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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1936
Page
2
The Women's Missionary Society meets at the church on the second and fourth Fridays each month at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. A charge on the upcoming meeting day is also noted for attendees.
Mrs. Frank Barber returned home to East Side after a week at the Powers ranch in Eckley. She recorded 53 bird species and noted additional wildlife seen during field work for the U and Biological survey.
Mrs. Glen Grant traveled to Port Orford after learning Noah Van Dorn fell and broke his leg. The break occurred where bone had been removed months earlier to graft a broken arm. He was transported to a Salem hospital for treatment.
Pendleton newlyweds Mr and Mrs Jess W Forrester Jr hosted at the Forrester home. Editors and reporters instructor Ben Crawford Jr returned from Portland. Chadwick Lodge Masons members attended Coquille. Coquille’s Tomas Erickson visited his parents. Mayme Frye returned from Willaport. Mrs Jes Forrester and son Rob spent time in Marshfield. Infant son treated at Coquille hospital. A L Roberts family visited Bandon. Wanda Bevins and Margaret Young from Ludington Mich guests at Hennessey home. Floyd Stephens hosted in Bandon. Norman Lewellyn from Myrtle Point visited. Susie Miller of Berkeley returned home from Powers and Albany. Mrs W G Carty returned from Bremerton with Lorraine and Roderick. Grady Johnson back from Portland. Arthur Thurber and daughter visited relatives in Prosser WA, then to Ligat and Helen in Marshfield. Fred W Powers and Alber Powers drove to Portland. Bertie McCloskey and Lily Dement visited the Ellis Warne home in Myrtle Point. Myrtle Taylor of Los Angeles staying a month with J E Taylor family.
Tuesday last week Bert Mead arrested Harry McAdams 41 in Portland on a warrant for non support. McAdams was taken to Coquille. Wednesday he went to Portland to answer charges. In Powers a court set charges for Ray Ball 19, arrested June 20 for motorcycle theft, which were later thrown out.
The American Legion Auxiliary met Friday with nine members present. A feature was the presentation of a gold ring to Mrs Stephens' infant son. The next meeting will be the second Friday in July with Mrs Clyde Allen.
Albert Powers returned Saturday from Longview Washington where she attended the convention of the Washington Federation of Women's clubs and spoke at the Junior convention held in connection. Her daughter Diana accompanied her to Portland.
Mr and Mrs Vernal Isbell and daughter Ruth of Washington DC visited M and Mrs H E Quilhaugh in Oregon. Ruth is the sister of Quilhaugh, and it had been 39 years since the families last met. Rupert L Jones and Ted Jones of Rogue River, brothers of Mrs Isbell, also visited. Isbell plans a return trip and hopes to settle in western Oregon within three years.
Mrs Ralph Winstring 9 Mrs Dunalu Pankey and Mrs Joseph Finney attended a linen shower for the bride at Miss Billy Ann Miller's home last Thursday. Former schoolmates including Clara Quilhaugh Veleda Allen Helen Lew and Frances Ellen King joined the afternoon gathering.
Members of the Fellowship club chose officers for the coming six months at last Wednesday night. President Mrs Gus McCulloch was elected along with vice president Mrs William Richards secretary Mrs Eugene Spade and treasurer George Dunn. Nominators for the six officer posts include Mrs Morris Lewis, Mrs Eugene Spade, M John Pus, and George Charman.
The notice lists regular meeting times for several clubs: Moose Women meet 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 8 PM in Moose Hall. Eastern Stars meet 2nd and 4th Thursdays in summer. Fellowship Club meets every other Wednesday at 2 PM for dessert. Royal Neighbors meet 2nd and 4th Mondays at the Fellowship clubhouse. Sunshine Club meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at members’ homes. Rebekahs meet 1st Tuesday at 8 PM in the Fellowship clubhouse. Masonic Lodge Bingham Lodge F and A M meets 2nd and 4th Fridays in Moose Hall. Townsend Club meets Wednesday evenings at 7:30 PM in the Fellowship clubhouse.
Public card party held at the home of Mr Woolies Woakeman with Mrs Winkelmas and Mrs Clade Ale at 2 oclock. Six tables of pinochle and other games featured prizes. Mrs Eddie Rubin won first place and consolation went to Mrs RE Steven. Mrs Jack Hannon took a prize in another event and Mrs Rance Hall finished second.
An old guide promotes bottled fruit pectin to diversify jams and jellies. It details grapefruit jelly with grapefruit juice, rind, sugar, and pectin, plus steps to simmer and seal. It also provides a cake recipe, Patty's Birthday Cake, with cake flour, baking powder, butter, sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla, almond extract, and frosting instructions.
The fragmentary report lists residents traveling to Portland Seattle Tacoma and South Dakota for weekends visits events and family gatherings. It notes several households. Walter and Coro members of extended families and friends visiting relatives in various communities including Mausshfield and Muratfield with multiple car trips and dinners mentioned.
Fragmentary text from a West Norway page segment contains scattered names and phrases with no clear event or coherent narrative to summarize. Consistent details such as persons places or dates are missing, producing an unreadable excerpt.
The record lists a long line of invited guests and attendees including Donald Kneel MeKes Frank Hoffman Julia Church James Cooper David Cooper Caroline Stakcup Ar line Evans Marion Moore Dale Courtright Fordyce Worsham Kenneth Gibson Carol Gibson Robert Meyers Barbara Conner Junior Dillings Mary Ann Hunt Donna Swigar Barbara Stemmier Colleen Lamb Harold Robison Allen Lafferty Paul Stock and Mrs L P Linn among others. Overnight guests included Alex Barksow and Mr Mrs Ed Myers and family attended various activities at the Price Robison and Ed Myers homes with a surprise bridal shower for Mrs Eldred Wilder hosted by Iris Barklow and Mrs Ray Barklow.
McKinley residents William Fraim and family traveled to Broadbent to harvest logan berries for canning. Archie Hanson marked his 19th birthday with a family dinner. Seventeen members of the Bridge Grange met with the McKinley Grange group for visiting night. HR Ho Lawhorn received a past masters pin and Dorbnet King, Mrs Clorenge Church, and Mrs Vesto Sturm filed grange membership applications. Arthur Brown, state grange deputy, attended. Refreshments including fruit salad sandwiches and coffee were served.
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