Coos County Homemakers prepare grab bag sale items
Coos County Homemakers from 28 Extension Units craft towels, crocheted doilies and more for the annual Grab-Bag sale at the Coos County Fair to fund the Homemakers Festival during National Home Demonstration Week. County Committee members meet July 23 to wrap items.
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Coos County
Ray Waterman
Fourmile
Ernest Hartman
Eastside
Vernon Liles
Coquille
Albert R Smith
Catching Inlet
Harry McDonald
Charleston
Russell Gallia
North Bend
How to Choose Cantaloupes at the Market
Tips on selecting cantaloupes focus on surface netting that should be coarse and gray, a scar at the stem end that is slightly shrunken and calloused, and rind color changing from dark green to a lighter gray or yellow shade. Prices are good and supply is ample.
OSC Grants 4000 For Douglas Fir Genetics Study
Oregon State College will study Pacific Northwest Douglas fir genetics with a $4,000 one year grant from the Forest Genetics Research Foundation. Helge Irgens-Moller, OSC graduate student, will lead the work under dean W F McCulloch. The grant was provided by Prentice Bloedel and routed through Stephen N Wyc koff.
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Oregon State College
Pacific Northwest
Oxyegon State College
Forest Genetics Research Foundation
Berkley
Calif
Helge Irgens-Moller
OSC
OSC Forest Experiment Station
W F McCulloch
OSC School of Forestry
Prentice Bloedel
Bloedel
Washington
Stephen N Wyckoff
Irgens- Moller
USC
Genetic Study Probes Douglas Fir Variation And Bud Burst
The report outlines research by a geneticist studying racial variation in Douglas fir and inheritance of traits. Projects include how daylength affects bud bursting, how far planting stock can be moved, and responses of strains to differing days. Samples from the Pacific Northwest will be planted at OSC for study. Irgens-Molier’s background includes Denmark and Harvard forest genetics before joining USC in June.
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Pacific Northwest
OSC
Irgens-Molier
Denmark
Cabot Foundation For Botanical Research
Harvard University
USC
Forest Experiment
Oregon State Fair Textile Dept. Eyes Big Turnout
Mrs Edna Ullman, superintendent of textile competition, predicts many homemakers will spend a full day in the Textile Department at the 1956 Oregon State Fair. The fair opens September 1 and runs through September 8 at the State Fairgrounds in Salem.
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Salem
Edna Ullman
Ullman
State Fair Textile Dept Highlights Oregon Entries
The textile department attracts about 400 workers from across Oregon with nearly 100 entries last year and no entry fee. It features 17 divisions from baby items to towels and mats, with 8 to 38 classifications per department and cash prizes from seven to one dollars. Glamour items bugs and quilts will rise nearly 50 percent at the 1956 State Fair.
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Ally
Oregon
Powers Residents Elect Royal Neighbors Officers
Mrs Jerry Hills resigned as Oracle of Royal Neighbors at a Powers meeting. Mrs Charles Stallard was named to finish the year as Oracle and Mrs Kenneth McKenzie becomes vice oracle. Hills and Stallard served refreshment as bone china cups were presented. Over 100 attended the Lions Club annual picnic at Clark beach with a potluck dinner and prizes for tug of war and a juvenile race.
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Jerry Hills
Royal Neighbors
Charles Stallard
Kenneth McKenzie
Stallard
Hills
Lions’ Club
Clark Beach
Orchard Park
Lions
Jeff Daniels
Betty Bagley
James Kelland
Coos Bay
Jerry
Powers
BPW Club
Catching Creek Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs Emerson Whitney and guests visited Bill Reisenhuber on Friday evening. Brookings residents Earl Breuer and family joined John and Vern Breuer families for a weekend gathering. The group toured Gold and Silver Falls on Sunday and celebrated Harris and Northup anniversaries earlier in the week. Additional visits included Grenbremmer, Johnsons, Lakeys, Ralphs, Cupinski family, and Frank Rema. Connie and Calvin Higgins stayed with Lona.
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Keith Northup
Emerson Whitney
Bill Reisenhuber
Earl Breuer
Brookings
John Breuer
Vern Breuer
Gold and Silver Falls
Local residents and visitors greet friends in Langlois and Grants Pass
Edwards and George Edwards of Langlois visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Frank Northup and children stop by the Keith Northups Friday evening. Miss Corrine Reisenhuber leaves for a short visit with relatives at Westlake. Roger Edwards of Langlois visits grandparents, Mr and Mrs Charlie Harris of Floral Creek. Mr and Mrs Earl Ward drive to Grants Pass to visit friends.
Community Visits Highlight Weekend Travel and Family Visits
Sitkum News notes Mr and Mrs Tom Leifeste and Mary traveled to Cannon Beach last Thursday to fetch Peggy after her Village Missions conference then visited Victoria B C. W A Nickason spent the weekend with daughter Duane Netland and family in Myrtle Point. Charles Wilson joined Bud Ansen at Coos Bay Saturday and visited Alden Bright in Roseburg Sunday. Dick Clayton and family returned to Coquille after two weeks with his parents. Doc Clayton and Edwin Crowley visited Edwin's mother in Mast Hospital Sunday before she returned home to Riverton Monday. Elmer Wilson attended church at Camp Myrtlewood and toured the North Umpqua to Streamboat and Glide, visiting Dee Coon and family and Dale Wilson in Roseburg. Stephen Sapp of Coquille visited Earl Wilson Friday night.
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Tom Leifeste
Mary
Cannon Beach
Peggy
Village Missions
Victoria
W A Nickason
Duane Netland
Myrtle Point
Charles Wilson
Bud Ansen
Coos Bay
Dale
Janet
Alden Bright
Roseburg
Dick Clayton
Douglas
Shirley
Sandra
Coquille
Doc" Clayton
Edwin Crowley
Edwin
Mast Hospital
Riverton
Elmer Wilson
Camp Myrtlewood
Bridge
North Umpqua
Glide
Dee Coon
Dale Wilson
Stephen Sapp
Earl Wilson
4H Camp Opens at Camp Myrtlewood Near Bridge
Coos Curry and Douglas counties prepare for a comic strip character camp with sessions starting July 23 for younger members and July 20 to August 4 for older youth. A 4-H livestock and crops tour yields top placers led by David Rood Paula Lancaster and Mary Ellen Davenport with Sonny Christensen as alternate.
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Coos, Curray
Douglas
Camp Myrtlewood
Bridge
David Rood
Coos River
Paula Lancaster
Remote
Bruce Miller
Garrelford
Mary Ellen Davenport
Myrtle Point
Sth
Jim Ross
Paul Weeks
Greenacres
Roger Road
Sam Roderick
Joanne Davenport
Gens Mast
McKinley
Sonny Christensen
Coquille
Valeria Erwin
North Bend
Coos County
Gene Mast
State Fair
Pacific International
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Chai
Henry , A. Schroeder & Sons
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James Gamwell
George Rubin
Eddie Rubins
Eugene
Howard Hatton
Fred Baland
San California
Carey Bones
Ford Worsham
Bones
Floyd Summers
J. F Johnson
Carl Stewart
William McLyman
Thos Brierly
C P Easley
Roy Appleton
Bruce Evans
J F Johnson
Worsham
Myrtlegrove
Jay Waldren
Laura Lea
Denver
Colorado
Jeff McLyman
Los Angeles
Wm McLyman
Warren Harding
Wisconsin
A. I. Burch
Canada
Portland
Dorothy Duering
Lebanon
Dick McKibben
Rueb Stevens
Sitkum News
Bell ¢ Howell
Sen Ein
Sempert
Myrtle Point, Ore
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Oscar Mayer
Nergall
Kelloggs Corn
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