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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1954
Page
5
Local families plan holidays across Oregon and neighboring states. Rev. and Mrs. Edward McClurg, children head to Seattle. many others depart for Ashland Portland Salem Coos Bay and Denmark for Christmas or to visit relatives. Several students return from Eugene Willamette University St Helens Hall and Palo Alto for the holidays.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Clausen visit the Broad Tuesday for the San Francisco area to spend Christmas with their children. Mr and Mrs Mike Bolinger bring their daughter Pat to join Mrs LaFlamme's family in town for the holiday. Asa Whitaker arrives from Spokane to share Christmas with his sons Howard and Ralph and their families. Miss Vedawane from North Vancouver visits from Thursday to Sunday with Mrs Cora Steele and Delbert Steele, joined by their presence at the Community Christmas program in Coquille. Rev and Mrs Leon Miller spend Christmas with their son Vernon in Fresno where Miller will speak in his son's pulpit. Mr and Mrs Charles Wooldridge plan to travel to Walla Walla to spend Christmas with Mrs Wooldridge's mother.
Prize winners in the D C Letter Contest are announced with emphasis on community pride. The feature highlights how Gow urges support for hometown businesses to keep towns vibrant and thriving.
Final week winners are Mrs J B Barkdoll and Mrs Glenn Barrows who praise local merchants and home industry. The Myrtle Point Chamber thanks all entrants and wishes a Merry Christmas. The city invites bids by January 3 1955 for furnace oil deliveries to City Hall and Flora M Laird Memorial Library with storage of 1000 and 550 gallons, bids to be opened January 1 1956.
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