Myrtle Point Coquille discuss joint airport plan
About 26 locals from Myrtle Point and Coquille met at the Myrtle Neotel banquet room to explore a joint municipal airport. The group heard government funding would cover 26 percent of land costs and 60 percent of improvements, with a local legal body to coordinate studies. The Arago site near EC Iskroeder property was noted as a prime location for a 2600 foot airstrip.
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Igs Aberar
Myrtle Pent
Cequille
Myrtle Neotel
EH. C. Roberta
Myrtle Point
Stererk
George Ulett
Coquille Committed
Rment
Oregon
Myrthe Peint-Coquille
Srerite
Gande
Leswindte
Warvid Dalbin
Roaga
Coquille
Arago
State Highway Commission
Roberts
Chet BE
Weed
Norwood Browne
Henry Schroeder
Legal Chamber
Clinton
Chamber of Commerce
Navy Drill Pennant Earned by Myrtle Point Recruit
Ray C Anderson of Myrtle Point has enlisted in the US Navy and belongs to Company 276. The unit was awarded the pennant for excellence in military drill at the US Naval Training Station in San Diego last week.
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Ray C Anderon
Myrtle Point
US. Navy
US. Naval Training Station
San Diego
Advent Of Fall Marked By Spell Of Hot Weather
The second warmest day of the year brought 94 in the valley with low humidity. Logging and timber work paused as trains halted on the Eden Ridge route and a change in humidity appeared. From Port Orford north temperatures stayed high with a hot offshore breeze. The week resembled September 1926 when the Banden fire occurred.
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Mercury
Moat Valley
Eden Ridge
Port Orford
Nebreska Senator Waerry Set to Attend Portland Meeting
Nebreska senator Waerry will join Portland for the annual Republican convention where figures like Levan Joseph Harold Stasen former Minnesota governor will headline a list of celebrity attendees Biassen is slated to speak at the gathering.
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Nebreska
Senator Waerry
Portland
Seterday Linde Aasictinaree
Levan Joseph Harold Stasen
Minneota
Biassen
Republican Challenge at Civic Auditorium in Portland
Senator Wherry of Nebraska will speak at the Republican event in Portland Saturday evening October with a program starting at 8 p.m. The talk will be broadcast on radio networks. Judge Felton notes Oregon’s delegation is expected to attend. Robert Ormand Case leads final convention planning at Multnomah Hotel with registration Friday morning October 4.
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Clvic Audisoriems
Portland
Wherry
Nebdrasky Hesow
Carger
Pawnee City
Nebraska
U.S. Senate
Felton Say
Oregon
Senoda
Congress
Robert Ormand Case
Multnomah
Library Books Now Available County distributes 1000 volumes under Oregon law
The county superintendent reports districts may now receive a shipment of library books from the county office. Books from News Press Portland are shipped under Oregon School Law requiring at least 10 cents per census school child. About 1,000 books were received and allocated to schools by district orders.
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News Press
Portland
Oregon
Coosa
Bridge Workman Injured In Woods
Clarence Waterman aged 32 was taken to Belle Knife hospital in Coquille for medical treatment after a woods bridge incident. Mrs. W R Spencer of Myrtle Point also underwent surgery at the same hospital.
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Clarence Waterman
Bridge
Belle Knife Hospital
Coquille
W. R. Spencer
Myrtle Point
Crooks House Burns Down on Arago Road
A fire last Sunday destroyed the home of Charles and his wife on the Arago road while the family were away for the first time in weeks. They lost all household effects clothing money and erime war bonds. No cause has been determined.
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Charles Crooks
Arago Road
Evans Products Buys 19000 Acres Of County Land
Evans Products purchases 19000 acres of county land with specified down payments and a four percent interest on unpaid balances. The county reserves a right of way through the tract and logging may proceed only after full payment for any added tracts.
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Evans Products
Aeld Mely
Classes Elect New Officers At Union High
Union High holds student government elections with officers for each class. Senior officers include Ray Clarne as president and Don Detlefsen as vice president, while Burton Wilson is president of the student body.
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Union High
Ray and
Ralph Clarne
Ray Clarne
Don Detlefsen
Ed Brown
Chet Zumwalt
Perry Roper
Norman Jarvis
Harry Summer
Marlon Kincheloe
Jack Kissel
Atarma
Bill Roush
Cerl Morris
Alan Halter
Dale Olson
Tinker Hatfield
Leora Ames
Ralph Clarno
Dick Anderson
Marlene Train
Glen Zeller
Burton Wilson
Eddie Ellis
Dolores Barkleay
Ivylene Floyd
Jack Anderson
Bobcats Fall to Roseburg 33 to 0 in Season Opener
Myrtle Point Bobcats were overwhelmed by Roseburg power in a 33 to 0 defeat. The offense managed one first down in the first half while Roseburg struck early and often with passes and a power play. Ferrier showed in his debut and Wilson and Nichols anchored the defense as Myrtle Point struggled at center and in pass coverage.
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Myrtle Point Bobcats
Rosevery
Bobcats
Jack Ferrier
George Nichols
Burton Wilson
Roseburg
Ineha
Indians
Walter Barklow
Bobdeat
Finnally
Bobcata
Ed Brown
Perry Roper
Walker Barklow
Hols
Jack Kissel
John Wise
Harry Summers
Bill Roush
Leland Harry
Raymond Lakey
Clarence Miller
Cranberry Harvest Underway in Coos County
The cranberry harvest starts two weeks early in Coos County with the largest bog near the L. M. Krahlek property south of Banden reported active. The timing notes an earlier harvest season and the site details a key bog in the ongoing harvest.
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Coos County
L. M. Krahlek
Banden
Mother Lode Search Ruled Futile Says Pioneer Prospector
The piece argues that recent gold ore discoveries near Crescent City California and Lakeview Oregon revive old gold rush lore while noting the finds are not free gold. It discusses historic placers, copper prospects, and elusive lodes, suggesting gold may lie in copper-bearing carbonites chalcosites and arsenopyrite within northern California and southern Oregon streams.
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Crescent City
Cal
Lakeview
Smith River
Coast Range
Monkey Creek
Patrick's Creek
Myrtle Creek
California
Oregon
Peterpana
Nor- Keawic
Kennet
Bailakalala
Iron Mountain
Coos County
Johnson Creek
Bobcat Banden Game Friday Night Dedication Ceremony
Mayor Jesse D tees off the dedication as the band pep squad and readers form in front of the grandstand. Superintendent Dallas Norton introduces Lions Club president Ralph Whitaker who outlines floodlight history. Eddie Ellis presents the lights, acting for President Burton Wise who plays in the Banden game. Paul Brewer accepts on behalf of the school board.
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Jesse D. Will
Dallas Norton
Ralph Whitaker
Lions Club
Eddie Ellis
Eddie
Burton Wise
Paul Brewer
Film projector installed at Myrtle Point High School
A sound capable film projector was installed at Myrtle Point Union High to aid visual education in regular classes. A Technicolor film from the Weetinghewme company was shown in home economics, with future releases secured through a central exchange and via Oregon State College for sound and silent films and slides.
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Myrtle Point Union High
Weetinghewme Company
Oregon State College
Berry Pickers Earn Over Ten Thousand In Coos County
Ed Hughes of Coquille reports the Kelly-Farquhar company paid berry pickers more than 10 000 for the season. The firm shipped 800 barrels from Cequille headquarters in August and September at nine cents a pound, with collection stations set up across Coos County.
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Coos County
Ed Hughes
Coquille
Kelly-Farquhar Company
Salem
Hughes
Coquille Chamber of Commerce
Cequille
Barn Fire Destroys Hay-Billed Structure on Powers Road
Saturday morning a barn on the Powers road rented by Guy Grant burned to the ground. About 75 tons of hay were stored inside and the milking machine motor and buckets were saved. The hay was partially insured and owner Mrs Mable Laird said the property was insured.
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Guy Grant
Powers Road
Mable Laird
Decorah Mother of Dr Thomas Dies in Iowa
Mrs Florence Higgins mother of Dr H H Thomas died at her Decorah Iowa home on Tuesday September 17 Mrs Higgins had visited here one winter with her son and family and was well known in the community Dr and Mrs Thomas left by plane for the east shortly after the death
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W. E. Lundy
Florence Higgins
H. H Thomas
Decorah
Iowa
Thomas
New Clearing Underway on Myrtle Lane Highway
Work on the Myrtle Lane project progresses with clearing of willows and burning in progress from the North Fork Coquille bridge to Myrtle Point. The highway commission agrees to develop the route as part of the broader improvement for the new Myrtle Lane, aiming to make it a standout attraction in southwestern Oregon.
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Lamdent
Myrtle Lane
Highway Commission
Boardman
Oregon
Local Hunters Trek Eastward to Open Deer Season
With deer season opening next Saturday a group of local hunters headed east this week. Leader C. H. Haga of Myrtle Point was joined by his son in law Robert Davis William Saylor and Harry Slack from Coquille. The party plans to camp near Strawberry Mountain south of Prairie City.
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Oregon
C. H. Haga
Myrtle Point
Robert Davis
William Saylor
Coquille
Harry Slack
Strawberry Mountain
Prairie City
Frames To Leave Myrtle Point For Portland Assignment
Mr and Mrs J G Frame will depart Myrtle Point for Portland where Mr Frame joins Glesey and Greer as an insurance adjuster. He recently took over the law practice of E C Roberts to free Mr Roberts for his real estate and insurance work. The Frames regret leaving Myrtle Point and its friends.
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J G. Frame
Portland
Frame
Glesey & Greer
E C. Roberts
Roberts
Frames
Myrtle Point
Son Born to Theberges in Coquille
Mr and Mrs A E Theberge of Broadbent welcomed a son at Stark hospital Coquille last week. The baby weighed six pounds twelve ounces.
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A E. Theberge
Broadbent
Stark Hospital
Coquille
Potent Waterway Record Emerges in Sing The Present
The report highlights an unusual catch from Tig Waid Creek near the large waterway in Sing The Present, noting it as the largest pot reported. Local anglers and officials are assessing the implications for the area and its ecology.
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Tig Waid
Three Days Left to File for City Offices
With only 30 days left before the filing deadline for candidacy, no candidates have appeared. Nov. & Myrtle Pointers intend to vote for a mayor city recorder city treasurer and three councilmen.
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City Recorder
A. M. Parrish
Myrtle Pointers
Two Bandon Men Fined for Illegal Game Possession
George A. Dowden and Benjamin F. Dowden Jr. of Bandon were fined 160 each in Coquille justice court after police found a freshly killed deer in their car on the North Bank road. They were charged with spotlighting and received a 30 day suspended jail sentence.
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George A. Dowden
Benjamin F. Dowden, Jr
Bandon
Coquille
Prominent Fellow Takes Rogue River Fishing Trip
The Rambler notes a well known man heads to the Rogue River for a brief fishing excursion this weekend. He plans two evenings and a day on the water and hints at a small reward for anyone who loses an evening’s fishing due to a boat mishap. E. C. Roberts can claim two Hiland theatre tickets for Ziegfeld Follies of 1946 playing Sunday and Monday at the Herald office.
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E. C. Roberts
Herald Office
Hiland Theatre
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UN Naval Service
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