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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1962
Page
6
The column records scores for an American Jersey Cattle Club herd averaging 87.06 percent and lists local people attending meetings and social visits. It notes illness, travel, birthdays, church dedications, and a caution about fire safety near forests and tree areas.
Broadbent church and Sunday school held a picnic after services at the Leonard Watson home with many attendees and afternoon swimming. Numerous local families and visitors from Myrtle Point Roseburg and Portland are noted in dinners visits and overnight stays. Death notice arrives from Texas as Nene Ted Green learns of her father’s passing.
Auction and filing lines list Aug 15 and Oct 3 dates with multiple names including Mortle Realty Hagedorn Forrest Gearhart and Linn Insurance. Also noted are Dorths Flowers Melden Carl Mrs W L Bell Herald Press and Nox 2 Melden Carl with federal Oregon coastal payroll references.
Local notices list numerous weekend visits and gatherings. Citizens from Portland to Powers, Myrtle Point to Coquille joined picnics, birthdays, and family meals with extended relatives and friends. A death in Eureka Calif. and a new baby girl welcome add events to the community sketch.
Funeral services for Ben Alfred Hudson were conducted at McKinley Community Church with Rev Vernon Wiggers officiating. Born January 28, 1878 in Hazen Arkansas, he died July 18 in McKinley at 84. He had lived in McKinley 19 years and belonged to McKinley Grange and the local church. survived by Grace his wife and children including J B Hudson, Clement B Hudson, Bill B Hudson, Marvin A Hudson, Mrs Chas Foley, Mrs Thomas Herman, 22 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Curry County Roadmaster William L. Dobbyns and assistant John H. Hansen spoke at a Powers chamber luncheon about removing locked gates on the Sixes road to open the route from Highway 101 near Sixes to Eckley and Salmon Creek. They promised to inform the chamber on progress.
Gaylord residents enjoyed visits and gatherings across multiple families. John Metten and family spent a week at Camp Little River in Glide while Robert Fulton of Seattle visited the Foster Thompsons. A surprise birthday party honored Mrs. Themgeon at the John Horton home.
Oregon highway department reports new color coded guideposts with yellow reflectors and posts to mark on and off ramps. White posts with white reflectors remain in other areas as the system expands with ongoing maintenance and signing of new freeway projects.
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