Reedsport City Council Minutes 1940-1949
The City of Reedsport council minutes from 1940-1949 in searchable PDF format. Some pages may be illegible due to file compression. Please contact the Reedsport Main Street Program if you need access to high-quality scans. See below for a computer-generated transcript. Originals are held at Reedsport City Hall.
City of Reedsport
City of Reedsport
Reedsport Main Street Program
1940-1949
City of Reedsport
Wes Lockard
Public Domain
Reedsport High School Band Members, c. 1941-42
left to right: Edythe Mohler (Carlson), Alice Mohler (Smalley), ?, Freda Mohler (Chappelle), c. 1941-42
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Kristine Shigley
c.1941-42
Sherry Carlson Bozorth
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Reedsport School Band, 1940-42
Edythe Mohler (Carlson), back row 3rd from left (1942 RHS grad); Alice Mohler (Smalley), back row 5th from left (1943 RHS grad); Freda Mohler (Chappelle), short row 2nd from top and 2nd from left (1945 RSH grad) - all three on clarinet; Ted Carlson, on sousaphone on the right end of the middle row, was also co-captain of the football team and also played basketball all four years (1942 RHS grad); Dorothy Pinion (Schweitzer), front row French Horn, and sister Helen Pinion to her left
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Kristine Shigley
c. 1940-2
Sherry Carlson Bozorth (daughter of Ted & Edythe)
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Rudy Ruppe, c. 1940
Rudy Ruppe, second from left; Taught and coached at Reedsport High School in the 1950s and 1960s
The Rudy Ruppe award remains the most coveted award for a senior athlete in Reedsport.
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Kristine Shigley
1940s
Lisa Joeckel (Rudy Ruppe's daughter)
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Fir Avenue looking southwest, Reedsport, 1948
Downtown Reedsport, Fir Avenue. On the south side (left) the 76 gas station, mural that says, "When day is done, enjoy Olympia, 'It's the Water'," Ungers, Pacific Theatre. On the north side (right) a cafe, Bernharts, Umpqua Drug, Thriftway, Gerhards, Welcome Hotel (Hotel Welcome) with Coca Cola advertisement.
Community Collection Day - May 13, 2016
Reedsport Education Enrichment Foundation
Reedsport Main Street Program
1948
Vernon M. Hausmann
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Reedsport Auto Court, 1945
Known for many years as the Reedsport Motel, now the Best Budget Inn at 18th Street and Highway 101. Signs for fishing and "Shell" on the building.
Community Collection Day - May 13, 2016
Reedsport Education Enrichment Foundation
Reedsport Main Street Program
1945
Vernon M. Hausmann
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North 4th Street flood, c. 1936
Flood
Flooded 4th Street looking north. Rainbow Cafe / Rainbow Tavern
Community Collection Day - May 13, 2016
Reedsport Education Enrichment Foundation
Reedsport Main Street Program
Most likely mid 1930s, although some sources say 1943 or 1946.
Reedsport Main Street Program
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Vacation Camp, c. 1940
"Popular vacation camp on Lake Tahkenitch"
Community Collection Day - May 13, 2016
Reedsport Education Enrichment Foundation
Reedsport Main Street Program
late 1930s to early 1940s
Vernon M. Hausmann
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Umpqua River Lighthouse, 1947
Lighthouse
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street Program
1947
Jean Harris
CC BY-SA 2016
4th Street looking north, 1947
Aerial view of Reedsport above 4th Street looking north towards the Burdick Building, Rainbow Tavern, Umpqua River Bridge, mill with wigwam burner, and Bolon Island.
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street Program
1947
Jean Harris
CC BY-SA 2016
Pioneer School Cafeteria, c. 1940
School
Interior view of vacant cafeteria. Back of photograph reads, "Pioneer School cafeteria, 1940s." Reedsport.
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street Program
1940s
Jean Harris
CC BY-SA 2016
Bert Bartow, US Army
War
Bert Bartow joined the US Army in 1942.
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street Program
1942-44
Helen Bartow
CC BY-SA 2016
Business section of Reedsport on the Oregon Coast Highway, 1948
Picture of downtown Reedsport looking southwest. Edwards Theatre, Bernhardt's, Stevens Grocery, Umpqua Drug Co., Thriftway Independent, Star Clothing, Welcome Hotel.
Sawyers
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
1948
Jean Harris
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Bert Bartow 1944 newspaper clipping
War
"Wounded includes 17 Oregon men." Bert Bartow served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was wounded in action in Pisa, Italy.
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
1944
Helen Bartow
Certificate awarded to Evangeline Smiley
Certificate from the President of the United States of America.
March 10, 1941
M. Carol Plagmann
CC BY-SA 2016
Eva Smiley
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
M. Carol Plagmann
CC BY-SA 2016
Leafdahl Interview, March 4, 2016
Oral History
Arrival in Reedsport in 1948
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
Created March 4, 2016
Covering events in 1948
CC BY-SA 2016
MP4
MP3
Umpqua River Bridge - Reedsport postcard
Bridge
A view of the Umpqua River Bridge looking southeast towards Reedsport
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
1945-1955
Vernon M. Hausmann
CC BY-SA 2016
Umpqua River, Reedsport
Salmon Harbor, Winchester Bay postcard, c. 1950
Salmon Harbor
Group of people standing on a dock next to a ship bearing the name "Rose."
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
1945-1955
Vernon M. Hausmann
CC BY-SA 2016
Winchester Bay
Elementary School - Reedsport postcard
School
Pioneer Elementary School
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
1945-1955
Vernon M. Hausmann
CC BY-SA 2016
Reedsport