young workingmen, bringing the family affairs of older workers into bad straits, and threatening to make both young and old become alcoholics. The Uusi Kotimaa later reported (23 August 1917) that the Valon Tuote Temperance Society had begun a battle to make the whole county `dry,' and had collected more than $200 in a few days to help in the battle. When the prohibition years followed, the temperance society was still able

Suomi Choir. Front row: Gertrude Peterson, Rose Laukka, Helen Luukkonen, Helen Mattson, Violet Lassey, Jack V. Anderson, director, Violet Ojakangas, Helmi Lammi, Ruth Jokinen, Mae Niemi, Mary Anderson. Middle row: Aune Nivala, Dolores Lager, Amelia Saari, Lydia Frasa, Ilma Leppänen, Helmi Kangas, Mayme Nukala, Eva Lammi, Dorothea Kangas, Florence Konu, Aune Kettunen, Vivian Lahti. Back row: William Kovala, Jack Pontinen, Ivar Frasa, Väinö Luukkonen, Dr. Harold Lager, Sulo Herrala, Toivo Rahikainen, Arvo Laukka, Harold Koskela, Robert Eskola, Jalmar Nukala, Walter Gomsi.

to continue a very active existence, thanks to the many auxiliary activities within its framework.

The first of these was a mixed chorus, which had been started in 1893. One T. Järvinen was its first director, and while there seems to be some uncertainty on his successors, Heikki Moilanen, in his "Sixty Years of the Valon Tuote Temperance Society," has made the following listing: Antti Tiikkainen, 1907, Hannes Rintala, end of 1907, Sanfrid Mustonen, 1909, Matti Saarinen, 1910, Vilho Siukonen, 1911, Väinö Kukkola, 1912-19, and Antti Tiikkainen, 1936-37. The composition of the chorus.

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