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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1939
Page
1
A brief notice confirms the person accepted a job at the University of Oregon and has begun work there. No further details on position or start date are provided.
Dora Sy ers and O. R Kirk of Brewster valley spent Sunday with Miss C J ree Peet. Gearhart and Clark made a visit over the weekend. Dement, a friend of J. W. Gearhart, attended the gathering.
Weekend visits include McKinley residents hosting Riverton family members and local moves. Secretarial studies begin for Beatrice Getz in Salem. Leo Pratt suffers a back injury and transfers to Mast hospital for about a month. Elizabeth Christiansen elected to teach at McKinley. Nelie Jackson moves to Moro to be near her sister. Nearby residents and teachers are mentioned with various travel and school updates.
In West Norway a brief item notes ongoing local developments with sparse details about a place named Oorw and a status marker 1 Oorw. No clear events or dates are provided.
The Mas Nic and Eastern Star picnic in Mast Grove at Leo Sunday invites all Masons and Eastern Stars and guests. Potluck dinner with ice cream and coffin. Sessoertins chine, baseball games between Bay and Coquille Valley and Curry lodges. foot races and other events. Key officers expected include Grand Master Leif Finseth and Deputy Grand Master Zar Snell.
Mrs Chas McCracken a Gravelford Road resident and cafe cook sustained a severe hand injury at the Jack and JIA Cafe Monday evening. The index and left ring finger were deeply cut necessitating amputation at the nail roots. She was assisted and reportedly recovering.
Mrs. Rose Garrett assists Frank Younge in a fall from a stepladder Tuesday. She suffered a severe blow to the head and multiple broken ribs. She was injured while aiding Mrs. Garrett in cleaning a house.
Word has reached that William Alford Mullin grandson of Mrs Mary Culbertson was killed Saturday morning when a tractor overturned. He was born 1918 in Palo Alto, California, moved to Honolulu, where funeral services were held Monday afternoon and cremation followed. His ashes will be sent to Myrtle Point for burial in the family cemetery near Gravelly Bay.
At Myrtle Grange meeting on a local fall Tuesday evening Mr and Mrs R W Schaad were honored with a surprise dinner at 730 pm. The Schands received an unnoted cake as they plan to leave September 20 for Corvallis where Schaad will serve as assistant supervisor in the state county agents extension department. Harold Schaad will replace him as Smith Hughes instructor at Myrtle Point High School. A program followed with a community sing a three act skit The First Five Years the Hardest and a brief dance recess before resuming the grange meeting. Plans outline a dinner for next Thursday September 4 to honor the county creameries with outside speakers expected.
Community notices recount visits and guests across Myrtle Point and surrounding towns. Families such as Knight, Anderson, Leatherman, and Mast host and visit relatives in Oregon, with travel to Salem Monmouth and Portland noted alongside health updates and a fishing trip report.
The article lists numerous visitors and trips: Cravelford Helen DeBoer visited her sister Betty DeBoer and aunts Florence and Josephine Heffley in Pextland, while families like the Burboers and Smiths gathered in Marshfield for Labor Day. Travel includes trips to Portland Coquille and Santa Cruz for relatives and World Fair attendance, with several local visits by Clausen Whitaker Eggers and Barker families. Deep sea fishing at Win Bay is noted for several participants.
Bald Hill selects Florence Schuster of Portland to teach for the term. School opened Monday after Labor Day. Visitors include Lester Billings and family from Coquille calling on Mrs. Parrish, H F McNair visiting Caudle, and Sam Harris with Inez and Minnie Lusk from Ophir. Sunday guests at H Frank McNair’s home included Wayne Breitenbacher, F R Breitenbacher, Mrs B B Smith and Sidi, with a visit by the Tenmile group.
The Union Oil Service at the southwest corner of Spruce and Fourth streets changed management Sunday Sept 3 with Harry Howell now in charge. Howell, formerly of Coquille, plans an opening special for Fair Week offering a wash and polish at a low price and will stock accessories and tires. Mr and Mrs Howell and Herriett will move to Myrtle Point tomorrow and occupy the Mrs Birdie Bever house on the corner of First and Arch streets.
The Herald records President Wilson calling Congress to declare a state of war as World War I broadens. It notes the U S entry following German actions and mentions local obituaries including Mrs Veria Davis Cobb and the funeral at Salem with connections to Snyder and Cobb families.
In Oroville California a search is underway for an organ donor and related medical arrangements after a local incident. Community members are urged to assist and provide information to authorities.
At 8 o clock Friday evening Miss Martha Zupel oversees a meeting at the local Church, focusing on refugee children and the experiences shared by attendees.
A bridge worker from the county seat underwent a hernia operation and reports recovery. The family, including Mr. and Mrs. Chas Mack and Charles and Jimmie, spent from last Thursday morning to Sunday camping at Coos Head. They noted meals near a cabin and nearby oak views during the trip.
Ming Jean Watkins returned to Langlois with Mr and Mrs Everett Lafferty and children for a two week visit. Fallon Nevada visitors including Mrs Freeman and Ora Evelyn and Elia joined Mrs Russell Hill for a Hill home picnic with guests Rex Roth Rosanna and others. Mrs Clark Freeman then visited her sister Mrs Bartlett at Catching Creek before Freemans moved to Nevada years ago to attend Baridon high school.
Mr and Mrs S S Reed hosted a Sunday noon dinner at their Twin Oaks home honoring Carl Hogan and his wife refugees from Pine Ridge Fire and celebrating the return of their granddaughter Dere Floyd from the Oregon TB hospital in Salem after over three years. The gathering included twenty guests and noted Dere Floyd's near complete recovery as her 18th birthday approaches in July.
Fragmentary notes mention Mr. eed Sere and WR Cribbs testing a community project with Drs. Wiles Greer of Sutherling. A return on Sunday by visitors from LB Eng is indicated alongside a list including Bollen.
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