The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-12-29
ANNUAL BANQUET
OF the Kinsley Woodpecker Club
Last Saturday Evening"

guests assembled in the spacious din
ing room of the Shadwell house last
Saturday evening for their annual
banquet and spent highly enjoy able
evening. The business meeting was
called to order by President Domain,
who, after few remarks, called Vice
President Wire to the chair. The re-
ports of the various committees showed
that all had performed the duties as
signed to them satisfactorily, and the
tables being ready, the main business
of the evening soon engaged the undi-
vided attention of all. The banquet
was one long to be remembered. There
were two pigs roasted whole, fanked
by roast turkey, oysters and many
other delicacies. After all had satis-
fed their appetites to a reasonable
extent, Mr.. McCanse took the chair
as toast master, and the next part of
the program was announced. The
speaking was interspersed with music,
which was furnished by Messrs. Her.
man Wilson, James Burns, A. j.
Braddell, Tom Gibbony and others.
Mr.. McCanse delivered his annual
address, before taking the chair as
toast master. The central idea of this
was that in an event like this at this
time we were passing one of life's mile
posts. That the Christmas season
was one of universal love and good
l9r,;1l oil p,.,rlyinl. that VIC
a day for new resolutions, when We
should lay aside all i'll will towards
our fellow men and determine that the
new season should Fl nd US consecrated
to the advancement of the best inter-
| eSts of our fellow beings. The Christ
mas time is one for the exchange of
little tokens of affection, that we may
gladden. each olher's hearts, and espe-
cially time for the exhibition of
good will and the laying aside of all
feuds. With advancing years we
learn that it is not ours to judge. If
| d higher power than ours can forgive
how glad we should all be to follow
the example to the end that universal
honor and regard may prevail among
men. The whole address, which WAS
carefully written, was one which would
have graced any pulpit, and any peo-
pie following it's admonitions would
make model community. There was
a touch of pathos running through it
which visibly affected many of his
h carers, as they reflected on the past
year and their mistakes, and resolved
would try to live upto higher plane.
We very much regret that we have
been upabte to secure Mr.. McCanse's =
manuscript in time for publication, as
it is we'll worth printing that those
who had not the pleasure of hearing it
might not he deprived OF its precepts.
Mr.. Dyer responded to the ssnti-
ment, 1.-The Woodpecker Club; Its
Origin, Object and, Aims" in a fifteen
minutes talk, which, for point and
wit, has never been excelled in this
community. He SAID, in part, that
the origin OF the WoOdpecker Club
dated back to the creation of the
world, with the creati on of the Wood
.,ecleer, and, that it was continued
down through all the ages to the pres
ent time; that in its origin and early
days the membership had been con-
fined strictly to feathered tribes, but
that later, for the further Development
of the ideas which the club had at
heart, it was deemed advisable to take
in hum an beings, who had no feathers,
and SO it come down through all time
= until, in our day, we fad the original
I-club still holding daily sessions in
Beal's hall. That the object and ain,
of the association was to settle the va
rious questions of the day that were
; of public interest, and that to this
; end the club had labored long and
, faithfully, and had settled all great
questions as they arose; that the only
; trouble was that they had not always
remained settled. and that for the pro-
! lection of the club and for the perpet-
. uating of it's verdicts,. it was pro-
) posed to have our next member of the
legislature Introduce bill providing
that the verdict of the club should be
finaf; that the only question which the