The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-29


TIMES OF the church, which number
among its member such good cooks,
need only refer to page 667 In the his
tory or Lee county, OF 1879, for full
particulars. The ladies' pointed to
THIS excellent and august history
when reporter begged for their
names and receipts. and SO 1t is given
mere along with the rest OF the story
OF yesterdays excursion.
Corn Club Members Feast.
After the Keokuk party had eaten.
the members of the boys corn club
VINO We're present, along with their
leader, A. c. Evans, of West Point,
who among other things is principal
OF the high school at that place, were
served. There were seventeen mem
bers Of the club present at the dinner.
A number arrived in the afternoon too
late to participate in this treat. All
members Of the club wore yellow rib
bons on which we're printed the
name of the organization.
/ The club members who were guests
at the dinner We're Benjamin Knabe,
West Point; Leo De Kalb, West
Point; Delbert Wilson, West Point;
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ert Krebill, Franklin; Willie Denning,
Marion; Lawrence Hellman, Pleasant
Ridge; Linus Greene, Viewer; Herb
ert LANCE, Viewer; Lester Gibbs,
Viewer; Edward Broadfield, West
Point; Elmer Lange, viewer; Floyd
Krichel, Keokuk, r. F. D. No. 2; H..
S. Kirchner, Donnellson, r. F. D. NO.
2; Edwin w. Kirchner, Donnellson, R.
F. d. No. 2; Willie F. Bentzinger,
Charleston, Iowa.
| Mr.. Evans reported that the total
membership of the club was now
sixty-seven and that the club plans
are progressing in fine shape. Even
though Lee county got a late start.
Mr.. Bishop. state club leader from
| Ames states that the membership
| from this county Is well above the
average and he is pleased with the
enthusiasm of the boys and the ear
nest work Of the promoters. The
total membership of the corn clubs
throughout the state is twenty-five
hundred, distributed through fifty
three counties.
Later on in the day, at the conclu-
sion of the afternoon program, some
special races were arranged for the
corn club members and photograph
was taken of the organizations. Some
of the boys were on horseback for
this group, which also included Nj.
Bishop and Mr.. Evans.
Dollar awards were made to the
victors in the races. William Den
ming of Marion carried off three firsts,
in the foot race and egg and potato
race on horseback. Ben Knabe Of
West Point was second in the foot
race.
The Afternoon Program.
The afternoon program opened at
1870 o'clock with a selection by the
West Point band. This was followed
by words of welcome from Mayor E..
L. Trevitt of West Point, who intro
duced A. C. Evans, the chairman of
the day.
Mr.. Evans called on Mayor Ed. s.
Lotion of Keokuk and the latter
thanked West Point people for the
hospitality they had displayed during
the day. He designated Lee county
as the best county in Iowa and there
by drew resounding applause. In con-
Guiding he said Keokuk hoped to en-
terrain West Pointers in just as lavish
style at some future date.
Chairman Evans then called on Rev.
w. R. Bacon, pastor of the First
Christian church Of Keokuk, to give
few minutes of entertainment. The
Keokuk pastor received an opening
laugh when he said that West Point
residents, after the Keokuk party had
eaten, had invited the visitors to join
! the pig club. Rev. Bacon said that
the keynote of success in any line
was cooperation and that it was
through the fellowship and community
spirit displayed on day such as this
that strived for results would be
achieved.
Corn Club Aims.
E. c. Bishop then took time to ex-
plain some of the aims of the Boys
Acre Corn club and the results that
had been achieved in the past. Mr..
Bishop said that many people did not
realize what the clubs were trying to
do and did not consider it of any
vital Importance. He took time to
refute this by showing the wonderful
results that had been obtained by
boys throughout the state. He said
| that the corn club idea had started
some dozen or more years ago in
| Nebraska and had later been intro
QuCeu lulO JoWd Will SuSSSSS'
| He said that the idea was to show
| boys how to study the new and up
] to-date farming methods and teach
them how to secure the greatest pos
sible yield from a given acre.
| The boys were interested in the
idea because the fathers were usually
! too busy to give it their best atten.
ton, and because the boys Of today
will be the farmers of tomorrow. He
said that boys who had started out
with an acre several years ago, were
now realizing great results through
their training.
Corn club boys in Iowa had raised
as high as $50 bushels of corn to the
acre, he said. The average yield from
all acres of corn planted by club mem
bers last year was Sc bushels, he said,
while the average yield of the state
was only "a, showing in a tangible
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