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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
2
Publication details show the Myrtle Point Herald Press printed weekly on Thursdays and filed as second class matter at the local post office in Myrtle Point Oregon.
An old subscription notice explains payment in advance by postoffice money order or personal check, with full address. A wartime column argues Russia may resist, Britain and the United States should prepare for air and sea offensives, and a British invasion of Europe is unlikely. The writer envisions Allied control of global trade while Axis powers face isolation.
The speaker urges hard headed businesslike strategy to impose free trade and global security. He favors defeating aggressors with overwhelming force and expanding a multinational police force to ensure unrestricted commerce while minimizing casualties. He condemns war as wasteful and seeks swift, decisive action.
J A Dubell runs a first class hack between Tos place and Roseburg with a new $180 rig. He offers full accommodations to passengers. Coos county total school children 3906 with 1962 males and 1944 females. Last year 91 teachers were employed. male average salary $45.60 and female $34.75.
July 7 1811 Mrs Charles Guerin and daughters Edyth and Beth arrive from Medford for the summer. G W Perkins repainting of Spruce and Fifth streets completed by P M Cole. Born Friday July 7 1911 to Mr and Mrs Andre William Culbertson. J D Clinton and wife visited Salem area relatives, reporting warm weather. Muss Tobey visiting local friends at Lundy home. Gil Barker and Cecil join Goulds at A N Gould cabin Brewster valley. Barker family and Dement relatives from California and Myrtle Point noted. Dements at Eckley mountain with Ellis Dement family on Mr Dement's ranch.
A letter from eleven year old George Wilder urges city officials to follow flag etiquette and lower the American flag at night. He expresses pride in being American and requests printing the letter for readers to see the expected practice.
Hospital notes show Woodrow Autin and Donald Griffey from Fairview and Powers with injuries and surgeries. Other cases include Gene Grove of Bandon with appendectomy, Alice Cupinski with major surgery, and Vera Hoffman of Myrtle Point needing medical care.
A Myrtle Point Herald column recalls chrome discoveries in Southwestern Oregon, detailing early prospecting, old digs by Clark and Elgin, and the potential for government aided exploration. The piece argues for drilling along the coast to exploit black sand and chrome, urging private landowners to cooperate and urging national defense needs to justify investment.
Divorces outnumber marriages this week with eight suits filed for divorce in the clerk's office while six marriage licenses were issued. Names include Ray F Brandon and Inyce Nlene Levins of Reedsport, Virgil R Hembree and Vera Louisa Dalton of Charleston, and others. Several cases seek custody, restoration of maiden names, or property divisions. A hymn writer note follows.
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