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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1947
Page
7
Myrtle Point residents urged stronger fire codes and better equipment nationwide. The piece credits Chief Marlin Evans and the volunteer department for weekly drills, praising local efforts and calling for year round community cleanup to cut fire hazards.
The American Legion auxiliary poppy sale raised over one hundred dollars last Saturday. Poppies were sold by Girl Scouts under Mrs Andrew Weber at Myrtle News stand. All poppies sold by four o clock, proceeds after costs go to the child welfare fund. Mrs Jack Caughell and her two daughters, from Wedderburn, are visiting Mrs Della Belloni.
The American Legion schedules Memorial Day observances at Myrtle Point cemetery 10:30 AM and at Norway cemetery 11:00 AM with prayers and firing squad salute. An afternoon service at Dora cemetery will be led by Rev W A Briggs with music.
Arago society items list Mr and Mrs Harry Lee and guests including Linda Lee and Johnnie Spiva visiting Mr and Mrs C P Roeami family. Misses Lilliar and Jiure Simmons left for Lebanon to pick berries. Mr and Mrs Jor Menegat and children, Mr and Mrs M Sackett and Aldren spent Sunday at the Charleston beach. Mrs Mary Greenleaf of San Francisco stays with Mr and Mrs Tyrell Woodward while recovering from a serious illness.
Broadbent News notes the children swapped a Tuesday picnic for a gym gathering with a potluck lunch and ice cream provided by parents. Prizes and refreshments followed, as Mrs Post and Mrs Hermanc received gifts, and graduates Laura Lee Tams Helen Gitbs Frank May Richard Downs Raymond Fid Louis Northrup Kenneth Devers and Gerald Devers are named with Mrs Ed Watkins and daughter mentioned.
The Oregon State College battery of Fred Gallagher and ace Rdant is slated to join the squad Sunday as Bill Bell leads the team to bolster defense and offense. Bell hopes their addition strengthens the lineup against Myrtle Point while Paul Peterson and Johnny Dayton visit Medford relatives.
County budget committee cut a 1.1 million dollar estimate for the coming year to 616 221 dollars in a session at the county seat. Of the total 148 350 goes to county roads farms 872 000 to general maintenance and 46 300 to general road expenditures. General fund revenues other than taxes are expected to add 405 588 dollars next year. During the first six months of the current fiscal year.
The report lists fines of $1,000 and licenses totaling $98.40. It also notes $30 in clerk’s fees, $50,000 from county sales and rentals, $40,000 from Oregon and California funds, and a cash on hand balance of $230,000.
We thank friends for loving care and sympathy during illness and burial of our loved one O. E. Marsters. Signers include Mr and Mrs J F Monroe, Mr and Mrs Roy Spires and family, Mr and Mrs Farrel Rankin, and Kent Marsters.
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