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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1937
Page
5
Local notices recount Thanksgiving visits and dinners across Myrtle Point and nearby towns. Families such as Hainesy, Karry, Hayes, Bones, Palmer, Evernden, and King host relatives from Monmouth, Salem, Marshfield, and Coquille. Several plan doctor visits and travel to celebrate with kin.
Gravelford Mroo and Mra W of DeBoer and daughters Betty and Helen visited Cenpuitle Mra and Mes W Jo DeBoer and Betty and Helen and Kella Crosby for about two hours Sunday at the Yodan watching the fire. Crosby spent Thanksgiving with her mother and the Bunch family. Many neighbors joined Dr and Mrs J oR Bunch in Coquille for the holiday. Households from Portland and other nearby towns marked holiday gatherings with relatives, with several names listed among attendees and hosts.
Halls Creek area residents joined a community Thanksgiving dinner in Arage Fide with Mrs Jo W Barnett and Ernest Watkins among those hosting. Attendees included Mr and Mrs HOB Watkins and praising visits to Michigan, Ray Parker and sons, Orva Parker, Jack Deardorff, Theodore Haberts and family, all extending thanks after a five week or four week travels. Ernest Watkins again faced throat troubles tied to a forest fire smoke and lingering illness.
Bancroft residents Mr and Mrs Will Fish visited Myrtle Point guests Mr and Mrs Gey Mann and Miss Mann. Elmes Sargern cut wood for Herbert Snyder. Dinner guests at Lyle Hardman included Herman Kach the Magills Elmer and Ben Hardman. Ella Stwallin visited Myrtle Point. Clusters of Appletons Enyeart and Everndens hosted relatives over Thanksgiving. Mrs Evernden ill with flu. Arve Sargent hosted a Thanksgiving party.
The notice lists numerous families from Gold Beach Marshfield Reedsport Port Orford Coquille and nearby areas hosting and visiting relatives and friends over Thanksgiving weekend. Names include Glen Sabin Bert Ehlendett Ora Robison Ora Axe and others with extended family gatherings across multiple towns.
A garbled list of families and guests recounts Thanksgiving attendance in multiple towns. Mentions include Holmes, Barrett, Powell Lancaster, Barton, Jennings, Tureaday, Camas Valier, Bancroft, Appleton, Cribbins, Critbine, Barkler, and Cribt, with various relatives visiting, staying overnight, or sharing dinners. Distinct names and places appear with scattered dates and minor actions.
A townwide list of residents from Marshfield Myrtle Point Coquille and nearby towns shared Thanksgiving meals with relatives and friends. Names include Broadbent Littre Hermann Allen Strong Dietz Henry Peterson Watson Linton Miller Bentley Clausen and others, with visits to and from Edmonds, Norways, Bancroft and Corvallis.
A long list of Thanksgiving visits and gatherings across Port, Coquille, Marshfield, and surrounding areas. Families such as Jansen, Detlefsen, Cagusen, Benniksen, Hawkins, Dunham, Heck, Anderson, Bryant, and Applete joined relatives including Herman, George Hermann, Martin Schmidt, and Ovid Bryant for feasts, games, and dancing. Local news notes also mention fern picking resuming and a Saturday night chickenhouse party on Paulsen road.
Wallace Bryant moves from Myrtle Point to attend school here as part of carnival preparations.
A Fairview Ladies Aid meeting will be at Mrs. Robert Holverstott’s home Thursday afternoon to collect toys, press and tie ribbons, and finalize plans. The bazaar will be at a Coquille variety store on Saturday December 4 and Monday [undetermined] December. Over 50 cuddly toys in many animals have been made for sale.
Pleasant Point guests include Mr and Mrs William Watson and Dorothy at the Charles Mc Pherson home. Henry Detlefsen dined with his brother on Thanksgiving Day. Fred Hobson visited C Guy Mann. Mr and Mrs Thomas Rogers and Mrs Mary Miller were at Bruno Lange’s home. Mr and Mrs A A Fenwick from Dorris California arrived to be with Mrs Sarah Kelley who is seriously ill.
CHAMP 4H CANNER ESTHER MAASSEN 16 of Lents earns Oregon 4 H food preservation title on a four year membership she canned 1968 pints of fruits vegetables and meats gave eight public demonstrations and entered 11 judging contests winning county honors in 1937 She receives a trip to the 16th National Club Congress in Chicago November 26 to December 4 and will compete for sectional honors and a 200 scholarship with potential for another 200 if she wins the national title.
Roberts family members and friends help at C. Guy Mann home for Mrs. Sarah Kelley while bad weather keeps people in. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Charles McPherson and relatives visited William Watson and Leslie Southmayd households as autumn traffic woes grow with nearly 6000 Oregon accidents last fall, over half the season total.
Neighbors and guests attended a turkey dinner at the home of William Johns on Big Creek. Committees from the 9 Grange church and Woman’s Club were named to assist BC Ellison, school principal, with plans for a community Christmas program featuring a Yuletide pageant by an adult chorus. date to be announced. Mrs Pancoast left for Portland to attend a Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting with national president Laurie Schettle as special guest. Eleven neighbors gathered at Charles Murray’s home for a no-hostess Thanksgiving dinner.
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