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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1970
Page
3
Local Myrtle Point Herald lists individuals Bill Palmroth Lumley Franc and Janice Wilson in a brief notices section. The item provides names without context such as dates or actions.
The text argues forthcoming postage increases are linked to pay raises for postal and other government workers and military pay boosts approved by Congress. It notes higher rates for first class letters and a 33 percent rise for newspapers, magazines, and third class matter, while praising newspapers for comprehensive news coverage.
In Myrtle Point locals recall early autos and road life as antique cars return for a Saturday show. Tales center on Model T Fords, the first gas pumps, crank starts, magneto headlights, and stage lines from 1914 to 1916. Accounts feature Barney Oldfield lore, Ford origins, and neighborhood memories of road challenges and shared rides.
State Fair Manager Robert L Stevens says eight young women will be employed to plant weed and maintain flower beds as part of the annual fair prep. The workers, daughters of local families, join the all male planting crew to support the life time horticulturalists plan.
A traveler arrives at a lake expecting a large body of water but finds a small pond. Undeterred, the angler uses a bobber and worm hoping a Rainbow trout bites while seeking a resting spot. A warning arrives that the area is infested with something unspecified.
A reader writes from Oregon about graduation ceremonies revealing fears over national division. They urge faithful, sane leadership to restore life, distinct from extremism, while warning of atheistic communist influence and racial tensions affecting the country’s future.
The editor thanks voters in a 103000 vote race for Superintendent of Public Instruction and vows to push for representative control of education. The piece also sketches a fishing trip with a dog water, WPA privies, a restless family, and a late return from a lake as night falls.
Oregon dairy farmers increase milk production in 1970 aided by higher prices and lower feed costs. Through April 1970 the state produced 301 million pounds, two million more than a year earlier, while the herd declined to about 108 thousand cows. April output averaged 830 pounds per cow as feed costs ease and hay and grain supplies improve.
Savings bond figures show Coos County May sales at 72621 dollars, a strong rise from last May’s 2943 dollars. Year-to-date through May, county sales total 264714 compared with 367653 for the prior year, while statewide May gains reach about 665000 dollars or 23 percent.
Luther Martin Pugh, a WWI veteran born October 19, 1800 in North Carolina, died June 21 in Coos Bay. Survived by wife Paulena, daughters Juanita Mee Clurg and Marion Benson and Margaret Lanctot, sisters Rena Garner Alberta Tuzford Blanche Schutte Mary Lee Dayton, six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Graveside rites were held June 24 at Bancroft Cemetery with Rev. Charles Hasel officiating.
The quote defines a fair weather friend as someone always present only when needed. It emphasizes conditional loyalty and implies unreliable support outside convenient moments.
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