The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-27
THANKSGIVING DAY..
Date Is Set for the Dedication and
Opening OF the New Y. M. C. A.
Building in Kenosha.
A GREAT RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
TIE Board of Directors Order the Work to
Be Rushed in Order That 1t May Be
Ready at That Time.

Ready at That Time.
Kenosha will dedicate her splendid
Y. M. c. A. building on Thanksgiving
day. This was the decision of the
board of directors of the association.
A special meeting,was held at the Office
of District Attorney Buckmaster last
evening, to make final arrangements
for the completion of the building. The
committee who will have charge of the
dedication consists of Charles Beachel,
A. B. Ames and w. w. Cooper.
The committee promises to make the
event of the opening of the new build
| ing the greatest Y. M. c. A. festival
ever held in southern Wisconsin. All
| the associations in the southern part
of the state will be asked to come to
Kenosha to assist in the dedicatory
services, and many of the national and
state officers of the association will
also be present.
| In order to have the building COM
p1eted for dedication at the time set,
the directors have ordered the con-
tractors to put more men to work and
rush the building, in order that it may
be turned over to the committee and
directors within month. The build
| ing will be furnished in an elaborate
manner
AS announced some time ago, Mr.. z.
G. Simmons has given the association
$1,000 to use in the purchase of fur
nishings and equipments for the
building, and this sum will provide for
as fine equipment as is to be found in
any building of the association in the
state outside of Milwaukee. The
gymnasium will be given especial at
tention, and the committee having the
building in charge were ordered by the
directors, to see to it that the gym
nasiun1 is fitted up with the most
modern apparatus. This equipment,
along with the other furnishings for
the large building, will be purchased
in the near future, and everything Will
be in place when the building is dedi-
Gated.
At the meeting last evening it was
also decided that during the coming
winter the association will offer to the
people of the city course of lectures
and musical entertainments similar to
the course offered by the Park Avenue
M. E. church. A more extended an
nouncement of the course will be made
later.
The annual meeting for the election
of directors will be held on next We'd
nesday evening, and at that time all
the arrangements in regard to the
privileges of the members of the asso-
citation will be made public. Money
for the new building has been paid
freely, and there is no doubt but that
the building will be dedicated abso-
1ute1y free from debt.
| Among the most important actions
taken was the decision to conduct a
"Star Entertainment Course" under
Y M. c. A. auspices. The action of
the Park. Ave. church in dropping it's
course this year opened the way for
the new Association to take up de-
partment of work which has proven
very successful in every large city in
the country. Mr.. Adams visited Chi
cago last Saturday and secured options
and dates for some of the best attrac-
tons of the Lyceum Bureaus. A spec
ia1 committee, consisting of A. b.
| Ames, A. E. Buckmaster and J. w.
Adams, was authorized to arrange for
the best course obtainab1e and this
committee will make full announce
ment of the course decided upon and
the dates selected within few days.
Ali entertainments will be given in
the Rhode opera house and general ad-
mission tickets for the entire course of
FIVE numbers will be sold for 81 to all.
A certain portion of seats will be re-
served at Is and so cents for the entire
course, and by making such low rates
and high grade course the committee
expects to tax the capacity of the
opera house. The attractions selected
will be from the following noted Ly-
ceum features:
Royal Tyrolean Concert Co., Boston
Ladies Symphony Orchestra, Fa-
dette's Orchestra, Juaniata Ladies'
G1ee Club, Katharine Ridgeway Con-
cert Co., Boston Temple Quartette,
Alexander Blacks picture play, Mrs.
Bertha Kunz Baker, impersonation OF
'sCyrano de.Bergerac,' P. S. Henson's
famous lecture on ''Foo1s," r. ]. Ben
nett's illustrated lecture on yellow
stone Park" Prof. J. B. De Notes
illustrated lecture on ''Harp of the
Senses and the Rogers-Gil1ey Con-
cert Recital The opening number
will be arranged to begin shortly after
the Presidential election.