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CASS CITY CHROI' {ICLE 8 PAGES, VOL. 23. NO. 12. CASS CITY, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1927. Mrs. W. C. Clemo, returning to Cass t mond M. Kerlin, pastor of the First Evangelical church at Indianapolis, City Friday. ' 1 B[IH[L [IHODIST ' Ind., and Roy. C. H. Stauffacher, field ;he Overhead Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Holler A,ITSTOPSleft I PeOGeAM ( Cass C!ty Ju!y.. 15 for Ionia, where l secretary of the Evangelical Mission- ary Society° On August 20 and 21. the Iireunion the following" day. From .,, 0 ! ,,,.L rlbN b last two days of the assembly, Bish- FARM[R, op M. T. Maze of Harrisburg, Pa., there, they journeyed to Grand Ha- ven where they took the boat to Mil- will deliver four sermons, two on each Fifteen Hundred Attended Far- All Entered Heartily into Ath- day. Roy. A. C. DeVries of Caro will waukee to visit their son, Vern Hel- ler, but found he had left that city. letic Program which Featured have charge of the singing and Miss mers' Day and Saw the Hol- Eleanor Cook of Bay. City will serve Mr. and Mrs. Holler then visited stein Show. the Day. as pianist. friends at Neenah, Wisconsin, and / came home by way of Sault Ste. Marie. What was their surprise on Fifteen hundred attended the coun- One hundred sixty attended the ERSKINE HOME COMING reaching" home to find Vern waiting i ty farmers' picnic at Caro fair- annual picnic of the Bethel M. E. PICNIC AUGUST 4. for them. He will spend two weeks at grounds on July 21, in which Glean- Sunday school held at Bay Port on his parental home in Cass City. ers, Granges, Farm Bureau and Far- July 20 and the opinion prevails that The Erskine home coming and pic- mers' Clubs were interested. it was the best event of its kind in nic will be held Thursday, August 4, J. G. Hays, secretary of the Michi- the history of the school. in the McTaggart grove, opposite the gan Holstein Association, judged the The school arrived at the scene of Erskine church in Sheridan township. Holstein show which was held in the the festivity at 11:00 a. m. and the Games and amusements are on the morning, and J. D. Willard, director tables were at once made ready for afternoon program. Supper witi be of Continuing Education at Michigan the picnic dinner. One hundred eight served ~beginni.ng at 4:30 and con- State /College gave an address on were busy at the first sitting at the tinue until all are served. "Today's Farm Problems." In the tables. horseshoe pitching contest, Kirby and Sports for little tots, youth and Year Books of Woman's Study Durst of Fairgrove were declared the adults were on the afternoon's pro 2 Club Are Out This winners. gram and results of the "feature Junior sports and races were held events" follow. Two teams of four Week. l~ut the heavy downpour of rain in ladies each engaged in a balloon the afternoon put a stop to the ball blowing contest. Mrs. I. W. Cargo's :--.:'~\ \\ game and adult sports. ~eam defeated the quartet captained SUlVl [I FAR DAY :'The reference and reading list of • The following gives the winners in by Mrs. James Day. A.E. Boulton state library books for members of the Holstein show: won first place in the race for those the Study Club are ready for use at Bull over 1 year and under two~ e .over 60 years of age. Mrs. James Day Number of Visitors Expected to the Woman's Study Club library. 1st, Elmwood bull calf, Colling; 2rid, / -was second. Mrs. Stein and Mrs. T~taI Several Thousand for Much of the new fiction is included Fairgrove bull calf, Fairgrove. Herman Charter won the ladies' and will be splendid for vacation and Bull under one year and over six three-legged race, while Lester Karr Annual Conference. •: "*',"..,. summer reading. These books will be "~~ ,~ ~ ..:'..'>il months~lst, Allen Reavey, Akron. and Win. Cargo were successful in discussed by the entire club• during Bull, Junior--1st, J. C. Kirk, Fair- the boys' three-legged race. In the the year and those who read them Michigan farmers and their fami- grove. young ladies' race, Vera McCallum now will find the discussion much lies, to the number of several thou- Cow 3 yrs. old and over 2~tst, B. was first, Beatrice Martin second, more interesting and helpful. sand, will gather at Mich. State Col- B. Reavey, Akron; 2nd, 3. C. Kirk, and Ira Profit third. In the ladies' (Copyrlght~ W. N. The program for the year is entire- Fairgrove. tug of war, Mrs. Joseph Crawford's lege Thursday, August 4, for the an- ly one of study and is planned to be nual summer Farmers Day. This Cow 2 yrs. old and under three--- team won from that captained by of real educational value for the meeting has come to be the largest 1st and 2nd, W. R. Kirk & Sons, Mrs. Herb Maharg. members. Much of the interest and Fairgrove. annual gathering of its kind in the the larger cities have shown up bet- The tug of war for men proved a helpfulness of the year's work will Heifer 1 year and under two--ist, state, more than 8,000 attending last ter in recent selling campaigns but real contest iri -which the two teams depend upon the outside reading and J. C. Kirk & Sons, Fairgrove; 2nd, B. year. THUMBDI TRI T that does not signify that farming pulled 1~ minutes without moving study done by the members. A little B. Reavey, Akron; 3rd, Earl Witkow- The program will combine enter- district sales are dead. There is bust- vver six inches. Ray Briggs' side fi- reading, spread over the summer sky, Caro. tainment and educational features hess to be had this summer in such nally won from the strong men on the months will not only be of great Senior Heifer Calf~lst,.Earl Wit- :side of Joseph Crawf0rd. with the state championship plowing [ffS PA AG APH places, but the average salesman will value to members but will not make contest, the horseshow pitching and kowsky, Caro; 2rid, Bert M. Perry, Win. Profit was the "Babe Ruth" of have to choose both his product and such a rush for the material during milk can throwing contests, and the Colling; 3rd, W. R. Kirk & Sons~ the day, hitting over the fence. The his place of operation with consider- Norbet Quinn of Kalamazoo has the club year. The average woman usual inspection of the college experi- Items Gleaned from Newspaper Fairgrove. score of 16-17 would indicate that able care. spent two weeks at the homes of Jno. owes it to her family to be well read ment station and farms, showing" the Junior Heifer Calf~lst, Allen Rea~ there were other heavy sluggers on Exchanges and Other The sales outlook for July and McLarty and Charles Day. and have something more to talk at results of the latest experiments with • August is more-favorable in the nor- vey, Akron; 2rid, J. C. Kirk & Sons, the diamond that day also. The mar- Sidewalls and ceiling of the May & her dining' table than simply the Fairgrove; 3rd, W. R. Kirk & Sons~ livestock and crops, during the morn- Sources. thorn wheat crop belt--particularly ried men were victors over the si,ngles Douglas' store have been re-decorated community gossip and small events of ing; the big picnic dinner and band in Nebraska, North and South Dako- Fairgrove. in the seven inning game. and the installation of new lighting the day. concert at noon; and a brilliant list of ta, Washington and Minnesota. Ice cream and lemonade were served Ubly~The home-coming celebra- fixtures are being made, greatly im- The book reviews of the year will speakers for the afternoon. Estimates of the total wheat crop free to young" and old. With such a tion at Ubly will be held on Wednes- proving the appearance of the store's be entirely separate from the discus- ANNuAU TusCOLA CO. ""~ Michigan's best rural choirs will expected in 1927 allow for a decline happy day as this picnic day was, day, Aug'. 10. interior. sions of the reference books and will compete in the annual singing con- of 75,000,000 bushels, as compared TOUR TO STATE COLLEGE members of the school are anticipat- be some of the latest and best books, test, and the Gra.~ge baseball tourna- Pigeon--The People's Oil and Gas last year; a~nd a smaller Miss Lottie West 'expects to leave ing" another. "big" time" when the date with with both fiction and non-fiction. The ment finals will be played off during C0.'s board of directors has voted to crop, prices for wheat may be expect- Saturday in company with Miss Ber- The annual Tuscola county tour to of the 1928 picnic rolls around next list of reference material will be the day. pay a semi-annual dividend of seven tha Meizel of Owosso on a two weeks' the Michigan State College at East ,July. Turn tO page 2. found on the lasts" page of the dub The leading Farmers' Day speaker per cent. trip around the lakes. They will go Lansing wilt take place August 3. Be- program and also appears below. this year will be C. W. Pugsley, of Kingston--A home-coming and by way of Chicago and will also visit cause some of the members must be There have been some substitutions Brookings, South Dakota, president of pavement opening" celebration will be Buffalo.