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Newspaper
Monmouth Herald
Location
Monmouth, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
1
Astoria High School and Falls City High School prepare commencement visits by President Ackerman while Oregon Normal School faces limited chapel space for commencement week. Miss West inspires with California missions talk and the Living Flag receives applause during Memorial Day events led by Governor Withycombe and local dignitaries.
The common council met in adjourned session May 29 1916 at 8 o'clock with all members present except James Goodman. Mayor Murdock presided as Ordinance No. 185 on Main street paving was read and passed after three readings. Resolution 200 directed ten days notice for paving. MF Pittman spoke at Buena Vista last night.
Graduation week at Monmouth High begins with the baccalaureate on Sunday June 4 at 11:00 A M in the Evangelical church led by Rev F M Fisher with a chorus and Miss Barnicott solo. Senior class day Thursday features stunts then a fourth annual high school picnic at Luciamate. Commencement Friday June 9 at 8 P M in the high school. Prof BE Ressler of Oregon Agricultural College will speak. Mrs Anna Marshall Powell of Albany will sing contralto with the Oregon State Normal orchestra and the school glee clubs. Graduates listed include Laurel Canning Irene Hagan buch Harold Haley Robert Hendren Jay Knapp Belle McAllister Alton McClellan Marian McDonald W Jay Mulkey Jr Daphne Ostrom Grace Parker Douglass Parkes Edna Parkes Barbara Steinberge Raymond Stenback Charles Strong Ruth Wilson Erica Moore Ted McKenzie.
Monmouth merchants took a day off for Decoration Day while the Normal held a program. The graves in the local cemetery were remembered with flags by D. M. Hampton and W. J. Mulkey. The G A R and W R C of Independence, including Monmouth, attended school programs and joined a parade with boy scouts camp fire girls and Normal representatives.
The next regular meeting of the Parent-Teachers' Association will be held in the high school building next Tuesday evening June 6. A good program has been arranged for the session and the annual election of officers will take place. A large attendance is desired. Mrs. T. H. Gentle, Pres.
Prof Roy Glass of Jefferson was elected principal of Monmouth high school for the ensuing year. The faculty includes Miss Armilda Doughty, Miss Vida Fatland, Miss Mary Hawley, and Prof Glass, who previously led Jefferson and is an alum of the University of Oregon. Prof Keezel completes three years and may pursue post graduate work at the university.
A 68 cent check issued ten years ago was presented to First National Bank and honored by the bank as ex sheriff John Ford’s account still held the amount. The check to Frank Sleythe covered an overpayment of taxes and remained unclaimed while the bank changed names and officers. Bankers note there is no time limit on a check if funds exist to cover it.
A dramatized version of Geo. Elli ot's novel held a full house at the Norm theater on Wednesday. The Tulliver family fortunes engage the audience as flood and tragedy close the story, while dam and mill water scenes provide dramatic scenic effects.
The Monmouth cooperative creamery and Polk County dairy groups held a lawn meeting with a basket dinner. John D. Mickle warned that Oregon dairy markets were undermined by a Portland trust and middlemen, urging dairymen to stay with creameries to secure a steady future.
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