Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-22
CANNING CLUBS
KEEPING BUSY
Youthful Members of Canning
Clubs of City Now Putting
Up Garden Stuff.
TEAMS GIVE INSTRUCTIONS
Visit Nearby Towns and Instruct
Glasses in Various Methods
of Canning.

AT the present time the boys and
girls clubs are reaping the benefits of
their gardens, many of which have
been faithfully and well kept through
the hot days of June, July and Au-
gust. The gardens have looked fine
all over the city and it is pleasing to
see how interested the boys and girls
are and how well they have worked.
Now, as the products of their gar
dens need attention and also as there
is much surplus from their parents
gardens, these club members are in
tensely interested in canning. 1t is
quite common sight about Alma
to see various children, ranging from
ten to eighteen years of age, taking
! their baskets loaded down with cans
and vegetables over to the high
school and later in the day returning.
faces beaming and hearts happy,
with basket Of beautiful and we'll
canned goods. Each club has one-half
day week in this canning kitchen
and then goes home to put up more
vegetables and fruit
These clubs are interested in seeing
who will outdo the other, both in the
number present at the canning kitch-
en- halliday and also in the number of
pints put up in that time. The home
canning of each club is also being
counted and in September the sum
total of kitchen canning and home
canning will be credited to them. In
this way the club having the highest
record will be determined and an ade-
quate prize awarded. Prizes are also
offered for every child who completes
his project, either garden, canning, or
the garden and canning combined,
and for those who have the best gar
dens, best canning work, etc. 1t is
hoped that arrangement can be made
for free trip and picnic to Lansing
and M. A. c. either in September or
October, where every member who
brings his or her project to a success
ful close will have a chance to go. To
accomplish this it is hoped that
enough citizens Of Alma who own
autos and who believe that a splendid
work is being done among our young
people, will volunteer so there will be
conveyances for all who "go over the
! top" with their work. The city super
visor will be glad if those who wish
TO help in a good cause will hand in
their name TO her.
From the clubs that have been
learning TO can tcome over, see them
at work any time you desire) a team
of three members per club has been
chosen and trained for two weeks
so as to demonstrate canning. Last
week, each club gave demonstration
| for their mothers and interested
/ friends. More demonstrations are
soon to follow when the public will be
welcome. Four teams are thus at
work and they are splendid, enthus-
iastic ones. Team is Lell and Lois
Smith and Dorothy Allen, team Z,
Arthel Butrick, Lucille Sabin and
Esther Wright; team 8, Mary Wood,
Catherine and Loretta Barry, while
team 8 is composed of Inga King,
Onda Rench and Helen Platt. The
first girl mentioned in each team be-
| ing the demonstrator and the other
two her team mates. A boys canning
! club has been organized and is doing
good work. A team for them will
soon be trained.
This week, the teams have given
demonstrations in neighborng towns
team 9 at Riverdale, team / at Elwell,
and team 8 at Wheeler. The other
teams will soon do the same. The
teams have worked well, are A No. |
and have won the praise of all who
have heard them. August % at D.
m. at the gas office on State street a
public demonstration will be given
where all teams will compete with
each other and three judges will de-
eide which is the best and strongest
team. This will represent the city of
Alma and it seems probable will be
chosen by Miss Anna b. Cowles, state
leader for girls, as one of the twenty
teams from all of Michigan to attend
the State fair at Detroit September
2-7, for the purpose of demonstrating
there and publicly showing up the
club work. The round trip fare for
the three members in the successful
team and one adult, probably the
leader, is paid by the fair association.
other expenses, such as room and
board, will be met by the city as this
is no more than right for the team
has worked hard and willingly to
earn this honor and also has back of
them high record of fruit and
vegetables canned. This means a
patriotic service to their nation.
They have often times denied them
selves much pleasure, vacation, visits,
etc, in order to go many times to do
the canning and do the training. This
is more than some Of us have done
and the young people have done It
with smiling faces and singing hearts.
The 1st prize is S45 in War Savings
Stamps; 2nd. $50 and the 3rd, SIS.
They have their eve on that too.
Since beginning this work. July 20,
until August 10. there have been
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