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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1956
Page
2
A bid set outlines planned work at the high school area including an office project storage finish room planning room and lumber storage. The music room is to be remodeled to add three small spaces.
The project includes practice rooms storage and uniform space cabinets. partitions removed to form regular classrooms. physics and chemistry labs and biology and general science rooms. new gym with showers and locker rooms. office space and health rooms. adjacent rooms for typing bookkeeping shorthand and business education. food laboratory homemaking boiler room and a full library expansion. summer completion target with 300 calendar days total and September readiness for classrooms. Spring vacation closes both high and elementary schools on Thursday and Friday.
A safety meeting led by Captain Phillips praised truck drivers as 90 percent of the driving public are courteous and skilled. He urged car drivers to ensure their brakes and vehicles are in perfect condition before highway travel and encouraged cooperation with police officers.
The speaker warns against pumping brakes and leaving ignition keys in cars. He urges reporting accidents promptly and explains state laws on dimming headlights, horn use, and rear distance before passing. Local club members and guests attend with plans for state convention in Eugene May 25 to 27.
Myrtle Point group gathers for dinner to hear Gerenna Stevens prize winning speech on What the United Nations Means to Me. Stevens will represent Coos county at the United Nations Assembly in Washington DC this summer. Funds were raised to help finance the trip. After the talk attendees played pinochle. A separate health note urges a good breakfast for weight control and daily calorie balance.
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