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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1930
Page
8
A dispatch reports American influence overturns Paris fashion in spring openings. Long skirts fade as ground-dusting dresses rise. Afternoon frocks keep sixteen inch hems while sportswear features short, emancipated hemlines. French experts concede long skirts in America are finished.
Mrs Walter Newbury improves after a stop at The Dalles sanatorium with hopeful recovery ahead. Mr and Mrs Haughton visit relatives in Riddle while Dad Mellor is promoted to Eugene. PTA meeting to award a plant for attendance. Farmers' Store offers money back if unsatisfied. Buster Emery recovers from heart trouble with care in bed and plans for Portand trip for specialists. Donald Fish and wife visit from Seattle, then return home. families travel to Myrtle Creek. Ford family moves from Marshfield to Myrtle Point. McDonald family relocates to Norway due to creamery work. Lorna Jean Summers shows slight pneumonia improvement after hospital care and nursing support.
Pauline Perry ill with severe cold. Collie pups to give away. Mrs C McC Johnson visiting Endicott home. Gray oats with Little Vetch priced at 2.60 per 160 pounds at Petersons. City Recorder E A Dodge absent due to flu. Harlocker family out sick. Library drive to Marshfield by Barker and Wilson. Grant Carrick injured thumb at Dunham grocery. Farmers' Store ad line about customer satisfaction. Michel Myers to Los Angeles for Natuna Electro training. Mary's lamb gone. may visit Farmers' Store for food. Mason and Eastern Star to North Bend for meeting. slides on Forest Grove home project.
Portland January 31 The Oregon State Chamber of Commerce announces a 1000 survey program covering all 36 counties and 982 cities and towns. Led by R S Hamilton the effort aims to provide up to date factual data for literature and national advertising to attract settlers, tourists and investors. A corps of workers will collect and correlate information.
A pre nuptial shower honored Miss Helen Hampton of Arago, soon to marry Everett Lafferty, a Pearce garage mechanic. The event featured three table Progressive cootie with prizes to Mrs Ziton Aasen and a consolation to Mrs Levy. Refreshments followed as guests including Velma Hamilton, Helen Fussell, Pearl Myers, Margaret Zelis, Ruby Woodward, Elon Assen, Helen Deyoe, John Carl, I. Lo Burtis, I. B. Levy, George Hampton, Edith Woodward and others attended.
Union High School District No 2 voted Friday to buy the BBC De ment property with 69 in favor and 8 against. The election was held at the high school from 2 to 7 PM. A prior ballot on the same proposition, ruled illegal for incomplete description, stood 42 for and 21 against. The district will now advertise for bids for the sale of bonds to pay for the property.
The annual meeting of the Cops and Curry County Bankers association was held at six thirty Tuesday evening at the Chandler hotel. Officers elected for the next year include Mar Dano president Archie Rose vice president Earl Wiper treasurer J Radabaugh Jesse Clinton and George Dickinson as representatives for Myrtle Point banks and Karl Kaufman for the Security Bank of Myrtle Point.
Eld. Abien initiated with four other girls into the Wyomachee club on campus to promote social activity and strengthen ties among members not in formal groups. Myrtle Point Woman’s Club meets next Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the city. Program includes scholarships, piano, readings, duets, a skit by local students, harmonica band, and more under leaders Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Cooley, and Miss Linn.
Mrs F L Hander seeks a furnished or reasonable room or house in Saba. Contact details not provided.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union marked ten years of prohibition with a Friday evening Victory Day program at the Presbyterian church. Speakers included Mrs. C. Hall on home law observance, Turner MacDonald on community benefits, Ontrander on the amendment's impact, Charlie Barklow on law enforcement, and county president Mrs. Hulet outlining the national WCTU convention and Frances Willard monument unveiling.
Fragmented text notes a Pythian Sisters installation tonight with mentions of families and local places. The readable lines reference Mr. and Mrs. and community events, including a neighbor’s misfortune and hospital stay.
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