Community Notes Highlight Rural Visits and Local Events
A Powers community roundup details a Gold Beach to Crescent City trip with Oregon Cave visits and a Tuesday evening party hosted by Mrs Deyoe. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Alien King Jr and many locals. The WWoman's club executive met to plan the season, and Powers High adds band performances, registration, and new typewriters as schools prep for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gold Beach
Crescent City
Oregon Caves
Powers ‘Wady
Yoose
Alien King, Jr
Lester Thorp
Elvin Hull
Bob
Charles Stallard
Verner Lawton
Joseph Leggett
Joseph
Earl Warner
Peter Robinson
Maxine Barksow
Elwin Frye
Truman Leo Wagner
San Francisco
Oregon
Deyoe
Wwoman’s Club
Hazel Lewis
Mesdames
T W Sherk
Willis Coy
Earl West
Lyle McCulloch
James Gamwell
Obituary of John W Bell at Myrtle Point
Funeral services were held Saturday for John W Bell who died August 29 1939 at Mast Hospital after a stroke. Born March 2 1861 in Cannelton Indiana he lived in Blue Ridge Kentucky and Myrtle Point Oregon where he farmed cotton then joined IOOF and Rebecca lodges. Surviving are eight children including George Letta Schellhammer Nellie Albee Elmer William Bell Alta Barkdol Jessie Burke and Minette Mel along with a sister Hannah Divens Seventeen grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Interment at Norway cemetery with Rev T J Pryor officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schroeder Funeral Home
John W Llian Bel
Mast Hospital
William Bell
Bor
Cannelton
Blue Ridge Ky
Mitle Point
Josephine Pevsinger
Troy Ind
George
Letta Schellhammer
Nellie Albee
Elmer
Myrtle Point
Alta Barkdol
Broadbent
Jessie Burke
Olympia, Wash
Minette Mel
Marshfield
Hannah Divens
Island
Beil
Local Ladies Aid and Community Groups Meet in Myrtle Point
Mrs Paul Breuer and Mrs Walter Moore hosted 25 Local Presbyterian Ladies Aid members for a planning session on a rummage sale set for Friday and Saturday in a vacant store next to Gu news cleaning. Other notices report Myrtle Point groups meeting for fairs, booths, and social events with plans for the Coos County Fair, a church reception, and a member tea at the city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers High School
Coos County
Fair Board
Pearce Warage
Diretor Withnell
Powers Pharmacy
Paul Breuer
Walter Moore
West Myrtle Point
Presbyterian Ladies Aid
Gu News Cleaning Establishment
Dal King
Ladies Aid
Everett Walgamott
L W Miller
Faye Jean Hall
Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospital
Salem
Myrtle Grange
T M. White
P Ww W Laird
Charles Wooldridge
E C Barker
T G Sumerlin
N G W Perkins
Belle Whitaker
Fred Scofied
Ida Murphy
Bridge
L.A. LaFlamme
Octavia Tucker
Longview Wash
Myrtle Point
Luxembourg Gardens
Helen Hagen
LaVerne College
Pomona
Lockers with individual combination locks installed for students
The school replaces desks with chairs and tables in most rooms, assigns each student a locker with a personal lock, and removes desks to reduce classroom disturbances while keeping essentials in defined spaces.
West Norway Guests Visit Broadbent and Marshfield
West Norway residents Mr and Mrs Staney Halter and Mr and Mrs E Myers joined Mr and Mrs Frank Lane of Broadbent for Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Thomas Garden of Milliscon and Mr and Mrs Charle Brock of Marshfield called on Mr and Mrs Thomas Garrone that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staney Halter
E . Myers
Frank Lane
Broadbent
Thomas Garden
Milliscon
Charle. Brock
Marshfield
Sunda
Thomas Garrone
Grose Wood
Coquile
Jerry Larson
Henry Hermann
Bandon
Unclear Scene with Local Residents Assisting
The fragment notes several people including Pees and Lundy Jolla Moore Ralph Kring and Verne Lundy helping around a room. No further context or event details are provided.
Locals Holiday Trips and Visits Roundup
Local residents report vacations visits and host stays across Oregon. Grady and Mrs Grady Johnson toured to Eugene and Sisters then returned home. Miss Marjory Johnson and Miss Florence Henderson plan to stay with a local family for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Johnson
Eugene
Mra
A. G. Thurber
Evlaine
McKenzie Pass
Santiam Pass
Sweet Home
J. L. Ray
Johnson
Marjory Johnson
Florence Henderson
Thomas Guerin
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Coquille
Beas, McKeown
Kolkhurst
Hayes
Manlin
Clarence Hall
James Gamwell, Sr
Bil Brown
Louis Donaldson
Douglas Gamwell
John William Bell
Bell
IOOF
Edge
Una Rebecca Lodge
Norway Cemetery
T J Pryor
Presbyterian Church
Fair Booth
My'‘le Port
Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Edwin Carter
Mangus Aasen
Delirous
Altar Society
St Ann
Katherine Arnold
Clifford Wilson
Coos County Fair
D J Kelly
Mesdames Rodney
Francis Gus Metzgus
J J Pool
Fred Brown
Frank Young
Sarsh Kelly Reuben Roupp
Charles Belshaw Rose Barrett
Raph Costner
Ernest Luthy
Waldemar Gurney
Norman Morsing
Dmithy
Adeline Gurney
Lavonne Sumerlin
Rlc ‘Leet Brown
James Lewellen
Eda Smith
Jerrene Burgess
Ellen Carver
Pauline Strong
Lyle Carver
Mary Dye
Miss Smith
Miss Strong
P W Laird
Myrte Point Womran’s Club
Nne
Gail Patrick
Parhers
Alen Mowbray
Nelen Vinson
Jem Archer
Nellie May Gibbs
Jeepers
Kreepers
DE Rocers Mele Mall Sah
Pep
Gene Autrey
Smiley Buruetie
Rancho Grande
Alias#Deacon
DLA
Ary Deavers
Patricia Cox
Sempert’s
Walter Tripp
Woce Garage
West Norway
Mens Furnishings
Breuer
Herman Semerlin
Get
Glenn Zeller
Wm. Gurney
Maxine Dement
Jane Dement
Roseburg
Nick Raptor
Long Beach, Calif
Bessie Ocheltree
Ralph Dwinell
Spokane
Wash
Fred Lafferty
Portland
Ethel Roop
Willows
Miss Roop
Vick
Reedsport
Fred Mantz
Barbara
Golda
Mrs. EC. Barker
North
Walter Newmern
Glida
Joyce
Janice
Robert Wake
Bensie Ocheltree
E. A Aasen
Roland Bishop
Halls Creek
Robert Ocheltree
Ernce Davence
Twin Oaks
Oregon State Ft
Paul Batke
Olympia
Dee Hasking
Washington
Chester Bowers
Charles Bowers
Tuty
Beauty Shoppe
Fifth Avenue
Herald Press
Tuty Johnson
Menern Hayes
Myrtle Point Herald
the Herald Press
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