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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1946
Page
2
Judges faced a tough job as Friday's county fair showcased abundant entries especially in canned fruit jellies and pastries. Women from across Coos County dominated the extensive exhibits including fruit, jams, breads, quilts, garments, and homemade crafts with winners listed by ribbon order.
The Lily bulb industry earns awards at the county fair with premiums for bulb growers. Judges named Croft Lily Three Divisiors Jyanson and Story Coquille Daffodils and noted entries from Sun Valley Bulb Farm Myrtle Point and other growers.
Maas winner with Guernseys at Myrtle Point fair took first in five registered Guernsey classes including bull bull calf yearling and senior and junior heifer calves. Manley Barlow won best Guernsey grade heifer. Bob Trigg won the Future Farmer's Guernsey yearling heifer class. John Platt won junior heifer calf and producing cow ribbons. Linford Oliver had best junior heifer calf and Donald Molthy won blue ribbon for bull calf.
Friday's 4 H competition at the Coos county fair highlighted showmanship contests. Senior division winner John VanCaler Sumner and junior division winner Lawra Southmayd Gravelford led the top placers with Darwin Gulatrom North Bend second and Darlene Sherbonds North Bend third. Other junior awards went to Joan Robinson Gravelford second Velma Butcher Coquille third and Elaine Hall Myrtle Point fourth. Cal Monroe state 4 H leader demonstrated livestock judging.
Members of 4.8 babé and Future Farmer groups led the live stock division at the Coos county fair with Friday exhibits. Dairy cattle winners include Guernsey yearling heifer Evy lene Frye and Guernsey junior heifer calf Ivylene Frye. Jersey cow producing Derwin Pecado and other breed placers feature names from Coquille Myrtle Point North Bend and Coos Bay among herds and lamb and hog entries.
Myrtle Point Grange captured top honors at the Coos county fair exhibit judging on Friday with an eight dollar premium for the best display. North Bayside Grange took second place, with other entries from Coquille Dolphine ban dolph Community club McKinley Grange Gravelford Women’s Club and Myrtle Point Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid. The Myrtle Point display featured a wheel of produce including cheese eggs apples peppers corn pears and other local fruits. surrounding items included canned and fresh fruit bread milk homes bacon mowers and fancywork.
The county fair showcased results across divisions including wood painting led by Lavina Hutchleon and McKinley Broadbent, and carving by Orin ler Sitkum. Myrtle Point entries took top honors with Bartels and Erma M Wood among notable winners.
Dora Man Wins With Field Corn at the Coos County Fair. Dora entrant 3. N Gearhart received the best field corn award with other exhibitors from Myrtle Point Sitkum and Coquille earning ribbons for vegetables including carrots beans beets cabbage cucumbers and squashes led by Vernon Barklow and L V Barklow with several winners from Arago Myrtle Point and Hauser.
Gaylord entered a slate of winners led by Martin G Arnold who recently won at the National Western Livestock Show in Denver. Arnold’s Romney ewe and ram trophies, Lincoln animals, and Romney registered stock topped divisions including best fleece and future farmer categories. Duane Hayes won the Future Farmer division for Romney yearling grade ewe.
Merle Lund of Gaylord won the first model airplane exhibit award ever given at the Coos County Fair, marking a historic win for the event.
A section of notes from the Ogos fair highlights extraordinary gladioli and other flower displays. Mrs. F. C. Fhuyt of Myrtle Point and Mrs. H. Sonneland of Fairview win awards for fine cut flowers, begonias, and cacti alongside Dehila and McClaskey entries.
Pompem C Smith of Coquille presents pompeme with best 18 entries. Mrs McCleckey shows Snapdragons. Mrs J E Schoo crafts from Coos Bay Route One. Carn wlens listed with Al iee Sandler on Route One. Poppies Mire Sumertin also included.
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