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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1932
Page
5
The Myrtle Leaf team led by Eloise Crowley won the state typing contest in Corvallis with Crowley typing 75 wpm for 15 minutes and only 10 errors. Esther Miller of Newburg was runner up at 70 wpm with 20 errors.
April showers interrupted the senior play cast picture day. A noon notice read No Play cast Pictures Noon Today. The next day sun shone in morning as tardy members delayed, then rain fell at noon before sun returned after the hour.
A tentative plan proposes a June 6 to August eight week summer session at the junior high from nine to twelve for 7A and A pupils to finish their grades before fall term. The program is offered without cost, with the grade school principal in charge, and aims to reduce mid year graduating class issues by consolidating divisions and giving teachers more time for individual needs. Jack Willey placed third in a Coquille declamatory contest won by Marshfield, North Bend, and Coos River.
The article blends butter history and health claims with a film note on Dressler’s award winning role. It discusses butter’s vitamin A and D benefits and various serving ideas, then pivots to a 1931 Academy Awards scene featuring Buster Dressler-like Emma in a dramatic will contest and murder trial with cast such as Richard Cromwell and Myrna Loy.
Directed by Miss Bross the junior high presents Twilight Alley at Union High School auditorium on May 18. The program features the operetta performed by boys and girls, with Jack Willey presenting two readings, a chorus, and Harriet McRae in a dance number.
A Lake County homemaker explains step saving kitchen habits from a child to adult. She describes a simple pantry plan and a six step method to gather needed items at the kneading board. An aspirant for huckleberry recipe donors sends a huckleberry cream cake recipe to the Corvallis extension service. Two hundred twenty three women from 14 Jackson County communities attend vegetable cooking demonstrations.
Fragmentary report notes construction and development across multiple Oregon towns including Florence Port Catford and Roseburg. Mentions infrastructure projects, lumber industry activity, and a reopening of a plant with unspecified company details.
Marie Dressler delivers a superb portrayal in Emma to be shown at the Hiland Theater May 12. The review praises her mastery in both comedy and tragedy, highlighting her performance as a standout in recent work.
Fragmentary text mentions an athlete named Dressler and a triumph. No clear event, place, date, or full details available to confirm scope or identity.
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