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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1938
Page
3
Sitkum residents hosted and visited relatives with many names shared, including Oscar Oberman Dora and El win Alford families, Claude Patchen Drain, Jack Bridges Coquille, and Philander Ber. The piece lists dozens of household visits, fair attendance, bus service updates, and a weather note about sun and rain. It ends with a long roster of attendees at local events and county fair participation.
Dora Mie and Jo Thompsett plan a Saturday trip to Tillamook for a religious gathering. Mrs Fred Durnam returns from Roseburg after visiting her sister. The Crumley family and Harold Shepherds visit in Wilhelmina and Webster Valley. Varie Swan wins a prize at the 41 Club fair dinner. Mr and Mrs Kermit Shepherd and Donald visit Brewster Valley with George Ellis. Carl Anderson spends the weekend in Maryhill. Joe Walker and family return home after three weeks in the Willamette Valley.
Residents from Arago, Myrtle Point, Coquille, and nearby communities spent the first week visiting relatives and friends in Portland, Corvallis, and Coquille. Local events included a birthday dinner honoring Mrs Ear Demon and Mrs Frankie Edomiar, with many neighbors attending.
Fairview resident Fairview Lester Hank Deadmond visited the community Saturday. Henry Crump and others visited. Rev G A Gray of Coquille conducted services at the church Sunday morning. Local families moved to Lakeside and fair booths were entered at the Myrtle Point fair by the Fairview North Fork Grange and Home Economics club.
Norway Mr and Mrs C J Siming of Coquille were weekend guests of Mrs Elizabeth Lett. Mr and Mrs J H McCloskey and Mr and Mrs Emil Peterson and Donald were Sunday dinner guests. Mrs Elizabeth Lett and Mrs Libble Peterson of Shively California and Mrs Vesta Soper of the vicinity will visit Mrs Soper's son N A Gseper of North Bend for a few days this week.
The 38th Pacific International Livestock Exposition promises a major event with a daily rodeo and horse show. A 34 rider drill team from Canada’s Lord Strathcona Horse will perform, alongside top buckaroos and ropers. The 11 acre site will host 19 shows covering cattle, horses, swine, sheep, poultry, and farm products, plus 4 H contests and six state teams competing for the O M Plummer trophy.
The report lists visitors from Salem to Corvallis and Como areas including Mrs Yeroh and Mrs Shea guests with families such as Barklow and Robison. It notes Miss Naomi Robison of Oquille staying with Roy Robison, plus several callers on Mr and Mrs Bennett and Mr and Mrs Wannamaughhe. The school notes mention attendance, a health inspection finding all children free of skin diseases, and a brief census remark about farm income sources.
Lee and Mrs Frank Hyland of EuPene visited with Mr and Mrs Tom Holt from Wednesday to Saturday. Chidey Owenby and Lenie Owenby of Coquille wed at the Baptist parsonage in Coquille. Mrs Frank McCann and Margaret Avis of Bandon were guests of Mrs Tom Hall. Kenneth Leatherman joined his parents in Eugene and they took Charles Leatherman and Verlin Hermann to Corvallis for Oregon State College enrollment. A group including S Leatherman and Julia Myrl dined with Mrs Della Leatherman in Sted. Stanley Stewart and his daughters Ardis and Diantha visited Monmouth where they will attend the normal school. Mrs Severt Iverson and Roger and Myron spent time with Mrs Harald Dick, who was at the Walter Schroeder home. Herald Dick of Aeryn was a Sunday overnight guest at the Walter Schroeder home.
A report notes Bancroft Aaron Desert and Mrs Perry Wat amAn and daughter Patty Jean pursued in Coau le Sunday Mre Olver Weekly with her mother Mrs Blanche Warner of Myrtle Point driving to Coquille
Sunday residents planned visits and meals with neighbors in Bancroft Coquille and Myrtle Point. Local families including Wardman Bryant Waterman Hardman Jewett Sargent Fish Rice Evernden Wise and McMillion were seen at dinners fairs and weekend gatherings amid ongoing small brush fires and dry conditions.
Cravelford Mrs David TM:ke of Marshfield and Mrs Lloyd Mast and Wallace and Kay of Lee were Sunday guests of local families.
NE oe and Mrs W J DeBoer and Tess and Helen traveled to See La caves Sunday. Iverson is due this week from Payette Ids to visit Paul Busch. Down of Hood River will stay with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Ray Overman. Mrs W J DeBoer went with Mrs J N Gearhart of Dora to Coqulle last Thursday for a Republicans meeting.
Prendy Medlock of Flord will join Robert Rev and Mrs. J F Secriett of Olympia, Wash, as relatives host a three day weekend visit. Twin Oaks residents Mr and Mrs Verne Lundy and Dorothy departed last week Wednesday for Kansas to see kin.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention attendance at a church in Myrtle Point on Sunday with unclear details but indicates a local religious gathering and participation.
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