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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1933
Page
2
After repeal of prohibition Oregon faces a statewide liquor monopoly proposal. A nine member committee endorsed state control of all liquor above 34 percent alcohol, with three opposing. The November 20 special session will shape financing, jobs, and taxes, prompting public protest against the state entering the liquor business.
The Oregon Journal echoes wartime unity while criticizing the Republican national committee for undermining the recovery program. It calls treasonous the party line sniping during a national drive for relief and frames it as guerrilla warfare against American efforts to feed, clothe, and rebuild.
The Ector Manager Copy reports a student body meeting led by Wi Linn announcing an eight month term with no excused absences including for the Corn Show. Injuries from the Marshfield and Coquille games affect Myrtle Point football as several first team players are sidelined. Interclass debates are set for Friday with Freshmen Sophomores and Juniors Seniors teams noted. Ping pong gains popularity in the lower hall as students rotate between players and watchers.
Mrs Purvine and Rachel Bones have set committees and chairmen for the Girls League. Appointments include Ability Helen Reed art Lila Davenport costumes Hildred Redell Mildred Barklow creed Hazel Durrell hospitality Genevieve Carman lost and found Leone Riss berger music Esther Nelson ways and means Danford Mast social Eleanor Breuer decoration Eileen Clinton scrap book Evelyn Bones service Helma Olson Evelyn Steinhoff Party chairman Wilda Peterson songs and games Marvel Brode. Each chairperson will choose three or four girls for her committee. A BOYS CONSTRUCT BOOTH. An FFA meeting was held in the 1g room last Wednesday noon to discuss raising money for the local chapter. The chamber of commerce offered $10 to go to Coquille and erect a booth at the Corm Show. Mr Sawyer took four boys to Coquille to assemble the booth.
A sudden noise shocks Room Four as students react with fear and surprise. Mrs Rickard, the teacher, appears overwhelmed pondering past career choices while the room remains unsettled after the crash-like sound.
Students in a ping-pong tournament evacuated after a fire alarm and lined up outside the south door. Excitement varied from boredom to amusement as muddy water splashed on stockings and shoes, but most viewed the drill as a brief, useful disruption.
Nedell, Ellen Monrad, Paula and Eleanor Brewer, Mary Rod erick Barklaw, Harlow Ranteon, Jim Bartlett attend a gathering with hostess Mrs. Rickard.
The Girls' League assumes responsibility for all lost and found articles. Each item is dated when found and claimed owners must be identified thoroughly before release. Unclaimed items are sold at year end with proceeds to the treasury.
Allene Kirkendoll a Bridge high School graduate and Tom Outrander a junior transfer from Dee Quille registered last week. Ray Guerin also registered from a Washington high school. Girls League notes report seventh period dismissal and a lively assembly with teachers exasperated at study hall.
A playful school scene centers on a paper cutting machine misadventure in Miss Alverdes class. The drama shifts to a Junior girls softball victory over the freshmen 28 to 11 with players Clarice Shelton and Norma Peterson among those listed.
Advanced foods class baked pastries with chocolate lemon orange fillings and apple pies while beginning foods made bacon and eggs in several ways. Commercial geography studied cereals wheat corn and rice with student social reports on corn. English classes covered verbs and grammar with readings from A Tale of Two Cities. Journalism notes urge steadier leads and punctuation. Typing tests showed nervousness but improved speeds and accuracy by week’s end.
The dramatic team Edward Q. Robinson and Kay Francis reunite as screen lovers in I Loved A Woman a First National picture coming to the Niland Theater next Sunday and Monday. Genevieve Tobin plays the vengeful wife and Mis Francis portrays the ambitious operatic star in a tale that also shows the meat packing industry’s growth over forty years. The cast includes Farrell MacDonald Henry Kolker Robert Barrat Murray Kinowell and Henry ONeill. Director Alfred E Green based the screenplay on Red Meat by David Karsner with story by David Karsner and screenplay by Charles Kenyon Sidney Sutherland.
Mr and Mrs Oliver Weekly rejoice over the birth Sunday night of a six and ten pound girl named Donna Mac. Mr and Mrs Orvus Miller of Arago are also mentioned in the notice.
Mrs. and D. Watson of Thermopolis Wyoming arrived Saturday evening to open the winter with Brute Ki. M. Parker and family in attendance at the celebration.
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