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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1966
Page
2
City leaders and the chamber advocate a park to lure tourists to Myrtle Point. Mayor Curt Beckham urges study of site and cost, with options including View Street land above the highway and Oak Grove on the Fairgrounds. Tex Billingsley’s $1000 Sad die Che funds once cited for park use.
The city will vote in November for a new mayor and three city council seats. Mayor Curt Beckham will not run again, and current councilmen Jim Howe and George Lian will not seek re election. Several former council members and other figures are noted as potential candidates.
Mrs. Rees Deaiols Mr and Mrs James Dev ereaux and Mrs Mary Carman attended the State Fair in Salem helping care for the Coos County booth run by Broad Bend Grange. Fern Hayes from Myrtle Point now Redmond joined them. Several families visited relatives across Oregon during the weekend with trips to Klamath Falls Medford Selem and Agness by mail boat and campouts at Agnes.
Laurence Thorp and Mire Wingerd wed in Eugene at the Wesley Foundation Chapel. Guests included family from Powers and Glide. The bride, a UO graduate, will teach in Springfield. the groom, a UO graduate and law student, will reside in Eugene after a honeymoon along the Oregon Coast.
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