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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1928
Page
7
Unclear OCR text describes a building incident with references to people and place names unreadable. Details are too garbled to identify individuals, organization, or location. No valid dates, actions, or outcomes can be confirmed from the readable fragments.
In the state relay meet several teams competed in the two mile event. Men Point entered a four-member relay including Alden Arser Frank Bink Francie Keltner and Willian. Stane High Portland Ry Academy and Salem competed in heats with Salem taking first place and Myrtle Pilate earning a top position.
Night school held Tuesday featured the third through sixth periods with visitors allowed to observe. Agriculture, cooking, and sewing exhibits drew attention while the boys displayed boxing and wrestling demonstrations in the gym.
In 1777 James Wilkingan later a U S general carried dispatches to Gen Horatio Gates about the Yorktown surrender. He paused to visit Reading with his sweetheart, prompting Congress to consider rewarding the messenger with an opera-feature gift at Kaneng City.
The piece traces beginnings of compulsory schooling in the United States from 1642 Massachusetts measures to later state enactments. It lists dates for Massachusetts 1952 District of Columbia 1864 Vermont 1807 New Hampshire Michigan Washington 1871 and others through Oregon 1886 to 1908 with many states missing or garbled.
A large Myrtle H School audience enjoyed Wishing Well last Thursday night. Cast members Donald Druliner led as Terrence O Grady with strong singing and acting, supported by Jacqueline Olloway As Mary O Donnell and Elma Runsell as Noreen among others. Mae Young directed with Wilna Manley as accompanist and Grace Barker as prompter.
Myrtle Point high school earned fifth place in the Oregon State Typing contest with a 56 wpm team rate. Members Andrey Hamilton Naomi Hermann Reneva Volkmar and Doris Mann led the effort while Volkmar won a bronze for writing and Ashland placed first.
Dr J B Horner of Oregon State College addressed Point High School on Oregon's beauty and history last Friday the 27th. He a forty year professor and author noted eight counties could fit in Oregon and stimulated student interest. A council meeting followed during period eight with nominating for next student body offices. A sophomore meeting was held Friday during the ten minute period with committees formed for the class picnic.
Miss Samson the County Health nurse leads social hygiene talks with Myrtle Point High Junior girls. She allocates Friday periods for questions and hosts male groups for round table style discussions. A speedball game on April 28 showed the Blues win two of three. Reds won the last 11 to 3. Weather permitting, track work resumes.
The Manual Junior-Senior Banquet was held in the Cathodist church on May 2 with an Old Dutch theme. Twelve Sophomore girls in Dutch costumes served as waitresses while windmills served as place cards and wooden shoes held vases.
The readable text discusses madstones and stone tool origins. It mentions a badstone of known origin, buffalo stomach components, and dox-bite caves. The passage offers no clear information on the value of such objects and resembles a researcher’s scattered notes.
In a humorous note from E. W Howe's Monthly a writer asks why angels are pictured with wings. He cites Johnson's dictionary defining chickes as a young girl and mocks modern dictionaries for defining wing as a bird limb. The piece muses on angels traveling by wish and magic carpet without effort.
The final biblical text is titled Revelation in Protestant usage and Apocalypse in Catholic tradition. Some refer to it as the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse, while common misspellings and misnaming occur in reporting.
A chaotic scene unfolds in the sixth ward as a local fish market dispute spills into Wednesday's activities. Officials report tensions between merchants and regulators, with no injuries reported and ongoing investigations.
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