Myrtle Point Sees Major Tourist Growth and New Investments
A long article praises Myrtle Point as a near‑untouched frontier with rising tourist potential. It notes a 6‑unit motel and a modern variety store recent openings, forecasts highway improvements, and envisions widespread camping, tours of local mills and forests, and increased tourist accommodations to meet future demand.
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Myrtle Point
Sun
America
Bend of the Great National Forests
Honeyman State Park
Florence
Highway 101
Myrtle Powe
Wth
Baltimore
Exporting TVA Success to Aid Nations Prompts Debate
The Saturday Evening Post comments that private investment drives most American electric power progress despite TVA's tax funded model. It argues the US should export free enterprise ideals rather than push socialism abroad while fighting communism at great cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley Authority
Saturday Evening Post
TVA
Post
Idaho Power Company
Hell Canyon
Outdoor Rambli By LANS LENEVE
No doubt most Waltonians in Coos and Curry counties know Floras Lake a beautiful body of water crossing not far from the surf of the broad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lans Leneve
Coos and
Cary Counties
Floras Lake
Lakeside fishing lore hints at bass riches
The article notes a lake famous for rainbow and cutthroat trout also holds large mouth bass in abundance. It mentions bass up to about six pounds and reflects on bass fishermen’s interest in pursuing these bass alongside the lake’s better known species.
Modern church design questioned by Pittsburgh conference
A 1961 critique argues that ultra functionalism in church architecture produces identities like post offices and drive-in restaurants. It warns that aesthetic choices may erode enduring religious charm while stressing the church’s role as a stable, timeless institution in uncertain times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Wisconsin
Fox-Hole
Pittsburgh
America
Japaneer
Mars
General Features Corp
Floras Lake Angling Spotlight Baffles Locals
Advertisers have overlooked Floras Lake as a bass fishing haven. The lake sits about two and a half miles southwest of Langlois with accessible routes from Highway 101 via two gravel roads past Floras Creek and Willow Creek bridges.
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Floras Lake
Langlois
Floras Crevck
Willow Creek
Denmark
Two Wrecks Involve Yi Pr le: Qme ll Ho
The Valley community recounts two wrecks and a bed cut incident involving Mrs. Iven Laird and Mrs. Jones while residents recall visits, weddings, and family connections. Local names include Allan Leied Jelius Benham Edwin Crowley and Ray Shelton with trips to North Bend and Medford over a weekend.
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Jones
Elmer Strode
Pattie
Jelius Benham
Rosewat
der Seether Cnd
Harvey
Bobby Clark
Medford
Wilson Clark
Ivan Laird
McKinley Grange
Funeral notes and obituary mention for Charles Thompson
Sunday afternoon a guest book shows about 60 attendees for a memorial service. Mary Leifeste was driven to Sacred Heart hospital in Eugene by Pastor and Mrs. Keith Potts and is listed in Room 452.
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Charles Thompson
Keith Potts
Mary Leifeste
Eugene
Sacred Heart Hospital
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Paul Harvey
Mrs. Iven Laird
Allan and
Calvin Leied
George Linn Insurance
Oregon
R. R
Jerry” Shiplee
Roger Lee Jewelers
North Bend
Peo
Ple
Mr. Shiplee
Pp&l
Pp&l Electric
Pacific Power & Light
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