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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1973
Page
5
H Joe Myers announces 31 Oregon 4-H leaders and members are appointed to program development committees. The panels join nearly 100 others to guide 4-H programs, shape activities and teaching materials, and help at events such as leader training and judges training schools.
The Powers school district reports 207 students enrolled this year surpassing the 156 expected. Kindergarten through grade four total 82 with teachers listed. Junior high has 68 pupils and the senior high 69 across four grades. The freshman class is 21, seniors 19, juniors 16, and sophomores 13. Staff includes superintendent Glenn Scofield and teachers Quilhaugh, Leegard, Pullen, Quilhaugh, Nightengale, and Nicklaus. Lunch prices rise to 40 50 and 65 cents with an extra milk option. A new 4 H committee focuses on rabbit and poultry projects. Wes Cartwright reappointed to the older youth committee.
Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Ladies Auxiliary District 4 will meet September 9 at 12:00 a.m. in Bandon for the first district gathering of the 1973 74 season. Posts and auxiliaries will convene at the VFW Post Home with District Commander Floyd Finch of Post 1100 Coos Bay presiding, and District President Connie Settle of Post 3440 Bandon presiding at the auxiliary meeting. Refreshments will be served. The district includes Coquille Post 965 Myrtle Point Post 2828 and Gold Beach Post 4439 with their auxiliaries. State VFW Commander Ralph Swisher of Merrille will attend along with auxiliary members Barrera Williams and Pobta Pehrmen for terms. New members join the 4 3 horse development committee with leaders Joe Berryman La Grande Russell Rissi Coos Bay Norton Sherwood Hillsboro and 4 H members Amne Romain Newport and Russell Edwards Bond. Representing 4 H members will be Nancy Woodcock Madras and Theresa Knight Myrtle Point.
Local resident Mrs. Emma Gurney remains in intensive care at Keizer Hospital after a car accident. Her condition is improving slowly and doctors report she has undergone casting for fractured bones.
Airman Apprentice Edward A. Summers finished recruit training August 20 at the Naval Training Center in San Diego and is on leave to visit his parents at Please ant Valley Route Myrtle Point. He earned a E-2 rank by finishing in the top 10 percent of his company and will begin an 18 week aviation mechanics fundamentals course in Memphis Tennessee September. Summers, a 1973 Myrtle Point High School graduate, enlisted through the Coos Bay Navy Recruiting Station on June 22 under the Specific School Guarantee Program.
The program run by Professor Alan Hoffer and Ted Nelson engaged 23 Oregon teachers selected for potential reform leadership. The objective was to craft courses modifying existing programs to reach educationally uninvolved students. Guest lecturers included Chuck Allen from Los Angeles City School District and NCTM board member who shared teaching strategies.
Dr. Albert Bennett of the University of New Hampshire presents a new method for teaching fractions. Eugene School District personnel including Scott McFadden share activities for a mathematics laboratory setting. Oscar Schaaf from the district and University of Oregon faculty discuss an alternative curriculum for low achievers and related science project techniques.
An advertorial for the Young Students Encyclopedia highlights its design for early readers and long usefulness. It emphasizes affordability with direct-to-consumer pricing, offering 20 volumes or single volumes at low introductory rates, and notes it also benefits adults by providing clear, reliable answers.
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