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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1934
Page
3
Local residents report visits and gatherings across Myrtle Point Coquille and surrounding valleys. Names include Florence Mead Ray Rockard Cora Bullock Allen Shuck and Mrs Nickason with weekly calls, dinners, and shopping trips noted.
Twin Oaks Ernest Davenport hosted an overnight with Gene and Phillip Robison and Ellen Monrad. Mr and Mrs Emery Johnson of Coos Sand, Myrtie Print, Rodney Daven, and Chester Willson with Ward Evans and John Felsher households were guests at various dinners. Audrey Davenport visited Mrs P F Bartlett, Chris Nelsen and Esther Nelsen spent time with parents, and several locals traveled to Marshfield on business.
South Myrtle Point residents Bir and Mrs. Kili¢ Gant along with Cal and Jack Crane of Portland motored to Coquille last week for a weekend visit.
Weat Norway Mrs George Hampton and Mr and Mrs Everett Lafferty visited at SL Caffertys Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Turner MacDonald Miss Lou Hooton Mrs Matilda Hill and Winifred Clayton were dinner guests Sunday at Hootons Haven at Bridge. Mr and Mrs Ed Myers were guests at the Stanley Halter home Sunday for dinner. Mr and Mrs John Myers were in Myrtle Point Wednesday. Mr Myers was painting the grade school. Dave Peterson visited Ed Myers Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday evening Mrs Ira Wilson and Vera Knight returned from a business trip to 40 Portland. Wednesday Mr and Mrs Ed Myers were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Lane at Coquille. Wr and Mrs Walter Barklow were guests Sunday at the Frank Dungee Home in Coquille. Mrs Isaac Miller is visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs Walter Barklow, this week. Afrs S L Lafferty and Mrs Fred Lafferty were doing business in 12quille Tuesday afternoon.
Broadbent and nearby communities saw a steady flow of guests and activities. Local families hosted friends from Norway and Coquille, church members attended Sunday services, and transportation mishaps and travel to Weed California were noted. Several residents attended an agriculture meeting in Coquille while road work improved a steel bridge panel.
Thursday reports show Mrs. C A Swift visiting Mr B B Walking and Mr and Mrs J winning on Myrtle Point. Families including Manley Wilson Edward Watkins and Claude Randleman spend time with relatives and at local homes through Friday and Saturday at Myrtle Point and Arago.
Mrs C E Dick and daughter Gloria made a business trip to Coquille Thursday afternoon. Mrs George Clarke visited at the Kenneth Holmes home Thursday. Miss Ariah Beckham of Bandon spent the week at the Barrett Zian home. The Dow Lancaster family quied Saturday night with friends in Valley. A number from this community attended the Ladies Civics club dance at Bridge to raise money for hot lunch for school children. Kenneth Holmes is on the sick list this week with a cold and sore throat.
Gravelford Mr and Mrs Fred Woods and three children visited Mrs C A Crane in town after returning from Willamette valley. Dr and Mrs J R Bunch of Coquille spent time at the Paul Bunch home. Various neighbors including the Iversons, Bothwells, Weeklys, Mast family, Laird family, and deBoers stopped by for visits through the weekend and into Monday, with several trips to Eureka California and Powers dance noted.
In the Diamond Jubilee year of statehood Oregon, University of Oregon journalism students prepared a collection of stories on pioneer life and early roads and schools. Authors include G A Shadduck Paul Ewing Ernest Rae R R French and Lenore Wells. Copies are available from the School of Journalism or Oregon State Editorial Association in Eugene.
The Bureau of Municipal Research at the University of Oregon, led by Herman Eghrli, will prepare a complete reference bureau and library on municipal government with Civil Works Administration funds for six assistants. All Oregon cities are urged to cooperate by providing budgets and revenue methods.
The bureau will analyze city budgets and compile comparative data so each city can compare expenditures and income with others. Delinquent taxes and tax indebtedness will be included, using records from the past decade. Officials hail the project as highly valuable with broad expected benefits for many municipalities.
The article promotes cheese as a nutritious main food, rich in protein calcium and phosphorous, and outlines low temperature cooking methods. It gives a cheese based onion tomato dish and a quick rabbit with tomato soup variant, stressing cheese enhances flavor and food value beyond a mere garnish.
A layered bake combines spaghetti with a cheese sauce and shredded cabbage. Cook spaghetti twenty minutes, melt cheese into hot sauce, then layer spaghetti cabbage and sauce in a buttered dish topped with buttered bread crumbs and bake briefly.
Winter vegetable ideas stress variety and imagination for scarce produce. Practical tips include panned or creamed cabbage with greens cooked briefly and served with milk, plus curries and gratins using leftovers to provide minerals and vitamins.
A vintage recipe fragment describes methods for preparing cabbage with onions and peppers, steamed with salt and butter, plus a vegetable gratin with white sauce and cheese, and buttered beets with parsley. It details boiling times, water, and finishing steps for each dish.
Methodist ladies hold event at Marshfield Methodist Church. George Parker Jr left Sunday for work. Mr and Mrs Milton Mast and baby returned Sunday from a visit with Mr Masten after Mrs J R Kimberly of Portland.
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