The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-12

then first plan Of 100 acre farnhl
n Ia . model farm and shows -he
farlnstead with all the buildings,
fields, roads, fences, gaces and lie
e,a,.pment for an ideal farm. The
drawings are on the scale CT one
irch for every 10 rods. This will
b. great benefit to the boys N su-
ture ''fe, when they are planning
the r own farms.
The fashionable spring cclors viii
DC gay if the many colored socks
worn by the boys are an Indication.
4 meeting of the lon;a. county
Athletic board was called for Satur-
day. March 8, but only three MEM
hsrs we're present. Hammer repre-
scntti Ionia high school, Hockst.d
represented Belding and Sch ,ol Com
missioner Dalton is secretary OF the
board. Owing to the small at
tendance it was decided % attend TO
some very necessary BUSH ass. Mfc-
ais, badges, etc., were selecesd AID
tile secretary was instructed TO write
TO Whitehead, Hoag Co. for terms. It
was slso decided to ask The reliable
prr'tlng establishments Of the cour
fy Ia offer bids on the printing Of
posters. tickets and programs. an
advance sale of tickets is planned 10
secure record crowd FROM each
ST ccl An appropriate button will
be y'ven with each ticket as special
in iJs,mcnt for advertising purposes.
The officers of the board for the ell
suing Year are: President, l.. ltoc.:.
sia', Belding; vice presidcn-. Surt.
Nee lmsey, GAINESVILLE; treasI,s- u.
n Kantner, Ionia; secretary. Counss
mmiscioner of schools.
Mss Blekkink lin M. and NJ. his
ter. csss): "Why couldn't tn, Sran,
ia lis trade in African" A n s
(rrsning the Papal line of Demar-
tation): "The Papal Line a. Deforin-
alton forbade it."
The Wabasis Camp Fire Girls met
at Miss Robinson's last Monday even
ing to discuss first aid work. They
are arranging for a series of lessons
in it, which begin next Monday even
ing and continue for six weeks. They
will meet in the sewing room Of the
high school. Miss Giddings will
have charge.
The Tschtuka Camp Fire group met
al the home of Lucille Parney Tuesday
evening. Plans were made to study
some subjects of vital interest; the
first to be taken up is Child Welfare
and Infant Mortality
The high school chorus is now pre-
pairing an operetta, "The Main and
the Mildly" to be given in the near
future.
Lucille Parney is the happy winner
of fourth place in the Grand Rapids
Press contest as to how Seventeen"
by Harrington, portrays life at that
period. The contestants were lin
tied to the city of Grand Rapids other
wise Miss Parney would have been
given first place, the Press writes
her.
The high school girls are planning
a party to be held at Harmony hall
Friday night. The boys have shown
Eluch concern but no Interestingly
are not invited.
Tuesday, March IL, the Y. NJ =. A.
group held their monthly program in
the high school room. The group
is planning to organize other groups
in the city in the near future.
Students from kindergarten 10 high
school inclusive are anxiously await
ing the arrival of the spring vacation.
1t is rumored some students are al
ready consulting the railroad time
tables.
Feb. %, Scoutmaster Storrs and
10 tenderfoot Scouts liked up the
river to do test work. The tender
foots are required to pass these tests
IN order to become second class
Scouts. At present there is one
complete Scout patrol.
Last Thursday the boys of the ag-
rlculture 10 class werea sked to test
scmo seed corn. A few days later.
the test was read and showed a 100
per cent termination.
Freshman Party.
About 40 attended the freshman
party held at Harmony hall Friday
evening. The first part Of the even
ing was spent in playing games, in
GLIDING the stunts. Program and
indoor football. About 9 o'clock the
dancing began With grand march
and Virginia reel. About 1920 ice
cream and waters were served 1t
was a merry crowd that departed at
the inevitable hour Of IL.
Miss Little is expecting new Eng
lish student feathered one. A
tame dove comes to her window and
spends the greater part of the day.
II is not considered at all proper to
strike teacher, especially if you are
a freshman anxious to exhibit your
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