Boosters Tour Historic Coos Bay Wagon Road
A group travels from Coquille to Sitkum along the old Coos Bay Wagon Road of Coos County. They visit the Half Way House site, now abandoned, and hear pioneer tales from the Laird brothers Joe and Walter, born in a family home later destroyed by fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coquille
Coos Bay Wagon Road
Pioneer Lights Thrill Group
Sitkum
Wagon Road
Coos Bay
Roseburg
Laird
Joe
Walter Laird
Sitkum trip notes debris menace and county road tour
A stop near Sitkum at Hells Gate Point highlights how flood debris could threaten lower valleys if floods recur. The Coos Bay Lumber Co uses the road for logs as a tour proceeds into Douglas County toward Roseburg and Myrtle Point. A future tour will inspect more county roads led by George Burr with ten returnees from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitkum
Hells Gate Point
Coquille River
Valeys
Coos Bay
Would-Be Bobcats Report First Football Practice
On August 24th 1954 Coach Tony Ashenbrewer greeted 37 prospect ive football players for the season. Doctors Thomas and Beber conducted physical exams while the squad began twice daily conditioning and fundamentals work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Ashenbrewer
Sitkum News Social and Local Visitor Notes
The report covers funeral attendance for Doc Carter, Myrtle Leaf club meetings with president pro-tem Mrs. Ted Kirsch, hostess prizes won by Mrs. Tom Ifeste and door prize won by Mrs. Howard Powell, and upcoming meeting at Mrs. Dick Clayton. It lists multiple local residents attending Grange in McKinley, travel to Crater Lake and Lava Beds, and a Laird and friends outing at Frona Park plus Springfield and Portland visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Laird
W A Nickason
Elmer Wilson
Burg
Doc” Carter
Myrtle Leaf Club
Charles Wilson
Bud Aasen
Coos Bay
Keith Thompson
Powers
Ted Kirsch
Tomifeste
Howard Powell
A. Nickason
Dick Clayton
Frank Clayton
Tom Leifeste
Peggy
Mary
Crater Lake
Chas. Southmaydr
Grange
McKinley
Kenneth La!j
W.A. Nickason
Elmer Strode
Mildred
Louis Laird
Portland
Don
Avis Mitchell
Janet
Dale
Harry
Frona Park
Shirley Lee
Dora
Becky Southmayd
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Frank Claire
Coos
Joseph Leia
Myrtle Point
Henry A. Schroeder & Sons
Coos Bay, Ore
Myrtle Point, Ore
Western Auto Supply CO
Gallen
Furpentine
Allen
Sven Dhe
Vakcon
Coronado Deluxe
Warrenty
Gambles Western Auto Supply CO
Henkathe
Gene Boothe
Bruce Dunn
Wayne DeWald
Bill Harper
George Miller
Keith Schroeder
Dick Stitt
Jesse Adams
Richard Baker
Jerry Boone
Buster Conley
Larry Deem
Kermit Eggers
Jim Harriman
Gary Meneat
Duane Rackleff
Jim Rylander
Dennis Smith
Gary Watson
John Whitaker
Roger Baker
Marlin Gasner
John Hubbell
Wallis Kincheloe
John McCain
Mike Russell
Terry Sell
Duane Simmons
Ernest Allen
David Hardy
Ed Harper
Bob Mast
Joe Martinka
Alan Miller
Harold Miller
Jerry Shinkle
Bruce Whitaker
Sonny Schuls
Earl Wilson
Harold Neideigh
Howard Wolff
Bob Hoefs
Kay Petersen
Sitkum News
Myrtle Point Oil Co
Champion
BOB Cotton Tire
Ore
Aia
Sheaffer & Parker
Myrtle Polat
Thrif
Thrifties
Delicia
PE Reveraars
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