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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1947
Page
2
Opinion by Earl O. Shreve urges sane driving as the motor age accelerates. He questions reckless weaving, sudden starts, and double parking, arguing that speed fears and power feel have outpaced safe adaptation to crowded streets.
Fragmentary OCR yields a brief notice dated October 30 1047 mentioning sea and air items. Readable names or places are not clearly preserved. The item appears to be a late 1940s clipping with limited identifiable facts.
4 H club members across Oregon and ten western states have earned a total of 18 2000 in college scholarships since 1940. Oregon recipients include 410000 in national leadership awards. The article also discusses highway safety efforts and a death notice for Chas Bennett with Masonic funeral plans.
Fragmentary notices show miscellaneous shop prices and coupons. Mentions include large beans at 38 cents and small items priced 33 dollars and change. Other figures appear damaged or unreadable.
November events highlight Oregon 4-H club achievements with total last year valued at 701,769.38 and labor value 272,010.73. About 24,000 members in 2,487 clubs, 1197 completing all work, lead statewide in the West.
Secretary of State Robert Farewell Jr alerts motorists that licenses expire in October and must be renewed promptly to avoid fines. No automatic notice is sent. drivers must use the free renewal schedule from stations, police, sheriffs, and clerks. Lower-numbered permits in the 8R-132,000 to 5R-165,000 range are already past due.
The Oregon National Guard and veterans groups ready to assist with military honors for World War II dead. Firing squads formed by local organizations stand by for next of kin requesting rites for burials returning to home soil. Marine Corps and Army recruiting stations and the Oregon organized reserve will also render service in the Portland area. Families of the deceased have been notified in every case.
Oregon National Guard headquarters in Salem ordered units in Portland Astoria Tillamook Forest Grove McMinnville Salem Eugene Medford Roseburg Grants Pass Daker Milton Freewater and La Grande to provide full military honors when requested. Firing squads of four to eight men and smugglers were noted in local communities.
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