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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1951
Page
8
A fragmentary note hints at sports talk and lingering hopes as the scene settles after the main events. Gossip centers on local teams and players, with a desire to keep spirits and competition alive despite the ending.
The piece promotes an eight o'clock donkey basketball game featuring Actives and Lions against the Red Devils near Feb 16 or 17. It notes a tense recent tie with the Pirates and urges fans to attend Saturday night with high hopes of a win.
Beatrice Bohansen of Myrtle Point serves with the 21st squadron at Camp Carson. Dale Lee Hoffman of Broadbent joins USN aboard the Ajax repair ship based in San Diego. Norman Wayne Morris, 90, trains at Dona Catan Cooke California with the 3/23rd Ordnance Motor Maintenance Co. Robert Gene Morris, airman at El Centro USN, also a Myrtle Point graduate.
Five women attended the Myrtle Point Rifle Club shoot at the Pair grounds Friday evening. A motion during the business meeting invited women into the club for one dollar for the season. Friday scores included Dick Merusky 318 Marlin Evans 292 and Chet Noyes.
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