26 Oct 1950
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1950
Page
1
An article notes that deer hunters face changes next season due to a Bone Moun reevaluation and that thieves removed roughly twenty cases of dynamite from the Coos Bay aging company storage. It references continued coverage on Page Eight.
Harris Ellsworth, representative in Congress from the 4th district, will speak tomorrow at the high school auditorium at 10 am and again at the Myrtle Hotel banquet room at noon. He invites questions on national and local government and aims to meet individuals or groups with issues, in an election year context.
Portland readers learn about taxes and expenditures shaping Oregon finances. A special report explains how state income taxes offset property tax and how rising expenses reduce the surplus from 1949 to 1959. The piece notes larger relief budgets, school funding under the basic law, and enrollment impacts as projections extend to 1985-86.
The statement notes road equipment shortages during wartime and the county’s progress in four years. It highlights a now robust highway department in Coos County, improved road repairs, and an efficient accounting system showing each tax dollar spent on roads. Continued on Back Page.
Myrtle Point high plans an old fashioned carnival to aid the school band and athletic activities. Candidates for queen include Karen Barklow Mary Schusser Charlene Forest Greta Barklow Peggynyton and Helen Grant for junior princesses. Queen crowning is at 10 pm with door prizes and booths such as bingo fortune telling basketball and more.
Myrtle Point florist shop at Sixth and Spruce, in the former Myrtle Lane Inn building, plans a grand opening next Saturday. Vera Pafford, newly returning from California, will run and design for Mr. and Mrs Edward Miller. The shop offers cotsages and arrangements for weddings, showers, babies, hospitals, and funerals with refrigeration service.
The committee outlines contests for best costumes in sixth to eighth grades with separate boy and girl prizes, a grand $5 cash prize for the overall best costume and conduct, and $5 prizes for the room with the largest attendance in costume. If a top prize is won by a grade group it is split. The parade starts at the high school field with a defined route and end at the grandstand, weather permitting.
Myers and Myers department store announces a grand opening next Saturday in a new location in Myrtle Point. The event offers free gifts for children and adults as the store relocates from the Perkins Building to the post office building after a summer purchase and remodel.
Weon of Myrtle Point Oregon identified as son of Mrs. erg, a former naval reserve member called to active U. S. Navy duty in Tokyo. He recently joined as an operator at the command office under Vice Admiral Charles T. Jay as Commander of U. S. Naval Forces Far East after transfer from the Naval Reserve on September 2.
A woman died after being crushed by a tractor in a rural incident. Authorities investigated the scene and identified the victim. The report notes the collision occurred on private property and the cause awaits official determination.
The Herald advertises a Dollar Day promotion inviting readers to pay for one year and receive a second year for 1.00. The notice is blended with garbled text but indicates a sale or subscription deal aimed at extending readership.
Myrtle Point Community Chest aims for a drive starting Thursday November 1 for one week. The goal is 2158.42 dollars with allocations to State charitable institutions 990.12, De County clerical expense 19.30, and Myrtle Point Community 2150.43. The group approved the proposed target with Mrs Melby and Mr Melby noted among organizers.
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