Class of 1918 Reunion Honors Faculty and Guests
The 1918 alumni reunion hosts Dr. and Mrs. Victor P. Morris of Eugene and Dr. and Mrs. John Gary of La Center Washington as guests of honor at a Saturday open house 2 to 5 30 p m at 585 Fifth Street Wallace Dement's home. The dinner at 7:00 p m at the Masonic Lodge salutes their teaching and administration careers. Dr. Morris works on the Seventh Oregon Clergy Conference on Economic Education August 25 29 1968. Dr. Gary serves as secretary treasurer of the Aaron M. Frank Scholarship Foundation Inc. and was Myrtle Point high school principal in 1918. The no host dinner invites all earlier classes and out of town members. phone numbers are listed for contact. The celebration closes with a Sunday noon Alumni Association picnic at Rotary Park with coffee and Kool-Aid provided and each family bringing one table setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor P. Morris
Eugene
John Gary
la Center
Wash
Alumni Association
Wallace Dement
Fifth Street
Masonic Lodge
Morris
University of Oregon
Division of High Education
Oregon Clergy Conference
Gary
Sec
Aaron M. Frank Scholarship Foundation, Inc
Portland
Ore
Myrtle Point High School
Rotary Park
Elks Leader Phil Alborn Heads to National Convention
Exalted Ruler Phil Alborn will represent Coquille Valley Elks Lodge 1935 as official delegate with his wife Carol. They travel from Coquille Valley to Portland then fly nonstop to New York City on July 12 with United Airlines and return July 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Alborn
Coquille Valley
4 H Dairy Program Boosts Farm Income Across States
The national 4 H Dairy program supervised by the Cooperative Extension Service aids dairy farm families with 4 H members under 19 by delivering modern production techniques animal health and breeding knowledge and judging guidance. State and national competition require three or more years in 4 H and age 14 or older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperative Extension Service
Oliver Corporation
Chicago
Waterloo
Iowa
Former mayor dies in accident at 76 in Oregon
Elvin Bill Eads died July 6 1968 in Medford Oregon aged 76 born October 27 1891 in McMinnville Oregon. He lived in Myrtle Point since 1923 operated Eads Garage over 36 years. He served as councilman 1944 1954 and mayor 1956 56. Survived by Nellie wife Jack L Eads son Dorothy Stephanson daughter four grandchildren. Service held July 9 1968 Myrtle Point Chapel and private interment July 10 1968 Roseburg Memorial Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvin
Bill) Eads
Medford
Oregon
Mr. Eads
McMinnville
Myrtle Point
Ead
American Legion
B.p.o.e.-Coquille Valley Elks No. 1935
Nellie Eads
Jack L. Eads
Dorothy Stephanson
Edmonds
Washington
Myrtle Point Chapel
Tom Coffman
R.ldg. Church
Roseburg Memorial Garden
Red Cross Swim Classes Registration in Myrtle Point
Registration for Red Cross swimming classes in Myrtle Point is Friday July 12 at City Hall from 2 to 4 p.m. The July 15 to 26 session offers beginner and intermediate groups with age based times and an adult class. A school bus will transport participants from Maple Primary School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Myrtle Point
Maple Primary School
Shad and Striped Bass Tagged In Coos Bay Study
Biologists from the Oregon Fish Commission tag shad and striped bass in Coos Bay to study life histories. Several hundred fish have yellow spaghetti tags so far this season. Biologist Ed Cummings urges fishermen to return any tags with date and catch area to the Charleston Research Laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos Bay
Oregon Fish Commission
Ed Cummings
Charleston Research Laboratory
Oregon Fish Commission Research Laboratory
Charleston
Oregon
Fish Commission study funded under Anadromous Fisheries Act terms
The Fish Commission study is financed partly with federal funds under Public Law 80 304. The tagging program gathers data on shad and striped bass in Coos Bay. Information on commercial catch fishing intensity age composition sex ratios spawning history and juvenile ecology continues for the Sluslaw Umpqua Smith Coquille rivers and the Coos system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Fish Commission
Coos Bay
Sluslaw
Umpqua
Smith
Coquille
Coos System
Wig Wam Bakery Opens in Old Sears Building
The Wig Wam Bakery opens Monday in the old Sears building operated by Mr. and Mrs. John Wright. They offer fresh baked goods plus coffee under the name Coffee and Donvuts. The Wrights, formerly of Roseburg, ran a Livingston Montana bakery and live at 643 7th B Myrtle Point with four daughters Cynthia 13 Carolyn 12 Cheri 9 Candies 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
John Wright
Wrights
Roseburg
Livingston
Montana
Cynthia
Carolyn
Cheri
Candies
Myrtle Poiat
Timber Sales by Powers District Total 25.8 Million Bf in June 1968
Six timber sales totaling 25,800,000 board feet were sold in June 1968 by the Powers District of the Siskiyou National Forest to support local industry. Total appraised value was 9991,125.50 and total sale value 1,069,000.76. The largest sale moved 15,600,000 board feet for 1,137,276.00. the smallest 160,000 for 10,697.78. Douglas fir dominated. the highest bid for old growth was 108.00 per thousand board feet and the lowest for second growth was 85.00 per M. All but the smallest sale were sold under Domestic Manufacturing requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers District
Siskiyou National Forest
Secretary of Agriculture
Adult Driving Classes Offered in Oregon
Adults may learn to drive under a trained instructor with flexible class times. No student must take more lessons than needed. A valid Oregon learner's permit is required. For more information call Marv Scherpf at 572-5965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Marv Scherpf
Tennis Lessons Begin At Rotary Park In Myrtle Point
The city sponsors a summer recreation tennis program at Rotary Park on Monday July 15 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Becki Mast will instruct all ages and participants should bring their own racquets and tennis balls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Park
Becki Mast
Myrtle Point
Campaign to clean public lands launched at Outdoor Writers meet
Boyd L. Rasmussen of the Interior Department announced a top to bottom cleanup campaign at the 41st Outdoor Writers Association of America convention in Pine Mountain Georgia. He unveiled a new symbol Johnny Horizon to personify the effort and urged Americans to protect and enjoy public lands while recreation use grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd L. Rasmussen
Interior Department
Bureau of Land Management
Outdoor Writers Association of America
Rasmussen
Pine Mountain
Georgia
Johnny Horizon
Rasmeseon
Former Resident Bottorff Died In Oregon Lake Drowning
Robert Lewis Bottorff 33 of Bax¬4 South Coos River Coos Bay drowned July 4 around 1 10 p m in Cleavox Lake south of Flo Lane County Oregon. He and half brother Dan Russell 18 were attempting to swim across from the north side bath house when Bottorff began to sink. Russell could not keep him afloat. Don Wesley Long Florence swam to the scene and assisted with recovery. Bottorff pronounced dead at Western Lane Hospital Florence. Funeral services held July 7 and private interment July 10 in Norway Cemetery. Bottorff born April 28 1945 Los Angeles Calif. He worked for Weyerhaeuser as a hoist driver and was a member of WA 3261 North Bend. Survived by Jennifer Ann his wife a son Eric Lewis and a daughter Ellenis Dione his father Orville E Bottorff Newport Beach Calif mother d Ariyne Russell Coos Bay stepfather Ed Russell Arago brothers Dan Russell U S Naval Hospital Oak Knoll Calif Tom Russell Arago and grandparents Mr and Mrs Joseph Cates St Louis Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bottorff
Coos River
Coos Bay
Cleavox Lake
Flo- Lane County
Oregon
Bottorff
Dan Russell
Bath House
Russell
Don Wesley Long
Florence
Don Timoney
Lane County
Timoney
Long
Western Lane Hospital
Myrtle Point
Schroeder Mortuary
Riverside Chapel
Robert Lewis Bottorff
Norway Cemetery
Harold Smith
First Christian Church
Los Angeles
Calif
Weyerhaeuser
Medicare Home Health Services Expanding in Coos County
Medicare begins its third year on July 1 1968 at the Coos County Health Department Home Health Agency. Benefits include part time skilled nursing and home health aides with visits billed at 12 dollars each from July 1 1968, following 97 60 per visit since 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos County
Home Health Agency Service
Medicare Health Insurance
The
Home Health Agency
Public Health
World Champion Log Truck Driver Named at Albany Carnival
Bob Gilliland, representing Clackamas County and the Oregon Log Truckers Association, won the first annual World Champion Log Truck Driver contest held during the Albany Timber Carnival over the Fourth of July weekend. He outperformed five other top finalists from twelve counties and earned the title amid sponsorship by the Oregon Log Truckers Association and Ale. Ramnow of Lincoln City took second, followed by Burt Ward of Albany, Ron Reed of Myrtle Point, and Keith Gelder of Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Gillilana
Clackamas County
Oregon Log Truckers Association
Albany Timber Carnival
Gilliland
Pine
Bill
Ramnow
Lincoln City
Burt Ward
Albany
Ron Reed
Myrtle Point
Keith Gelder
Springfield
Landmark Myrtle Point hall recalls early church and Legion history
The former sanctuary at Magpie and Seventh streets, built by the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints, became home to American Legion Post No. 38 after World War I. Noted builders Charles McCracken and Verlin K. Hormeana, both Myrtle Point residents, contributed historical and photographic details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Post No. 38
Myrtle Point
Magpie
Seventh Streets
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints
Samuel Giles
Daniel Giles
I Coos County
Faseful Gist
Galt Lake City
Mermen Tabernacles
Four Byrne Gospel Church
Seton
Reimar
American Legion
C. J. Gop Morgan
Legion Post
Charles McCracken
Thomas Dickson
Church of Latter Day Saints
McCrechen
Verlin K. Hermann
Broadbent
Oregon
Oregon Log Truckers Convention Sets Aug 17 18
The Oregon Log Truckers Association holds its second annual convention August 17 and 18 at the Merion Motor Hotel. Special guest Al Allinea, a Ways and Means Committee member, will discuss proposals affecting log truckers and their spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Log Truckers Association
Merion Motor Hotel
Exman
al Allinea
Committee On Ways and Means
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lloyd Jarvis
Oliver
U.S
Alborn’s
New York Hilton
New York
Benevolent Pertective Order of Elks
Lewis W. Walt
U.S. Marine Corps
Viet Nam
Elks
New York City
New Bakery
Sale
Medicare
Salmon River
Reed
Maley & Maley Trucking
Geideer
Dan Dement
Myrthe Point
Wiliam J. Mamilton, Jr
Salem
Robert Coblents
Willamina
A. J. My
Rick
Esteenday
Deen Rewly
Oregon City
Kenneth Christensen
Lebtenca
Canaries Ku
Charles McCracken and
Verlin K. Hormeana
Truckers’ Convention
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