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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1940
Page
4
A note highlights Herald Steff as a community correspondent of the Herald Steff of Soomunity Correspondents, marking a press role and local coverage emphasis.
The article notes numerous local residents visiting and staying with relatives from Powers Myrtle Point and Marshfield. The gathering centers on a picnic Sunday at the old William Volkmar homestead near Broadbent, a site settled in 1859, with several families listed as attendees.
Last Thursday overnight guests included Catching Creek residents Mr and Mrs William Miller and Ruth and James of Bridge at R J West home. Various business callers visited Marshfield Coquille Myrtle Point Powers and Port Orford, with frequent mentions of R J West Carl Bushnell and Alfred Gray.
Lee and Claude Stout hosted a Sunday birthday dinner for S D Clark and his wife with guests Ben Gant Sam Stout and Poy Stout. Walter Schroeder and Walter Laird visited Ophir and extended a stay with their grandson Deana. Betty Sumerlin and Ruth Sumerlin called on Saturday. Work continues on REA project poles. Mrs Carl Anderson returned from Bly Anderson visit.
The column lists weekend visitors at the Bell and Anderson homes including Mr. and Mrs. O. B Powrie of Myrtle Point and relatives of several locals. It notes hospital stays for multiple residents, a June 1940 wedding of Fred Brown and Mrs Diamond Martin of Tacoma married by Rev. Turney, and social events from Red Cross meetings to a stork shower hosted by Mrs A L Powrie.
Local columns list weekend visitors and departures from Myrtle Point and nearby towns. Names include Me and Mrs W A Minion Gordon Ware Mrs Wallace Baldwin Mrs John Corser and many families visiting relatives, with trips to Portland Hillsboro Coquille Marshfield McMinnville and Gold Beach.
Rev Hugh Mitchelmere leads 10 oclock Bible school and 11 oclock worship with theme The Great Reversal. Mrs Stanley Phillips oversees primary department. junior and young people of Christian Endeavor meet at 7 for combined services. Father D Kelly conducts Mass at Powers at 8 am and Coquille at 10 am.
Myrtle Point society members and guests attended a Red Cross unit meeting at the W G Baron home in Marshfield on Saturday. Attendees included Mesdames Lunny Dal King Whitaker Huf ford Thomas Felsher Scoffield Murphy Higgins and others from Myrtle Point Twin Oaks Bridge and beyond. The event featured social gathering and community service planning.
Mr and Mrs William Eveland recently moved into the Mrs Rose Garrett house at Spruce and A streets. Mr and Mrs Aaron Wilson moved into the Mrs Genevieve Kaufman house on C street.
A pledge card from the Oregon State Forester in Salem urges reporting carelessness with fire and outlines six safety actions. It instructs to extinguish fires, avoid burning on windy days, and obtain a burning permit, with a street address to mail in Salem.
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