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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
4
Public notice directs men to remit a bond payment by money order or personal check and to send stamps or currency at the owner's risk. Full mailing address required for payment submission.
The notice honors Sam Breuer as a respected pioneer and courteous, honest man in Myrtle Point and Coos County. It Hagen Hess’s airflight from Germany to Scotland is analyzed as a potential major propaganda boost for Britain, with Churchill likely to leverage the development.
Marriage licenses issued to Lee Norton and Doris Anderson May 6, Frank Morris and Joyce Eslinger May 7, Rufus Crump and Mary Vincent May 10, William Reeves and Helen Goodman May 12, Wesley Church and June Manuelson May 13. Agnes Sutter sues Le Roy's beauty shop for 1000 dollars. divorce sought by Lela Ames from Archie Ames. Jail sentences for May events include 90 days for public nuisance, 30 days for drunken driving, and fines for burglary and nuisances with reductions.
Fragmented lines describe a 1961 article about newspapers and a new guo with a ball over a ton, plus distant mentions of Ridge buggy riding in lumber wagons, a May 19 1911 report on an LC tgelt sale to C M Schultz, and Pioneer sale references. The RS text recalls high school theater and decorative evergreen scenes.
The ceremony included lancer streamers and a formal procession. The graduating group lists Percy A. Keltner Vir heer J Hermann Alden W Deyoe L Carter and Nelhe G2 Mast among the diploma recipients.
Commencement address at Arago High School will be delivered by Deen Dubech of USC this Saturday in the high school auditorium. Four seniors are set to graduate this year: Harry Collier Lyle Paull Georgia Deardorff and Hildreth Ail. Deardorff will deliver the valedictory, Collier the class prophecy, Hildreth Hill the class poem, and Paull a talk on Two Portraits.
The Gravel Ford Ladies club held a Thursday afternoon meeting at Mrs. James Baker's home with hostesses Mrs. Ona Crosby and Mrs. Nettie Baker. Members sewed bundles for Britain and enjoyed refreshments. visitors included Lelia Crosby Thelma Iverson Olga Royer and others.
Classified notice describes a five room house for sale or rent in Powers Oregon. The listing references an address Box 1234 Powers and mentions power and contact details in brief.
For rent clean sleeping rooms at a monthly rate of 8 dollars. Call TI1R Myrtle Point 33-ti re he.
On a sweltering Saturday in North Bend eight high school bands, feeders, and majorettes paraded through the town. Myrtle Point Union High, directed by Frederick Dallas M Dallas, performed, with two recordings planned. Rex Putnam spoke on music's educational value as local bands closed with a massed parade and unrehearsed majorette number led by Anna Why. Directors voted to host the 1942 festival in Coquille after lunch.
Amos Bierly of Gervais is appointed Assistant County Agent in Coos county effective May 1 pending final approval by the board of Higher Education. Bierly, Oregon State college graduate, has nine years in 4 H club work and training at the annual Summer school. He will support 4 H, range development and land use under County Agricultural Agent George Jenkins.
Martha E Mulkey announces June 16 as the election date to fill Zone 5 Non-High director for Coos County school board replacing J W Gearhart. Nominations due by May 31. candidates must be Zone 3 residents and eligible voters. Petition forms available from district clerks or the county superintendent. Balloting will occur in each district during the regular annual school meeting.
Merce Beer notes a shift in public consumption with more alcohol use in the United States today than during the prohibition era. The author discusses societal and regulatory factors influencing drinking patterns and availability.
Egg producers and merchants are invited to a Coquille meeting on May 20 at 8 p m in the City Hall to discuss factors in producing and marketing high quality eggs. speakers include Dan Young and George Jenkins with N U Bennion and M T Madson explaining the Oregon Egg Grading Law and egg handling to determine quality.
The Elgin Chapter OFS meets for Memorial Day. Lulu Jarvis becomes Myrtle Point head operator, replacing Helen Endicott. Waterman family from Bancroft visit Myrtle Point. other Waterman relatives attend Gone With the Wind in Myrtle Point. A Mothers Day trip includes Sumerlin, Barklow, and Soderon. Wallace Moore sustains leg injury during practice. Dement and Moller visit Corvallis for family and Mothers Day events.
Myrtle Point events list May gatherings at Episcopal and civic groups. Activities include Coquille guild visit, baccalaureate in the high school, Royal Neighbors, city council, Grange potluck, Past Matrona club, and garden club meetings with plans for federation delegates and plant exchanges.
Mere Prem Marshfield guests Mr and Mrs Raleigh Greene and baby visited the GL MecRays yesterday. Bill Lowe, local RMA man, returned from Ca vallie where he worked the past two weeks and will supervise the line to be built by Mc Clintic and Hagen. County Commissioner R. H Lawhorn named chairman of the public lands committee of the association of Oregon counties at a Portland meeting, succeeding Morris Bowker. Grady Johnson and Don Cotfeld joined relatives at Mrs Habich’s Lake Merwin home. Raymond Endicott and Claude Endicott visited their father Wm Endicott after his stroke, with other relatives in town.
Annabelle Wadnais reports moves of students including Edmond Huntley leaving sixth grade and Vigona Bright returning to Grave Food to finish the year. The May 9 assembly included a seventh grade play May Time in Plymouth, a Dian solo by Barbara Wicks, Virginia Reel by sixth grade, and a Farle Phillips piano solo.
Mr and Mrs G L McKay announce their son Ferris has been promoted from Assistant Supervisor to Superintendent of the greater experimental laboratory at Allis Chalmers in La Porte Indiana Ferris is a graduate of Myrtle Point Union High School and Oregon State College.
The Mississippi river proper rises in the lake and swamp region of northern Minnesota at 1 472 feet above sea level near Lake Hermando de Soto in Becker county. It flows to the Gulf of Mexico which has a mean elevation of 600 feet.
Victoria became the first English queen to assume the title of empress of India after Parliament provided for it in a bill in 1877.
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