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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1970
Page
3
Society notes report Eugene Junior Symphony set for April 10 at Coquille High School in the last concert of the 1969 70 season. The program begins at 8:00 PM with admission by 1969 70 Concert Association membership card or by membership verification.
Jeanete Slavin and Averil Glimberg wed in Arago Church with Rev. Ron Laughlin officiating on April 4. Attendants included Mrs. Schrader and Vernon Hone. guests listed include the Schirmer families and the Cook family. The bride plans to live in Oregon after a late April reception, while David Cook serves in Germany and earns discharge April 15. Tickets for 1970-71 season are sold at door. Coquille Valley Concert Association memberships offered. Eugene Junior Symphony Orchestra expands to over 100 musicians under Nathan Cammack.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Karl Howell on the birth of their first child a daughter Karen Marie born April 1 at Coquille Valley Hospital. The baby weighed pounds and 6 ounces. Mother Sharon Cole is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cole. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Austin Howell.
Melinda Haskin and Kent Liday exchanged vows Sunday in Reno at Heart of Reno Ghagel. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Haskin, wore a white dress with a Carnation corsage. The couple will honeymoon in Reno then reside in Eugene where Liday works as a KEED radio announcer.
A memorial drinking fountain for Albert Shorb was installed by the Powers Lions Club. The curb was concreted and mauve Johnson Mountain rock set in place to face the fountain. A plaque on the front reads A Memory of Albert Shorb. Shorb, born in California, moved to Oregon in 1911 and married Clara Gant after meeting in Lee Valley.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Price announce the engagement of their daughter Patricia Ann to Calvin Laird son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Laird The couple plan a future wedding Patricia Ann is a Myrtle Point High School graduate and a current senior at Oregon College of Education at Monmouth Calvin Laird is a Marshfield High School graduate and is farming near Myrtle Point.
Myrtle Point High School alumni from the class of 1960 plan a summer reunion. The committee seeks current addresses for many former students including Joyce Brown Linda Brown Doug Carl Elton Dishe nor Dale Graves Allan Hale Elien Horsell Doug Jenkins Leela Long Terry Owens Ed Pallin Marlon Pounds Sissi Skauge Marilyn Stringer Karen Wallace Barbara Bulson Robert Cox James Edlund Gary Fry Beverly Hammond Mary Lou Hendricks Joanne Henry David Morris Larry Redford Caroline Staton. Contact Mrs Bill Lita at 80 or Mrs Gary Larsch at 572 2872 with information.
Local Vern Barklow has been released from Coquille Valley Hospital and is recuperating at home. Sid Sparkman, also a recent heart attack patient, has been discharged after hospitalization in Coquille.
Linda Smith and James Crabill married in Reno Nevada with Linda the daughter of Russell and Mrs. Smith of Myrtle Point. James Crabill, son of Ben and Mrs. Crabill Powers, was presented by bridesmaids and attended by Jim Sumerlin and others. The groom a Powers High School graduate worked for Georgia Pacific in Myrtle Point. The bride to finish Myre Point High School June plans to reside in Myrtle Point with the couple.
Listings show Dobdorow St Pascor with Sunday school 11:00 a.m. Worship and communion schedule on 1st and 3rd Sundays. Anns and Michael Catholic Church lists Father John Og with Sunday mass at 10 a.m. Holy Name Coquille offers masses at 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Arago Community Church under Rev Ron Lavaghna posts Sunday school times and worship 11:00 a.m. plus Bible story and teen programs evenings.
A home style bolognese manicotti recipe is outlined with ground beef onion garlic spinach eggs and cheeses. A community homemaking sale is scheduled for Saturday April 11 at the Methodist Church in Myrtle Point with music by The Group and Jaycees sponsorship.
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