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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1942
Page
3
W Dunn of Coquille presented a course on war gases and treatment for civilian defense workers behind the lines. Superintendent Dawe and two women attendees participated, with an emphasis on essential equipment, nets, and traffic charts.
Powers Locals Robert Slage and Jim King return home to Tacoma for a week with family. James Bateman family leaves Myrtle Point for Visalia. Mr and Mrs Joseph Boutin welcome a second son at Myrtle Point hospital. Several residents visit Corvallis for OSU freshman activities. Hopkins couple updates from Seattle and Alaska. Ray Clarke family heads to Arkansas for a stay.
The article notes A. D. Rolfe in charge of scrap collection with 5% tonnage checks received two weeks ago used to purchase fire equipment. High school boys gathered scrap for 3% tons in under two hours, with a larger box near Dell Curtis's service station. Residents drop off metal or call the water office to haul large pieces. Money from scrap sales funds community betterment. Lions already spent over $100 on firefighting gear, aided by scrap proceeds.
The Powers Lamber company resumed operations after a month idle. An office building was erected during the pause and is in use though not finished. Workers Mrs James Fuller Joggers Clayton Hayes and Ted Coeter are involved, with Bert Adams providing parts as the plant aims to run continuously on power.
Dell Curtis has earned a certificate authorizing him to teach welding to high school boys during their spare period. Sophomore boys are also enrolling. The National Defense setup asks whether townspeople including women want courses here and aims to arrange such classes with shop equipment. notice will be given if available.
The school will hold elections this week to choose officers and form a student council for active student body governance. School officials aim to establish leadership and student participation in school activities.
A garbled OCR sample lists names and roles in a local meeting circle. The readable portion mentions Mrs Leetat Thery and others in a group discussion, with unclear context and additional stray text.
Fragmentary OCR line appears to contain stray words and punctuation making it impossible to determine a coherent event or entities for a headline and summary. No identifiable persons organizations places dates or scores are readable.
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