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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1949
Page
8
Funeral services for Mrs. Asplund were held Friday at Coos Bay. She survived by Maud William C. Christensen of Hillsboro, Oregon. Born Astoria Oregon May 1, 1887, she graduated from Oregon State College in 1819 and moved to Coos Bay in 1819 to teach at Marshfield High School.
Fragmentary obituary and community affiliations appear beside a sale notice for a compressor outfit and a Chester White boar. Mentions of the Progressive club American Legion Auxiliary civic club Episcopalian church and a late classified ad indicate a small town newspaper page blending society notes.
A letter argues that striped bass invading the Coquille and harming trout and salmon populations, especially Chinook and steelhead, due to commercial netting and outside fishing fleets. The author calls for cooperation among commercial fishermen, season planting, and targeted action against outside trollers to protect future salmon runs for sport and net anglers.
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