Doris Belloni Takes Office as District 41 Board Member
Doris Belloni wife of Circuit Judge Robert C. Belloni took the oath as a District 41 school board member in Myrtle Point. She fills the seat vacated by Ralph J Whitacker and will serve until July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point
Doris Belloni
Robert C. Belloni
Coos
Curry Counties
District 41
Ralph JF. Whitacker
Whitacker
Belloni
Western State Teacher's College
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit
James
Myrtle Creek
Susan
Maple School
Easter Seals Sale Aims to Help Disabled Children
Easter Seals kickoff today with Chairman Terry Baker calling for public support. Projects include Children's Hospital School in Eugene Camp Easter Seal the mobile therapy clinic and a national equipment pool to aid disabled youths and adults.
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Terry Baker
Oregon State University
Children's Hospital
Eugene
Oregon
North Lake
Ten Mile Lake
Reedsport
Rae
Space Age Tot Goes Into Orbit
Report of a young girl noted as the daughter of Mr and Mrs Gordon Reigan from Myrtle Point living in Stockton California who drank a pint of model airplane fuel and survived the incident. The account mentions it being her second ride in a jet and references reactions of parental and medical observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ata
Tente Reigar
Gordon Reigan Farners
Myrtle Point
Stockton
California
Resignation of Ralph Whitaker from the school board
Ralph Whitaker, a local businessman who supplied bakery goods to the district, resigned from the school board. He criticizes a minority group and a Citizens Committee for what he calls under-handed actions and harassment aimed at progress in district education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Whitaker
Whiitaker
Nou Beard
Ceria
Belef
Agitators Club
Myrtle Point to mint 100 year bronze coins
Bronze coins bearing the Myrtle Point myrtle tree insignia are being cast for the 1962 Centennial. The fifty cent denominations read Myrtle Point Oregon 1862 1962 Only Hundred Years and will pass at face value in town stores until July 1 1962 per Bill Stanley Centennial committee chair.
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Myrtle Point
Oregon
Bill Stanley
Junior Chamber
Area-Wide Meet Planned for Myrtle Point Centennial
Junior Chamber mails notices to area clubs for a mass meeting on March 21 at 3 p.m. in the Legion Hall to plan wide participation in the Myrtle Point Centennial. Event ideas include a street dance Centennial parade a cowboy breakfast a train trip to Powers and a Show-de-o.
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Legion Hall
Myrtle Point
Powers
Six Honored for 1961 United Good Neighbors Drive
Honorees Wallace Dement West Cast Telephone Company Brodie Shingle Company Del R Wise Super Market Security Bank and the Myrtle Point Herald recognized for 1961 activity. 1962 campaign chairman Robert Cowart set Myrtle Point drive headquarters at Billingsley Huggins Insurance office 208 With street Mrs Van Johnson to serve as volunteer secretary.
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United Good Neighbors Fund
Wallace Dement
West Cast Telephone Company
Brodie Shingle Company
Del-Rwise Super Market
Security Bank
Myrtle Point
Robert Cowart
Myrtle Point Drive
Billingsley Huggins Insurance Office
van Johnson
Petition seals creation of Coos soil conservation district
The state approved a petition by seventy Coos county landowners to establish a Soil Conservation District. Hearings will be scheduled to allow landowners to testify before a referendum by the Water Resources board if favorable. Steering members include Ivan Laird Rob Detlefsen George Burr and Frank Rood Jr. The district aims to aid flood control water conservation soil surveys and engineering help.
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Robert Baum
State Committee On Soil Conservation
Coos County
State Water Resources Board
Ivan Laird
Sitkum
Robert Detlefsen
George Burr
Coquille
Frank Rood
North Bend
Condemned Grandstand to Get New Lease On Life
Work to repair Myrtle Point High School grandstand after condemnation in 1941 proceeds with a $3000 budget. Roof removal and bracing will stabilize the unsafe structure until a new seating program is planned. Repairs aim to have the stand ready for the 1962 football season.
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Nightsanc
Myrtle Pont High School
Banquet Honors Golf Champions at Coquille Valley
First Annual Banquet of Champions at the Elks temple honored golf champions from the Coquille Valley Golf and Country Club. Attorney Frank Meldrum hosted, praising local golfers and noting a $25,000 sprinkler system upgrade and tree planting that Beautified the course. Detailing the 1961 season, Ery Dettman won the club championship with 48 players, and five flight winners were George Linn Frank Meldrum Pete Goodbrod Paul Miller Lud Scharfer.
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Coquille Valley Golf and Country Club
Elks Temple
Frank Meldrum
Geneselo
Duena
Whiteside
Meldrum
Ery Dettman
Jack McClarrin
George Linn
Pete Goodbrod
Paul Miller
Lud Scharfer
Bandon
Good Fellowship
Russ Holfman
Brenda Stein
Roy Stein
David Johnson
Don
Free March 24 Vision Testing Clinics Open In Myrtle Point
Myrtle Point selected as one of 70 northwest cities to host free vision testing for school children. Clinics run by Vision Conservation Institute of the Northwest with Lions Club aid, part of a 1956 public service program testing 125000 children nationwide. Each test sent to institute headquarters for long range research into rising child vision problems. Place for examinations to be announced next week.
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Myrtle Point
Northwest
Vision Conservation Institute of the Northwest
Lions Club
Myrtle Point School Budget Cuts Narrow Deficit Faced
The budget committee reduced the 1962-63 Myrtle Point Public Schools budget to 1,688,296.43, about 44,900 over this year's general fund, as a $100,000 year deficit loomed. Transportation, janitor, and heating costs shifted while cuts eliminated site improvements and a music room. Public hearing set for April 9 with a full budget breakdown next week.
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Myrtle Point
Hubert E. Strong
Jerome Alanger
Glenn
Spruce
Myrtle Crest
Arago
Bridge
Broadbent
Dora
BeMolay Week Declared by Mayor in March Proclamation
Local authorities announce BeMolay Week with a March 18 observance, signaling community events and civic activities led by Mayor Ross Pinkiey in what appears to be a ceremonial designation.
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Ross Pinkiey
Oranda
Sono Poe
Peni Timate Work Confab Meeting Planned
The Myrtle Point Tops Cheb kt geamsner Sor gene et international organisation of weigh lovers will meet Tuesday March 28 at 7 p m at Mrs Clyde Cook home 70314 C street for diet discussion and a social gathering.
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Clyde Cook
C Street
Laird enters Coos County Commissioner race in Oregon
Jesse J. Laird of Myrtle Point files to run for Coos County Commissioner with a logger’s background and community leadership. He cites involvement in forming a local college district and extensive Masonic and Shrine affiliations, pledging independence and cooperation on county projects.
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Jesse J. Laird
Coos County
Jesse L. Laird
Myrtle Point
Jesse Laird
Upper
Coquille Valley
Walter Laird
International Woodworkers of America
Coos Bay
Oregon
Coos
Curry Counties
Southwestern Oregon College
Chadwick Lodge
Masonic Order
Coquille
Royal Arch Masons
Knights Templar
Shriner
Hillah Temple
Ashland
Coos-Cur's Oriental Band
Hfe
Shrine Hospital
Portland
Knights Templar Eve Foundation
Mickey Kinchelow Wins Prep Grappling Heavyweight Title
Myrtle Point high school wrestler Mickey Kinchelow, 258 pounds, captured first in the heavyweight class at the Oregon State University State A-2 wrestling matches on Saturday night. Teammates Don Pullen Leonard, Dickey, and Bill Brodie earned bronze medals as the squad totaled 40 points, placing behind Byrne and Cabby. fourteen wrestlers earned a bearing trophy for the school.
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Myrtle Point
Mickey Kinchelow
Oregon State University
Dickey
Bill Brodie
Byrne
Cabby
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Elks Coquille Valley Gell and Country Club
Mies
Pat Hamilton
Don Assen
George Lina
Freak Meldsum
Jake Otter
Bill Downing
George Mell
Whitaker
Sth
Meartle Peant
Scheer
Conservation District
Hep
Shop Ao Ollars
Viola Tucker
Robert Ocheltree
Jim McFee
Grace Dement
Stee
George Mall
Putnam
Peni
Timate
Tersity
Cleil Laird
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