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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1936
Page
5
A noisy collage of farm notices lists Chester White pigs at four dollars each and various feeds from Barzee Myrtle Pont to Crown Dairy and Poultry. bulk seed and garden products offered. also mentions kegs, rags, butter wrappers, old papers, poison notices, and a land sale notice from Coos County Oregon with a minimum price and sale date.
Notice from Coos County Sheriff and US General Land Office describes auction terms for timber lands. Payment options include cash or 20 percent minimum with rest in installments up to ten years at 6 percent interest. Bids open at Roseburg Oregon and require deposit with sale approval by the Secretary of the Interior.
Timber listings specify subdivisions in multiple ranges with classifications such as yellow pine red fir incense cedar red and yellow fir and hemlock. Prices set per thousand board feet vary by species with minimum bids of 2.00 1800 1.00 and 0.75 per M respectively.
Notice to legal voters in Coos County Oregon that a school meeting will be held at the Union High School on October 2, 1936 at 8 o'clock p m to discuss the district budget for the year from June 22, 1936 to June 28, 1937. The notice lists estimated receipts and expenditures across general control, instruction, operation, maintenance, auxiliary agencies, fixed charges, capital outlays, debt service, and indebtedness along with tax implications and authorized amounts.
The notice outlines minimum sale prices per thousand feet for red fir red cedar and hemlock timber on multiple parcels with specifications T 108 KR 8 can Sen 13 T1390 M and section details. The commissioner's terms set prices of 1.80 per M for red fir 1.00 per M for red cedar and 0.50 per M for hemlock and require no timber sold below these rates.
The Methodist church schedules a 10 am worship with The Art of Worship sermon and Bible study classes to follow. Two choirs offer a full musical concert next Sunday at 4:30. Epworth League welcomes all youth. Rev F H Barr delivers morning sermon Rejoicing In Hope. Evening service at 7:30 features At the Feet of Jesus. Midweek Bible study is 7:30 Wednesday. women meet Friday 1:30 at Mrs Charles McCracken. Church school at 9:45. Morning worship at 11 with Elder Dancer speaking.
Sitkum news covers visits by Elmer Wilson and family to Coquille, care for Mrs Wilson, multiple local calls in Myrtle Point and Coquille, a club quilt group, Sunday school contests, and farewells for Sitkum CCC boys bound for Chicago. Household illnesses, relocations, and a death in California are noted.
Pleasant Point social columns list overnight visits dinners and calls. Dorothy Watson hosts and is visited by neighbors including Katherine Miller Edith Bigelow Helen Harris and others across multiple households. several families attend church events and share casual gatherings through the week.
West Norway M and M members Fred Lafferty and daughter Janice visited Ban don to view the burned city. Mr and Mrs William Neideigh hosted Sunday dinner at Glen Neideigh home in Myrtle Point for Elst birthday of Mr Neideigh Sr. Glen Robison and Mrs Fred Lafferty toured Arago on Monday. Sarr Johnston and others mentioned as nearby locals.
Social notes record visits and calls: Catching Creek residents Mr and Mrs Ivyl Fry and child Ren, Miss Margaret Settle of Fairview, and Mr and Mrs Elmer Stanford with Mrs Kathleen Roberts. H E Glazier and Mrs Ore Marsters and Kent on Marshfield business. Carl Bushnell and son Jimmie in Coquille. Seymour Fosburg and O G Miller buying apples. E L Barklow family visiting. Glazier with the Del Rema family. Wm Miller and Ruth Jimmie and Lawrence Barkdoll at Coos River. Ray Dement overnight with R J West. G C Smith to Myrtle Point. Earl Adams calling locally. Donald Wood and Victor Bushnell in Marshfield. D A Word visiting at Brewster Valley. E F Hoffman, R J West, and Elbert West with C V Bushnell. L L Evernder visiting H E Glazier.
Mr and Mrs Walter Yoast of Kuna Idaho are visiting Mr and Mrs J L Ellis. John Dunckley, son of Mr and Mrs John Dunckley, was able to return to his home Saturday afternoon after a recent appendix operation.
Local notices recount visits by Rev G C Carl and many families from Mel Coquille Myrtle Point and Arago sharing a picnic at Brethren church. Moon ranch apples stolen. Edgar Cribbins car theft thwarted by Officer Bert Pearson. school assembly observes Columbus Day with multiple performances and a new manual training class starting this week.
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