The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-29
Members of the kenosha High
School Association Gather
About the Festal Board
LOVING TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD
Prominent Members of the Associa-
ton Tell of the Old Days and
Bring Back Memories and
Tears to Old Students.

The banquet which marked the
close of the biennial gathering of the
old boys and girls of the Kenosha
High school on Saturday proved TO be
fitting climax for the other features
of the reunion. and when the familiar
words of Home Sweet Home" closed
the banquet just after O'Clock the
visitors declared that it had been the
most, successful gathering of the
members of the Association ever held.
It was nearly O'Clock when the
work of serving the banquet was COM
pleted, and President E. L. Grant
arose to announce the post prandia1
exercises. In introducing the after
part President Grant spoke of the
happy feeling that had existed among
the members of the Association in
being permitted to gather again, but
he declared that there must be note
of sadness in the rejoicing on account
Of the fact that quite a number Of the
old boys and girls had passedpaway
since the last reunion. s'Our greet
ing of halt and farewell, he said,
1 Unjust be for them as we'll as for you.
There was no moaning: of the sea
when they crossed the bar, but they
met their pilot face to face and were
borne away TO happy haven"
Mr.. Grant spoke of the fact that
since the last reunion there had been
fifty young people graduated from
the High school, and on behalf of the
Association he gave them a cordial
welcome to the ranks of the alumni.
In closing he said, 'This meeting is
not simply one at which we eat, drink
and be merry, but we come to feel
again the thrill of friendship which
endears today as sacred and eternal.
After the appointment of a COM
mittee to nominate the new officers
for the year, the secretary's report
was read and President Grant read
kilograms of congratu1ation from
Martina c. Erickson and James E.
Petit, who had found it impossible
to be present. There was also a
cablegram from William She ID,
who is now in Southern France Will
Shepard is one of the most cya1 OF
the old Kenosha boys, and he never
misses an opportunity to show his love
for the old town and the old school.
President Grant then introduced
the Hon. George w. Warve1le of Chi
cago, who acted as POSTMASTER. Mr..
Warvel1e was in a pleasant vein, and
his references to old Kenosha brought
a tear to the eyes Of many of those
who sat about the long tables. He
spoke of the Kenosha of other days,
and while declaring that he was
proud to see that Kenosha was becom-
ing such beautiful city, he regretted
that progress was being made at the
expense of the removal of heirlooms
of the past which had been so dear to
the old boys and girls. In conclud-
ing his little speech Mr.. Warveiie in
troduced Lillian Burgess Lewis who
responded to the toast "In Memo
RAM"
"Since the last gathering said
Mrs. Lewis ''many changes have
come to our ranks. Faces are missed
and voices that we loved the best have
been stilled in DEATH" In a charming
manner bringing tears of rememb-
rance to many faces Mrs. Lewis read
the long list of the dead stopping but
a moment to lay laurel leaf Of
memory on the bier of each fallen
comrade. In the long list were three
former principals ID. T. DeWo1fe,
Henry M. Simmons and H. Q. Durkee
and many other of the students of the
school. The list included: Myron
Eugene Baker, Charles H. Hackley,
Miss Phoebe Bishop, Miss Laura
Brown, Caroline Cooper, Nettie
Landon Kellogg, Mrs. Mary Hale
Matthews, Sarah Bay1iss Radcliffe,
Caroline Francis Smith, E. Fletcher
Parker, Frank E. Smith, William
Graham, Charles Harbapgh, William
Joachim and Anna Limper.
Mrs. Lewis paid beautiful tribute
to the four former students who lost
their lives in the Iroquois fire the list
including Mrs. Eva Tutt1e Pond, Miss
Grace Tuttle, John Van Ingeu and E.
L. Van Ingen.
She stated that since coming to
Kenosha Friday she had learned of
the deaths of Minnie Shepard, w. J.
Rhodes and James E. Kelley. In
closing Mrs. Lewis paid tribute to the
memory of Frederick w. Lyman and
stated that he had done more than
any other one man to secure the ad-
vancement of the schools of Kenosha.
After a song by Miss Bessie Robin
son, superintendent P. J. Zimmers