County and County Fair Boards Meet in Gold Beach
At Gold Beach the Coos County body postponed a Myrtle Point gathering and joined the Gold Beach Chamber of Commerce. About 128 attendees heard speeches by Herbert Cowart and W J Ward plus remarks from Coast Highway Association leaders. Myrtle Point members listed include Jesse Choton Karl Kaufman and Ellis Dement among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gold Beach
W J Ward
County Chambers of Commerce
Ed Miller
Oregon
Vast Highway Association
Port Orford Frank
Cooper Otiono
Witler
Neighbors
Korn
Coos County
Stoyd
Keteger
Oce
Regan Coast Highway
Ob. Chasey Agriculture
Qur County
Know
Myrtle Point
Jesse Choton
Karl Kaufman
Ellis Dement
Albert Powers
Taylor Dement
L H Pearch
P O Lund
Elmer Russelt
Herman Tedson
Elton Schrooder
Bridge School Drops High School For Next Year
In District No 7 Bridge a special meeting voted 32 to 12 to discontinue the high school for the coming year, making Bridge a non high school district for high school purposes. The local board will study the impact on taxes and warrants while a June 7 special meeting will decide on grade school status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Choolhouse
Bridge
Tyre
Tan Tate
Bevere
Alout
Meeting Postponed for Myzile Grange to May 23
The Myzile Grange meeting set for Tuesday May 16 is postponed to May 23. Officers will conduct a program titled tisna and the event will be led as originally planned by the officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myzile
Skeleton Found On Gaylord Farm
Skeleton uncovered on a Gaylord farm by Jion Grant and Sam Alred after harrowing a field. A tall, heavy man over six feet likely weighing about 225 pounds, bones intact except missing jaw, buried in a shallow pit with sand and burned rock. Foul play suspected and local theories connect to a mining camp decades ago and a possible 1692 flood event. Sheriff reports indicate physicians lean toward a redman origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jion Grant
Sam Alred
Grant
Katie
Mt Grant
Repor
Redman
Southfowvd boy suffers broken collarbone in school touch game
Gouthmard 37 year old from the North Fork reports a broken collar bone after a Monday noon touch football clash at the high school. The injury is serious enough to keep him from returning to practice for now. The injured youth is a junior at the local high school and was editor in chief of the annual this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gouthmard
Frank Southfowvd
North Fork
Phiniciaan
Young Southbayd
Local Happenings in Wandering Notes and Calls
Local society notes list visits and movements across towns. Mrs Constance Hoffman moved from the ranch to Warner Place, with others visiting in Tillamook and neighboring areas. Several families, including the Mast and Denison households, are noted with weekend calls and travel to Portland and Marshfield for church events and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Place
Constance Hoffman
Nee Fathers Place
Seldon Warner
Hal Gilpatrick
Cecorge Hoffmans
Hoffmas
Myrtle Point school board approves staff and pay cuts
Myrtle Point Union high school boards votes to cut salaries by 20 percent and reduce staff by two as it shortens the school year to eight months to save about 32 percent in salaries. Edgar Rickard replaces Essman as coach. W A Sawyer keeps teaching duties with limited reductions. Ruth Woodward and Essman resignations reduce staff. domestic science hire replaces Sick. Budget savings reach about 1500. next year contracts to be sent to teachers within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point Union High School
Essman
Edgar Rickard
Coos Cury Fair Set For September Dates
Coos and Curry Fair board met in Gold Beach on May 15 and announced September 13 14 18 and 19 as the fair dates. The group urged maximum 4H club entries and pledged support. Next board meeting is planned for Marshfield on June 13 with local chambers of commerce leaders joining after the session. Attendees included L H Pearce Ellis Dement Taylor Dement and P O Lund from Myrtle Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gold Beach
Eee
Curry County
Fair Board
Marshfield
Coos County
Geld Beach
Local lumber dealer moves from Myrtle Point to Bandon
Mike Coast Lumber proprietor of Myrtle Point moves to Bandon with his family this weekend to be closer to Charneski who runs Moore Lumber in Bandon. They shipped household goods from Centralia Washington. Ferris McKay, a Myrtle Point yard worker, will take over the entire local operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Coast Lumber
Bandon
Charneski
Moore Lumber Company
Centralia
Washington
Myrtle Point
Ferris McKay
Schneider
Seventh Street
Bridge High School Graduation Set for Wednesday Evening
The Bridge high school will hold its graduation exercises on Wednesday May 24 at 8 00 in the school auditorium. Dr Levin Pennington president of Pacific college Newberg Oregon will speak on Lightening Ralph Scarborough will give the valedictory and prizes will be awarded in the anti lice esssy contest Charley F Gilroy sponsors. The student body president will present the Literary Achievement cup and Harold James will present the diplomat Ly. Graduates include onelia Curtiss Elva Cribbins Erma Jennings Ovid Bryant and Ralph Scarborough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge High School
Levin Pennington
Pacific College
Newberg
Oregon
Ralph Scarborough
Charley F Gilroy
Ly Harold James
Leases Gravel Bar To Local Contractor On Road Work
The Broadbent gravel bar owned by Mrs E W Hermann on Roseburg road is leased for a short term to O J Jolson a highway contractor from Gold Hill. The rock will be used for repairs on the highway between here and Coquille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W Hermann
Roseburg
O. J Jolson
Here
Coquille
Courthouse orders logging tax collection and legal actions
County court orders Sheriff Hess and collectors to enforce logging tax payments in Coos county businesses destabilizing timber values. Reports show 169213 of 1318000 1922 taxes collected with 59697 63 in warrants. Also notices applications for Myrtle Point constable Ralph Miller and Ralph Rackleff, a Civil suit by Credit Service Co. against Sam Taylor, divorce filing by Albert Peirce, commitments to Salem hospital, and Carmen Andrews caught burglarizing Elkton store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hess
Archie Phillips
Ben Flaxel
Coos County
Myrtle Point
Ralph Miller
Ralph Rackleff
Rockieff
Credit Service Company
Sam L Taylor
Coquille
Multnomah County
Taylor
Sells Part of Ranch by Edith Ads McCurdy to Guy M Kelley
Edith Ads McCurdy sold part of her ranch to Guy M Kelley. The transfer is recorded in a deed filed Friday at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Ads McCurdy
Guy M Kelley
bicCurdy
Fairview
Court House
Relief crew laid off on Powers Grants Pass road
The relief crew working on the Powers Grants Pass road out of Powers was given a temporary layoff Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers-Grants Pass Road
Powers
Transfers Land and Custody Rulings in Local Court
A deed recorded this week shows Mary E. Smith deeded 19727 acres on the East Fork Coquille River to her mother May B. Bright of Myrtle Point. In a separate custody ruling, Thomas J Handley lost custody of his 12 year old child to Grace Merchant who has cared for the child since birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Mary E. Smith
Bright
Forest Grow
May B. Bright
Myrtle Point
Coquille River
Thomas J Handley
North Bank Road
Grace Merchant
Merchant's Beach
Foreclosure Suit Filed Over $3,700 Fairview Mortgage
The Federal Land Bank filed a suit Saturday to foreclose on a $3,700 mortgage on Fairview property against B. A. Roberts and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Land Bank
B. A. Roberts
Fairview
Lien filed by Walter Westbrook on Dr Hoag residence case
Walter Westbrook filed a mechanics lien Saturday against Alyce A. Wilson for work done on her property formerly known as the Dr Hoag residence in Coquille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Westbrook
Alyce A. Wilson
Dr Hoag
Coquille
Powers Deed Transfers Property in Morris Subdivision
Fay Brinkley of Coquille deeded property in the Morris subdivision in Powers to Leonard Houses of Powers, per courthouse records dated Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Brinkley
Coquille
Morris
Powers
Leonard Houses of
Court House
Marshfield Couples Win Marriage Licenses and Tie the Knot
George C Cook and Dre Woodward of Marshfield received a marriage license last Thursday at the county courthouse. Willard Robert Humphrey and Hilda Frances Browning, also from Eastside, were married Thursday by Rev Louis C Kirby at the Methodist parsonage. Julius H Kroft and Dorothea B Groh from Woodland were wed Friday in Rev Phillip D Hartman’s home. Jerome Morgan and Mabel Napier from Coquille were married Friday at Hartman’s home. they reside in Bandon. Robert G Norton and Margaret Walstrom, both of Bandon, were granted no license Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C Cook
Dre Woodward
Marshfield
County Court House
Willard Robert Humphrey
Hilda Frances Browning
Louis C Kirby
Methodist
Eastside
Julius H Kroft
Dorothea B Groh
Phillip D Hartman
Woodland
Washington
Jerome Morgan
Mabel Napier
Philip D Hartman
Coquille
Bandon
Robert G Norton
Margaret Walstrom
June Court Opens as Jury List Drawn
The June 1 circuit court session opens Monday. The jury list was drawn this morning and is noted elsewhere in these columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit
Masons Honor Longstanding Members At Myrtle Lodge Meeting
At the Myrtle lodge A F and A M meeting held Thursday in the Masonic hall three of the oldest members were honored. Price Robison 82 years Milt Lee 36 years and K H Hansen 44 years received honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Hall
Myrtle Lodge A. F. & &. M
Price Robison
Milt Lee
K. H. Hansen
L. H. Pearce
Chat Huling
Bob Fearnley
Charles Adems
Steward
Alec Hartle
Tyler
Wranglers
Charles Adams
Raleigh Greene
Otto Davis
Elton Schroeder
Jury List Chosen for June Term of Court
The jury list for the June term is drawn this morning. Names include Harry Hainline Empire mill worker George Shippley Bandon mechanic Carl Eckhoff North Bend mechanic Chester Farr Coquille feed dealer Edward Curran Marshfield clerk T J Caudle Fat Elk farmer Nels Holmberg Hauser laborer Frank Whippe North Bend carpenter Walter Christensen Catching Slough farmer Eugene Nosler Coquille farmer Ernest Coleman Marshfield pile driver Clyde Forth Marshfield plumber Ernest Bender Broadbent blacksmith Hans Clausen Fourmile farmer George Pope Fourmile farmer John Gardner Empire mill worker William Hervey Lee farmer Jack Eaton Coquille farmer Walter Laird Dora farmer John Bell Myrtle Point farmer George Cohn Marshfield clerk Clinton Going Marshfield hotel manager W C Weaver Newport merchant Albert Matson Marshfield insurance man Ivan Laird Dora laborer Lee Dinsmore Bunker Hill carpenter Harry Oerding Coquille mechanic Clarence Schroeder Arago farmer Clyde Goosney Newport carpenter Lloyd Leatherman Lee farmer Carl Evans Marshfield florist
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Harry E. Hainline
Empire
George W. Shippley
Bandon
Carl Eckhoff
North Bend
Chester A. Farr
Coquille
Edward A. Curran
Marshfield
T J Caudle
Fat Elk
Nels Holmberg
Hauser
Frank Whippe
Walter M. Christensen
Walter M. Laird
Dora
John W. Bell
Myrtle Point
George A. Cohn
Clinton C. Going
W. C. Weaver
Newport
Albert Matson
Ivan Laird
Lee Dinsmore
Bunker Hill
Harry H. Oerding
Clarence Schroeder
Arago
Clyde O. Goosney
Lloyd Leatherman
Lee
Carl Evans
Florist
Dora Couple Weds Ruth Howe and Howard Lowrey
Miss Ruth Howe daughter of KEE Howe and Howard Lowrey son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Lowrey were married at the courthouse May 16 with Judge Thomp son officiating. After dinner at Fourmile guests included the Lowreys and Weathers. A large chairvail and dancing followed at the Howe home. The couple will live on the groom's built cottage on the Howe farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Howe
Kee Howe
Howard Lowrey
Wesley Lowrey
Judge Thompson
Fourmile
Grant Weathers
E. E. Howe
Wood Weathers
Lilian
Vivian Weathers
Howe
Howe Farm
Weekend Visitors and Travel Plans Highlight Local Notices
Local social notes recount visits by Mr and Mrs Albert Bick of Marshfield to Mrs Bicks aunt in Aunt, and Mrs Roy Garrett with Ernest Davenport from Bay City as weekend guests. Miss Eva Schroeder guests Mrs Henry Strong. Miss Helen Mast and Miss Ruth Barton hosted by Mrs R H Mast. Ruth Barton sails May 26 for Honolulu, six weeks, with Mrs W E Lundy and Belva Stemmler accompanying to Sacramento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bick
Marsheld
Roy Garrett
Ernest Davenport
Bay City
Garrett
Eva Schroeder
Henry Strong
Helen Mast
Lee
Ruth Barton
R. H Mast
Bridge
Js W E Lundy
Belva Alice Stemmler
Clarence Davis
Honolulu
S. S
Renewals Rush as 1,500 Daily Take Driver Tests
Secretary Hal K Hees reports nearly 1,500 applicants are taking driving license renewal exams daily. Most have held licenses 10 years or more, with many exam takers cramming at stations statewide. New cards valid from July 1920 to July 1 1931, and renewals allowed anytime for those physically and mentally fit under 70 with clean records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal K. Hees
Males Moet
Hose
Truck overturns on rural road near Myrtle Point
Nixon drove a Ford truck towing a heavy 1700 pound trailer when he bent to reach tools on the seat. The vehicle plunged 25 feet off a bank and overturned, landing in a field near Myrtle Point. The truck hood caved in but other damage was minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oe Point W
Reta Segara
Kacdiy
Nixon
Myrtle Point Cit
Othe West
Initiation Night Ends R N A Drive as Teams Win Honors
The R N A club held initiation in Schroeder and crowned Mary Fite’s team as winners. Faye Hall’s team will host a banquet and program soon with dates pending. Members enjoyed musical numbers, solos, readings, and a one act play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fite
Faye Hall
Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Day Services Planned
The Veterans of Foreign Wars invite veterans of all wars to Memorial Day ceremonies at the Methodist church at 11 a m Sunday May 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Local Oddities Stir in Marshfield and Coes County
A garbled local item mentions a surgeon Willeat in Marshfield and Jim Myers at Jerry's Place. It notes moisture in Coes County, erratic water levels, and weather notes with Sam shining for two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Willeat
Coes County
Jim Myers
Jerry
Sam
Cees
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Gaylord Farm
Socn
Rarheb Philligoas
Wavy
Pinner Goeate
Muss
Alice Alverdes
Grace Moss
Luann
Mr and Mrs
F 4A Denison
Alice Bateman
Leo Snook
TeMdarville
Rey O M Hall
McMunnville
Joe Mast
Amily
Fishtrap
Charles Fohl
James McGrew
Vondrow
Reb‘nson
Mra
Mast
Yoguille
Dr Mast
R H Mast
Portland
Dr L L Sumerlin
Salem
Walter Sykes
Dave McNair
L. W Miller
8. E. Ely
Bennie
Thelda Miller
Raymond Ball
Otha C. Ray and
Cal
Meenie
Viewinia Lewis
Makee
John
Coos
Bridge School
Coon County
Albert D. Peirce
Marshfieid
June Peirce
Lawrence
St. Louis
James Marrington
Lucina Davison Lynn
State Hospital
Carmen Andrews
Elkton
Masons
J F McHenry
Ralph Pointer
California
P W Laird
Margerite
Elda
Oakland
Gertrude Sick
Pearl Dedele
2 H. Mast
Spruce Street
Eugene
Ellie Dement
W. H. Fearnley
A. C. Chase
Lester de- Eugene
the Valley
Schroeder
Lbum
Tafiation
Myers and
Myers
Teant
Igh
Thene
Tachie
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