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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1973
Page
2
The Myrtle Point Herald announces weekly publication every Thursday from Myrtle Point Oregon. Editorial staff roles include editor and production details with mailing address and post classification information.
Voters in Myrtle Point School District 41 will cast ballots next Tuesday on a 900000 bond issue to replace the old grandstand and add classroom space at Myrtle Point High School. The plan aims to address substandard facilities while costing about 1.08 per 1000 of assessed value over 10 years.
A letter argues for a constitutional amendment granting men temporary household authority and restricting mothers from discussing fathers with children. It advocates six months of child care for men and six months of home duties for women, with penalties like dishwasher bans. It ridicules women’s lib as equally absurd.
A humorous Rocky Mountain legend traces the Sidehill Gouger from Cascara Curt’s logging camp to Myth tle Point Oregon Sugarloaf Mountain. The tale explains its strange side-turned legs and decline due to cold spells and mysterious egg poisoning.
Mrs. Winifred Spires Wilson died January 14 at a Sunnyvale California rest home where she had lived about two years. She was born July 5, 1887 at Myrtle Pass and is survived by son Domkd Wilson and two other children in Sunnyvale plus two grandchildren in southern California and two sisters, Dr. E C.
Myrtle Ralstin of Dora died January 11 after 14 years there. Born January 18, 1892 in Arborville Nebraska she was a cook earlier in life. She belonged to McKinley Grange 6582 and Dora Friendly Club with services held January 15 at Myrtle Point Chapel and burial at Dora Cemetery. She is survived by multiple children grandchildren and great grandchildren along with a sister and numerous nieces and nephews.
Grace Gladys Woosley aged 83 died in Myrtle Point on January 3 after living in Coquille Valley for 28 years. She was survived by husband Francis Woolsey and several children and grandchildren with services held January 17 at Myrtle Palm Chapel. Raymond Eugene Barklow, 60, died January 9 in Roseburg after residing in Coos County and later Lane County. funeral arrangements were managed by Coos Mortuaries with services planned in Myrtle Point.
William Holmstrom Oregon State Senate leader argues against proposed limits on commercial fishing on the Columbia River. He cites winter steelhead and salmon catch data showing sportsmen currently take a large share and calls for continued joint management benefiting all anglers.
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