The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-10

Today Is Hancock county play day
at the Lake View Motor club house,
when the Y. w. @. A. girls Of the
county win open the club house to
Hancock county girls during the
months OF June and July. The pro
gram opens at 1880 o'clock with a
band concert by the girls band Of
Plymouth. A large delegation OF
Carthage college girls, chaperoned
by Miss Letta Simmons, dean of
women, will attend in body and
will take part in both an athletic
feature and musical demonstration
during the day. Girls from through.
out the county will be present during
tho day, both for the morning pro-
gram and for the athletics in the
afternoon. The games and contests
will be under the supervision Of Miss
Wilma Haynes. OF Chicago, this be-
ing the first time that all Of the girls
Of the county have been invited to
participate In an effort to demon
strate the possibilities of supervised
play. Churches, schools, clubs, home
bureaus and individuals have CO.
operated in this movement to give all
the children of the county one grand
picnic. Bear Creek township has
seventy.five girls in its district, and
they will give flag drill. A large
number Of La Harpe girls will be
present, with their chairman, Mrs.
W. F. Bradfield, giving a song group
as their feature of the program. The
girls of Sonora will give several num-
bers on the program. Dallas City,
with Mrs. Walter Schlaretzki as chair
man and Mrs. o. G. Kirkpatrick as
secretary, will attend with q group
OF girls who will give song group
to demonstrate community singing.
Through the Woman's Liberty loan
committee, the federal government
offered four captured German hel-
NETS to school children Of Hancock
county as prizes for the four best
essays written upon the Victory Lib
erty loan, said essays not exceeding
five hundred words, and selected
from either Of the following topics:
"a why 1t is cheaper to pay In
money than lives for quick peace.
(2) Why the Fifth Victory loan Is
necessary. 90 Why the purchase OF
Victory bonds is q real test Of Amerf-
can patriotism. The contest opened
May 1 and closed May 10. Three
Judges were appointed to award the
prizes, namely: County Superintend-
emit OF Schools S. D. Faris, Hon.
James Westfall, chairman of the
mems committee. and Mrs. Mary
Aleshire, chairman OF the woman's
committee. Only one essay from any
high school and only one from any
eighth grade pupil was accepted
The grading has been in fairness to
all, as no names appeared on the
the teacher enclosing the
name and grade on an extra slip to
Mrs. Aleshire, and the essays were
designated by nuntberE Eighth grade
and high school essays were ad-
judged separately, two helmets going
to the eighth grade and two to the
high school All essays are original.
REV. L. II. Hooe, Of Bowen, will pre-
sent the German helmets to the Han
cock county pupils who have been
successful In winning the same, Miss
Susan Baxter, of Plymouth, and Miss
Gertrude Clark, Of Denver, to re-
ceive the helmets going to the high
schools, while Master Russell c. Han
sen, OF Hamilton, and Miss Pauline
Matheney, OF Plymouth, receive those
going to the eighth grade. Twenty
thousand of these helmets have been
sent to America as souvenirs and re-
wards for service, and the honor
bestowed upon these young people IN
receiving the same is acknowledged
by all to be one of the greatest events
in the history Of our young people,
and these helmets will be cherished
by the children and members Of their
families for all time.
Captain Sid Cherrill, who returned
on MAY 6 and has received his dis
charge, after visit with his sister,
Mrs. Fred Miller, and family, OF Dal-