Rose Festival Parade Set for Saturday June 9
Parade chairman Allan Dunham announced the 1956 Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade will be the largest in the festival's 58 year history with about 1800 participants. The lineup adds three out of state bands including Long Beach Junior Concert Band, Soldiers' Memorial High School Band Anaconda Montana, and State Teachers College Band Minot North Dakota, plus a Francis E Warren AFB drum and bugle corps Cheyenne Wyoming.
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Portland
Allan Dunham
Dunham
Long Beach
California
Soldiers’ Memorial High School
Anaconda
Montana
State Teachers’ College Band
Minot
North Dakota
West
Francis FE. Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Festival theme blooms in Disney land in Flowers design
The chairman praised the designers for their bold approach to the float, noting they have gone wild over the Festival theme Disney land in Flowers.
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Ade
Committee Chairmen Appointed to Lead Educational Program
Homer Millard, president of the Coos county unit of the Oregon Education Association, announced the slate for 1956 57 at Coquille. Chairs named include Membership Harriet Lightle and programs for Legislative, Social, Teacher Welfare, Finance, Professional Service and Public relations. Delegates for the NEA convention in Portland and council meetings were also named, with Millard and Lightle among the officers listed.
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Homer Millard
Powers
Coos County
Oregon Education Association
Coquille
Harriet Lightle
Bandon
Wiliam T. McLean
Coos Bay
Lewis Holt
North Bend
Frank Walsh
Riverton
Glen Enge
Charleston
Alberta Coos Bay
Elmer R. Johnson
National Education Association
Portland
Cherie Mae Buoy
Evelyn Clark
Marion Winslow
OEA Representative Council
Howard Nichols
Myrtle Point
Marjorie Tedrow
Dellen Metzger
Leatherman Named County Head Youth Range Camp Chairman
Howard Leatherman, a Coquille rancher, is appointed county chairman of this year’s Youth Range camp committee by the Northwest section of the American Society of Range Management. He will lead the local group in arranging sponsors and selecting four Coos Bay area boys aged 14 to 18 to attend the camp August 6 through 11 at the big bird refuge south of Burns.
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Howard Leatherman
Coquille
Northwest
American Society of Range Management
Leatherman
Big Bird Refuge
Burns
Coos
Big Double Bill At the Hiland Theatre
County Leatherman announced scholarships for boys chosen through plant identification and leadership contests. Four boys per Eastern Oregon county and several others may attend the camp with a $25 transportation and camp scholarship. The program covers range and soil judging, plant identification, forage plant value, ranch management, outdoor skills, and sportsmanship.
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County Leatherman
John Clouston
US Forest Service
Portland
Oregon
Coos
Curry
Douglas
Tckson
Josephine
Vacation Bible School Opens With Sixty-One Students
Mrs M J Stewart reports a Daily Vacation Bible School opening Monday morning with 61 students and 20 teachers and helpers led by Supt Mrs Frank Northup. Assistants include Mrs Esther Fry and song leader Mrs Bob Thompson.
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M J Stewart
Frank Northup
Esther Fry
Bob Thompson
Kenneth Galloway
Bill Gilpatrick
Glenn Gulstrom
Lula Wright
Bill Mai
Louis Northup
Keith Northup
Richard McAllister
Ralph Andrews
Edith Johnson
Local May Visitors and Travels Reported in Gaylord News
Mrs Rees Daniels notes visitors from Bremerton Washington including Mr and Mrs J A Suindig at Ray Grant home. Frank Huntley travels to Banks Oregon for summer with Eugene Evers. Clinton Carman joins D R Curry party to Lake Weahink Florence Oregon. Currys recently purchased the property and plan to move soon. Friday visitors at Jesse.
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Rees Daniels
J A. Suindig
Bremerton
Wash
Ray Grant
Frank Huntley
Banks, Ore
Eugene Evers
Clinton Carman
D. R. Curry
Lake Weahink
Florence
Oregon
Curry's
The
Jesse
Local Social Roundup from Myrtle Point Area
Mrs. Danny Winkelman and two. Mrs. Duane Hayes and two children return from Molalla. Mrs. George White dies at Myrtle Point Rest Home. James Devereaux and Lee Cox visit Langlois on Memorial Day. Carman family visits Eugene on business. Foster Thompson hosts dinner for Moorehead Nemec and Lund. Ebbert sisters go to Spokane to visit father Paul Ebbert. Hayes and Bones families visit H. D Bones for birthday cake.
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Klorice Luttrell
Kathryn Wiley
Robert Bradley
Young Peoples
Bill Mai
Steve Giles
Tommy Luttrell
Marvin Barzee
Broadbent
Karl Dement
Duane Pearce
Edward McClurg
America
Texas
Patrol
Ed Heath
Bob Thompson
Terry Babcock
Duane Bennett
Lee Cox
Gary Fry
Roy Edward Gardner
Allen Hale
Chuck Watson
Frank Huntley
Gary Larsen
Carol Henshaw
Lonna Lett
Leela Long
Sandra Pearce
West
Walter Strain
Glide
Glenn Gulstrom
Linda Brow
Bandon
Joe Evernden
Peggy Smith
Lloyd Smith
Tacoma
Wash Janice Godfrey
Chehallis
Wash
Walter Strain, Jr
Carol
Connie
Myrtle Creek
Clarence Schroeder
Corvallis
Gus Schroeder
Verlin Moore
Port Orford
Dwight Wallace
George Topping
Elvin Fetch
Myrtle Point
Buster Odle
Portland
Darwin Gulstrom
Springfield
Mefflin Stewart
Greenacres
Dike Henson
Charles Shook
San Diego
Frank Larsen
Leo Hawkins
Cresswell
Truman Hartley
Ontario
Max Simpson
Junction City
Charles Evans
Beulah Gould
Corvaillis
Hayes
Danny Winkelman
le Noden
Myrtle
Duane Hayes
Molalla
George White
Myrtle Point Rest
James Devereaux
Langlois
James White
John Carman
Eugene
Foster Thompson
A. F Moorehead
Coquille
Pete Nemec
Lee Lund
James McWilliams
Gloria
Janet Ebbert
Spokane
Paul Ebbert
Ebhert
Kenneth Rolf
Baby
Carey Bones
Mary Helen
Powers
Kermit Hayes
H. D Bones
Moose Club Dinner Honors Mrs. Lloyd White in Rebekah Hall
The Men of the Moose and Pansy chapter Women of the Moose hosted a dinner for Mrs. Lloyd White and family in Rebekah hall. About 50 attendees heard plans for a birthay exchange party on June 11 and a juvenile picnic. Weather figures show May rainfall at 2.40 inches with May totals and temperature ranges noted.
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James Gamwell
Men of the Moose
Women of the Moose
Lloyd White
Chery
Donnie
Freddie
Rebekah Hall
Happy Camp
Calif
Lloyd
Ellis White
Vatley
Lee Gilmore
Kenneth McKenzie
Weather hints and family visits across towns
Rain fell on 10 days with a peak of 60 inches. Low maximum 55 and high minimum 52 degrees. Mr and Mrs John Purvis of Phoenix with three children visit grandmother Mrs John L Purvis in Powers then Myrtle Point Rest Home. Mrs J W Gamwell travels to Kelso for weekend with family then Buyers Week in Portland. Sidney Fuller travels to Memphis Paducah and St Petersburg Florida.
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John Purvis
Phoenix
Ariz
John L. Purvis
Powers
Myrtle Point Rest Home
J. W. Gamwell
Kelso
Wash
Portland
Archie Lane
Sidney Fuller
Dick Cadys
Memphis
Tenn
Paducah
St. Petersburg
Florida
Catching Creek Family Visit Notes in Northup Chronicle
Mrs. Keith Northup and her children hosted visiting guests Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Jim Bushnell. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Higgins and their children were dinner guests Wednesday with the Northups. Iris and Alice Northup spent time together.
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Keith Northup
Jim Bushnell
Lester Higgins
Iris
Alice Northup
Grandchildren Visit and Canada Trip Planned
The text notes Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Har Mrs. A Marie with children visited relatives at Ten Mile on Memorial Day. George Edwards of Langlois joined the group. They left Sunday for a three week trip to Canada. Warren Rema will care for their place during the absence.
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C. V. Har
A Marie
Lester Higgins
George Edwards
Langlois
Canada
Warren Rema
Saddle Bums Hold Meet At Fair Grounds
Saddle Bums and 4 H Saddle club met at the fair grounds on May 19 at 2 p m. Elmo Shepard Myrtle Point Saddle club president spoke on showing and grooming horses. The group grew by Gay and Dotty Shirtcliff. 22 members enrolled. next meeting set for June 16, location TBA.
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Fair Grounds
Elmo Shepard
Myrtle Point
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