The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15
Riverside Farmers Club.


One of the largest meetings that
the Riverside Farmers club ever en-
joyed was held "Wednesday, Octo-
Der 6, at the pleasant farm home of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kentfield.
It was an ideal October day and
nearly every club member was pres
ent, and a great many invited guest
They all arrived at the usual hour
for an all day meeting and soon the
house was filled and every one
spent an hour in social intercourse,
and then our hostess announced din
ner, to which we all did justice.
At 2o'clock the meeting was
called to order on the large lawn
by Vice president G.. w. Detwiler,
our president, ID. ]. Gerow being alb
sent. The meeting was opened
with song by tine club from our
rural songster. Then our chaplain
took charge of the devotional ex-
cises, reading Psalm So, and all re-
peating the Lords prayer.
The secretary's report was read
and accepted, and after our general
routine of business was disposed
with We took up our program.
Song by Mrs. Leffingwell was fine
a paper by Mrs. Chandler, ga Penny
Saved is a Penny Earned, illustrate
Ways how This may be Done in the
Home and on the Farm" Mrs.
Chandler gave us a fine illustration
of how we could use economy to a
great advantage and not always nee
essary to purchase the cheap mate
rial to be the less eXtravagant. She
related incidents where men had
bought cheap machinery and it was
the more expensive in the end as
it soon became useless and had to be
thrown away and replaced by new.
Then we listened to a few fine Sc
lections on the violin by John Nor
ton.
Utilizing the By-Products of the
Farm" Clarence Case. He gave us
a very interesting talk on this topic
and stated that they have so large a.
number in their family that they
had very little go to waste.
A song, Mrs. Shelter, which was
much enjoyed, and he responded to
an encore, and then we listened to
q fine paper by Mrs. Sheffler-"Does
the College-Bred Woman Have an
Advantage Over the Less-Educated
Woman as Wife and Mother?" Mrs.
Shelter thinks to a certain extent
she does, as college education de.
means no one and it helps us to live
refined life and helps to influence
our children in their time of need in
an educational way.
"House and Home" Mrs. Black.
Mrs. Black wrote her paper from
life, describing the difference in
homes. She related a circumstance
where the wife was left a widow
with two dear children to protect |
and provide for, and nothing but
her willing heart and hands to do
with, and the help of God, and that
she gave her boy and girl fine ed
ucation by self sacrificing, but at |
all times she commanded the respect
and esteem of all whom she knew, |
and her boy and girl lived to honor
and worship her. She also described
the home where wealth prevailed,
that gold could not buy happiness,
that as much misery was caused by
too much wealth and not enough
occupation as the poorer class.
Then the question box was taken
mp and some lively questions dis
cussed, and in the meantime, it /
leaked out that the day was Mr..
Kentfield's birthday anniversary, and
a prominent member from North
Owosso Farmers club says Lets
get busy" And a little collection
was taken up on the sly and a party
was sent to Owosso in Fred Pearce's
auto and purchased a lovely oak
rocker, and Clayton Cook from the
Maple River club, made a fine pre-
sentation speech in behalf of the
club members and invited guests.
Mr.. Kentfield responded in a most
able manner and We all felt it was
a very pleasant feature of the day.
This ending our days program we
extended our host and hostess
rising vote of thanks.
The meeting in November will be
with Mr.. and Mrs. ID. ]. Gerow.
Topics for the November meeting:
What Makes a Successful Farm
er?-Charles Wright
New Outlook for Farm Folk
A. G.. Matthews.
Occupation for Bo's John
Schaffer
Management Of Farm Help
Elmer Black.
els it Profitable to Keep Hens
Over two Years?''-F. M. Grove.
Mrs. Henspeter's topic selected