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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1936
Page
2
A Monday program presented by the sixth under Mrs. Mewerd Varney featured the sixth and seventh grades in a school recital. Frey Steck led a performance for the social tour while Mrs. Lyle Mas, Mrs. Bruce Munro, and Dire. Charies Crew assisted with arrangements.
The Ladies Aid group is painting and giving the church a thorough cleaning this week.
Superintendent Paul B Baker met with faculty from Powers High and nearby schools to publish the basketball slate. Games include Powers at Riverton on January 15 and Coos River at Arago on the same date, with a January 23 Riverton visit to Coos River and other league games through February 20.
The local Royal Neighbor lodge met Friday at the Fellowship club with three members present. District Deputy Ada Lemon of Myrtle Point introduced State Supervisor Katherine Benson of Portland, who gave a splen aoter on Royal Neighbor work.
Mrs. E. J. Greiner entertained members of the Fellowship Club Wednesday in a social gathering highlighting community service and club activities.
A series of social notes records visits and trips: A. eeets left for Portland to be with family. Alyce Sehneider traveling for Thanksgiving. Zhavna visiting Melia. Harwood Schwartz visiting in Cutten. Gamwell family back from Lake Tahkenitch. Ray Hall in Marshfield. Florence Parvin planning Eugene recess. Donaldsons with relatives in Coquille. Wayne Carver in town from Myrtle Point. Ben Crawford weekend in Corvallis. Burnetts and Minnie Burnett from Myrtle Point calling on Townsend. West family visiting Welden Medford. group travels down the coast to Gold Beach and North Bend. Olla Lay in Marshfield for business and postmaster meetings. Lyle Bishop family at George Buchana’s home in South Powers. PF Grove’s transfer to Mast hospital Myrtle Point. Paul Herschinger hosting Castro of San Francisco. Morgan Lawson moving to Roseburg to open jewelry store. Mrs Lawson to join next week.
Broadbent residents hosted and visited neighbors including Mr and Mrs Ernest Clausen, Mr and Mrs W A Roselle, Ivan Evernden, and George Hermann. Families moved homes, Grange meeting held with lunch, and rural work continued with fence building and cattle movements.
Notice states there will be no meeting of Mystic chapter OES S on Thanksgiving night. The item warns members to skip gathering and adhere to the schedule change for that evening.
Last Thursday evening the football squad, friends, faculty members and wives were hosted for a turkey dinner at Coach Earl Hardy’s home. Attendees included Chester Moe, Lorraine Shepherd, Virgil Utterback, Guy Paxton, Earl Smith, Alvin Sprague, Glenn Ross, Francis Stevens and many others. Toastmaster Jack Greiner led the evening with remarks as Earl Hardy spoke on athletics and the Ten Commandments of Sport, followed by dancing and socializing after dinner.
Report cards will be issued Tuesday or Wednesday after the six weeks end Friday. Thanksgiving vacation runs Wednesday Nov 25 to Monday Nov 30. Christmas vacation begins Wednesday Dec 23 and school resumes Monday Jan 4.
The Junior Woman's club hosted a card party at Mrs. Albert Powers home to benefit the Christmas Seal sale. Three tables played contract and one table auction with top contract score to Mrs. Jack Greiner and second to Mrs. Albert Burch. Auction high went to Mrs. Mabel Hartle.
Mrs Ernest Severson hosted St Bridget's Altar Society at the Collier Hotel apartments last Tuesday. The group decided to delay the December apron sale until working conditions improve.
Wednesday many Powers school faculty members left for Thanksgiving homes. Karl Hardy and his mother went to Portland. Miss Phyllis Spelbrink to Forest Grove, Miss Ethel Beougher to Salem, Miss Florence Parvin to Eugene, and Miss Dorothy Nelson to Coquille. Howard Varney returns from Salem, and Miss Lorna Baker of Estacada will stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Paul E Baker for the holiday.
The Fellowship club will hold a meeting at 2 p.m. next Wednesday in the club house.
The Gaylord Woman's Club held a regular meeting last week with quilting for Mrs. Glen Grant as hostess. A noon dinner was served to Mesdames Bones, Swenson, Devereux, Lear, Hainey, Hainey, Grant, Howard, and Medlock, with Mrs. Clarence Howard visiting from Akron.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth ShetUler and Pete Chandler were injured in an auto accident Sunday evening while en route to Twomile where Chandler is employed. All three were taken to the hospital.
Mrs James Barton hosted a Friday farewell event with a handkerchief shower for Mrs O A Barton who is moving to Twomile. Guests for the afternoon included Mrs P P Bales, Mrs W G Carty, Jack Hannon, Donald Noah, Robert Ligat, Earl West and Eddie Aubin.
Mrs Reuben Stevens hosted a luncheon for her bridge club last Wednesday at auction with first prize won by Mrs Ray Stewart and second by Mrs Charles Crew A surprise birthday shower of miscellaneous gifts honored the hostess.
The Junior Women’s club holds a regular business meeting Monday evening at the schoolhouse. Members will work on scrapbooks to send as Christmas gifts to children in hospitals.
Bible Standard and Community Church publish weekly worship times and meetings. Services include Sunday school at 9 45 or 11 am for different churches with evening services, prayer meetings, children’s church, and missionary society events led by pastors Armstrong and Stephens. Catholic Mass at 10 08 am last Sunday monthly with altar society activities.
The Powers Choral Club meets every Monday night at the Bible Standard church. Anyone interested in singing is welcome to attend the meetings.
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a sewing and social meeting Friday at 2 PM at the home of Mrs. Nuble Rovang.
Cement Creek William Chandler and Samuel Chandler were business callers in Myrtle Point the forepart of last week. Mr and Mrs Earl Ray were last Thursday callers in Marshfield. Mr and Mrs Arthur Chandler and Willis Chandler spent the past week fishing at Gold Beach. They caught several steelheads. Clemmett Gilkison and George Dors accompanied them to Gold Beach where they took the stage to Santa Ana California for the winter. Mr and Mrs Tom Brown were Friday callers on the Arthur Chandler family. Donald Gilkison had been staying with Herbert Horn on Upper Floras creek the past few days. Albert and Ray Brown were Friday callers in Myrtle Point. Mr and Mr Richard Haines were in Marshfield on business one day this week. Mr Joan Floyd and small daughter returned home last Thursday from Mast hospital. Willis Chandler was Sunday caller at the Arthur Chandler home.
Halls Creek residents host and visit neighbors over weekends and weekdays. Annie Deardorff begins work at the George Hampton home while Mrs Ernest Watkins and other locals host and guest at various homes including the Watkins and Damron households.
Dewey Woolms arrested November 13 at Powers on charges of passing worthless checks to various merchants. He was arraigned in circuit court at Coquille and bound over to the grand jury under a $2,000 bond.
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