Award Assembly Concludes School Year at Music Event
Harriet Harper introduced Lobdell as the top music student of the year. Arnold Melby presented music awards to the enrollment. Marilyn Greene received the Commercial Subjects award from Miss Geraldine Linniger. Evelyn Ha earned social science honors with a superior award from Mr Dale Bunnell. The Inter-Class Athletics trophy went to the senior class presented by Coach Curt Beckham. Juniors named class contributors received awards from Mr Ray Neugart. First-year letters and music certificates were awarded by Mr Melby to complete the morning exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Linniger
Marilyn Greene
Chas Oar
Billewrang
Evelyn Ha
Dale Bunnell
Curt Beckham
Ray Neugart
Melby
Graduating Class Hears Masterly Address at Commencement
The commencement featured Supt. G B Goddard as master of ceremonies and Miss Laura Shelton as valedictorian with Miss Jennie Zinn as salutatorian. The high school band performed Exsessional, and Arnold Melby presented five band members with loving cups for four years of service. David Lodestein Arlene Evans Patricia Reed Dick Anderson Elaine Hall were honored for musical achievement. Fordyce Worsham presented class advisors with gifts and a $200 check to student body president Charles Bingham. Diplomas were awarded by Paul Breuer, and Rev Wilmer A Briggs gave the invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Goddard
Laura Shelton
Jennie Zinn
Ortan
Arnold Melby
Beautiful Loving Cops
David Lodestein
Arlene Evans
Patricia Reed
Dick Anderson
Elaine Hall
David Pere
Melby
Pat Reed
Wilmer A. Briggs Deliv
Fordyce Worsham
Harriet Harper
Kittredge
Charle Bingham
Breuer
America Stands in Danger Of Losing What Fathers Fought For
A Rotary club program featured Mr Dana speaking on true democracy and government as servant of the people. He contrasted Jeffersonian and Jacksonian ideals with contemporary party lines and recounted meetings with notable figures in his travels, including Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai Shek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Dana
China Indies
Amon
Chiang Ka Shek
Danas
John Carl
Rotary
Walter Orm
Free Chest X-Ray Campaign Urges Countywide Participation
In June the X-Ray Campaign runs twelve days with free chest X-rays and flexible appointments. Dr Eleanor Gutman stresses adult residents in the southern third of the county should participate for early TB detection, while children are excluded from this survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Gutman
Coos County
Gutman
Pep Staff Named For Coming Season
The student body named Pep Staff for 1950 51 with seven pepsters and three yell queens chosen for the year. Criteria include scholarship beauty poise rhythm personality and moral stability. Faculty committee includes Mrs Catherine Smith Mr Arnold Melby and two others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Smith
Arnold Melby
Gay Davenport
Marilyn Greene
Barbara Shull
Rose Warner
Evelh Hall
Phyllis Shelton
Eloise Hartley
Charlene Forrest
Darlene Moore
Rita Keller
Georgeannesen
Coos Farmers View Forage Harvesters At Friday Meeting
Coos county farmers watched a display of Gehl and John Deere forage harvesters at a field demonstration near a silo. Wm Bell of Myrtle Point and Ward & Lands of Coquille showcased machines unloading into wagons and trailers, highlighting reduced hand labor and cost savings for winter forage storage.
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Cascade Supply Cap
Portland
Wayne Babcock
Broadbent
John Deere
Ward & Lands
Coquille
John Deere Plow Co
Wm Bell
Myrtle Point
Huber
Coos County
Memorial Day Services Honor Veterans Across Cemeteries
Legion, VFW and Auxiliaries held memorial services during the annual community Memorial Day observance. Officials hope the events become a tradition. Legion members placed small flags on every known service man’s grave at both cemeteries the evening before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoppe
Legion
Bobcats Award Track Letters At Myrtle Point High
Fifteen Myrtle Point High School athletes received track letters at a school assembly. Track coach Curt Beckham awarded ten seniors, four juniors, and one sophomore for 1950 track honors.
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Myrtle Point High School
Curt Beckham
Forest Easton
Rick Bingham
Dick Anderson
Ford Worsham
Jim Mack
Bill Cobb
Glenn
Zeller
Glen Compton
Harry Kaiser
Ralph Clarno
Kenny Parry
Bill Davenport
Jim Krantz
Gerald Aasen
Rosas Pinkley
Ducks close spring practice with inter squad game
Coach Dale Bunnell and guests Frank May Don Adams and Jim Krantz attended the University of Oregon spring football coaches clinic in Eugene. The May 20 event featured an inter squad game and a noon luncheon for coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Bunnell
Frank May
Don Adams
Jim Krantz
University of Oregon
Eugene
Ducks
Bunnell
Swimmers Welcome Sun at Rocks Below Sugar Loaf
Memorial Day crowds enjoy warm weather at the Rocks below Sugar Loaf as the swimming season opens. Families pack the riverbank with blankets and picnics, while officials note heavy turnout Tuesday afternoon.
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Sugarloaf
Iriver
Ground limestone now available for Coos farms
Limestone with at least 80 percent calcium carbonate is offered for agricultural use from a Roseburg plant or delivered to farms. 7 ton loads may be spread on site or hauled for future use. Delivered and spread price is 11.00 per ton. farmer pays half if delivered, remainder via Agricultural Conservation program. Orders through the Coquille county agent’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseburg
Hicks and Yount
Coos
Agricultural Conservation Program
Coquille
Chest leaders plan work with Community Chest program
Mr Ben Frienz executive director of the Oregon Chest and one of two full time workers met Mrs Arnold Melby in Myrtle Point last week. They discussed promotional work for the Community Chest program this fall and plans to show the public what the Community Chest dollar does when groups also subscribe to the county and state Chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Frienz
The
Oregon Chest
Myrtle Point
Arnold Melby
Home repair outlays in Coos County in 1950
Coos County homeowners expect total home repair spending around 4,008 dollars in 1950 as cheaper building materials and lower wholesale costs reduce the year’s budget. One third of homes planned redecorations, one in ten to repair plumbing or install baths, one in eight to replace roofs, with carpentry and misc interior work also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos County
Tile Council of America
Esunsts
Timber Tract Sales Set Across Oregon Districts This June
The Bureau of Land Management announces sale of 32 timber tracts totaling about 70.9 million board feet with an assessed value around 1.822 million. Tracts in Yam Hill Tillamook Clackamas Marion Benton Lane Douglas counties will be offered by oral or sealed bids on dates in June at Portland Eugene Roseburg and Salem offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. and C
Daniel [de Goldy
Bureau of Land Management
Portland
Lem
District Forester
Eugene
Roseburg
Douglas County
Timber sale bids announced for Jackson and Josephine counties
District forester announces six timber tracts to be sold by sealed bid at the bureau office on June 36. Five tracts lie in Jackson county and two in Josephine. The bureau aims to keep the public and lumber industry informed and provides expanded access through new right of way rules in the O and C area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
Jackson County
Josephine
Bureau of Land Manar
Goldy
Secretary of the Interior
Oscar L. Chapman
Hospital Admit List At Myrtle Point
A hospital admission note lists multiple individuals including Mrs. D. E. Jennings and Mrs. Vivian Wo aon among a group admitted to the Myrtle Point facility. Other names include Gayle Walton Juneira Counts Dora Harrison Grace Massey and Rowena Munro with addresses on Sit kum and Bridge routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Jennings
Ben Sheilds
Bridge Rt
Myrtle Point
Gayle Walton
Vivian Wo
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Bobcats
Ike Cribbins
Bureau Land Management
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Haley
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Safeway
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