Local Candidates File For May Primary In Coos County
Incumbents seek re election in county offices as Myrtle Point area names vie for county positions and state senate contest with Mayor Elton Schroeder as Democratic candidate opposing Republican Walsh. Notable races include clerk Oddy vs Lenevo and commissioners True and Kruse seeking reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point Mens
Thomas Guerin
Coquille River
Vern Lundy
Jesse D. Clinton
Clinton
Guerin
Itta
Elton Schroeder
Walsh
Coos Bay
Joe Gearhart
Sitkum
Myrtle Point
L. W Oddy
John W Lenevo
Remote
F C True
Coquille
Fred A Kruse
North Bend
True
P. W. Culver
Kruse
J W. Hildenbrand
Charles W. Forrest
Martha Mulkey Purdy
Avo
E Mulkey
Purdy
Clara A Stauff
Stauff
Fragmented OCR reads unclear note on permit and facilities
The readable text shows garbled phrases about a permit request and eating facilities, with scattered names and places but no clear event or outcome. No definitive individuals or organizations are extractable from the damaged snippet.
Water Contamination Report Reveals Err in Local System
An investigation notes an error in the water system raising concerns over safety. Officials urge residents to boil water and await updated testing results from the city public works department.
Inter-Church Fellowship Pre Easter Week Program Listed
The second week program of Inter-Church Fellowship Pre Easter services is announced. Local pastors lead each evening at 7 45 with services in their churches including a cantata and an Inter-church Communion service on Thursday. Good Friday services also at 7 45 led by Rev Briggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Richard Cochran
Brethren Church
Marion Stearns
Methodist Church
Methodist Choir
The
Christian Church
Whil Ryan Fadday
Wilmer Briggs
Powers Woman Injured In Fall Taken To Hospital
Mrs Ida McCadden of Powers was taken to Gold Beach hospital by Frater Ambulance on Monday afternoon after she fell and injured her hip. She is the wife of Jack McCadden and a resident of Powers.
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Ida McCadden
Gold Beach
Frater Ambulance
Powers
Jack McCadden
Sportsmen To Hold Election Officers Friday March 19
Myrtle Point chapter of the Southwestern Oregon Sportsmen's Association will meet in the city hall Friday 8 p m to elect officers and organize a Red and Gun Club. The club will supersede the local chapter and affiliate as Myrtle Point Red and Gun Club chapter of the Southwestern Oregon Sportsmen's Association.
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Myrtle Point
Southwestern Oregon Sportsmen's Association
Tom Forrest
Forrest
Sportsmen's Association
Myrtle Point Red and Gun Club
Leonard Rood Elected President of Coos Dairymen
Leonard Rood who operates a dairy on North Coos River was elected president of the Coos County Dairymen's Association at a board meeting at the Coos Bay Mutual Creamery in Coos Bay on Monday night March 18. Cedric Cross becomes vice president for 1948. M. J. Monson named secretary-treasurer, succeeding Ray Detlefsen. A next meeting is set for Tuesday March 23 in Coquille with a program including a film No Hand Stripping and plans for milking parlors milk houses and barns.
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Leonard Rood
Coos River
Coos County
Dairymen's Association
Coos Bay
Coquille
Lions to fete athletes at Myrtle Point meeting
At a Myrtle Point Lions club dinner in the Myrtle Hotel the group voted to honor high and junior high school athletes with a banquet at the next meeting. A post meeting reading essays for a trip to see the Freedom train in April was canceled for lack of time. winners will be announced next week.
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Myrtle Point Lions Club
Myrtle Hotel
Union High School
Eugene
California drought may threaten Oregon hay and pasture
California drought may drive Oregon hay and pasture shortages as cattle move north. Experts Morse and Lindgren warn heavy rain blocked oats and vetch seeding, shifting acres to malting barley and raising risk of overstocking.
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California
Oregon
Roger W Morne
Extension Dairyman
H A Lindgren
Extension Animal Husbandman
Klamath Lake
Willamette Valley
Morse
Lindgren
Booster Club Plans April First Party For Grade Students
Broadbent Booster club met at the schoolhouse to arrange a gym party for grade school children on April 1. Games and refreshments will follow. Mrs Sam Root heads the entertain ment committee with Mrs Lord Watson and Mrs Robert Palmer assisting. Mrs Ray Robinson leads lunch. Plans also covered a hard party and basket social. The club will coordinate with the school board to ask county highway officials to install school zone and crossing signs near Watkins store for safer student travel. Lunch was served after the meeting.
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Sam Root
L Rd Watson
Robert Palmer
Ray Robinson
Watkins’ Store
Etelka School Board Votes for Special Meeting
Etelka school board met at the clerk's home and voted to hold a special meeting at the school house on Friday April 2 at 800 pm. Taxpayers will vote yes or no on a special tax levy to fund remodeling of rooms used as living quarters for the teacher. An estimated 1000 dollars is needed for the remodel.
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Gaylord
Etelka
Gertrude Galloway
Adool House
Powers' Volunteer Firemen Plan Annual Ball for March 20
Powers' Volunteer Firemen finalize plans for their annual ball to be held on Saturday night March 20. Harold Ross notes Frosty’s Five will perform and proceeds will aid equipment upgrades for improved firefighting.
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Powers’ Volunteer Firemen
Powers
Harold Ross
Ase Ross
Frosty
Ted
Department
Rodeo Dates Set For Cees Fair By Directors
August 30 and 31 notables set for the Cees Fair with the ten day stretch beginning Sunday. An amateur horse show will open the fair August 30 and run through the weekend. Exhibitor entries are due August 19 and the next group meeting is April 13 in Coquille, Norwood Browne said.
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Tate
Norwood Browne
Coquille
Browne
Masons Set Master Degrees at Myrtle Lodge March 27
Four Master Mason degrees will be conferred at Myrtle Lodge No. 78 AF and AM in a special communication Saturday March 27 starting 1 30 p m. A 6 30 dinner by Elgin chapter ORS follows and C Howell treasurer of the Oregon Grand Lodge is slated to attend with Masons from St Helens and nearby lodges expected to be present.
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Myrtle Lodge
AF & AM
Elgin
ORS
C Howell
Oregon Grand Lodge
St Helens
What They Say About Junior High Band Concert
Residents praise a junior high band concert with varied quotes. Mayer Schroder and Milton Schroeder applaud the performance as exceptionally fine. Chet Weed notes the students achieved much in a short time and compares favorably with state groups.
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Mayer Elton Schroder
Pea Carstens
Omner
Milton Schroeder
Post Office
Chet Weed
Maseoipey
Mytle Point Union Old Branch
Benefit Casaba Game Supports Seeing Eye Pup Fund
A casaba game benefiting the Lions club fund to buy a Seeing Eye dog for a local blind girl raised money with transportation costs as the main expense. Powers led late in the close after a 53 52 deadlock, and donors include Evans' Products Coos Bay P J Rooney Bridge Grange 730 Powers Woman's Club American Legion Powers Mystice Social Club CES. Mrs Stauff requested the county treasurer's office send a donation in memory of Mr Charles Stauff. The Schroeder family left for a Portland business trip.
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Lions’ Club
Powers
Evans’ Products Employees
Coos Bay
P. J. Rooney
Bridge Grange
Powers’ Woman's
Superior Cheese Co expands plant with modern equipment
Superior Cheese Company has upgraded its plant with four 20,000 pound vats, a new pasteurizer, boiler redesign, and stainless presses to boost capacity. The firm also adds curing room carts, a no foam air tight separator, and weekly milk tests to improve farmer payouts. Visitors may tour by appointment as the company expands delivery routes and supports 4-H dairy projects.
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Superior Cheese Company
Herald
John Hunt
Superior Cheese Co
Hunt
Food and Drug
Cheese Company
Perior Cheese Co
Swift & Co
Superior
Lawes
Coquille
Superior Cheese Company 3
Combined Banda To Play Senior High March 25
Arnold Melby musical director of the city schools says a senior and junior high school concert will be held March 25. He notes the program will feature a combined band with professional standard music and aims to give a constructive experience for students.
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Romaine St.Louis
Ned
Arnold Melby
Myrtle Point
Alice Mae Miller
Coos Bay
Shirley Tubey
Mary Ann Downey
Rosa Miller
Dorothy Orser
Banda
Mares
Treen
Melby
High School Board Meeting Set For March 28 at 5 PM
The board will meet to discuss bus routes including Quille, MacKinley Myrtle Point, Allegany Coos River, Fairview Coquille and Delmar Coos Bay plus other regular business.
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Meetquille
MacKinley-Myrtle Point
Allegany-Coos River
Fairview-Coquille
Delmar-Coos Bay
No Hand Stripping shown at Coquille dairymen meeting
A motion picture No Hand Stripping will be shown to Coquille area dairymen next Tuesday night in the junior auditorium of the Community building. The event is arranged by the County Dairymen's Association with the county agent and features milking science in sound and color. Dr W E Petersen and the University of Minnesota dairy staff produced the film which focuses on milking cows and improved methods.
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Coquille
County Dairymens’ Association
Cedric Cross
W. E. Petersen
University of Minnesota
Cross
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New Proxy Coos Dairy Association
Masons
Casaba
Mary Jo
Keith
Portland
Herald Evwalt
Coos
Curry
Douglas
Cialae Wits
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