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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1949
Page
9
An excerpt notes Cochran Farmer staying in Basreh for an extended period to learn the local language. The text mentions Mr and Mrs Andrew Waterman and a date fragment June 8 1940 as part of correspondence from Baerek.
A letter describes Basrah as a date center on the Shatt Al Arab with irrigation and heat resembling India and Palm Springs. The family settles in Basrah near the British Institute, lists household items, and notes a DC current issue delaying a washing machine. They plan Mosul next year and discuss staff, car import delays, and local peoples including Arabs, Christians, Jews, Sabeans, and Persians. The writers send regards to Myrtle Point friends and pray for the church there.
Gaylord News reports a sequence of visits by James and Mary McWilliams hosting William Watson from Nevada City Nevada and L B Turner with two children from Seneca Oregon. Also hosting Burns Oregon visitors Cleve Pressley and four children. Further guests include Milton Epperson of Phoenix Oregon with Millard Carlile and George Isaac of Central Point.
Home Friday from California after three months tending sheep. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. hosted visitors. They recently visited Mrs. Robert Bones' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis at Ocean Lake Oregon. A truckload of sheep was shipped from Gaylord last week. Don Helmick and others returned to Springfield Oregon after a two week visit.
Mrs Chas Sowers reports Coquille visitors at the Bulsons and Jennings kin in Remote. Jean Kendall visits grandparents L B Jennings in Coos Bay. Darnold Jr. leaves for New Mexico to join his father. Gilddey children travel to Washington to see grandmother Mrs McCann. Stacey family takes a southern Oregon redwoods trip. Johns family dine with Chas Bowers. Beach vacation plans for Gidley and Watking. Remote ladies club hosts card party to raise funds for school ground equipment.
A group from several families attended the Fourth of July celebration at the beach, enjoying a pleasant day together. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Mounce and son, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weathers and family, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Seil and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bulson, Mr. and Mrs. Alby Ritchey, Mr. and Mrs. Al Muncy, Mr. and Mrs. John Metz and son, Mr. and Mrs. Chas Bowera and family, Si For aythe, Mrs. England, and others visiting with Chas Bowers and family from Coos Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Al Young and nephew took a short trip to the Oregon Caves and the redwoods.
This Sunday and every Sunday the Coquille Valley Auction on the highway between Myrtle Point and Coquille sells any thing. Local bidders gather for weekly lot sales and miscellaneous goods.
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