Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-08-20
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CLUB ACTIVITIES
REPRESENTATIVES, OF CLUB Wis.
1T BACKBONE STATE PARK
LAST WEEK.
MEMBERS BUSY AT FAIR GROUND
Activities Of the Club Important Fac.
tor in Building up Business In.
terests of Manchester.

The Executive Committee met We'd
nesday evening. August goth and in
structed the secretary to avail him
self Of the privilege offered by the
publishers of this paper to use its
columns to tell what the club is do
ing and planning. 1t is believed that
1t will be OF interest not only to mem
bers but to all who are in sympathy
with the purpose Of the club, which
is to make this better community
in which to live.
At this meeting the secretary was
also authorized to sign in behalf Of
the club contract for two two-day
community development programs,
one to be given in the Fall and one
in the Spring. The speakers who
will be secured for these programs
will be the best in their respective
lines that can be found anywhere.
Full particulars will be given later.
Constitution Day Sept. II
The committee also voted to sup
port the observance Of Constitution
Day in fitting way. The date Is
September 18th and this year It will
be celebrated all over the country
with public meetings with the purpose
OF reminding people that our nation
al life has developed and we have
grown to be the greatest nation In
history upon the broad and sound
foundation Of the Federal Constitu-
ton, which 1t Is the duty Of every
true American to preserve from the
attacks OF Bolsheviki, ]. w. W., an
archists and all other professional ag-
itators and destructionists. 1t is
planned to have the celebration on
the Fair Grounds with some amuse-
ment and entertainment as well as
speaking and patriotic features.
Oct. list Date for Opening State Park.
Representatives Of the club met on
Saturday at the DEVILS Backbone
with State Treasurer e. H. Hoyt and
representatives from the three neigh
boring counties OF Buchanan, Clay
ton and F'ayette to discuss Ned's sug-
gestion OF big community picnic in
celebration of the opening OF the
Park to the public. s. w. Klaus OF
Earlville, our county's representative
in the legislature, was chosen to
preside over tie meeting and 1t was
decided that October 1st would be the
best date available, which will be the
date unless previous plans Of the
governor prevent. Governor Harding
and number of state officials want
| to come to this celebration and the
governor will be expected to deliver
an address. One Of the best bands In
the state will accompany the Des
Moines crowd and everybody in this
part OF Iowa is invited to come and
enjoy an old fashioned Harvest Home
or Community Picnic.
An, executive committee was chos-
en- to arrange details composed Of a
member from each town. in the four
counties. Senator Newberry OF
Strawberry Point was made chairman
OF this committee and e. W. Williams
Of Manchester. because Of his recog-
nized exceptional ability along this
line, was made secretary, What he
has accomplished with the Delaware
County Fair is known not only In this
county but all over the state.
The Board of Supervisors and the
County Engineer were members OF
the party at the Backbone on Satur-
day and r. r. White, chief engineer
/ or the State Highway commission was
there to gD over with them the var
| ious roads into the park and advise
with them as to the best plan of pro.
viding better facilities for getting Ov.
er the steep hills which form nat
ural barrier around the park itself
Plans were decided upon which 1t II
promised will provide safe and fairly
easy roads into the Backbone by the
time OF the celebration. October LIST.
| Pay Your Membership Dues.
Notices have been sent to members
who are delinquent in their dues ac.
count and many have responded but
some have forgotten. This is re.
mmder. I
Many Commercial Clubs have wha,
is called Greed of Members" which
reads as follows. II will not criticise
the Manchester Commercial Clut
for failure to accomplish results un-
less / hare
Paid my dues,
Suggested to 1t the things I believe
should be done,
Attended its meetings,
Done all in my power to help bring
these things to pass"
Improving Fair Grounds.
Monday evening. about thirty men
several Of them not members Of the
club but just boosters, met at the
Fair grounds and cleaned the grounds
and did odd jobs in preparation for
the annual exposition. For four sum-
mers now, members of the club have
been working ON the Fair Grounds,
spending many hours in painting and
repairing buildings. fences and Inn
proving things generally. In addition
to their time and labor most OF them
have invested their money in stock
OF the Agricultural Society which
gives them the privilege of paying
their way at the gate to see the
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