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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1950
Page
2
Coos County Court outlines progress in road improvements. Three rock sources now operate with a crusher plant and two other complete grinding plants near full staffing. A fleet of 18 trucks spreads rock, with plans requiring time and money to complete.
Amid hospital vacancies three weeks’ stock of newborns draws attention as parents from Powers Bandon Camas Valley Myrtle Point Coquille Norway gather from Oct 1950 entries. List records 10-4 to 10-17 with ten plus births to twelve couples across towns.
Local birth notices list families in Myrtle Point Port Orford Coquille and nearby areas. Entries show parents and newborns with dates in October 1980 including Giles Banden, McEldowney Gerald, and Munnon Leonard.
Mr and Mrs Tony Stenman were in Roseburg on business Monday. Charles Bowers family shared Sunday dinner with Leslie Johns in Roseburg. Jr. and Mrs Roy Miller spent the weekend in Roseburg. Albert Manesa joined the state highway crew where he formerly worked. Monday dinner guests at the Bowers home were Tony Stenman of Sandy Creek. Don Rockwood and Wesley Rockwood with son of Charleston visited Friday at the Stenman home.
Coos County groups endorse the Basic School Support Fund Increase. The list includes subgranges Myrtle 280 Coquille 306 McKinley 82 North Bayside 00 Bandon 702 Bridge 790 Fairview North Fork 738 Greenden 534 Sumner 065 Westmore 884. Also local clubs and PTA units across Coos Bay Myrtle Point Powers Broadbent North Bend districts report endorsements.
A partial OCR shows rural school board references including Kerteide Palrvisws Charleston Sunny Hill Powers Arago Coos River Mil lington and other numbers. The fragment lists district numbers and locale names without complete context or actions.
The town hosts Dollar Day with many stores offering discounts on groceries hardware furniture clothing and more. The Hall Theatre runs a family matinee for $1 while free coffee and cookies are available from local businesses through a Chamber of Commerce fund at the Perkins Drug area. Free lunch supplies are provided at cost by Thrift's Grocery Moller’s Grocery Myrtlewood Bakery and Brookdale Dairy. Next Saturday promises a full day of bargains for Myrtle Point residents.
Mrs Pafford chairs the drive as groups including American Legion auxiliary Lions Club and Senior women plan meetings. Mrs Melby says another Scout building gathering will prep materials tonight with two workers present. The push starts next Wednesday and aims to finish within a week.
Mrs Young was killed when a tractor turned and trapped her in a muddy road spot. Neighbors found her. medical aid arrived too late. She lived in Coos County most of her life, born October 28 1891 in Jacksonville Oregon. Survived by husband a son Charles and seven daughters. Funeral Thursday at See chapel with Rev John Parish. burial in Norway Cemetery.
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