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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1933
Page
3
Varied local visits and travels around Coquille and nearby towns list residents seen in Portland Seattle and Eugene area trips. Names include Powers, Marsco, Boone, Crawford, Langworthy, Beachley, Thomas, Lewis, Cramer, Wright, and others with camps at CCC and school events noted.
The note book records a September shift for a school opening and a local contractor James Palmer hired for front door work. Multiple social visits and gatherings are listed, including Vera Strong hosting a birthday swimming party with many neighbors and friends. Travel to Coquille, outings to Sunset Beach, and plans to relocate to Portland appear among recurring visits and sickness notes.
A large group of relatives and friends held a potluck picnic at the Davenport grove on Sunday noon. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Chris Nelson and daughter Esther, Mr and Mrs Rodney Davenport and children Dolores and Ernest, host Mr and Mrs P F Barrett and sons Gene and Phillip, Mr and Mrs 8S S Reed and Mrs Emma Wilson. Venue Sundy uses crutches and is described as up and about.
On Saturday and Sunday residents hosted guests and made visits. Jean Guerin Laona McConnell stayed with the Davenport family. Elien Henry arrived for a week with Mrs J A Davenport and family. J W Hall is improving from illness. Ground access restored for A 2 Davenport. Neighbors dropped in for a birthday gathering at Broadbent in the Davenport circle.
South Myrtle Point residents South Myrtle Point Cal Gant and son Ellis traveled to Bandon on Tuesday for business. Mr and Mrs George Ellis of Doro and Charles Crook Jr visited Mr and Mrs Charles Crook Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs C J Crane hosted friends in California the past week. Manley Wison works hauling logs for John Sperry. The area reports dogs at large damaging gardens. C W Crook and family visited daughter Mrs R E Barklow in West Myrtle Point Sunday evening. C W Crook also traveled up Catching Creek on Wednesday morning for business.
West Norway Sunday Mr and Mires dine with Morris Hooton at Coquille. Lloyd Winningham suffers pleurisy. Bert Myers visits Ed Myers home. John Myers buys Powers restaurant. passes through on business. Elaine Goldner visits daughter at home from California. Karl Kaufman Jr visits Fred Lafferty. Lawrence Berklow ill with cold. Mrs Price Robison improving. Myers family cut wood for winter. Funeral held in Coquille for Phyllis Jane Watson. Clarence and Remote Dix weekend guests of Fred Lafferty. I a Wilson and Ernest Lafferty shop in Mr tle Point. Edomyers hosts Wayne Woodward dinner. Price Robison and Lawrence Barkow attend Magonic picnic at Lee. Naomi Robison helps with summer work at Robison home. Iris Barklow returns from Empin visit.
Dora Dale Marcy has gone to Powers for work. Mrs. Oscaar Oberman visited Coquilld Saturday. Mrs. Ella Guerin of Myrtle Point plans a visit with sister Mrs. J N Gearart. Frank Willis and George Bender visited the AJ Mayse home Friday to Monday. Various neighbors and families from Coquille Myrtle Point Marshfield and Brittania Beach spent weekends with Gearhart Mayse Minard and related households. John Gearhart recovering well after recent accident.
Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Tom Hall and sons Wendel and Erwin along with Ardyce Strong and Mrs Roy Abbott. Other visitors were Phyllis Lehmanowsky, Mr and Mrs W V Schroeder, Lawrence Coleman, Seanna Schroeder and Norma Johnson at the North Bank road, and more calls to the A B Gant home. The Chandler visited his daughter Mrs Buz Miller of McKinley, Leanna Schroeder and Norma Johnson toured Iverson Laird logging camp, Carey Bones stayed with Webb Mast, Selma Latham visited from McMinnville, and Vernon Stout visited his father Sam Stout in Empire.
In a busy Sunday gathering at the Fred Lafferty home Miz Mile Cara and sons Lee and Ashland were joined by Miss Zima Russell. Duke Davenport and Jean Guerin served as callers while Mit Mile O'Hare, Robert wake, and Cherie Manin attended events in town.
Mrs John Lewis hosted friends over the weekend with a late Saturday and Sunday presence. Mrs Ina Howe entertained guests at Delia Leatherman cottage including Mr Tom Guerin and Janice Lafferty. Lee Perry visited grandparents A F and G W Clinton shopped in Myrtle Point Saturday.
Marshfield residents, visitors from Coquille and Myrtle Point gather for family visits. Local health concerns, farm work, and a 103 degree summer day frame a snapshot of life in McKinley during mid August 1933.
Upper Halls Creek reports that yarding fir work by John Deardorff is nearly finished and operations will be completed soon. Local families including the Watkins and Davis households spent weekends with friends and relatives in Hubbard, Coquille, Bandon, and Bend, with visits to Broadbent and Marshfield noted.
A look through social notes shows Tony Camden calling at the B. J. West home midweek. Neighbors Ya and Ben Wood returned from camp and many locals shared visits and weekend trips to Myrtle Point Powers Coquille and Myre Point.
People travel and visit, trips to Portland and Coquille, conferences and vacations noted. Residents like Christina Christensen, Elmer Wilson, Virginia and Verle Alford, Hazel Durell, Doris Ackerman, Ted Abbott, Ivan Laird, and others are recorded with outings, hospitalities, and weekend visits. Fire permits, minor injuries, and camp employments mentioned among local families and farms.
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