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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1949
Page
4
Joseph Paulson headlines a Bartlesville event honoring John Philip Sousa with a Stars and Stripes Forever program. Local musicians and bands present marches and Sousa classics in a community concert.
In Scedeay March 3 1940 at Myrtle Point Corrine Griffin and E F Bedder named to lead drives at Powers and Pees. County Granges coordinate rural solicitation with Bridge Broadbent Bandon Westover McKinley Myrtle Point listed with respective masters.
A school program aimed at raising money to help pay for band uniforms is outlined. It lists a March concert featuring pieces such as The Man I Love by George Gershwin and names J Ouivadott and J. Smith Hall of Fame Concert along with Mar Spengied Banner-J.
Bay area Red Cross head in charge and Coos Bay county chairman William Huggins will speak at the Rotary noon luncheon Thursday to outline the Red Cross drive. Juniors Women to Help Myrtle Point solicitation begins March 1 with the Junior Women's club taking over the project.
The Coos County Court outlines a long range court house construction program with an illustration and plot plan prepared for newspaper publication. The Coos County Bar Association cooperates providing advice without remuneration. Further details will follow before the public hearing to decide the project’s fate.
A bulldozer operator, Conner Blahep, narrowly escaped death when his D-8 bulldozer toppled 306 feet down a sheer hillside into Reck Creek on the Pow Ora Agmece road near the Coquille river bridge. He was thrown clear after the first 75 feet and survived with minor cuts as the machine plunged. Forest Ranger Donald B. Stick inney reported on the incident dated February 20 in Powers, Oregon.
The Coos County Grand Jury recommends creating a sinking fund funded by taxation over several years to build a new modern courthouse, replacing the wooden structure deemed a dangerous fire hazard after its investigation.
The scene describes two trees toppled at the slide peak with plum slide debris down the hill while workmen cleared the area. A bulldozer owned by Rus sell Train Powers logger was moved to Powers and tow operations occurred at Rock Creek crossing. By noon Monday Feb 28 the rest of the slide was removed and full access toward Agness should open, though rough spots remain near Ness and Powers.
The funeral for Andrew J Mayse a Coos county resident since 1884 was held Tuesday at Schroeder Funeral Home Myrtle Point with interment at Dora cemetery He was born April 6 1864 in Plattsburg Missouri Married Laura B Krantz June 7 1891 He farmed at Dora until 1944 then moved with his wife to Arago Survived by his widow two daughters Emmett M Mayse Macie Neal Eula Roberts a son Lester Lo a brother Robert C of Ashland Kansas seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren
Word reached Mr and Mrs Fred Brown that their son Pfc Harry M Brown who died on Iwo Jima in 1943 is being returned to Myrtle Point for burial. Funeral is set for Monday March 7 at Schroeder's Funeral Home with full military rites by the American Legion. Interment will follow at Norway cemetery. Rev Phil Ryan will deliver the sermon. Further obituary details will appear next week.
Eugene Bartlett of Catching Creek drew No. 11 among 80 farms awarded in Tule Lake California land drawing. The Bartletts will travel to Tule Lake this weekend to inspect their parcel and determine its use, with occupancy planned if land meets expectations.
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