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Our Band. — We organized a band. This was done pri- 

 marily to supply social reaction for our young men, and that 

 band has made good. Now, this is not the kind of a country 

 band you folks think of; I know what you are thinking about — 

 "Old Black Joe," "Annie Laurie" and some of those things, but it 

 is not that kind of a band. This band played for a neighboring 

 town Chautauqua and did credit to , themselves and to their 

 management, and yet every one of the boys does regular work on 

 the farm. 



We organized our young men into an organization similar 

 to the Baracca class organization in the Sunday school. We 

 have in that organization at present forty-nine young men. 

 There is never a thing in the community needed at the present 

 time, no matter what it is, but that you will find this class not 

 only enthusiastically working for it, but also you will fmd them 

 as the very leaders in its realization (picture). This organiza- 

 tion is well supported by another organization that we could not 

 possibly have the young men organized without, and that is we 

 have an organization of the young ladies of the community 

 (picture). There are thirty-seven in this organization. These 

 young ladies and young men take month about having social 

 entertainments; they serve lunch and render programs, each 

 trying to outdo the other, and in this way have aroused a great 



Young Ladies' Society, Harmony Church. 



