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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1928
Page
4
Classified brief lists a six room house for rent just outside city limits with contact placeholder 8R. The surrounding notes mention local travel and visitors from Marshfield Ashland Portland and Eureka with several names and social visits across the county.
A vendor offers a batch of Blue Fox pups for sale at a affordable price. The note mentions distance and a contact name with unclear spelling.
Advertisements announce cheap Woodstock and Woodstock typewriters for sale inquires at the office. Dr and Mrs L L Sumerlin took an auto trip to Gold Beach. Farmers' Store promotes fresh groceries and Jersey cows from F Our Warren Fish. A large group, Mr and Mrs Herr Clinton and others, toured Klamath Falls Water Lake Elk Lake Bend Maupin and Mt Hood loop then to Portland and Tacoma. A Vancouver marriage license issued for Gilbert Schriefer and Lois Throne. Marys little lamb is gone and she plans to visit Farmers' Store for a treat. Mrs Johnson of Powers, with the telephone company, visited Myrtle Point.
Mrs Lemon and her family were honored with two surprise parties in Powers. Guests included the Royal Neighbors who presented handkerchiefs and a double vanity case as a paring gift. The event followed a bridge afternoon and a Mason Hall gathering. The item also notes a local shingle mill sale and job ad for shingle bolts.
The annual Coon county picnic of the Knights of Pythias will be held at Powers grove on August 19. Lodges statewide plan to send delegations for K of P members and Pythian Sisters and families are invited. Each lodge assigned a part of the program with chairs named.
The Theoon County Womens Protective League invites mothers to a pot luck banquet at seven tomorrow evening in the Methodist church basement. Each mother should bring a covered dish with a sandwich or dessert. Mrs June Nisson of the Oregon State Industrial School for a Girl will speak, and a free will offering will help cover her expenses.
Mr and Mrs C C Carter and Shirley Carter with Mrs Webb Carlson and baby left Tuesday for Portland. They attended the wedding of Clarence Carter to Miss Frances Morgan at St Michaels and All Angels church last evening at eight. Clarence, a son of Mr and Mrs C C Carter, grew to manhood locally. Friends extend congratulations.
Mrs and Mrs George Dickinson travel to Wedderburn while Jim Laird visits from Brewster en route to Roseburg for business. Local staff changes at Coquille Safeway with John Seeley replacing R Carrell. Campfire groups picnic at Reed's Ford with food duties divided by gender. Dahlias arrive at Herald office from Volney Huntley farm. Visitors from California stay with Frank and Fairy Davis family in Coquille as Arcata friends join. News also mentions farm sale, Byers family return from California, and youth officer need amid street incidents.
Funeral services were held for S E Avern Aasen at Schroeder Gano chapel. Born in Norway May 187... He came to America in 1871 and settled on a ranch along Halis Creek since 1872. Married Marie Bagge in 1873 at San Francisco. Survived by seven children, twelve grandchildren. Interment at Masonic cemetery in Coquille. Also notes Campfire Girls picnic supervised by Mrs Evans Peel and Miss Ruasen with Miss Russell named guardian.
Marlin Evans a Myrtle Point garage mechanic was injured while testing a second hand car. He rode on the running board to hear the engine and was thrown when the car skidded on loose grave near the Garrett home. He suffered a facial wound and two ribs pulled loose with shock, now confined in Mast and Wilson hospital. Mrs Evans plans a Kansas trip but cannot go now.
The Gaylord post office has been discontinued after the train incident. The mall will be moved to the store on the opposite riverbank, and Mrs Thorne has resigned in favor of Mrs Medlock.
On a paved street two buildings four lots are for sale at eighty three dollars monthly rent. A harpeln is mentioned but the notice promises possession day after payment. Contact The Herald office for George EB Hamilken.
Bergen's Flowers advertises large and small flower orders with artistic arrangements and reliable service. The note highlights Marshfield Florist Coos County and references ranges and prices for stoves, suggesting a mixed ad content.
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