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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1933
Page
3
West Norway events list residents and visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lafferty and others dining with Laffertys. Families and neighbors attend church events, box socials, baptisms, business trips to Coquille and Marshfield, and travels to Eureka and Klamath Falls.
Weekend visitors include George and Grace Gillespie and Clarence Schroeder. Arago church elected officers and the Myrtle Point Coquille canvass team coordinates school paper subscriptions. high school classes organized with new officers for each grade and a 12th anniversary program planned.
The community narratives detail neighbors including Wallace Warner Schroeder Schmidt and Bender families. They report brush burning, corn deliveries to the county farm gate, pump repairs, CCC camp visits, hunting bear raiding orchards, and carpentry at an old store becoming a garage. Social visits span Coquille Mapleton Eugene and Marshfield with various Bennett, Bushnell, and Wright interactions.
Mrs Glen Robison and Myrtie Polat were visitors on Tuesday afternoon. Details are unclear due to fragmented text but the incident appears routine social in nature.
Remote George Norris returns home Tuesday from an outing for work on the fun. Mrs Ed Watzling of Myrtle Point visited her father Jess Griffey last week. Frank Berks called to Roseburg Tuesday by the death of his brother. Teacher Mrs Laura Beandon hosted a fairy party for perfect attendance. Popcorn balls and cantaloupes served. Mrs C M Lancaster and daughter Cuma moved to Bandon. H B Christy of Myrtle Point and W J Priett and Irvin Kimball left on a hunting trip. Christy returned evening, others Wednesday. James Robinson mill not running the last few days to allow mill hands to hunt.
Miss Alice Scott was entertained at the CA Karter home Sunday. Bert Gollenbeck and family visited Kentuck Inlet relations. Gordon Fleming and relatives travel to Virginia via Yakima for apple harvest then winter in Virginia. Fleming previously worked as assistant cheesemaker at Arago factory. Numerous couples and individuals from Coquille North Bend and Florence attend visits, hunts, granges, and ranch life events throughout the region.
West Myrtle Point residents report visits and homestay patterns. Paul Brewer and son Bennie hosted a weekend. Mrs. Weeks stayed with her parents. Mr and Mrs Wallen and Mr and Mrs Berver visited Paul Brewer’s home. Others hosted or visited family and friends across the area.
South Myrtle Point Mr and Mrs Ellis Gant and children spend two weeks at Bandon where Mr Gant works in his brother’s store. C W Crook and family visited Norway Sunday evening with the Joe Ellis family. Walter Endicott is home from Salmon Mountain at the present time.
Tuesday to Chicago for the World’s Fair Tom Larsen plans a several month trip visiting relatives in Pennsylvania Jim Nelson will tend the ranch in his absence Ac e Huff, Audrey, Jimmy Jenks and Mrs McCoy with Babe moved out Monday Mr Huff and Mr Jenke still hauling logs Mrs Crook visited Bushnell home and showed Hewitt the cedar Locals work on county road cleaning ditches and building a bridge Missing lines mention Myrtle Point and Riverton visitors and kinship ties among neighbors
Brewster Valley residents and families visited from Powers and surrounding towns this week. Numerous gatherings included parties at the hall, grange events, and a weekend in Coquille with relatives from Eastside and Gravelford. The Bryant camp hauled logs. a birthday was celebrated for Betty Nicka wn. bees were tended on the Elmer Wilson place. new house construction by Mae Harvey progressed.
Dora Bennett and Vera Vern Bennett visited Edith Jackson on Elk Creek. Several households including the Minards, Shepherds, Willians, and Obermans hosted guests from Coquille, Myrtle Point, Coos River, and Gravelford. Elvene Bennett joined Myrtle Point high school band this year.
Gravelford and Floyd Parrish hosted business visitors in Coquille Monday. Elizabeth Lewellen visited her daughter Tante Parrish at the Robert Parrish home Saturday. Henry Hermenn and Lester Billings with families visited the Parrish and Culbertson homes over the weekend. Elizabeth Watson of Gridley California toured Codes County, staying with granddaughter Lige Culbertson. Wilfred Laird Frank Tripp and Myrtle Point visitors joined Roland Weekly at his home. Other Sunday guests included Carl Anderson and Melvin Pointer families. Bill Mullen from Corvallis visited J D Culbertson and E L Culbertson for four days. Marie Clinton spent the weekend at Be home. Bob de Boer and daughter visited Myrtle Point Saturday evening.
Upper Halls Creek guest Miss Winnie Clayton of Rock Creek stayed all day Saturday with Miss Ether Barnett. Mr and Mrs Robert McNeil visited Myrtle Point Friday. Mauroki Davie stayed with Mrs Ernest Wiebe last week while Mr Wiebe worked in Powers. Mr and Mrs B B Watkins visited Mr and Mrs W H Fearnley in Myrtle Point Saturday morning. J W Barnett took a loan of ferne to Marshfield Tuesday for Ralph Davis. Mr and Mrs John Damron of Bandon spent the weekend at the Ernest Watkins and Sam Demos homes.
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