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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1968
Page
2
A brief public notice names Elbert F. Hall J Brenda Down Jean Motz Shirley Francis and Marie Nichols in a listing of signatories or participants. The fragment suggests a civic or legal context with multiple persons cited together in the readable portion.
A public safety column urges teaching children as young as three to call for help and keep a dime for emergency calls. It stresses dialing zero on a pay phone, recognizing dial tone, and ensuring a responsible adult can reach operators during crises. The piece contrasts this with skepticism about year round daylight saving time and its social effects.
Diamond Lake Improvement Company led by John Koch and Bill Eads opens year round facilities after winter closures. The project adds a 40 unit motel, a six room girls dormitory, a public laundromat, and a larger trailer court, while the Forest Service campground upgrades to support up to 15,000 visitors daily. The lodge serves three meals a day and winter activities include ice skating and snowmobiling.
The U.S. Department of Labor notes about 27 million women workers in March 1966, with 99 million mothers under 18. Working mothers make up 37 percent of women in the labor force and 36 percent of all mothers, as social and economic forces push more women into paid employment since before World War II. The movement raises questions about family life and society amid rising female labor participation. Visiting at the Lundy home Sunday were Don Auer of Myrtle Creek and Jim MacKerrow, who returned from Portland after open heart surgery for Gordon MacKerrow at St. Vincent Hospital last Thursday.
Dr William Bray a missionary from Japan will speak at the Inter Church Fellowship meeting at Myrtle Point Presbyterian Church on Monday February 12 at 630 PM with a covered dish supper. Bray a WWII chaplain taught at Kwansei Gakuin and helped establish Christian churches in Japan and Nagoya.
Merianne McCaffree daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvie McCaffree graduates Northwest Nazarene College Nampa Idaho and begins teaching second grade at Washington School Coquille She leaves UNC with a 4 00 grade point average for her last term in North Carolina In her new post she will lead a second grade class at the Coquille school district.
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