What is a criminal says seven year old Marianne Mullins
The article recalls a child misnaming a word during a town visit and explains the event with local names and a family tale. It also notes Mrs. Della Skeet visiting Vancouver and various residents moving or hosting relatives in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Herald
Marianne Mullins
Clarence
Kayo) Mullins
We Go
Marianne
Della Seet
Vancouver
Waeh
Arthur Jane
Skeet
Roseburg
Rexroad
White
Hugh
Nora Hainey
Gaylord
Myrtle Point
Bailey Hawkins
Jimmie
Dana
Calif
James Hawkins
Roy Hawkins
Myrtle Point Team Falls to Marshfield in Afternoon Contest
A Myrtle Point junior squad lost to Marshfield with a 3 to 32 score while another game saw a 2 to 21 result for the home team in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Point
Weil Than Beac
Marshfield
Taal Jy
Rman Boys Me Ene
Red Cross War Fund Drive Opens Countywide Effort
The Red Cross War Fund drive begins next week and runs through the month to raise internal quotas. Chairman Myrtle Pelt leads outreach to organizations and individuals in outlying areas. Dairymen and stockmen contribute quotas per cow and sheep, while businesses and others match proportional pledges to support war relief and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Hle Als
Herald
Schroeder
Community Dinner Guests and Local Visits
A series of social visits and dinners are listed including Mr and Mrs Bill Winkelman of Fairview and Mr and Mrs Bdd Rad loff of Satherlin in honor of Mrs Willis Bryant’s birthday. Local residents such as Lola Wyrick, George Gant, and Vernon Sell are mentioned with weekend travels and hosting duties. The item also contains a poem titled WHAT TO DO WITH HITLER O about addressing Hitler and the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LB Hageis
Waunday
Willis Bryant
Bill Winkelman
Fairview
Bdd Radloff
Marvi
Satherlin
Myrle Bryant
Beverly and
Harrison
Ivan Cribbing
Kay and
Ronald
Bridge
Orsig Heath
L. B
George Clarno
Marion Thomas
Alberta
Myrtle Point
I. B. England
Oluivant
Brockway
Ore
Barry Weathers
Senne Point
Jone Weathers
Cecil Perry
Camas Valley
Barrett Zinn
Broadbent
Real estate transfers near Myrtle Point reported
Mr and Mrs Manley C Evans sold a 6 acre tract northeast of town to Mr and Mrs Donald Cupineki. Evans occupied the Tom Guerin home on C Street. R L Wheeler and wife bought the house on C Street. they will occupy a new home. Lee Collier moved into the Browne house on South C Street. The Millers moved to apartments behind Snow White Shop. William Bell bought 15 acres east of town on Gravel Ford road. Doss and Rainboldt family moved in. Brodie sold 35 acres near Nor way to Mr Haney. Brodie retained a home and five acre tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eelen
Myrtle Point
Art
Manley C. Evans
Donald Cupineki
Evanes
Tom Guerin
C Street
R. L. Wheeler
Harley Smith
Pete Smith
Roseburg
Wheelers
Lee Collier
Norwood Browne
South C Street
Miller
Millers
William Bell
George A. Doss
Chas. Rainbold
4H Members In Safety Contest
4 H club members in Coos County are invited to join the National 4 H Safety Activity Contest organized by Mennen Co. Winners receive silver medals, state finalists gain a $100 war bond, and national winners earn an educational trip to Chicago and a $200 scholarship. Contest requires identifying 123 home, farm, school or community hazards and writing a 3800 word story on prevention. Deadline urged before October 1 1944. medals awarded to Hazel Nelson, Clarence Nelson, Ronald Nelson and Patsy de Marsh of Sunnyhill for the 1943 contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cos Vewicz
Mennen Co
New Jersey
Dorothy Dean
Chicago
Coos County
Hazel Nelson
Clarence Nelson
Ronald Nelson
Patsy de Marsh
Sunnyhill
Portland Pilot Leads Raids on Bougeaville Air Fields
Lt Robert W. Deverell 28 a marine dive bomber pilot has flown 14 raids hitting Bougeaville air fields. Stationed combat reports note he was struck twice by ack ack fire with a propeller top blown off on one trip and a wing hit. He hails from Eugene Oregon and is a University of Oregon alumnus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Oregonian
Robert W. Deverell
Bougeaville Island
Deverell
Eugene
University High School
University
Stella Barklow-Jackson
Thomas Barklow
Tommy
Fragmented OCR: Cursed by German Le and Thematic Phrase
Incoherent OCR reading describes a fragment with distorted language about a curse and German influence. The readable bits do not form a clear event or proper nouns to identify. No definite people places or organizations are extractable from the legible text.
Fragmentary notes of travel and family visits
Incomplete OCR lists plans to visit relatives in Florida and Georgia, including Nakomis and Day tona Beach, with mentions of family members Ensign Donald Warner and Cleve Sum erlin. Other lines report snow in the mountains and a return from California by Mrs Clarence Church, plus scattered personal references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Vislt
Jim
Nakomis
Fla
Jacksonville
Cleve Sumerlin
Femena
Calif
Julia
Clara
Cummings Named Full Time On Oregon Range Program
Mury E. Cummings of LaGrande will devote full time to the 1944 Oregon range program. Robert L. Weir of Lakeview announced the assignment, noting Cummings will work with ranchers and committeemen to develop management plans for individual ranching units. The plan includes grazing efficiency and payments for approved grazing plans and range improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Mury E. Cummings
LaGrande
Robert L. Weir
Lakeview
Cummings
Morrow County Agricultural Conservation Association
Weir
Veterans rally behind editorial against Nazism and fascism
In Our Mailbag Lester KL Howe lauds an editorial in the Herald dated February 10 praising wartime veterans. He asserts World War I fighters, wounded and disillusioned, stand with writers against Nazism, fascism, and New Deal critics, urging continued defense of America’s welfare and values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jones
The
Herald
Homefront Notes From The War Front
Local notices detail returning servicemen and families on furlough from Camp Haan Farragut Bremerton and Camp Carson. Reported are Lt Iris Barklow Army nurse visiting Coquille and others serving in Ireland and Greece as well as shipmates and relatives visiting in Broadbent Welser and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Smith
Arse Smith
Broedbent
Camp Haan
Calif
Om Rmatrong
Wash
Mrs. Armatrong
Wilmot M. Hoffman
Camp Ward
Farragut
Idaho
Vmobs
David
Chris Meter
Meller
Bremerton
Idahe
Guy Beam
Chariea Melton
Jesse Melton
Welser
John Sperry
Lyle Barker
Beam
Sperry
Ireland
Joe Evernden
Broadbent
Pfe
Ivan Bowernden
Bryce
Stepe
Iris Barklow
Army Horse Corps
Coquille
4Th Marine Division
Marshall Islands
Graybill
Charles Graybill
Camp Carson
Colo
W. E. Lundy
Robert Pesl
L. A. LaFlamme
Ethel Barhes
Birthday Dinner for Virginia Rigsby on Fourth Birthday
A dinner was hosted Sunday at the J. H. Rigsby home in Bridge for Virginia Rigsby who marked her fourth birthday. Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Gage attended. Others traveling include Mrs. Golda Huff, Lois, and Mrs. Mary Rigsby visiting Coquille on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Rigsby
Mar
Virginia Rigsby
Lynn Gage
Golda Huff
Lois
Mary Rigsby
Coquille
Thelmar Farmer
Edwin Farmer
Mondry Pfc
James Booher and Son
Camp Polk
Lake
Miss Betty Brotton to Attend WAVES Storekeepers School
Betty Laura Brotton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Brotton of Powers and a Union High School graduate from Myrtle Point, has been selected for advanced training at the WAVES storekeepers school in the navy at Indiana University Bloomington. Her family notes a son, Pvt. Arthur K. Brotton, at Ft. Bliss, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Betty Laura Brotton
Edward N. Sr.sivon
Powers
Union High School
Myrtle Point
Te Waves
Navy
Indiana University
Bloomington
Ind
Paul F. Conner
Marshfield
Brottons
Pvt
Arthur KE. Brotton
Ft. Bliss
Texas
A. J. Hoover
Nrth
Brethren Church Announces Weeknight Services and Sunday Closing
The Way of the Church of the Brethren reports good attendance at Wednesday night services. A closing Sunday night is planned for March 12. Services continue each evening including Saturday at 7 30 p m led by Rev and Mrs Paul B Béude baker of M cond Sarion Stern.
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Church of the Brethren
Servicsa
Paul B. Béudebaker
Sarion Stern
Pioneer Dies In South Captain Reed Sought Coos Bay River Wreck
The article recalls Captain Reed, skipper of the Arago, a famed steamer on the Coos Bay and Coquille river routes, who perished when the Arago wrecked on the Coos Bay bar. It notes George Camman, nephew of Henry G Pleeger, who led a Myrtle Point men’s clothing store and later managed Camman trading posts in Empire with his brother Henry, among the region’s early merchants serving settlers from Coquille valley by long overland trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Pashenger
Coos Bay
Coquille River
Arago
George Camman
Si Rephew
Henry G. Pleeger
Myrtle Poetsma
Dix
Pleeger
Camman
Hentry Camman
Empire
Coquille Valley
Birthday Dinner Honors Clinton Carman in Gaylord
A family gathering at the Lattelell home in Gaylord Saturday night honored Clinton Carman with a birthday dinner. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lattelell, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Carman, and relatives from Bandon, Pleasant Point, Catching Creek, and Coquille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Peace Gaylord
Mar
Clinton Carman
Thomas Latteell
Meer Ee
Gene Hamblock
JulNa
Bandon
O. EE. Marsters
Catching Creek
Zi Menta Roy Spires
Stanley
Katherine
Annette
Pleasant Point
Robert Carman
Luttrell
Charkea
Pfe. Knight
Coquille
Mondey
Camp Mackall
N. G
Farl
Tim Freeman
M. M
Port Hueneme
Calif
Don Freeman
Kermit Hayes
Don
Marshfieldd
Thomas Luttrell
Carl Hainey
Sone
Devereaux
Coquoquille
McKimsey Receives Brief Mention in Local Notes
A fragmentary local item mentions McKimsey in a brief context with unclear details and unclear names. The readable text references Walnese and Vinit alongside sainabeds in an abbreviated note.
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Hitler
Will
Lester KL. Howe
Free
Oroville, Calif
South
Caylord
Kenneth Button
Kenneth, Jr
Portland
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Myrtie Wae
McKimsey
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