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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1941
Page
5
Cribbins thank friends for kindness sympathy and floral offerings during recent bereavement signed Mr and Mrs Tracy Cribbins Jack Ray Mr and Mrs George Isaac Mr and Mrs Floyd Evernden.
The Chenoweth family expresses gratitude for kindness and floral tributes during their bereavement for George Chenoweth, with thanks from John Chenoweth, James Chenoweth, and Myrtle Dinsmore.
Howard Rogers of Company H 4th Infantry Fort Richardson Alaska writes about basic training at Fort Richardson Alaska in June 1941 He describes machine gun practice guard duties maneuvers and daily meals noting good chow and routine post chores plus a wish to hear from readers about Alaska and army life
FSA supervisor Norman Fletcher urges family type farms and small operators in Curry and Coos counties to raise milk eggs chickens and other products to boost incomes and join in the Food for Defense program. Prices for hogs butter eggs and chickens are set at established levels with department purchases to support markets.
County tenants and farm laborers may apply for loans to buy family farms under the department of agriculture tenant purchase plan. Applications are open at the Farm Security Administration county supervisor's office in Coquille. Loans cover land purchase building costs and improvements with a three percent interest rate, for a term of years.
Oregon growers shipped over 45 million pounds of cover crop seed under AAA aid with hairy vetch and Austrian field peas fueling southbound exports to cotton states. Projected 1941 crops show 120 000 acres of dairy vetch and Willamette vetch harvesting, aiming for historical yield averages despite reduced Austrian field pea acreage.
Pleasant Point residents Mr and Mrs Mac McVeyer and Mr and Mrs Ralph Hilton of C quille visited Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Willian Watson. Farrel Rankin and Mrs Ora Marsters of North Catch Ing creek joined Roy Spires and Robert Trigg families in Myrtle Point for a Sunday gathering. Dorothy Watson attended the Eadlettes sewing club at the home of Mrs William Axe in Myrtle Point. A quoted line from James McCosh appears as a literary aside.
A surprise stork shower was held Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Forrest in Broadbent honoring Mrs. Floyd. Guests included Mrs. Charles Miles and many neighbors. gifts featured a pink and white baby doll.
The note mentions a dance at Myrtis Point on Saturday evening and a social in the Dort Beach area on Sunday. It also records Mr and Mrs Harry Rosencrasrtz visiting Marshfield relatives and visits by Mr and Mrs Thomas Forrest. A quote from Robert F P Smith closes the fragment.
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