Charlevoix county herald., 1915-05-01

like to 60 to the wood and watch
the sap boil down into syrup; also
take little lunch up there and eat il
in the camp. On the other page are
the Missing Words for the Contest
(Miss) Mildred Gilbert, Conklin, Mich
p. ST. hope soon to receive my
membership card. Years. Biddy
3 Snarled.-4 Sill-5 Legs-6 See
Z Said-8 See Cluck-10 Head-11
Solemn-12 Comb.
Mildred-You wrote a very inter
esting letter. / have been in sugar
camp and watched the syrup in it's
different stages of boiling down.
tasted some Of it, too; and bought
some maple syrup. ! like maple sugar
don't you? / also took a picture OF
the big sugar trees with the buckets
hung on them to catch the sap. Did
you receive your membership card?
Dear Editor-I would like to join
the Children's Story Telling Club. ]
have read the stories in the paper
and liked them very we'll. / am eleven
years old and will be twelve the 28th
of July. go to school. am in the
seventh grade. l like my teacher. She
is very good. She is sick now, and
am sorry too because she is too good
to be sick. Her name is Wilma Hill
dreth. / have one brother; his name
is Cecil. He is thirteen years DID, and
in the eighth grade. Well, to join the
Children's Story Telling Club l will
enter the prize contest. l hope to re-
ceive a membership card from you as
you say you will. If should win the
first prize 1 think l should prefer a
doll. This is long letter, hut don't
suppose you care. If you do-don't
read it. Missing Words: 1 Years
2 Biddy-3 Small Roofs Legs
Show Said-8 See Cry-1O
Head-11 Humble-12 Pull Juanita
Gilbert, Casnovia, Mich
Juanita-Are you a cousin Of Mil
dred's? And so you thought / would
not care if you DID write long let
ter! You are right, grille, l didn't
care-in fact, l was very much
pleased. And / want you to write
again. You won one of the SECOND
prizes, Juanita, and hope you will
like it even if it isn't doll.
Dear Editor-I received my mem
bership card. l thank you. / am
going to try the Missing Word Con-
test. 1 Years. Biddy-3 Hand
Roofs Legs Show Said-e
See Cluck-1O Head-11 Woeful-
IL Pull. Gertrude Silver, Harlan
Mich.
I am glad you received your mem
bership card, Gertrude, and / am glad
you joined the contest. l believe this
is your second letter, isn't it? hope
you will decide to write third letter
before long.
Dear Editor-Every week / have
read the stories and letters in the
Children's Story Telling Club and
enjoy them very-much. / will be elev-
en- years old next month. l am in the
fifth grade and go to school every day
and like to do so. Our subjects fol
the morning are: Music, Penmanship
History, Reading and Arithmetic. Al
the first of the year we had teacher
whose name was Miss Bush; now VIC
have Miss Martin. / did not like
Arithmetic for awhile, but understand
it great deal better under the in
struction of Miss Martin. Among my
best friends in school are: Pauline
Scott, Dorothy Dowding and Eloise
Alloway. l like all my other class
mates very much. / will stop telling
you about school, but will tell you the
Missing Words, which l think are cor.
rect. They are as follows: Years
2 Biddy-3 Small Timbers-5 Toes
% lay Said-8 See Cluck-1(
Head-11 Haughty-12 Comb. l hope
to see this in print for it is the frs
letter I have written to you. So goot
bye, from an interested reader, Irene
Reeder, Lake City, Michigan.
Irene-I liked you letter; it was
very nice. When l was little girl
went through fractions in my arith
metic THREE times. / think uset
to like history the best of all m,
studies. I am glad you are interested