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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1929
Page
2
A local league game ends with the PievtsS defeating the Traders in a Tuesday clash. Key players include Hartley Romeon Schroe, Mitchell Myers and Mastalas with several substitutes noted as finishing the line.
Mr and Mrs Hart Clinton visited Marshfield Sunday. Families attend hardware convention. Births at Mast and Wilson hospital include a baby girl to Lawrence and wife and another to Elwin Baker via cesarean. Town life notes store openings, sales, and local visits. A fire incident extinguished with minimal damage to nearby buildings.
A Myrtle Point church crowd surprised Re and Mr FON Ostrande after a prayer meeting. Friends gathered, then moved to the church rooms for an evening of games and refreshments. The Ostranders, new in town, endeared themselves to the congregation. Dr W W Council performed a makeshift tonsil removal with a jackknife in a remote Alnaka settlement.
The article argues that advertising serves the reading public by guiding shoppers to merchants and their wares. It states ads save time, reduce shopping effort, and help customers make careful, economical choices, viewing ads as a district convenience and a service by merchants to their customers.
Beyers, assessor for Coos County, writes in the Myrtle Point Herald opposing repeal of the State Public Elementary School tax. He condemns the Legislative Tax Investigation Committee for recommending a 2 mill levy and argues special district taxes are unjust, urging local chambers and civic groups to pressure lawmakers to prevent repeal.
Arago residents report land sales at one hundred dollars per acre with buyers Wait Farrier and David Root. The Arago Bull Dogs beat Bridge 41 to 17, while Bridge won the girls game 37 to 7. Community events include a piano concert by Ernest Farrari, talks by Rev Sanford MacDonald and a speaker from the Near East, plus local school and club activities and upcoming plays to raise funds for the school board project.
Broadbent hosts a Saturday party with residents enjoying the gathering. Audrey Wagner departs Thursday for Ashland to teach in the second grade. Teachers and friends at Broadbent School note honor roll entries across grades and visitations. A humorous adage about fish and discretion closes the item.
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