Chamber forms Myrtle Point Local Development Company plan
At a meeting the Myrtle Point Chamber moved to form a Local Development Company LDC to pursue industrial sites and projects The plan aims to sell at least 10 000 in stock creating 960 000 purchasing power per 10 000 local capital and SBA support may cover up to 80% The LDC could reach 850 000 financing if fully capitalized without extra legal steps EK notes capitalization can be adjusted later through a legal process
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle
Point Chamber of Commerce
SBA
Local Development Company
LDC
Coquille Chamber Studies Extended Area Service Feasibility
Industrial Development representatives Dale Rongey Dale Westbay and Art Eglehoff discussed a study requested by the Coquille Chamber of Commerce to assess extended area service from Coquille to Coos Bay Bandon Myrtle Point and Powers. Rongey noted four calls per month per subscriber as a basis for a broader survey while the utility emphasized a neutral stance and FCC approval requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Rongey
Dale Westbay
Coos Bay
Art Eglehoff
Coquille Chamber of Commerce
Coquille Chamber
Bandon
Myrtle Point
Powers
Rongey
Two Car Crash on Highway 42 Injures Two
A New Year’s Eve two car collision north of Myrtle Point left two injured. Elbert Schroeder of Coquille drove the car and Lester A. Gilpatrick headed the pickup. Gilpatrick’s four year old daughter Trinia was treated at Mast Hospital then Sacred Heart in Eugene for a head injury and is reported in good condition. Schroeder was taken to North Bend Keizer hospital with a fractured leg and other possible vertebrae injuries and is improving.
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Highway 42
Myrtle Point
Elbert Schroeder
Coquille
Lester A. Gilpatrick
Gilpatrick
Trinia
Mast Hospital
Eugene Sacred Heart Hospital
Schroeder
North Bend Keizer Hospital
Miller named Outstanding Trainee at Ft Sam Houston
Bruce B Miller of Sitkum Route Myrtle Point graduate and 1961 high school leader earns Outstanding Trainee honors in Company C 2nd Battalion USAMEDTC. He scored 937 of 1000 on a broad set of tests and was praised for military bearing and academic achievement.
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Miller
Ft. Houston
Orvus Bruce Miller
Orvus Miller
Box 36
Sitkum
Myrtle Point High
Ft. Sam Houston
Bruce
Bridge
Army
Company C
The
Usamedtc
Charles C, Pixiey
Medical Corps
Orvus B. Miller
U.S. Army Medical Training Center
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Pvt
2Nd Battalion, Training Center
Ft. Sem Houstoh, Tex
Weather records crown Myrtle Point December as wettest year
The Myrtle Point area ended 1969 with 12.87 inches of moisture in December, the wettest month of the year while August saw no measurable precipitation and July only 0.06. Total yearly rainfall reached 47.87 inches, below the nine year average of 50.15. The year featured two drought months, heavy early January snows, and a flood crest of the South Fork Coquille River at 42.63 feet on December 21.
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Myrtle Point
Coquille
Bloodmobile to Visit Myrtle Crest Gym on Jan 19
The bloodmobile will be at Myrtle Crest Gym on January 19 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Lions Club and Rotary Club run a donor drive to recruit the most donors. Call Curt Beckham or Mrs. Robert Dellefsen for blood replacement information. Flora M. Laird Library closes Friday January 9 for inventory.
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Myrtle Crest Gym
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Curt Beckham
Robert Dellefsen
Flora M. Laird
Congress to Meet Tuesday About School District 41 Questionnaire
Community Congress for Progress will meet at city hall at 7 50 p m Tuesday to finalize tentative questions for a questionnaire on education and recreation in School District 41. Committee heads will present initial questions under chairman Mel Zumwalt.
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Community Congress For Progress
City Hall
Mel Zumwalt
Council weighs full time dispatcher option
City Council committee to study employing full time emergency service dispatchers for police fire ambulance and public works at the January 6 meeting. Current dispatching is from the recorder’s office and a private home after hours. John Dayton and Milton Schroeder reappointed to four year terms on the budget committee. Union Oil Co. awarded 1970 fuel contract at 13.9 cents per gallon. Standard Oil Co. the only other quote at 14 cents. Federal aid application for sewage and water system upgrades totals 347500.00.
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Council
Police Department
Fire Department
Ambulance
Public Works
Recorder’s Office
Clarence Ralph
John Dayton
Milton Schroeder
Union Oil Co
Standard Ol Co
Ben Nichols
Governor McCall Names Coos Curry Council of Governments
Governor Tom McCall designates Coos Curry Council of Governments as the regional planning clearinghouse for Oregon Administrative District 7 covering Coos and Curry Counties. The agency aims to align federal grant applications with state regional planning, aiding reviews under Budget Circular A-95 and supporting a statewide, coordinated planning program.
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McCall
Coos-Curry Council of
Coos-Curry
Oregon
Council of Governments
Columbia River
Plenning
Seid
Confor
Coos and
Curry Counties
Bureau of the Budget
Dellenback Tours Oregon Coast Legislator Progress Report
Congressman Dellenback visited Gold Beach Brookings and Coos Bay area towns then spoke on the 91st Congress in Prosper Hall SWOCC at noon. He held a Myrtle Point coffee hour at Colony Restaurant and hosted media at a Coos Bay Gianer meeting before an 8pm session with the Chamber of Commerce open to the public.
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John Dellenback
Gold Beach
Brookings
Coosern College
Coquille and
Point
Dellenback
Prosper Hall
Swocc
Myrtle Point
Colony
Gianer
Courte
Coos Bay
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Chamber
Federal Communications Commission
General Telephone Company
Spruce School
Oregon College of Education
Monmouth
National Honor Society
Oregon Education Assn
National Educational Asen
Myrtle Grange
L0.c.f
Rope Re Ienvers
Army Medical Service Team
Company C 2Nd Batalion
Ub, Army Medical Department
Charles C. Pixley
Eia
Congress
Robert Mason
Council of Governments’ Campmen
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