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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
16
Reports from Paul's El St about plans for a Woman's Auxiliary and a Sunday school program. A potluck is set for May 19 at 6 90 for members and interested guests, with a forthcoming business meeting.
Secretary of State Earl T Newbry reports Oregon faced at least 633 400 in 1946 traffic accident costs per person fatalities injuries and property damage. The average cost per death is 18 000 injuries 660 and property damage 160 per accident. Newbry warns the total ignores pain and grief but reflects immediate and future losses and overhead.
Rev W A Briggs attended a Summer Camp Mission at Barview near Tillamook this week. All Methodist posters in the area were at the meet. Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz has been named Chief of Naval Operations in the Texas Navy.
May 15 to May 21 marks National White Cane Week with May 18 to 21 set for observation in Oregon. The state commission for the blind urges drivers to stop for anyone with a white cane and notes only blind persons may legally carry such canes.
Notes record several home visits and visits to relatives in Bend Oregon Coquille and Langlois. Families including the Lewises Sopers Knight Gaener and McCloskeys are mentioned with drives and gatherings over recent Sundays. A brief joke line appears at the end among informal notes.
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