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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1942
Page
5
Auction style notice advertises a 3500 lb logging team vehicle with grey horses, priced as a bargain. The fragment mentions McCormack No. 6, a 4 percent figure, and terms like reconditioned and sound throughout, suggesting a sale listing for heavy logging equipment.
The undersigned executrices Rose Knight and Thelma Bell filed the final account of the estate of J Knight in Coos County Oregon. The county court set January 10 1864 at ten o clock a m in the Courthouse at Coquille for hearing objections and settlement of the estate.
Members of the Coos Genmty Fair Association will meet at City Hall Myrtle Point Oregon on Saturday February 7 1942 at 2 PM to elect a Board of Directors for the coming year and transact other business before the meeting adjourns.
The undersigned appoints an administrator for the estate of Sarah S. Ames, deceased. All persons with claims must present verifiable proof and vouchers to the administrator at Myrtle Point, Oregon within six months from the first publication date. Dated January 8 1942. RE C Roberts Administrator.
Miss Helen Austin and Miss Lillian Waterman were Saturday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs James E Jewett. Business callers in Myrtle Point included Mr and Mrs James E Jewett and Perry Waterman. Patty Jean Waterman stayed with relatives while attending school. James Craften was a Wednesday business caller in Myrtle Point.
Community updates include the next home extension meeting on January 21 at 100 a.m. in the Broadbent gym, focusing on Fewer Colds. Local visits feature Miss Dorothy Bishop, Miss Care Parrish, and the Parrish family. Carol Watson's call on Louie Palmer. and weekend stops by Floyds, Newbury, Thomas, Watsons, and Rateliff. Cocos River basketball beat Arago High by a large margin.
Arago notes include Mr and Mrs Barli Earl Edgmen Kenseth of Bandon visiting. I B Levy returning home after pneumonia. Ralph Paull in Coquille hospital for appendicitis. Royce Paull and Theron Huther visiting from San Francisco and Hall's. upcoming Ladies Aid, WOT, and S T L church meetings. Wallace-Gasl transferred to Fort Leavenworth and Myrtle Point junior varsity games.
Residents in Litkum Sitkum and nearby towns report visits to Winchester Bay North Bend and Marshfield. Trips included medical care in North Bend Myrtle Point and Portland with multiple families attending gatherings at Wilson Jenkins Churchill and Laird households. A Polly Anna club social at McKinley is noted plus a local enlistment for Keith.
Fragments describe visits and gatherings: families and friends traveling to Myrtle Creek for work and leisure. Mentions include Severt family, McKinley gathering at Mrs. Jack O Sullivan’s, Mrs. Perry Neal and Louise Fairview visiting Mrs. A J Mayse, B K E Willard North Bend weekend with O G Bunch, M C Miller and Ida Miller of Portland visiting Grant Pas and the Miller family with Stanley Beasey.
Local residents report Sunday visits from Jack Knife of Coquille and Henry Harris, with other neighbors visiting in North Bend Cottage Grove and Portland on various errands. Notices advertise printing services price increase soon at Herald Press and the sale of old newspapers for crafts and packing.
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