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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
3
Numerous locals and visitors travel between Coquille Myrtle Point and surrounding towns. Mrs Durrell and family visit a daughter for a birthday at Cove river while others tour Roseburg Portland and Idlewild. Community members attend church, grange, dances and family gatherings with many returning from trips and hosting guests.
Arago society members and guests attended a surprise kitchen shower for Miss Annie Deardorff hosted by Mrs Everett Lafferty. Attendees included numerous locals and relatives, with refreshments served after a social afternoon.
Remote Dow Lancaster spent a night with sister M Barrett Zinn Dew Beckham Dow Lancaster and Darrett Zinn in Roseburg. Indies of the community club met and quilted in the courthouse basement. Mr and Mrs Noble Walker stayed in Marshfield. Clyde Me bxee home visited by W R Cribbins and Edgar Cribbins. Mrs James Smith and Loretta Ann returned to Roseburg. Powell Lancaster and Martha of Bandon visiting L B Jennings home. Delos Appleton visited Mrs Floyd Evernden of Myrtle Point. Community club picnic set for Jennings grove Sunday.
A series of weekend and weekday visits are noted across Myrtle Point and nearby communities. Names include Bartlett Denison Trigg Parker Brodie Robison Detlefsen Schmidt Clausen Bennett Martin and McCloskey among others, with travels from Fern Cal Vista to Coquille and Glide.
The article extols cold meals for hot days with ideas like Frozen Fruit Cocktail and Tomato Drossom Salad. It emphasizes iced tea as a staple, describes rapid rapid cooling in modern refrigerators, and notes crystal clear ice cubes and ice service. It also mentions social visits and local business notes.
Dora Fred Durnam and John Betten left Tuesday on a business trip to Redmond and returned Saturday. Ella Guerin of San Luis Obispo is visiting her sister J N Gearhart and family. Fred Minard visited relatives in Coquille Friday. Macie Crumsey Luise and Thurston of Fat Elk and H Bengston of Medford hosted Sunday dinner with A J Mayse. Gail Bunch Durance and Wilda Shepherd left Tuesday for a two week trip to Portland. J N Gearhart Hazel and Hugh attended a fim picnic in Davenport Grove Twin Oaks. Me and Mrs O G Bunch spent Sunday with Wake Norris in Fairview. Mr and Mrs Harold Shepherd and
Ambrose Fox and family from San Francisco visit the William Watson home. Christian Shafer of Cottage Grove arrived for a two week stay with his daughter and family. Myr and Mrs C Guy Mann visited the Watson household. Mrs John Bretze and children visit Bruno Lange and Thomas Royer homes.
Twin Oaks Perry Roper attended an evening event hosted by Verne Lundy with Rowena Hermann who visited and left for Portland on Sunday morning. Eleanor Floyd visited Stella Bark on Sunday afternoon. North Bend regatta drew Vee Chis Ne and others. A George Hermann grove picnic Sunday included Mr and Mrs Graydon Crews of Coquille Mr and Mrs Roderick Hermann and Patricia and Billy of Broadbent and Miss Rowena Hermann.
In this community report residents note gatherings and visits. Mather hosts upper test event with Mrs Lundy, Rowena Hatchene, and Mrs Hermann. Mr and Mrs Reed call on Mr and Mrs Lundy, with several other locals mentioned in the Coquille area.
West Norway residents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Berklew of Portland spent Sunday night with Mr and Mrs E J Myers. Dinner guests included Mrs H T Murray of Tacoma and several sisters and relatives from Birrte Point. Others joined at Sea Lion caves and relatives returned from near Portland while George Pettinger, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Pettinger, suffered quinsy and awaited throat procedure.
Wes 3ir and Mr Henry Hervey plus Phylis Lehmanowsky visited Blue Ridge lookout Sunday and called on Lloyd Jip Jarvia. L Leatherman from the J Mr and Mrs Wesley Waymire and family of Demid were seen in the same area.
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