Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-11
ENDS WITH FEAST
100 at Membership Contest Ban.
quet of Young Mems Chris
tan Association.
AN INCREASE OF " NAMES
Trophy Presented to U. G. Simpson
The Addresses
Made.

One hundred persons sat down to
the membership contest banquet OF
the Young Mems Christian association
in the auditorium of the association
building last evening.
Of this number ~ were members
whose names were added to the roll
during the contest, in which L. g..
Simpson was the winner. thereby Sc
curing the loving cup offered the one
bringing in the most names, and
which he is to hold until next year.
| Mr.. Simpson occupied the seat at the
head Of the table of honor.
Flags and bunting served to dec
crate the banquet hall. The feast
was served on five tables arranged
lengthwise of the auditorium. w. b.
! Mcintyre was toaStmaster, opening
the program, after the serving of the
banquet. with an address of welcome.
| II. b. Hayden spoke of Local Privi-
| leges and Opportunities of Member
ship in the Association, setting forth
the advantages Of the valuable facili-
ties afforded by the association, the
| gymnasium. games, and spiritual and
educational features.
privileges and Opportunities of As
ISOLATION Helpers. the Ladies' AuXil-
| iary to the Association" was the toast
responded to by f. b. McKown, who
paid a handsome compliment to the
| ladies for the interest they have al
ways takeI. in the work of the assO-
! citation. Mir. McKOwn stated the fnan-
cial retu ms from the auditorium were
not as great as hoped for, and sug-
gested a plan of converting the hall
! into doTmitory or sleeping apart
mentS, and in this manner increase
the receipts to an extent that would
aid in reducing the Indebtedness Of
S. 900 that stands against the build
ng.
~ NJ. Bruner. state railroad secre-
tary. gave Il comprehensive review of
the strides that the association *
making oyer the state and through
the country \ short talk by Mr.. Me
Intyre closed the program. The mu-
sic was furnished by the Apollo Man
dolin club. The banquet was served
| by the Association Helpers.
Those in Attendance.
Those present were as follows:
| Speakers TabIe-W. Il. Mcintyre r.
b McKoNvn, \. NJ. Bruner. w. j.
Kahll<e, +. \. Graves. Il. &. Summers.
II. T. Simon, George II. kingsbury. r.
L. Strate. j. \. Weed. Art Hansen.
| Robert Lee. Otto Lee. II. w. Noss. J.
H. Keyser, r. F. helIpenstelI. L. Hop
kins.
fable of Hcnor-U. G. Simpson.
Fred Titterington, Daniel MontgOm-
cry. jacob Seavers, l.. d. Nudge. {. d.
Wheaton, NJ. Z. Sweeney. ID. Bagland,
leroy McNabney. W. O. Talbot, w. f.
Miller, Walter Howe, Walter Kolloff,
William Ohlweiler. William Parks.
Lowry Casteel. Rupert Cline. Roy
Philbrook. Lawrence Simpson. Ed
| Schmeckel. Louis O'NeiI. Harry Oil
weller
Other Tables-AI Bergstrom. o. II,
Means. d. H. Schneider. Victor Beck,
Louis Steinbeck, f. Graves. VIII Mar
quis Herbert Jensen. Mike Mintz. Al
fred Platt, Hugo Simon, KarI Zwick-
er. l.. O. Simpson. Phil Huthmaker.
Martin Jonassen. Herbert Dooley,
! Clarence Zwicker. Albert Swan. Art
Williams. Percy Fry. Ellwood Fry,
Earl Clough. Robert CIoudas. Ralph
Mortier. Elmer Hansen. Arthur Ban
wood. Gerald Means. Charles Gutz-
willer. Clifford Andrews. John Paulsen,
Julius Lamp, Phil Bruner, Andrew
Bruner, Otto Muenster. Rodney West.
Leo LaNelle. Ralph White. Leo Steph-
ems, Stewart Marquis. Waldo Schoes-
sci, John Streckfus, William Gold
smith, Carl Thode, Art Lundeen.
! Court Lundeen, Edward Fletcher, Har-
ry Schiller. Robert Hoffman. Robert
Adams, w. +. Hart, Harry Brookman,
Gilbert Graves, Roy Summers, Paul
Bruner, George Stocker. Ben Brag-
don. Frank Weiss, Harry Weiss. Perry
SbiDman