Tourism impact rising in Oregon via Battelle study
A Battelle Northwest Laboratories report for the Oregon State Highway Division estimates 1972 out of state tourist spending in Coos and Curry counties at 36.3 million with 22.2 million in summer activity. Lincoln County tops per resident revenue, while statewide travel revenue reaches 958 million. The study notes tourism boosts many sectors and supports about 61,000 jobs, with a small relocation impact and rising car trips to Oregon projected into 1990.
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Coos
Curry Counties
Oregon Site Highway Division
Battelle Northwest Laboratories
Battelle
Lincoln County
Clatsop
Tillamook
Curry
Oregon
Richland
Washington
State Highway Division
Bateetle
Highway Division
San Chamber of Commerce
Rotary governor to visit Myrtle Point district event
Rotary District Yd governor Bill Huggins will visit the Myrtle Point club meeting at Club Assembly. Huggins, a Coos Bay resident and Rotarian since 1947, will discuss Rotary’s Four Avenues of Service and the Four Way Test while meeting with officers, directors, and committee chairs.
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Rotary
Myrtle Point
Rkwyrle Point Rotary Club
Bill Huggins
Rotary District
Huggins
Coos Bay
Iorner
Coos Bay - North Bend
Switzerland
Sweden
AFS
Rotary seeks four delegates for Japan study trip
Rotary District S11 seeks four non Rotarian young men aged 2 to 35 for an eight week educational travel study in Japan next spring. Two local delegates will join three from District 10 for a total team of seven. Selection completes in December with a March 25 to May 25 trip.
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Japan
Rotary Foundation
Rotary
Rourlaos
Dean Mason
Myrtle Point Rotary Club
Oregon
California
Norway
Australia
Woman dies in Elkton two car crash on Highway
Oregon State Police report Cynthia Lou Anderson 21 of Elkton died Sunday night in a two car crash east of Remote on Highway. Gary Anderson 24 Elkton, the other driver, died at scene. he was in intensive care at Kaiser Memorial Hospital with massive facial lacerations. Ivano O Benton 45 of Roseburg sustained a broken arm and facial lacerations.
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Cynthia Lou Anderson
Elkton
Remote On Highway
Oregon
Gary Anderson
Keizer Memorial Hospital
Ivao O. Benton
Roseburg
Holt joins Security Bank staff in Myrtle Point
Gene Holt joins Security Bank in Myrtle Point as a loan officer. A University of Oregon graduate and former national bank examiner, he comes from St Cloud College Minnesota where he taught finance. His wife Linda teaches kindergarten in Coquille. He is 34 and the Holts plan to settle in Myrtle Point.
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Gene Holt
Security Bank
Myrtle Point
Holt
University of Oregon
National Bank
St. Cloud College
4. Cloud, Minn
Linda
Coquille
Logging accident claims two in Coos County
Harold Smith about 45 a Westbrook logging employee was killed when a falling tree struck him near Xeele Creek Ridge above Fairview. Another logger Ralph Rayevich about 23 from Bridge area was hit and seriously injured and transported to Keizer Memorial Hospital in North Bend.
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Harold Smith
Xeele Creek Ridge
Fairview
Coos County
Sheriff's Office
Smith
Westbrook Logging Co
Ralph Rayevich
Keizer Memorial Hospital
North Bend
Curt Beckham Wins $5 in Herald Football Contest
Curt Beckham, former Myrtle Point High School football coach, won a $5 prize in last week’s Herald Football contest despite predicting a 20 6 Newport win. The actual score ended 71 6 in Newport’s favor.
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Curt Beckham
Herald
Myrtle Point
Newport
Caudle Honored by G P President at Portland Awards Banquet
Ambrose A Caudle of Coquille received the 1973 President's Achievement Award from G P chairman R B Pamplin at a company service awards banquet in Portland. The event honored 102 employees with long service milestones, while Caudle's 41 years with the firm label his rise from factory worker to Oregon building products head. Over 900 Portland attendees marked the occasion. Caudle, born in Greeley Nebraska, progressed from Coos Bay Lumber to Coos Bay division manager and later Oregon building products chief. He is active in Lions and the chamber of commerce.
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Georgia-Pacific Corpene
Ambrose A. Caud
Coquille
R.B. Pamplin
Hilton Hotel
Portland
Caudle
Oregon Building Products Manufacturing
Pamplin
Mary A. McCravey
Leon Bruno
Dewey L. Mobley
Ralph U. Osterman
Kenneth L. Gipson
John A. Schrock
Jami R. Wood
Martha G. Athanasakis
Elroy A. Bergquist
George H. Brustad
Jacqueline C. Cotton
Cheri Ann Egbers
Kenneth W. Guenther
Robert L. Hoffman
Stanley J. Hutchens
Margaret Stensen
Claudia £. Morgan
Howard A. Page, Jr
Claude L. Patterson
James A. Ramsey
Martin Rathje
Glenn E. Wilson
Smith Wood Products
Coos Bay Lumber Co
G P
Coos Bay Lumber
Caudie
Coos Bay
Lions
Chamber of Commerce
Greeley, Neb
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Tourim
Ore
Dean Siason
Calif
Ornia District
United National
Lugh
Cal
Peace
William Carter
England
Rotary International
United States
Willian L. Huggins
Cember
UCLA
Cornell
U.S. Navy
Huggins Insurance Agency of
Coos Bay and
Salem
Geo. ‘‘Chet’’ Huggins
Clara
Ann
Holts
Tree Claims
Bridgeman
G-P
He Is
Coquille High School
Myrtle Point City Couns
Council
City’ Hall
Port of Coquille River Commission
Reguar
Tweeday
Lil’ Bera
Myrtle Point Déisteret School Board
Spruce St
Myrtle Point City
Flora M. Laird
Fifth and
Willow St
Ambrose Caudle
Mik Roth
Myrtle Point Lions _ cleb
Senior Citizen Center
Peri Miller
Ki ‘Iet
Peaitis Dower
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