Liquor Store Robbery Hauls 90 Cases Of Whiskey
Myrtle Point liquor store in the Lundy building was robbed Sunday night. About 90 cases of whiskey and other liquors were removed after a rear door and storeroom doors were forced open. Cash untouched. shelves held bottlings. Police investigated. commission representatives examined losses. Estimates suggest over 11000 drinks from the haul.
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Myrtle Point
Lundy Building
Wm. Gurner
Grady Johnson
State Liquor Control Commission
Tacul
Andatate
Liquor Commission
Austin Bryant Dies In Action On Luzon
A Hood River letter from Edell Bryant reports his brother Lt Sgt Austin Bryant was killed in action in the Philippines on February 21. A telegram from the War Department confirms the death of Staff Sergeant Austin N D Bryant on Luzon.
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Austin Bryant
Luzon
Edell Bryant
Hood River
War Department
Secretary of War
Austin ND Bryant
Luson
Yellow Coon Caught In Trap Above Roamote
Clarence Mullins reports a yellow coon caught in a trap near Roamote. The specimen resembled a young coyote and may be a cross between grey and white. Robert Warren Bright, a boy, climbed a cedar tree and fractured both wrists and an elbow while fleeing.
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Roamote
Clarence Mullins
Mullins
Robert
Log Drive Ends on Coquille Rivers North and East Forks
The final log drive of the season cleared the East and North Forks of the Coquille as high water moved logs downstream. About 18 million feet were logged this season, with cleanup described as nearly complete. A caterpillar used by L B L Logging went missing Monday night near Cooper bridge and is believed sunk. salvage awaits spring.
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North Forks
Coquille
L. B. & L. Logging Company
Cooper Bridge
Clarke Cleared of Narcotics Charge by Grand Jury
Dr Oliver H Clarke Myrtle Point physician was found not true billed on a narcotics charge by a federal grand jury in Portland. The charges alleged dispensing narcotics in professional practice around September 19 1944. Clarke was released on his own recognizance last September and the case against him was dismissed.
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O H Clarke
Portland
Oregon Journal of
Oliver H. Clarke
Myrtle Point
Clarke
Medford
R W Clancy
F W. Walter Kresse
Frank Sawyer Dies Here After Short Illness
Frank Sawyer longtime Yamhill county official and McMinnville resident died Monday at Mast hospital after a brief illness. He had moved from DeLake Oregon last year with widow Hazel Sawyer and is survived by his children and brothers. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Schroeder mortuary with interment in Norway cemetery.
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Frank Sawyer
Mast Hospital
Sawyer
Mu Ayer
Iowa
Hazel Sawyer
Robert
Walla Walla
Wash
Jesse
Tacoma, Wach
Will
Mt Ayer
DeLake
Ore
G. L. McKay
Yamhill County
McMinnville
Schroeder Mortuary
Norway Cemetery
J .R Wiley
Order of
Coes Urges $1 809 000 In 7th Bond Drive
Committee chairman Clarence Coe announces a goal of 1 809 000 for Oregon in the seventh war loan drive with 55 000 000 backing the backbone, backed by 143 payroll deduction weeks. The drive runs May 14 to June 30 and aims to surpass 1944 totals in two campaigns.
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Mittee
Clarence Coe
Oregon
Bend
Treasury Department
County Court House News Summary of Marriages and Divorces
Report covers multiple county notices including marriages such as Esme Ray Cole and Mary Cabelle Cloyd on the sixth, Dean Oberman and Delores Tilky on the fourth, and William Logan Cawood with Margaret L. Perkina on the eleventh, plus several divorces like Annette Mauzey versus James Mauzey and Dorothea Scaife versus Thomas Scaife. Also notes probate, liens, and title actions with estate details and heirs.
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Esme Ray Cole
Tampa
Fls
Mary Cabelle Cloyd
Jonsboro
Arkansas
R. D. Bender
Frank H Doonan, Jr
Thelma Zora Sutton
Reedsport
Chan G Brown
Glen Everett Gosline
Doris Ann Wood
Coquille
Robert L. Greene
Dean G Oberman
Delores Tilky
C E. Brittain
Lewis Alexis Bachelier
Modesto
Calif
Nancy Lou MacLean
Charleston
C. Harold van Dyker
William Logan Cawood
Margaret L. Perkina
R. D Bender
Donald Owen Johnson
Ind
Marella Baay
Washington
Sath
Annette L. Mauzey
James Francis Mauzey
Marshfield
Perry
Vail B. Perry
Idella Ann Hall
William E. Hall
Florence Clark
Andrew L. Clark
Calfornia
Dorothea M Scaife
Thomas Merwin &Scaife
Roseburg
Viola Walden
James W. Wakden
Arizona
H G. Rosslow
F C
Bill) Osborne
P. H. Briggs
Lulu Arthur
Marvin Barkley Dies in Action in Germany
Telegram from the War Department announces Corporal Marvin L. Barkley aged 20 was killed in action in Germany on December 8, 1948. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Barkley of Broadbent and served as a tank driver after three years at Union High School. Surviving are his parents and sister Dolores.
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Department of War
Washington, D. C
Tony Barkley
Broadbent
Secretary of War
Cpl
Marvin L. Barkley
Germany
Dich
J. A. Ulio
Julia Barkley
Cpl Barkley
Union High School
Servic
Dolores Barkley
Commencement plans announced for Union High May 23
Union High School outlines a May 23 commencement in the auditorium with speaker Dr. James Millar of Portland. Melvin Zamwal or Zam walt named valedictorian and Donna Moomaw salutatorian. alumni from classes 15, 0, 25, 30, 36, and 40 honored.
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Union High School
Haveeen
James Millar
Portland
Melvin Zamwalt
Donna Moomaw
The
Lettermen
Coquille
National School Assembly
Coos Bay
Myrtle Point Teams to Attend County Pennant Ceremony
Members of Myrtle Point's three junior high basketball teams, county pennant winners, will attend with Turner Roseburg as principal speaker and brief remarks from other speakers and players. The Eugene Axemen were eliminated from state race after losses to Washington High, who took the championship. Eugene finished fourth.
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Myrtle Point
Turner Roseburg Centhe
Eocena Register-Guard
Satur
Eugene Axemen
Washington High
Bundles for Service Men Aid Shipments Grow
Myrtle Point group Bundles in America reported shipping 62 more garments to New York for soldiers in Europe. A new 60 pound yarn batch arrived and volunteers may obtain yarn from Mrs Florence Miller at the Hub store to knit sweaters helmets gloves and chest protectors for front line troops.
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America
Myrtle Point
New York
Europe
Verne Lundy
Chaiman
Florence Miler
Hub
Local Hospital Notes and Birth Announcements
Mast Hospital reports Mrs. Owen Smith injured. Robert Bright suffers both arms fractured. Births include a son Jerry Cecil to Mr and Mrs Robert Kelley Coquille on March 17 and a daughter Janet Arlene to Mr and Mrs Francis Barklow Coquille on March 9. Myrtle Point welcomes a son Marvin Stevenson born March 19 to Mr and Mrs James Belcher. Other patients listed are Harry Dement Leslie Lett George Howe and several Mrs Ellen Rice Mrs Manley Barklow Anna Penn W P Whittington and Mrs Dora Ritchey. Bay Home Property records C C Carter purchase of Ben Burgess property atop Spruce Street hill near T D Guerin residence and possession taken.
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Owen Smith
Langlois
Robert Bright
Warren Bright
Myrtle Point
Robert Kelley
Coquille
Jerry Cecil
Francis Barklow
Janet Arlene
James Belcher
Marvin Stevenson
Harry Dement
Leslie Lett
George Howe
Ellen Rice
Manley Barklow
Anna Penn
W. P. Whittington
Dora Ritchey
Wagneres Move to New Home in New Home
In New Home Mr and Mrs Charles Wagner have moved into a house recently bought from Gh Olsen. Mr Olsen has entered service and Mrs Olsen will be listed with her parents in Portland.
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Charles Wagner
Gh Olsen
Olsen
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North
East Forks
Lr. Clarke
Coes
County Court House
Fellows
Marvin Barkley
G. D Kelker
C C. Wagner
Lions
Rotarians
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