The Clio messenger., 1914-08-28
HOME COMING
BIG SUCCESS
(, 3HAPPY THRoNG FILLED STREETS
FOR TWO DAYS
! Attractions Were First-Class, Fakers
Numerous, and Everything
Moved Smoothly

The big days have come and gone, and
Clio has Just celebrated one of the most
successful home comings ever held in this
section of the state. The attractions
offered were clean. novel and enter
tanning, everything advertised was pro-
duced. and everyone, or nearly every
one, in attendance had splendid time,
judging from the good nature that
characterized the crowd from first to
last. Good order was maintained all
the way through and there was no
trouble of any kind.
President H. F. Bodine, on Wednesday
afternoon, gracefully extended to all
J visitors a cordial welcome to Clos hos
pitality.
Richfield's cornet band furnished fine
music and is certainly worthy of COM
mendation. The men were nicely uni
formed and were gentlemen as well as
musicians. They were always on hand,
always ready to play, and none of the
events were delayed in the least on
their account.
Harry A. Davis, who did fancy shoot
ing while performing acrobatic stunts
on traIeze attached to a moving auto
mobile provided fine amusement fea-
ture and won frequent applause. The
German comedians also were good, and
the band belonging to Stoves ''Uncle
Tom" Co. was superb. Foot races,
horse races, etc., etc., were good from
start to finish. In the business mems
ball game the north side won after
much bloodshed, the surgeons being
kept busy most of the time. In the
farmers horse race, Jay Green was
first, John Mcdonald. second. In the
free-for-all horse race Leopold (Moran)
brought home the bacon. The tug of
war resembled a battle between the
Germans and the French in point of
, numbers and grit. There were about
$50 on each side who pulled until their
eyes hung out like peeled onions, and
(. the rope threatened to part in the cen
ter. Glow game but the husky farm
ers were too much for her and won the
contest. In the foot race for men over
forty, Glenn Williams won. w. r. Hop
kins being close second. The latter
might have won the race but was ''hand-
icapped" about twenty feet for being
professional Judge Fuller, Buster"
Brown, the editor, and several others
were in the "also ram class. They
scratched gravel for all they were
worth. but they could'n n scratch enough
not by ten tons. The automobile parade
was pretty feature of the afternoon,
and the dance given in the Masonic
Temple was well patronized and thor
oughly enjoyable.
Much heated opposition to the bull
dog and badger fight developed, and
there was strong talk of using force, if
necessary, to prevent it, but one of the
principal opponents of the supposedly
brutal exhibition was entrusted with
handling of the badger and when it was
hauled into view at the end of its chain
it was found to be everybody's friend
and wouldn't fight little bit.
A fine game of ball was furnished by
the Bucks, of Flint, and the American
Cash Registers, of Saginaw, the latter
winning by score of to l. Myers
and Shendle, for Flint, and Koch, Hick-
ey and Edwards for Saginaw, were the
batteries. Struck out, by Myers, IL;
by Kock, 8. Saginaw got two runs
the first time up. which really cinched
the game, the Bucks remaining score
less until the first half Of the ninth
when they made rally and scored,
making the finish very exciting. Um-
{ pires Whitney and Moran.
w. r. Hopkins, as master of cere-
monies, was all to the good. He kept
everything moving smoothly, and his
good nature and enthusiasm were con-
, tagious. The officers and committee
are also entitled to much credit for the
effective way in which they did their
work.
Clio, as community. has every rea-
son to feel satisfied over the success
that attended the celebration. A big
crowd was present, the largest in the
history of these affairs; the people saw
our new and finely paved street, they
saw festoons of electric lights, they Saw
life and activity on all sides, and they
were entertained every minute of the
time. As q consequence, Clio occupies
little larger place on the map than it
did before, which is undeniably good for
the town. Financially, the project was
successful. Every obligation was
: promptly met and there are sufficient
funds on hand to pay all past indebted
ness.