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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1934
Page
4
Norway and nearby towns share weekend visits as families and friends travel between Bear Creek Myrtle Point and Coquille. Residents recount Easter gatherings, care duties for ill relatives, and social events at Detlefsen and Barklow households.
Mrs Herbert Snyder recovers on crutches after a leg burn while relatives from Crescent City California, including Mr and Mrs Elmer Crank and Alice, arrive Wednesday night for the C M Buings funeral. Myrtle Sargent misses school with flu. others visit Snyder’s home as Mr and Mrs Charlie Milton of Crescent City visit.
The Watch Your Step Wilton play by the Worn ers Civic club of Bridge Saturday night drew an unusually large audience with many standing. The club grossed 41 60 in admissions and provided fruit salad angel food cake and punch to cast Myrtle Point high school band and transport volunteers. Easter visits and dinners with local families are noted among residents, while Miss Vonela Curt’s from Pacific University enjoyed a two week spring vacation with her parents.
The readable lines describe measles confinement at home for Mrs Tom Brown and her son Rav, and Willis Chandler staying with his father last Thursday. Other phrases mention local names and incidents but are garbled and hard to interpret.
Mrs John Arnold returned from a Portland visit with no new son. Numerous local families including Mr and Mrs Abert Myers and others hosted dinners and spent time with relatives. Easter meals were shared by several households, and many children, including Mae Elden and Nola Rae, joined relatives for weekend gatherings.
Upper Hall Creek residents Mr and Mrs Alfred Person of Marshfield visited at the H E Watkins home on Saturday afternoon. The Watkins family and guests attended Easter services and dinner at Arago on Sunday.
Dora Snow and family visited Ezra Watson's home with Mrs Lynn Snow and baby. Mrs Macie Crumley shopped in Myrtle Point. Miss Harriet Webb of Coquille visited her sister Martha Jane Webb at the Gearhart home. Veril Bilderback Kenneth Thompson of Empire stayed overnight with their parents Mr and Mrs C J Thompson. A surprised potluck birthday dinner and handkerchief shower honored Martha Jane Webb at Pleasant Hill school house.
Fragmented social notes list numerous residents and visitors including Mr and Mrs Joe Walker and family, Hazel Swan, Vern Bennett, Helen White, and Loraine Crumiey among others. Entries reference birthdays, dinners, visits, and local gatherings across towns, with several households named and dates implied in the period social ledger.
A fragmented community notice set describes a social gathering at a church event with multiple families and individuals listed. Attendees include Mildred, Bushnel, Bern, Velr a Brown, and Dorthy Auntexv, with others such as Mrs Mors Godsbure and daughter Dorothy among guests. A poem and a late night social with coffee sandwiches and cake are noted, and Garnett Brown's illness is mentioned with some improvement.
Mrs Wayne Ramses and her son Marlin of Sacramento arrived Wednesday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Brandon. The family enjoyed a pleasant Friday afternoon with friends. Miss Russell and Marlin Brandon spent several days at the Walter Brandon home. Mrs Clark and son visiting Mrs Clark's parents. The April PTA meeting was set for Saturday evening. The community youths will present a one act play.
Easter Sunday activities include visits by Mrs Frob Bartlett and Mrs J Ow Ho lot, Mr and Mrs John Felsher hosting a dinner for Ganu Sturdivant, and a Sun afternoon Easter gathering with the Davenport, Mast, Ward Evans, and Davenport families.
Mr and Mrs Chris Nelson and daughter Eather are mentioned with a Sunday event in Co unte and S S Reed made a business trip to Roseburg last Thursday.
Miss Kather Schmalhurat visits Morahfield with James Hervey. Chandler visits Geo Clinton family. Rev Groves from Cottage Grove attends Easter gathering at Leatherman home. Various locals, including the Herveys, Schmalhurst, and Reed families, host and visit throughout the week with friends and neighbors.
Thursday and Wednesday visits fill the South Myrtle Point diary as residents call on neighbors. Ed Jones, Pratts, Mille Dora, Black, Veatch, Gant, and Crook households appear among brief greetings and shared errands.
Karly C. Richman, a large scale turkey producer at Sans Souis ranch near Roseburg, plans early market turkeys this year. Hatching started February 18 due to early laying of breeding hens from proper feeding and indoor care during cool weather. Richman grinds and mixes his own feeds and aims to hatch about 3800 turkeys from 400 hens.
A 20 acre tract of unimproved river bottom land near Suver owned by James Oberson of Independence is being cleared for planting to hops. A crew works on the land as hop acreage in the Pacific coast states rises 25 percent in the past year, with over 925 hop growers in Oregon alone.
County Agent J R Beck prepared poison bait for distribution to Polk County farmers. A ton of barley 90 ounces of strychnine five gallons of syrup and other ingredients heated into small labeled cloth bags to be sold at cost. Beck notes an unusual rise in gray squirrels this year.
County Agent Victor W Johnson surveyed a 1060 foot cut through the B. W Chambera farm on the east side. The ditch will drain an area currently holding excess water and will provide benefits to at least 50 acres of pasture once completed.
The reverend testifies that twenty years of headaches and pains are best relieved by Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills. The ad claims relief for headache neuralgia toothache backache sciatica rheumatism lumbago neuritis muscular pains and pregnancy. Availability at drug stores for 25 cents and 1.00.
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