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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1949
Page
9
Local residents attend visits and greetings across Coos Bay region. Measles cases at Schroeder and Whitaker families. many travel for schooling, business, and family duties. Purnells sail to visit from New Zealand via Hawaii and Honolulu. Dayton family moves to Texas after two weeks in Myrtle Point.
A Salem bound box car display from Oregon counties sparked a Coquille Sunday gathering. Coos County’s gifts were turned over to the Coos County Historical Association, which will manage trophies as a perpetual county gift. The program, led by Rev Robert Lessing, featured Mayor Jueb and speakers from the county, with bands from Coquille and Myrtle Point. Four men paid fines for drunkenness in Myrtle Point City Recorder court.
The Coos County Grand Jury reports need for a new modern court house funded by a sinking tax and calls for a records unit in the Hall of Records. They cite jail improvements including new mattresses and a fireproof wall near the furnace, plus better tax and sheriff office space, and a 12 percent yield tax review.
Fifty dairymen of Lee County Coquille attended the Southwestern Oregon Dairy Breeders Association meeting held Friday afternoon. The insemination program for dairy cattle dominated the business session as officials reported progress and plans for expanding the program nationwide and in Oregon. Howard Detletsen and J Q Corrie were reelected to the board, Ernest Burcher succeeds Ellis Shull, with holdover directors Frank Burbank Meriden Carr and Lawrence Clinton. Detletsen was named president Carl vice president and Burbank secretary.
Everett J. Scott of McKinley route Coquille sustained a broken ankle while playing softball at the high school on Monday. He required medical treatment.
A brief safety note emphasizes avoiding the injured limb and staying on the correct side of the road to prevent serious harm. It warns that crossing centerlines increases danger and could shorten life.
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