Charlevoix county herald., 1915-04-03
THE CFIILDRENS STORY
TELLING CLUB
Essilyn Dale Nichols, Editor
1927 IS ST.. Rock Island, Ill
for this
Essillyn Dale Nichols, Edito
1875 ST., Rock Island, III.
Manuscript Department.

Well, Riddles, as we have so many
fine letters waiting for publication we
will omit our little talk together this
time and begin to print them right
away. Our first letter follows:
Dear Editor:-I have never written
TO you before although have read
the letters of the members and would
like to join and receive a membership
card. l want to join in the Missing
Word Contest. am eleven years old
and am in the eight grade. / like my
teadelr, The words are: / Years
Biddy-3 Hand Roofs Legs
Lay Said-S Make Cluck-1o
Head-11 Scornful-12 Pull. Your
friend, Marcia May Travis, Hersey,
Michigan.
/ am glad you joined the Missing
Word Contest, Marcia, for | think it
is lots Of fun, and you will surely get
a prize, you know. hope you re-
ceived your membership card. Our
second letter is from little girl of
Coral, Michigan.
Dear Editor read all the letters
in our paper and thought they were
very nice. | am nine years old and
am in the fourth grade. My teachers
name is Miss Coady. l like her very
much. Years. Biddy-3 Curly
4 Boards Nest-6 Keep Said
s HaVe-9 Peck-10 Head-11
Frightened-12 Pull Yours truly,
Edith n. Rose, Coral, Michigan.
Edith, l am glad you like the club.
] hope that you will write again and
often. Our third letter follows:
Dear Editor:-As have been read
ing the stories and letters in the
Children's Story Telling Club for
some time l have become very much
interested and have decided to join if
you will send me a membership card.
am a little girl nine years old. l
have four brothers and one sister: l
am the youngest. My brothers are
all grown up and away from home.
am in the fifth grade and like to go
TO school. We had a Valentine box
at school, and l received ten and gave
away seventeen. l made some of them
and bought some. l will not make
my first letter very long. For the
Missing Word Contest l think these
would be good words l Years.
Biddy-3 Thick Roofs Legs-6
Guard Said-S Sec Look-10
Head-11 Injured-12 Pull. Ever your
little friend, Eunice Brake, Crosby,
Mich.
Eunice Dear, thank you for such a
nice little letter. You believe in the
GREAT PLEASURE of giving, don't
you, Grille? Giving is really the
most fun of all, although, of course,
IL is very nice to receive, too l hope
you received your membership card
all right. Our fourth and fifth let
ters are lists of words for the Miss
ing Word Contest.
Dear Editor:-The Missing Words
are as follows: Years. Biddy-
Stick Floors Nest-6 lay
Said-8 Sec Look-10 Head-11
Little-12 Pull. Yours truly, Iva A.
Croker, Bangor, Mich.
You will receive a prize, Iva, some
time in April.
Dear Editor:-The Missing words
are as follows: l Years. Biddy-
Hand Floors Nest-6 lay
Said-S Sec Cluck-1O Head-11
Little-12 Pull. Yours truly, Otis A.
Crosby, Bangor, Mich.
Did l spell your last name right,
Otis? One Of the letters was a bit
blurred and I am not sure that
printed it right. Our next letter is
from one of our smartest little club
members. She has written a number
of letters for our club and we are
very glad to hear from her again.
Dear Editor:-I have read the
Missing Word verses and thought /
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