Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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THE COUNTY FAIR. “Come up, gentlemen, and take a shot at the babies. Every time you hit a baby you get a good five-cent cigar.” rl his was one of the first voices which I heard going down Main street. As I turned south to go to the fair the words, “Take a bus to the fair. came to my ears. Then I joined the slowly moving crowd to that great annual meeting called the County Fair. 1 saw in the crowd pretty country dames with ribbons of all colors of the rainbow in their hair. Here was a tall, broad-shouldered lad, whose pants almost reached the tops of his shoes, and whose hair and face looked as if they had never seen a pair of shears or a razor. “Hello, Silas! When did you come down?” “Oh, I didn’t care to come down myself, but my wife and the kids wanted to come, an’ so 1 come. How’s the fair this year, anyhow?” “Oh, it’s a little better’ll it was last year, and there be more here-----” Then 1 passed them in that large crowd and did not sec them again. “Everybody take a ride on the ocean wave. It will cost you a nickel, a half a dime.” In the distance I heard the cheering of the spectators of the base ball game. Exhibits of all kinds claimed my attention, among them a gasoline engine, a planting machine, and many other implements which I will not attempt to name. “Lemo, five a glass; nice hot taffy.” Now, don’t get so funny with that ’ere old confettv, or I’ll hit you with this cane.” Oh ! what a headache I would have if I had to stand and listen to that merry-go-round very long. “(Tli! the races!” “Go!” And then I saw three horses start on a half-mile pace around the track. “Say, did you see the foot ball game?” “Yes. What was the score?” Six to nothing, favor Belding. Here comes number five in ahead.” —CLAUDE DUMONT. ’io.

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CLASS OF ’10. OFFICERS. President—Claud Dumont. Vice President—Grace Beattie. Secretary—Nettie Markham. Treasurer—Kenneth McBain. John Bailey Earl Hanigan Ira Benedict Eva Klingenberg Tone Bowen Edith Lane Mathew Bradley Ethel Metz Stuart Brock Jessie Meyers Benedict Canfield Chas. Moore Ernest Chase Bernard Ober Ethel Conner Harrison Sherwood Harry Cobb Marion Spencer Lilian Cook Ruth Stevenson James Elliott George Taft Sadie Fortune Scott Teachout Glen Gould Edna Warren Louis Hall Colors—Red and White.