Dora area opens its new community library in a converted barn
Ron and Carol Mason turn their 26 acre Dora ranch barn into a public library with over 2 000 books. Shirley Easton and neighbors helped set up a catalogue and reading room while planning a future artist studio crafts loom and play area for kids. The library aims to serve as a community center with books growing as readers donate.
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Dora
Ron
Carol Mason
Dora Sitkum
Mrs. Mason
Mason
Shirley Easton
Coquille Public Library
New Dora Public Library
Ward’s Way Bargain Preview For March Truckload Event
Ward’s store advertises an April Truckload Sale starting April 1 with bonus merchandise for the first three days. It promotes X-Days Sale discounts on appliances and a $10 Bonus Merchandise Certificate with Charge-A-Way accounts, plus mentions tractor, Dutch Clock and bikes, and a March 30 preview event with drawings and refreshments. Dorothy Backman is cited with red office decor.
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Myor
Wards
Dorothy Backman
Coquide Valley Sentinel
Dorothy
Weill
Sitkum clock marks March rainfall and new gauge roll out
Rainfall in Sitkum for March 13 19 reached 140 inches with 85 inches in a 24 hour period on March 19. The high 69 on March 16 and low 34 on March 19. Trilliums bloom and a wild iris was reported on Cherry Creek Mountain. Beginning next week Richard Ward will write the Dora Sitkum news column. The March 11 gauge change to an animated system sends data to Medford monthly, with future satellite linkage planned to feed 35 Oregon stations.
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Sitkum
Cherry Creek Mountain
Richard Ward
George Seely
Weather Service
Medford
Dora Lariats 4-H Horse Club Meets Busily in March
The Dora Lariats 4-H Horse Club held a March 9, 1976 meeting with members named and plans set for a April 3 trail ride at Horsfall Beach with a pot luck lunch. The group thanked Forest Easton for replacing a living memorial redwood tree for J. N. Gearhart. Meetings are the second Tuesday monthly at Dora School or Leslie Haynes’ home. Coos County Commissioner Woodrow Robison was named to the State Board of Forestry Conservation Committee by Governor Straub, joining Ed Schroeder state forester, John Lobdell revenue director, the governor, and an eastern Oregon county commissioner.
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Medford
Rosby
Nettie Haker
Shirley Easton
Carol Mason
Mildred Johnson
Veda Price
Esther Jenkins
Evelyn Lynn
Phyllis Lea
Ton and
Fina
Norma Powell
Eloma Kasper
Ethel Kennethy
Alberta McGeorge
Dorothea Martin
Feather
Floma Kasper
Phyllis Lea Vern
Dode Staan
Eugene
Synthia Lodestein
Cynthia
David and
Hoome Lodestein
Brenda Combs
Dora Lariats
Beverlon
Angie Bowen
Moody Laird
Melody Krewson
Tami Hendrickson
Jerry Hendrickson
Liz Swartz
Leslie Haynes
Horsfall Beach
Forest Easton
J. N. Gearhart
Dora
Coos County
Woodrow Robison
State Board of Forestry Conservation
Robert Straub
Robison
Ed Schroeder
John Lobdell
State Department of Revenue
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