Local News Briefs From Myrtle Point Oregon 1906
Local items note Mr and Mrs Lewis Knight leaving for Little Rock Arkansas for new accounting duties May 1. Mrs Cornett of Grand Coulee Wash visits Myrtle Point. Dr and Mrs Smith attend Southwest Oregon Presbyterian meeting in Grants Pass. Numerous residents travel, visit relatives, or pursue trips to California and Oregon towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Knight
Clara Beth Billingsley
Coos Bay
Little Rock
Arkansas
Knight
Knights
VB Billingsley
Coes Bas
John Cornett
Grand Coulee Wash
Cornett
W E Lundy
Lundy
Myrtle Point
Secuity Bank
A. Theodore Smith
Dr Smith
Women's Presbyterial
Southwest
Oregon
Grants Pass
Gays Gone By Nostalgia Column Seeks Reader Memories
From W E Burroughs Independence Kand I remember cradling wheat and oats with a long handed wooden rake then thrashing with a horse powered separator. From John Chapman Morgantown W Vo I remember making clothes from wild grape vines and a swing for sisters. From Mary Stewart Chicago I recall kicker chairs around the stove as children dressed in order each morning. From Rev Truman J Lawler Charleston W Va I remember muddy axle deep roads coming from the farm to the county seat. From Lewis Schach Cincinnati Oh I recall Cincinnati’s three wheeled fire engines and a crash near Peor1 and Lawrence Sts. Send your memories to Mr Friendly Bou 340 Frankfort Ky.
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W E. Burroughs
Independence
Kand
Mary Stewart
Chicago
Truman J Lawler
Charleston
W Va
Mr Friendly
Bou
Frankfort
Local Social Notes and Travels Dawn Coast Observations
Mrs Paul Shaffer left Sunday for Minneapolis due to her father's death. The Braytons and son returned from Los Angeles after visits with relatives. Mrs Clara Greenlee of Yakima arrived for a visit with her sister, Mrs Sempert, and the Semperts drove her to Eugene. Earl Roush fished the Rogue River and landed an 18 pound Chinook. Mrs Jake Sturza came from Chehalis to visit her son Jack and daughters. Naval Reserve members from North Bend went on a weekend cruise aboard a minesweeper, Waxbill, to Newport then home. Various local families visited coastal towns and attended a Rotary dance in Coquille.
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Clara Greenlee
Yakima Wash
E OQ Sempert
Sempert
Semperts
Greenlee
Eugene
Bill Sempert
Washington
Jake Sturza
Chehalis
Wash
Jack Sturza
Fred Cross
This City
J F McCombs
Coos Bay
Fred Warren
Merle Hathaway
Edgar Moon
North Bend
Naval Reserve
Waxbill
Newport
Four-H club deadlines and 4H summer school plans
Four-H clubs must organize by May 1 for projects excluding canning and summer school applications are due by May 1. Applicants must be three by June to be eligible for summer school. Dormitory exhibit and demonstration buildings for the county fair ground are planned and will go to the college for blueprints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canning Summer School
Leaders Association
County Fair Ground
College
Neto
Junior Senior Banquet at Powers High School
The annual Junior-Senior banquet was held in the Powers High School homemaking room for 39 students and faculty. The menu featured roast turkey, dressing, vegetables, cranberry salad, rolls, sherbet, cookies, and coffee with spring flowers and class colors decorating the tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Gamwelll
Catherne Aber
Jin Boggan
Mowal
Tes
Jountme
Jo Ann Cadvert
Nima Alawine
Senior Ball Held Saturday Night Theme Captures Moonlight
The annual Senior Ball opened with a grand march at 9 45 as Juniors and Seniors gathered. The Fugese orchestra arrived late after a junction delay and decor featured white lattices, a golden moon, greenery, and roses enhancing the stage and entrance while ladies wore colorful evening outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kytenagum
Selt aor 198 Adds Its Quota of Senior Dances
The article notes Selt aor 198 expanding its long line of successful senior dances, highlighting ongoing community engagement and tradition.
Creaking Creek Social Notes From Roseburg To North Bend
A long list of visits and social calls across Roseburg North Bend Langlois Port Orford Coos Bay and nearby ranches. Families and neighbors including Aden Adkins Dina Lee Smith Rose Knight Leo Gallagher Thomas Lawson Earl Cox Lester Millugges and George Edwards are mentioned with relatives and weekend visits. Local trips to Port Orford North Bend and hospital or funeral events are noted plus surveying work on the Rema place and upcoming gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mre
Carl Bushnell
Aden Adkins
Roseburg
Roh Frazier
Eddie Vanblock
Aden Adkin
Dina Lee Smith
Rose Knight
Mra Smith
Vallejo
Leo Gallagher
Longview
Wash
Mra
Thomas Lawson Wir
Earl Cox
Bunker Hall
Faornoen
Mer Wait
Earl Adams
Fosburg
Myrtle Prrvanit
Rose Keight
Met Mies Rot MacCatl
University of Oregon Concert Band Delights Coos County Audience
A large audience in Southern Coos County enjoyed the University of Oregon Concert Band under Dr John Stehn Tuesday night at the Senior High School auditorium. The program drew enthusiastic applause and featured Mr Melby leading Stars and Stripes Forever after a preconcert banquet at the Methodist church dining room with the high school band as hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos County
Jovora
University Oregon
John To Stehn
Auditoriu
Cores
Stehn
Melby
Methodist Church
Open Letter Attacks Oregon Labor Leaders Over Hoover Remark
A polemical letter targets S Eugene Allen of the Oregon Tab or Press, alleging bias and calls Hoover a yokel. The writer accuses labor bosses of suppressing press freedom and outlines Hoover’s supposed qualifications and farm life background, linking Morse and political factions to Oregon politics in 1950.
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Hoover
S. Eugene Allen
Oregon Jfabor Press
Grene
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Joe Battaglia
Henri Detloff
Hilaire S
Sume
Morse
Comeane
Oregon Tabor
Dave Hoover
Gene
Labor Press
Labor Temple
Labor
Union Labor
Lane County
Who's Who
Jim Marr
Oregon State Federation of Labor
Kelley Lee
Bras
Charles J. McNary
Abraham Lincoln
Morion
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