Herald Adds New Features For Reader Interest
The Myrtle Point Herald announces many new features from National Weekly Ninepaper Service in Chicago. Highlights include world news pictures, Dale Carnegie editorials, Capitol items, humor stripes, fiction, and columns such as Your Brain Budget and Know Your Weather to appear weekly.
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Myrtle Point Merald
National Weekly
Ninepaper Service
Chisege
Anseg
America
Dale Carnegie
Washington
Capitol
Special Meeting for 4H Club Scheduled November 10
A special meeting for the 4H Club is set for November 10 at 6:00 p m in the County Extension Office. Topics include program planning and leadership for new and prospective leaders. All leaders and prospective leaders are invited to attend.
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County Extension Office
Hall Family Establishes Home in Myrtle Point
E F Hall business manager of the Myrtle Point Herald and his family moved into the former residence of Mr and Mrs J Logen White from Canby Oregon where they published the Canby Herald Mrs Hall remains with her mother in Canby until her illness subsides Hall and daughter Maxine are staying in Myrtle Point awaiting her return Maxine has begun high school as a senior pupil
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E. F. Hall
Myrtle Point
Hob Goblins Lead Halloween Parade In Kiddies Festival
Drum corps leads the parade with Louise Southmayd Phyllis Belanger Donny Robbins and Edna Ricks. Majorettes Arlene Aasen Greta Barklow and Maxine McFlwain Huglars Erwin Royer Wallace Kincheloe and Bobby Brooks. Prizes donated by Western Auto Store Moons Hardware Myrtle News Stand. Winners listed for pre school and first grade classes. Continued on back page.
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Louise Southmayd
Phyllis Belanger
Donny Robbins
Edna Ricks
Arlene Aasen
Greta Barklow
Maxine McFlwain
Huglars
Erwin Royer
Wallace Kincheloe
Bobby Brooks
Western Auto Store
Moons Hardware
Myrtle News
Elton Schroeder Receives 20 Year Pin From Lions Club
The Myrtle Point Lions marked their twentieth anniversary at the Myrtle Hotel Lanquet room. Elton A Schroeder, charter member, was awarded a twenty year monarch chevron. Ten year pins went to H H Whitaker Harold Stem mier E C Roberts and Eldon Brodie. District officials and other Lions members attended, with the Powers Lions club well represented. The Coquille club sponsored the Myrtle Point club and provided the occasion with a musical program.
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Myrtle Point
Myrtle Point Enterprise begins in Myrtle Point 1865
The Myrtle Point Enterprise debuted November 1865 after moving from Riddle. Editor W. C. Connor announced a local weekly paper dedicated to Myrtle Point and its trade area, seeking reader support and promising steady effort to serve the community with four pages of local news and ads.
Deficiencies in Schools Aired at P T A Meeting
The P T A discussed deficiencies in Myrtle Point grade schools amid state funding concerns. A 103-person audience at the Junior High auditorium heard Dr. Cook’s report and explored options for a new building, with $26,000 available and $16,000 needed per class to cover costs.
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Myrtle Point
Eljct
Cook
Parent- Teachers’ Association
Paul “Ranzen
Kay Cutler
Night of January 16 Comedy Drama at Myrtle Point High
The Myrtle Point Union High School presents Ayn Rand comedy drama Night of January 16 as the class play on December 17. The three act production features a murder trial with two possible verdict endings and a cast led by Maureen Evans as Karen Andre with a large supporting ensemble.
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Myrtle Point Union High School
Ayn Rand
Lucille Balch
Karen Andre
Bjorn Faulkner
Maureen Evans
Myrtle Point Votes Republican in Election Tuesday
Myrtle Point residents backed the Republican ticket with Dewey leading Truman 324 to 256. State results show McKay 323 for governor against Wallace 238, and Carney 164 against Newbry 399 for secretary of state, among other county and district outcomes. Voter tallies reflected strong Republican support across local offices and ballot measures.
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Myrtle Point
Dewey
Truman
Oregon
Tanton
McKay
Wallace
Carney
Newbry
Belton
Pearson
Murray
Neuner
Elton Schroeder
Taylor
Coos County
Flaxer
Norman
Kruse
Imhoff
Joe Glickman
True
Lloyd W Oddy
Oddy
Clara A. Stauff
Gearhart
Annexation to Myrtle Point Favored By Bath City
The election showed broad support for annexing a new district to Myrtle Point. Voters in the district backed annexation 236 to 45, while the city voters approved 716 to 64. The expansion adds land east and south of the city, with plans to extend water service as supplies allow. Mrs. Hugo Michel visited Eugene to care for her granddaughter Tena while Tena’s mother stayed in Sacred Heart hospital.
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Myrtle Point
Bath City
Peple
Jack Dunn
Hugo Michel
Eugene
Tena
B. W. Wilson
Sacred Heart Hospital
J M Myers Elected Mayor of Myrtle Point and Three Councilmen
J M Myers proprietor of Myers and Myers dry goods store was elected mayor of Myrtle Point on Tuesday with 456 of 458 votes cast. Three council seats went to Harold Stemmler Elvi Eads and Norwood Browne, with write ins present but not competitive. C P Moore won city recorder as a write-in with 102 votes and N W Perkins polled 3.
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J. M. Myers
Myrtle Point
J M. Myers
Myers & Myers Dry
Ralph Whitaker
Myers
Elvi Eads
Norwood Browne
Messrs. Eads
Browne
PB. Meere
City Recorder
C. P. Moore
N. W. Perkins
Ballot Totals Show Mixed Support for Liquor and Pension Proposals
State results on eleven referendum measures are incomplete. Liquor dispensing favors state controlled stores while old age pension appears popular. Other items show varying yes and no counts, including tax limits, forest rehabilitation, boys camps, hydroelectric, school voters, tax exemptions, veteran’s bonus, fish trade, and tax levy limits.
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Myrtle Point
Oregon
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Percy R. Kelly
James T. Brand
Harry H. Belt
Cal M. King
Martha M. Purdy
Elton Schroeder
Walsh
Berge
Moore
Adams
Coos Bay Race Sets Stage Between Norman and Fiaxel
An intriguing local race unfolds as James A. Norman challenges incumbent Ben C. Fiaxel in Coos Bay politics. The contest centers on candidate platforms and community interests amid a tight election week.
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James A. Norman
Young
Coos Bay
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