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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1944
Page
2
A Myrtle Point editorial cautions that while retiring all school and city debt is commendable, citizens must plan for future needs. It notes Union High and grade schools were built for growth, but facilities won't suffice for 50 years. Calls for expanded adult education, cannery work, and postwar food production programs to meet coming demands.
A discussion urges local response to postwar unemployment with self help. Residents consider leasing land to small plots, teaching farming via Union High School courses, and a community cannery to supply winter needs, avoiding national aid.
Pleasant Point item notes Harold Sonmne to Portland for preliminary physical exam and return pending possible service. Mrs and Mrs Wee Watner guests yesterday evening at Mioo and Mrs Harold Simmona Mo ooant Thad Barber of Marenfield visited, with other locals mentioned.
Hanlin of Coquille visited Mrs. William Wateon. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Spires and family were dinner guests Sunday at Ora Marsters home in Catching Creek for Tleena Roberts birthday. William Wateon and family were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Johnson in Coquille.
Pvt John Carman at Ft George G Meade Md writes he is well and back in training. Cpl Robert Bones visits from Alamogordo NM on furlough, Gilbert and John Robert serve aboard navy in the southwest Pacific. Adtive service draftees John McWilliams and others head to Portland for processing.
The Pollyanna club met at Mrs Milford Mass home for an all day event with a potluck lunch. Members knitted for the Red Cross and ripped pieces to make Afghan blocks. A stork shower honored Mrs Leonard Oberman. Later, a car theft was reported as two youths were seen near the garage where the vehicle disappeared.
Special report notes a main meeting of the con fane held Sunday with plans for a March 24 event. The next gathering promises a tacke dinner hosted by Mix and Mrs Herry Woen with no one in charge named.
Mrs Jane Smith led an ant in charge as guests Mrs Alen Williams spent the week at John Colvin home in Reedsport. Various visits span Coquille Chico Vancouver Sutherlin Sitkum Camas Valley and Myrtle Point with families including Cribbins McBee Wyrick Payton and Pinkley.
The Friendly Neighbors club gathered Thursday at Mrs Mildred King’s home for refreshments and a brief meeting. Attendees included Amy Davenport Mary Bartlett Elaie Mac King Ruby Russell Mildred Lakey Ellie Rema Wes tie Bushnell and Mildred King.
Oregon State College expert Lucy Lane notes large raw wool stocks and improved shipping allow mills to weave civilian fabrics. Retail wool and woolen goods should be more plentiful as government stockpiles meet military needs and imports from Australia, South America, and other regions resume. Blends may be less necessary as wool supplies stay ample.
The Herald notes a recent item was unusable due to missing full names of participants. It reminds publicity officers to identify individuals by given names and, for married women, use full names including husbands’ initials or given names.
The article notes that bands are addressed by ven names with the Fos prefix or as Mrs. in formal usage, indicating a custom of using affectionate forms in naming conventions within the performance groups.
Myrtle Point and its junior club join 150 groups across Oregon pledging support to enlist WAVES for the Navy. The program aims to involve 1600 women with clubs under the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs assisting the effort. Applicants must be 20 to 36, U.S. citizens, childless under 18, and in good health.
Mrs Nick Perkins heads to Canby and Portland for a week away from the West Coast telephone office. Mrs David Knell and son Ernest with Mrs Ben Breuer travel to Newberg to visit parents. Mrs James Breton stops in Myrtle Point on way home to Vallejo after a visit with daughter and mother in Randor and Coquille. Mrs Eric Ciuewe visits Bremerton then returns with daughter in law and baby to Marshfield with Miss Emma Schneider.
Bay small place reports Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Reid relocating from Portland to the C. H. Mardon property near Fox Bridge, a 90 acre tract with buildings recently purchased. Mr. Reid has long worked as a credit man in Portland. Also noted, Mrs. Mary Jane Wilburger begins as clerk at Perkins drug store filling Jane Perkins position who married March 1 at Reno Nevada to Midshipman Wendell Hall of the merchant marine.
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