Track Meet Set for Saturday at Myrtle Point Fair Grounds
Coos county interscholastic track meet scheduled for May 4 at the Myrtle Point fair grounds. Division B events start 10:00 am with four field and sprint events, Division A at 1:30 pm directed by H W Lever and officials from Roseburg and North Bend. Eligibility lists due May 8 with limits of three entrants per event and two in hurdles. Local organizers expect strong turnout across schools. Laird and Garrett win timber bid at Roseburg federal sale for 200 acres on Rock creek, paying 80 300.54 to protect holdings.
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Fair Grounds
Myrtle Point
H W . Lever
Mr Lever
W. Adams
Coos County
F P Osborne
Marshfield High
How
Lever
V Adama
Och
Hooh Turner
Roseburg
W V Furguson
L. P Linn
L. W Turnbull
Timera
HH Johnson
North Bend
C L. Church
V White
Virgil Smith
Mratha Mulkey
Laird & Garrett
Upper Rock Creek
Garrett
Roberts Store Closure Amid Attachments at Myrtle Point
J N Roberts grocery closed early this week with a notice of goods attached by Dr R H Mast. Roberts, a longtime Myrtle Point grocer, recently fell ill and was hospitalized at Mast and Wilson. The store faces hospital bill stakes as the attachment protects medical costs. Roberts has a Kansas sister due soon to bring him back home. Chas Brodrick family moved into a home bought from Archie Bush on Fourth Street.
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J. N Roberts
R. H. Mast
Roberts
Myrtle Point
Mast & Wilson Hospital
Roberta
Kansas
Chas. Brodrick
Archie Bushpall
Fourth Street
Senior class play Am I Intruding to be staged at high school
The senior class presents Am I Intruding a modern mystery comedy with rapid action and laughs. Horace Vare and Bluebird Motors plot entangle a colorful cast including Jerry from Sage Creek and Margie Davre as Vi and Dora. The play runs Friday and Saturday May 10-11 at 800 PM with reserved seats at Harlocker's drug store.
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Horace Vare
Bluebird Motors Corporation
Blair Hoover
Vare
Jerry
Sage Creek
Heck
Margie
Dora
Jane
Ernest
Dickie Walden
Peter
Mona
Mrs. Hastings
Mia Hastings
Zona Kelly Blair Hoover
Keith Laird
Ernest Rothburn
Ravea
Chaster Willson
Marjory Vare
Audrey Volkmar
Dickie Waldron
Humphrey Lane Mona
Margaret
William Gurney
Violet Vare
Thelma Snyder
Virgil Smith
Jacqueline Holloway
Erald May Jerry
Kender Reynolds
Avelyn Baker
Harlocker’s Drug Store
Myrtle Point Social Calendar Brims With School Events
Myrtle Point prepares a busy two week span featuring a music recital at Union High School by Mrs O Clarke students. Night school for visiting parents, Junior Senior banquet at Methodist church parlors, seniors play at the high school, eighth grade and graduating class exercises, a May 12 baccalaureate sermon by Rev Omer Idso at the Methodist church, and upcoming school picnics.
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Mra O ' Clarke
Union High School
Methodist
Methodist Church
Omer Idso
Myrtle Point Ag Students Earn State Honors at Corvallis
Myrtle Point Future Farmers of Smith Hughes win second in state contest at Corvallis with 16 schools represented. Truman Wagner named one of ten outstanding Smith Hughes boys of Oregon and elected vice president of the Oregon Future Farmers club. Local group accompanied by instructor Earl R. Cooley. Union Pacific film crews photographed the event. Ag Sprouts booklet to be expanded for nationwide distribution.
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Myrtle Point
Corvallis
Smith- Hughes
Smith-Hughes
Medford
Roseburg
Grants Pass
Coquille
Lebanon
McMinnville
Silverton
Forest Grove
Newberg
Embler
Gresham
Enterprise
Independence
Truman Wagner
Farmer Club of
Oregon
Earl R Cooley
Myrtle Point Union High School
Immigration Department
Union Pacific Department
Cooley
United States
Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC
Myrtle Point Typing Team Captures State Championship
Myrtle Point high school typing team won the Oregon state contest in Corvallis with an average of 67.09 wpm, setting a new speed record. Members Reneva Volkmar Elma Russell Doris Mann and Margaret Lover helped secure the cup and top team honors coached by Eleanor Saubert. Dolly Richards Baker won the amateur gold with 83.31 wpm. Edna Helen Jones Medford set the novice record. Dallas took top team accuracy at 91.46 percent. Thirty seven schools competed.
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Reneva Volkmar
Elma Russell
Doris Mann
Margaret Lover
Corvallis
Portland Oregonian
Oregon
Myrtle Point
Eleanor Saubert
Eugene
Dolly Richards
Baker
Mary Galey
Edna Helen Jones
Medford
John Stout
F Baker
Dorothy Arant
Forest Grove
Dhat
Alice Wiens
Dallas
Ed Ma Russell
Contance Ekstrom
Franklin
Portland
Myrthke Point
Local girl hurt in second auto wreck near Cottage Grove
Mrs. Robert Clinton returning from a visit with her daughter Mrs. Vern Hasen collided near Remote with a motorcycle parked by the roadside. Mrs. Clinton sustained back and neck injuries and was treated at Mast and Wilson hospital. Mrs. Burr steered into a bank to avoid a head on crash. the car was badly damaged. A prior accident involving Miss Ray and the Detlefsen boy was recalled with serious injuries.
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Robert Clinton
Vern Hasen
Cottage Grove
Roseburg
George Burr
Coquille
Remote
Blate Kelly
Misa Ray
Alaska the Last Frontier Lecture Preview
An illustrated talk titled Under the North Star will be given at the Presbyterian church next Sunday at eight o'clock replacing the regular service. The talk, free to attend, will use seventy-seven colored stereopticon slides and there will be a silver offering. The piece wraps up the mission class study.
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Alaska
America
North Star
Myrtle Point Chamber Honors Local Students At Meeting
Myrtle Point Chamber of Commerce hosts about forty at its Tuesday gathering. Students from Myrtle Point Union High School share honors with Humphrey Lane winner in county history and Truman Wagner named one of Oregon's top agriculture students. Superintendent Linn and Floyd Sammers attend as guests.
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Myrtle Point Chamber of Commerce
Myrtle Point Union High School
Myrtle Point Course
Humphrey Lane
Truman Wagner
Oregon
L. P. Linn
Union High School
Floyd Samuers
Miss Saubert
St Corvallis
Elma Russell
Messrs. Linn
Summers
Chamber of Commerce
Hamm’s
Neideigh
Glen Neideigh
Mary Rockwell
Louis Baynes
Coos County
Floyd Summers
Junior High
Clinton
Elmer Russell
Paul Brewer
Henry A. Schroeder
Knapp Funeral Held in Port Orford Attended by Myrtle Point Residents
Louis Knapp longtime Port Orford hotelier honored in a funeral service this week with Myrtle Point attendees including Mr. Haynes R C Dement Mr and Mrs Thos Guerin and Mrs Mary Helt. Henry Schroeder led the service reflecting his ties across Coos and Curry counties.
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Myrtle Point
Louis Knapp
Port Orford
Haynes
R. C. Dement
Thos. Guerin
Mary Helt
Knapp
Coos
Curry County
Henry Schroeder
Powers Colored Folks Plan Good Time At Armory
May 1 Powers Oregon the minstrel show postponed by the Mystic Social Club will be held Monday evening at the armory. The club features Powers brightest musicians and includes darky dialects in the program. Awards listed include bronze medal Alice Buenning Eugene 7484 honorable mention Doris Mann Myrtle Point 744 Championship high school teams first state cup and banner Myrtle Point 794 second silver cup and banner Dallas 6231 third silver cup and banner Ashland 6198 honorable mention Salent 6106. Accuracy First silver cup Dallas errors 8.75 48.31 a second Tilamook errors 750 5041.
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Powers
Oregon
Mystic
Armory
Alice Buenning
Eugene
Doris Mann
Myrtle Point
Dallas
Ashland
Salent
Tilalmook
Night School Demonstrations At Union High
Annual event at the union high school with demonstrations in five departments. Evening program features classroom recitations and visitors touring rooms to view student work and a typing champion display.
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Union High School
Ouren-Ilbrty
Boy Scout News This Weekend
Scouts prepare for key weekend events with activities and meetings planned across the council. Local troops invite families to attend open gatherings and showcase projects and merit badge progress.
Spring Glow
OPRRNYUA Hickman presents Spring Glow in a gala evening aimed at leaving a lasting memory for the graduating class. Students, staff and guests are invited to attend as planners seek a memorable showcase of talent and community spirit.
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Hickman
Hobson Buys Gravel Ord Land For Grazing
Jas Hobson purchased 40 acres from N P Petertoom near Gravelord last week and plans to use the land for grazing.
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Jas. Hobson
N. P. Petertoom
Hobson
Archery Club Formed by Myrtle Point Residents
An archery club has been formed by several Myrtle Point residents interested in the sport, signaling local enthusiasm for target shooting and club activities.
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Myrtle Point
Woman Hurt In Car Crash At Store, Miss Lois Ray Hospitalized
Miss Lois Ray is laid up in Mast and Wilson hospital with a neck injury after a Friday car collision near the Neway store. She was in a group including Jim Lewelles Marian slleh and Mrs Hari Clinton detving when their vehicle was struck by Teen Detlemen who had just parked at the store. The others were unhurt.
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Lois Ray
Mast
Wilson Hospital
Beck
Snanto
Jim Lewelles
Marian ‘iel@slleh
Hari Clinton
Neway
Teen” Detlemen
Miss Ray
Hardware man eyes Portland stock amid town search
A Portland hardware man surveyed Mystid Point Tuesday, inspecting a stock of goods he plans to move to another town. The report notes his careful look over the area and mentions the Beaman room and local names such as Satan and Myrtle Fela Meal in the murky OCR text.
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Portland
Colevan
Beaman
Satan
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Oliver Bigelow
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Clinard Mast
Vern Stont
Chas, Leatherman
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Honor Wagner
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