17 Sep 1942
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1942
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a high money matter and a person named Mrs. pera. The readable fragment references a Mars High event or date and a financial context, but details are unclear. The piece reads as an incomplete notice or column with names and numbers missing.
Local salvage committee and community groups urge residents to gather scrap metal for war needs. Wayne Biclow leads FFA volunteers ready to help with trucks and torches. Grange Lions Ro Club mobilize members to move metal to town. The effort follows urgent appeals from the War Production Board as steel demand rises for tanks, planes, and guns.
The Future Farmers of America program plans student help to fill silos amid a labor shortage. Ted Kirsch, local agricultural instructor, names farmer representatives and sets wages at 65 cents per hour with minimum daily limits. Three or more boys will form crews and miss classes on silo days to observe and study silos, cutters, and costs.
Rural schools in the county are operational except Beach View School near Charleston due to lack of a teacher. Consolidations continue as Broadbent sends upper grades to Myrtle Point while retaining one primary teacher.
Kay Miller reports a Red Cross trained instructor from San Francisco delivered a stress first aid program at Myrtle Point. The class offers practical first aid skills and notes high interest from local residents seeking certification.
An unreadable fragment notes a last Friday evening gathering in Coquitile. It mentions E Baressomething and a race or pageant in progress with references to a horn or instrument and attire, but the text is garbled and details are unclear.
Harris Ellsworth publisher and U S Representative candidate spoke at the Liena club luncheon at Jack and Jill Cafe on Wednesday evening. He urged protecting press freedom and derided war-news suppression while stressing how information should aid citizens and the war effort.
County Judge E L Peterson was named permanent chairman of the Coal County Coal committee at a courthouse meeting attended by 12 members from across the county. John B Mullen of North Bend elected secretary. J Stanley Emery of Marshfield will head a special committee to study production feasibility supply costs markets and other factors with a report due September 28. A $1000 county budget fund is set for coal promotion as Myrtle Point representatives E C Roberts and Arthur R Jones attended.
Robert S. Sheedy becomes the new manager for West Coast Telephone, arriving with his family from Marshfield to take over duties from veteran supervisor Barney Bernier who has been in charge for several months. The Shady family has rented Archie Bushnell's Marshfield property, as the company transitions leadership from Schriefer to Bernier and finally to Sheedy.
L R Breithaupt reports Oregon farm wage rates jumped about 60 percent by July 1, outpacing farm price advances and national trends. While farm prices rose nationwide, Oregon’s price index lagged behind wage growth, with parity comparisons showing mixed gains across product categories.
Fragmentary OCR text lists several names and odd phrases making a coherent item unreadable. no verifiable event, date, or place is present to summarize into a factual news card.
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