Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-05-16
COUNTY CONVENTION
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resented, the new Union at Ironton be-
ing especially full of zeal and enthusi
asm, and cordially welcomed by Eas,
Jordan, Boyne City and CharlevoiX.
Due to the illness of their leader, the
the Norwood Union was not represent.
ed. All sessions of the Convention
were made aggressive and practical
: by the presence of Mrs. Howard, dis
trict president, and by the fine execu-
tive skill of the county president, Mrs.
Burdick, inspiring individual leader
ship in each delegate present.
Wednesday p. M. Session, Program
In Memoriam-Mrs. Hickey, Boyne
City, Mrs. Heston, East Jordan, Mrs.
Sara Wilkinson, Charlevoix; Why
Hold County Convention, Open Parli-
ament; Song, Normal Girls; Song,
School Girls; Violin and Piano Duet,
Margaret and King Saunders; Suff-
rage and Temperance, Miss Hines.
Committees Appointed Auditing,
Mesdames Demarest, j. R. Cooper and
Ikens; Courtesies, Mesdames Edwards
and Cowan; Credentials, Mesdames
Campbell, Burns and Munson; Reso-
lutions, Mesdames Duffey, Grigsby and
Sanderson.
Campaign for Subscriptions Michi-
gan Union, Mrs. Howard; Union Sig
nal, Mrs. Heston; Woman's Journal,
Michigan Suffragist, by Mrs. A. l..
Coulter, Chairman of Z. S. A.
Evening Session, May 6.
Opening Hymn; Devotional, Rev.
Quinton Walker
Greetings from the Churches Con-
gregational, Rev. c. E. Taggart; Bap-
fist, Rev. Irvine; Methodist, Rev.
Walker. Schools, Supt. DeVoe; Local
w. c. T. u, Miss A. Roger;
Vocal Solo, Mrs. Homer; Response
to Greeting, Mrs. Heston; Vocal Duet,
Mesdames Homer and Burdick; A
Message, Mrs. Howard.
Debdte:-Charlevoi High School
Members of Class II. Subject Re-
solved that the Hobson Resolution pro-
viding for an amendment to the U. S.
Constitution prohibiting the manufac-
ture and sale of alcoholic liquor as a
beverage should be adopted. Judges
Mr.. Craig, Halle Bon and Mrs. r. B.
Armstrong. Affirmative:- King Saun-
ders, Allen Arnold, John Walker, and
Vera Mears with a rebuttal by John
Walker. Negatives Robert O'Neill,
Elsie Newson, Robert Sloan, and Bran
FeltS with a rebuttal by Robert Sloan
The Judges decided in favor of the
negative.
Piano Solo, Nettie Correll; School
Attendance and Temperance, Mae
Stewart; Recitation, 1.-TWO Ballots, Z"
Oakley Hammond; Tribute in Memory
! of Lillian M. N. Stevens, Mrs. H. P.
Parmalee; A Few Words, Mrs. Arm
strong; Solo "Victory," DR.. F. II.
Wilkinson; Thank Offering; Coronet
Solo, Glenn Dolberg; Benediction,
Rev. Walker.
Thursday Morning.
( Devotional, Mrs. Hickey.
Reading of Journals How Contest
Work has Helped to Promote the Tenn
perance Cause, discussed by the Union
resulting in at least one contest being
pledged for the coming year in each of
the four Unions represented.
Don't be a Gutter, Mrs. Root.
Reports from Local Unions:- East
Jordan, sent in by Mabel E. Hall;
Boyne City, Mrs. Root; Charlevoix,
Mrs. Wilkinson; Ironton, Mrs. McMul-
kin.
Resolutions Adopted That this
convention send a memorial to Con-
gress in favor Of the Suffrage Amend
ment.
Resolved that we, the w. c. T. u. of
Charlevoix County put ourselves on
record as opposed to every sort of
amusement on the Sabbath Day, also to
the opening Of cigar stores and drug
stores for the purpose of selling ice
cream soda or other unnecessary ar
ticles, and we pledge our hearty sup
port to every effort made to enforce
this. Further we call upon the officers
to enforce the law in this respect. Re-
solved that copy Of this resolution be
printed in every pBper in the county
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President Gertrude j. Burdick,
Charlevoix; Vice President-at-large,
Mrs. Hickey, Pastor of Baptist church
Boyne City; Corresponding Secretary,
Sara M. Wilkinson, Charlevoix; Re.
cording Secretary, Mae L. Stewart,
East Jordan; Treasurer Huldah A..
Demarest, Boyne City.
An old bachelor may not believe that
life is full of contradictions, but mar.