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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1955
Page
2
The M P Saddle Club hosts an Easter Sunday rodeo and a children's Easter egg hunt at Catenins Creek. A basket lunch is planned at noon with cafe facilities. Rodeo plans to be finalized Friday at the Saddle Club meeting in the Scout building with refreshments by Mr and Mrs V B Tex Billingsley.
Easter Sunday shoot followed a stormy morning and saw strong turnout from Gold Beach. club shooters won several hams and season prizes. A registered shoot is planned next Sunday inviting all shooters. John Cawrse led with 25, Henry Burr 23, and Joe Sayre 23 in the Oregon Journal Telegraphic shoot for the club. A beautiful cup donated by Jim Morris of Portland will be the new trophy.
The Ware Company donor Mr. Morris gives a second trophy to the club for a fifty target shoot on Easter Sunday. Twenty five targets at 16 yards and a .25 handicap shot per shooter from each player while scatter-shooters are invited to participate. Harold Watzling, secretary, notes the event runs from 2:30 to 2 p.m.
Myrtle Point High athletes placed in multiple events at the Willamette Relays at Willamette University Salem among 200 high school competitors from 76 schools. Bob Richmond tied for first in pole vault with 11 feet, Marlin Gasner and Wallis Kincheloe both placed in high jump, Harrison Bryant tied for second in college novice pole vault, with Spike Les relays upcoming at Coquille track.
At the April 7 library board meeting the librarian reported 2673 books circulated in March. New memorial books continue to arrive along with late fiction and non fiction. A world atlas is now available for student use.
Jackie Francis arranged foreign dolis and other items in the library display case at the front entrance drawing attention. The grande flora rose camellia donated by A. M. Cooper last fall near the rear entrance is fully bloomed and described as beautiful.
Coos County Chamber of Commerce board meets Thursday at the Tioga hotel to consider secretary Frank Calise's resignation. Calise has tendered the resignation effective April 30 to join Zilka Smithers Co as resident manager. Elton Schroeder, president, says a successor will be chosen at the meeting.
The First Presbyterian church will hold the sacrament of communion on Thursday evening at 7 30 o clock. The session will meet at 7 p m to receive into church membership those desiring to enter the fold.
Mast Hospital announces births for couples in Coquille Myrtle Point and nearby towns. Newborns include nine boys and one girl born between March 11 and March 24 with weights from five to eight pounds. Families listed include Ferguson Scots O Sullivan March and Cu sic Clayton Finley Auff Denton Haga and Schiro.
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