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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1946
Page
2
October 1946 rainfall at Powers Station more than double 1945 with 5.2 inches. Highest daily rainfall 1.19 inches. Seventeen days with at least .01 inch, five with 2% and two with 1.00 inches. Temperatures ranged from 23 to 80 degrees. Total rainfall since Sept 1 to Nov 1 recorded 6.22 inches. Community notes include meetings, club events, and local civic developments.
ARAGO Special announces the pending marriage of Miss Glenda Jean Lillie to Mr. Fred Storren of Coos Bay on Sunday November 10. A 7 30 night candlelight ceremony at Arago Community Church will be followed by a church reception. Mrs Ward Evans returns from Portland and Pendleton trip. Families attend Halloween party. Jack Knife escorts youths to Grants Pass for football. Sick list includes Master Degald Petersen and Mrs Marguerite Aasen.
Sitkum notes Rollie and EarL Alford bought the Harvey Osborn place and moved in last Monday. Mr and Mrs Elmer Strode and Mr and Mrs Ivan Laird attended the 5th and 6th degree initiation at North Bend Sunday night. A Hallowe en party at the school gym Friday awarded prizes for costumes. EarI Wilson won the upper grades, Donna Brown the primary. Halloween games ran late with doughnuts coffee and chocolate served. Charles Wilson and family moved to Coos Bay Lumber camp. Wilson works as a log marker. Orlin Lett and family attended the Interchurch Fellowship meeting in Myrtle Point Monday. Howard Hamel a returned missionary from India spoke and showed Tibet photos. Bob Hargington Kurtan Wilson and Lila Mae Laird went to a football game in Grants Pass last Friday. William Abbinethy and wife of Olympia spent a few weeks visiting friends here.
The merged lumber entities create the Wil National Lumber Company with officers and directors to run the new organization. The deal centers on combining resources from Corvallis and Portland with a reported value around 1800 dollars.
The Ab ermethy family and the Miller and Wileon households hosted visitors over Sunday. Mrs Mintle Wileon of Roseburg and Bud Coon of Klamath Falls joined neighbors in helping with house work for Charles Wilson and others in the community.
A partial list shows W. Clark as president with George T. Gerlinger on the board and William Swindalls as executive vice president and secretary. Maurice D. Glar appears as assistant secretary and treasurer, while David T. Manon is named on the board of directors.
In Myrtle Point on April 20, 1946, Mr and Mrs Russell W. Apeherents were named legal guardians as part of the settlement. The claimant was injured in an auto crash driven by Janon J Jewett who denied ability but offered to settle for 426 dollars per on file papers.
County records show Lloyd G. Hoffman and Vivian E. Newton of Powers obtained a marriage license. The notice also mentions authorised claim settlement related to injuries suffered by their child Judith Ann Wilson in an accident.
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