Pinochle Club Matches Result in Prise Wins
Mrs CG Prise and Mrs McCracken won at the Pinochle Club with A K Thurber taking first low.
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1936
Page
2
Mrs CG Prise and Mrs McCracken won at the Pinochle Club with A K Thurber taking first low.
W Tamaer traveled to Eugene to join his family after selling his barber shop last week. Mr and Mrs Joe attended the opening of the new bridge and went Cervallig to the event.
A local youth suffered a shattered hip in an accident and was reported as com as could be expected. Medical officials described the condition as stable with cautious recovery ahead.
Truman Warner Francis Jones and Lorraine Shepherd escaped injury when Wagner's car headed toward Powers wrecked near Nor way. The vehicle reportedly turned over twice while trying to peel another car and struck a third before being towed to a Myrtle Point garage.
Pastor Eugene L Armstrong leads Sunday school at 1021 and morning preaching at 11. Evening prayer and Bible study held at church Tuesday and Thursday with Mrs Wallace Sevinihe. W A Mephens conducts school service at 8 48 a m and 11 a m with Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m.
A sweep of neighborhood notes records residents visiting family in Portland and Marshfield, trips to Coquille, Myrtle Point, Bandon, and North Bend, and weekend leisure at beach and coast. Several families relocate or move homes while others visit relatives or attend events such as the county meeting for rural teachers and the Round-Up in Pendleton.
Jean Shepherd has moved his bar ber shop from the Manwaring building to JW Panne’s location after Manwaring plans to occupy the whole building. Renovations start at once to add a boothe and restaurant service. Mechanical music will play regularly with orchestra for special events.
Henry Moe sold his transfer business to Lonnie Morten the plan was for him to take it over Saturday Mr and Mrs Moe will leave later in the week for a visit in Salem and other northern points
Alvin I Long presided at the Townsend club meeting in the Fellowship clubhouse. Only routine business was transacted and plans announced for a food sale to be held Saturday in the Mathews building. There was no program.
Carl Stephens son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Stephens left Sunday for Glendale California to enter a mechanics school in aviation He is a local high school alumnus who attended Southern Oregon Normal school and was a junior at the University of Oregon when he left college
The local weather office reports August highs and lows. The peak temperature was 101 on August 27, the lowest 39 on August 31, with no rain and 23 clear days. Year to date rainfall stands at 55.23 inches, about five inches below normal. Sunday reached 88, second highest for the season.
Miss Ruth Anne Crawford resigns as local librarian to return to college. Mrs C S Townsend will oversee the library which will be open Monday Wednesday and Saturday instead of Tuesday and Thursday. A new shipment of books from Salem is expected soon.
Bingham Lodge of Masons will host the Chadwick Lodge of Coquille degree team to confer the Master Mason degree. All county Master Masons are invited and refreshments follow. Eastern Star members serve lunch in the Fellowship clubhouse. Meeting starts at 8 in Moose hall.
Forestry official Homer Robison reports Powers road now breaks through to the divide with two miles left. Trucks pass through the new work, a house and bridge across from Daphne Grove are in progress, new trail shelters aid travelers, and there have been no fires in the Siskiyou National Forest above Powers this season.
Mrs Fred Powers hosted her Contract club for dessert last Thursday at her home. Mrs James Gamwell held high score and Mrs W A Roberts placed second.
The Woman's club reopened after summer with a 2 PM dessert hosted by Mrs Lyman Rolfe and Mr Rhinehart Dornhecker in the Fellowship club. Members shared summer highlights, reported a 3750 supper profit for Natal Day visitors, and noted a strong year end balance. New member Mrs Charles Geitner joined. Mrs D M Fox led the program and Mrs Ida Mathews spoke on the Homemakers camp at Eel Creek State Park.
Local fraternal groups list meeting times for Masonic Lodge Moose Hall Eastern Stars Odd Fellows Royal Neighbors Sunshine Rebekahs Jewel Club Moose Legion Women of Moose Fellowship Club Womans Club Boy Scouts Girl Scouts American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary with dates and venues at Moose Hall Fellowship clubhouse and The Hut.
Girl Scouts visiting Daphne grove for a several day camp faced intermittent showers that cooled the mood. The older group stayed two nights starting Wednesday led by Mrs Henry Moe and Miss Helen Rovang. attendees included Lourie Thorpe Clara Quthaugh Velda Alf en Dorothy Landaker Jane Smith Elaine Thurber. Younger girls Patricia Briggs Jane Rovang Nelton Griswold Margaret Barry and Russel Berven also participated.
W Cecil Aveson and his son Rov Arneson appeared before Justice JJ Stanley in Coquille to answer drunkenness on a public highway and driving while intoxicated with a cancelled license. Aveson was fined 80 dollars while Arneson pleaded guilty and received 30 days in jail plus 20 more suspended.
A long list of visits and gatherings unfolds from Portland to Camas Valley. Residents like Mrs Nora Haines Mrs Addie Hayes and Carl Haney attend parties showers and meetings while neighbors plan weddings and home improvements.
A series of short notes records visitors and travels among residents. Jeffries family plans a move and relatives arrive from Medford and Seattle. Local trips include Ed Forrest, Bert Bentley, and Forrest’s son Thomas visiting in city. others travel to Portland, San Francisco, and the State Fair.
Mrs Constance Hoffman Broadbent and Mr and Mrs Ray Epperson with Lenuise Dean and Buddy Apent joined Wanda, Howard Dyless, and Mrs Ellis Warner of Powees Street for a Sunday gathering. Other guests included Mr Walter Donald, Mrs Emery Eggers, Nir and Mrs Leonard Watson, and Mrs George McAfee, all returning from various travels and hospital visits.
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