotel
Republican Party
Ameriin
World Day of Prayer Observed Here Friday
The World Day of Prayer will be observed Friday February 25 at 2 o clock in the Church of the Brethren. The event is sponsored by the United Church Women in the National Council of Churches with Myrtle Point Interchurch Fellowship presenting the program. The theme from John 15 4 Abide In Me guides the service.
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General Department of United Church Women
National Council of the Churches of Christ
United States
Church of the Brethren
Women of the
Myrtle Point
Interchurch Fellowship
Not the Bombs That Save America A Sermon From Babson Park
In Babson Park Massachusetts on February 10 a writer recalls Rev. John Rogers martyred in London 1555 for translating and circulating the English Bible. He recounts how Rogers aided smuggling Bibles via English food shipments and notes lessons on sacrifice, faith, and church dedication amid modern statistics. Page Fours.
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Babson Park
Mass
John Rogers
London
England
Tyn
Coverdale
Thea Jean Rogers
Rev Norman Stockett Chosen as Myrtle Point Rector
Rev Norman Stockett Jr is named by Benjamin D Dagwell to lead St Marks Episcopal Church Myrtle Point and St Pauls Powers. He succeeds Rev B Jean Clark who served Myrtle Point Powers and Coquille. Stockett previously rector Holdenville Oklahoma and served Peoria IL Streator IL and New Jersey churches.
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Myrtle Point
St. Marks Episcopal Church
Norman Stockett, Jr
Benjamin D. Dagwell
St. Marks Church
St. Pauls
Powers
B. Jean Clark
Coquille
Stockett
Holdenville
Oklahoma
Peoria
Illinois
Streator
New Jersey
Lion's Club
Catherine
To Be Free of Tob Sipe RED
The fragmentary note references Tob Sipe and a red ink mark. Details are unreadable but imply a personal or legal matter involving at least one named individual and a potential request for release or freedom. Further readable context is needed to specify actions, dates, or parties.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ground Observer Corps
Knockin
Power High School
New Dora
Messiah White
Masonic Hall
Order
Henry
Metta) Rosslow
Robert W. Davis
Florence Strode
Jesse Laird
Selah Orr
Coos Bay
Ralph Kring
Kring
Lois Tokey
Dr. Dubach
Saras Babson
Tower of London
Smithfield
Jesus
Norman Stockett
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
St. Mark’s
Ine Ead
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