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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
2
Arago High school will present their play The Chintz Cottage Friday evening in the Arago gym. The junior and senior classes held their annual banquet in the church basement with a potluck dinner and decorations praised by attendees.
Bridge grange and the Boy Scouts of Bridge sponsor an amateur program at the schoolhouse on Friday May 2 with prizes. Potluck dinner planned by the grange for May 4 at the hall. Next HEC club meeting at Mrs Dwight Culver’s. Several local residents attended events and visits across the past week.
LB and L closed their camp to allow all who wished to attend the funeral of Albert Christensen at the Dora chapel. Mrs. Ivan Laid and Mrs. Walter Lard joined in song at the organ as Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Krewson and Velma Forest attended.
Magill hosted a potluck dinner where a completed quilt and other work were shared. Attendees included Mrs Banich, Mrs Ocheltree, Mrs Koch, Mrs Hardman, Mrs Knight, Alice, and others plus Lawrence Knight John Koch and Robert Ocheltree who joined for the meal.
Dora reports a Saturday Grange gathering in McKinley with attendees including Mr and Mrs Chas Oberman Dean Mr and Mrs 1 erman Lorraine Noyes Mr and Mrs Ed Abernathy Mr Miller Ted Miller Mrs Harry Master and Mrs Harold Shepherd Colleen Mr and Mrs Gail Bunch Durene Nancy Mr and Mrs GO G Bunch Mr and Mrs Vernor Hooper Mrs M J Kruse and Mr and Mrs Fred Vouwerhees The host Vernon Hooper family dinner followed on Sunday with guests Mrs M J Kruse of Newberg and others.
Mrs Eimer Bell and Bidon of Myrtle Point visit Delbert Maben family in Gravel Ford. Miss Wilda Shepherd, after a Los Angeles trip, returns home. Mrs Geo Glenn, Mrs Milford Mast and Gene of McKinley call on Mrs O G Bunch. John Gearhart and Abs Marion Anderson visit Cotwalls. J W DeBoer and Helen of Gravel Ford spend the weekend with A J Mayse. Ray Gilkey of Coquille visits the Mayse household. Fred Voorheas dines with Gail Bunch. Perry Neal of Fairview visits his mother, Mrs A J Mayse.
Ray Waterman and Mr Vanhagen are shearing sheep this week for Tom Thompson and for Louis Lund. Alfred Hand and Charley Mabie from Oakland are shearing for Carman and Luttrell this week. Mr and Mrs Thomas Luttrell attended Broadbent school play practice in Broadbent Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Henry Rolf and George Rolf were in Coquillas Wednesday where Henry Rolf purchased a pickup truck.
The piece notes a series of visits and travels: Qwendolyn Schriefer attended the Marshfield senior ball in Powers, returning Sunday. Mr and Mrs Don Coldfield and Irma of Myrtle Point visited A H O Howard en route to Powers. Keith Blackwell and Patsy visited Marshfield and stayed with John Warne's family. Nora Halney joined a Townsend club dinner in Powers. Ton and Kermit Hayes traveled from Powers to Roseburg. Addie Hayes spent the Myrtle Point weekend. Lars Giahult and Mrs Hayes drove to Port Orford. Reese Daniels and family returned from Cottage Grove. John Warner and Beth Blackwell visited Marshfield.
The Portland Union stockyards weekly summary shows good hog price gains and steadier sheep and cattle. Cattle and calf totals for the week reached 2475 and 300 respectively, with 3360 hogs and 2485 sheep sold. early week opening trades listed 2100 cattle 135 calves 210 hogs and 2235 sheep.
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