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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1947
Page
6
A local church survey shows 161 of respondents affirm Grece ot meals, 29 oppose. Seventy-nine or more agree on family prayer daily, with 90 saying yes and some reporting occasional practice. Sixty-seven report personal devotion with devotional aids.
Witmer A Brigge leads Sunday School at 10 a m Ted Supt Morning Worship at 11 00 Bible Study Thursday 7 p m Choir Practice Intermediates meet Wednesday 7 30 Martha Group second Wednesday each month Official Board meets second Sunday Official Board union services 11 a m and 7 45 p m Union services 7 45 each evening no boys club on the 25th Palm Sunday Easter service 8 p m at the church.
St Marks Episcopal announces services on the first Sunday at 9 am for Holy Communion, the third Sunday at 2 30 pm for Evening Prayer with a sermon, and an additional chapel service near the post office. St Ann’s Catholic lists Myrtle Point mass on the first Sunday at 11 18 am and on 2nd, 3rd, and 6th Sundays at 8 am. Coquille mass every Sunday at 9 30 am.
Rev Reland Langdecker conducts Sunday School at 10 18 am at the Wm Gurney home. Services are held the second and fourth Sundays at 2 30 pm in a studio above the post office.
The Pacific Northwest Shippers Advisory Board will hold a two day session in Portland on March 20 and 21 to address growing box car shortages and improve handling by shippers and railroads. The session will conclude with officer elections and Frank P Borgen to pass leadership to a successor in Tacoma after guiding the board through difficult times.
Ada Lemon records a Myrtle Point meeting where residents debated a humorous proposal to obtain whiskey via a mock prescription claiming liver illness. The scene includes local concerns, a justice of the peace oath, and an embattled stranger leaving with no money.
The report describes small streams by the peat winter high water and a later date membership plea. Guests Mareve Stale of North Bend and Herbert Sais, president of the Marehfteld, attend as district officials.
The American Legion chartered its 16 000th post in 1947 amid rapid expansion. The new post awarded a World War II sonnet poet at Creedmoor North Carolina near Durham, with National Adjutant Donald G. Glae confirming details.
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