Community News Highlights From Salem and Nearby Areas
Mr and Mrs Albert Johnson of Salem and Doris Mitchel of Portland visited relatives. Theodore Clinton of Coquille called on his father James Clinton. Mrs Phillip Linn and baby daughter of Coquille visited her in laws. John Russell of Sweet Home, former editor of New Era, stopped at the Herald office. Mrs Lloyd Brown and Mrs Wesley Carter of Portland attended a funeral in Coquille for Miss Rogers. The Krewsons and Obermen family hosted gatherings in Dora and Broadbent. Robert McArthur and family visited their daughter in Cupertino, Cal. C D Diebold of Portland visited with Dean Bramon's family. Jack Dunn attended his brother James's wedding in Portland. Homer Siglsk of Sacramento was here for his father George Ward's illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Clinton
Coquille
James Clinton
John Arnold
Phillip Linn
Larry Lucas
John Russell
Sweet Home
Herald Office
Russell
New Era
Lloyd Brown
Wesley -Carter
Portland
Ferriss
Miss Rogers
Orrest Krewson
Keewson
Charles Obermen
Dora
Brew‘ster
E. A. Krewson
Glade Krewson
Broadbent
Donna Krewson
Robert McArthur
Sam Dement
Cupertino
Cal
McArthur
Eda MacKallar
Fock Valley Iown
C D Diebold
Dean Bramon
Jack Dunn
Local Classifieds Include Food Sale and Used Goods Listings
A fragmented local page lists a cooked food sale at Mellee’s Grocery on May 1 with roast beef chicken and desserts. Multiple for sale items include a Model A Ford tractor with plow a 1941 Plymouth a white electric sewing machine and a 1930 Model A pickup. A help wanted notice seeks fifteen women flower pickers with transportation and earnings details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellee’s Grocery
Myrtle Point
Ted Kirsch
Sun Walles Bulb Farms
Mus
Local families share Sunday visits and community events
A crowded weekend of social calls fills the area as Mr and Mrs Earl Cox and children visit D A Wood in Bunker Hill. Several households report visits to Langlois Coos Bay Myrtle Point Roseburg and Coos Bay for business or family occasions. A dance at Catching Creek schoolhouse drew a large crowd and funds supported the Carmmunits Guile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Cox
Bunker Hill
D. A. Wood
Frank Rema
Aden Adkins
Graffite
Coos Bay
A. B Barrows
Charleston
D S Higgins
Kenneth Kissell
Keizer Hospital
Life Shack
Jerry Mecum
Ralph Hawkins
Ralph Hawkin
Mary Linn
Beo Cant
C . Bushnell M
Lester Higgins
Higgins
George Edwards
Langlois
Mies
Charles Kissel
Navy
Catching Creek
Fund For the Carmmunits Guileing
Ralph Nee
Ll Rema
Charles Ksell
Myrtle Point
Vic
Keith Bushnell
Bob Morris
Joe Adcock
Roseburg
Thomas Lawson
M L Slakey
Bushnell
R H Frazier
Joe
Patty
Fair Board Groups Meets In Bandon Tuesday Evening
Coos County Fair Board members met in Bandon to discuss adding livestock barns at the fairgrounds and signed contracts with carnival owner Fred J. Browning and rodeo performer Max Barbour. The meeting continued in Myrtle Point on Wednesday with bids for the new barns to be called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos County
Sister to Care for Sprague Sister in Mast Hospital
Mary Ann Belshaw arrived home Wednesday from La Grande where she completes hospital training. She will care for her sister Mrs Alvin Sprague, who entered the Mast hospital Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Belshaw
la Grande
Alvin Sprague
Mast Hospital
Agriculture And Forestry Depend On Soil Says F L Ballard
F L Ballard of OSC warns soil conservation is vital for Oregon’s future wealth in agriculture and forestry. He cites losses of cropland, notes erosion factors, and urges improved tillage rotation irrigation lime and conserving crops to sustain yields and competitiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Ballard
Oregon
Fo L Ballard
Oscth
Ballas
Coos County
Jenkins
Democracy versus subversive influence in America
A reader argues democracy must defend itself against subversive agencies infiltrating American ideals. They recall ancestors who fought for liberty from tyranny and warn that tolerating harmful groups would be like allowing criminals to operate unchallenged. The letter frames defense as essential to preserve Republic values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Ameri
Ameren
Bunker Hi
Yorktown
High Seas
Republic of America
America
Home Economics Council Plans Regional Planning Day
Two representatives from each Coos county home extension unit join the county council at Green Acres Grange hall on Tuesday May 18 for the annual Program Planning Day. The group will select extension meeting projections for the coming year with Miss Frances Clinton of Corvallis assisting. Lunch at noon, served by the Greendell unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos County
County Home Economics Extension Council
Greenacre’s
SC. Corvallis
Blechel and Duncan Couple Wed at Home Ceremony
Sst Blechel daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Blechel and Elmer Duncan Jr son of Elmer Duncan were married last Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs KE M Duncan where the ceremony was performed by Mrs KE M Duncan. The couple planned a trip to Washington and Arenerton to visit relatives and seek health benefits. They have lived in Powers for about six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blechel
Albert Blechel
Elmer Duncan Jr
Elmer Duncan
KE. M. Duncan
Washington
Are Nerton
Stassen Bid To Chase Snakes From America
A Democratic group backs Harold Stassen in the 1948 presidential race promising to “chase the snakes out of America.” The message urges voters from Minnesota and beyond to support the candidate in the nomination fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambion Sa
Txen
Moscow
St. Patrica
Ireland
St Patrick
Harold Stassen
America
Minnesota
Presdent
Chas the
Stassen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tadee Ee
Pheote
Guerriere
Boston
Alaska
Pearl Harbor
Albert Johnson
Salem
Doris Mitchel
Tee
Myrtlewood Baker
Richfield Station
Plymouth
Don Brown
M R Witbeck
C Street
Pop's Place
John Vinci, Jr
Lloyd W. Oddy
Nee At
Fair Board
Bandon
Exide Batteries
Hallard
Crown
George Jenkins
Home
Ec Council
Frances Clinton
Teader
Greendell
Lawns and Gardens Org
These
Moon
Teed
Pte
Hes
Sempert’s
Sempert
Henry
Ates
Lil Alice
Stratwear
Myers & Myers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!