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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1935
Page
2
A reflective column contrasts Fishfield’s fishy breeze with North Bend’s clean image, laments urban odor and industrial growth, and criticizes two dimensional highway rules. It notes license tests for flying versus driving, comments on Huey, Mussolini, Will Rogers, Edgar Guest, and weather reports from Oregon and California.
A series of injury reports from camps and hospitals notes accidents at Bradford CCC Myrtle Point Coquille Browne and other sites. Workers including foresters, loggers, and CCC youth suffered broken bones, lacerations, and head or neck injuries, with several hospitalizations and recoveries ongoing.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Hollenbeck of Arago welcome an eight pound daughter born Monday. A 60 pound boy arrived Wednesday at Mast hospital to the home of Mrs Frank Sinko of Coquille, formerly Mary Hoover of Myrtle Point before her marriage.
Paul Readman underwent throat tumor surgery last Thursday. Lowlang Scorch had tonsils removed a week ago. Robert Train, five, and Verne Cornelius, ten, also had tonsil removals and are recovering. Mrs Yoakam and Mrs Thrift were discharged after recent hospital stays.
On August 31 Oregon State Fair opens with Children’s Day and a parade of rubber giants and jungle monster figures. The 14 life size amplifying giants rise on floats with clowns and a two story balloon animal. costumes require skilled handlers and long setup as crowds await the spectacle along the fairgrounds.
The obituary notes the death of a Fairview resident at age 44 after heart disease while hospitalized in Portland. Funeral services and burial are planned at the Masonic cemetery in Coquille with survivors including his mother Mrs Frances Kenruson and siblings in Hitchcock, South Dakota and nearby towns.
A string of visitors and family gatherings fills the community page. Guests include Mr and Mrs Harold Garrett from California visiting local relatives, Mr and Mrs Roy Garrett hosting, and multiple families from Roseburg Coquille Myrtle Point North Bend and Portland sharing weekends with friends and kin.
Community updates recount relatives and visitors including Mildred Emerick and Warren, Jack Burns of Brewster, Carson Martens from Temple, and Riverton visitor Mrs Peterson. Notes mention property purchases on Railroad Avenue, trips to Portland and Eugene, hospital return, and weekend visits with Laird families and Berkeley guests.
The Mulkey school will receive a new interior coat of paint funded by a community fund and volunteers will donate labor for the project.
Clerks are urged to submit a copy of their school audit to the secretary of state under a newly enacted law. A reporting blank is supplied by W H Wann and mailed from the county superintendent's office.
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