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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1936
Page
6
County budget outlines $2,000 per acre for the bridge construction with remainder funded by WPA. County engineer reviews plans and a survey of the adjacent right of way will be completed soon. Property owners along the crossing express willingness to transfer the right of way at a nominal $1.
Marriage notices show Clifford Crump and Lillian Soter som wed by Rev W B Smith at the A J Strong home in the county seat. Jack W Hultin and Marjorie Bullard married on New Year’s Day by Rev Winfield S Smith at the Chase Oerding home. P M Ross and Bula Maude Wade of New Orleans obtained licenses, while Kenneth Schnick and Gladys Fox tied the knot at the North Bend Christian church officiated by Rev Ear L Soward. George S Davis and Jeanette E Rule, a Coquille pair, united at the Methodist parsonage in Coquille with Rev G A Gray.
County arrests Roy Arneson 21 of Myrtle Point after a Powers robbery report at a Coquille hardware store. A Coquille police shot at fleeing suspects. Arneson released Monday for insufficient evidence. Reuben Brown Middle Fork arrested Monday on illegal angling charge and pled guilty.
Rosas Kistner of Coquille was fined $25 with $10 of it paid as costs after arrest on Monday January 86 for operating a motor vehicle without a license. Additional costs were assessed.
The Royal Neighbors of America hold a practice meeting at Schroeder hall on Saturday January 18 with a potluck dinner on January 20. Two candidates will be installed and the meeting honors members with birthdays in the past three months.
Flood waters swept through Bancroft and nearby districts forcing residents to shelter at Davenport and other homes. Roads and bridges were submerged cutting off West Myrtle Point and Myrtle Point areas, with boats providing the sole transport for people and cattle. Several ranches including the Norway and Peterson properties faced isolation as water surrounded barns and stock. Damages reported at Fairview included telecommunication outages and damaged lines, while one death occurred in the region.
Riders and drivers faced high water on the Myrtle Point-Coquille highway at Rink Creek with water over the road Sunday yet some autos crossed. The Coquille to Bandon route was most flooded requiring a pilot car for safety. Some travelers used the Coquille mouth ferry to Bullards and then the North Bank road to reach Coquille.
The Fresbyteran Ladies Aid plans a church meeting on Wednesday January 15 with Mrs Poomas Guern Mie Heant and Mrs Masry Holt attending. Officers will be elected and reports given on the year’s work plus a bake sale. The notice notes visiting relatives and various social calls in the community.
Evelyn Alice is welcomed by Mr and Mrs Clinard Mast after a 430 PM Thursday birth at Mast hospital. The newborn girl is named Evelyn Alice and joins the family.
Fragmentary notes describe a newborn care incident at a medical facility. The readable lines indicate a hospital setting and a critical event requiring attention, with unclear patient identifiers and dates. Further details are not legible.
The article notes Barkdoll received a bad axe cut in his leg last week and is improving rapidly. It mentions other local names in a fragmented notice about community events and people, with no additional details.
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