Charlevoix county herald., 1919-05-02
LOADS OF PEP in
COUNTY FAIR
SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Signs OF the times? A dance at the
D'Ooge Barn on Wednesday, May 14th,
social at Deer Lake on Friday, May
lst, and other socials of recent date at
Tainter, Pine River, Marion Center and
so many plans everywhere, and the fact
that every one OF these good time
events was for serious purpose, and
further more that every event was for
the same purpose.
People are SO used to turning their
good times to serious thought, and SO
used to DOING with common aim in
view, that they still demand purpose
and rejoice when that purposeis an i'm
mediate and worthy one. The public
was happy to learn that as one of the
first steps in reconstruction and that as
one Of the first and foremost of the
many needed improvements on the
fairgrounds, the executive committee
decided Education First" The big
gest lesson that has been taught us is
that there are bigger lessons in the
future. These can be solved only by
correct educational guidance. This can
not be accomplished without an assem-
bly, and community hall and without a
model school room near at hand.
With long and suffering patience the
schools have displayed their work un-
der crowded and unfavorable condi-
tions. Only two out of three city
schools could be well accommodated
and there was practically no room left
for the rural schools wall display.
There has been no space for athletic
drills, for indoor games, and when the
junior orators contested last fall, they
had to stand in the gangway and run
competition with the merry-go-round.
Only few OF the many who wished to
hear Pattengill could crowd into the
hall way, and then there was standing
room only. There has been no space
for rest room, to say nothing about
providing the chairs.
In the state fair grounds there was
erected last year a model school room
to serve as demonstration center fol
club work, a meeting place for boy
scout activities, and for oratorical con.
tests, not needing the larger assembly
hall. 1t has answered in one moment
what several books might tell about
construction, form, and equipment, and
tells at the moment why" No schoo
building is complete without a com
munity especially on the fair grounds
Sosial life is never complete where the
community is ignored and space must
be given for the get-to-gether element
of the patrons of the fair. Is the
building to equal the state fair educa
tional hall, and is it to surpass all other
county fair school buildings? If Char
levoix County is to maintain her record
this should be the case.
Well, Contractor Henry Clark esti
mates the cost at 1900 with an addition
al 800 for Equipment. But the spirit i.
just right. The County Fair Associa
ton started the fund off with 500 (tha
you already know and every one o.
the committee agreed to assume the
craftsmanship for gaining contribution
from his territory. That means that f
b. Ward and Frank Bird are the chair
men for Charlevoix and vicinity; tina
Horace Hipp and d. L. Wilson ar,
chairmen for East Jordan and vicinity
and that Frank Wangeman and Terr.
Barber are chairmen for Boyne Cit!
and vicinity. Mr.. Ward agreed also t
take the matter up with the differen
oranges OF the county for he was sur,
: that they would wish to help. Tn,
, committee appointed Miss Stewart t,
take the situation to the schools of tn,
J county and get all possible aid from
! both city and rural schools. Mr.. Henr,
, Clark was also made member of tn
, committee and to begin with he agree,
, to accept the contract for the buildin,
free of cost to the association, puttin
it up by day labor only SO that all i'm
: provements may be made as far as tn
money raised will go. Mr.. Il. F. Sloa
spoke for the Loeb estate when he sal
'Now you are saying something ths
interests US. How would you like I
I have us buy steel seats for the buildin
I just like we shall have in our ne,
Z model SCHOOL," and then "we'll hel
5 you on the building too-a hundred do
y lars" And everybody is getting in tn
4 game as the reader notes in the dance,
the socials, and the jolly good will Of a
who back the schools and the count
! fair.