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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1946
Page
4
Storms and strong winds halt progress on the Highway 161 project south of Fort Orford. Officials say rain and debris block the right of way, delaying construction as crews assess the heaping bay bonds and long stretch of the proposed route.
New road sector from Port Orford southern limits will connect to Hubbard’s area near the ocean after a wartime pause. Concrete bridge over Hubbard creek already maintained. highway work to resume when conditions permit. Ollie Dobbema and Mrs. Dobbema opened Ollie’s Super-Market at the North city limits on Highway 101. Local families and students return for Thanksgiving visits, including Pugh, Zumwalt, MicKenzie, Masterson, Thomas, and Morsing. High school basketball suffered a double defeat to Langlois and Ophir.
John Marsh of Port Orford checked into Keizer hospital North Bend for surgery. Port Orford High held a dance at Sixes grange before Thanksgiving. J P Masterson Mrs Masterson plan to return to teaching after the holidays. Grover Tichenor take over Autocourt supervision during S A Lawrence absence. Lawrence family heading to Ashland for winter due to health. Creswell gathers former Port Orions JW Studley to build a home for his son in law. Hanley and Post move to Creswell to operate a training business. Mrs Tony Hayes visiting Port Orford from Medford formerly Leah Spoor Waves member. Harold Crowthers visiting Eugene. Charles and Haines move to Port Orford from Long Beach to live in new home. Ed Capps of Bandon visiting Port Orford en route from San Francisco Ford dealers meeting.
The Snow White still belongs to Mr and Mrs A. D Offley as earlier sale fell through. Thrift, owner of the building, plans a grocery store and will relocate the Snow White equipment to the Thompson building at Third and Spruce once Little finds a new site.
The County Division of the State association of School Boards schedules its annual meeting December 13 in the Marshfield high school library Coos Bay. Rex Putnam will open, with Eleanor Gutman and Martha Mulkey Purdy among officials and officers to attend, despite Christmas timing concerns.
R G Follis president of Standard Oil of California announces a one week pay bonus for nearly all employees of the company and its domestic wholly owned subsidiaries. The payout is set for December 2. Eligible workers must have at least one month of service. seagoing staff and officers are excluded.
The article notes elk hunting near Pine will extend to December 22 as animals move to lower ranges with deep snows. Officials urge hunters to mail in check out cards to the Game Commission in Portland, even if no elk is killed.
World War II veteran vehicles dated 1948 price slashed for sale by mail in San Francisco area. War Assets Administration announces inter-regional Portland unit will forward orders to San Francisco. Orders must be received by 5 pm November 37.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a county road incident involving multiple individuals including Eka Jamea and Mytile Peis. The readable text hints at a transport event with possible casualties or injuries and unclear placement or timing.
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