Readers rail against Myrtle Point bus service scheduling
Letters to The Herald argue the current Coos Bay area bus connections are insufficient for same day Bay trips. Writers from Myrtle Point and nearby towns urge Pacific Greyhound to reroute Portland line to start in Myrtle Point, improving round trips and medical visit access.
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Calls for Improved Bus Service from Myrtle Point
Readers urge the Myrtle Point Herald to press state authorities and the Public Utility Commission for additional bus connections. They seek Greyhound alternatives or Trailways service to Portland, Eugene, or San Francisco, and propose a petition to force action.
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Mrs Felshers Plea for Bus Service in Myrtle Point
A Myrtle Point couple asks Mr Hall to deliver a plea to the Chamber of Commerce and service clubs for improved bus service. They cite unreliable Greyhound schedules on trips to California and Seattle and urge local transportation options.
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Mass meeting urged over utility protests by farmers
A reader urges a mass meeting for farmers and others to protest before the Public Utilities Commission. The letter questions Greyhound service from Myrtle Point to Coquille with a long layover in Coquille and criticizes the advertised schedule.
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John Felsher
Sitkum News People and Weekend Visits Across Coast Bend
Local notes record Mr and Mrs Tom Leifeste visiting Roseburg. Erwin Laird and family visit Bend to see relatives. Mr and Mrs John Gardiner of Bandon visit their son Mike. Elmer Strode and family attend a Europe trip screening in McKinley. Elwin Alford and Fulton Alford travel for business and illness. Mrs Kenneth Laird and Mrs Wm Neldeigh receive care. fishing anecdote and hospital visit in Coos Bay. Myrtle Point visitors to the Jenkins family. Coquille residents relocate to Coos Bay Lumber Camp. Rudolph Erich visits his hospitalized wife in Coos Bay after a flower bulb accident.
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Erwin Laird
Louis Laird
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John Gardiner
Bandon
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Elmer Strode
Florence
Ellen
Mildred
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Chet Farr
Europe
Elwin Alford
Portland
Fulton Alford
Mast
Kenneth Laird
Wm Neldeigh
Gardiner
Lendon Jenkins
Myrtle Point
Arthur Jenkins
John Peters
Coquille
Coos Bay
Rudolph Erich
Arago Homemakers Festival Rekindles Old Ties
Mary Alice Watkins reports at the annual Homemakers Festival in Arago where longtime residents gather. Mrs J L Burtis is featured as the focal point of the Arago group as friends reminisce and catch up on recent life events.
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Bandon group honors members at county unit meeting
The Reston group and Mrs Marper's mother led a county unit gathering honoring members including Mrs Virgil Todd who becomes secretary next year. About 400 women attended in the auditorium. 200 wore cotton dresses and 160 were modeled. An event featured Rev Dick Cochran slides from a Myrtle Point missionary visit and a related inter-church program. Mr and Mrs Ralph Leneve of Coquille were Saturday guests at the Osbourne home.
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Mother in Heaven Poem of a Child's Longing
A heartfelt poem expressing a child's ache for a beloved mother in heaven. The speaker laments the loss, yearning for one more embrace, and asks whether the longing will endure. Refrains of affection and comfort fill the verses as the child gazes upward.
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