Oregon Youth Leads Polio Drive in New York Tour
A young polio donor from Oregon captivates New York, meeting celebs like Joe DiMaggio and Boris Karloff, receiving a city key and gifts, and sharing a busy schedule before heading to Washington and other major cities. The child, once confined to a body trace at age three, now tours with March of Dimes aid.
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New York
Donald
Big City
Jimmy Dorsey
March of Dimes Funda
Ckates
Press Association
Joe DiMaggio
Boris Karloff
White House
New York 100
Knickerbocker Hospital
Hartford
Conn
Sonia Heniie
Lauritz Melchoir
Washington, D. C
Veterans Seek FSA Farm Aid in Coos and Curry Counties
Tolles Brudos reports a sharp rise in returning veterans and out of area farmers seeking FSA aid to set up farms in Coos and Curry counties. Many applications reviewed since V J Day, with 40 year ownership loans under Bankhead Jones sought. few suitable farms available at reasonable prices.
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Coos
Curry
Tolles Brudos
County Farm
Coquille
FSA
Brudos
Rural life needs improving to curb outmigration
Ballard argues rural schools and county unit governance in Oregon can lure youth back from cities. He stresses better farm homes and enhanced farm-wife water access as key steps. He notes long water carries and a 154 mile walk as contrasts to feasible improvements.
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Ballard
Oregon
Sitkum Gleanings and Local Updates
Sitkum notes Mrs Elmer Wilson Elton Mayse on two week navy leave and staying with Lester Durrell. Mrs Harold Mullepy ill with flu but improving. Glen and Calvin Farrin start school here. parents moved from McKinley. Mr Farma drives the school bus. Mrs Fred Baker of Shasta California visited relatives after her mother’s death. Mrs Phoebe Harry Moat funeral attended in Dora. Edwin Crowley fished on the lower Rogue river. Mrs Crowley visited her mother Mrs John Ware in Coquille. Mrs Oscar Bunch sought medical care in Coquille. Grange attendance from Sitkum included Elmer Strode and family, Oscar Bunch, Rex Brown, Ivan Laird family, and Mrs Ernest Krewson party.
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Elmer Wilson
Elton Mayse
Lester Durrell
Harold Mullepy
Glen
Calvin Farrin
McKinley
Mr Farma
Fred Baker
Shasta
California
Perley Crowley
Phoebe Harry Moat
Dora
Edwin Crowley
Rogue River
Mra Crowley
John Ware
Coquille
Oscar Bunch
Coquile
Tose
Grange
Elmer Strode
Ellen
Mildred
Florence
Rex Brown
Domma
Tommy
Ivan Laird
Lila Mae
Ernest Krewson
Sonna Jane
Pullman Service To Be Restored On Coast Run
The S Prairie announces Pullman service will resume on the Coos Bay Portland run after March 15 and will be available for trips of 350 miles or more. The service will also operate between additional coastal cities after wartime cancellations.
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S. Prairie
Coos Bay
Portland
Weather Rollercoaster Week Strikes Local Skies
The past week brought sun, rain, cold, and sleet with varying skies. Sunday offered sun by the street’s sunny side, while Monday delayed sunshine until late afternoon.
Change Offices Mrs Sprague takes new post at Eaton Feed
Mrs. Alvin Sprague, previously employed at B F Transfer, has accepted a position with Eaton Feed store on Spruce Street. She began her new duties Monday.
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Alvin Sprague
B & F Transfer
Eaton Feed
Spruce Street
Community grouping and city plans noted in local column
The passage hints at a new organized effort by a local association described as a board of trade planning upcoming housing moves and grading prep. It mentions a projected shingle mill for Coquille with 100000 shingles daily capacity and promotes souvenir spoons bearing a school house image from a show window.
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Enys
Coquille Board of Trade
Board of Trade
C L Bender
Bank of Myrtle Point expands board to seven directors
Thirty years ago the Bank of Myrtle Point increased its board from five to seven. The new slate for the year includes A J Radabaugh president E O Carter vice president R A Annin cashier with J H McClosky J D Carl P W Laird and C E Broadbent. Cashier reports a large rise in grainage business in 1916 over 1914 and total business around 1.772 million in 1915 versus 1.378 million in 1914. A H Powers and son Fred, returning to the logging camps above Powers after a Marshfield trip, note camps shut due to snow and slow activity since the first snowfall.
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Bank of
Myrtle Point
A. J. Radabaugh
E. O. Carter
R. A. Annin
J H McClosky
Norway
J D Carl
Arago
P W Laird
C. E. Broadbent
A. H. Powers and Son
Fred
Powers
Marshfield
Bridge singer to appear on KGN Hoot Hour program
Twenty years ago families in Portland tune to KGN for the Hoot Hour with Helen Murphy Billings of Bridge. she will appear with her mother Mrs C S Murphy. Leander Smith travels to Mable Oregon to promote welfare work at the Church of the Brethren, aiding an orphan family. Myrtle Point Union High School buys a new Schubert piano for student use and auditorium programs. Boy Scouts meet Mondays at 7 pm under Rev Omar Idso, with meeting location to be posted at the grammar school. open to boys over 12 and under 18, conducted per Scout rules.
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Helen Murphy Billings
Bridge
KGN
Portland
C S. Murphy
Helen
Leander Smith
Mable
Ore
Church of the Brethren
Myrtle Point Union High School
Omar Idso
Bridge under construction across Middle Fork Coquille River peers
PWA workers under county supervision rebuild the bridge across the Middle Fork of the Coquille River. The structure will be much wider when finished. Robert Clarke and Leonard Ranton prepare for a 10 day tour with the Willamette University Song Men. Ray Guerin sustains a left shoulder injury at the Morrison and Kerber logging camp. An open meeting for the Townsend club is announced with a past president and a program including piano, vocal duet, mandoline, and a choir performance.
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Coquite River
PWA
Robert Clarke
O H Clarke
Leonard Ranton
Wilamette University
Portland
Ray
Jasper) Guerin
Morrison & Kerber
Eckley
Guerin
Mast Hospital
Townsend Club
Saue
A. A. Schriefer
Luella Allen
Townsend
Clarke
A. H. Bender
Herman Nelson
Mra W Lee Ray
Notice of Final Account in Estate of Isaac Barklow
The administratrix Cassa Barklow of Isaac Barklow deceased has filed her final account with Coos County Court Oregon. A hearing on the account and estate settlement is set for February 26, 1946 at 10:00 AM in Coquille. First publication January 24, 1946.
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State of
Oregon
Coos
William H Manwaring
W H. Manwaring
Isaac Barklow
Coos County
Coquille
Coons County
Cassa Barklow
Adminiatratrix Orb
Edwin J. Weed
Coon County
James E. Wood
Ous
Notice of Sale of Land Acquired by Delinquent Taxes Oregon 1946
Notice of sale by Coos County Oregon Sheriff under an order of sale dated January 29 1946 for NASBURGs Addition to Marshfield now Coos Bay Lot 12 Block 25 with minimum price 2368.75. Sale at 10 a m March 2 1946 at Coquille courthouse front door. cash or 30 percent cash with balance under written agreement. 6 percent interest on deferred payments. No sale below minimum price. Dated Coquille January 30 1946. WM F Howell Sheriff.
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State of
Oregon
Coos
Nasburg
Marshfield
Coquille
County of
Coquille Coos County
WM F Howell
Coos County
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