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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
3
Myrtle Leaf page by H. P. Drake with editorials and notes from V. M. Annin and associate editors Lyle Nosler, Gladys Carter, Forrest Maus, Mabel Lundy. Contains activity on the Grammar School and Athletics Society Myrtle Nuts.
Editorial urges American patriotism during World War I by serving the country and conserving food. It highlights enlistment as the highest act and promotes Hoover’s food-conservation week with one wheatless, two meatless, and three waste-less meals daily to aid troops. It questions readers on their level of patriotism and calls for action.
Representatives from all Coos county high schools met in Coquille to lay out the countywide athletics schedule. Myrtle Point sent Barnhart Gary and Orvin Gant to approve basketball dates from Jan 11 to Mar 15 and the track meet is set for May 17 with debate Feb 12 and an April 15 oratorical contest at Coquille.
The Myrtle Point High School tennis squad traveled by 5:40 A M train to the North Bend Tennis Tournament on Saturday October 27. Matches included Lyle Nosler and Wallace Dement vs Robert Hayes and Ole Olson for men’s doubles and Eunice Hays with Mabel Jennings against Alice Dement and Vera Crawford in girls doubles. North Bend won the doubles and Nosler lost to Hays in singles 6 4 6 3.
Sophomores held a meeting to read the last minutes and discuss a planned party with the Science Club at Old High on October 30. The invitation was accepted. adjournment followed after discussing plans for the upcoming break. The second meeting was called and minutes were omitted due to the secretary's absence.
A playful tale depicts goblins witches cowboys and the Devil reveling at a grand feast. Pep slips into a hidden commissary, and the two gobl digits indulge in lavish fare and gray cider before retreating in abdominal pains and gusty sighs to seek other haunts.
A Halloween event hosted by the General Science Club at the Old High featured a grand march led by Bucking Bill, class stunts including a three ring circus and Kangaroo Court, a fortune teller, and a late banquet. Teachers were excused and preparations proceeded amid playful spooky theatrics.
A quirky schoolyard verse catalogs seniors including Vivian Annin Kay Alice Moss Mollie Johnson Lyle Nosler Walace Dement Gladys Carter and James Whitaker with satirical notes on traits and mischief. It ends with a playful tennis quip and a Sophomore party backtracking.
The 7th and 8th Grades celebrate with a program for Francis Willard while 5th graders plan a Halloween party. Whooping cough cases include Isabelle Bryant and Ellis Gant misses. several students earned perfect spelling in early weeks. New pupils Edna Griffin and Florence Miller brought enrollment to 17 in 5th grade.
Marshfield Ore Oct 27 The Pledge Card Campaign for Coos County outlines a prize essay contest open to ages 10 and under through 19. Three pure blood Shetland ponies from Russell Hawkins Tillamook will be awarded to the three best State essays on What we can do to help win the war.
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