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. - -.- :--f THE To. ' l-'iinl. One Must First Seek. CHRISTIAN S.S. AND GRACE M. E. LEAD IN BIBLE SCHOOL About 142 pupils enrolled for the vacation Rible school but out of that number only 83 answered to roll call. Children from the First Christian and Grace M. E. church es, lead in having largest number of entries from any one Sunday school, there being 16 from each. The school will be held every morning for three weeks. The recreation hour for the older pu pils is from 9:00 to 9:30 and from 9:30 to 10:00 for the younger ones. The pupils play on the lawn of the North A street Friends church, the boys on one side under the direc tion of Mr. Lyboult, and the girls under the other under the direction of Miss Ewen. Personals Miss Dortha and Miss Georgia Keesling of Selma, Ind., are visit ing relatives here in the city. Everett William Lemon, Jr., of National Road East will spend the Fourth of July with his parents in Fort Wayne, the guest of friends. Josjah Arthur and Elizabeth Test of Akron, Ohio, have been visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. ' Moore of South Seventeenth street. Alice Margaret Test who lives south of the city left Wednesday for a month's motor-trip through the East, accompanying her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Jen kins. She will visit Philadelphia, Washington and other Eastern cities and spend some time on the Virginia sea coast before returning to her home. - - Three Juniors Write of Trip to Shades We lift Richmond at midnight, Saturday night. Rode all night, just making a few stops. We ate breakrast at daylight and arrived at the Park at 8 o'clock. We thought we would take a walk around to see what was there. TtTere were lots of cottages to rent out for summer. They were nice. We walked down a long path winding around and down. In the .bottom there were three largo springs. They were called "Spring of Health," "Spring of Beauty," "Spring of Youth." All along this path were pretty ferns and mosi. This was all down In a ravine. The most wonderful sight one ever saw of nature. It wag all rocks and sand stone on both sides just like It had been caved out. ,Ve went on down the path next we passed what was called the Bridal Falls. They were very pretty. On down was a mamoth big rock which was called the "Devil's Fire Pot." You could climb up a ladder into it. We took what was called the "Buz zard's trail," that led us around the river and around a small mountain seeing some of the prettiest sights any one ever saw. We crossed an old wooden bridge. Down under it was what was called the "Devil's Punch Bowl," a solid mass of rock with a fountain, in it. The reason this is such a pretty place is be cause it, was nature's own way of fixing it. One could spend two days and then wouldn't see all the pretty places. This was also the home of the Indians centuries ago. Every child should see the Shades if possible Signed, Rhea Clark, Melvin Hoggatt, Earl Hubble. In Stage-Coach Days "It was a great day on the earlv ptiuure - uoxes wnu n pncKea like cordwood. On these boxes and within swarmed the boys, pea shooters in hand. A favorite tar get was the pike keeper at the toll gate, and those who left the coach first fared worst." From Stage Coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle. i JUN Weekly Section of Richmond Palladium Children Swim Every Week at Hawkins; Wernlians Are Guests About 40 children took advantage I of the free swim offered all chii j dren under 16 years of age, Wed nesday by Mr. Parker of Hawkins bathing beach. However, in no way did this compare with the number that was there the Wed nesday before, for there were 200 there then. . This was due to the weather though, as last Wednesday was rather .rainy. Every care and attention possible is given to the children, and there is always a life saver on hand if anything would happen. Tuesday, July 11, will be Wernle day at the bathing beach. Mr. Parker has' invited all the children of the Wernle home to swim on that day from 8:00 to 11:00 a. m. OFFICERS ELECTED IN SCOUT MEETING The Narcissus Girl Scout troop met Wednesday, June 28, at the Second Presbyterian church. Fur ther plans for the ice cream social, which was planned to be given by( the scouts the evening or rriuay, i June 30, were made, and after wards election of officers took place. The new officers are as fol lows: Chairman of business meet ings, Ethel Everett; assistant chairman, Lorraine Clark; secre tary, Thelma Stott; assistant secre tary, Agnes Mullen; treasurer, Mar guerite Shields; assistant treasurer, Opal Pierson.. WAYNE'S PIG CLUB MEMBERS URGED TO EXHIBIT IN STATE All members of the Wayne coun ty Pig club over 10 years of age will have a chance to exhibit their pigs at the State fair as well as at the district and county fair, county agent Dolan announcea Tuesday. Members having the Big Type Poland China pigs will have an especially good chance Mr. Dolan said of winning a prize. HONORABLE We wish to acknowledge receiv ing contributions which we were unable to publish from the follow ing juniors and suggest that they try writing other stories on dif ferent subjects or in different style: John Charman, St. Mary's school; Leollne Klus, Muncie, Ind.; and Francis McCrea, Muncie. I I MENTION t'iX Illi .,- ....... '- b B'ft-ircapa I OR RICHMOND. INDIANA, SATURDAY, ..n" CITY'S JUNIORS TO CONTEST IN FIELD EVENTS ON FOURTH All the playground children will take part in the Fourth of July cel ebration to be held at Glen Millet- park. The children will meet at their playgrounds at 12:30 on the Fourth and from there will go to the park. The field meet, which will be one of the main features of the day for the children, is expected to be quite an affair. The meet is open to children of all ages and rib bons will be awarded as prizes. The events of the meet are as fol lows: Dashes, three-legged races, shoe race, egg race, catching the greased pig, and climbing the greased pole. The boy who catches the pig will get to keep him and probably the next day will be en joying a roast pig dinner. Whoso ever climbs the greased pole is ad vised to wear old clothes or even his mother will not be able to rec ognize him when he gets through. Probably the principle aim of those attempting to climb the pole will be to rescue a nice, new one- dollar bill, which will be pinned to the top, Children are urged by Mr. P. H.'ca"?P Tuesday, and gave it a gen Slocum, head of the Community Service Bureau to bring their fath ers and mothers along with them and eat their suppers in the Glen, There will be band concerts during the supper hour. I Independence Hall And Liberty Bell nr. if PALLADIUM PENNS'Y PUPPY VISITS PLAYGROUND Many cute little puppy dogs are to be seen around in many homes these days. The following story of how a little puppy visited a play ground In Butler, Pennsylvania on the day it opened for summer ac tivities was told in the Christian Science Monitor: An Airdale puppy, accompanied by its young master, formally open ed a new playground here recently, setting the pace of the youngsters who turned out to "initiate" the ap paratus. The boys started a "follow-the-leader" game, and it didn't take the puppy long to get into the lead. It waded through a pool of "water, dug holes in the sand pits, rode the swings and climbed the 12-foot lad der. The puppy then took a look at the slides, but was a bit skeptical. Finally it tried one and found it to its liking. Then for about an hour, led by the little dog, the youngsters enjoyed the slides. The new playground was one of a series of four opened in Butler this summer. "Y" Newsettes About 50 Rotarians visited Ki-Ro erai clean up. Perry Wilson, who had intended spending his vacation at Lake Ge- neva this week, has given up his trip for the many camp prepara- tions that must be made The Y. M. C. A. Bible class, which adjourned during the Billy Sunday meetings, has now begun work again by request of the boys. Safer Horn is now in charge of the class as Mr. Wilson , is busy with camp work. The time has been changed to 7 o'clock and after class the boys have a swim of about 50 minutes. The class -has taken up a new course which teach es the boys about "Jesus as the model group leader. There are 11 lessons under this course, and the bovs are verv much interested tn lit. Sevastopol Victorious Sevastopole playground's nine was jubilant Thursday because of i their victory over the Starr play ground team. The game was play ed out on the Roosevelt hill Thurs day, June 29, and the score was 12 to 4. Herman Mitchell is captain of the Minor team, and Wilbur Eu bank is captain of the major team. Forests Protected by Airplane In Manitoba, Canada, light air planes are in service constantly patrolling the forests of that province. Anticipation Is the Joy of, Seeking. PLAYGROUNDS FORM TWO B. B. LEAGUES; GAMES ANNOUNCED Two baseball leagues have been formed in connection with the school playgrounds. The schedule for the major ball league arranges for all games to be played on the Roosevelt Field dia mond in Glen Miller park. This league includes any boy 15 years old or under. He may play on the minor ball team also, provided bo is under 13 years. The major baseball league plays as follows: ' June 29 Starr vs. Sevastopol. . July 6 Hibberd vs. Whitewater. July 7 Finley vs. Sevastopol. July 11 Starr vs. Whitewater. July 14 Hibberd vs. Sevastopol. July 20 Finley vs. Whitewater. July 25 Starr vs. Hibberd. , August 1 Sevastopol vs. White water. August 8 Finley vs. Starr. August 11 Hibberd vs. Finley. Following are the playing dates of the minor baseball league: June 30 Finley vs. Hibberd (At Hibberd). - July 8 Sevastopol vs. Whitewa ter (At Whitewater.) July 12 Starr vs. Hibberd (At Starr.) " . July 18 Finley vs. Whitewater (At Finley.) July 21 Sevastopol vs. Hibberd (At Sevastopol.) . ' July 27-Starr vs. Finley (At Finley.) August 3 Hibberd vs. Whitewa ter (At Whitewater.) August 10 Finley vs. Sevasto pol (At Sevastopol.) . ". August 14 Starr vs. Whitewater (At Starr.) August 15 Starr vs. Sevastopol (At Starr.) , . All the above games will, start promptly at 2 o'clock on the di.ve.-J set for their playing unless other wise arranged for by the supervis ors of the contesting playgrounds. MERRY GO-ROUNDS GIVEN TO WERNLIANS A merry go-'round on which 1S children may ride at once has been given by Messrs. John and George Schwenke of this city to children of Wernle Home. They show their appreciation by. keeping it in use all the time. The "Real Uncle oam By Felix J. Koch Every once in so often, particu larly when we wish to avoid re peating so long and high-sounding a title as "The Government of tho United States of America," even the best of us will speak of this ' self-same Government as "Uncle Sam." ' Cartoonists and. others have foi years employed the, traditional picture of Uncle Samuel, attired in tricolor, to the same end. Naturally, the custom must have had a start some time; there must have been some reason for "Uncle Samuel." One who really claims to know tells of this origin of the very ubiquitous nickname as follows; During the great Revolutionary War, a man named Samuel Wilson was a beef inspector at Troy, N. Y. Wilson was very popular with his men, who, liking him, adopted a very popular fashion among em ployees at the time, of speaking of him, among themselves, as "Undo Sam." "After Wilson's inspection of tlio ' " beef, he shipped it to a contractor ' named Elbert Anderson, who took charge of it on behalf of the United States. "As result, the paeSagcg of beef, were for Klbcrf Andersort 'atKT "Un-""" cle Sam. The joke was spread, at Wilson's expense; spread farther still, until it became the fad to re fer to all packages marked 'U. S.' belonging to the Government as 'Uncle Sam's" and thence our own Uncle Sam as personifying the Government itself.