Mary Schamehorn

The postmaster at Four Mile, Frances Steddom, was featured in the Nov. 3, 1960, Western World, describing her as a warm and friendly person who makes a social event of buying a stamp.

I found these neat pictures of one of the early Blessings of the Fleet, which took place on Memorial Day 36 years ago in 1990.

I found a neat picture of Wilsons Superette (now Wilsons Market) 50 years ago while going through my extensive negative collection, and I realize

The thing that really stands out in the first picture, taken in the early 1940s of downtown Bandon, is the number of piling left standing along the waterfront, representing buildings that were lost in the 1936 Bandon Fire.

As the Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center studies the recently completed Master Facility Plan about how best to achieve additional space, my thoughts turned to the current hospital.

The first photo I am sharing was taken 27 years ago (March 1999) when Bandon's History Museum was opening a new addition.

In the fall of 1980, a large mine was in operation north of Bandon (first photo), in the same area that had been the scene of chrome mining many years earlier.

The three photos I am sharing this week were all taken 44 years ago, in 1982.

The first picture of Dave Elliott searching for metal with a new White metal detector was taken in November of 1981 for an advertising campaign in Western World, which ran in May of 1982.

The first picture I am sharing was taken over a century ago, around 1913, from across the river. The large building top left is the high school, and the other building is the life-saving station.