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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
9
The piece argues faulty driving attitudes, not just mechanics, cause most highway incidents. It cites speed, intoxication, and wrong-way driving as top causes, urges viewing driving as a privilege, supports stricter law enforcement, and promotes driver education in schools to instill safe habits.
Work on the new Oregon State Pavilion is set to start around June 21. J F Watts Construction of Portland will handle the project with final award of general mechanical and electrical contracts made by the state board of higher education after the contract sale.
The text emphasizes courtesy and emotional control as essential tools for saving lives. It argues that calm, respectful conduct enables clearer decisions and effective responses in emergencies, helping responders and bystanders act decisively to preserve life and reduce harm.
A large new pavilion is planned at the south border of the campus on Twentieth Street, southwest of the football stadium. It will host student assemblies, concerts, lectures, and other programs needing a big auditorium. The facility will also house offices and facilities for the intercollegiate athletic program.
The Myrtle Point concert band reorganized on Wednesday with W. C. Conner as president George Stewart as leader Gua Bender as secretary and H. N. Hampton as treasurer A grand ball at the Hermann opera house is set for Saturday with the Coquille band to accompany visiting volunteers from Cuba Bandon Riverton and Coquille Admission is 50 cents Also notes on local sidewalk improvements and a July departure for San Francisco to attend a mechanics school plus a fishing trip report and camping details.
Hugo Gurney arrived home on a Monday after more than a year away. He had left Myrtle Point to attend school in Ohio.
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