Mining Industry Boom Talk Set For October Seventh
Myrtle Point Chamber of Commerce schedules a public meeting October 7 at the Jeck & Jill Cafe to discuss mining development in Curry and southern Coos counties. Local prospectors, geologists, and engineers join outside mining leaders to explore capital sources and ore processing near Powers and regional water and power considerations.
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Aoon
Wie
Curry County
Maat Vection
Myrtle Point
Jeck & Jill Cafe
Port Orford Quadrangle Mining Association
Union Carvide Corporation
Vandium Corporation
Les Childs
Coquille
Wm Daley
J. A. Stankovich
Bandon
Chaim
W .B. Hendershott
Harry Christy
Local Notices and Travel Plans Highlight Community Snippets
OCALS Te Alaska Bilsa Patty Druliner plans to move to Sitka for schooling after finishing junior year at Myrtle Point. Dale Druliner visits from Sitka. several locals hunt mule deer in North Malheur Oregon. Michigan trip for Dean Brown family and Donald Evans. Breedlove family moving to Eugene for trade school.
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Alaska
Bilsa Patty Druliner
Mra J H Druliner
Norway
Dale
Sitka
Ashe
Miss Druliner
Myrtle Point
Dale Thas
KC. Bainer
Bert Pearson
Coquille
Malheur River
Oregon
Henry Schroeder
Malheur County
Ge Teo
Michigan
Dean Brown
Donald Evans
Don Evans
Eugene
James Breedlove
Fred Lafferty
Breedlove
Meetings Set for Coos County Home Extension Year
Nineteen Home Extension units in Coos County prepare to start the eleventh year of programs aimed at strengthening family life both emotionally and economically. The year features demonstrations monthly on topics such as Home Recreation, Family Financial Planning, School Lunch Program, and Simple Household Repairs, with garment remodeling schools planned in Coquille Marshfield Fifteen Acres Empire Powers Englewood Broadbent Bayview and other communities. Pre-registration advised. meetings are open to all interested residents.
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Cope County
Coquille
Marshfield
Ffteen Acres
Empire
Powers
Extension Unis
Freda Ward
Vallay’View
L. Cornelius
Ungtom
Ee Montgomery
Tae
Cate
Weinday
Wm. Campbell
Vesta Seni
Arshfield
Ind
Charles Forrest
Norway
Leila Rochek
Ard
Ned Slonecker
Englewood
Mayme Sanders
Broadbent
Roderick Hermann
Bayview
Don Prescott
Bandon
H. Haughton
Eastside
George Gierke
Fairview
Perry Neal
Greendei
Little Chunks Of Talk Bring Big Results
Three 25 cent Herald classified ads matched buyers and sellers across distances. A garage next to a young man’s home was rented by chance, a row boat found a buyer 150 miles away, and a used refrigerator sold to a ready buyer within a week. These small ads show how advertising can pay off. Word reached Mrs Culbertson that her son Alfred, in Honolulu since July, has joined the government to work as a welder’s helper in the South Seas. Alfred graduated from Myrtle Point Union High in 1940. his relatives visited from Grants Pass this week.
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The
Herald
South Seas
H. L. Culberston
Alfred
Honolulu
Hawaii
South Sea Islands
Myrtle Point
Myrtle Anton Schuessier
Point Union High School
Grants Pass
Culbertacns
Myrtle Point Sets Budgets for City and Union High School
City and Union High budget committees in Myrtle Point plan for the coming year with hearings. The city budget covers a seven month period Dec 1 1841 to June 30 1843, with 2084.50 in taxes of 13721 total. most funds come from water. Union High's budget totals 40013 for year ending June 30 1942, with 31133 from taxation, about 2800 less than last year, implying a 1 to 2 mill tax cut. Public hearing set for October 20.
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Union High School
Myrtle Point
The
Herald
Union High
Oregon
N. G. W Perkins
R C Boewere
Elton Schroeder
Harry Christy
J A. Parrish
Wakdemar Gurney
D. N McNair
Paul EK. Brewer
A. H. Bender
John Carman
Henry Hervey
F. G. Hermann
Mabel Barklow
Leland P Linn
Forrest Moon
W. E. Newberry
A. R. Devenport
Arthur ‘Bennett
Perry Roper
Coos County Adopts Farm Defense Program for 1942
The Coos County U D A Defense board will locally oversee the 1942 farm production campaign led by Secretary Wickard. George Jenkins of the Extension Service serves on the board with John D. Carl and other agency reps to create individual farm plans, boost milk output, and guide farmers toward wartime production goals while balancing exports and defense needs.
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US Department of Agriculture
Coos County
U. D. A. Defense Board
George Jenkins
Extension Service
Claude ®. Wickard
United States
Local Defense Board
Cook County
Secretary of Agriculture
John D. Carl
Arago
County Agricultural Conservation Association
Jenkins
U. S&s. Department of Agriculture
Defense Board
Department of Agriculture
Scrap drives and war production plans hit Oregon
Oregon faces fuel and metal shortages as scrap drives target derelict cars and engines to feed steel and munitions. SPAB promotes exhibits of parts to help small manufacturers win contracts, while jewelry taxes and farm electrification rule curbs bite Northwest consumers and producers.
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Oregon
SPAB
Portland
Northwest
Senate Finance Committee
Netien
Local Hunters Share Early Venison Success
More than 3 percent of residents reportedly hunted venison in the first week with multiple early catches. The largest buck weighed 217 pounds dressed, taken on Quarts Mountain Tuesday by L. G. Paulson. George Taylor led off the season with the first deer, while several women hunters joined the success.
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Shortie Point
L. G. Paulson
Quarts Mountain
Earl Hammack
George Taylor
Meny Watkins
Joan Watkins
Mica
Grady Johnson
Guy Maza
Tony Barkley
W. G. Krewson
O. E B. Brooks
K. Laird
Junior Red Cross forming units aid in defense programs
Roy forming of the Junior Red Cross aids defense efforts especially where older youths are occupied. Younger students will run projects such as gifts for orphans and hospitals. Mrs. Barton seeks to free rural Coos county schools by correspondence. Response is excellent with many rooms reporting fifty cents collected. Cun ningham Parker sburg and Fet Elk noted.
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Red Cross
Western Hemisphere
Ithe School
Mics
Barton
Coos County
Cunningham, Parkersburg
Fet Elk
Coyotes Increase Reported on Eden Ridge
Hunters report numerous coyotes on Eden Ridge with many tracks seen. Local ranchers note stock depredations across Salmon Creek Eckley and Eden Ridge areas, recalling two years ago when Frank Murphy reduced the predators with rancher help.
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Eden Ridge
Frank Murphy
Broadbent
Salmon Creek
Eckley
Congressmen Need Solid Plans To Secure Local Demands
The text argues that without data on land availability housing labor climate and transport the congress member cannot act. It stresses the need for a detailed plan with factual support to persuade agencies and prevent requests from fading away.
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Congress
Myrtle Point committee sets second meeting date
The first fall meeting of the Myrtle Point committee included county agent and assistants with several local residents. A tentative date for the second meeting is November 8 in Coquille.
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Myriquille
Amos Bilerly
Frances ‘Whiteker
Edna Hoffman
Mayre Laird
Margaret Southmayd
Myrtle Point
Coquille
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