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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1950
Page
7
Myrtle Point highlights include church party reports and family visits. Notices cover travel to Seattle and Portland for medical care and conventions, sporting events, and community gatherings.
About 100 people gathered Friday night February 17 for a Parent Teachers Association event in Arage. Mothers faced daughters in a basketball style volleyball game won by the girls 14 to 12. An all star team performed a grand entry with costumed players and majorettes before a spirited, fast paced match.
Mr and Mrs Carl Nelson and guests visited Mr and Mrs W E Ralph Saturday afternoon. Mrs Dorothy Williams visited relatives in Corvallis and planned stops in Portland. A Saturday pot luck at the Community building followed by a brief meeting and dancing till 1 am. A special school budget meeting was held at Lakeyhore with Clerk Betty Frazier presiding and attendees including Aden Adkins, the Higgins family, and C V Bushnell family.
A sequence of visits and overnight stays unfolds across Chandler Creek and Floral Creek communities. The record notes stops by the Lawson and C. W. Bushnell households, R. H. McCall home, and overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Higgins. Bob and Jim Bushnell visited Fred O’Connor while Kent Marsters and Mrs. Farrell Rankin returned from California with relatives and friends. Dinner guests included Mr and Mrs. Marion Lakey hosting H Bushnell and Terry.
Admit list shows Victor Lopez Orvil Knight Leo Frye Powers Raymond Lonanecker Walter Hos sess Langlois Mrs Earl LeaLe William Sullivan Mrs J P Bey across hospital records.
A fragmented OCR snippet lists individuals such as John Jean Long and Mrs John Hemenway, along with locations like Bandon and Coquille plus routes and addresses including Broadbent and Fairview. The readable items suggest a community roster or local notice segment without a clear event.
Councilman George Linn sought American Legion permission to hang the Myrtlewood honor roll of local boys killed in World War I. The plaque, carved by Truman Hartley for the Lions Club, had been stored since hanging under a bank marquee and will now be displayed in City Hall.
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