Myrtle Point area notices and community events 1940
Local notices include an estate final account hearing set for July 16 in Coos County Oregon Judge Hugh McLain presiding. A private sale of Lots 1 and 2 in Border and Benders Extension is ordered. A prenuptial shower for Miss Marjorie Cooley is reported with numerous attendees and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Henry Warner
Coos County
Oregon
Hugh McLain
State of Oregon
County of
Coos
Coquille Oregon
Border
Bender
Myrtle Point
4-H Groups Meet for Projects and Records at Homes
Mrs. Jess Jones hosts a Monday 4-H gathering to work on record books and cards with plans for a social next meeting and refreshments. Mrs. James Gamwell also held a Monday 4-H session with project work and completion efforts, Wilma Summers providing refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Jones
James Gamwell
Wilma Summers
Local residents and visitors listed in community social notices
A long list of names and relationships from Gaylord Allegany Myrtle Point Hillsboro and nearby areas appears as community social notices. Several individuals including Mr and Mrs Hermann and Mr and Mrs Ward are noted with family ties and recent activities such as visits and business trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P D Parrish
Tor
Myrtle Point
Ray Epperson
Dean
Alton
Louise
James Parry
Chailor Hoffman
Halbert Oeatrick
Billy
Wayne
Robert James
Donald
Rosemary
Ale Hoffman
Wanda
De'os
Donald Linn
Delos Hermann
Batty
Roy Caudle
Joan of Coquille
Roderick Hermann
Patricia
Tom Havens
Marshfield
Roy Havens
Choles Ward
Loy
Leonard Watson
George Delyria
Eight Girls Return From 4-H Summer School in Corvallis
Enthusiastic about the four H summer course eight girls returned Sunday after a week at the Oregon State campus in Corvallis. Names include Alice Ames Patsy Briggs Katrina Gaemwell Helen Griswold Naomi Munro Berniece Munro Bessie Grove and June Rovang. Leader Mrs Boyd Rasmussen registered the group then visited her parents in Cottage Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corvallis
Oregon
Alice Ames
Patsy Briggs
Katrina Gaemwell
Helen Griswold
Naomi
Berniece Munro
Bessie Grove
June Rovang
Boyd Rasmussen
Humphrey
Cottage Grove
School district meeting elects leaders and approves budget
At the annual meeting in the high school gymnasium nineteen or twenty one attendees heard Reuben Stevens win reelection as director for three years and Mrs John Purvis reelected as clerk The budget of 26683 was approved unchanged from last year and the budget committee included Harold W Summers Lyle Stewart and Mrs Lily Dement The district warrant indebtedness was reduced by 4064 51 bringing total indebtedness to 11036 41
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Stevens
Mra
John Purvis
Harold W Summers
Lyle Stewart
Lily Dement
Powers men to attend guard school in California next week
Eleven men from Powers will attend guard school at Gaskey California next week. About 50 recruits will take six weeks of intensive training for lookout duties and forest esters. Lookouts at Johnson mountain Mt Bolivar and Bald Knob are established and by July 1 all lookouts should be retired. A 200 acre fire on state land near the Sixes river was extinguished last week and another fire on Coos Bay lumber company slashings was controlled by company men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaskey
Calif
Boyd Rasmussen
Johnson Mountain
Mt Bolivar
Bald Knob
South Fork
Sixes River
Coos Bay
Rebekahs Lodge Sets July County Convention Host Duties
Chaparral lodge of the Rebekahs met at the Fellowship clubhouse to review county convention plans set for July 13 with the local lodge hosting. Eva Preston is general convention chair. Lester Thorp and Allen King Jr. on the 630 banquet committee. No birthday social nights until August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaparral Lodge
Rebekahs
Fellowship
Eva Preston
Lester Thorp
Allen King, Jr
Day parties honor Fathers Day at local restaurant
Those who made up the party for the Fathers Day turkey dinner include Mr and Mrs William Richards, Mr and Mrs John Purvis, Mr and Mrs John King, and Mr and Mrs Carl Briggs, with Mr and Mrs Fred also listed in the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Richards
John Purvis
John King
Carl Briggs
Fred
Powers Couple Mabel Hartle Weds Carl Utterback
In Ban don June 7 1840 Miss Mabel Hartle a Powers first grade teacher married Carl Utterback son of Mr and Mrs Tom Utterback The newlyweds begin a six week honeymoon trip visiting Los Angeles New Mexico Ohio and Kentucky with Mrs Tom Utterback and Mrs N Ruth Hall accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
Bandon
Mabel Hartle
Carl Utterback
Tom Utterback
Miss Hartle
Utterback
Los Angeles
Calif
New Mexico
Ohio
Kentucky
N Ruth Hall
Miss Marjorie Stafford and Archie Lane Married in Portland
Miss Marjorie Stafford, a physical education teacher, and Archie Lane of Coos Bay Lumber were wed at Trinity Church in Portland on Saturday, June 8, 1940. They reside at El Santo Rio, the Ed Smalley house on the river above town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Stafford
Archie Lane
Coos Bay Lumber Company
Trinity Church
Portland
el Santo Rio
Ed Smalley
Powers Native Stuart Marsee Marries Audrey Belfield in Portland
Stuart Marsee, a Powers native and University of Oregon alumnus, wed Audrey Belfield at Grace Memorial Church in Portland with Rev Oswald Taylor officiating. About 200 guests attended the ceremony and a reception followed at the bride’s home. the couple plans summer studies after a Neah-Kah-Nie honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
Stuart Marsee
Portland
Audrey Belfield
University of Oregon
Grace Memorial Church
Oswald Taylor
Walter B White
Clare Marsee
William Marsee
Stuart
Powers High School
Waldport
School Property Improvements Underway and Repairs
Painting of the elementary building is finished while the high school receives ongoing work including walls painted with aluminum paint and black trim. A student, Maynard Rovang, fell from scaffolding but returned to work after a wrist sprain. The seventh grade floor has two coats of seal, baseboards and stair railings are painted tile red to deter marks, and George Peffers is improving the library which will be a combined library and study hall with a librarian. The old gym floor is repaired and sealed. grounds are being upgraded. Library colors are deep cream and black with bright colored chairs. New curtains are hung and the library hopes to add new fiction monthly. magazines are solicited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Rovang
George Pefferss
Mrs Spade Hosts Rebekah Jewels Club Meeting
Mrs. Walter Spade entertained the Rebekah Jewels club at her home Tuesday afternoon. Guests included Mrs. Rancey Hall and Mrs. Susan Miller from Berkeley California and Mr Otto Pitcher. The afternoon featured sewing and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Spade
Rebekah Jewels Club
Rancey Hall
Susan Miller
Berkeley
Calif
Otto Pitcher
George Barton
Conrad
Onabelle
Kathryn
Henry Willene
Mary Caver
Mary Alice Conger
Patsy
Sally Summers
Roger Snyder
Jack
Billy Thorp
Leonard
Arlene Grove
Clarence Conger
Bruce Henry
Harold Summers
Wiliam Caver
William Grove
Party honors Mrs Hannon with games and swimming
Mrs EB Hannon, aged 96, celebrated a birthday on October 22 with relatives present including Maton Mune ro Helen Ligat Alice Horton and others. Winners were Lyle McCulloch and Leslie King. After refreshments many guests went swimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. X. Hannon
Maton ‘Munero
Helen Ligat
Alice Horton
Wilma Summers
Betty Jean Barklow
Corrine Griffin
Delores Hannon
Lyle McCulloch
Don Coates
Leslie King
Lyle
Leslie
Ladies Aid Meeting at Mrs Mathews and Mrs Lewis Home
Mrs Ida Mathews and Mrs H M Lewis hosted the Community Ladies Aid gathering on Wednesday afternoon. The group conducted routine business and read favorite poems, which were added to the aid scrapbook. Refreshments followed with eighteen members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Mathews
H. M. Lewis
Ladies Aid
Aid
Camping trip with Sunday school class members
Mrs. Andrew Landes led a two day camping trip with her Sunday school class last week. The group stayed Thursday and Friday at Coal Creek, accompanied by her daughter Sally and classmates Alice Horton Margaret Wyland Grace Nellie Helen Hollenbeck and Ancen Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Landes
Coal Creek
Personal notes from Cave City and nearby towns
Harry Rolfe stationed at Cave City visited home for the weekend. He belongs to the Flying Squadron fire crew. Susan Miller of Berkeley Calif visited her son in law and daughter Rancey Hall and will travel to Marshfield Albany before returning home. Mrs Ray Wyland visiting sisters near Gurneyville Calif. Mrs E Parker and granddaughter Dorothy Curtis have returned from Portland. Roy Hirschinger left for Cathlanet Wash to work this summer. Mr and Mrs Harold Summers and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P D Parrish
Afred Pownell
Coquille
Harry Barnes
Avoca Inna
Barnes
Claude Drew
Bandon
Lewis Floyd
Robert Janes
Ellis Warner
Roy Havens
Delos Hermann
Betty
Forrest Hermann
Hermann
Russell Hermann
Mildred
Harold Shearer
Betty Russell
Junior
Klamath Falls
Ray Grant
Romvald
Aileen
Irene
Fay Young
Elwood
Donald
Bonnie
Gene
Shirley
John Grant
Jack
Harry Rolfe
Cave City
Forest Service
Susan Miller
Berkeley
Calif
Rancey Hall
Marshfield
Albany
Ray Wyland
Gurneyville
E. Parker
Dorothy Curtis
Portland
Roy Hirschinger
Cathlanet
Wash
Harold Summers
Local Visitors and Family Notes From Myrtle Point Area
Unclear fragments show Mr and Mrs A J Greer visiting Myrtle Point and Mrs Rea Crawford also traveling. Mentions of Olin Lag and Rasmussen family visiting from Ontario with reference to family ties and weekend gatherings amid scattered town social recaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soni Vernon
Cle Rham, West
Rea Crawford
Coes
Vallis
A J. Greer
Myrtle Poi
Cart Stewart
Myrtle’ Point
Jose Jones
Myrtle Point
West
Olin Lag
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Dela Rhue
R. Bunch
Leird Bidg
Urania Epperson
Broadbent
Spruce Street
Herald Office
Gus Brewer
Mra Frank Zumwalt
Willow
Por Sai
Hoffman Bridge
Powera Road
R-14
Grees Swap Shop
Pacific Feed & Seed Stores
Pacifc Feed & Seed
Verald
Vigero
Marerap
Pacific Feed & Seed
Singer Sewing Machine Agency
FHA
Charles F Wooldridge
Fifth Street
Roland Weekly
T V Johnson
Wallace B. Dement
Grace M. Bonowitz
Winnie Stewart
Mollie Barklow
Zelma A Royer
Luther
Thomas Barklaw
E C Roberts
Thomas Barkow
Ate
Mre
Seldon Warner
Marjorie Cooley
Newberg
Wilmot Hoffman
Thos
Mesdames Vern Magill
Bessie Ocheltree
Bridge
James Parry Frazier Hoffman
Alden Warner
Halbert Gilpatrick
Connie Hoffman
James W.ley Thomas Forrest
Charles Hoffman
Ellis Southmayd
Gravelford
Luther Jones
George Hoffman
Cooley Mas Cooley
Maxine Roberts
Bald Hills
Charles Ward
Frank True
F C True
Trues
Mahe
Robert Littrell
P O Lund
Bidner
Irene Sandon
Coquito
F C Trua
Carol
Lewis Brietenbacher
Janie
Roseburg
Basil Smith
S W McClement
W H Orfman
George . Elyria and
Doel
Caudles
James Backdoll
Darrel Clarence Ward
Eugene Eggers
Eagles Lodge
Coquie
Havens
Splint Stevens
Coq
Bessie Barkdoll
Aver Parish
George Arvis
Thomas
Robert Palmers
Ethel Eggers
Winifred Newbury
T*ther
Lester T. Dement
Spruce St
Don Sutphin
Theater Til
Jewel Club Meeting
Townsend Club
Shirley Hannon
Norman Morsing
Theater
Gano Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Peter Mahkun
Ladies Aid Meeting
Mrs. Rasmussen
Gstario
Boyd
T. Fiven
Nee Poe
Dr. de la Rhue
Reception Reem
J. BR. Bunch
VAL Vita
Lipton
Pearl Harper
Canterbury
Saya
Oliy
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