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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1938
Page
3
A sequence of social visits unfolds in Pleasant Point as families including Watson Mann Wilberger and Trigg host and visit across the week. Numerous relatives and friends from Watson Mann and surrounding homes attend dinners, Sunday gatherings, and a wedding celebration for Mr and Mrs James Norton at the Martin home.
A flurry of visits across Lee and nearby towns includes Mr and Mrs. Philip Janeans and Junior of Seattle hosting guests, Julia Leatherman taking a two week Oregon trip, and multiple dinners and house parties involving the Anderson, Knife, Copley, and Clark families plus visitors from Avago, Bandon, Marshfield, Gaylord, Long Beach, Coquille, and Corvallis. Frances Perry and Lorraine White joined Moseley and others for gatherings, with trips to Crater Lake and Portland noted.
McKinley Wm Grow and Mrs Grow of Crockett California are house guests of W W Lewhorns this week. The Garden club met at Mrs Rex Brown’s home and chose The Jolly Gardeners as the group name. Mrs Nellie Brown Mrs Charlies Thomas and Mrs Lyman King had August birthdays celebrated with cake and coffee. The next meeting will be at Reuben Brown’s home on September 23. Ted Brown traveled to Marshfield for a cold treatment and Mrs Neilie Brown visited Camas Valley. Mrs Charles Thomas has been ill and her sister Mrs Barclay from Bridge came to assist. Mr and Mrs Vern Smith late of North Bend visited the R H Lawhorne home last weekend.
Catching Creek ma Mead of Seattle visited his niece Mrs Elbert West Sunday evening. Mrs Ray Rookard and daughter of Myrtle Point were visitors with them. Miss Vive Wood called last week in Myrtle Point. Hartley Huggins stopped by Elbert and R J West home last week. Loren Knight and family were callers in Coquille Monday. John Belloni of Myrtle Point was a business caller on L L Evernden and Louis Shindell Sunday. During the last week at the C V Bushnell home were E Franer Hoffman, Harley Huggin, Loren Knight family, L Barklow family, Darla and Robert. Elbert West and R J West, H E Gissler, William Schull, and Gloria and Rae Knight visited. Thomas Lawson called at BE L Barklow home Monday. Fred McNair of Coquille and Earl Cox spent the weekend at the D A Wood home. A Wood was a business caller in Myrtle Point last week. Victor Bushil visited the M L Liley home in Myrtle Point Sunday. Loren Knight and family went to Gold Beach Monday afternoon, staying with Jess Cayadel. Lawrence Barkdoll hauled wood from R J West place Tuesday. Mrs A K Gray and three children with Eugene and Roberta Habe gar will leave today for their home in Banning California after visiting Mrs Gray's parents Mr and Mrs James Wood.
Mrs Merrit Garst and Corella from Chicago arrived last Thursday to visit Mr and Mrs Albert Reed. Mrs Garst is a former roommate of Mrs Reed from Laverne College in La verne California and a student nurse at Sevalde hospital.
Remote Mr and Mrs Walter Rookard and Mr and Mrs Robert Farmer and Dallas joined Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Ivan Cribbins. The week included trips to Yellowstone and visits in Corvallis Portland Caldwell and Myrtle Creek with many Cribbins relations hosting and visiting.
Sitkum and surrounding areas saw a flurry of weekend hospitality as residents hosted friends and relatives from Klamath Falls Drain Myrtle Point Coos River Coquille and Medford. Several groups visited family homes in Laird Benham Crowley Moran and Krewson households with calls in Coquille and Myrtle Point.
The article outlines a family friendly Barbecued Ham with creamed potatoes green salad hot biscuits and fresh berries a no frills plan suitable for Dad and Junior. It notes make ahead prep in an air conditioned fridge and careful handling to avoid flavor cross contamination. Local social notes list several residents and visits in Myrtle Point Portland Roseburg Eugene and Coos River with names including Rosalie Aden Laird Grove Mullens Moore Carver and Thelma Berschbach.
A home style barbecue sauce recipe is shared with butter water vinegar mustard sugar salt chili powder pepper onion garlic and tabasco for simmering then chilling. The piece also lists several local residents including Mr and Mrs Ivan Laird Kenneth Laird Eleanor King Elmer and Charles Wilson Eloise Crowley and others with notes about Ed Collins returning from battling a fire and a visit with Elmer Wilson to Eugene.
Mr and Mrs. Leonard Garoutte came from Gold Beach to spend the weekend at their Arago home. Everett Doyle broke his arm after a fireplace accident. Numerous local couples and individuals were Sunday evening callers at the Earl Edgman home and other neighbors attended church picnics and community events.
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