West Coast Tel Co Employs First Blind Telephone Operator
West Coast Telephone company announces the hiring of Mrs. Mortis Bergevin, a 30 year old Everett widow and mother of three, as a DDD identifying operator in Everett traffic office. Training began May 23 and she is expected to start regular work by June 6. The project, led by Ross Anderson and supported by engineers and staff, aims to prove blind people can perform identifying calls with a portable training set.
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West Coast Telephone Company
Mortis Bergevin
Everett
West Coast
Mrrs
Bergevin
Ross Anderson
Central Lions Club
DA Perigo
Anderson
Thoreas
Peconage Company
Dr C T Jessell Named To American Cancer Society Board
Portland radiologist Dr C Todd Jessell is named to the American Cancer Society board representing Region 5 with eight states including Oregon Washington Alaska Idaho Montana Wyoming North Dakota and South Dakota He becomes the first Oregon representative on the national board since 1951 55 and will relinquish his Oregon division chair role upon joining the national board He previously chaired Region 5 for three years
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Portland
C Todd Jessell
American Cancer Society
Jessell
Society
Oregon
Washington
Alaska
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Warren C Hunter
West Coast Telephone Adds New Service for Customers
West Coast Telephone introduces a customer service advisor to aid PBX and TWX clients in Oregon. Mrs Connolly visits firms from Beaverton to La Grande, offering operator training, system observation, and management guidance to improve service.
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West Coast Telephone Company
West Coast Telephone
A Connolly
Oregon district program earns praise for customer service
The program's first year in the Oregon district has been very well received across the state. Cross noted the warm reception accorded to the service advisor, saying it validates the program's aim to help customers maximize the use of the systems provided, even for those not in the telephone business by choice.
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Oregon
Cross
Coquille Valley Forms Marine Squad for Enlistment
Marine recruits MSgt Tessmer and SSkt Friedenberger announce a Coquille Valley squad of eight or more from Coquille Myrtle Point Bandon Powers and nearby areas. Enlistees depart June 28 from Portland to San Diego for boot camp and return on leave together. Recruiter visits Coquille City Hall Wednesdays and Thursdays 9 00 to 12 00.
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Marine Corps
Msgt Tessmer
Sskt Friedenberger
Coquille Valley
Coquille
Myrtle Point
Bandon Powers
Isarea
Portland
San Diego
Armed Forces
Reverend Heins and Family Leaving Myrtle Point for Corvallis
Rev Norbert G A Heins preached a farewell at St James Lutheran Myrtle Point and will move to Corvallis this week. The Heins family received Myrtlewood gifts from the congregation and Sunday school. Heins will assist Pastor Schelp at Peace Lutheran Corvallis and be installed July 3 in Philomath. They plan a California trip before taking the pastorate.
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Heins
Myrtle Point
Corvallis
Norbert G A Heins
St James Lutheran Church
Schelp
Corgallis
Pal
Peace Lutheran Church
Philomath
Peace
California
Ansheim
New
Disneyland
Lieser
Oceansid
San Diego
Old Mexico
Palm Springs
Yosemite National Park
Virginia City
Nevada
Comstock Joe
Ziom Tay Theran School
Cory
Fragmented OCR notes on baby layette costs and medical care
The unreadable text discusses typical expenses for newborn care including layette costs and medical checks. It cites figures such as 325 to 35000 dollars and mentions hospital exams and insurance influence. The passage also notes variability in layette spending from 35 to 50 dollars up to 125 or more.
Baby Supplies Cost Mounts As First Year Expenses Rise
Two surveys estimate monthly baby costs from ten to twenty dollars depending on location and shopper. another puts about forty dollars monthly for similar goods. Across the first year families may spend six hundred to just under eleven hundred dollars, influenced by local prices and whether the infant is a first child or inherits items. A new consumer enters the population and will later contribute to society, though the joy to parents remains paramount.
Davenort Wins Gold Star Herd Award for Jerseys
W R Davenport Myrtle Vale Jersey Farm Myrtle Point receives Gold Star Herd award for four-year production. The herd averages 17 cows producing 8965 pounds milk with 405 pounds butterfat, tested by Oregon State College and the American Jersey Cattle Club.
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W.R Davenport
Myrtle Vale Jersey Farm
Myrtle Point
Davenport
Oregon State College
American Jersey Cattle Club
Columbus
Ohio
Oregon Three Month Road Deaths Fall Sharply
Oregon led Pacific states with a 23 percent drop in traffic deaths for the first three months of the year versus 1959. California fell five percent while Washington rose seven percent. national deaths declined five percent to 7 680. By late May Oregon showed a 25 percent reduction.
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Oregon
California
Washington
National Safety Council
Russia drills its drivers in schools amid car shortages
Ruth Dunbar reports in Safety Education magazine that in Moscow schools ninth and tenth graders study driver training as part of a polytechnic program. Students learn engine theory, basic repair, and on the road driving, with a licensing exam. The Russian embassy notes extensive driver training outside schools and suggests Russia reduces accidents as car numbers rise.
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Safety Education Magazine
Ruth Dunbar
Chicago SuntTimes
Russia
Department of Education
America
Moscow
Addifie
Aed
Agra
In-Servce Institute
Yor
Russi
Soviet Union
Adult Education Offers Upholstery Classes This Summer
Mrs. M. H. Frye of Eugene will lead a furniture upholstery course at Marshfield High School this July. Registration with a fee is required before the first meeting, with advance enrollment at Building Eater High School or by calling CO-7-7731. The program runs July 9 through 16 from 7 a.m. to noon, offering up to 30 hours of hands on work with space limited to one piece per student.
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Adult Expektion Center
M. H. Frye
Eugene
Marshfield High School
Building Eater High School
Atfwal
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the New Christian Church
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Perigo
Noo
C. T. Jessell
Coos Bay Mutual Creamery
Carton
Coos County
Kelly Calahan
Bob Wheeler
Woon
Ith St
Brookdale Distributors
Myrtle Point and Powers Area
Coquille Valley Marine Squad
W. R. Davenort
U.S
US Commerce Dept
United States
Henry A. Schroeder & Sons
North Bend
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