They Deserve a Thank You for Storm Response
After Myrtle Point endured its worst snow storm, Coos District PP and L brought seventy outside workers to form nine full crews to restore power. Crews operated round the clock from Saturday night to Tuesday to restart pumps at the water filtering plant and prevent a water shortage. Hospitals homes for the aged and essential city services were prioritized as crews cleared streets and handled emergencies.
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Myrtle Point
Coos District
PP &L
Broadbent Snowstorm Halts Community Activities
Broadbent faced a record snow storm on Saturday with power outages and downed lines. Farmers used tractors for transport while locals aided neighbors and nurses tended beds as illness and school closures followed.
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Broadbent
Wm. van Rooyen
Glenn Gulstrom
Mast Hospital
Clyde Cook 71 Dies. Myrtle Point Resident
Funeral services pending for Clyde Cook 71 who died January 27 1969 at Mast Hospital Born Gold Beach April 5 1897 lived in Myrtle Point 20 years Veteran of WWI Retired logger and park maintenance worker for the City of Myrtle Point Survived by wife Flossie son Lawrence brother Schyler Amos Chehalis Wash sisters May Bennett Sadie Wilder and three grandchildren
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Clyde Cook
Mast Hospital
Mr. Cook
Gold Beach
Myrtle Point
PP&L Safety Awards Dinner Honors Five and a Half Year Streak
PP&L Coos Bay district employees with five and a half years of work without a time loss accident will be honored at a safety awards dinner on Wednesday February 5 at the Pony Village Motor Inn in North Bend. Local manager Bill Head notes the last time-loss accident was June 18 1963 and more than 758 664 man working hours have passed since. The Coos Bay district employs about 59 people across Coos Bay North Bend Coquille and Myrtle Point.
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Coos Bay
North Bend
Coquille
Myrtle Point
Freedom and Responsibility in a Free Nation Letter
A reader argues Americans feel enslaved not by law but by unwise desires. The piece questions freedom in speech religion press and work, then cites family roles and materialism as constraints. It asserts true independence rests on understanding, honor, faith, and restraint rather than law alone.
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America
Vietnam
Music courses open at Southwestern Oregon Community College
Southwestern Oregon Community College offers basic piano adult beginners band and recorder ensemble this term. Guitar intro is filled. Piano runs two sessions with instructor David Smith in Coaledo Hall. Band meets Mondays 7 30 to 9 30 p.m. Cost 9 dollars. Recorder ensemble costs 6 dollars.
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Southwestern Oregon Community College
Coaledo Hall
David Smith
Frank Leuck
Leuck
Coaledo
Hall
Senators Discuss Taxes Education and Agency Oversight
Senator Si hn Dement reports from Salem noting appointment to the Agriculture Committee and tax measures as a top Capitol issue. He describes bill types and committee actions, plus a January 18 Marine Biology Lab visit and Hillcrest School tour with a panel on society’s view of girls in trouble and corrections work at Oregon schools.
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Senate
Debbs’ Potts
Agriculture Committee
Congress
Mittee
Loase
House
Marine Biology Lab
Newport
Hillcrest School
Fred C. Gast
National Federation of Women’s Clubs
John J. Galvin
Oregon Diversion of Corrections
Edna L. Goodrich
Maple Lae School For Girls
Centralia
Wash
Jean
L. Lewis
Multeomeh
Marge Davenport
Oregon Journal
Leslie Denton
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Coos Bay
Recetor
Episcopal
Oregon State University
Corrections Division
Hillcrest
McLaren Schools
Charles Pfeiffer
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P. O
Ore
Audrey Shirley
Edward Piel
Marie Nichols
Janice Wilson
NG Weaker Association
Association
Mrs. Dale Hoffman
George Hall
Portland
Carol Kay
Arago
Bridge
Geology 4-H
F. H. Thompson
Gaylord
Adriene
Wayne Watsom
Roseburg
Wineton
Dale Hoffman
Timmy
Susan
Jon
John Koch
Linda
Mr. Koch
Pp&l Safety
Stern
Sealy
Myrtle Poin
SWOCC
Si Hn Dement
Salem
Sam Ogre
Rexall
Anapac
Jel
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