Powers High School Notes and Local Happenings 1940
Marriages, club gatherings, and school affairs fill Powers area notes. Teacher Charles L Gorsage wed Marion Bromley in Grants Pass and returned to Powers. various clubs plan Halloween events. 4 H and RNA activities, birthday potlucks, and fire-damaged Pioneer Theater repairs are reported alongside student attendance, the new school paper, and upcoming guest Isobel, a vaudeville performer, at the gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sowers
Charles L. Gorsage
Grants Pass
Marion L. Bromley
Ballard
Adams
Varius
Walter Commons
Tae
Powers High
William Heyer
Dons
Social Roundup From Arago and Nearby Communities
Residents and visitors gather across Arago Coquille Myrtle Point and Marshfield. Notable groups include the Levy Rackleffs and McAllisters hosting and traveling to Yakima Grants Pass Portland and Myrtle Point with various family and church activities. Local 4 H awards, reunions, and shop events highlight a busy week.
Sitkum shower honors Mrs Smith of Norway
Sitkum Mra Oscar Durrell and Mra Albert Christensen hosted a stork shower for Mrs Ernest Smith of Norway. Guests included Mrs Durrell and Mrs Christensen with games, a name writing contest won by Mr Elmer Strode, and cake coffee and punch served. Several attendees and ill relatives are noted including Fern Nickason Lila Mose and Mar Laird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Durrell
Albert Christensen
Ernest Smith
Norway
Durrell
Herman Gray
Elmer Strode
London Jenkins
Arthur Jenkins
J D Laird
Ivan Laird
Elmer Wilson
Lucy Lee
George Ellis
Minor Mead
K Hultin
Carrie Nickason
Edwin Crowley
Ernest Krewson
Rollie Alford
Fanny Alford
Elwin Alford
Edward Tuel
Mra Durrell
Christensen
Smith
L. E. Moore
Julius Benham
Harold Mullen
Louis Laird
Velma Krew
Fern Nickason
Lila Mose
Mar Laird
Rosalie L
Buesa
Myrtle Point
C M. Wilson
Emer Wilson
Burton
Charlies
Weekend Visitors and Local Meetings in Coquille and Surrounds
A series of local activities unfolds including dinners with the Waggoners and Csearharts relations in Coquille, farm helpers arriving with equipment, and neighbors at gatherings. Notable events include apple picking at J N Gearhart’s, a Redwood forest trip by Dura school upper grades, and an all day Friendly Club meeting at O G Bunch’s with a quilted hostess gift and potluck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosabel Brown
Dura
Redwood Forest
Oregon Caves
Crater Lake
Brown Fay
Dick Gill
Colleen Shepherd
Keith Thompson
Donald Silvester
Eddy Lee Ellis
Barbara Butterfield
Alhambra
Calif
J N Gearhart
Friendly Club
O G. Bunch
Mesdamey Roy Bwan
Beliend Barber
Harold Tred Mineard
Jail Bungh
Dwengsed Maney
Misees
Marherva Bute
Local residents attend meetings and visits across towns
W A Nickeon and Fern and other couples attended meetings in Coquille Myrtle Point and Bulards. Families traveled to hospital visits and house burg stays while workers and cooks wrapped winter duties. Amil Ellis and Erwin Laird planned a Missouri trip as LBL cooks wrap up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Abbott
Junior
Houseburg
Juliue Benham
Harry Mast
Coquille
Julius Benham
Mra
Jr. Laird
Coquille Sund
Laird
Jack Hultin
Myrtle
Herman Gray
Ernest Krewson
REA
Amil Ellis
Erwin Laird
Missouri
Mra M . Pinkston
LBL
Linnie Krewson
Waterman Family Dinner Guests Across Area
Bancroft Clarence and David Waterman attended a Wednesday dinner with Clyde Waterman. Mr and Mrs Anecew Waterman and Patricia June with Perry Jr. Waterman were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Mark Hardman. Ralph Van Zyle of Medford and Milton, Raymond and Grace Benzema of Ashland joined Mrs Andrew Waterman’s family for a past Sunday meal. George Russell of Jenison Creek visited the Elvin Waterman home last week.
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H E Quilhaugh
Quilhaugh
Todd Jones
Mesdames Clyde Allen
Ray Jones
Leslie McDaniel
Leo Frye
James Fitz- Henry
Elmer Duncan
Orvile Knight
Jennie Jones
Edwin Peterson
Clifford Edwards
Robert Harrington
Marlton Borrigo
Clarence Conger
L. L. Cunningham
Coquille
Vernon Medford
Coos County
Reedsport
CCC
Harry Griffin
Logging Congress of the Northwest
Vancouver BC
Griffin
Portland
Alvin Billings
Myrtle Point
Earnest
Dorothy
Bruce Munro
Marilyn
Wayne Munro
Mast Hospital
T. W Sherk
Yvonne
Marlene
Ranald
San Francisco
Calif
Dennis Sherk
Presidio
Carl Utterback
Albert Hachler
Rachel Bones
Jess Jones
Ben Crawford
J .M Adams
Roseburg
Adams
Harold W Summers
Summers
L B. Levy
C. McAllister
Jean
Bernice Lillie
Bandon
Lawrence Rackleff
Maxine
M. Sumerlin
Lee
Gus Schroeder
Audrey
Arago
Yakima
Wash
Schroeder
Gordon Fleming
Andrew
Medford
Louise Linegar
Santa Clara
Mra
J D. Carl
Carl
Mra Linegar
J D Carl
Zila Langer
Powers
A. H Bender
Norway
Keith Kribs
Roy District
Mei
Gerald Lillie
Pat
Robert Blondel
Pacific Internationa
Frank Lane
Broadbent
EB J Myers
Lane
Myers
Earl Mullins
Clarence Mullins
Sax
H Ernest Watkins
Watkins
David Root
John Paul
S C McAllister
Ruth Woodward
John
Wayne Woodward
Ladies Aid
Ward Evans
Clyde Crawford
Dickie
Gene
A B Crawford
Gerald Potts
Eastaide
Crawford
Ore Reobleon
Robert Munford
Sam Root
Francis Barkow
Albert Lillie
Albert Gulstrom
Stanley Halter
Clifford Sumerin
Ells Barklow
Frank Miller
Francis Barklow
Thelma
Nola Crawford
L. E. Hayes
Lpence Hackleff
Russell McBain
Catherine of
Clarence
David Waterman
Clyde
Anecew Waerman
Patricia June
Perry Jr. Waterman
Mark Hard
Ralph van Zyle
Milton
Raymond
Grace Benzema
Ashland
Andrew Waterman
George Russell
Jenison Creek
Elvin Waterman
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Bobby Doerr
Boston Red Sox
Rogue River
Abe Doerr
Rupert Jones
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Allen King
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Maxine Carver
Hazel Lewis
Selmar Mellin
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Willis A. Varney
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Wilbur Lewis
Henry Moe
Port Chicago
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Floyd Eatons
Lyle McCulloch
Donald Slonecker
Stephen Gamwell
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Francis Jones
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E A Waggoner
Judy
Coquile
M Csearhart
A Jo Mayse
Monta Minard
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Gas Bunch
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Grffin
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Kenneth
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Marshfield
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