31 Aug 1944
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
1
Soldiers and sailors from the area send word home from the war front and training camps. Locations include Santa Monica Iceland Fort Lewis Camp Brooke Ridge and overseas theaters. Promotions and missing airman Roland Strong are noted.
Fragmented text mentions locations and dates with unclear names. Readable items include a reference to a location near Mt Ur Pa and a sequence of numbers that may indicate dates or scores. The passage lacks coherent context or identifiable persons or organizations.
Myrtle Point city order declares all business houses close Saturday afternoon September 2 1944 from 1 to 5 for the 38th annual Coon County Fair. The mayor cites sunlight festival attendance and public morale as reasons and urges participation in the fair events.
Readable county notices list marriages inlude Albert Wayne Startup and Martha Ann Pryor Marahfield on the 21st and others from Bernville Swisavale Powers Fresno and Marshfield. Divorces involve Gertrude Harrison Willard E Harrison Rory Smith and others with cruelty or children noted. Probate estates name Lloyd Carl Green Loren R Ingram Margaret W Meyers and heirs. Townsend club speaker Mr Witterman to address Marshfield Sept 3 and Coquille Sept 6. Oregon Mist notes rainfall and clearing air after smoke.
A letter from signalman 3rd class Max Hoerster to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Carlisle reports a rating raise after another successful action. The family notes the unit’s position along the New Guinea coast and expresses eagerness for the Herald. The message was censored to protect location details.
Coos county 4 H members ready to exhibit at Myrtle Point fair on Sept 2 4 and 5. Winners advance to state contests with group award system blue red and white ribbons. Home Economics entries due to Red Cross Marshfield by Wednesday 4 pm or county office by 5 pm Thursday. Judging on Friday and Saturday morning.
Former teacher Mr and Mrs W Ralph Long were guests at the Meldon Carl home in Arago during a weekend stop on their way south. They spent the summer at the Oregon summer session at Eu Siegal and were connected with the Myrtle Point school system and Araige Consolidated schools.
More than 5 000 cans of vegetables fruit and meat have been processed at the Union High School Community Cannery with about 1 000 cans canned last Wednesday as the season begins. Attendance rises with new applesauce attachment for the meat grinder and additional fruit canning including peaches pears and plums. Home Economics instructor Dorothy Gurney urges patrons to book appointments arrive on time and bring needed supplies such as a dishpan and knife plus extra help if possible.
Ticket booths will be maintained uptown this year to reduce gate congestion. Perry Roper Fair Board secretary says locals are urged to buy tickets in advance, with purchases possible Friday and mornings of each show, or for all three days. Robert Peel served as guest of honor at a Coquille river picnic and motor boat party near Arago hosted by the Roy Hawkins family.
At a special meeting the Library board named Mrs. T. Sumerlin as librarian set to begin Sept. 1. The current librarian Mrs. William Howe plans to return home to Klamath Falls soon.
A traveling examiner of operators and chauffeurs will be at Myrtle Point City Hall from 10 00 a m to 4 00 p m on Tuesday September 5 according to a release from the secretary of state's office.
A brief readable item notes Mrs Dave Hall of Sweet Home and a related matter concerning fees and arrangements. The fragment confirms naming Mrs Hall in connection with a local matter and mentions a fee context.
A lorry belonging to Mr and Mrs Charles Humphrey and driven by their son Ben Costs plunged from a cliff at Half Bridge near Powers. Mrs Humphrey, 34, and Mr Humphrey, 42, died instantly. Costs survived with head injuries and memory loss. Surviving children and relatives are listed. the cliff rises about 200 feet, with the wreckage found around 11 a.m. Local authorities investigate the fatal crash.
Blooded saddle horses from Marshfield and other regions will be shown at the Cone County fair. Ted Grubbs and Fred Smith, noted horsemen, will display harness and saddle performances. The event features champion horses and notable livestock including Hereford cattle and pigs, with local auction and exhibition interest.
Lawrence V. Pearson of Myrtle Point Oregon earns two honors in one week a promotion to corporal and the Bronze Star Medal. As a radio operator with a field artillery battery he supported three combat patrols into Bougainville behind Japanese lines. He joined the Army in 1942 and has been overseas ten months.
Fragmented notes advise maintaining speed limits around 355 miles per hour and keeping a safe distance in traffic. It warns against driving while sleepy or near the brow of a hill and emphasizes staying alert to avoid collisions.
Farmers from Sage Grove Lakeview Malin and Junction City attended an agricultural teachers conference. R Cooley state supervisor of education and Gla Weaver assistant state supervisor led the program.
Mrs Herman Gray Sithum Norwood Browns Myrtle Point Mrs Verne Landy Myrtle Point Frank Merchant Eastside report major surgeries by L T DeGroat Coquille and Mrs Sam McKin iney Coquille plus a baby boy named Eric born August 28 to Mrs M A Stonscypher Goquille. George Te Mrs C B Quivey Coquille listed among hospital notes.
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