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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1937
Page
3
Fragmentary note mentions a Thursday gathering at J HL Howe and a Sunday picnic at Croft Lake. Names include Mr and Mrs Bert Cox and their son Eugene from Watsonville California. Text is heavily garbled with unreadable phrases.
Community notes list numerous visits and gatherings around Twin Oaks, including Dorothy undy and Eleanor Brower with Esther Nelson, the Hermann and Nelson families visiting Broadbent and Eugene, plus outings to Triangle Lake and Roseburg. Names include Davenport, Harris, Allen, Ford, Holt, Evans, and Mayse among others as residents and guests across Coquille, Fortuna, Bandon, and nearby locales.
Mrs Nora Lowse and many neighbors visited various farms and towns near Aquilloe and Camas Valley. The report lists numerous couples and individuals including the Willetts Masel Mast Varney Lesiont Stightniak and Schroeder families as they joined social calls and attend events across Marshfield Camas Valley and Queville areas.
Pleasant Point residents hosted and visited kin during a busy sequence of calls. Mrs Dorothy Watset hosted guests as Jean Danville and Jan Dan Sof arrived, while others like Mister Guy Mann, Mrs G feny Mean, and Mus War Wits attended gatherings at the Mann home. Several trips to Los Angeles and Canyonville are noted, with relatives visiting and departing, including Joan Danville, Charles Adams, and Lloyd Spires.
Dora Mr o and Mra Frank Willis of Los Angeles formerly Elk Creek residents stayed with Mr and Mrs Fred Durnam from Friday to Monday. Mrs N Gearhart visited the Roseburg area with sister Ella Cuena. ND CC Krantz of Coquille visited sister A J Mavro and R M Minard. Harvey Minard undergoes surgery in Roseburg hospital and is improving. Geo Ellis family visited Clarence Miller in Gravetford. Roy Swan family visited Owen Wilson in Coquille and Nellie White of Lee. Joe Walker and family joined J N Gearhart. Hazel Gearhart of Powers spent the weekend here. Manuel Bottencourt and family from Coquille visited Sam Bettencourt. Miss Eula Mayse and Joe Tadlock dined with Gilbert Bogard in Fat Bik.
A long Tiverton of names recounts local visits from Sitkum and Coquille families. Relatives traveled to Langlen and McKinley while others returned home after visits. Betty at Myrtle Point hospital receives care and blood transfusions as relatives plan work and visits across Coos and Douglas counties.
Arago residents and Portland visitors mingle with the Vetter and Miller families. Church and school activities fill the week with repairs, revivals, picnics, and local social visits across Arago, Coquille, Marshfield, and nearby towns.
Fragmentary notes indicate the patient is receiving treatment and showing improvement after admission. Details are sparse but state the person is better than prior condition and receiving care at the hospital.
A string of local social visits and a moving notice shape a weekend in Myrtle Point. Cly McBee hosted guests with Mrs Cribbine, Delos Appleton, Dorothy, and Dennis visiting Friday. James Smith and Rosebury guests stayed with Mr and Mrs England. Griffey family plans to relocate to a Jennings cottage.
Weekend social notes mention Mr and Mrs Leslie Everett visiting Portland. Mrs C O Taylor and Robert McConochicke of Port Orford visiting Mrs Grant McClellan. Jack Ells and John Myers joined Sunday dinner at Jesse Clinton's. Mrs Myrtle Clinton of Corvallis hosted Mr and Mrs A M Christensen and daughter Marvine of Myrtle Point. Jesse Clinton travelled to Marshfield on Monday for business. Mrs Hamilton Fox of Medford called on Mrs P E Breuer midweek.
Fragmentary line reads about Mire Myrtle Clinton, Cerval Mrs, and Jesse in a community context as callers on Tuesday. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
Mrs J Finley Schrosder was a Monday caller of Mrs B W Maigh ton. The group enjoyed a picnic in the H McCloskey yard with Dr and Mrs H H Thomas, Geer, Laird, P W Laird and daughters Marguerite and Vernita present.
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