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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1948
Page
9
Northwest Hospital Service offers non-group Blue Cross members two options to maintain full hospital benefits. The comprehensive plan raises subscription rates plus 65 cents monthly family participation, while the cooperative plan keeps present rates with daily hospitalization charges.
Oregon gasoline sales topped prior months in July with about 47 million gallons and 20400088 in state taxes. Officials noted a 10 percent year over year rise tied to more driving and fewer tourist trips, with 13 percent for non high way use. Travel logged nearly 500 million miles. forty fatalities yielded 7.2 deaths per 100 million miles, matching the national six month average for 1948.
Visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs E W Jones included Doris Jones from Minona Long Island New York employed by the Presbyterian church and Mrs Robert Pearson and her husband from Eugene Oregon where he is a University of Oregon graduate.
Judges praised excellent workmanship as 4 H clothing contestants from Coos County were awarded ribbons across divisions 1-A to II. Names of champions and first second and third place winners include Lolita Strahl North Bend 1-A Sharleen Laharty Bunker Hill II Barbara Johnston Eastside III Lorraine Fowle Coos Bay route one and Lucille Haga Bandon among many participants from North Bend Coos River Dellwood McKinley and other communities.
The notice lists residents by route and town across North Bend Hauser and Bunker Hill with multiple two and three point marks. It also mentions Mr and Mrs Ed Sempert returning to Myrtle Point after a Portland tailethe show and visiting relatives in Yakima Washington and ends with a Herald Class Ad sale note.
Oregon State College announces changes in its ROTC units with Col. Henry C. Demuth succeeding Col. Maylon K. Scott at headquarters in Japan assignment and Capt. Clyde M. Jensen replacing Capt. J. J. Carey. Both new officers are service academy graduates with extensive World War II experience.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference O T C administration at spate fe and riger area. No clear event date or names emerge. Further readable details needed to identify place or stakes.
A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Myrtle Point at City Hall on Tuesday September 7 1948 from 10 a m to 3 p m. License or permit applicants should contact the examiner well before the closing hour to complete prerequisites with minimal delay.
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