Myrtle Point Section Reports Local Visits and School Fundraiser
Rains raise smoky conditions and notes from Myrtle Point recount visits from Mr. B Sheldon of Watsonville and J N Gearheart, school term starts for Miss Neta Hayes, and a community program at Pleasant school with Miss Belle Chatburn and Miss Inez Lusk. A wild cat shot by J A Cotton precedes a basket sale that nets about 38 dollars for two schools, followed by a lively auction and program acknowledgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laude Krantz
B. Sheldon
Watsonville
California
Ife
J. N. Gearheart
J. A. Cotton
Bertha
Coquille
Geo. Mathewson
Pleasant School House
R. Etzenhouser
Neta Hayes
Pleasant Hill
Jap Yoakham
M. J. Krantse
Carrie Devault
Minard
Norway
Arthur Crosby
J. L. Crosby
Mr. Crosby
Will Olsen
Elk Creek
Ed Olsen
Gravel Ford
Geo. Howard
al Rice
Belle Chatburn
Inez Lusk
Myrtle Creek and Rock Creek Schools Basket Social
Bancroft November 6 heavy rain and poor roads did not deter over fifty gathered at the Rock Creek school house for a program and basket social by the Myrtle Creek and Rock Creek Schools. Attendees planned a future flag pole and enjoyed autumn flowers and decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Rock Creek
Myrtle Creek
South Fork Notes Highlight Local Visits and Lecture Visit
South Fork community notes detail J L Smith county agriculturist calling on residents. Rev Thos Barklow and family visited Roselle home after a Broadbent Schoolhouse sermon from Revelation. R E Baker from Coquille lectured on war conditions and food conservation at Twin Oaks Schoolhouse, delivering pledge cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Fork
J. L. Smith
Thos. Barklow
Henry Knight
Roselle
Twin Oaks
Geo. E. Tenney
John Whoberg
Marshfield
Reed
Frank
Walter McCracken
Ansen
Coquille
John Bell
Gravel Ford
Shull
New renter to take over next season at local place
Mr and Mrs Edwin Schroeder and Mrs Livingston visited Norway to see Mr Schroeder's parents. Dr Pemberton visited Roderick Hermann who is ill. Emma Snyder visited friends Vern Lundy and baby Dorothy Jean. Twin Oaks School suspends operations for now. Recent cough and rain hinder conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Schroeder
Livingston
Norway
Mr. Schroeder
Pemberton
Roderick
George Hermann
Emma Snyder
Vern Lundy
Dorothy Jean
Twin Oaks
Gravel Ford Gems Move and Visit Nearby Ranches
A crowd from Gravel Ford traveled to Myrtle Point on Monday including Mr. Moser who had been to Marshfield. Mr. Wood of Bandon rents Arthur Mereen’s ranch for a year. The group includes teachers from Gravel Ford Academy, with several families relocating or planning winter stays in Grants Pass or South Fork area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravel Ford
Myrtle Point
Moser
Marshfield
Wood
Bandon
Arthur Mereen
Mrs. Haynal
Gravel Ford Academy
Lawrence Knight
Ed Olsen
Olsen
Grants Pass
J. W. Bell
South Fork
Frank Moser
Coos River
Breezy notes from Gravel Ford Academy
At Gravel Ford Academy Prof Flayzle from Walla Walla College spoke to students in chapel. New 8th grade entrants Grace Wood and Steven Culbertson join the class. The school discusses a barber shop plan as zoology studies bugs progress. De Marcus Scott misses days with whooping cough. Weather shifts from sun to rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravel Ford
Flayzle
Walla Walla College
Grace Wood
Bandon
Steven Culbertson
Agness Wickenison
E. A. Mcreen
Bugs
Edwin
Claus Colvin, Jr
Henry Ford
de Marcus Scott
Claas
Teachers Plan Thanksgiving Program After Visit
Miss Harnish guides students as Nettie Iverson and Grace Wood ride to Myrtle Point on horseback Monday evening. A Thanksgiving program is planned by teachers and students with the date to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gressing
Miss Harnish
Nettie Iverson
Grace Wiood
Myrtle Point
School Notes from Bridge November Report
Bridge notes record Miss Smith teaching with toothache, Miss Thomas filling in, and Miss Flossie Cribbens supervising primary pupils. New students Earl Inez and Alice Simpson join classes. whooping cough absences noted. New library books arrive. Traveling Library awaited. Hallowe en decorations, pumpkin pie and apples served. District meeting October 27 on Food Conservation chaired by Mr Croft with Miss Thomas as secretary. A second meeting November 3 discussed committee reports and potential speaker. enthusiasm high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sybil
Mildred Reese
Myrtle Point
Hallowe’en
Croft
J.L. Laird
Miss Thomas
Miss Bryant
Riverton
Rain Refreshes Lee as Smoke Clears
Lee residents welcomed Friday night rain that cleared smoke from the air. Dewitt Clinton visited his son J. S. Clinton and family for several days. Tom Summerlin and family from Gravel Ford stopped by Cleve Sumerlin’s home Sunday. Mrs. D. R. Lewis visited the Baker home Wednesday. D. W. Baker and son Mack went to Coquille City on Wednesday. Mike Sumerlin led cattle through the area Thursday to Baker Creek range. J. W. Mast of Bandon spent Sunday with the Webb Mast family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadbent
Messrs
H. A. Johnson
Seldon Warner
Thos. Haggarty
Shasta Valley
Clao
Bender Hall
Teachers’ Institute
Bandon
Joe Evernden
Roselle
Thos. Barklow
Mosier
L. E. Robbing
Marshfield
Straw
Truman Robbins
Leonard Hartley
Elton
Ivan Robbins
John Robbins
Warner School
Bernice Chandler
Mike Sumerlin
Baker Creek
J. W. Mast
Webb Mast
Notice of Filing Plats of Survey Roseburg Oregon
Notice given that lands described in sections six seven and thirty parts of townships will be surveyed and plats filed December 17 1917 at 9 am in the Portland office. Applications for lands may be filed twenty days before filing and earlier filings treated as simultaneous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseburg
Ore
Towit
W. M
W. H. Canon
R. R. Turner
Local Social Notes From Powers and Nearby Towns
A roundup of visits and greetings as residents travel between Powers Myrtle Point Coquille and surrounding areas. Persons include Marie Brown Claude Morgan Agness Miller Fred Moser Henry Huff John Epperson Sylvia Root Chas Halloway and families. Also notes on a basket social, a Thanksgiving dance, deaths in Wenatchee and a large Union Pacific Liberty Loan contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Arnéson
Waa
Powers
Miss Marie _Brown
Claude. Morgan
Bob Carman
Gaylord
George Lainger
Myrtle Point
Agness ‘Miller
F. G. Leslie
Coquille
Fred Moser
Gravel
Ford
Notta Bend
Hermann Hall
Henry Huff
Bridge District
John C. Epperson
Myrtle Point Red Cross Considers Branch Status Change
Myrtle Point Red Cross Auxiliary votes at regular meeting to change to a branch. A pledge to support the move is circulated among local business leaders and signed by ten. Marshfield chapter will decide the step. The group begins making new pajamas and thanks Mrs. Mary Albro for a gift clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle’ ‘Point
Marshfield
Myrtle Point
Red Cross
Mary Albro
Sunday School Social at Lundy Hall Draws Wide Attendance
About ninety M E Church and Sunday School members and friends gathered at Lundy Hall for a Friday night social. Rain cut the crowd but attendees enjoyed games and a later lunch in the banquet hall. After lunch the young folks returned to merrymaking and stayed late, with many praising the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Lundy Hall
Shortage of labor worries U.S. war production
A Washington dispatch reports a general labor shortage in industries vital to sustaining wartime effort. Officials warn conditions in parts of the country threaten production of essential materials needed for total national mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
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Enterprise
East Fork
Myrtle Point High School
Broadbent School
Pearce
C. A. Harringtons
Eastel Myrtle Eoin
A. A. Leach
Harringon & Leach
Forrest Hermann
Lee
Portland
Governent
United States
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Kiernan & Kern Shipbuilding. Co
Willamette Shipbuilding Co
Sylvia Root
J. F. Stevens
Chas. Halloway
Soldier Boys
Geo. Leech
Tracy Leech
Leach
Harrington
Huntley
Wenatchee
Lennie Huntley
Nettie Huntley
Ike Allen
Miss Huntley
C. R
D. W. Giles
C. H. Giles
C. R. Giles
San Francisco
Giles
Officers Reserve Corps
Annie Short
Arizona
Union Pacific System
Liberty Loan
Oregon
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo, O
Mr. Bacheller
Philadelphia
Aseller
Irving Bacheller
Eben Holden
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