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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1969
Page
4
Governor Tom McCall calls the Coquille Valley Elks course highly enjoyable as golfers play nine holes to beat his hidden score. For a $2 entry, players who top his score will receive a personalized autographed certificate.
Myrtle Point joins the Timber League with an eight game schedule starting Monday at Coos Bay. They will play a jamboree at North Bend on June 18 and four home games at 1 30 p m. Coach Don Fisher notes a good turnout as the season approaches. An all star team will be chosen after league play for postseason tournaments. Babe Ruth baseball is open to boys ages 13 to 15.
The 33rd annual Beaver Boys State sponsored by The American Legion will be held at Oregon State University Corvallis Oregon June 15 31 The 1969 session expects to enroll over 650 boys from 10 cities and 5 counties Speaker lineup includes Governor Tom McCall Secretary of State Clay Myers and Judge Eugene Memorial services will be held June 20 followed by Boys State Governor inauguration Public invited Local delegates listed from Myrtle Point High School and sponsors.
Governor McCall spoke at a noon Coquille Hotel luncheon praising Oregon’s legislature as productive and urging careful peace policies. He touted government reorganization for better service and complimented the Sawdust Theatre for topflight entertainment. The trip included a benefit event supporting Coquille Valley Hospital with proceeds to the hospital.
The Myrtle Point Sportsmen's Club hosted a registered shoot on Sunday June 1 with entrants from Gould Beach to Portland. Ted Church Coquille won Class A with 99 points and Don Hyatt Tidewater was runner-up with 98.
The district 41 intramural season closed with a Friday triangular meet at Myrtle Crest track featuring Arago Myrtle Crest and Bridge. About 125 athletes competed in five events across three weight classes with ribbons awarded to top finishers and teamwide participation emphasized.
Myrtle Point tied for ninth at the State A-2 Track Meet at Hayward Field Oregon. MP totaled 16 points, sharing the spot with Sunset Conference rival Bandon. Brad Bosco finished fourth in the javelin with 205-9, Dan Neal was second in the long jump at 21-5 3/4, and the MP mile relay finished fourth in 3:31.9.
Tom Johnson a 1968 graduate of Southern Oregon College will assume the duties of head Cross Country coach at Myrtle Point High School next fall. Johnson has taught one year at the high school where he was an assistant basketball and track coach. Johnson and his wife Glenda have one child. He is a 1963 graduate of MPHS.
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