The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-24
CHILDREN TAKE
over FIRST DAY
OF HOMECOMERS
$50 Rural School Boys and
Girls Visit Cape by
Motor Cars.
DRINK LEMONADE AND
HEAR PRIZES AWARDED
Cape Wins Ball Came Big
Crowds to Come Today
and TOmorsuw.

The initial day of the ninth annual
jackson Homecomers' celebration viz
tually was turned over to the young
sters. A parade of $50 children, all
pupils in the rural district schools of
the county, tOgentre with their auto
/ trip to the Cape was the most impor-
tant feature of the day.
The prizes for attendance in all the
school districts also were awarded
yesterday.
HomecOmers' this year has double
| significance for it is celebrating the
centenary as well as 4 reunion of all
county families. The occasion was
opened promptly at 8 o'clock yester-
/ day morning by the blasts from the
whistles of the power house, Mill A
and Mill B, the thing factory, handle
factory, sawmill and the Jackson
branch railroad.
The school children's parade was the
first feature Of the program and COun-
ty Superintendent of Schools j. 2. Nc
Donald assisted by Col. W. l.. Mabrcy,
proceeded to get the various classes of
pupils in line for the parade at the
public school park They assembled
at 10 o'clock at the park and after they
had been formed in line by school and
district numbers they marched, each
carrying a flag. through town to Main
and High streets and back to the park
where they were loaded into the auto
mobiles for the trip to the Cape
FOrty-four cars available, were fill
ed with youngsters and taken to the
Cape and back, when $50 who were
left tehind on the first trip, were load
ed into a dozen machines and given the
round trip to the Cape.
On their return to the public school
park they were treated to lemonade and
i the award of the premiums occurred.
The prizes were to be distributed ac-
cOrding to zones. According to the
agreement of the committee made be-
forehand, the per cent of attendance
in each district was based on the 1916
enumeration of the district. The city
schools were not in the contest.
The schools that took part in the
contest and the number of their pupils
were as follows: Oak Grove, "A; Dog
Wood, Al; Fruitland, 81; Clover Hin.
%; Lemon, rs; Millerville, %; Link,
%; Oak Ridge, "a; Tilsit, %; Dutch
town, 10; Kurreville, 16; McFerron,
IS; Williams, Is; Cane Creek. Is; Old
Salem, II; Poplar Grove, II; Oak Hill.
II; Clippard, IL; Horrell, II; Iona, 10;
Plainview, 10: Schoenebcck, 10; High
Hill, Q; Indian Creek, Q; Roberts, Z;
| Liberty, Z; Pocahontas, 6; Rock Lcvt,,
6; Egypt Mills. ); Burfordvile. 4; Big
Spring, A; Daisy, 3; CriteSville, ,;
Rando, 2; Apple Creek Valley, .:
Whitewater, /; Fulbright, 1.
The result of the contest was as fol-
lows:
First zOne-Clover Hill, first; Loo
ney, second. Second zOne-Link, first;
Lemon, second. Third zone-kurrc-
vile, first; High Hill, second
The first prizes in each of the zones
were bookcases, each of which has Il
apacity of 100 volumes which VIZ: b.,
placed in the school houses. The sec
ond prizes are large 5x1Q f.. 5000
bunting flags.
There are IS districts in tn" county
including the cities, and out g.. that
number IS districts were repre- rntcd
in the contest.
In the afternoon a feature Of the
program was baseball game hctHco0
the Oak Ridge Athletics and tie C1ua
Capaha Juniors. The result va Il
to 0 victory for the Cape arrrcc4-
ton.
The automobile parade was | u.
C. C. Oliver and Superintend NJ
Donald. Judge Frank Kelly an Prose
cutting Attorney J. Henry Caru hcrS of
the Cape each had his car in the chill
dren's auto parade.
The crowd at the celebration last
night in Jackson did not equal that of
a year ago, it was said, but it is an
that today and tomorrow will
more than make up the difference.
KEEP THE BABIES