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Myrtle Point Herald

Location

Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1939

Page

6

Social tea and bridge gathering hosted by RNA at Mrs Sparks home

A Thursday tea at Mrs. Walter Sparks residence hosted by RNA featured cards and refreshments. Attendees included Mesdames Button, Lemon, Tripp, Evans, Miller, Spores, Parry, Mast, Knell, Baker, Whobrey, and Evans, plus guests Lena Miller from Endicott and others. Prizes awarded for high score with Mrs Thomas winning, Mrs Moore second, and Mrs Rickard guest prize.

Walter Sparks RNA Mrs. Sparks Mesdames Myrtle Button R. H. Lemon Walter Tripp Marlin Evans L W Miller Charles Spores Otto Parry Clinard Mast David Knell LeRoy Baker Joe Whobrey Arlene Evans Phyllis Spores Eva Lou Sparks Lena Miller Endicott L W Miller Scranton Raleigh Greene Elmer Knight John Moore Elton Schroeder H. E Whitaker H H Thomas Shirley Laird Harold This City Elbert Schroeder Coquille Paul McElwain North Bend Edgar Rickard John Anold Genevieve Kaufman Thomas Moore Rick

Community Notices Highlight Local Club Meetings

George Linn celebrated his birthday with a dinner at the Sumerlin home joined by Dr H H Thomas and others. The Intermediate girls, the Brethren surch group, Modern Matrons, Octogor, WCTU and other local groups met for programs, refreshments, floral crafts and planned Bible school and services in area schoolhouses.

George Linn T G Sumerlin H H. Thomas Grace Mary Linn Margeret Stevenson Barney Walsh Katherine Brethren Church The Myrtle Point

OU OF OORS STUF By LANS LENEVE

The column shares miscellaneous outdoors bits by Lans Leneve. It notes birds active at dawn, salmon behavior, animal naming in localities, and odd facts about pain in animals. It mentions dinosaurs, water safety gear, ammunition ethics, and fish lure scent dynamics.

Book review club meets at C Lo Church home

The March first semi monthly meeting was held Tuesday evening with Miss Grace Mary Lunn reviewing Noc turne by Frank Swinnerton. Refreshments were served by hostess Mrs Church to members and guests Helen Whitaker Thomas Rickard King Whitaker Otis and others.

The Book Review Club C Lo Grace Mary Lunn Frank Swinnerton Mrs Church Helen Whitaker H Ho Thomas Edgar Rickard Dal King H E Whitaker Chester Otis

Death Notice Blanche Dibble Hanford 1939

Word has been received of the death of Mrs Blanche Dibble nee Blanche Neal who passed away Monday March 6 1939 in Hanford Dail after a long illness. She was born in Myrtle Point and moved to California at 15. Mr Dibble had lived in Hanford and vicinity 28 years. Survived by husband Laurence Dibble and Lyte. her mother Mrs Eve Neal of Hanford and father William Neal of Dos Palos California. Four brothers and three sisters listed including Ernest Lester Perry Row Mrs A B Comfort Mrs Charles Lauer and Mrs W Bur Paul living in California.

Blanche Dibble Blanche Neal Hanford Sears Myrtle Poon Calfornia Dibble Vwcinity Laurence Dibble Lyte Eve Neal Wiliam Neal Dos Palas Calif Ernest and Lester Perry Coque and Row Marshfield Comfort Charles Lawer W Bur Paul California

Fishermen's Tales and Old Words From a Walton Memoir

The fragment reflects fisherman lore and memories about angling life, noting muddy waters, the big fish that often escapes, and mispellings among anglers. It hints at diary recollections from a Walton book and mentions school days, rain gear, and a long tradition of fishing slang and craft.

Walton

Community Social Listings and Visits Across North Bend

A broad roll of gatherings and visits dominates the page. Guests at Mooard Wir Boo KR and other households share dinners, Sunday visits, and Saturday entertainments. North Bend events include basketball attendance, family travel to Corvallis and Ashland, and recitals plus church activities.

Census Expands 1940 Reach to All Territories

The 1940 census will cover Hawaii Puerto Rico Alaska the Virgin Islands American Samoa Guam and all other outlying possessions as well as the continental United States.

Hawaii Puerto Rico Alaska The Virgin Islands American Samoa Guam Continental United States

Agriculture employs half of U S workers in 1870 Census

The United States Census Bureau reports that over one half of all gainful workers in the United States were in agriculture in 1870. In 1696 only 214 percent were employed in this basic industry.

United States United States Census Bureau

Aircraft production in the United States in 1837 and 1935

Preliminary figures from the US Census Bureau show 3100 planes completed in 1837 and 1365 in 1935. Among the total, 2196 were all metal cabin airplanes and the rest comprised other types.

United States US Census Bureau

Hospital notes and injuries from last week reported

The report lists multiple patients treated or hospitalized last week including Char's Bonson of Myrtle Point Gene Baftina of Bandon and Ted BeTu Wipro among others. It notes various medical treatments and surgeries performed with updates on recovery or discharge timelines and references local locations such as Camas Va Forest Creek and Myrtle Point.

Monte We Ks Wen Mere Char Myrtle Pont Widnes Keith Neal Gayle Doeft Cless Gene Baftina Bandon Tomedt

Treatments and recoveries cited in odd hospital notes

The record lists numerous patients with various injuries and illnesses receiving care or recovering. Names include Golden Crews, Van Spores, Ward, Min Joe Sayre, Qladya Meintee, Amel ramedes, Alden Beckett, Edmund Natilla, Bykes-McNab employee, Clyde Browtor, Mrs Sanford Anderson, Giles Harris, and Rev E Bales. It also notes a decline in childbirth deaths in the United States by 28 percent since 1900 per Census bureau figures.

Golden Cooyo Bryant Terre Coope George Sennottacy Ward Joe Sayre Bandon Qladya Meintee Bridge Aed Amel Ramedes United States

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