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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1922
Page
2
Independence Enterprise notes Sam Hanna’s warm community impact and integrity. The piece discusses highway contracts in Polk County, the looming supreme court decision on location, and anticipated changes to the Oregon highway commission as of year’s end.
Governor Ben W. Glcott praises the Oregon Tuberculosis association Christmas seal sale urging citizens to support the campaign. The sale began in Portland with 10,000 sealed letters mailed. statewide sale runs December 1 to Christmas Eve. Seals cost a penny each and 95 percent of proceeds stay in Oregon to fund education, prevention, and child health efforts.
In Oregon the Christmas seals campaign kicks off with aims to support school health services including nursing, inspections, prenatal care, child welfare, tuberculosis work, home treatment, and public health education. Also notes on corn germination and field pests from Oregon Agricultural College experiments.
The article argues for a growing, well stocked library open to all, urging a funded committee to select valuable books across many subjects. It warns against worn or outdated volumes and stresses choosing literature that fosters character, leisure, and educated citizenship in Independence.
The Oregonian notes the death of the Rev Peter H Burnett, recalling his uncle Peter H Burnett California’s first governor and a dominant figure in Oregon’s early provisional government. It honors a lineage tied to American title confirmations and frontier state-building through example and leadership.
Washington education groups announce American Education Week from December 3 to 9 with six daily focuses including For God and Country Day Citizenship Day Patriotism School and Teacher Day Illiteracy Equality of Opportunity and Physical Education. The American Legion National Education Association and U S Bureau of Education seek public cooperation.
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