Shelley Thommen Becomes Bride of Harold Hartley
Shelley Mae Thommen married Harold Truman Hartley at First Christian Church Myrtle Point on June 8 at 8 00 p.m. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. Orris Doty with Dianna Gulstrom singing I Love You Truly and Jenice Straight on organ. Bride wore a white satin gown with pearl buttons and a rhinestone tiara. maid of honor Trina Woods wore pale yellow satin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Myrtle Point
Shelley Mae Thommen
Harold Truman Hartley
Orris Doty
Coquille
Trina Woods
Coos Bay
Myrtle Grange Plans Honor for Past Masters and Wedding News
Myrtle Grange 289 invites all past masters to a June 15 meeting honoring Fathers Day as floor plans for a new hall are shown. The issue also includes wedding details for Hartley and Shelley with a large guest list across several Oregon towns. Debby Troxell Cummins engages Ozzie Cummins of Hornbrook. Cynthis Gibeau becomes Northwest Airlines Reservations Agent in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Grange
Visitation Begins for Royal Neighbors of America Camps
A new District Visitation program started with 80 members per camp to foster fellowship. Coquille visited Myrtle Camp on May 20, and on June 10 twelve Myrtle Camp members traveled to Powers. Attendees included Lorra ine Snyder Mary Carmen Signe Bryant Ivelene Cook Mile Floyd Billie Pinkerton Jane Floyd Thelma Bushnell Blanche Felsher Florence Evans and Alma Lortie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Neighbors of America
Coquille
Myrtle Camp
Powers
Lorraine Snyder
Mary Carmen
Signe Bryant
Ivelene Cook
Mile Floyd
Billie Pinkerton
Jane Floyd
Thelma Bushnell
Blanche Felsher
Florence Evans
Alma Lortie
Rebekah Assembly President Pays Official Visit
Blanche Imes of Portland, president of the Rebekah Assembly of Oregon, visited Una Rebekah Lodge on June 1. Guests included district deputy president Mabel Thorp and others as the evening featured a potluck, a program led by noble grand Olga Royer, Bible presentation, a song by Margaret Kirkpatrick, a flag tribute, a May Porter drill, and roses decorations. Forty-year members Hester Cortell and others received ribbon roses. Mary McMullen joined in 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea Wilkins
Mabel Thorp
Olga Royer
Margaret Kirkpatrick
Nellie Hammack
May Porter
Marge Myers
Vulie Storm
Rebekah Lodges
Hester Cortell
Leona Lewis
Alice Nielsen
Ard
Geny Wiberger Feted At Shower
Mrs. Charles Poehlus hosted a bridge club gathering on June 6. Bride-elect Gerry Wilberger was honored with a bridal shower before cards, receiving many gifts from the host and club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Poehlus
Gerry Wilberger
Roland Leep
Ellis Dement
Geo. Babb, Jr
Don Troxel
Jack Knife
Chas. Humble
Bil Knife
Jim Peart
Ervin Wilberger
Joe Nichols
Dement
Local Coos Bay Art Exhibit Showcases Howard Hall
Coos Art Museum in Coos Bay presents oil paintings and drawings by local artist and teacher Howard Hall head of the Southwestern Oregon Community College art department. Exhibition runs through June at 515 Market Street gallery open daily 1 to 4 p.m. except Mondays. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Sigrid Mitchell to Jerry Stidham. Sigrid, Myrtle Point High School 1968 graduate, plans to attend Merrit Davis School of Commerce in Salem after June 24. Jerry, Myrtle Point graduate 1966, studied at SWOCC one year and works at Georgia-Pacific in Coquille. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley
Glen Thommen
Coquille
Myrtle Point
Waldemar Gurney
Harold
Truman Hartley
Broadbent
Myrtle Point High School
Doyle Mill
Cogguille
Bandon
Florence
Deerfield
Debby
Southern Oregon College
Ozzie
Coos
Howard Hall
Southwestern
Oregon Community College
Hall
Market Street
Coos Bay
Sigrid Mitchell
Leland J. Mitchell
Jerry Stidham
Cicero Stidham
Sigrid
Merrit Davis School of Commerce
Salem
Jerry
SWOCC
Georgia-Pacific
SWOCC to Hold Fabric Workshop in Coquille
SWOCC hosts a knit fabric workshop in Coquille this summer. Instructor Mary Anne Greenland, Home Economics teacher, will lead the course at Pioneer Methodist Church. Open to high school students college students and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SWOCC
Coquille
Maryanne Greenland
Pioneer Methodist Church
Local News Notes Of Visits And Family Trips
Local word ed that Hobart Johnson is critically ill at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eugene. Mrs. Johnson and their son Jim of Astoria visit him, with a daughter from Baltimore. Howard Whitaker and family returned from Mesa and national parks. they plan to meet the boys’ parents in Portland this week. Mrs Liebenow and Mrs Gurney traveled to California then home. A sewing class offers knitwear courses with six meetings this summer, starting June 19. Registration at first class. fee is $.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart Johnson
Sacred Heart Hospital
Eugene
Howard Whitaker
Mesa
Ariz
Grand Canyon
Bryce, Zion
Boise
Kdaho
Brice Whitaker
Childeren
Greg
David
Whitakers
Portland
Local families visit during a Salem Methodist gathering
Rev and Mrs Gerald Nelson attended the Salem Methodist conference last week then traveled to Portland to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Glenn Simons of Albany called on Kenneth and Price in Bridge. Kim Bartley heads to Oregon State University for summer session sponsored by Myrtle Point Garden Club. The Thomas family notes their son Hall will soon depart Portland for a two month teacher's tour of Western Europe and Scandinavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Nelson
Salem
Portland
Glenn Simons
Albany
Kenneth Price
Bridge
Simons
Price
Creswell
Kim Bartley
Ray Bartley
Oregon State University
Kim
Myrtle Point Garden Club
1&H
Thomas
Hall
Europe
Scandinavian
Arago Bride Weds Portland Groom In Lutheran Ceremony
Carol Knife daughter of Mr and Mrs L J Knife of Arago married Marvin Akre son of Mrs Lilly Akre of Portland on May 18 1968 at 3 00 p m in Gethsemane Lutheran Church Portland Rev Gilbert C Rossing officiated. The bride wore a white satin gown with lace trim and pearls. her bouquet included white rose buds stephanotis and fern. Maid of honor was Nancy Knife sister in law, in a pink dress with pink roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Klaybelle Knife
L. J. Knife
Arago
Marvin Lowell Akre
Lilly Akre
Portland
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Gilbert C. Rossing
Jack
Nancy) Knife
Mrs. Knife
Mrs Lehmanow Attends Methodist Conference in Salem
Mrs Lehmanowsky spent last week in Salem from Monday to Saturday for the annual Methodist conference. Mrs Ann Michel joined to Eugene and stayed with daughter and son in law Basil Wilson and family. Attending Rainbow Girls installation in Reedsport were Becky Braser Marcha McGary and Debbie Vanlindingham. Mrs Bill Winningham accompanied the group to Reedsport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Lehmanowsky
Salem
Ann Michel
Eugene
Basil Wilson
Mitchel
Lehmanowsky
Reedsport
Rainbow Girls
Becky Braser
Marcha McGary
Debbie Vanlindingham
Bill Winningham
Wedding Guests Attend Kinfolk Nuptials in Portland
The ceremony featured best man Paul Akre and ushers Jack Kaife and Stanley Anderson. Attendees included Myrtle Point and Coquille residents such as the Triggs, Knife, Newton, Brodie, Pearge, Mantelins, and several relatives from Portland and Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point
R. 8
Trigg
Mare
Elden Brodie
Jerry. Brote
Paula Pearge
Jen Mantelins
Jack Knife
Coquille
Belle Knife
Carol
Orville Newton
Bill Brodie
Portland
Ben Brodie
Seattle
Paul Meyers Family Reunion Tour to California
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyers traveled by car to San Rafael California last Thursday for a family reunion with their daughters. Attending were daughters Peggy Pitman Patsy Davis Molly Kugle Nancy Cunningham and their children Brian Gregory Lisa Robert and other relatives. The Meyers plan a two week visit in Colorado before returning to Myrtle Point.
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Waldemar Gurney
Paul Meyers
Wiliam Liebenow
Gurney
San Francisco
San Rafael
Califf
Calif
Norman Buecker
Brian
Gregory
Bill Pitman
Peggy
Long Beach
Bill Davis
Patsy
North Hollywood
Doug Kugle
Molly
Doug
Lisa
Carl Cunningham
Nancy
Burlington
Colo
Robert
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Thars
Shelley Thommen
Harold Hartley
Jodie Siemer
Susan Amos
Mary Bones
Louis E. Hartley
Floyd Cooper
Bill Tanner
Dainois
Emery Eggers
Fairview
Kathy Leep
Lauri Leep
Margaret Eggers
Hartley
Bethrothal
Dam Troxell
Ozzie Cummins
Loren Cummins
Hornbrook
Cynthis Gibeau
Raymond Gibeau
Oregon
Northwest Airlines
Wash
Gibeau
Southwestern Community College
Weaver Airline Personnel School
Kansas City
Missouri
Cynthia Gibeau
Cial
Myrtle Point Herald
Rebekah Assembly
Blanche Imes
The
Rebekah Assembly of Oregon
Una Rebekah
Ist Prize
OF Pour Cme
Ort
Gabe
Q. Box
Geny Wiberger
Jack Pinkley
Mrs. Pinkley
Mrs
Glenn Pittnan
Gold and Liver Falls
Frank Meldrum
Susan Meldrum
Carol Stewart
Irene Marsh
Frank Oleson
Seattle, Wash
la Gisande
Birs. Verlin Hermann and Sons
Hermann
Agriculture Teachers Conference
Bend
Gordon MacKerrow
MacKerrow
MacKerrows
Webb Francois
San Diego
Franccis
Gordon
James Thomas
John
H. H. Thomas
Jin
Rinehart Clinic
Wheeler
Paul Akre
Jack Kaife
Stanley Anderson
O. L. Newton
Robert &. Trigg
Jan Dethman
Linda Anderson
Amanda Roberts
Hudson
Lady Hudson Freestone
Emer Vay
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