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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1936
Page
2
The Myrtle Leaf highlights a civic resolution urging student and community groups to beautify neighborhoods, support service clubs, and pursue projects enhancing Myrtle Point. It contrasts wartime anxieties with local efforts like improving parks, playgrounds, and residential areas.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a school update with scattered phrases about Bald Hill and agriculture notes. The text is incomplete, hindering a clear event or outcome.
Several new students joined grade seven at Lakeview Mae Simmons Dorothy Ashbaugh and Betty Wood. Attendance fluctuates with some chickenpox cases. Christmas vacation approached. Basketball practice continues with plans for a school championship and a pingpong setup at Junior High.
Coos county schools provide showers for students and emphasize cleanliness. Lunches are not served in all districts. where offered, meals cost seven cents per child with cooks and fuel funded by the district and a student labor program helping with janitorial tasks.
The week at MP Theater features Diamond Jim in a high profile debut with Edward Arnold, a 11 o'clock preview, and a Sunday matinee. Also shown is Gaucho, an Argentine romance and adventure tale with James Cagney, plus a Brarbars Coast era underworld drama. Local notes mention theater guests and community events with Medford visitors and New Year gatherings.
Fairview residents note Mrs M Fo Tetera recovers from a broken hip with care from Perry Neal and Harold Powers at the Townsend meet held last Saturday evening January 4. Teed fe ok ter Meo and Mos Peenal d were observed, with hogs and other items mentioned in the meeting.
The article lists new term officers President Lans Lenove and Mre Amanda Johnson with secretary Betty Yeoman and treasurer J W Powell, replacing past term leaders Lana Lenove and Lloyd Teagarden. Teachers could not return post holidays due to high water, school resumed Tuesday. A four ton load limit on the big Caudle bridge forces students to walk across, causing delay and inconvenience.
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