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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
4
The piece argues editors and public officials should state their true stance on the Townsend movement rather than feign support. It values nerve and honesty, condemns forced or insincere endorsements, and criticizes arbitrary demands tied to age or merit.
The piece argues for support of a Townsend style recovery measure aimed at universal prosperity. It highlights older Americans who saved yet lost during the depressions and proposes a pension or $50 monthly for good citizens funded by a sales tax without disrupting the economic order, urging thoughtful backing and broad support.
At a meeting of the Myrtle Point board of education the following teachers were elected for the winter term starting September 30: Prof Claude Nossler principal, Daisy B Short, Julia Braden, intermediate Lula Walker primary. County Clerk LH Hazard presided over the session. Conner, longtime Enterprise publisher and Leader editor now at Cottage Grove, rode in on a bicycle last Thursday.
An elderly visitor stayed days with sister Mrs Will Gundy then departed from the Schroeder farm near Arego jest Monday afternoon. The residence, a tearoom landmark built forty years ago, is now being operated by C. Eb and J H Schroeder. Mrs W R Driesbach of San Francisco visits W E Lundy and plans to sail south next week with Misses Model and Audrey Lundy for San Francisco Girls High School. R C Bowers and family, returning from Indiana, came back to Mr Bower’s old home last Saturday.
Excitement rises at Oregon's newest mining center as Pepper brothers, the district's largest operators, prepare to begin actual mining to test whether their new machine can recover elusive piecer gold from bed rock on the South Fork river seven miles south of town. Mr and Mrs Bob Ladd of Portland visited relatives at their mother Mrs Ells' home from Saturday to yesterday.
A period church notices list services for Catholic Presbyterian Church of the Beethreen and Church of Christ including sermon topics such as Have We Faith Enough to Face Facts and The Perfect Law of Liberty. Activities include Bible schools adult classes and youth groups with times running from morning to evening and a Vacation Bible School planned for Aug 17.
New books have arrived at the Myrtle Point public library including fiction non-fiction Westerns and children titles. Mrs Bene Whitaker Naraman notes emphasis on lighter summer reading and aims to offer books for every reader with titles such as Your Career In Radio Wage Bonding Down the Andes American Industry In the War and Beyond Khyber Pass among others.
A dense list of authors and works spans Agatha Christie G. K. Chesterton and Ellery Queen Lauded titles include The Haunted Bookshop The Green Bay Tree and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd The compilation names dozens of writers from Christie to Buchan and Breckon with scattered book titles and related literature notes from early 20th century detective and adventure fiction collectibles.
Coos county farmers who cooperated with the Agricultural Conservation program received 37016 00 for soil building practices in 1940. Payments supported lime use to correct acidity and 1426 tons were applied on 215 farms to improve pasture and increase legumes.
Wilmer Northup, who joined the US Navy six months ago and is stationed at San Diego, left Monday for his station after visiting Myrtle Point for several days. He was accompanied as far as San Francisco by his aunt, Mrs J A Johnson. Mil and Mrs Ed Cardwell moved to Myrtle Point from Oroville California and plan to make it home. he is a carpenter and she a sister of Mrs Gus Metzgus. Mrs Jack Carey and son Phillip returned to Mill City after a weekend visit with their niece, Bary Ann Belubaw, who will stay several weeks here.
In Washington on August 7 the heated national debate centers on converting the military draft and reserve forces, price controls, and production oversight. The article links Japan’s war with China to domestic concern over oil, scrap iron, cereal supplies, and luxury goods, noting U.S. ties to Japanese trade and the impact on American industries and consumers. It highlights calls from Oregon and Alaska legislators, shifts in materials like silk and cosmetics, and looming shortages in crab meat, nuts, and prune packs.
A note outlines refinishing furniture at home with patience. Emphasizes three criteria: good linen, good wood, and mud construction as worth restoring. Mentions a new mimeograph from Oregon State College describing the processes and available through Mrs Dorothy Bishop, Home Demonstration agent, in Coquille.
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