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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Fay Young attend a social event with friends in Coquille Friday evening. The gathering included Clinton and Jobnate Canane as guests.
City of Myrtle Point Oregon gives notice of redemption for Water Bond Series B numbers 41 42 43 44. Bonds dated December 15 1908 in $5000 denominations redeemed at First National Bank Chicago Illinois on December 15 1937. Six months prior notice given as required.
General Land Office in Washington announces public auction on July 8, 1937 at Roseburg Oregon for timber lands including Port Orford cedar red fir and yellow fir. Bids from US citizens and corporations under Circular No 1200 with minimum prices and commission rules. timber must be removed within ten years. detailed lot descriptions and appraised values listed.
Forest sale notices list timber lots with volumes in M feet for yellow fir red fir noble fir larch red cedar hemlock white fir port Orford cedar yellow pine sugar pine and prices per M for minimum bids. Specifics cover multiple townships ranges sections and subsections with stated minimums: yellow fir red fir noble fir larch minimum 175 per M red cedar 78 cents per M hemlock 1 per M white fir 1.50 per M Port Orford cedar 3 per M yellow pine sugar pine and red fir 81 per M. Commissioner Fred W Johnsonants oversight.
A vintage advertisement promotes Kruschen Salts as a quick fat loss aid. It promises weight loss, increased energy, and clear skin by taking a daily dose in hot water for four weeks, along with limiting pastries and fatty foods. It cautions against imitations and urges safe dieting.
The druggist offers Atka Seltzer in two forms: by the drink and by the package. The ad emphasizes a blend with vegetable and mineral ingredients and a helper tone.
Mrs Ora Robison hosted visitors including Mr and Mrs Ernest Barklow and family, and the Robisons housed Walter Robison and children Kenneth and Maude. The line of visitors includes E J Myers and Wayne Woodward from the Roy district, Gerald Woodward attending 4 H summer school, and a sequence of calls and travels to Coquille, Marshfield, Myrtle Point, and Portland with several Laffertys and Kelleys noted.
Attendees at the school meeting Monday included Mr and Mrs Lewis Shindell, Mr and Mrs D A Wood, Mrs Flossie Knight, Mr and Mrs Carl Bushnell, Jack Smith, Donald Wood and Thomas Lawson. Visitors last week to Mrs Loren Knight’s home included Air and Mrs George Clark, Mr and Mrs Jess Cantell of Gold Beach, Seymour Fosburg of Marshfield, and Mrs C V Bushnell.
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Manley Barklow and family along with Mr and Mrs Vernon Barklow and others. Weekend guest list features the Hammack and Barklow families, Marion Lakey, Clara Bushnell, and Gretchen Clinton with various locals. Several trips and parties mark a quiet community week in West Myrtle Point Coquille area.
Cravelford group hosted a social with chicken and noodles sandwiches strawberry pile and coffee. Guests included Mesdames TV Weekly Cleo Weekly Nelson James Baker E L Culbertson Roy Swan Jeff Crosby Lloyd Hunt and hosts Mrs Milo Griffin and Mrs Vern Bennett. Visitors from Moncow Idaho Mrs Mary Vanausche Cottage Place Wash and relatives of Mrs Mary Bunch and Paw Bunch vacationing here. Paul and Herschel Bunch departed for Cemtera Oregon Sunday night.
The column lists visits and gatherings among local families including the Paul family and the Bunch, Crosby, Bennett, Iverson, and Culbertson households. It notes travel for a conference in North Carolina and Seventh Day Adventists activities, along with camp departures and several social calls and sickness updates among residents.
Remote Mrs Delos Appleton and Dorothy joined Mrs Ovid Bryant in Bridge Bill Walls Myrtle Point visitors, while other area residents like W R Cribbins Roy Doney and J Priest made trips to Roseburg or hosted guests. The report notes multiple visits, school travel by Elva Cribbins and family gatherings at Delos Appleton and Bryant homes.
Sunday guests included Elmer Knight and family from Myrtle Point visiting J L Knight and family. Joe Knight and daughter Joan from Coquille with Loren Knight of South Catching Creek. Guy Bell and daughter Wanda Lou from Powers. Herbert Snyders and family from Myrtle Point at Del Rema home. Earl Cox of Coos River and Viva Woods of South Satching Creek visiting Floyd Cox. Ray Griffith visited O E Marsters. Clayton of Dillard called on J L Knight. D A Wood visited O E Marsters.
Dement Creek Earl Ray stopped by on Friday to visit in Myrtle Point. Corbin Bones and Mrs Tom Brown visited the Arthur Chander home last Thursday. Arthur Chandler visited the Wm Chandler home Friday. Mrs Stevensons brother from Colorado arrived Tuesday and plans to work for Wm Chandler. Mrs Arthur Chandler, Marie and Artyce visited the C B Otler home Friday. Ray Brown and Ira Thomas called at the Jesse Riley home.
Mrs and Mrs Frendy Medieck hosted wedding arrivals in Portland as the new bride George Waldner joined May 28. The Devereux couple drove to Coquille and attended livestock meetings while Thompson visited Norway for a day with Mrs Laura Brandon. Mr and Mrs Carl Hainey remodel their home adding a bedroom and expanding the living room. Zack Grant of near Roseburg visited John Grant and family. Mrs James Devereux hosted a dinner for friends.
An old newspaper blurb promotes a tonic named Williams’s New Remedy claiming to stimulate kidneys and bowels and revive worn out, sickly patients who have tried prior medicines and treatments. It targets readers with long-standing digestive and urinary issues.
A fragmented ad text touts a so called doctor approved formula labeled S L R claiming kidney stimulation and diuretic effects. It promises transparent ingredients printed on the label and offers personalized guidance from the promoter.
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