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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
Clio Graduating Functions

The Freshmen and Sophmores gave
a reception in honor of the Class of
1917 at the High School room, Thurs
day evening A very pleasant social
time was enjoyed and delicious lunch
con was served.
The Juniors entertain in honor Of TIE
seniors at the M P. church parlors this
evening. Mrs. E. C. C. Benson will
play the march and the invocation will
be given by Rev. G. w. Greene. Bern
ard Doyle will introduce the toastmast-
er, M. C. Doyle. and Bernice Hymen,
Ralph Jones, Frances Jewell, Marshall
Smith. B. S. Jennings, Guy Selby and
Prof. w. ID. White will respond to
toasts. Frances Jewell, Virginia
Stuber, Evan Frost and Naomi Holmes
will contribute musical numbers and
Miss Clifford will recite. A delicious
menu will be served.
Class day program will be given at
the Auditorium, Wednesday evening,
June 20; commencement the evening
following. The alumni banquet will
occur on the evening of the 22nd.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
LADIES ORGANIZE
RED CROSS CLUB
WILL MAKE MANY ARTICLES FOR
SOLDIERS USE
Fifty Ladies' Participate in First Meet.
ing and Appoint Delegates
to Learn Work

The patriotic and helpful spirit of the
ladies' of Clio and vicinity found ex-
preston Monday evening in the form
alton of Red Cross Knitting Club.
the same to be auxiliary to the Flint
Chapter of the American Red Cross.
The meeting was held at the home of
Mrs. Ed. l.. Beeman and was attended
by about fifty ladies. Mrs. III. ID. Gage
was elected temporary chairman and
Miss Ora Selby permanent secretary
treasurer. Mesdames Wilson and Med
bury, of Flint, were present and ex-
planned the work that is being done in
Flint and that could be undertaken
here with the result that Mrs. George
Lacure and Mrs. A. S. Parker were
appointed delegates to go to Flint and
learn the methods of making the var
lous articles, which for the present
will consist mainly of socks, knitted
jackets, muffiers. knee caps and wrist
lets. Mrs. Marshall Smith, Mrs. Ed.
l.. Beeman, and Mrs. j. F. Wirth were
appointed as a committee to solicit
funds to be used in procuring materials
for the ladies to work with, and on
Thursday Mesdames Beeman, Hoff.
Meeks, Geiger, Lacure and Parker and
Miss Selby went to Flint for the pur-
pose of learning as puch as possible of
the details of the work that will be
undertaken. The initial meeting was
representative of the entire vicinity,
several ladies' being present from Pine
Run and other nearby points, but in
order that all may have the opportunity
of sharing in this patriotic work, and
for the purpose of perfecting the plans
of the club, another meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. Beeman next
Monday evening at 1880 A cordial in
vitaton is extended to every lady to
attend this meeting.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
Genesee Field Meet

Don't forget the County School Field
Meet to be held in Clio on the High
School athletic grounds tomorrow, in
which ten schools will be represented
The events ail commence at 1000
O'Clock "a m. AID continue all day. The
one big event in which Clio people will
be particularly interested will be a ball
game between Clio and Otisvlle for the
county championship. Williams has
been pitching good ball this season, his
support has been good and Clio stands
an excellent chance of winning.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
Thetford.

Mrs. A. E. Gabraith spent the week
end in Akron.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Barnum entertained
relatives from Vassar Sunday.
Carol and Hazel Hawley of Flint
spent Sunday with their parents.
Geo. Munsell and wife spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Benjamin.
Mrs. A. E. Galbraith is spending the
week with her mother, Mrs. Geo.
Brown.
Mrs. Gilbert Raymond and daughters
spent few days with her sister, Mrs.
Ray Noe, in Flint.
Mrs. Mabel Merrill and Miss Linne
Brabazon of Flint spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Galbraith.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Galbraith enter.
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Inglis and
children of Fairgrove, Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Hawley enter
tanned the following, Sunday: Mr.. and
Mrs. Hubert Boutwell, and sons of Flint
and Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hunt and
daughters, of Arbela.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
Card of Thanks

We wish to extend our heartfelt
thanks to the kind faiends and neigh
bors, both here and U Millington, for
their sympathy and help during the
illness and death of our beloved mother
and sister, also for the beautiful floral
offerings, to those who sang and to
Rev. Stevens for bis comforting words.
Mrs. j. A. McCrady
Mrs. c. j. Maynard
Mrs. w. H. Sargent
Raymond Dexter
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
Green Bricks Spoiled

An unfortunate accident took, place
at the brick yard last Monday morning
at about four o'clock when fourteen of
the long drying racks. carrying about
100, 900 green or unburned bricks, col
lapsed. The bricks were in various
stages of dryness but many of them
were somuch so that they were picked
up uninjured only about 10000 being
spoiled. These latter can be worked
and pressed over, so that the only loss
will be for the labor involved in work.
ing them and in rebuilding the racks.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
Local News

Miss Imogene Burr is quite ILL.,.
Miss Iva Butler is on the sick list.
Louis Wildfong has purchased new
Ford car.
Allen Mongold is entert tanning his
sister from Ohio.
c. II. Robertson made business trip
to Detroit, Tuesday.
Miss Helen Doyle and Miss Gertrude
Downs spent Tuesday in Flint.
Elias Hitler was quite badly bruised
when he fell from fence Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fox of Flint visited
Mr.. snd Mrs. M. Z. Smith Sunday
Mrs. Rosamond Beebe left Monday
for her summer home at Bay View.
Oren Edwards, of Saginaw, is spend
ing few days with his son, William.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Carter spent Sun.
day with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Haas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Mason attended
the Woolfitt reunion at Mt. Morris
Thursday.
Mrs D. B, Sooer is spending the
week with her sister, Mrs. Arthur Gra-
ham, of Flint.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Haas spent Thurs
day the guest of their daughter, Mrs.
A. Phillips OF Flint.
Mr. and Mrs. e. T.. Hnyck spent
"Wednesday with their daughter, Mrs.
f. r. May, of Flint.
The Orange ladies Of Clio viii hold a
doll social at their hall Tuesday evening
June 10. Everybody come.
Mt. Morris High School netted $40. 90
from the production "At The Seashore"
given one evening last week.
Ice cream and cake will be served in
Stuber's store Saturday, the proceeds
to be for the benefit of the band.
The Bands Minstrel Show at the
Auditorium Saturday evening. June l6.
BE sure and be Booster. 10 and 25c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. Mari, of Sag
inaw, spent Tuesday with their uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Cleve-
land
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bowren, of
Millington and Harold Robinson, of De-
troit visited at the home of l.. d..
Hayes Sunday.
Born. Wednesday, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard Holden n beautiful little daugh-
ter, Leona Marie. Good luck and a
joyous journey.
Chas. Dennis, of Flint, for twenty
FIVE years a subscriber to a Clio news
paper, was a pleasant caller at this
Office Saturday.
Thurston Hurd. who has been spend
ing few weeks with his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Hurd, left Tuesday for
Houghton. Mich.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
JONES

Anson Jones. aged II years. died at
his home one mile south and three
quarters of mile east of Clio, Satur-
day, June 8, 1917, after an illness Of
but one day of paralysis. Mr.. Jones
was born in Arcade, N. Y, May 8, 1916,
and in his early years was married to
Miss Victoria Wood. In 1872 they
came to Michigan and settled on a
farm southeast of Clio, where Mrs.
Jones died in 1911, since which time Mr..
Jones has lived alone. No children
were born to them. MIR. Jones is sur
vived by one sister, Ida, of Eldrid, Pa.
and four brothers, Fred, of this town
ship, Harley, of Arcade, N, Y, Will
lam, of Boyne City, and David, Of
Cheboygan, Mich. Funeral services
were held from the home Tuesday
afternoon, Rev. J. L. limerick, of
YpsiIanti, officiating, and the remains
were laid to rest in Woodlawn ceme-
terry.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
"On The Veranda
This Evening

This -(Friday) evening will witness
the performance at the Auditorium of
Ion The Veranda" by Chesaning Home
Talent, under the direction of Mrs.
Lesla Bailey Miller, the complete pro-
gram of which appears in other columns
of this paper. This will be most
charming entertainment we are sure
and we bespeak for it liberal patron
age, especially as a percentage of the
receipts will go to the American Red
Cross. In order that annoyance from
noise may be avoided children. under
twelve will be requested to sit with
their parents or escorts. The prices
will be 10c and 25c.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
SCOTT

Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, wife of Henry
Scott, died at her home in Thetford
township, Saturday afternoon. June 9,
1917, after long illness Of heart dis.
ease. She was born in Maine, March
II, 1865, being So years of age. Mrs.
Scott had resided in Thetford for about
fifteen years and was loved and re-
spected by all who knew her. The sur
viving members of her family are the
bereaved husband and one sister Fun
eral services were held from the home
Tuesday afternoon. Rev. c. w. Greene
officiating and the remains were laid at
rest in Thetford cemetery.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
Mt. Morris Graduating Exercises

Commencement for Mt. Morris schools
will take place Tuesday evening next.
Rev. FIR. Thomas Luby will deliver the
address to the graduates and there will
be attractive musical and other features
to the program.
The annual banquet for Mt. Morris
schools will be held in the NJ f. Church
parlors Wednesday evening, June 20.
Superintendent W. j. Maginn will pre-
side as POSTMASTER and the Misses
Rena Brown and Mary Maginn, DR..
H. w. Graham, Rev. FIR. Thos Luby,
Commissioner J l.. Riegle and w. V.
Smith will respond. Music will be pro-
vided by the Mt. Morris Orchestra.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
Methodist Protestant Notes

At the morning service at 1000
O'Clock the pastor will preach; Mrs. A.
Litteheld will sing a solo. Sunday
School at Ills. Christian Endeavor $50
p. m, Thurlow Swihart leader REV
erence," topic for discussion.
The Ladies Aid will meet in the
church parlors on Wednesday after
noon at the usual hour.
Service at Montrose Brick Church at
200 o'clock.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
Obituary
WILCOX

Theo Elizabeth Wilcox, aged 9
years, died at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wilcox, Satur-
day, June 8, 1917, after short but
very severe illness, of complication
of diseases. She was born April 9,
1908, in Pine Run, where she died.
She is survived by her parents, two
sisters, Helen and Bernice, and one
brother, Preston, all at home. Fun
eral services were held from the home
Monday afternoon, Rev. C. w. Greene
officiating, and the remains were laid
at rest in Woodlawn cemetery.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
Masonic Meetings

Vienna Lodge, f. & A. M, will hold
special meeting next Tuesday even
ing, June 10, for the purpose of confer
ring the Nj. NJ degree. The attendance
of all brothers is invited.
On Wednesday evening, June 27, the
lodge will go to Flint where it will con-
ferr the M. M. degree for Genesee
Lodge, No. ia. Brothers are asked to
plan to attend this meeting as royal
good time is in prospect.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
Return of Old Friends
Kelly & Brennan Big Tent Show Here
Soon

SOOn
Commencing Monday evening, June
25, Kelly & Brennan, who will invade
the city in the early morning of that
date, will begin strong drive against
the amusement loving people of Clio,
and judging from encounters during the
past nine years our people will surrend-
er to their efforts to please on the first
assault.
The company is even larger this year
than ever before and a classier selec-
tion of plays have been selected for
their repetoire.
This is the same company that plays
Flint and Lansing and our theatre
goers are assured of getting six of the
late New York releases. Plenty of
specialties are introduced between acts
so there is not an idle moment from the
beginning to the end of the entertain
ment.
Their initial offering will be recent
big stock success, THE Crook" on
which evening ladies accompanied by a
paid escort will be admitted free.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
Electric Light Patrons

Arrangements have been with made
the Clio State Bank to collect bills for
light and power service. Bills are due
and payable on or before the 23rd of
each month following that in which the
current was used, and il not paid on or
before that date, are subject to an ad-
pitional charge of ten per cent.
Consumer Power Co.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
Nj. E. Church Notes

Class meeting, $50 a. m.; Sermon
1000 a. m. Rev. c. E. Benson, of
Dawson, Will likely speak. Sunday
School, :15 a. M. Epworth League,
$50 p. m; Sermon. 1880 p. m.
Praise meeting Thursday evening,
7:30p. m.
The L. A. S. will hold their regular
meeting Wednesday afternoon.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15

The pupils of Miss Bertha Yerden,
assisted by Clyde Davis, .cornetist, will
give an elaborate recital at the M. p.
church in Flint this evening There
are twenty seven numbers on the pro-
gram and several pupils of Clio will
participate as well as those who reside
in Flint.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Butler, of Flint,
William Lyons, Mrs. A. E. Galbraith
and Mrs. o. H. Beckwith motored to
Akron, Mich, to attend the commence
ment exercises, Thursday evening. Ar
old Brown was member of the grad
uating class.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
Notice to Taxpayers

| wish to inform the taxpayers of the
village of Clio that will be at my
home for the purpose of receiving vii
lage taxes next Saturday and each Sat-
urday and every week day evening
thereafter until further notice.
George Palmer,
Village Treasurer.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15

If you want to laugh and have a good
time come and see the Home Talent
Negro Minstrel show for the benefit of
the band. at the Auditorium, Saturday
evening. June Is. Admission 10-25c
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
A VOICE FROM THE
DISTANT PAST
OLD DOCUMENT TELLS ABOUT
BINDING OUT"
Williamson Eaton Was to Get Four
Dollars Per Year and
New Bible

Nearly everyone has heard of boys
and girls being "bound out" during
pioneer days, to various kinds of service,
until they were 2l, but few, probably.
have had the privilege of reading one
of the documents which were used in
transactions of this kind. The follow
ing, there fore, will be of interest, es-
pecially as the boy referred to was the
grandfather of David Eaton, of West
Vienna, who is known to many of our
readers.
This Indenture, made this seventeenth
day of March, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and twenty
six, witnesseth, that Williamson Eaton,
son of John Eaton, deceased, and Mar
garet, now the wife of Enos Warner.
aged sixteen years this 18th inst, by
and with the consent of the said Enos
Warner and Margaret Warner, his
mother, hath placed himself with and
they do hereby bind him out to Nehe-
miah Houghton, farmer, to work with
and for him at the occupation of farm
ing, until the said Williamson Eaton
shall have attained the full age of
twenty one years, which he will be on
the 18th day of March in the year OF
our Lord 1881, during all of which term
the said Williamson Eaton shall well
and faithfully serve the said Houghton.
his secrets keep, his lawful commands
obey, hurt to the said Houghton he
shall not do, nor willfully suffer it to be
done by others, but of the same to the
utmost of his power, shall forthwith
give notice to the said Houghton; his
goods he shall not embeZzle or waste,
nor lend them without his consent to
any; at cards, dice or any other un-
lawful game he shall not play; taverns,
ale houses and tippling houses he shall
not frequent; matrimony he shall not
contract; and from the service of the
said Houghton he shall not depart with
out his leave.
And the said Houghton for himself
doth hereby covenant and agree with
Williamson Eaton, Enos Warner and
Margaret, to pay the said Williamson
Eaton, one yoke of good likley oxen of
the age of five or six years old, or a
yonug horse of an equal value, to be de-
livered (at the option of the said Will
hanson Eaton) either where the said
Houghton shall then reside, or in the
town of Batavia, at the time the said
Williamson shall be of the age of
twenty one years, and also give him
two good new suits of clothes, one of
which to be for common wear, and the
other to be handsome suit, and to
give him new Bible,
And Furthermore to provide for him
in sickness and in health such things as
are suitable and necessary to eat, drink
and to wear, to furnish him money to
spend when necessary, not to exceed
four dollars in any one year, and to
give him good common school educa-
tion in reading writing and arithmetic
|, Nehemiah Houghton do hereby
agree that Enos Warner shall be exon
Grated from damage if the said William
son shall break this indenture.
In witness whereof the parties have
thereunto set their hands and seals the
day and year above written.
Nehemiah Houghton
Williamson Eaton
Margaret Warner
Enos Warner
Sealed and delivered in the presence Of
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15
The Man Behind the Hoe

Every nation sounds the praises
Of the man behind the gun,
Quotes it's patriotic phrases
Of great battles fought and won,
Praise the men who conquer zero
And subdue fire.. flood and snow
But the local. modern hero
Is the man behind the hoe.
You need not seek the trenches
To join your country's cause
Nor suffer death by inches
To win fame and applause.
Go take simple lesson
On how to reap and sow,
Then join the grand procession,
Be the man behind the hoe
Cultivate those lots in Clio
Now producing weeds and grass
Help to lower the cost of living
By producing garden sass
Show old Bill, the Kaiser
Though he has lots of dough-
He's neither great nor wiser
Than the man behind the hoe.
Whether stopped or hoary
Or in the prime of life,
If you'd defend 'old glory
In the present strife,
Get busy in the garden
Where the rutabagas grow,
And the Kaiser will beg pardon
From the man behind the noe
F. PHI
alls in
nOfM B Hough-
well known in Clio
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-15

"On the Veranda," at the Auditor
ium, Friday evening, June Is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-13
HANDLING OF ARMY WILL PUT CHECK ON NEGRO EXODUS Notable Slowing Down in Migration to the North
 Has Already Been
 Noted

There appears to be a slowing down of negro migration to northern fields in the past few days. at least so far as this immediate section is concerned.
 However the exodus still continues to a degree sufficient to cause appre- hension among the large employers
 prominent railroad official pre- dlcted yesterday that the wholesale migrations would cease very shortly
 "One thing that will bring this about" he said, will be the inability
 of the railroads to supply cars Tor this purpose when recruiting and troop
 movement gets into full swing. To
 supply the demands of the govern
 ment is going to tax the full capacity
 and efficiency of the railroads. And,
 too, you can rest assured that this
 government is going to see that from
 now on there is an equitable divi-
 sion of labor in this country and no
 industry is going to suffer shut
 down or curtailment for lack of la
 bor to operate it"
 One large coal operator half face tiously stated that since he had brought HOuSlHB SOiNitiViio Nf'N' mines up to the Highland avenue standard had put in hot and cold showers and swimming pools; con structed tennis courts and was plan ming for first-class golf course, he l was having no trouble with labor | shortage.
 | From Cincinnati there comes wal I to bring the tears. It appears that Cincinnati of late has been the clear i ing house for the negro influx into the middle west. Officials there have called upon the government for aid in handling the problem. In pa thetic appeal they claim to have actu ally discovered a case of pellagra, two cases of hookworm and trachoma and three or four cases of smallpox among the negroes recently arrived from the south.
 While the claim Is made that more l than 50,O00 negroes have abandoned l the mines and factories and fields of ] Alabama in response to the alluring 1 promises of the labor agents. it is well-nigh impossible to arrive at a correct estimate. It is the opinion, however of those who are best in~ I formed on the subject, that 50,0oo is a l conservative estimate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-13
FOR JUNE WEDDINGS
The Stationers and Engravers Have
 Many New Styles

War or no war. society is buzzing with the sound of June wedding bells and the most artistic and newest effects in invi- tations are being demanded
 A visit to the big store and manufac- turing plant of Roberts & Son is always interesting and no department is more interesting than the copper plate engrav- ing and steel die embossing department on the second floor of this splendid .estab- lishment on Third avenue.
 In speaking of the new and correct things in stationery and engraving. Mrs. Hart. who presdes over the society en- graving sales desk. showed many new items of pretty stationery and corre- spondence papers and cards.
 In speaking of June weddings, which is the principal topic now. some splendid samples of the handsome and dignified shaded modified Roman as we'll as the fetching French script and Roman com blned were shown.
 In addition the regular or standard size wedding stock, the long panel pressed or plate marked effects and large square cards. of cranes finest kid finish with envelopes square shaped to match are most popular with those who seek dis tinctive style and quality.
 Surely there is now no need. with such an up-to-date establishment located here as that of Roberts & Son. for any one to send any order to Tiffany or else where, when needing anything from the simplest to the most elahorately designed engraved. steel printed, embossed or hand illuminated stationery for any use,