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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1938
Page
3
A flurry of visits and gatherings fills the page with neighbors from Myrtle Point to North Catching Creek. Families including the Lakey, Bushnell, and West households travel for visits and business, while Weaver and Knight families share music and calling hours. The Homer school notes report a humane society visit, a county music festival with fourteen singers, and steady lessons as high water allows.
Mr and Mrs C Guy Mann and Mr and Mrs Bam Bettencourt were Sunday visitors at Dosa Jim Bailey visited at the Henry Breeding home Sunday. Mr and Mrs C Guy Mann were Tuesday vistors at Bencrost at the home of Mr and Mrs Arve Sargent. Mrs William Johnson Mrs Thomas Nelson and Mrs Esther Herch berger were Friday visitors of Mrs William Watson. Mr and Mrs C Guy Mann motor ed to Eugene Friday. Mrs Kathleen Roberts and Eileen and Stanley were visitors of Mr William Watson Friday. Mr and Mrs C Guy Mann visited at the William Watson home Sunday. Elmer Sargent of Bancroft visited at the home of William Watson Sunday. Mrs Howard Carver and Janet visited with Me and Mrs C Guy Mann Sunday. Mrs George Nelson visited with Mrs William Johnson this week.
Local families including Mr and Mrs Walter Laird and grandson Clell attended a Town send rally in Coquille on Sunday. Various visits followed with friends and relatives in Myrtle Point Port Orford Glide and Sixes including the Robisons Holland Kirk Laird Laird family and others.
Fairview visitors including Mr and Mrs William Woodring of Marshfield and Mr and Mrs Fred Johnson plus family were guests last Sunday. Virginia Radford and son Cleden from Eugene will stay through the school year with her sister Iris Fitch. Floyd Smith of Coquille visited Tuesday. J A Deadmond called in Bandon recently. The Fairview Home Extension Unit met at the grange hall Tuesday. Aine program set for the evening with a pie social planned at the Fairview community building next Saturday.
Teacher Curtis Beckham took several pupils to a Saturday track meet in Ibm Pire. Attending were Lola Wyrick Jessie Griffey Bonnie Payton Gene Jennipe Ivan Heatzell and Jack Rwund ree.
Sunday and Friday visits fill the week as Dora, Brewster Valley, Gravelford and nearby towns host dinners and breakfasts. 4-H members, families, and friends gather for a lamb and pork cooking demo and a potluck lunch at Gravelford community building with many attendees listed.
Bancroft Ben Hardman and Clarence Waterman visit Myrtle Point while the Townsend meeting draws Mrs Jason Jewett in Coquille. Residents share meals with James Jewett and Lilian Waterman, plus visits by Evernden and Waterman families from Myrtle Point to nearby towns.
The text records visits to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Evernden and Mrs. George Medlock, with mentions of foot injury, crutches, and stays with families including the Warners and Appletons. It also notes Mrs. Medlock returning home to Port Orford and several trips to Coquille for business and family gatherings with Delos Appleton and others.
A fragmentary note mentions a street scene with mention of a Saturday event and January month context. It references a faster pace and a political or social gathering related to a local area. The text is garbled but indicates an upcoming occurrence.
The record notes the Ay s Faso WCTU meeting at Keit camp on Wednesday evening with surrounding mentions of Marshfield and Coquille. It records C. McAl aend visiting Mrs. Sherman Mahér and a weekend context with a fragmented date 196.
Mrs. Mary Culbertson spent Sunday with Mrs. Frank Harnish. Mr and Mrs A Smalth were business callers in Acomville Friday and visited the George Nelson home in Pleasant Point. Mrs. Ernest Snodgrass of Myrtle accompanied the Smiths to Mr and Mrs Harvey A spent Saturday in Myrtle Point. A Smith visited Mrs. Ernest Sneder. Lois came Sunday to take possession of the Paul Bunch place which they purchased last Friday. Bunches will move near Ontario. Mrs. Mary Bunch stays with her daughter Mrs. Lowell Bothwell. Mr and Mrs Milton Robdleon of Comailie visited Sunday with Mrs. Lowell Bothwell. Mrs. Paul Bunch and Carol Jean and Richard visited. Mrs. Walter V Schroeder of Lea was seen. Mrs. J C Jackson ill with flu. Mr and Mrs John Caudle visited.
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