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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
3
The Powers Oregon Women's Ambulance Corps held an Orchard picnic with weiners and swimming. They continue Red Cross work, making layettes, wash cloths, scuffles, bed jackets, and hospital gowns. About $58 from a decade-old Community Chest fund was given to support ambu lance tires and upkeep.
Powers residents report visits from Eugene Oregon and San Diego California relatives. Edward Reardon and infant son traveled from San Diego to meet Carl and Mrs Briggs. Several locals returned from San Francisco after extended trips. Curtis Matthews on shore duty recovers from submarine injury and Martha Langston Mathews joins him in San Francisco. A Mississippi trip for their two young sons is planned. Robert Lewis, NAVY bomber radio man, also visited relatives during the window of travel.
Local society items note visits and arrivals including Mrs Leona Matheson of Oak Island California visiting her brother Jason Jewett and wife. Mrs May Radabaugh visits daughter Mrs Cribbing on Rock Creek. St Mark's Guild plans a picnic the third Friday in August with details to follow.
SITRUM Aug 10 Special Minor Mead has sold his trucking and mail business to Clem Rasmussen of Myrtle Point. Mead went to Marshfield for a medical exam as he considers a fireman job on a Eugene train. Nearby residents and guests include Clive Stevenson Roseburg Harold Shepherd Colleen Dora at Oscar Bugc home. Krewson Oakland moved to Ernest Krewson’s house. Henry Anderson Klamath Falls visits. Hubert Minor Marshfield guests Ellis Louis Tardmen list. Arden Loud returns from Marshfield.
A new reader's handbook Farm Transportation Facts issued by the OSC Extension Service offers up to date gas line, tire, and truck repair guidance for Oregon farms. Written by Paul Carpenter the bulletin explains how farmers can keep equipment in operation and outlines steps to obtain truck parts when local sources fail as part of the war effort.
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Gaylord notes a furlough visit by Charles Knight and wife from North Carolina, visiting family in Broadbent and Coquille. Albert Powers ships cattle to Portland. Local trips include ram purchase at Albany, and travelers to Cottage Grove Portland Camp Davis NC. Various residents visit relatives in Marshfield Lee Wheeler Langlois and Myrtle Point. Week-end guest Miss Pat Waterman from Bancroft with Irene Banick.
A historic lunchroom facility praised for consistent worker support over years. The article notes steady service, reasonable meals, and a quiet, efficient atmosphere that strengthens daily labor routines.
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