Myrtlewood Park Forest Opens in Oregon After Landmark Purchase
A $10,000 sale closes the first Myrtlewood park in Coca county Brewster valley. Save the Myrtlewoods Inc. buys 44 acres from Gray with 110 acres held by Oregon and California revested lands admin to form a public park gateway. Key figures include Evan Alborn Coquille Chamber president Ed Hughes Portland. The park plan aims to fund a statewide campaign to preserve virgin Myrtlewood groves in Coos and Curry counties.
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Myrtlewood Park
Coca County
Save the
Myrtlewoods, Inc
Herman Gray
Gray
Brummett Creek
Brewster Valley
C. & Jackson
Portland
Evan Alborn
Coquille Chamber of Commerce
Ed Hughes
Save the Myrtlewoods, Inc
Oregon
California
Hughes
Myrtlewoods
Myrtteventes
Coos
Curry
Deer not to be collected warning and law notice
The state Game Commission issue an annual warning against picking up wild deer along roads or in woods. It is illegal to take a deer now unless proven humane and with notification to a game officer. Captive deer and fawns risk harm if released and may become dangerous to humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Game Commission
Farewell Sermon For Rev Robert Hood At Myrtle Point
Rev Robert M Hood the Synodical field worker who has led the Presbyterian church for two months will preach his farewell sermon at 11 Sunday morning. He will travel to Macdoe California for several weeks to assist in starting a new church there Plans are under way for a regular pastor and his family to move to Myrtle Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M Hood
Presbyterian Church
Macdoe
California
Myrtle Point
Visitors From North Bank Road Call on Mrs Christensen
Mr and Mrs R Ht Christensen of North Bank road visited Mrs A A Christensen's mother near Roseburg road for a short visit. Mrs Baker accompanied them.
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R. Ht. Christensen
North Bank Road
Injured Youth Shows Slight Improvement After Accident
George Owain Miller son of L. Roger of Powers slightly improves at Mast hospital after a crash that killed Leland Francia Allen and Arthur B. Bretten. The trio were en route from Myrtle Point to Coquille when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Owain Miller
Ae L. Roger of
Powers
Mast Hospital
Leland Francia Allen
Arthur B. Bretten
Myrtle Point
Coquille
Proposal to set aside Kalmiopla Wild Area in Curry County
Regional Forester H J Andrews of Portland announces a plan to designate 78 530 acres along the Chetco river headwaters as Kalmiopla Wild Area under Department of Agriculture rules. The rugged tract shelters the rare Kalmiopla Leachiana and would ban roads, developments, and commercial timber cutting to preserve its natural state. Objections may be filed within ninety days with the local forest supervisor.
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Chetco River
Curry County
H J. Andrews
Portland
Department of Agriculture
United States
England
Svakiyeon Na Honal Perest
Pama
Estate of Benjamin Canto Probate in Powers
The estate of the late Benjamin Canto of Powers, valued at $830 000, was admitted to probate. Beneficiaries include Benjamin Gant of McKinley and Lavii Gant of Powers, with Bennett Swanton, Coos Royary, and others named among heirs. Executor names and listed beneficiaries accompany the filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjam Canto
Powers
Aprian
Fair Directors Hold Meeting Here
Fair directors and guests met, including Claresen Brown Schroeder Clinton Roper and George Jenkins with J L Smith, discussing upcoming activities at Morus Point. The gathering focused on planning and director participation.
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Morus Point
Tthe Group
Claresen
Brown
Hiland Theatre Undergoes Complete Redecoration in Myrtle Point
The Hiland theater in Myrtle Point is being redecorated. Austin Dodge announced plans including a turquoise ceiling, light rose walls, blue and coral panels, new acoustical tile, and glare reduction lighting. New chairs and carpets will be installed within 90 days. exterior painting is planned. Ervin Wiliberger named manager.
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Hiland
Myrtle Point
Austin Dodge
Ervin Wiliberger
Dodgeer Viet Aches Bem i
Vaqueros Plan Sunday Ride to Dement’s Ranch
The Myrtle Point Vaqueros meet at Reed's Ford at 10 30 am Sunday May 19 for a ride to Dement's ranch where a picnic will be held. Several cars are commissioned as chuckwagons to bring food. All members and interested horsemen are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point Vaqueros
Reed
Luncheon At Coquille Valley Country Club
The Coquille Women’s Club held its annual May luncheon at the Coquille Valley Country Club with 104 ladies present. Decorations honored Mrs Robert Hare and Mrs Owen. Leona Brynn with Hawkins provided music. Geraldine Oordin presided. Myrtle Port Women’s Club to host a May 22 dinner dance at the same venue. Myrtle Point VFW chapter to hold a May 31 dinner dance at the Coquille Valley Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coquille
Nir Mo Hawkins
Mien
Geraldine Oordin
Myrtle Port Women's Club
Myrtle Point
The
Veterans of Foreign Ware
Coquille Valley Country Club
Myrtlewood Bakery closes retail shop amid flour shortage
Local bakery owners Ralph and Howard Whitaker suspend all pastry making and convert output to bread to serve grocery accounts. They cite flour allotment limits and government curtailments, thanking patrons and hoping to reopen retail operations when supplies improve.
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Ralph Whitaker
Graduation At Union High Set For May 24
Graduation exercises for the seniors of 1946 will be held in the precincts of earlier classes. Ray Meugart will present music, Patricia Gwerin will give the valedictory, Dallas Norton will announce the hon or stedenta, and Dr. Daniel V. Poling will address. The deconsecration services will follow with a processional and multiple local clergy delivering readings and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Meugart
Patricia Gwerin
Dallas Norton
Daniel V. Poling
M. V. Moler
W. A. Briggs
Chester Weed
Philip Ryan
Anna Lett
W A. Briggs
M V Moller
Former Captive Of Japs Guest of Air Forces
Sgt Elvin D Devis of Myrtle Point a former prisoner of the Japanese has arrived at Miami Beach Florida for a two week vacation as a guest of the Army Air Forces with all expenses paid He was captured at Bataan Philippines April 9 1942 and forced to slave labor losing 50 pounds He has been awarded the Presidential Unit Citation with two oak leaf clusters the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon the American Defense Ribbon and the Philippine Defense Ribbon Some 1500 ex prisoners of war will be guests of the Air Forces for two week recuperative vacations in Miami Beach Families may accompany them and all transportation hotel and meals are paid A varied program of sports and amusements is provided at no charge resulting in a refreshed return to Army duties
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Elvin D. Devis
Myrtle Point
Miami Beach
Fla
Erant
Army Air Forces
Davis
Bataan
P I
Marine enlistments begin in aviation in Coon Bay
Staff Sgt Slyh, visiting town last Thursday as a Marine recruiting officer, will be at room 2901 in the post office building in Coon Bay every Friday to take Marine enlistments. For the first time in Corps history enlistments will be accepted for aviation roles.
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Slyh
US Marines
Coon Bay
Marine Corps
Corps
Farmers Bretzel Buy 15 Acre Chicken Ranch Near Myrtle Point
Mr and Mrs John Bretzel purchased the 15 acre chicken ranch of WM Neidligh three miles from Myrtle Point along the Arago road. The deal was processed by E C Roberts, local realtor. They also sold their home and four lots in the south water part of town to Mr and Mrs Floyd Arden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bretzel
Neidligh
Myrtle Point
Arago Road
E C= Roberts
Bretsel
Southweater
Floyd Arden
Directory Plans for Myrtle Point Canvass Published
Wilson and Goad, publishers of the 1946 Coos County directory, announced a house to house canvass in Myrtle Point. Actual work will begin in a few days after weeks of planning with local representatives to list all residents and business houses.
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Myrtle Point
Wilson & Goad
Coos County
Polling places listed for county election
The document lists polling sites in the county including Fairview Grange Hall Dora Gravelford Gravelford community building Lee South Powers Cheb House Norway Schoolhouse Creek Luther Daniels residence Myrtle Point Townsend Hall Myrtle Point City Hall Broadbent Bridge school Broadbent school Broadbent North Powers Mrs Willa Stallard residence Catching Slough Meserine residence and Abbasacheol gymnasium.
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Fairview
Grange Hall
Dora
E. K. Howe
Gravelford
Lee, Lee
South Powers
Town Cheb House
Norway
Creek
Luther Daniels
Myrtle Point North
Townsend Hall
Myrtle Point South
City Hall
Bridge
North Powers
Willa Stallard
Catching Slough
Agness Ranger Transferred to McKenzie District
Ranger Brittain H. Ash, who served the Agness district for a year, is reassigned to the McKenzie ranger district on the Willamette National Forest. The transfer, announced by H. C. Obye, reflects greater responsibilities at the McKenzie unit.
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Brittain H. Ash
WeKensienger
Willamette National Forest
H. C. Obye
Bridge
Ranger Ash
McKenzie Ranger
Agness
Ary
Paul BH
Lolne
Des
M P Band Plays At North Bend Parade Leaders Juvenile Bands
Twenty drum majorettes led 210 county high school musicians down Sherman avenue in North Bend for a large juvenile parade. Bands from Marshfield high, Coquille, and Myrtle Point joined and performed at the community building with Delbert Moore of Oregon State College as guest conductor. The combined bands played Under the Double Eagle Overture Homage of Youth and Rhapsody in Blue.
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Cops County
Sherman Avenue
North Bend
Ecommunity
Marashfield High
Coquille
Myrtle Point
Atx
Delbert Moore
Oregon State College
Former Myrtle Point Resident Dies in Dakota Belle Fourche
Word of the death reached Myrtle Point of Rose M. Eaton formerly of Catching Creek and Myrtle Point. She died in Belle Fourche South Dakota and is survived by her brother George Hall. She was raised by the Hall family in Myrtle Point.
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Belle Fourche
S. Dak
Rose M. Eaton
Myrtle Point
George Hall
Mra Eaton
Jes. Hall
Catching Creek
Myrtle Print
Emory L Martin Pays 100 Fine For Reckless Driving
Emory L. Martin of Fairview paid a $100 fine in Coquille city court for reckless driving. The charge stemmed from an accident last month in which his car damaged a parked automobile, reported by Recorder F G Leslie.
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Emory L. Martin
Fairview
Coquille
G_ Leslie
Martin
Veteran receives trucks for log hauling contract
Ronald Burr of Coquille has taken delivery of 12 large Army trucks for his Bone Mountain log hauling contract with Coos Bay Lumber. The logs will be delivered to the Smith-Wood dump in the Coquille River. Burr received the trucks Friday from Port Hueneme California. They are International 6x6s with power to every axle. Two similar trucks were recently acquired at Tacoma Washington.
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Ronald Burr
Coquille
Bone Mountain
Coos Bay
S and G Lumber Company Records Filed
George E. Stevenson and Billy A. Griggs of Coquille file an assumed business name S S and G Lumber Company for sawmill or logging operations on King Creek near Bridge, recorded with the county clerk.
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George E. Stevenson
Billy A. Griggs
Coquille
King Creek
Bridge
S&s. & G. Lumber Company
Attorneys Of Coes To Increase Fees
Attorneys of Coes propose higher fees to cover legal costs for divorce cases. A resolution seeks a full time attorney to prosecute cases and represent the firm in ongoing proceedings.
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Coes
Aittle
Skating Rink Opens Here Amid Community Buzz
Unclear readable text notes the opening of a local skating rink drawing community interest. No further verifiable details on date, organizers, or specific venue are legible.
Former resident Cherlotte Spencer dies at 82 in Oakland
Funeral services were held May 18 at First Christian church in Onli ne Ore for Cherlotte Spencer 82 who died after a short illness. She came to Curry county from Oklahoma with Albert Spencer and their children about 238 years ago. They lived near Myrtle Point ten years then moved to Sutherlin where son Claude died in a logging accident. Survivors include son George of Oakland two daughters Clara Perkins of Southern California Fern Hoffman of Myrtle Point a sister Mrs Elia Harvey of Florida and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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First Christian Church
Online
Ore
Cherlotte Spencer
Ceee County
Albert Spencer
Oklahoma
Myrtle Point
Sutherlin
Claude
Spencer
George
Oakland
Clara Perkins
Southern California
Fern Hoffman
Elia Harvey
Florida
Two Ball Foursome Held at Coquille Valley Club
A Mother’s Day two ball foursome at Coquille Valley Country Club produced low honors for Agnes Estelle of Myrtle Point and Russell Holman of Coquille with Virginia Rice and Andy Richardson high. Mary Gage and Vernon Estelle carded high on No 6. The Roseburg event, postponed, will be played on June 2 on the course greens.
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Coquille Valley Country Club
Agnes Estelle
Myrtle Point
Russell Holman
Coquille
Virginia Rice
Andy Richardson
Mary Gage
Vernon Estelle
Roseburg
Country Club
Gateway Road Designated Near Howard Leatherman Property
Road reviewers met Tuesday to survey and designate a gateway road for Howard Leatherman to access his land in section 16 township 28 south range 12 west, linking from the Norway Lee Fairview road.
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Board of Road Reviewers
Howard Leatherman Tooia Property
Weet
Norway-Lee-Fairview Road
Record warm spell boosts temps across the area
A heat wave pushed daytime highs over 100 degrees in parts of Carry County. The warmest day Friday saw thermometers reaching the upper sixties in some locales, with Border and Bender’s area noting 87 while surrounding regions climbed toward 100 plus.
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Mercury
Border
Bender’s
Sixes
Carry
Vacations in San Francisco and Portland
Dorothy Gardiner, manager of the location in San Francisco with friends, attended a four day session of Safeway managers school in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Gardiner
San Francisco
Safeway
Portland
Myrtle Ronald Peint Undergoes Surgery in Coquille
Myrtle Ronald Peint underwent an appendectomy at Belle Maife hospital in Coquille last week.
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Myrtle Ronald ‘Peint
Coquille
Brooks Couple Noted From MyrIthe Point
Mr and Mrs Olon Brooks of Myr Ithe Point are referenced in a brief reader notice highlighting local residents and their residence.
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Mrs. Olon Brooks
Myr- Ithe Point
Names on petition to create basic school levy
About forty names on a county petition to create a basic school levy are being checked by the county clerk’s staff. It is the first petition of the year to be filed for this purpose.
Regional Reach Extends to Texas and Miscoeri
The notice describes coverage reaching as far south as Texas and east to Miscoeri, outlining the broad geographic scope of the service area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Miscoeri
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Coon County
Bender
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Howard Whitaker
Whitakers
Union High
Srek Marine
Het
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NEW Lumber Company
Townsend Old Will
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