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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1934
Page
3
Merle Randleman, Herbert Carl, Stephen Ansen and others are listed among community residents. Families host guests, attend church events, and share meals. Bunker Hill grade boys lose 26 to 13 in a return game, while locals Meade and Barklow travel and work in nearby towns.
Mrs. John Felsher hosts and neighbors visit in Twin Oaks with Mrs Ella Floyd of Marshfield and her daughters Irene and Eleanor. A R Davenport and family attend dinner. Verne Lundy and Dorothy Medlock visit Ellis Warner home in Powers. multiple birthday celebrations and dinners mark weekend activities among local families.
West Myrtle Point residents Mr and Mrs T A Bernier of Coquille visited Sunday. The Christensens and Mrs A M Christenson with daughter Marvine spent Friday with Mrs Jesse Clinton. Clinton, Belloni, Arnold, Root, Barker, and Redell families hosted or visited neighbors and friends at various homes during the week. Lawrence Clinton and A M Christiansen traveled to Eugene Monday to review lugging machinery.
Broadbeat Miss Helen MecCracken of Powers visited over Sunday at her home. Several from the community attended the dance at Gaylord Saturday evening. The sixth Oregon history class completed a project on wagon days forts and Indian battles. The 4 H clubs are planning a play to fund materials for the year. Misses Opal Phelps and Virna Hermann will attend the local teachers institute in North Bend next Saturday.
Arago resident Alfred Heberly visited his sisters in Arago. Nearby families, including the Billings, Purser, Root, Robison, Munford, and Schroeder households, hosted visitors and dinners across Myrtle Point, Johnson Mill, Coquille, and surrounding towns. Albert Gulstrom left for a Tillamook trip. Gulstrom family hosts noted during his absence.
South Myrtle Point residents note visits from Clare Twilliger and family of Portland while staying with C J Craine family. Floyd Reed moved furniture home and works on a new ranch house. Local happenings include calls on Crooks, Gants, and Adams. tractor work, log hauling, and weather affecting plans.
Bridge Mrs Carre Benham returned last Thursday from a stay with her daughter Mre C A Holver stott of Fairvnes Mrs Holverstott is much improved Mrs Carrie Benham and mother Mrs M Brownson spent Saturday afternoon with Mre Hattie Hatcher Hatcher was a business visitor in Coquille last Thursday Ruth Huff spent the weekend with Wilma Johnson at Gaylord The George Bryant Logging company has a new Diesel caterpillar and bull dozer which came in Monday They
Bridge Grange held a Friday night meeting with 33 members and 14 guests from Coquille and Myrtle Point. The program included group singing two readings by Lynn and Mary Louies Culver several numbers by the Martins from Coquille and a string orchestra from Norway and Coquille.
Local logs from Bald Hill and Gravelford drifted into river bend during winter floods. Myrtle Point residents Robert Parrish and son Floyd joined weekend shoppers Leland McNatr and family, Mr and Mrs McNait, and Grace Parry with other visitors at Huntley and Reed households. Coquille business callers included Vance Huntley and Jack White.
Bancroft Ann Charles Warner went to Marsh Weldy on Thursday to assist her daughter Mrs Hulda Carey who is ill with the flu. Lloyd Evernden delivered a load of ferns to Marshfield. Mrs Wiliam Jewett of Tiller and Mr and Mrs George Jowett were mentioned in the same note.
The report notes visits by several families including the Jewett, Barrow and Rice households to relatives in town this week. Bryant Brothers resume work on Rock Creek building a timber road while Harold James and crew repair and improve drainage. A large crowd attended the L A Duncan home dance as George Rice and family return from a several day trip.
West Norway residents report moving plans for Mr and Mrs Lyle Paull and note numerous visits by neighbors and relatives. The column lists dinners, business calls, blasting assistance, and weekend visits involving families such as Laffertys, Robisons, Myers, Bognudas, and Genzoli across Gardiner Curry county and nearby towns.
Fragmentary OCR notes show names like Carl Susy Katherine Fula May and John Myers along with Ed and Fred Lafferty at a home in Myrtle Point. Content is garbled and lacks clear event, date, or outcome details.
Cement Creek Mr and Mrs Gilkison and son Walter left Monday for eastern Oregon. Miss Ruth Anderson is visiting her grandmother in Myrtle. Mr and Mrs Donald Gibbs and family are mentioned in the brief clipping.
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