This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1962
Page
2
A community effort in Coos County seeks to spearhead a Cancer Crusade, highlighting that last year 2,200 children died from leukemia and noting cancer is a leading cause of death from all forms of carcinoma. Contributions are urged as life may depend on them.
The article covers preparing asparagus from fresh stock with simple boiling and water, plus a rhubarb pie recipe using diced rhubarb, flour, sugar and orange juice. It then urges spring redecorating ideas from reupholstering chairs to refinishing furniture and directs readers to Coos County Extension Service for how-to literature and copies of home improvement guides.
Out of town guests visited Remote area families including Alby Ritchie of Sutherlin Vernon Seil Don Bowers and Charles Bowers. Many locals hosted, traveled to Coos Bay Grants Pass and Roseburg for events and business. The Sells sold their Sandy Creek ranch and will relocate.
Myrtle Point track team finished third at the Reedsport Relays on Saturday March 31. Events listed include javelin fourth place MP and teammates Winningham, Mitts. high jump by Daniels Johnson Mitts. broad jump MP with Gurney Thomas. shot put MP fifth Pyatt Roberts Kincheloe. distance medley MP third Lange McCue McCuskey and D Hatfield. 440 relay MP fourth Rhodes Roberts Pyatt Johnson. spring medley MP second Daniels Hatfield. 110 D Hatfield. 220 Lange. 440 shuttle hurdles MP third Gassman Daniels J Hatfield Rhodes. two mile relay MP fifth McCuskey McCue Lange Mitts.
Firemen including Fire Chief JM Myers attended a mutual aid session of the Southwestern Oregon Firemen's Association at Empire Naval Station on Tuesday to discuss new firefighting methods and aid-sharing among communities. Attending with Chief Myers were Jim Myers Jr, Frank Barrows, Bill Roush, Milt Craven, and Jim Noden. The report notes cancer statistics from the American Cancer Society, highlighting leukemia research funding through the April Cancer Crusade and lung cancer estimates for 1962, with lung cancer now the leading cancer death cause among men.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.