Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-05-25
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The school year will close on June Is.
The annual entertainment OF the
schools will be held at the Temple
Theatre next Tuesday evening. A
cantata will be given by the children
of the elementary grades, entitled The
Enchanted Wood
Hilton Milford and Walter Fowler of
the high school went to Lansing on
Thursday to take part in the M. A. C.
track meet for Michigan high schools.
Milford will enter in the high jump and
pole vault and Fowler in the half and
quarter mile runs.
Over fifty boys are taking the mill
tary drill conducted by Jas. Gidley at
the high school. The officers of the
company as elected by the boys are:
lst sergeant, Bruce Cross; End sergeant
Dick Dicken; Bird sergeant, Hilton Mil
ford; corporais, Donald Porter, Charles
Danto, B. j. Holcomb, A. E. Wells,
Basil Cummins and Leslie LeMieux.
Considerable rivalry has developed be.
tween the squads to attain the greatest
proficiency but at present the banner
squad is No. 1, called 1.-THE Queens
Own, A. E. Wells, corporal. Squad
No. 2, called 1.-THE Rockies Roost,"
Donald Porter, corporal, is pressing No.
/ hard for first honors.
Next Friday, June /, REQ Bockes will
90 to Pontiac to represent the local
high school in the state defamation
contest. Bockes has already won the
sub-district and district contests. He
will compete with speakers from Pom
tiac, Coldwater and Marquette. In the
oratorical contest there will be con-
testants from Pontiac, Muskegon, South
Haven and Hancock. All of the stu
dents of the local high school are en-
thusiastic over Bockes' ability as a
declaimer and are boosting for him to
win in the state contest
The Board of Education has secured
Prof. S. B. Laird OF the Michigan State
Normal College to give the commence
ment address. The following students
will be graduated from our high school
on June 18th:
Francis Bashaw Laura Heileman
Lydia Blount Leslie LeMieux
Edith Carey Melissa Mayhem
Bruce Cross Hilton Milford
Charles Danto Donald Porter
Merle Dean Anna Shedina
Walter Fowler Glen Snyder
Eileen Gunsolus Mary Vance
Lucille Haggett
The school census is being taken this
year by H. c. Blount.
The Junior class is planning for the
annual banquet to be given for the
Seniors.
Miss Eva White was called to Luther,
Thursday by the death of her mother.
The first grade of the Central school is
being taught by Mrs. H. c. Blount dur.
ing the absence OF Miss White.
All members of the Botony class of
the high school are making collections
OF plant specimens for their closing
work for the year.
On Tuesday evening, May 18th, the
domestic art department Of the schools
put on splendid exhibit of their sew.
ing and millinery work done during
the year. The exhibit was planned and
carried out entirely by the girls under
the direction of Miss Harriet Anderson
and was decided success. Much in.
terest and surprise was shown over
the high quality Of the work exhibited.
The epidemic of measles has had O
very bad effect upon the attendance in
the lower grades for the past three
weeks. There have been about forty
cases at the Central school but none
have developed at the West Side school
as yet.
The manual training department is
planning big exhibit to be held the
week before the close of school.
or the 9Th graders from the rural
districts who took the county eighth
grade examination here recently, 2f
said that they were coming to this high
school IL they passed the examinations