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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1934
Page
4
Local society items list visits and greetings among residents of Coquille Myrtle Point Powers Waldcamere Arago and surrounding areas. Names include Barklow Lafferty Robison Stroupe Lewis MacDonald and others with weekend and weekday calls and a missionary society meeting noted.
Miss Alice Mast at McKinley closed an eight man term of school on Wednesday. An outing planned as an outing was canceled due to bad weather and replaced by a picnic dinner.
A busy Friday night at the schoolhouse featured a surprise birthday party for Mrs Thed Perry with guests including Mr and Mrs Owen Willson and family, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hansen, and many others. The note evokes ongoing local life with health updates, visits, school events, and community gatherings across McKinley, Powers, Coquille, and surrounding areas.
Mrs A L Rice and Mrs Erma Wise attend Myrtle Point shopping on Friday. Roy Hatfield of Roseburg visits the Rice home. Several residents host dinners and weekend visits, including the Sargents, Fish, Goldbloom, and Bennett families. Community events note church Mother's Day program and Bridge Grange meeting. local political candidates referenced. Roy Doney and John Huff begin logging on Catching creek.
County farmer and rancher from Arago appeals to Coos County voters for the Republican nomination for County Judge. He outlines 22 years of farm management in Coos, leadership roles with the Dairy Council Jersey Club Pomona Grange Dairy Association and local drainage and school boards, promising economical, fair, impartial county administration if nominated.
Mrs Julie and Mrs A R Ben watt hosted guests with Mr and Mrs C D Price visiting. Several households mention dinners and Sunday calls including Detlefsens, Schmidt family, Bunches, and Lett family. Notable events include Chi Lunch’s 74th birthday and a surprise party for Roy Robison’s daughter.
Bald Hill residents the Barzee couple were Myrtle Point callers Saturday. Leland McNair and son Kenneth were in Myrtle Point on business Saturday. Lester and Mir Billings visited Robert Parrish on Sunday. Agnes Parrish, a nurse at a bay hospital, spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Parrish. Laney Parrish was a Myrtle Point caller Monday. Harvey Barklow finished dishing for J D Culbertson and took the tractor home Monday. Milton and Charles Culbertson visited J D Culbertson Monday. Mrs Carl Anderson called at the J D Culbertson home Monday. Clarence Harrison of Gold Hill visited Alva Huntley last week. Mrs George Reed and two daughters visited Sunday at the home of her sister Mrs Lloyd Hunt ey.
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