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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1957
Page
6
The Curry County Fair runs August 8 to 10 with Kids Calf Riding offering a fine wrist watch to the best rider and a dollar to each other rider. Other events include stock saddle racing free for all races Shetland pony races roping contests and steer daubing starting at 2 pm at the grand stand.
Remote News reports several social updates with names and places. Alvin and Mrs. Clark and Ernest Pittman moved to Bridge for residence. Belcher family visited Myrtle Point. Weathers hosted Evelyn Erickson and Kenneth Toube from Kankakee Illinois. Bowers Uhler and others fished at the Umpqua River Glide Oregon. Barbara Mast from Castro Valley stayed with Shirley Belcher on Sandy Creek. Vernon Sell family plan a two week vacation to Canada. Weathers hosted a morning party Thursday.
The piece lists attendees at a June 27 home gathering with Mrs Wyrick as hostess. It notes visits to Coos Bay Englewood and Beau mont Texas, a medical discharge return, and family travels including Mr and Mrs Paul Belcher Donnie and families.
Miss Nancy Collier and Miss Shirley McAllister stay a month with Miss Collier’s aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Cliff Engelking. Mrs Glenn Fry and Russell return from the hospital after her appendectomy and the baby's pneumonia. They stay with Mrs Esten Fry. Mr and Mrs Larry Odle and
Mrs Dale Hoffman and Mrs Irvin Pearce drove to Coos Bay and then Portland. Janice Godfrey and Janie Mullen traveled with relatives to Mosier River area for the summer. Families, visits, and movements populate a weekly roundup of local residents and nearby towns.
Weather notes show daily highs and lows for June 28 to 30 with no precipitation. Month totals indicate average maximum 70.3 and average minimum 49.8, with 2.24 inches of rain. Compared to June 1956 averages 69.0 and 45.9 with 3.30 inches prec.
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