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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1960
Page
7
Pendleton Oregon prepares for the 14 to 17 September Round-Up as 75 Main Street Cowboys lead parades and activities. The famed Long Tom, a four wheeled truck named after a legendary horse, brings local pride and a hint of rodeo history to the celebration.
Pendleton Round-Up honors its 1910 origins as Main Street Cowboys parade through Pendleton carrying on the tradition with the annual Round-Up Cheese Parade on September 10. The Friday dress-up day precedes a western town setup downtown with stage coaches and rides for kids and a night show featuring a medicine wagon acts and street dancing. The event includes a free western mardi gras supervised by Main Street Cowboys for visitors.
Friday night in the Presbyterian church dining room a farewell supper honored Rev and Mrs Lloyd Swenson and family prior to their move to a Bay area pastorate. Seventy attended as gifts included a Myrtlewood salad bowl and individual serving pieces. A Sunday evening no host dinner at Courtel dining room in Coos Bay hosted by the K i n g one a group of young married couples.
A Canyonville reader defends individualism against fluoride fears and criticizes council pressure and “treasury looters.” He cites a Myrtle Point fluoride affair, a doctor who removed a book from the library, and questions censorship by local figures including doctors and preachers.
A letter urges Myrtle Point readers to vote on fluoridation and appeals to civic fairness. The writer defends freedom and intelligence, asks librarians to enforce library rules, and ends with the date Thursday Sept 1 1960.
Mrs Waldemar Gurney thanks friends for flowers and get well wishes received while in hospital and during convalescence at home. Cheery messages greatly appreciated.
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