Campus Day for Women to Highlight New Vistas at SWOCC
SWOCC hosts Campus Day for Women on Sept 22 in Coos Bay to show opportunities in sciences arts and technology. Displays demos films and panel discussions will explain vocational training degree paths and lifelong learning with guidance on program planning and financial aid. Registration booths open Sept 10 and 17 at Pony Village and The Hub with a $2.50 fee including luncheon.
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South Coast
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Pete Kromminga
Pony Village
North Bend
Coos Bay
Southwestern Oregon Community College
Community college offers sewing typing classes in fall term
Southwestern Oregon Community College schedules sewing and typing courses for the Coquille Myrtle Point area. Registration is possible by attending the first class meeting the week of September 26.
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Southwestern Oregon Community College
Exiineton
Crossing safety rules stress curb step and right of way
Police Chief Lewis Field warns parents to teach children to wait and step off the curb before crossing. Motorists must yield to those who have stepped off the curb. Highway crossing lights activated at school opening. A DMV examiner will staff Myrtle Point city hall on Wednesday September 14 from 9 to 4. Apply early for licenses to ensure testing time. Classes now open with limited space and new schedule.
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Floyd
Police Department
Myrtle Point
Department of Motor Vehicles of Oregon
Fersons
Bookkeeping and Sewing Classes Announced for Coquille Area
Local announcements detail sewing and dressmaking sessions at Methodist and Episcopal churches in Coquille and Myrtle Point. A three term bookkeeping course begins Tuesdays at Coquille High School with Roy Fietz as instructor. Also offered are beginning and advanced typing classes at Coquille High School with Arnold Morton guiding students. For more information call Mrs. Arnold Morton at 396-2838.
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Methodist Church
Coquille
Myrtle Point
Episcopal Church
Bishop
Jack Greenland
Coquille High School
Roy Fietz
C.P
Arnold Morton
Head Start album showcased at library
Virginia Wells, librarian, announced a new Head Start record album funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity in Washington DC. The album explains how individuals may work within the Head Start program and features contributions from people who helped shape it.
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Virginia Wels
Amling Family Plans To Move To Junction City
Ernest Amling funeral director with Schroeder Bros Mortuary moves with the Amling family to Junction City on September 15. He will be affiliated with Murphy Funeral Home. Amling has spent seven years in Coos County and four in Myrtle Point, active in Rotary and the Kindergarten association, and recently elected to the school board. The Amling home will be sold or rented.
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Ernest Amling
Schroeder Bros Mortuary
Amling
Junction City
Murphy Funeral Home
Coos County
Myrtle Point
Rotary
Kindergarten Association
Tracks Collide On Highway 42
A rear end collision on Highway 42 near Spruce and 8th streets involved two trucks. A log truck driven by Bill Farmer was struck by a tanker that failed to stop after a car turned left. No injuries were reported. The logging truck was moved to Leep's mill to unload logs.
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Spruce
8Th Streets
Lewis Floyd
Bill Farmer
Asbury
Leep
Ambulance subsidy debate dominates Myrtle Point council meeting
City officials in Coos County hear protests over inequitable ambulance subsidies for Myrtle Point, Bandon, and Coquille operations. Debate includes plans for a warehouse, a walkway from city limits to Pioneer House, and a chlorine price fixing suit discussion with Sept 19 hearings. Town reports show library circulation and year totals.
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Elton Scheweder
Myrtle Point
Bandon and Coquille
Dean Mason
Nichols
Curt Beckham
Frank Meldrum
Shell Station
Mom's Drive-in
Nevery
Vandals Target Tom Guerin Ranch In Vandalism Wave
Merlyn Hathaway deputy sheriff said the Tom Guerin Ranch faces vandalism amid speculation over high fir prices and weed concerns. Mr and Mrs Guerin report a cow shot, and the sheriff will police the property following notification.
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Tom Guerin
Guerin
Merlyn Hathaway
Bobcats Open Season Versus Umpqua Here
The Bobcats kick off their season Friday at p.m. facing South Umpqua in Myrtle Point. Hank Rowell, injured in a Monday car crash near Myrtle Grange hall, is hospitalized with facial cuts and a broken arm. Coach Jack Reeves reports 30 varsity players with about 75 students in football this year and high team spirit as Myrtle Point aims to excel in the Rogue Umpqua league.
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South Umpqua
Myrtle Creek
Portland Newspers
Hank Rowell
Mast Hospital
Myrtle Grange Hall
Mr. Rowell
Grange Hall
Glide
Myrtle Point
Jack Reeves
Cco
Mall Thomas
Reeves
Wives Tour GP Logging Areas on Bus Trip
Twenty women, wives of Georgia Pacific logging crew members, toured Eden Ridge Rock Creek and Bone Mountain logging areas by bus on Thursday. They thanked the company for the day long excursion led by GP safety man Al Martin and included a noon sack lunch.
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Georgia-Pacific
Eden Ridge
Rock Creek
Bone Mountain
al Martin
UGN Kickoff Lunch Set In Coos Bay
The Coos county United Good Neighbors campaign kickoff will be held at 7 30 p m Thursday Sept 15 at St Monica s Hall Coos Bay Amos Reed superintendent of McLaren School for Boys will be a featured speaker and special music is planned. A luncheon by Good Neighbor firms will be served and the meeting will discuss solicitors calling on neighbors for their fair share gifts to fund services from 33 agencies.
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Coos County
United Good Neighbors Campaign
St. Monica's Hall
S. 4
Th Street
Coos Bay
Amos Reed
McLaren School For Boys
Federated
Stamp commemorates federation with new five cent issue
Mrs. Charles G. Evans president of the Myrtle Point Women's club promotes the General Federation of Women's Clubs five cent stamp marking its 75th anniversary. The issue debuts September 12, 1966 in New York City celebrating eleven million members and federation programs from school dropouts to traffic safety and conservation. Oregon riders face a new July 1 license endorsement requirement.
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U.S
Coos County Fair
Myrtle Point
Republican Picnic Slated at Bullards Park for Sept 11
Coos County Republicans host a potluck picnic at Bullards State Park on Sunday Sept 11 at 2 p.m. Dean Sheldon treasurer announces. Guests bring dishes by alphabet A to G hot dishes H to NW salads M to Z desserts. Ice cream and coffee provided. Special guest: Don Hodel, state Republican chairman.
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Coos County
Bullards State Park
Dean Sheldon
Don Hodel
New Officer Joins Myrtle Point Police Force
George Van Delah begins service as Myrtle Point police officer filling Wayne Sheffel’s vacancy. He arrives from Klamath, California, brother of Club Lehua and Myrtle Hotel owner Noble Van Delah. The department also seeks a replacement for resigning John Caudle. Mrs Van Delah plans to move here this month.
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George van Delah
Klamath, CaHf
Noble van Delah
Club Lehua
Myrtle Hotel
Wayne Sheffel
Coos Bay Area
Van
van Dolah
Lewis Floyd
John Caudle
Wrangell
Alaska
Oregon Highway Projects Set by State Commission
State Highway Department bids in Salem for 18 projects totaling about 3 946 000. Two Coos county works include Sunset Bay State Park near North Bend with water pipes sewage plant shelter bath house and related facilities due by March 30 and a new traffic signal at Broadway and Newmark streets in North Bend due in 160 days.
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Oregon State Highway Commission
Salem
Coos County
North Bend
Sunset Bay State Park
Cape Asago Highway
Broadway and
Newmark Streets
Republican Women Club to Meet at Tioga Hotel
The Republican Women’s Club holds its regular meeting Monday at noon at the Tioga hotel. Speaker will be Mrs. Vivian Adams of Ashland, president of the Oregon Federation of Republican Women. All county women urged to attend the lunch meeting on the 3rd Monday monthly.
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Republican Women's Club
Tioga Hotel
Vivian Adams
Ashland
Adams
Oregon Federation of Republican Women
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