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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1949
Page
1
The piece laments the extinction of old covered bridges along Highway 42 as modern structures replace them. It recalls their nostalgic role as relics of pioneer travel, noting they endured from horse-drawn era to the age of motor vehicles and will soon disappear.
Town newspaper urges fair decision by playoff between Myrtle Point Bobcats and Coos Bay Pirates after contested season. It argues a tie should be settled on first downs and notes a disputed Marshfield game verdict. Also highlights local Active club baby contest and upcoming musical comedy Laff It Off at the high school gym.
Veterans from Coquille and Myrtle Point gathered at the Community Mall to mark Armistice Day with a breakfast at Myrtle Hotel and a joint toast at Coquille Post hall. The event featured speeches by Bill Head and Frank Henry and ended with the crowd singing war songs and praising the Bobcats victory.
According to Scout Master John Heeren the Boy Scout Pet Show has been postponed to Saturday November 25 due to lack of time to prepare. The Myrtlewood project moves forward with a leveled lot ready for construction next Monday funded by a car donation from Harold Watsling.
Despite last week’s heavy rain workers are going door to door for the Community Chest drive. Townwide responses are friendly with no refusals reported. Campaign runs through Thursday with additional calls planned at homes not yet contributing.
Myrtle Point High School students aid city cleanliness by installing multiple trash cans along busy streets used by students. The Student Council asks all students to cooperate in keeping streets free of litter, while the city council agrees to keep the cans emptied.
The Myrtle Point Bobcats amassed 2237 rushing yards in eight 1948 season games including two non district contests. They scored 184 to 58 and earned 106 first downs to 87, while their district play shows 1901 yards gained versus 886 allowed with 81 first downs to 40 and 181 scores to 32.
Farmers in Coon county will meet in five communal ties on Mov. 21 and 22 to elect committeemen who will administer the production and marketing program during 1950. Clifford Freude of North Bend, chairman of the county committee, says a delegate and alternate will be elected in each community to attend a county convention which will elect the county committee. Eligible voters include owners operators tenants or share croppers on all farms in the Agricultural Conservation Program during 1949 or those who sign an Inten
The Bridge Mixers was chosen as the name for the Bridge 4-H Cooking club during a November 12 meeting at the Bridge Grange hall. Officers elected: President Elma Jean Magill, Vice President Lynne Kennedy, Secretary Kay Cribbins. Members and guests enjoyed games and refreshments.
The Bobcats dominated North Bend with a 39 to 8 victory while Marshfield edged North Bend 6 to 0 in a separate game. The Bulldogs showed little offense with 184 yards to the Pirates five first downs.
The Myrtle Point Sportsmen's Club hosts its first turkey shoot on the new clubhouse site next Sunday from 10 am until dark. Hagedon and Clarence Strong lead the event with participation open to all, and provisions include turkeys chickens and ducks plus grounds coffee and ammunition on site. The grounds lie one mile northeast of Myrtle Point on Sitkum road.
Don Driscoll expected a son and told Ritchie Francis his secret. Ritchie bet a free wheelbarrow ride that a girl would arrive. The prediction proved right as Driscoll’s family welcomed a daughter, forcing the ride as the wager payoff.
The Greyhound plan ends the only through Myrtle Point route to Portland leaving Coos Bay at 9 55 am. Other daily buses to Portland are eliminated, and the community and Chamber of Commerce urge letters of protest to the Public Utilities Commission in Salem to restore the schedule.
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co reports net earnings of 5 45 a share for the first nine months of 1949. Sales of lumber products logs and pulp totaled 91 339 204 with other net income 7 266 925. Net income for the period was 17 027 823.
Grays Home Furnishings, Inc. completed a neon sign installation measuring 4 by 50 feet, billed as Coos county’s largest. Built by Pacific Neon of North Bend, the 200 square foot sign enhances the store and the city’s lighting system and was installed over the weekend.
The Bobcats received the opening kickoff on the 5 yard line and ran it until Myrtle Point fumbled, with Red Devils recovering at the five yard line.
The program for Laff It Off lists the principals and is in a full-page Herald ad. Advance sale tickets are required for reserved seats at 613 p.m. tonight. Non reserved seats are available at the door tonight and tomorrow. attendees are urged to save and turn in reserved tickets at Haga's for seating.
The building will house a lodge room an auditorium an anti room and smaller rooms including a model kitchen and regalia storage on the second floor. The street floor offers two leasable rooms 30 by 50 and 20 by 28 feet. Ellis Lewis noble grand C P Moore secretary and committee members oversee the project with an estimated expenditure of about 6000 dollars to ready the building.
A district breakfast event drew the largest turnout yet as wives organized the meal for their husbands. Cochairmen Dale Bunnell and Ritchie Francis led a spirited session praising the county club’s up to date stance and inviting editors H. P. Hornish and Gene Briggs to discuss county sports next Tuesday at 7 1 morning.
A fragment reports a blaze after a boy’s match touched a gas tank causing a car to ignite. The text references individuals Beb and Bill Brigga and Rev and Mrs Wilmor A Brigee but lacks complete details or outcomes.
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