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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1950
Page
7
Enrollment at Powers School shows 92 students registered so far with more to come. Sept. B. R Nicklaus reports the 6year high school tour l costs $2 and highlights staff including Nicklaus teaching business law English, senior bookkeeping planned, John Smock teaching English typewriting social studies, and Everett Kelsey in charge of all the rest.
The passage lists teachers and grades from Tillamook schools, noting Mrs. Pressier and Mrs. McMillion Terkes among others. It references Lois Pressier, a fifth grade pupil, and Rohrig, a fourth grade student, as part of two years of teaching.
The Powers P T A will hold its first fall meeting Friday September 15 at 2 30 in Fellowship hall with a program to welcome teachers. Chaparral lodge of the Rebekahs held its third summer dinner Saturday night at Fellowship Rebekah hall from 5 to 9 pm. attendance praised the women for the fine dinner and the executive board members served as hostesses.
The Lions club dance Saturday evening in the Girls' Gym drew a good crowd and netted a substantial sum for local civic activities. Elmo Frye's orchestra provided the music. Earlier, Lions and their wives joined a turkey dinner hosted by the Rebekahs in the Rebekah Fellowship hall with a special table set for them.
Freshments precede the Powers Woman's Club first seasonal meeting. A family dinner is planned for January as the club adopts a new policy serving at 130 with the meeting starting at 2. The year’s theme is Peace and Harmony. Local pages note a wedding at St Ann's church Myrtle Point as Maryon Wyland wed Frank Grove, with details of attire and attendants.
A jumble of visits and relocations as families travel from Eugene and Marcola to Ashland and Portland. Bruce Munro attends the Grants Pass American Legion convention. several groups head to Eugene for medical and family reasons. Ashland and Vancouver trips noted. OSU student Verlin Hermann returns to Corvallis. RNA supervisor Mae Logan visits for lodge events.
Fragmentary text lists names Mrs J Johnson and several others with possible relation to a local notice or event. The readable portion names Mrs J Johnson and individuals Corval Me Vie Ida Mathews and Mrs Masel Lewis in a likely community record.
A hospital notice lists admitted patients from Coquille Gladstone and nearby towns including George Thorp, John Bretsel, W. J. Massey, Kenneth Coster, Elmer Lively and others. Also named are Reuben Young, Mrs Murray Penny, Mrs Joseph Cathcart, Mrs C T Chappel, Mrs Billy King, R Stuart Cummings from Portland and Bandon.
Mr and Mrs Jack L Hacko Myrtle Point announce a son born 8 6 50. Mr and Mrs Richard L Bergeron Sitkum Rt Myrtle Point announce a daughter born 9 1 50. Mr and Mrs Rosen Green Myrtle Point announce a birth 9 17 50. Mr and Mrs Albert F Moorehead Coquille announce a daughter born 9 8 50. Mr and Mrs George W Case III Coquille announce a daughter born 9 8 50. Mr and Mrs Albert L Wells Gold Beach announce a son born 9 8 50. Mr and Mrs Curtis Powers announce a daughter born.
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