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Powers News Highlights Thanksgiving Reflections and Local Loss
Powers residents recount Thanksgiving gatherings with relatives from Myrtle Point Portland and Seattle. The article notes the death of Marvin Smith in Vietnam and a friend killed earlier, part of a cohort of three Powers youths sent to service on June 6 1967. A military funeral is pending and veterans hospital care continues for George Hayes. The piece lists family visits and community events across Powers and nearby towns.
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Boece Munro
Eenue
Frank Roth
Dennis
Gary
Portland
Myrtle Point
Bernice Brewster
Clyde Hall
Ronald LaFollette
Mark Copeland
Elizabeth Ward
Pat Ward
Powers
Nevie Smith
Marvin Smith
Thu Bai
Vietnam
Mannes
George Hayes
Stanley Benn
Powers High School
Viet Nam
Marvin
Veterans Hospital
Washington
Rube Stevens
Francis
Springfield
C.p.easley
William McLyman
Kathy
Harry Rolfe
Howard Wakkila
Wynn
Jon
McLymans
Howard Pointer
Coquille
Mac Johnson
Easley
Howard 93
Vwakkile
Sprngfield
St John's Episcopal
Albert Dywer
Mr. Dwyer
George Dwyer
Larry
Mike Stewart
Nancy Stewart
Eugene
Clyde Elliott
Coos Bay
Hazel Lewis
Clyde Ellis
Charles Jacking
Betty May
John
Jery
Vernon Brady
O.d.ellis
Shawnee
Winnifred Nelson
C.E.S
Hazel
E. Fir
Aaron
Nellis Air Force Base
Leon Moxon
Biloxi
Miss
Thailand
Julia Moore
Randy King
Lelena Hoehne
Robin Brewster
Gueks
LOOM
Gold Beach
Roseburg
Cortland Ellis
Ellis
Albany
Elmer Post
Leland Post
Keith Thompson
Oregon
Tom Grove
Andrew Carneig
Hazel M. Lewis
Mooseeheart