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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1928
Page
6
Shares will be offered at par, $25 each, with all volunteer subscriptions used for immediate advertising. There will be no traveling or solicitation expenses for subscriptions mailed directly to head offices in Coquille where central offices and exhibit rooms will display district products and resources to the visiting public.
Coos County forecasters report renewed credence that the Hill lines via the Oregon Electric will start construction this year. An engineering firm says work will begin within weeks on 18 miles of logging road from Allegany along the Millicoma River to the coast range divide. The project aims to tap Weyerhaeuser and Coos Bay Lumber holdings, with a Portland firm holding the general contract and possibly subletting parts.
The Arago high school staged two one act plays in the gymnasium on Saturday evening to an appreciative audience. The Silent Protector featured strong performances by Pearl Myera and Opal Robison with notable turns by Harvey Meyers and Ray Barklow. Bitthe Brother Sherlock closed the program with solid acting from the Dalton family and Everett Lafferty, while sixth to eighth graders offered music and songs between acts. Ice cream and cake were sold by the Juniors after the show.
Myrtle Point high school glee club staged The Wishing Well at Union High School auditorium last Thursday. Miss Mae Young directed the program with Miss Grace Barker promoting. The cast wore Irish lad and lassie costumes and performed a rose garden setting with fairies and dances while the audience praised the effort.
Dr John B Horner professor of history at Oregon State College Corvallis spoke at the Presbyterian church on Oregon history and his book Days and Deeds in the Oregon Country He is past eighty and described as lively and well read He toured Coos County with Rev Hulet and Rev Snyder and spoke of his students visiting after the service in Corvallis.
Miss Kathryn Dunham Miss Emma Schneider and Mrs Jena Warner hosted a Friday evening shower for Mrs Marie Johnson, a recent bride, at Miss Emma Schneider’s home. Guests included Mrs Emily Miller Dorothy Miller Mrs Ernest Knight Dorothy Finn Lela Endicott Mrs Helen Endicott Marion Young Ann Johnson Mesa Frances Floyd and Mrs Hawkins. Master Douglas Warner chaperoned the ladies.
Fragment suggests a Sunday dinner scene with a man in Myrtle Points away from his wife, implying social constraints and distance within a domestic setting. Details are incomplete and no identifiable events, persons, or organizations are clear.
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