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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1942
Page
2
An advertisement from Campbell-Ewald Detroit extols fathers’ sacrifices in wartime and urges support for War Savings Stamps. The piece frames an empty boy’s room as a symbol of national duty and reflects on home front efforts and memory.
An Aug 1 1983 note advertises a Sunday trip to Bandon. The Steamer Echo departs at 7 a.m. and returns after the ball game. Round trip fare is 80 cents. The snippet also mentions assorted names traveling to Elk River Curry County and a remark about ancient Romans and cigarettes.
A song sheet titled My Sweetheart Went Down with the Ship is on sale at A H Bender's. The item appears amid a cluttered local page containing notes on births, lumber, and fashion commentary from 1919.
CG Mann arrives from Westport Oregon and leases a room beside the Guerin hotel barber shop. He plans to open soon with a full line of electrical goods. Tourists report the Roseburg road is rough but will be excellent when completed. Clark Fenster leaves for a week in Brewster valley. Holt-Chase Cannery reports strong Loganberry yields. four carloads expected next year.
In Our Mailbag Coquille Oregon July 25 1942 Mra Ruby Winkelman encloses 125 dollars to cover March 13 to Sept 13 for the Myrtle Point Herald She writes she enjoys the paper and thanks the editors for continuing the publication.
In Sunday worship at 11 o'clock Rev Hugh i leads with topics "Cape Cod Plan" and "Father Thy Will Be Done Through Me" while Bible school begins at 10. Evening sermons explore "The Dying Fire" and "The Universal Christ" with midweek prayer and choir rehearsals scheduled. Church notices include inter church fellowship, a 645 pm covered dish, and a 7:30 pm Wednesday choir practice.
Clarence Ralph a second class seaman from Los Alamitos Calif arrived Monday to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Austin Ralph. His brother Charlie is ill in a Coquille hospital. Several relatives from Marshfield Seattle Elkton Bandon and Ashland visited or stayed with local families over the weekend and during the week including Mr and Mrs George Edwards Marshfield Mrs Nan Sturdivant and Mrs Frank Bates of Bandon and Maynard Stevens Marshfield.
Mrs Wayne Cook and two children Teddy and Sharon arrived Tuesday from Fort Lewis Washington and will stay with Mrs Cook's parents. Mr and Mrs Paul Breuer and Mr Cook a lieutenant in the army has recently been transferred east.
Ten carloads of sheep from Gaylord were shipped last Monday as part of a 17 carload special train from Cedar Point to San Francisco. Corbin Bones, inducted into the army at Manta Idaho, planned to leave Aug 1 for Fort Douglas Utah after a furlough. Several local families and friends hosted visits and dinners while others planned military and farming arrangements.
It was announced that Duane Hadden wed in Portland last week. Norma Jean Farmer of Coquille returned home Friday after visiting her cousin Thelda Huff.
Lynn Culver returns from BE conference at Fir Point to spend days with family then to Coquille where she is employed. T J Gastofan auditor for Pacific Greyhound Lines visited. Wednesday J O Paulsen and son Jack with J O Farmer left for San Diego. C E meeting Sunday will be “Family Night.” Mrs Lou Button of Coquille was a caller in Bridge.
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