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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1937
Page
6
Community visitors and dinner guests fill the week with visits to the W. Lao Ray home and Frank Young household. Several locals attend school, visit hospitals, or travel for business while others report illnesses like flu and pineapple poisoning. Business trips include state highway engineer B. A. Coffee from Marshfield and Rex train travels to Cushman, with vacations planned in California.
Obituaries note the death of groceryman at Mast hospital Myrtle Point on February 17 1937 after flu and pneumonia. Willis born January 23 1917 at Olex Gilliam county lived in Bandon and Alaska before returning. Widby pioneer in Myrtle Point with Spokane home and family survives. A homemaking recipe describes rolling dried beef with mashed potatoes and mustard into bite sized canapés cooked by broiling on an electric range.
Mr and Mrs Alden Mast welcome baby girl Betty Lou born Saturday February 13 1987 at a Coquille hospital. The infant weighed pounds 6 ounces at birth.
Mrs Roy Brown of Myrtle Point hosted guests including Mr and Mrs O W Heath and Mrs Ray Beckett. Other gatherings included the Bryants brief visits with Ovid Bryant and O W Heath, and a Sunday gathering at the Dwight Culver home with Lindon Lowers and Helen Brant among attendees.
Saturday and Monday events include junior high basketball and drama in Bridge gym and a Washington assembly in the auditorium. Visuals with class projects on Lincoln and Washington, a Lincoln assembly, and May Festival folk dances are planned. Other items note new students, a silver tea fundraiser, and flu illness among staff.
Mrs Jack Moore hosted a birthday party for her son Wallace last Thursday. He turned 18 and twelve of his peers attended, with a Valentine motif featured in the celebration.
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