1948 National 4-H Soil Conservation Contest In Oregon
Announcement declares the 1948 National 4-H Soil Conservation program will be conducted in Oregon for the fifth straight year. The effort urges 4-H members to build farm family soil conservation plans to prevent wastage and protect long term production. Merit awards from Firestone include gold medals and $50 bonds for top county entrants. state and sectional prizes feature trips to Chicago and $200 scholarships for national honors. County agents will provide full details.
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Oregon
Firestone
U S
Chicago
Gaylord Grange Initiates New Members and Social Visits
Gaylord News reports new members James Devereaux and Jesse Hayes initiated into Broadbent Grange on Saturday night. Various locals, including Hayes family members and Myrtle Point visitors, spend weekends visiting relatives across Coos Bay area towns.
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James Devereaux
Jesse Hayes
Charlies Wagner
Nancy Kay
Myrtle Point
Fred Caetf
Sacramento
Cal
Bax
Eugene
Jo Ann
Coos Bay
Frances Bail
Martin Arnold
Smith
Los Angeles
George Fromm
Coquille
Jesse Fromm
Port Orford
James Dvereaux
Four Farm Buildings At OSC Approved By Board
Oregon State College received authorization to construct four permanent farm buildings including a beef barn to replace a burned one, a hay barn, a grain storage and feed mixing building, and a combined sheep barn and service building. The project allocates 97 387 dollars from the old building program funds with start contingent on plans and materials.
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OSC
Lake addition approved for trout fishing in Oregon
A new half mile long lake in Beson State Park near Multnomah Falls will serve as a recreational area for trout anglers. The Oregon State Game Commission, with the State Park Division, completed screening of the outlet and poisoned out over 250 adult carp to prevent repopulation. Experiments will fertilize the lake to boost trout production and stocking will begin when feed conditions meet legal size.
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Oregon
Columbia River
Beson State Park
Multnomah Falls
State Park
Oregon Highway Commission
Oregon State Game Commission
C A Lockwood
Oregon State Game Supervisor
Multnomah Creek
Conservation Nomination Awards Close
Nominations for the Conservation Education and Publicity award must be submitted by June 1948. Any North American individual or organization may be nominated for work in conservation education during the prior year. A trophy will be awarded at the 1948 national convention in Ohio with three leading conservation figures serving as judges.
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National Association of Conservation Education and Publicity
Ohio
Isaac D Chaman
Care
Louisiana
Department of Wild Life and Fisheries
Son Born to Mr and Mrs George M Menken of Coquille
A son was born to Mr and Mrs George M Menken of Coquille on March 1 1948. The family welcomes the healthy infant and asks friends to share in their joy.
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Creorge M Menken
Coquille Mus
PTA to Host Meeting and Film Viewing in High School Auditorium
The newly organized Patent son of officers will meet Thursday evening May 9 in the high school auditorium. Temporary chairman Mrs Z H Thomas announced the program includes a showing of the widely publicized film Human Growth at 7 30 PM. The regular PTA meeting follows the show according to Mrs Thomas.
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Z. H. Thomas
P.T. A
Thomas
Oregon Counties Hit New Payroll Records In 1947
A state unemployment commission report shows 33 of 36 Oregon counties set new payroll records in 1947 from 16 000 employers. Total wages reached 852 089 522 to 301 508 workers, up 20.2 percent from 1946 and more than double pre war figures, with downstate counties increasing their share. Timber belt counties Linn Lane Douglas led gains with payrolls near 176 million, Linn County rising to about 59 million, while Marion lagged due to exclusion of state and other public employees.
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Oregon
State
Gilliam and Sherman
Marion
Mariow
Wellown
Linn Lane
Douglas
Jose
Phine and
Jackson
Lane County
Linn and
Coos
Klamath
More Money Sought For Building OSC Pavilion
Oregon State College faces delays on the proposed basketball pavilion that would serve as an auditorium for the campus and community. The state board of higher education voted to hold construction until a larger bond issue is arranged, with bids exceeding expectations. If low bidders do not agree to extend, new bids will be sought within about a month.
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State Board of Higher Education
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