Girls Visit Historic US Scenes On Heritage Bus Tour
Celia Caughell and Armine Guerin, high school seniors, recently returned from an 18 day American Heritage tour to the eastern coast with 37 students and five chaperones. Stops included the Freedom Trail in Boston and Washington, DC, with visits to Harvard University and the United Nations.
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Celia Caughell
Jack Caughell
Powers
Armine Guerin
Tom Guerin
East Coast
Weeter States
Chicago
Boston
Oregon
Mr. Vernon
White House
Stock Exchange
New York
Wall Street
United Nations
Harvard University
Christian
School Board Cuts Levy to Boost Basic Education Funds
Coos Bay Oregon district 41 trims operating tax levy by 108 363 28 and leaves adjusted levy at 98 for the school year pending Senate Bill 429 approval. Superintendent Joe Stewart cites state basic school support increases estimated between 968 000 and 970 000 as needed to balance the district budget with county funds and local sources.
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Elks Plan Festive Annual Summer Eve Dance
Elaborate plans are underway for the Coquille Valley Elks summer dance event described as the season’s social highlight with details on venue and festivities to follow.
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Elks Plan
Coquille Val
Governor Declares National Farm Safety Week
Governor Mark Hatfield proclaims National Farm Safety Week with a theme stressing inspection plus correction. He urges rural residents to adopt safe practices in farm machinery use to save lives, reduce injuries, and protect the economy.
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Mark Hatfield
Gov. Hatfield
Georgia-Pacific Posts Record Sales Earnings and Cash Flow
Georgia-Pacific reports the first half of 1963 as the most successful period in its history with a 33.1 percent rise in sales 14 percent higher earnings and an 18.9 percent gain in cash flow versus 1962. The merger with Puget Sound Pulp & Timber Co is noted along with timber assets and a Fordyce Arkansas purchase and a new Yellow Pine plywood plant.
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Forest Products Corporation
Georgia-Pacific
Puget Sound Pulp & Timber Co
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Puget Sound
Ketchikan Pulp Company
Washington
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Ketchikan
Alaska
Tongass National Forest
United States
Padget Sound
Novigee
Fordyce Lumber Company
Fordyce
Arkansas
Crossett
High Voltage Incident Saves Boy After Fire and Falls
Allen Bartlett quickly administered first aid to Wayne Dickie Cook after a high voltage shock knocked him into a barbed wire fence and burned three boys, including Dickie. Dickie was transported to Mast hospital with burns but survived. others suffered minor injuries.
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Allen Bartlett
Wayne
Dickie
Dannie Wooley
Raymond Daniels
Allen
Donnie Wooley
Schroeder
Mast Hospital
Gene Bartlett
Unmarked Graves Sought by Myrtle Point Cemetery Board
The Myrtle Point Cemetery Improvement Board urged citizens to report unmarked graves to secretary Ernest Amling at Schroeder's mortuary. Attendees included George M. Brown Gus W. Metzgus Jim Howe Bill Dow ning Rev. Glen E. Mayhew and others. The board discussed leveling filling and upgrading plantings and the prohibition on altering any grave site or its improvements.
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Myrtle Point Cemetery
Lehmanowsky
Mayhew
State Highway Engineer Tours Highway 42 Projects
State Highway Engineer Yurrest Cooper toured Highway 42 projects with Bobby D. Johnson on Friday. Cooper reported construction is progressing on schedule.
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Yurrest Cooper
Bobby D. Johnson
Cooper
Local group presses for Fairview site in Basin study
Fred Hagelstein county agent and secretary of the Coos County Soil and Water conservation committee writes to the Corp of Army Engineers dated July 22 expressing dissatisfaction with the Coquille River Basin study. The committee urges higher priority for the Fairview flood control dam site and notes persistent Coquille Valley flood risks.
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Corp of Army Engineers
Coos County
Soil and Water Committee
Coquille River Basin
Tennis Start Monday Morning Opens for All Youth
Boys and girls interested in tennis are invited to join a Monday morning program this summer sponsored by the Olympic committee. The event aims to start sessions for beginners and enthusiasts alike.
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