Housewives for 42 Storm State Capitol Drive Highway 42 Improve
A Myrtle Point bridge club idea to rally housewives for highway 42 improvements grew after nine women urged action. Through calls to Governor Holmes and officials, about 70 women joined, with mass meetings planned after early breakfast sessions at the Myrtle Hotel and community venues.
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State Capitol
Myrtle Point
State Highway Commission
Holmes
Highway 42
Acton
Bob Powrie
Heed Gurney
Harold Stemmler
Sam Dement
Don Driscoll
Scoop Brodie
George Linn
Catv
Myrtle Hotel
Grandpa Hall braces for more grandsons amid desegregation talk
George Hall Jr. reports in from Mexico City about welcoming Henry Alexander Hall III and three other grandsons, with Hal jokingly predicting nine boys. He muses on desegregation in the South and President Eisenhower’s Little Rock actions, while sharing family antics and hopes for the boys’ future.
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Mesage
Hal
Mexico City
George Willoughby III
Pisto
Henry Alexander
Teresa
South
Fubus
Little Rock
Enrique Aljandro
Hall
Bill Shanahan
Mama
Baby
George
Sputnik
Henry
Mexico
United States
Lucks
Ike
Housewives for 42 and 43 to Meet County Court
"Housewives for 42" and "Housewives for 43" will meet with Coos County Court at 1 p.m. next Tuesday in the Coquille courthouse. All women interested are urged to attend this important meeting.
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Co. Court
Coos County
Court House of
Coquille
Charles G Evans Picked as Myrtle Point Liquor Agent
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission announced in Portland that Charles G Evans was appointed as the new OLCC agent in Myrtle Point. Evans, a local resident, will assume duties once arrangements are complete, with 20 applications received for the post and Alton Williams handling operations temporarily.
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Oregon Lquor Control Commission
Portland
Charles G Evans
OLCC
Myrtle Point
Evans
F. E. Burton
Commission
Alton Williams
Coos Bay
Myrtle Hotel
Oregon California Game Highlighted at Hiland Theater
The Oregon California football game played Saturday Oct 26 will be shown at the Hiland Theater this Sunday and Monday. Another famous picture The Jimmy Walker Story features Bob Haness Beau James this program will be an outstanding feature for all to see.
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Hiland Theatre
Jimmy Walker
Bob Haness
Beau James
Coos County Delegation Pushes Highway 42 Improvement
Coos county representatives at the Oregon State Highway Commission meeting in Portland urged immediate upgrading of Highway 42 from Rink Creek to Powers Junction. They cited traffic needs for the Eden Valley dam project and 93 percent of Coquille Valley freight bound for the southern market. The group pressed for making Highway 42 a through route to serve the Klamath basin, noting Canyonville to Crater Lake is currently numbered 42.
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Oregon State Highway Commission
Portland
Austin Dodge
Myrtle Point Chamber of Commerce
Yvonne Remake
Stanley S Holgate
Coquille Chamber of Commerce
James R. Daugherty
Southern Douglas County Highway Association
R. S. Oslund
George Pacific Lumber Corp
Rink Creek
Remalle
Caquille Chamber
Oregon
Pacific Power and Light Co
Eden Valley
Dodge
Coos County
Highway 42
Holgate
Coquille Valley
Daugherty
Winston
Klamath Basin
Canyonville
Crater Lake
Oregon State Highway Department
Myrttle Point
Coos Bay-Rozeburg
Cocos County
Myrtle Point
North Fork bin
Sitkum Road
Highway
8Th Street
Odd Fellows Building
8Th
Ash Streets
State Highway Commission
Coquille
Bobcats Top Coquille Red Devils 20 13 In Comeback
Myrtle Point's Bobcats erased a 13 7 halftime deficit at Coquille with a 61 yard TD run by Ted Cook and a late scoring drive. Ray Must connected with Al Kalbus on a 18 yard pass to set up the winning score as the Cats prevailed 20 13 after a tense second half.
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Bobcats
Coquille Red Devils
Myrtle Point
Coquille
Red Devils
Cats
Kent Wargoner
Myrtle
Dick Stitt
Ray
al Kalbus
Wack Page
Council Considers Solution to City's Water Problems
Myrtle Point Council at Monday night directed City Administrator Ben Nichols to hire consulting engineer R H Ericksen for preliminary estimates and site location of a water filter treatment plant. A study reviewed options including expanding storage reservoir space and developing two city springs, evaluating cost and efficiency for the growing water issue.
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Myrtle Point Council
Ben Nichols
R. H Ericksen
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L. A. Shindall
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al Wyld
Ellis Dement
John Heeren
Paul Hammer
George Woolley
Elton Schroeder
Chet Weed
Chas Wagner
Art Henry
Jack Ellis
Told Rushing
Waldemar Gurney
Ray Harris
Bell Train
Reed
Leaders of “Housewives For
Adion
Housewives For 42
Herald Press
Laverne Noyes
Gordon MacKerrow
Bridge Club
Jack Robinson
Bacx
Knockin
Pop
Chas. G. Evans
M. Point
Hiland
Coos Co
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