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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1929
Page
8
Mrs Waeeebn and others visit Coquille then Myrtle Greenhouse advertises surplus plants at reduced prices. Mentions contact Phone 31 M and Farmers Store promos. Includes notes on local families visiting, travels to Hol low Stamp area, and upcoming visits to Marcola.
Local residents host and visit across Myrtle Point and neighboring towns. Rentals include the Al Neideigh house on Alder Street and the John Arnold home on Sixth Street. Visitors from Bandon Portland Klamath Falls and Oakland-linked families attend dinners and engagements. Trade notes mention top livestock prices from Myrtle Point Meat Co. and recent city council activity related to a jail transport bill.
Mrs Stella Schmitz and Kreiger of the West Coast Telephone company contacted the Marshfield office. Rev and Mrs Idso and children along with Mr and Mrs Clarence Bartlett plan an auto trip to North Dakota for several weeks. F L Moon, Mr and Mrs G M Parker, Claudia Parker, Alta Mead and Mr and Mrs E W Moon toured Roosevelt highway to Port Orford and Empire with visitors from Chehalis Washington.
The passage describes a graduation event with Wallace Dement acting as master of ceremonies and Bille Dement delivering remarks. Mrp. Bille Dement and Gwendolyn Shores presented diplomas to graduates, while a student named Bath gave a clever talk and presented a treasure. Several graduates are listed: Edith Lillenthal, Henry Whebrew, Allan Dement, Milton Bell, Lloyd Smith, Cornelia Clausen, Basil Smith, Ruth Donald, Glen Wolfe, Josephine Rebbine, Pauline Hamilton, Theckla Mell.
Chas C. Halet deputy master of the State Grange and Earl R. Cooley Myrtle Point Chamber of Commerce secretary direct preparations for a major Grange gathering in Myrtle Point. They have sent letters statewide and report strong response. The event is expected to be one of the largest Grange meetings in years and to strengthen community bonds across Coos county.
Mrs. Marc Shelley formerly of Myrtle Point was seriously injured in a Tuesday night auto crash with her four year old son Ralph and brother Otto Setak. The trio were returning from Marysville California when their sedan struck a bank near Canyonville two to three times. A passing motorist took Mrs. Shelley to Roseburg. Mr. Shelley and Kirk Shelley returned with wife and son. Otto Setak stayed with the damaged car.
A heavy shower over the past few days delivered about an inch of rain, easing drought for pastures and crops. Haying suffered extra work as showers paused farming activity. The report notes an exceptional mid season rain, recalling June 1916 floods along the Coquille River.
A Michigan resident writes The Herald criticizing Oregon's 1930 auto license bill. He owns a Cadillac sedan and a Dodge truck and dislikes paying an $80 yearly fee but says he will judge other aspects upon arrival.
R. H. McCall announces a surprise rodeo planned for Langlois on July 4 and 5. The event, highlighted by a long history of popular rodeos, is expected to attract a large audience as in years past.
Tommy ignores a girl's tea leaf warning against travel by water and delays a Hudson trip. A boat disaster later kills or injures many aboard. He later meets Heather, the hotel tea-leaf reader, who confronts him and recalls Scotland's tea lore as she hints at fate.
Mrs. Marie Johnson, chief operator at the local telephone office, expects to leave Sunday for a two week vacation in Long Beach, California.
Aelating in the post office for two weeks during Mrs. E. J. Schneider’s absence. Mr and Mrs O Durrell and three children of Baldwin Park Los Angeles have rented the Lee Ray home for the summer. Mr and Mrs Ray will leave soon for a trip to Portland and other points in Oregon.
Mrs E James and her daughters Doris and Freda left yesterday for Corvallia to visit Norman James who is attending college there. Norman will not be home this summer as he has a position with the US surveying crew during vacation.
The state health department reported one scarlet fever case, 23 measles cases, and one chickenpox case in Coos county for the past week.
Mrs G Drake of Junction City Oregon visits Dr O H Clarke home and leaves for home. Her daughter Mrs O H Clarke Jr and husband depart for Palo Alto California as Oliver finishes his Stanford college course.
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