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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
3
A flurry of social visits and hosting at Myrtle Point and nearby towns includes dinners at the Burbanks and Bells homes, birthday party for Glenn Fleming, and numerous overnight stays. Visitors span Corvallis Coquille Marshfield Bask ball tournament attendance, church Easter program planned for Sunday.
Sunday visits abound as DeBoers host at McNairs with guests Schellhammer LeGore and others. Weekends bring calls from Shull, Huntley, and Parrish households while Ray Lowe of Dora visits. Ensuing arrivals include Har ley Parman and the Billings brothers with family in Coquille.
The school notes detail class activities including an Easter project, a nature hike, a Keep Clean contest won by fourth row students, and a planned bird lecture by Olive Barber. Weekend visits, a cheer-up assembly, and a list of Easter and dessert recipes accompany community notices and staff duties.
Port land hosts Twin Oaks occupants including Mrs Wilford Janson and Dorothy with Harriet and Wilford Jr from Saturday to Monday. Sonoma resident Thomas Vella visited Chris Nelson and A R Davenport family hosted guests from Coquille Myrtle Point and Bend. Local couples entertained, with Davenport home a central gathering point and Mrs Ocheltree convalescing at AR Davenport home.
Pleasant Point locals record visits from Mrs Lora Carver and Mrs Ralph Rackleff to Mrs C Guy Mann. Ralph Rackleff visited Mrs Hugh MacLean. George Royer family and son visited Thomas Royer home. Irvin Royer ill with flu. Betty Painter stayed with Miss Eileen Roberts. Douglas MacLean of Los Angeles visited his parents Mr and Mrs Hugh. William Watson and Ernest Schaper visited William Johnson at Broad bent. Wilma Roth spent a weekend there.
A series of social calls traversed Coquille and surrounding towns. Mr and Mrs C A Bennett hosted in Coquille while others traveled from Roseburg to North Bend and Arago to Marshfield for visits and dinners. Grange groups attended a lecturer school in Corvallis with 112 granges represented.
Sunday visitors and weekday calls weave a social map from North Catching Creek to Bandon. Names appear in varied visits including Royer, Mann, Watson, Bettencourt, and Storm along with travelers from Port Orford and Sonoma.
Bridge Mr and Mrs Dwight Culver and Marylou visited Marshfield to see daughter Mra T T Lund in hospital. They also saw Mr and Mrs Thomas Alspaugh and Mr and Mrs James Porter. Sunday calls were made on Mr and Mrs Charles Warner in Broadbent.
Sunday callers visited Frank Little and family including Bancroft Fish Jennie Wilson Chester Little and James Porter. Visitors from North Bend Anadarko and Missouri spent time with Warner Little and McKelvy Hardman and Waterman families. A birthday dinner honored George Russell with a gathering including Elvin Watson and others.
Morning callers visited the Appleton home, including Mrs. K E Evernden and others. Catherine Appleton received Friday and Saturday visitors while Mrs. Catherine Appleton rapidly improves from a recent illness.
West Myrtle Point residents Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Bunch along with Phyllis and James from Coquille and Miss Dorothy Bennett of College Place Wash spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Breuer. Mrs. Rachel Liccllan and June and Grant of Marshfield were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E Hawkins.
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