School Board Narrows Site Alternatives For Spruce Street
The 41 member district board, with Erichsen Associates and the state education planning division, advances plans to remove Spruce Street school and select a 20 acre site amid five options. High school needs, enlarged labs, library, and shops drive the shift toward elementary classrooms to retire Spruce while exploring long term options. The board has not announced a site and continues preliminary planning with Superintendent Joe Stewart and Principal Sy Neugart, tied to a Florence and Eugene education plants visit.
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District 41
Spruce Street
R.H. Erichsen
Spruce
The
Herald
Joe Stewart
Sy Neugart
Bruce Marport
Wedensetts
Florence and Eugene
Oregon forest services cut after tax vote and layoffs
State Forester Dwight L. Phipps announced curtailment of Oregon Department of Forestry services after voters rejected the 1968 Legislature tax program. Twenty seven positions will be affected with heavy losses in forest inspection and farm forestry. Further cuts could eliminate entire programs.
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State of Oregon Department of Forestry
Dwight L. Phipps
Forest Inspection
Farm Forestry Services
Bobcats Win Myrtle Point Finalizes 6s Football Season
The Bobcats defeated the Sutherlin Bulldogs 21 to 14 on the Sutherlin gridiron to cap a 6 3 season finish.
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Myrtle Point
Sutherlin Bulldogs
Umpque Valley League
Sutherlin
Beckham Wins in October Campaign Honors
Curtis Beckham of The Equitable Life Assurance Society is recognized as the winner of a special October national campaign for written business and is being honored for his performance.
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Curtis Beckham
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Seaman Apprentice Serves Aboard Tucker in Boston Yard
Aboard the destroyer Tucker undergoing modernization at the Boston Naval Shipyard, seaman apprentice of USN, son of Frank Grogg of Myrtle Point, serves aboard the radar picket destroyer Bruce M. Gregg in Boston Massachusetts.
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Bruce M. Gregg
USN
Frank Grogg
Myrtle Point
Tucker
Boston Naval Shipyard
Boston
Mass
Tetanus Clinic Set for November 19 in Myrtle Point and Powers
The Lions clubs of Coos County and the Southwestern Oregon Medical Society sponsor tetanus clinics on Tuesday November 19 in Myrtle Point at the Myrtle Crest school gym 2 to 6 pm with possible extension to 6 30 pm and in Powers at the high school gym 7 to 9 pm. Those who had the first shot in September should return for a second dose and others may receive a shot. Injections by the Coos County health department or local doctors use a hydraulic gun with no needle. Second shot costs 80 cents for return patients and $1 for first timers. assistance is available for those unable to pay.
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Cme
Lions Clubs of
Coos County
Southwestern Oregon Medical Society
Myrtle, Point
Myrtle Crest School
Tennas
Powers
Alth Department
Timber Tract Tax Law Meetings Set in Coos County
Timber owners in Coos County may compare current taxes with the optional timber tax law at two meetings on November 19. State forestry officials present at 1 30 p m in Coquille for the extension office conference room and at 7 30 p m at the Sixes Grange hall. The option targets owners with under 1000 acres and focuses tax on land productivity rather than standing timber.
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Coos County
Lynn Carmnon
State Department of Forestry
Court House
Coquille
Sixes Grange Hall
Oregon
Cannon
Adamek Initiated Into Phi Kappa Phi At OSU
James Conrad Adamek of Powers was initiated into the national honor society Phi Kappa Phi at Oregon State University. The honor recognizes top campus scholastic achievement with fifty seniors qualifying so far this year based on grades in prior years. Adamek majors in the College of Engineering.
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James Conrad Adamek
Powers
Oregon State University
Phi Kappa Phi
OSU
Adamek
Airman Schaefer Home on Leave from Vietnam
Airman First Class Ted W. Schaefer, a crew chief, is home on leave in October visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Brunold. He is stationed with the Air Force in Da Nang, Vietnam.
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H.E. Brunold
Ted W. Schaefer
Schaefer
Air Force
de Nang
Vietnam
Thanksgiving Service Slated in Myrtle Point
The Myrtle Point Ministerial Association sponsors a Thanksgiving service at the Church of the Nazarene at 7 30 p m Wednesday November 8 7 with Rev Deane Keller from the Baptist church speaking He is assisted by Rev Dorman Love Rev Neil Fisher association president and host pastor Rev Lloyd Pounds Congregation singing led by Rev Richard Munson and Mrs John Dayton leads a mixed church choir Food gifts for Thanksgiving baskets will be received After the service a fellowship hour with Nazarene ladies providing refreshments.
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Myrtle Point Ministerial Association
Church of
the Nazarene
Deane Keller
The
Baptist Church
Dorman Love
Neil Fisher
Lloyd Pounds
Richard Munson
John Dayton
Ladies of the Nazarene Church
Bend Bowlers Win Class C Title at Oregon State Meet
Jerene Price Mrs Phillip Belanger Mrs Ernest Evern Mrs George Gasner and Mrs Louis Robinson led the Bend delegation to the Oregon State Women's Bowling tournament placing first in Class C with a 2225 team score.
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Jerene Price
Phillip Belanger
Ernest Evernden
George Gasner
Louis Robinson
Bend
Oregon
Federal ownership of Oregon lands identified on new map
An Oregon State University graduate student mapped federal land in Oregon showing 51 percent of the state’s 63 641 000 acres under federal control. The Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service hold about 93 percent of this land across agencies with varying county ownership levels.
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Oregon
Oregon State University
Department of Natural Resources
Malheur
Deschutes
Clatsop
William B. Carolan
Richard M. Highsmith
Natural Resources
Carolan
Bureau of Land Management
US. Forest Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Reclamation
Nation Park Service
Navy
Corps of Engineers
Baker County
Benton
Clackamas
Columbia
Marion
Morrow
Multnomah
Polk
Sherman
Tillamook
Umatilla
Union
Wallowa
Wasco
Washington
Wheeler
Yamhill
Neugart Solo Highlighted In University Symphony
Larry Neugart, trumpet soloist, performs in the Nov. 14 concert at the University of Oregon directed by R S Wagner. The event, presented by the Eugene Wind Ensemble, features John Weinzweig's Divertimento No 5 and celebrates the Eighth Annual Symposium on Contemporary Music with Canadian composers. Neugart is a senior at Oregon's School of Music and son of Myrtle Point high school principal Ray Neugart.
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Larry Neugart
University of Oregon
R.S. Wagner
University of Oregon Symphonic Band
Eugene Wind Ensemble
University of Oregon Music
Larry
John Weinzweig
West Coast lumber outputs and orders rise in October
The October report from the West Coast Lumbermen’s Association shows Douglas fir production totaling 6 817 859 000 board feet for ten months, up 1 percent from last year’s pace. Unfilled orders rose 13 percent to 519 006 000 feet, while mills cut inventories about 3.6 percent to 816 300 000 seats.
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Cemed
West Coast Lumberman's Association
Plane Crash Victim Roy Kelley Remembered in Coos County
Roy A. Kelley died Monday after a plane crash near Sixes River about 25 miles south of Bandon. The Civil Aeronautics Board will investigate. He lived in the area 18 years, was born October 9 1918 in Idabel Oklahoma, and was a logger for Georgia Pacific. Surviving: wife Cheryl and son Larry of Myrtle Point. father Frank of Tennessee. brothers Clarence of Langtons and Aedor of Phoenix. and Violet Weaver of Springs Texas. Services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. in Schroeder's Coquille chapel with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Coquille.
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Roy A. Kelley
Sixes River
Bandon
Civil Aeronautics Board
Kelley
Southern Coos Hospital
Wilson
James Russell
C.E. Waldrop
Schroeder
Coquille Chapel
Oddfellows
ST. Coquille
Idabel
Okla
Georgia-Pacific Aorpcration
Cherleen
Larry
Myrtle Point
Frank Kelley
Tennesseters
Yay Kelley
Onda
Violet Weever
Springs
Texas
Clarence Kelley
Langiots
Aedor Kelley
Phoenix
Ariz
Masonic Lodge To Honor Educators Friday
The Masophile lodge honors education workers at 8 p.m. Friday Nov 15 in the lodge hall. School district 41 staff including teachers custodians cooks secretaries bus drivers and others are invited. Wallace Dement will emcee twelve teachers with over 36 years of service receive special recognition with musical entertainment and refreshments.
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Masofile Lodge
Wallace Dement
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