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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
3
Freakish weather dominated Powers with a record 91 degrees Friday heat and a 75 degree Sunday high. A rare afternoon thunderstorm caused hail up to marble size, garden damage, and toppled tomato plants. Community Mothers Day program and Home Economics unit meeting were reported, along with a surprise birthday party for Mrs Lyman Rolfe.
Mrs. Lyle McCulloch elected head at the last Powers Woman's Club meeting held in the clubhouse. Officers Hazel Lewis and Harold Summers named first and second vice presidents. secretary Willis Coy and treasurer Earl West re-elected. Plans were announced for Oregon Products dinner and a Rock Creek picnic. The club voted to send both incoming and outgoing presidents to the Corvallis triennial Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs meeting June 3 to 6.
Graduation exercises at Powers will be Friday at 8 PM in the gymnasium with Rev FY. H. Barr of Myrtle Point as speaker. Elvin Hull will present diplomas. the school band will lead the processional and perform selections. Students listed include Lois Root Yvonne Sherk Nan Duckett Robert Hennessey and others. Mr and Mrs William Brown and Eric Brown have left for a middle western trip to Missouri where the Browns previously ran a grocery business sold to James May and Weldon Medford who operate the M and M store.
A Louisville survey by Yeager and White publicly assesses advertising forms. It asks consumers which ads influence buying most and which are most objectionable. Results rate theatre screen ads poorest, followed by billboards and circulars, then radio and direct mail.
The text notes newspapers account for 36 percent of goods sold via advertising while other media together account for 44 percent. It cites 65 of 100 women and 51 of 100 men influenced by newspaper ads, with 2 of 100 women and 1 of 100 men buying from circulars. Additionally 30 of 198 women and 42 of 100 object to billboards or theater screens.
Dr. Frederic Leavitt told 2,000 physicians that highly emotional people let heart influence head and warned that one American in seven has high blood pressure with only one in four over 88 dying of it. He noted past belief linked blood pressure to nervous disturbances causing vessels to tense and harden.
King issues extension circular No. 388 describing construction and use of liquid manure tanks in wood or concrete. Proper handling preserves fertilizer value and can reduce labor with flood irrigation on dairy pastures and efficient manure management.
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