The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-12-12
Annual Business Mems Banquet is Held
at the Auditorium of the Y.M.C.h.
Building Friday Evening
SPEAKERS LAUD A YEARS WORK.
Report of the Local Branch Shows That It
is the Third Best Among the Associ-
arions of the State.

One of the most enjoyable events
ever given in Kenosha was the bust
ness mems banquet given Friday even
ing at the Y. M. c. A. assembly room
under the auspices of the local branch
of the association.
In honor Of the event the rooms OF
the association were brilliant in their
decorations of palms and flags and the
dining room was a triumph OF the
decorators art. The long ia bles, at
which covers were laid for $50, were
placed in the form of hollow square.
Each table was decorated with wood
bine and ferns and a large bunch of
red carnations added the color. The
Examinations for the dining room were
furnished by a myriad OF candles
placed on the different tables.
The attendance at the banquet ex-
| ceded even the hopes of the officers OF
the association and nearly every well
| known business man IN the city was
present. Factory managers touched
| shoulders with the men IN the shops,
while merchants hob-nObbed with
| ,
were present in great profusion and
every one had most jolly time. The
dinner was one of the finest ever
served in the city, lessen, of Milwau
kee, attending to the serving, while
forty of the we'll known young ladies
of the city acted as mattresses.
| After the dinner had been served
and the orchestra had been hurried
away to another room President Buck
master arose and in few words intro
duced Peter Fisher, who acted as toast
master for the evening. In accepting
the delicate task put on him Mr.. Fisher
made a few remarks touching on the
life of the association during the year
and the great good it had done for the
young men of Kenosha and concluded
in reading a letter from Judge Wins
low expressing sincere regrets that he
could not be present at the banquet.
II place of the judge Mr.. Fisher in
troduced C. B. Willis, the genial secre-
tary of the Milwaukee association, who
RESPONDED to the toast Chow Men of
Affairs Regard This Movement"
In an address of some twenty min
utes Mr.. Willis told of the work of the
association in the past half century
and of the men who had assisted IN
making it a success. He spoke of
President Mckinley, President Roose-
welt, Admiral John W. Phillip and
other noted men of state who had been
active in the work and closed his re-
marks by desert bing the splendid work
which Miss Helen Gould has done for
the associations of railway men. In
concluding his remarks Mr.. Willis
stated that the one desire Of the lead
ers of the association work was that
the association should be worthy Of
the assistance of these leading men.
Following Mr.Willis, S. c. Newman
spoke of the work of the association
during the year just past from d.
rector's standpoint. In his short re-
port Mr.. Newman showed that the as
ISOLATION was in a firm financial con-
dition and that the new building had
been self sustaining IN every way. He
showed that the association had re-
| ceived more than six thousand dollars
during the year and that only small
scriptions.
But two associations in the State,
one at Milwaukee and one at Lacrosse
make a better report than the Kenosha
association. The report showed that
great interest had been taken in all
parts of the work. The athletic de-
partment had proved to be exceedingly
prosperous. Mr.. Newman suggested
several needs of the association, but
these will all be mentioned in the pub
1ished reports of the association which
will be made later in the year.
The speech of Mr.. z. G. Simmons on
the topic "Things 1 Have Seen" was
by far the most interesting address of
the evening. In an hours talk Mr..
Simmons reviewed the history of the
nation during the last sixty years and
| brought out many pertinent points in
regard to the development of the
greater nation of the states. Many in
the house would have been pleased to
have had Mr.. Simmons continue his
address for an hour more, so interesting
was the subject matter presented.
! Charles Quarles, of Milwaukee, al
ways favorite with a Kenosha audi
ence, spoke from the topic "The Effec-
tive Interest and the Cooperation of
Business Men, Mr.. Quar1es spoke in
a rare vein of wit and brought out, in
d charming manner, the splendid work
that the association was doing for the
business men and the men employed
by them. He said that the support of
the Y. M. c. A. by them was simply
business proposition in which they had
all to gain. In the Y. M. G. A, Mr..
Quar1es concluded, the business man
has a selfish interest and the proper
care of the young men must be the saw
inp of the business interests of the