Myrtle Point Bucks Meet Ocean Spray In Southwestern Oregon Final
The Myrtle Point Bucks, co champions of the Southwestern Oregon Independent league, face Ocean Spray of Coquille tonight at the Coquille high school gym for the title. National Guard opens the event with Reedsport at 7:30. Bucks survived overtime Sunday 55 54 to reach the final, while Ocean Spray upset Reedsport 43 41. Jim Hammock leads with 28 points, Bob Montgomery 21, Bill Anderson 15, and Harey Lewellen 12 for the Bucks and Guard respectively.
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Myrtle Point Bucks
Coechamps
Oregon
Erosa Bate
Coquille
National Guard
Reedseecee
Hammock Tops Bucks Scoring Leader With 161 Points
Jim Hammock, at 6 foot 2, led the Independents in scoring for the season with 161 points and a 16.1 average. Harvey Lewellen was second with 145 points, while other top Big Ten players included Bob Montgomery 141, Don Banta 135, and Ridgeway Leggett 133.
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The
Bucks
Iron Man
Jim Hammock
Independents
Hammock
Harvey Lewellen
Bob Montgomery
Don Banta
Reedsp
Ridgeway Leggett
Senators propose gender based compensation reform in Oregon
Senate bill 2 bases pay on the job performed rather than gender. Allen explains it protects men by ensuring women cannot take lower wage jobs, noting the legislation aims to balance pay equity while safeguarding male workers.
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Oregon
Allen
Senator Alett cites equal pay record from Oregon plant
In a Senate debate Alett recalls a "most satisfactory" equal pay program he started at his Southwestern Oregon plywood plant opened in 1936. The bill advancing in the Republican legislature allows any woman paid less because of gender to sue for the wage difference versus men doing similar work.
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Senate
Alett
Oregon
Coquille Valley Concert Assn Forms With Coos Bay Group
The Coquille Valley Community Concert Association organized with the Coos Bay Concert Association to stage Columbia Artists series concerts at the Coquille community building. Members include Mrs. Powrie and Mrs. Whitaker as co chairmen, with local helpers named. Dues for 1955 in the Coos Bay group are now due.
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Columbia Artists
Coquille
Snow Storm Triggers Week-End Auto Wrecks in Coos County
Several automobile wrecks occurred over the week end largely due to a heavy snow storm. A head on collision on Highway 42 Sunday night involved Earl Johnson of Myrtle Point and Gordon Kemmerer of Roseburg near Bridge, with all three injured lightly and taken to Mast hospital or Roseburg. Other minor accidents were reported. The storm hit Southern Coos County late Saturday night, making travel difficult along the route from the summit toward California.
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Earl Johnson
Myrtle Point
Gordon Kemmerer
Roseburg
Bridge
Johnson
Kemmerer
Mast Hospital
Beber
Coos County
H. R. Dayton
California
Miss Harriman Graduates From Georgia Teletypewriter School
Pvt Delores L Harriman of Myrtle Point Oregon graduates from the Teletypewriter Operation Course at The Southeastern Signal School Camp Gordon Georgia. The eight week program trains enlisted men to operate teletypewriter equipment for military communications. She now awaits reassignment to an active U S Army unit.
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Camp Gordon
Delores L. Harriman
Myrtle Point
Oregon
Southeastern Signal School
Georgia
Dan Harriman
Broadbent
Pvt
Harriman
United States Army
Signal Corps Training Center
Births Reported At Mast Hospital
Mrs. Tom Perkins Myrtle Point a girl Feb 20 7 pounds 13 07. Coy Bolling Myrtle Point a girl Feb 21 5 pounds 5 07. Jack Ellis Myrtle Point a boy Feb 17 6 pounds 12 07. Edward Gilkison Myrtle Point a girl Feb 19 11 ounces. Bruce Willis Coquille a girl Feb 23 6 pounds O7. Victor Standley Camas Valley a boy Feb 21 7 pounds 15 ounces. Thos Court Coquille a boy Feb 22 8 pounds 4 02.
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Tom Perkins
Myrtle Point
Coy Lee Bolling
Jack Ellis
Edward Gilkison
Myrtle Paint
Bruce Willis
Coquille
Victor Standley
Camas Valley
Thos. Court
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Bing Crosby
Coquille Valley
Coos Bay
Delores Harriman
Georgia Teletypewriter School
Cutlip
SEA Pak
Duncan
Meat Department
DENCO
J. H. Olinger
Ore
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