Port Orford Meteorite Campout Promises Clues to Lost Find
Recreation report notes mild conditions in Powers District with open roads and half full campgrounds. A July 23–25 campout at China Flat marks the first Port Orford Meteorite Association meeting and invites attendees to hear search wind stories and possible clues to the famed 22,000 pound meteorite hidden near Bald Mountain.
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Powers
Port Orford
China Flat
Powers District
POMA
Port Orford Meteorite Association
L. J. Costelloe
Mable Brady 88 Dies in Myrtle Point After Coos County Residency
Mable Brady 88 of Coos County died July 25 in Myrtle Point Convalescent Home. Born November 14 1882 in Osborn County Kansas she leaves a son Lawrence Brady Powers Ore daughters Florence Schoonover San Diego Nan Cousens Castro Valley Madge Bailey San Diego brothers Leonard Smith Coos Bay Elmer Smith Roseburg sister Myrtle Wallert Eugene 51x grandchildren 14 great grandchildren Funeral services to be held in San Diego Calif A former Powers resident Eureka L Coy died July 27 in Woodburn Nursing Home born November 15 1875 in Lancaster County Pa retired music teacher lived in Salon area last ten years Funeral services July 26 Virgil T Golden Chapel interment River View Cemetery Portland Rev Donald Hale in charge Survived by sister in law Hatthe Coy Salem niece Mrs Velman Brodersen Salem
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Coos County
Mable Brady
Myrtle Point
Osborn County
Kansas
Lawrence Brady
Powers
Ore
Florence Schoonover
San Diego
Calif
Nan Cousens
Castro Valley
Madge Bailey
Leonard Smith
Coos Bay
Elmer Smith
Roseburg
Myrtle Wallert
Eugene
Eureka L. Coy
Woodburn
Lancaster County
Salon
Virgil T. Golden
Riverview Cemetery
Portland
Donald ©. Hale
Coos Bay Man Wins $8000 in Reader's Digest Sweepstakes
Dr. Clay Dickerson of Route 3 Coos Bay wins $8000 cash in the Reader's Digest Annual Sweepstakes. The program yields many prizes from monthly $100 to life, color TV, or $5000 top awards. Over 6300 Oregon residents have won in prior Drawings. No purchase is required to enter.
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Clay Dickerson
Route 3
Coos Bay
Dickerson
Oregon
Wagner family reunions and picnics near Bandon
Social notes record multiple Wagner family reunion attendees at Bullards State Park in Bandon, plus Oregon State Highway picnic participants and Shrine picnic visitors at Myrtle Grove. The item also lists visits to Portland State University, trips to Diamond Lake and Ashland, and births and dinner gatherings around local families.
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Wagner
Eva Jennings
Maude Minton
Powell Lancaster
D Bullards State Park
Bandon
Oregon
Everett Culver
Vernon Sell, Jr
Bullards State Park
Myrtle Grove
Ed Hatfield
Melinda Proffitt
Dave Hatfield
Hauser
Peary Lind
Portland State University
Sherry
James Walker
Ernest Williams
Oregon Metro Areas Drive Population Rise in 1960s
The Eugene Salem and Portland SMSAs plus six metro counties reached 1,280,690 in 1970, up 23 percent from 1960. Central cities numbered 527,261, while nonmetropolitan Oregon grew to 810,694. Housing and demographic shifts show metro growth, higher housing values, and declining crowded living conditions.
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Oregon
Eugene
Lane County
Salem
Marion and
Polk
Portland
Clackamas
Multnomah
Washington
Clark County
Iilen
Oregons
SMSA
Remers
Caree Smba
Superintendent of
U. 8
Government Printing Office
D. C
W. Morrison
Fire season opens as state records favorable this year
The 1971 fire season starts with a favorable outlook per Fred Graf but authorities warn continued vigilance. State fire control crews have acted on 189 fires so far, compared with 682 by this time last year, as warmer weather approaches.
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Fred Graf
Fire season warning from Graf on human caused blazes
Graf notes fires come mostly from human negligence with 154 of 189 fires started by people and 111 acres burned so far this year. He cites wet spring as a factor but warns near normal summer weather will test fire prevention efforts and urges caution with campfires spark arresters and children around fire.
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Graf
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