AFS Student Louise Lynch Seeks Lion Support for Myrtle Point Jubilee
Louise Lynch, a 18 year old New Zealand AFS exchange student living with the Jack Nelson family in Myrtle Point, plans a three week U S tour with 3,000 peers from 57 countries before returning to New Zealand. She is sponsored by the Myrtle Point Lions Club as a princess candidate for the Myrtlewood Jubilee May 17 18 and asks local Lions for backing.
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Louise Lynch
DJ Lynch
Taneatua
New Zealand
Field Service
Jack Nelson
Myrtle Point
United States
AFS
San Francisco
Lions Club of
Coquille
Louise
Myrtlewood
Lynch
Lion's Club
Heu To Study Mental Health At May Home Meetings
Coos County homemakers will explore Mental Health topics at May home extension unit meetings led by Fran ces M Watts Coos County Extension Agent. They will learn about services from the Coos County Public Health Department and Family Counseling Service Clinic. Supervisory nurse Marylin Goldbloom notes shifts in patient treatment favoring home family and community reintegration.
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Coos County
Frances M. Watts
Wagner House and Pioneer Association Meet in Powers City
The Wagner House and Pioneer House Association of Southwestern Oregon plan a Powers City Hall meeting on May 8 at 8 00 p.m. to discuss resourcing the John Wagner homestead. State funds totaling 4523 514 09 for Oregon counties are apportioned this week, with Coos County receiving 123 642 74. A Health Department group therapy program in Coos County reduces hospital returns. Ed Shaw notes communication gaps fuel family breakdown and outlines needs for preventive mental health programs, in patient facilities, and services for retarded youths and families with disabled members.
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Pioneer House Association
Oregon
Powers City Hall
John Wagner
Clay Myers
Myers
Coos County
Health Department
Oregon State Hospital
Ed Shaw
Program To Be Organized For Disadvantaged Children
Southwestern Oregon Community College will host a meeting on Thursday May 9 at 8:00 p.m. in Sitkum Hall room 1 to organize a regional outdoor education program for elementary age children from low income families. The meeting is sponsored by Community Action Programs and Cooperative Extension Service and chaired by Peter J. Gallagher. It aims to establish a summer camping experience for several hundred area children and invites community leaders and the public. For information contact James R. Laith or Dick Brown in Coquille.
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Southwestern Oregon Community College
Sitkum Hall
Peter J. Gallagher
Oregon
Three Make Swoe Honor Rolls At Southwestern Oregon College
Ralph Hahn, Admissions Officer at Southwestern Oregon College, lists Winter term honor roll members. Jack Gordon Thomas of Myrtle Point earns honor roll with GPA of 3.5 or better. Barbara Brister and Ron Hassett, both of Myrtle Point, appear on the Dean's List with GPAs between 3.0 and 3.5.
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Ralph Hahn
Southwestern Oregon College
Jack
Gordon) Thomas
Myrtle Point
Barbara Brister
Ron Hassett
Marines Fire Team Leader From Myrtle Point In Vietnam Service
Marine Lance Corporal Dennis Freer of Myrtle Point is a fire team leader with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 27th Marines north of Da Nang. He is the son of Mrs. Barbara Carlson and a Myrtle Point High School graduate. Also listed are Army Private First Class Thomas A. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Brown, 1521 Bothwick, and Airman First Class Percy J. Bratlie, husband of Elizabeth Canfield of Myrtle Point, serving in Vietnam. Bratlie is an aircraft mechanic in the Pacific Air Forces, previously at Mountain Home AFB Idaho, and attended Tumwater High School.
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Dennis Freer
27Th Marines
da Nang
Vietnam
Barbara Carlson
Myrtle Point
Myrtle Point High School
Thomas A. Brown
Albert F. Brown
Bothwick
329Th Transportation Company
Percy J. Bratlie
Elizabeth
RJ Canfield
Bender St
Ore
Tan Son Nhut AB
Bratlie
Pacific Air Forces
Mountain Home Afb
Idaho
Tumwater, Wash
City Court Gary Bryant Drunk in Public Place
Gary Michael Bryant faced City Court for public intoxication. He was fined $5000 after the hearing.
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Gary Michael Bryant
School Election May 6 at District 41 sites
Voters in Bridge Myrtle Point area will cast ballots Monday May 6 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the annual school election. Candidates Jeanne Peterson and Melvin Zumwalt seek Zone 1 seats for a five year term, while Bill Roush runs for Zones 5 and 6 for a five year term.
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Bridge, Broadbent
Arago
Dora
Myrtle Crest
Myrtle Point
Vomg
Jeanne Peterson
Melvin Zumwalt
Bill Roush
GP Strike Spreads to Myrtle Point Workers Idle
Myrtle Point saw about 150 Georgia Pacific employees idled Monday morning as pickets protested at the local GP time office and shops. The walkout follows a February Bunker Hill plant dispute where 400 workers left last week over a December suspension. Mediation services were notified and a settlement was reported at the Bunker Hill plywood plant meeting.
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Georgia Pacific
GP Time
Bunker Hill
D J.freeman
IWA
GP Bunker Hill Plywood
Coos Bay
Kilgore Mourned. Marine Pvt. Kilgore Killed in Vietnam
Marine Private First Class Dan Kilgore son of Mr and Mrs William Kilgore of Myrtle Point Oregon was killed by enemy action near Khe Sanh Quang Tri Vietnam on April 16 1968 He enlisted in 1967 and arrived in Vietnam two days before his death He attended Powers and Myrtle Point schools and worked at Powers Veneer Company He is survived by his parents and several relatives in Virginia and Oregon.
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Dan Kilgore
William Kilgore
Maple Street
Myrtle Point
Marine Corps
Powers Veneer Company
Vietnam
Myrtle Point Grand
Ted Blanton
Coeburm
Pearl) Kilgore
Alexandra
Donald
Charlotte) Edlund
Local Girl Wins NEA Scholarship for Education Studies
Kathy Franzen Stull, a junior at Southern Oregon College in Ashland, has been selected for the NEA full tuition plus fees scholarship for the 1968 69 academic year. The award supports elementary education majors with a minimum GPA of 2.8. she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Franzen.
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Lee Stull
Kathy Franzen
Souther Oregon College
Aushland
NEA
Kathy
SOC
Paul Franzen
Untitled fragment notes missing driver in car incident
A fragment describes a tow car crew from Western Motors removing a car and retaining it to the day. The operator involved in the accident has not checked in with State Police or Southwestern Motors.
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Clarst
Western Motors
Coquille
State Police
Southwestern Motors
Maple police investigate school gym vandalism case
Maple Police Chief Maciya Hathaway reports shots fired through gym windows of Maple Primary School last Thursday night. Principal Olga Royer found the damage Friday morning. Three boys with BB guns are involved, and the case has been referred to the Coos County Juvenile Department.
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Maciya Hathaway
Maple Primary
Olga Royer
B.b. Guos
Coos County
Coos Bay Police Net Three In Marijuana Raid
Coos Bay officers arrested Paul Douglas Kerry 20 for illegal possession of marijuana after a tip led to a party raid. Richard Gerald Fowler 22 and Jacquie Marie Watziing 20 were charged with marijuana sale and jailed with bail set at 86000 each.
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Coos Bay
Paul Douglas Kerry
Richard Gerald Fowler
Route 1
Jacquie Marie Watziing
Montgomery Ward Adds Parking Lot Near Store Entrance
Mr and Mrs James R Price proprietors of the Montgomery Ward Store add a 110 by 40 foot parking lot behind the shop for customer convenience. The gravel lot is accessible from Willow Street and leads to the back entrance of the store.
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Montgomery Ward
Willow Street
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Jack Calhoun
Rink Creek
Calhoun
North New Zealand
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Igeo-Pac
Heu
Wagner
James R. Laith
Dick Brown
Federal Mediation and Counciliation Service
FC Riley
State Bureau of Employment In
N.E.A
Coos
Kerby
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