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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1930
Page
2
Audrey Lundy to return home Christmas day from West Linn where she teaches. Schroeder and Church families host and visit relatives around Christmas. Local residents advertise plumbing, radios, and home services. Numerous visits from regional friends and relatives mark the holiday week in Myrtle Point and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs J W Hall of Catching Creek celebrate their golden wedding with three children present: Mrs E R Endicott Eugene Myrtle Tillamook and George Hall nearby. Other offspring attend via open house, with fourteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren born recently. The couple, married in 1881 in Dakota Territory, moved to Oregon in 1891 and still reside on their ranch. Neighbors convey best wishes and note the couple appreciate shared moments with relatives and friends.
In a gay corner Marcia reads a “Help Wanted-Female” ad and turns to fortune telling as a first job. A young man accuses her of predicting for everyone, then she hints at a romance with him as a palm reader, promising a bright New Year locale.
Authorities recovered three truck loads of high grade imported liquor from a Yaquina Bay shipment tied to a Portland bootleg ring. Drivers L H Stockman and Albert B Grant faced transportation charges after federal and local officers seized 360 bottles plus 110 and 112 case loads. Trucks were daftly camouflaged and landed in Dallas before bound for Portland.
J D Barklow of Halls Creek died at age sixty last Friday at his home. He was born in Story County Iowa and moved to Oregon with Samuel and Annie Barklow while two. He leaves a wife Barah Noah, two children Lawrence and Mrs Clarence Butler, two brothers J H Barklow and Nathan, and four sisters. He was a member of the Y 0 F lodge at Coquille and held a Veterans jewel for twenty five years. Funeral services were in Schroeder chapel with Rev E G Ranton officiating and burial in Comas Valley.
The Indipents announce a Friday game with 85 and 15 cent admission promising fan value. Mr and Mrs M J Morrison host a Christmas tree on Wednesday and a Christmas day dinner for the Waltering family Fred LaBranch family and V V Hagedorn and family with Miss Gladys Mayora of Coquille and a Seattle visitor in attendance. say you saw it in The Herald.
The state department in Salem announces that half year automobile licenses may now be obtained starting Wednesday this week. Mr and Mrs J B Price and son Wilbur visited Escondido and are seeking property trade opportunities in the area.
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