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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1946
Page
5
Democrats lead Republicans 7176 to 6033 in county voter registration totals. 186 independents and 341 others bring the total to 13768. Registration for the November 5 general election stays open until October 8 with expected surges in the next 80 days.
In Coos County, nominations are sparse with only five names on the ballot for county committee posts. Twelve men filed for precinct positions, listing candidates from Lee 38 to Broadbent 8, including Schroeder and Schoeder in Myrtle Point and nearby communities.
George E. Pratt a former Powers area dairy rancher returned this week from an 83 year plus visit to Kansas. He stayed with relatives in Wichita and Great Bend and was impressed by the changes from sand hills to cultivated farms with oil wells. He noted a large harvest ahead despite dry weather and saw livestock moving into Wichita after the OPA death with over 6000 head selling at around 60 dollars per hundredweight. The trip included time with his niece Mrs Wallace Elam and husband in Myrtle Point.
A noon dinner marked the first reunion at the home of KE R. Krew in Dayrtle Point. Attendees gathered for a communal meal and a chance to reconnect, continuing a long-standing local tradition.
Republican precinct candidates in this vicinity include Dora No. 8 Dora Gearhart Myrtle Paint No. 84 William Gurney Powers No. 68 A I and Minnie King. Other precinct posts for both parties must be filled by write in votes in the general election.
The notice lists numerous households and relatives from Washington and Oregon, including Mr and Mrs C A Mael Auburn Waah. Mr and Mrs Preeton Mael Castle Rock. Mr and Mrs Paul Hull Dilliard. Zilpha Patchen Dilliard. Ruby Holoway Drain. Daynise Nancy Jimmy Drain. Tom Se Bithwee. Gerdes Meade Eugene. Ben McClue Coos Bay. Forrest Krewson Myrtle Point. Raymond Gibeau Bruce. Ernest Krewson Glade. Donne Jane Myrtle Point.
The Coen County Fair runs September 12 and 13 in Myrtle Point with events and exhibits announced for the two day gathering.
Dr. Eleanor Gutman of Coos County public health is named branch chief for medical care of women veterans in four northwest states. Approved by the Coos county court, she heads women veterans care in Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana with supervisory duties and occasional hospital inspections. She recently was released as a major from the army medical corps.
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