Field Day Here on July Fourth
Community event calendar notes a field day on July Fourth with a $100 association prize and Rue listed among participants. additional field day events appear throughout the day at the fairgrounds.
14 Jun 1912
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Newspaper
South Haven Tribune Messenger
Location
South Haven, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
1
Community event calendar notes a field day on July Fourth with a $100 association prize and Rue listed among participants. additional field day events appear throughout the day at the fairgrounds.
Directors of Van Buren County High School Athletic association fail to reach a quorum at Hartford delaying decisions on Field Day venues and protests on two traces. Efforts to contact other superintendents fail. offer to hold events in South Haven on July Fourth is deferred. No final voting date set as resignations and reluctance hinder a legal meeting.
South Haven merchants select Saturday June 22 for Combination Sale Day with three to five specials from each shop. C P Woodward of Miner and Woodward Grand Rapids coordinates arrangements and details will run in The Tribune. Mr and Mrs C E Teeter and Mr and Mrs Wan Bourne traveled to Grand Janation for an afternoon of fishing.
About seventy members and lodge costs marked Star of the Lake lodge Tuesday as two printers were raised to Master Mason. Honored guests included J. B. DesNoyers of St. Louis, a Mason since 1868, and James Wooden of Michigan City, the government dredging and pier extension inspector.
The Pomological Society schedules two summer picnic meetings with planned speakers. One on July 31 at a farm home of A.O.L. Cr Chese brog and another on August 1 at The Experiment Station. Further announcements will follow as plans complete. A Captain from Eagle, Michigan, will stay for an indefinite period.
All four hundred copies of The Student Crier commencement number were sold within a week of issue. The edition exceeded the usual print run but strong demand for faculty and senior photos, the school history, and the alumni list exhausted stocks, with room for at least seventy five to one hundred more copies if printed.
Standard setting under the National Prohibition drive outlines Sunday school requirements and compliance norms for church programs. The report notes advisory guidelines, inspection expectations, and suggested practices to align with temperance goals.
The Kalamazoo River Baptist Association marked its 71st anniversary with a three o clock session hosting visiting delegates and an auto tour. Magnus Burgess spoke on standards for Baptist Sunday Schools while resolutions urged prohibition and women’s suffrage, opposed liquor traffic, and urged support for country church revival efforts. The body thanked Pastor Lester and local hosts for hospitality and transportation.
Stars of County travel to Bangor for a program with Acacia Chapter well represented on the lineup. Local groups showcase talent and honor the chapter’s contributions during a midweek event.
The Van Buren County Association O E 8 summer meeting is set for Wednesday June 19 in Bangor with Aouada Chapter O E 8 well represented. Mrs Emma Runyan will respond to the welcome and a quartet will sing. Program includes an orchestra, various solos, and officers led by President Mamie Wake Moon Paw Paw.
South Haven youths figure prominently in Kalamazoo College activities. Edith J. Hallock and Roger B. Smith take parts in the class play. George Robison becomes editor in chief of the Kalamazoo College Index. Lucille Lester is vice president and Mabel Benson secretary of the Students' Publishing association. Louis Thompson and partner Polasky win doubles championship at the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association meet in Albion last Saturday.
The Bangor Independent team lost their first home game Saturday to the Benton Harbor Independents 13 to 6. Bangor fielding was weak while Benton Harbor’s batters tagging both pitchers heavily.
Mre. T. R. Tinsley and family are now nicely located in their Dbangslow on North Shore Drive.
Miss Elisabeth Zessin underwent an appendectomy last evening. The operation by Dr. Richard Smith of Grand Rapids with assistants Dr. F. C. Penogar Dr. L. G. Rhodes and Dr. Neil Goodrich was successful. An abscess had formed. she rests easily today and full recovery seems assured.
The passage praises the choir and all citizens of the city who contributed to the association's success and the enjoyment of visitors and delegates. It highlights communal effort and the value of hospitality in hosting guests.
Funeral services for Herman Karst were held at 2 30 PM Wednesday at the German English Lutheran Church with Rev R E A Giesel officiating. A large turnout of relatives and friends attended the service for a man who had been an invalid for a long time. flowers filled the church. Burial was in Lake View Cemetery with pallbearers Carl Teske Chris Jacobs William Jacobs Albert Ketelbut Julius Amlott and Chas Fromm.
Taft supporters on the national scene faced stiffer opposition as adherents of the President were reportedly refused or blocked from influencing key voters. The article outlines early friction within party ranks and the impact on election prospects.
The Republican National Committee advances Taft by seating delegates and unseating Roosevelt backers. It rubber stamps 142 delegates for Taft with one for Roosevelt, and moves to install Taft majors on the convention roll, amid controversy over district versus at large delegations and a stolen seat linked to Calhoun ally Abe Reut.
Supt. L. L. Wright delivered the address at Bangor last Friday as 219 rural pupils received eighth grade diplomas. About 400 people attended. In the afternoon field sports on Monroe Street, Lacota boys won most events, and Bangor defeated Lacota 11 to 4 in a ball game closing the day.
Mrs. John McCardy of Glenn was badly shaken and somewhat injured Wednesday afternoon when the horse she was driving became frightened at an automobile and threw her into a ditch. Initial fear of a broken arm gave way to the finding of a badly wracked arm.
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