Baby shower honors Mrs Wilmer Stidham in Elgin
Mrs George Babb Jr and Mrs Wilton Thomas hosted a baby shower at Mrs Babb’s home on Friday Jan 17 honoring Mrs Wilmer Stidham. Guests included Mrs Chester Mullins Mrs June Ficks and other local residents with several relatives and friends sending gifts from afar. Milissa Pyatt and Mary Powrie connected with Rainbow Girls soon to install Mary Powrie as Worthy Advisor February 9 at 2 00 PM. Mrs H H Thomas hosted a bridge gathering with several players and top scores reported for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Babb, Jr
Wilton Thomas
Wilmer Stidham
Babb
Chester Mullins
June Ficks
Marold Backlund
Ford Liday
Jim Sturell
Elmer Strode
Earl Bowman
Everett Hubbard
Olivershull
Neema Barklow
Jerry Sidham
Cicero Stidham
Raymond Argo
Nellie Schroeder
Ruby Brown
Alma Steinhauer
Janice Sidham
Priscilla Mast
Orland Meader
Jane Northup
Bob Hogan
Chet Cook
Ed Miller
Stella Miller
Milissa Pyatt
Mary Powrie
Elgin Assembly
Rainbow For Girls
Masonic Hall
Dottie Dement Reports Salem Weather Disruptions
Dottie Dement writes from Salem noting miserable rain and snow turning to slush, preventing driving due to parking and cab shortages. She reports many events canceled while the Capitol Club party remains on for Feb 3 at Diahe Country Club, hosted by the Lobbyist group. More details to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Apt
Farm Bureau
Debbs Potts
Senate
Local Mr and Mrs Lulton Schroeder Return from San Francisco
Mr and Mrs John Dayton and Mr and Mrs Dick Jamsgard accompany the Lulton Schroeder family as they return home Friday after a week in San Francisco attending the furniture market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulton Schroeder
John Dayton
Dick Jamsgard
San Francisco
My Fair Lady L.T.O.B. Production
Hope Cahill leads Little Theatre on the Bay in a staged My Fair Lady after a year of planning. The piece blends Shaw with Lerner Loewe, following Cahill’s prior successes like Anything Goes and South Pacific. She balances family life with directing duties and even served as a sergeant in the Women’s Marine Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Cahill
Hope
Little Theatre On the Bay
South Pacific
Alan
Hopes
Tame, Cahill
Empire Fuel Tame
Stuent
Oregon State University
Uncle Sam
Women’s Marine Corps
London
Campfire Girls Elect New Makah Wee Officers
The Makah Wee Campfire Girls elected a new president. He or she enjoyed a gift exchange and party. During January they painted pictures and chose campfire names.
My Fair Lady at Bay area theater marks a fond dream realisation
Hope directs a large cast with an assistant, musical, and technical team as the Bay area prepares eleven performances of My Fair Lady from February 21 to March. The piece promises musical charm and lasting theater memories for local audiences. Also listed are hospital births: Rubin Lee Elb, Darren Emery, Cathy Dawn Fraser, and Brigette Ann Counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Wal
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Bay Area
Fair
Local Visitors and Winter Snowfall across Reedport Area
In Reedport on Sunday visiting were Mr and Mrs Richie Daniels and family and Mr and Mrs Ben Daniels. Howard Vander Zanden and Mrs Clara Crump joined Earl Adams home, then Carl Bushnell. Gordon Ashbee family returned Jan 31 from California. John and Reed Gurney home from Southern Oregon College. Karen Butler of Ashland visited. Across the county Powers reports 24 to 30 inches of snow with mobile homes hit hardest. Frosted furnaces and heat loss forced many to seek warmth at the Club House as crews restore electricity and power crept back to homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed6port
Richie Daniels
Ben Daniels
Howard Vander Zanden
Eugene
Earl Adams
Vander Zanden
Clara Crump
Carl Bushnell
Gordon Ashbee
California
Bakersfield
Roy Ashbee
Oakland
Sheila Miller
Auburn
John Ashbee
John
Reed Gurney
Southern Oregon College
Karen Butler
Ashland
Gurney
Powers
Pacific Power and Light Co
Sewell
Myrtle Point
James Boggan
Veteran’s Hospital
Robert Sheedy
Glen Cush
Hall’s Grocery
al and
Berties
Cusic
John Day
Billy Utterback
OGU
Carl Utterback
Billy
Tom
Ann) Utterback
Neighborhood Spirit Shines in Snowbound Powers
In Powers community spirit lifts residents after a heavy storm. Lou Reed clears driveways and streets toward Rose City Archery Factory and Powers Veneer Plant while Carl Utterback powers generators for freezers. Neighbors such as Noble Adamek aid with errands, and Mrs. Raymond Casteek receives roof shoveling help. Phone service returns as General Telephone fields a mobile unit. The town endures snow on Main Street and along the South Fork bridge, with one way traffic and snow piles blocking sidewalks and driveways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Reed
Rose City Archery Factory
Powers Veneer
Carl Utterback
Noble Adamek
Raymond Casteek
Powers
General Telephone
Coquille
Ree
Ralph Anderson
Leggett
James Gamwell
Irwin Elder
Emily
Kenneth Stevens
Robert Frye
Elder
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Mrs. Stidham
Rainbow Girls
Bridge Club
H. H. Thomas
Ralph Whitaker
Frank Meldrum
Flentge Perkins
Clare Lehmanowsky
Elton Schroeder
Waldemar Gurney
Ben Nichols
Lehmanowsky
Schroeder
Dottie Dement
My Fair Lady L.T.O.B
Fair Lady
Donald Farris
N. Alder, Coquille
Ore
Rubin Lee &Lb
Donald Layman
Spruce St
Darren Emery
Hubert Fraser
Herman St
Cathy Dawn
Dale Counts
Dean
Brig Atte Ann
Semperts
Rexall
Whitman Chocolates
Mabel Tho
Tamale Sale
Elton Assen
Stover
Mrs
Fred Sewell
Ben Luethe
Portland
Doug Wyland
Pacific University
Holly Hough
Leta
Bankamericard
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