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27 Jan 1944
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
1
A partially legible OCR fragment from a local page provides scant details. No clear names places or actions are present within the readable text. Further context is needed to produce a precise headline and summary.
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Jan 27 notes from Catching Creek report Willie Sells launching a camp at the Roberts site owned by Lester Dement. The piece lists local couples visiting Marshfield and a home gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs C V Bush with several attendees including Mr and Mrs Ed Isaacson and Mr and Mrs West.
In Pleasant Point Jan 287 visitors gathered as Tom Hull joined the Simmons family weekend. Marshfield guests Thad Barber visited Mann home while Bert Wheeler dropped by Tuesday. Gaylord residents James McWilliam and William Waterson stopped at Mann home. Roy Spires hosted Jack Monroe and Kent Marstera visiting Tuesday. Jess Clinton joined Mann on Sunday with Harold Simmons family. Friday Riverton visit saw the Molbhy and family hosting note. Milton Roth joined weekend guests at the Watson home. Harris family illness due to flu noted. The 4 H club in Lee valley began towel making to raise funds with the Humming Bird club. Ruth Sutcerlin received a birthday gift and leader Vals Young an anniversary gift from club members. Roy Latterell closed a timber deal with H P X company of Bridge on Ring Creek. Mrs Jack Stiles of Coquille and Mrs Palek Pointer visited Mrs George Mal on Thursday.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a meeting held at Cocaille's with attendees including W. W. ef Coqu Ste and Mrs. Rike. The text is garbled but suggests a local or organizational gathering with unspecified purpose and attendees.
Mrs Hazelwood of Myrtle Point dies at home from a heart ailment after a two month illness. Funeral arrangements are pending for Mrs Frank Masleweed, 73, who died Wednesday night.
A Broadbent group including Dallas Workman 18 Harold Atts 18 Jack Bade 18 Mervin Barkley 18 and James Williams 19 from Gaylord were listed in a local draft alert. The Herald cannot print details but will relay names to relatives upon request. Fort Knox and Myrtle omitted further details.
Service news details Sgt Vernon E Shields of Myrtle Point earning aviation gunner wings at Kingman Arizona air field. Ensign Arthur B Hillabold Jr. of Bridge graduates from Naval Reserve midshipman school at Notre Dame with ensign commission. Also notes other transfers, arrivals, and local sports at Myrtle Point Junior high basketball game.
In a tense game at Tuesday night action, Robests trailed early but surged to lead 29 to 21 after three quarters and topped the opposition by a four point margin. Belloni scored 10 field goals and 98 points for the opponent, while Walton led scorers in another local tilt with 18 points and Sutphin poured in 34 in the Nora Bend game.
Marvin Floyd a star football player is listed along with his brother Melvin as former football stars now serving on pest duty in the south Pacific. A letter from Don Evans to Kingman, Ariz asks for copies of the paper and notes soldiers appreciate local coverage from Myrtle Point.
Numerous small town notes cover Melis Shirlee Miller visiting her father EO Woy Miller on furlough, Mrs. Roland Bowers journeying to Portland to care for a ill daughter, and Miss Josephine Deyoe preparing to enter Marine training in Sacramento. Also dated items on relatives visiting Marshfield, travel to Roseburg, and Lt. Margaret Luttrell serving as a nurse in England with updates from a base hospital near London.
Ralph Moore discusses congressional focus on taxation and corporate policy, arguing private enterprise should be preserved. He notes senior senators seek postwar financing options and venture funding risks, urging favorable tax measures, labor responsibility, and clear administrative laws to end industrial uncertainty.
Ten boys from Union High School entered the national enrollment in the Army Cadet Training program. Seven qualified and will travel to Portland for the required physical examination. Names listed include Gene Moon, Dean Epperson, Tom Perkins, Verna Meore, Dwain Miller and Hubert Dever.
Lt. Herbert Evans son of Mr and Mrs H C Evans is missing. Parents and friends here hope he will turn up as many others have in the area after disappearance in this time frame.
Cpl. Leonard L. Meere arrived Wednesday for a two week furlough at his parents home Mr and Mrs G P Moore. He has spent the past years overseas near the Aleutian region and hopes to be admitted to training as a pilot in the air corps after his visit home.
A fragment from Herald window notes a Japanese Marine suit sent to Harry Summers by cousin Russ Beals of the U S Army. It mentions a location near Male maua and airmail transfers with gunnery training in the air corps.
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Sgt. James Kay of Alaska talks of a long army career and far flung postings in Alaska with 260 men at Chilkoot barracks and a canoe trip up the Yukon Circle. The feature notes his record as the longest regular army service outside the continental U S and cites his prior Massachusetts National Guard commission. Also updates on Pvt Kenneth Rolfe at Fort Ord and Pvt Dave Crew transferred to Maryland along with a list of local families hearing from service members.
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