The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-09-01
HOME COMING
HUGE SUCCESS
MT. MORRIS VISITED BY LARGE
AND HAPPY THRONG
Big List of Sports was Enjoyed and
Everyone Had an Enjoyable
Time.

Between 1000 and l, 500 persons from
Flint and all parts of northern Genesee
county joined with the residents of
Mt. Morris last Thursday, in celebrating
their first annual home coming. Merr-
ment reigned at high tide in the village
until midnight when the last of the cell
ebrators departed for their homes.
From every viewpoint the celebration
was success and the villagers are so
enthused over the success of the festiv-
tiles that they expressed desire to
make the event a two-day affair next
year. The celebrators began to throng
the streets at an early hour making
merry all whom they came in contact
with and receiving back into the village
the former residents who had returned
to do honor to their ''old home town.
or the "village of their birth" as some
proudly called it. Every event men,
toned on the program for the day was
carried out without hitch or drawback.
Only one minor accident was reported
to the committee and that occurred
when farmer tried to break rope
stretched across the street with his
automobile. The windshield broke and
flying piece of glass cut the drivers
hand.
The celebration was favored with
ideal weather during the day but during
the evening two showers broke in upon
the festivities, causing temporary
delay each time. The heat was intense
at noon but the farsightedness of the
committee in charge of arrangements
in securing the use of Kelley's grove
in which the celebrators could congre-
gate, saved the day. The grove is but
short distance from the heart of the
village and there was no hesitation on
the part of the home -comers to seek
refuge in the grove from the scorching
rays of the sun. The farmers and their
families ate their midday meal in the
grove.
Shortly after noon the Mt. Morris
cornet band, which furnished the music
for the celebration during the day and
in the evening, gave band concert in
the grove. This concert was given just
before the staging of a baseball game
between Montrose and Richfeld
The days attendance was greatly
swelled shortly after o'clock when
the stores at Clio closed and the Clio
merchants, their employees and families
came to the village in long train of
automobiles. With honking horns the
visitors from the neighboring village
bore down upon the grove and made
their presence known to all within hear
ing distance of the automobile horns.
The attendance of the day probably
reached its highest figure after the ar
rival of this delegation from the north.
The winners of the various races and
athletic events are as follows : Bicycle
race-Carl Mead first; Henry Peters,
second; Ernest Culliton, third. 100
yard dash for boys under IA years
Harvey Shaw, first; Henry Neeley,
second. 100-yard dash, free-for-a l.
William Billings, first; Roland Har-
row, second Fred Brock, third. Farm
er's fat mans race-Driss Knicker-
booker first; James Murphy, second ;
Perry Hilliker, third. Fat business
mems race-James Leach, first Melvin
Mcneil, second Andrew Tracy, third.
! Farmers lean mems raceLWilliam
Billings, first; ROLAND Harrow, second;
Morris Hanna, third. Three-legged-
race-Lye and Billings, first; Funch
and Kelley, second; Wisner end Sparks,
third. Sack race-Fred Brock. first
Patrick Slattery, second John Her.
ford, third. Lean business men race
Patrick Slattery, first Melvin Nc
Neil, second George Mckenzie, third.
Potato race-Helen Heine, first; Edra
Thompson, second; Gladys Lindsey,
third. Creased pole clmber-Gord
Slattery. Water melon eating contest
John Tyron, first; Charles Begole, sec.
ond. Wheelbarrow race-Carl Lyle,
first; Fred Brock, second Howard
Hobson, third. Girls nail driving con.
test Edith Thompson, first; Dora
Collins, second Edith Norton, third
Women's free-for-all foot race-Alber.
tina Smith, first; Wealthy Watrous,
second; Grace Kuehnie. third. Girls
race Helen Heine, first; Edra Thomp
son, second Murella Bray, third
Handicap foot race between Leach anc
Rapley-James B. Leach, winner
Standing broad jump Carl Lyle, first
Fred Brock, second Carl Sandersfield
third. Running broad jump-Carl Lyle
first Fred Brock, second Carl San
dersfeld, third. Running broad jump
Patrick Slattery. first; Carl Lyle, sec
ond, Fred Brock. third. Hop step snt