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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1944
Page
2
An editorial warns town residents to curb irrigation use to preserve water for firefighting and domestic needs amid a critical shortage. It then shifts to a speculative commentary on Hitler and the Nazi threat, urging vigilance, unity, and prayer as Allied forces advance, predicting a harsh European summer and eventual collapse of Nazism.
July 29, 1904 report notes Sixes and Johnson Creek districts teem with prospectors and new discoveries. Mentions James Inman of Looking Glass entering presidential race, a San Francisco apple buyer in Coquille valley paying 40 cents per bushel, and social contrasts over hats and shoes.
The piece reviews clingstone and freestone peaches with emphasis on select tree ripened fruit, peeling methods including lye and knife peeling, and blanching notes. It presents two packing recipes, hot-water canning steps, and sugar syrup options, plus cautions on discoloration and processing times. It also references local canning advice from Miss Kimbrough and notes about a nearby cannery and racing program.
Report of a roof collapse injury involving Mr and Mrs Colepitt and their son. All three taken to Mast hospital. later updates indicate Mrs Colepitt may return home weekend, others discharged. Includes separate note on minor fire incident and hay crop danger nearby. Also mentions picnic for Joseph Tadlock and birth of Lt John B Gearhart's grandson Joan Anderson in Vancouver Washington.
Rev Phil Ryan and Rev J R Wiley lead Sunday school at 10 and morning worship at 11 at the Presbyterian Church. Assembly of God, C H Finley pastor, offers 10 am Sunday school 11 am morning worship 8 pm evening service and 8 pm Wednesday Bible study. Latter day Saints Elder J S Giberson pastor lists 10 am church school 11 am preaching 8 pm evening services 8 pm prayer Friday. Rev George A Mathiason conducts second and fourth Sundays at 2:30 pm at Mrs Clarke's Studio above the post office. all welcome.
Readable fragment shows Mass times for Myrtle Point and Coquille. St Mark's Episcopal is listed with Mass on the first and later Sundays at 11:18 a.m. and 0:30 a.m. on Coquille schedules, suggesting a local church bulletin with weekend liturgy times.
Mrs Eugene McCracken departed Friday morning for Alameda where her husband stationed. Her mother Mrs Fred Zumwalt and grandmother Mrs Charles McCracken accompanied her to Coquille to board the southbound bus.
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