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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1934
Page
3
Gravelford residents host tea at Gravelford school and mingle at dances and gatherings. Visitors include Hedwig Harnish from Myrtle Point and families from Clinton, Powers, and Coquille. Attendees and couples share visits, dinners, and birthday celebrations across the region.
Social roundups note many residents hosted guests including Broadbent and Roselle households and visits by families from Myrtle Point Crescent City and Langlois. Local homes changed hands with Tom Hall and Arago moves, while school enrollment and 4 Her club activities forecast a visiting club leader and a school open house next Monday.
West Norway Price Robison and son Glen visited Coquille with Ralph Clement joining the Arizona Wranglers program in town last Thursday. Emmett Hammack family and Harley Baorkle family dined with the Robisons Saturday. Ed Myers reported Swift Day as entertaining and instructional.
A series of weekend visits and Sunday gatherings are recorded across Marshfield and nearby towns. Families including the Mast, White, Baker, Jenkins, Gasner, Detwiler, Willson, Hervey, Shorb, Weekly, and others shared meals, overnight stays, and social events at homes in Powers Roseburg Norway Gravelford and Myrtle Point.
Local residents report arrivals and visits around South Myrtle Point. Louis Mier bought a new radio and enjoys evenings of music. Calvin Gant, C W Crook, Ivan Rose, Lyman Chesum, Dorothy McCracken, and others were seen on calls or visits Tuesday and Sunday.
Local residents recount visits and social hours across Upper Halle Creek communities. Family members including Ernest Watking, J K Baker, H E Watkins, L W McAdams, C A Swift, and Olaf Assen host and visit relatives and friends from Powers, Bandon, Arago, and Marshfield. Paul Topping moves his truck to Upper Fourmile for work. various dinners and calls mark a quiet week of neighborly activity.
A large group including Roy Robison family and many neighbors attended Swift Day in Coquille Monday. Residents heard eastern speakers and Oregon Farmer editor on the program. Coquille 4 H youths spoke of projects.
Mr and Mrs Jon Carl and Drs and others attend at the Point. Mr and Mrs A Peterson were guests after recent moves. Fox ranch sale noted and Norway move referenced. Detiefsen family visits Clausen home. a stag party was held for local businessmen.
The regular meeting of the Womans Club was held in the community building last Wednesday with a potluck at noon. Members sewed and worked on quilt blocks and napkins for hostesses as Mesdames Knight and Homs presided. They voted unanimously to join the Coos County Federation of clubs and planned to attend a Marshfield meeting on March 2.
The district reports the seventh grade class colors lavender and green with lilac as the class flower. President is Jack Grant. Betty Warner was absent due to illness and Bobby Epperson remains in need after an accidental burn.
Remote Dele Mecum came home from Mast hospital with a treated broken foot. Lawrence Jennings retired from Portland after attending his sister Mrs Bronte Cravat’s funeral and receiving dental care and hand treatment for blood poisoning. The LPB England family were called to Corvalis by Mrs England Sr’s death. Neighbors mourn the Englands’ mother and the 4 H club buoys supported the Washington program last week.
The Nemote F.T. A. plans its March meeting at the schoolhouse on Saturday evening March 3. The W. W. Hisedorn camp on the Middle Fork began operations this week with seven men at work and more expected. W. H. Wyrick has leased the McBee place on Upper Sandy Creek and will move after school ends.
Cement Creek Albert and Kay Brown Clemmett Gilkison and Dorothea Chandler spent the weekend with their parents here.
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