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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1947
Page
7
Farm Home Administration official Norman Fletcher announces that operating loans are available to eligible farm operators who lack credit. Loans may fund livestock, equipment, seed, feed, or irrigation and farmstead water development with a term of one to five years.
Dr Lucy Wong of Hwa Nan college for women, during a campus visit, discussed expanding or strengthening home economics departments depending on each school's situation. She noted progress in women's freedom in China compared with parts of South America and said Hwa Nan is rebuilding after World War II damage.
The piece warns September road safety with narrow winding highways and hazards like washouts and stray animals. It cites 7600 deaths nationwide from speeding and driving on the wrong side, per the National Conservation Bureau. It then notes Mr and Mrs E C Roberts and daughter Betty departing for a California vacation.
Dr and Mrs E F Beber visited Portland on a short business trip. Edgar Rickard and family left for Cottage Grove after a week with Mrs Rickard’s parents. EC Barker and Earl Adams family returned from an extended vacation through Montana Utah Colorado and Kansas visiting Mrs Adams birthplace Great Bend. Mrs Elvin Fetch Katherine Armstrong returned home after Mast hospital stay since August 25. Davenport Bartletts triped Yellowstone National Park and planned to return later in the week. William Gage Andrew Weber returned from a two week trip to Canada via Mt Ramer and Mr Faker route.
Cranberry Exchange general manager C. M. Chaney rejects a Wall Street Journal suggestion that $25 a barrel is too high. He notes last season’s berries returned growers over $30 a barrel and argues further price cuts would harm 2,000 growers, stressing fair prices based on supply and demand.
Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Eatelle the past ten days have been two nieces of Mrs. Eatelle's, Miss Mareena Fowler and Miss Sharon Finnicum, of Dayton, Oregon. Sd left Wed.
Start of the fall term indicates the college may surpass 1,400 enrolled students from last spring. Five hundred eighty former students return for the fall term and more than 450 applications are received from freshmen.
A travel fragment notes Ralgh Fsoe flying to Anchorage to visit with Deether Mareha I and the three girls Mer. The group remains at home while encounters continue and plans to visit other parts of Alaska are mentioned.
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