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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1948
Page
9
The PT A discusses water supply sanitation and funding for the local grammar school. A $27 000 grant from basic rule support would fund connections, and dues or funds would be needed if not all connections are made. The next meeting will tackle faults of the present grammar school building.
Funeral services for Willis Rickman were held in Portland on Saturday morning October 2 at the Little Chapel of The Chimes. Final interment was in Rose Court cemetery. Rickman, born June 28, 1877 in Gold Beach Oregon, grew up in Coos County and worked as a carpenter. Survived by three sons and two daughters, Lawrence Lester and Ray with spouses, and Erma Wingate, Della Belloni, and Leeta Arnold. a nephew Theo Clinton of Coquille also attended.
Myrtle Point residents report hunting trips and family visits across Oregon and California. Resignations at the Herald and numerous siblings, cousins, and in laws visiting Seattle Portland and Coos Bay accompany a busy social scene.
Oregon Congressman Ellsworth visited Myrtle Point on Wednesday afternoon and planned a series of talks across Coos County including Coos Bay Coquille Bandon and Brookings. He inspected the Coos Bay Harbor Improvement project and said it would finish ahead of schedule and under initial cost estimates.
A group of seven men reported bagging five deer since the season opened. While camping, a buck wandered into their camp during the night, waking the party. Two shots were fired and one buck fell as members argued over whose shot did the deed. Names include Clayton Mast Dick Johnson Frank Henry Stacy Johnson Charles Leatherman and Howard Leatherman.
Coach Seb Bright's Bobkittens edged Coquille Junior High 6-0 on the local field last Saturday night. The win leaves Bright's squad at 1-1 in the Coos County Junior High conference as North Bend plans to visit Saturday at 7 30 and Santa Monica from 08 Bay is tentatively set to play here Tuesday afternoon October 12 at 3 30 with no admission charged if the forecast holds.
Tommy Forrest conservation director for the Southwestern Oregon Sportsmen Association spoke at the Lions Club last night. He reviewed fish planting pheasants released and regulations aiding sportsmen achieved through the group and its local chapters. Guests included EF Hall G W Hall publishers Myrtle Point Herald Tom Guerin local rancher Gaye Davenport and Evelyn Halli music students.
Weekend traffic in Oregon shows high fatality risk with Saturday leading and Sunday second, accounting for 77 of 159 deaths in the first half of 1948. Secretary Earl Newbry cites heavy travel and post dusk driving as key factors and urges caution near football games and in wet conditions to offset danger.
Two Oregon State College scientists will speak at the first Pacific Northwest Chicken and Turkey Breeders roundtable on October 2 in Puyallup Washington. The event gathers Oregon Washington Idaho and British Columbia groups to discuss genetics fertility breeding records and meat and egg production. Organized by Washington State College poultry department and Oregon participants with WS C extension agent John P Miller handling logistics.
Fragmentary OCR notes a local sighting or scene labeled Soottee, with unclear context and no identifiable names, dates, or places readable. The readable fragment hints at a personal or minor event but lacks concrete details for a full news summary.
Mr and Mrs C C Carter and Mr Willis Full recall the rural past in Myrtle Point dating to 1887. Willis claims to have bagged over a thousand deer and says deer hunting is not what it used to be. He adds the tale is true and not a fish story.
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