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PREPARATIONS FOR
BOYS CONFERENCE

Everyone connected with the ar
ranging for the Boys Conference TO be
held here March 26, 27. 2S, is en-
thusiastic in making everything the
best possible. The banquet on Friday
evening will be served by the Ladies'
Aid society of the Methodist church in
the dining rooms of the church. Mem
bers of the Philathea class and other
young ladies of the city will act as
mattresses.
If weather conditions are favorable,
between forty and fifty business men
of Ionia will be here to attend the
banquet. 1t is expected that more
than this number of local men will
attend the banquet and assist hh giving
the visitors a cordial welcome. APP
proXimately three hundred men and
boys will attend.
W. III. Gay will be the POSTMASTER of
the evening. Mr.. Gay is one of the
active manufacturers of Grand Rapids,
and also a prominent worker on the
state committees of the Y. II. c. A.
Another man of note who will be
here is T. h. Lanham of Columbus
Ohio, state secretary OF county work
there. Mr.. Lanham is a man who will
make himself felt in the conference.
pressed with what he has TO say. He
is one of the best Y. NJ G. A. workers
in the United States today. Belding
citizens and members of Ionia county
Boys Conferences are extremely for
tunate in securing Sec. Lanham as a
guest and worker in the local con-
ference.
On Saturday afternoon a number Of
papers will be given by boys of the
conference. Harold Caldwell of Beld-
ing will speak on Loyalty in the
Church and Sunday School," Rollin
Hemens of Ionia will talk on Loyalty
TO Father and Mother" Harold Buck
of Portland will speak to the confer
ence on Loyalty in Civic Affairs, "
Edgar Voelker of Lake Odessa will
deal with Loyalty 10 Our Schools"
and Burr A. Doten of Hubbardston
will discuss Loyalty in Real Ath-
letics"
All of the conference sessions will
tend TO lead the delegates up TO the
meeting at the Baptist church at three
o'clock Sunday afternoon, where the
boys will be brought to realization
of the need Of higher life and the
advantages of living the higher life
among their fellows. This will be the
strong spiritual meeting of the con-
ference and one which every delegate
should make special effort TO attend.
DR.. John Brown Jr OF New York,
will be the speaker
Citizens in all parts Of town are
planning on giving the delegates the
best Of entertainment. Some of
them will entertain as high as five
and six boys during the conference
The moving pictures to be given at
the Star Theatre on Saturday after
noon will depict some Of the real life
as it exists in the state camp. The
pictures will be given to the delegates
TO the convention just following the
regular matinee. There are hundreds
of people who will want to see these
pictures and Manager Warner of the
Star Theatre will run them during the
afternoon as his matinee feature. Some
idea Of the popularity of these pictures
may be gained from the fact that six
other counties OF the state tried TO Sc
cure them for county conference at the
same time. Belding was fortunate in
quite literally for the use OF the films.
All the school uperintendents, prin-
cipals and other school men of Mont
calm county and also school men from
Grand Ledge and Lowell have been
invited to attend the talk on Real
Athletics" at Hotel Belding on Satur-
dday morning.