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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
6
Gravel Ford residents organize a benefit social at the creamery hall on Saturday December 16 to aid Mrs Telitha Heller who has been unable to walk since a summer accident. Ice cream cake and cider will be sold and proceeds fund a wheelchair. All are invited to attend and support this good cause.
Broadbent notes that the local school was dismissed Tuesday and Wednesday due to numerous cases of la Grippe with both teachers ill. Miss Edith Lund of Marshfield visited several days last week and over Sunday, while Jack Wayne and Ivan Rose of Powers visited Broadbent. A five week chapel car meeting series ended Sunday as American Baptist missionaries from Portland and Marshfield helped organize a church here.
Bridge brief notes a December program at a school where teachers and pupils entertained parents and visitors. Mrs. Jim Houser left for Powers to help care for her son Harry, who has then quite Miss Lils Smith, teacher of the in-
Statement from Ohio records shows a case involving a partner of a firm named F. J. Co. and a claim about Halil's Catarrh Cure. The excerpt mentions catarrh and alleged cure methods as part of a legal notice or advertisement.
Intermediate grades were sick in bed last Friday and Miss Cribbens covered. Mr. Croft injured a finger cutting firewood. Four new books joined the school library this week. The Forest Koehlers visited the Murphy home and returned to Chicago with Mrs Murphy and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Cribbens visited relatives in Myrtle Point each Sunday.
Gaylord notes a Hood River visit by Mr and Mrs A B Hermann. Thanksgiving dinners shared with relatives. Walter Newbury from Powers. Swan Saw Mill nearing completion. M H Dement transporting cattle to Powers range. Thanksgiving dinners at Hayes home. Mary Edna Price visiting. James Gibbs recent visit. Gaylord students now served hot soup for lunches. birthdays and future plans to winter at Max Dement ranch. Harrison Hayes back from Powers.
South Fork brief notes visitors and locals in the area include County Commissioner W. T. Dement visiting on Monday. Mrs. Martha Stevens from Coquille joined relatives for Thanksgiving with her daughter. Also mentioned are Mrs. John Whoberg and family, E. Montgomery, and E. C. Gates in the neighborhood.
The article notes residents in the district visiting relatives in Thanksgiving gatherings and various local movements. It mentions Mr and Mrs Willis Witobrey and children with relatives at the Point, Cecil Carter visiting Friday, Grandpa Stemmler visiting J Be Luttrell, Oscar Haines returning from Alaska, and many South Fork residents suffering La Grippe this week.
Local items from Gravel Ford on December 5 report Arthur Mereen plans a second trip to California or an airship for winter use after delivering logs to Coquille in two days. Regular trips by Guy Weekly to Myrtle Point, plus visits by Fred Moser, Wm. Brady, and others for business and social events. Includes holiday travel, a successful basket social at Gravel Ford school, and Thanksgiving gatherings hosted by Mrs. Cora Watkins and local families.
High winds Saturday night caused road hazards by scattering brush and trees, tore off John Carl's silo roof, and damaged Ralph Schroeder's new slaughterhouse. The town notes mud on county roads and reports many residents taking winter vacations.
The 1916 state census of Oregon lists total population with 45,123 persons in military and naval service stationed abroad. Enumeration conducted under governor 1913 acts, titled Police census.
Chicago printers vote a new thirty percent increase on all schedules and estimates for printing and binding after December 1 due to higher costs for paper zincs types and other materials and after a wage rebate for printers’ union workers.
Judge Coke expresses gratitude to the people of Coos Bay and the six counties of his district for the recent election. He notes his years serving as Circuit Judge and vows to uphold the public trust, acknowledging possible mistakes but promising not to repeat deliberate errors.
Salem Oregon November 30 State Superintendent Churchill has completed the program for the teachers examinations to be held in each county on December 20 to 28 from 9 am to 4 pm daily. The program lists subjects by half day sessions for Wednesday through Saturday including United States history penmanship drawing physiology reading manual training methods in reading and other topics.
The holiday season provides opportunity for home gatherings and family reunions as young men return to old hearths and sit in the dear home circle. With schools dismissed and teachers off duty, many parents and children enjoy happy times together during the festive period.
The Coos Bay Times reports a large timber deal in Coos County nearing completion. Pillsbury interests and Smith holdings may consolidate timber and lands to focus logging around Powers. PossibleRailroad link from Southerlin to Coos Bay could boost shipments and reduce logging costs.
Roseburg Oregon Dec 4 John Wiley an early Camas Valley settler was buried yesterday in the local cemetery. He was 88 years old. One son Charles Wiley resides here and a daughter lives in Montana.
A reflective note contrasts a child’s Christmas morning longing with the sting of an empty stocking and ends with the question of whether the printer has been paid, hinting at financial pressures behind a seasonal scene.
Perkins druggist Teporta customers pleased with quick action of buckthorn bark glycerine Adler i ka remedy. Simple mixture drains bowels, one spoonful relieves almost any case of constipation sour stomach. So powerful it is used successfully in appendicitis. Adler i ka never gripes and instant action is surprising.
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