Powers News Highlights Local Life and Events
February was a busy month in Powers with kindergarten activities at the Baptist Church led by Mrs. Clyde Ellis, Valentine’s party fun, and birthdays for Nena Van Fossen and Dexter Meyer. Community notices include council actions on annexation for fire protection, new city recorder duties, hospital updates, and a wave of local social events and school library reorganizations.
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Clyde Ellis
Nena van Fosten
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Kimberly Walker
Denise Prinie
Ellissa Thornton
Glenda Fry
Ben Baldwin
Bradley Gibbs
Dexter Meyer
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Robert McCulloch
John Wittenberg
Denyce Mellor
Powers
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Herald
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Ore
Tom Voss
Sacred Heart Hospital
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City Recorder
Lillian Ross
Ken Likens
Mabel Thorp
James Gim McCulloch
Mast Hospital
Ralph Anderson
FL. Cunningham
Coquille
Anderson
Myrtle Point team honored for A-2 berth dinner
Myrtle Point High School basketball players attended a steak dinner at the Methodist Church banquet hall after earning a berth in the A-2 tournament. It listed players and staff including coach Frank Grove and managers. The event was hosted by local families with kitchen help. Lois Butt joins a 41 member George Fox College A Cappella choir tour on a 17 day spring vacation concert.
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Rebekah
Powers
Gamma Xi Theta Rho
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Myrtle Point
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Arthur Smith
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Dan King
John Vanslandingham
Andy Vincent
Lee Walton
Gerald Warner
Gale Wilberger
Lyle Wilson
Dennis Wise
Frank Grove
Joe Huckins
John Currin
Elton Aasen
Rufus Rylander
John Dayton
Willis Bryant
Ross Pinkley
Milton Schroeder
Los Butt
FOX College
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H.W. Butt
Sitkum Rt
Oregon
George Fox College
Miss Butt
George Fox
Newberg
Broadbent Youths Celebrate Marty Stone Victory
Broadbent residents congratulate Marty Stone for winning the LO OF speech contest at Coquille on March 8 and earning a trip to the United Nations. Church youth contest advances space age theme with “Our Race for Space” as junior class leads Sunday school. Broadbest Youth played Fairview in three games last Tuesday.
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Coquille
United Nations
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Broadbent Comm
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George
Bob
Helen Guy
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Ernest Dewey
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Wayne Turner
Georgia-Pacific
Outstanding senior Bears A Seals at OSU awards
An OSU student Bears A Seals earned Outstanding Senior in the animal science department at the Agriculture Awards Bangbet on the OSU campus. He belongs to Alpha Zeta and held multiple officer roles in dairy and agriculture groups and previously was on the 1967 National Champion Dairy Cattle Judging team in Chicago.
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Alpha Zeta
Reed Lodge
Agriculture Executive Council
Chicago
Bears
Bears Sears
Walter Barksow
They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To
A nostalgic look at postwar auto design notes major improvements since the past, including a larger rear window a fold down rear seat and a 76 percent power gain. Over 2200 refinements show how cars evolved yet the plan was to keep the classic feel. Kaiser Hudson and Nash faced big changes in 1949.
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Kaiser
Hudson
Nash
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