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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1910
Page
3
The High School Alumni Association invites members to gather for the twenty seventh reunion and banquet. Attendees will celebrate alumni achievements and reconnect with former classmates at the event.
The twenty seventh annual Mt. Vernon High School Alumni Association reunion and banquet proved highly successful and enjoyable. New features energized the program while old high school rooms sparked nostalgia and sociability among attendees, recalling school days within familiar walls.
An entertaining program in the new auditorium filled with members and guests. The Alumni Orchestra performed from 7:30 to 8:00 with fine playing and applause. President Fred M. French welcomed the class of 1910 and urged active association participation. Class president Carl Conard spoke on joining the alumni. The event featured the "Cherries Ripe" quartet and chalk sketches by Prof Julius Headington, who kept the audience laughing with witty tales.
Alumni reunion features a two part program with debate between Mrs Olive Eggleston and Miss Marin Chane, a roll call of graduates from 1861 to 1910, a Picture Gallery display of class portraits, and a banquet in Alumni Hall with red and white décor and an address by toastmaster John Alan.
Miss Dort B. Johnson of Norwalk arrives in Mt Vernon to solicit funds for the Polytechnic Seminary of Danville Kentucky an institution training young colored men and women of the south Established ten years ago the school has graduated many students Miss Johnson a familiar figure in Mt Vernon will remain until mid to late next week calling on citizens for support of the cause she represents with a history of education and uplift for her race
Count von Bernatorf the German ambassador to the United States visits Madison to deliver the baccalaureate address at the University of Wisconsin. The calendar marks ag class day on Monday alumni day on Tuesday and graduation exercises on Wednesday.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, with a $100 reward for any failure. It explains internal use, blood and mucous surface action, and urges sending testimonials from Toledo. The notice ends with a plug for Hull's Family Pills and a brief quip about a Denver woman candidate elected without a citizens ticket.
In Mt Vernon a scheduled bout between Young Gotch of Columbus and Al Ackerman of Lima ended unfinished after Ackerman was thrown through the ropes and injured. Earlier preliminaries featured Nesser and Scott with Barton and Curry. Gotch and Ackerman traded rapid exchanges before Ackerman’s injury halted the main event.
All persons holding 1914 membership tickets must present them at the society office in room 7 Banning building to receive the new membership and admission ticket. This applies to tickets purchased after the last fall. Howard C. Gates, Secretary, Knox Co Agricultural Society.
The Ohio Wesleyan University team from Delaware defeated Fredericktown 4 to 3 at Fredericktown on Friday afternoon in a keenly contested game witnessed by a large crowd. Washington, June 18. The intercollegiate shooting tournament opening this morning on the National Guard range in Washington begins a notable event under the National Rifle Association of America. Teams of six men from any college or university in the United States compete.
John Pollock died at his home in Winteld Henty county on June 13. He was born December 29 1828 in Kokranty and married Minn J Katherine Linn on July 4 1861. He moved to Iows in 1804 and resided there until his death. His remains were interred at Hillside cemetery Pawt n Hillside in Winteld Iowa.
A damaged OCR snippet lists sequence markers No 601 500 and 623 with fragmented words including Dally Sunday and other partial labels. No clear event, date, or context is readable to define a coherent news item.
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