Myrtle Point High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Myrtle Point, OR)

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“Nelly Hoffman will live in a land that is cold She will be very lucky so I am told.” Well, she was lucky. She went to Alaska to teach, met and married a very wealthy oil operator there, and he says she can handle his business affairs better than he can, so he co-operated. And Ruth Porterfield, I could not understand what the vision meant, it said— “She will win where others lose.” You certainly have heard what Ruth did, haven’t you. Well, she had a law put through the business houses of the United States to the effect that all people who do not pay their bills shall have their names published as do people who are delinquent in iheir taxes. This has done more for the business world than any other one move. Ruth has a husband who believes her stand is right and lie helped her with this. Did you read the book most talked about of the vear. It is called “AN INSIGHT INTO THE SECRET ORDER OF THE TRIPLE H,” by Wayne Carver. The day this small club was organized the Myrtle Point High School little realized that it would grow from an enrollment of six members to thousands. This book ranks among the best of this years output. By Waynes’s name was: “Wayne Carver shall write what he knows is true, And what it is the world shall know too.” We are all proud of Barton Stemmier he made one of the best Governors of Oregon we have ever had. He was elected in 1934. I knew however that we could expect something from him when I wrote: “The people will be to him a friend, And he will work for his state's best end.” “Ora will teach and she will write She’ll see the world in every light.” As correspondent for the Associated Press, Ora Carter has seen very much of the world indeed. “Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway. Those who came to scoff, remained to pray.” This was said of Neil MacDona’d. I saw him in Chicago and he lectured before one of the largest audiences ever held :n that city. He is one of the best influences in the lives of the young today. “She will be some fortunate boy’s wife, Will Eva Meade, And she will be happy, she will indeed.” And that happens to be so. She has a lovely home and is most contented. As she always had a talent for writing, she now writes for her town paper and her articles are always interesting. I heard that she had changed her name to Mrs. Hermann. Speaking about writing—Marguerite Laird is chief radio bed-time story teller. Her stories are the cleverest ones over the radio. I could not at the time understand what my vision meant about her: Pape Fifteen

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both knew, it was she who told me of the splendid position that Miss Frazier has. She is teaching commercial subjects in the New York Central High School. Odd too when you think of it for in my vision book, this is written by her name: “Miss Frasier shall move to the East from the West She shall be given a splendid position, one of the best.” Marjorie McCulloch let me see—Yes here ’tis written plain as can be: “Margie shall live in a very big city, She shall be leader in many an important committee.” Last December I was in San Francisco on a most important meeting of the Directors of the State Baby Homes, and while there met Margie. She ws»s verv busy as she had to give a report as the DIVISION COMMERCIAL- I nearly forgot, she is marri'ed but she manages so well that her house is well run and she can hold h°r pos'tion as well. Margie had iust Ome to tell me she had had a vacation and had visited Elizabeth Luttrell in Seattle. Elizabeth, she sa:d. made a charming hostess. In my vision about Elizabeth I read this— “One of the happiest girls that ere drew breath Is our school mate Elizabeth.” “Estella. Estella, the world shall hear Some of your poetry never fear.” You remerber Estella alwavs could wr:te. So I was not a bit surprised to find that the Literarv Digest devoted a whnF page to her verse; she is in constant demand to read before the large clubs of the countrv. “A lawyer noted for justice and pVht A lawyer who wins in every fight.” This was written of Benton and when I was in Portland last spring I had the pleasure of hearing the United States District Attorney for Oregon make one of the most brilliant speeches it has ever been my lot to listen to. Bes’des being a lawyer Benton is also known as a collector of glass, the finest and most precious of his specimens is Crystle. “Fred shall help the sick man and cure the blind To all he’ll be most wondrous kind.” You know that it is just what he has done. He became p physician and surgeon and by some combination of honey, olive oil, and herbs, he has made a marvelous remedy for blindness. A friend of mine from Chicago savs he has b°come world famous. “She’ll surprise you, will Lo;s Still, And important place she will fill.” You know I always thought Lo:s would have some quiet placa in the world, so you may imagine my surprise when sh nn for United States Senator from Oregon and won by a big majority. “He will use his brains instead of his muscles, All who work for him will have to hustle-” This was written in my vision book about Elmer Gant, our class President of ’24. I always thought he wou’d he a coach at college. He did start with this work but in 1927 he started working for the Oregonian and now owns the entire establishment. He is the most alive newspaper man on the Pacific Coast. Page Fourteen

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— “Her voice will be heard for hundreds of miles, And will cause thousands of smiles.” “He will give a command and men will obey, This is true for it is w'hat I say.” I know now what this means, so often you see in the paper that Roderick Hermann, Officer of the Navy, has done s )me creditable work. He is a splendid example of a man who can command, yet who shows justice and kindness to all his men. “He shall in one single night Help to make the world more right.” Do you know what Harvey Anderson has done; but of course you have read about it. His invention has destroyed all the munitions of war ever invented—poison bombs. I will tell you how. His invention has made the world see right, he has changed the hearts of men. “She w'ill teach each lass and each lad They will remember to be happy and forget to be sad.” Helen did make a wonderful teacher and when she told her pupils that she was going to leave to get married they all cried. They said they did not see how they could get along without her This was written after Vesta Davis’s name but I could not see how it could apply to her. “The night will be filled with music and the cares that infest the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs and as silently steal away.” Rut now I know. Her playing has been broadcasted all over America. She and her husband are both noted cello players. “Errol Knight watch your step or you know You’ll come to gr'ef, you will come to wroe.” And that is almost what did happen. Errol broke so many hearts that the Judge sentenced him not to speak to a girl for six months and this cured him. He married a California girl and she says he makes not only a very good President of one of the largest insurance companies in Oregon but is one of the best husbands. “Itha Clinton will be brave She will prove it, she will save.” Now when the vision appeared to me I did not what she meant. But a number of years ago she wras given a medal for saving a young man from drowming. She had gone to Los Angeles for a vacation and at Long Beach she saved this man’s life. Later she married his. Who do you suppose it wras—it was Wayne Carver. “Alice has married a millionaire And is living in California fair.” The engagement of Alice Guerin to Fred Laffertv was announced at a large tea given by one of her old school chums, Vesta Davis. And here dear friends the vision ended and I have been glad glad indeed to find as I have met the different members of our class during the passing vears that much of what I dreamed has come true. In spite of all we have heard against Matrimony we (Continued on page sixty) Page Sixteen