The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-27
Business Club Banquet.

Business Climb on Thanksgiving
day evening at the Palace Hotel
was a great event, and may in
deed be quoted as the most i'm
portant and enjoyed of all social
gatherings which Lennon has
thus far had.
While the guests were gather
ing, Robinson's excellent orches-
ira entertained with sweet strains
of music. When the doors to the
banquet hall were thrown open,
the guests filing in found them
selves confronted with beautifully
garnished and decorated tables,
in front of each guest was laid a
carnatiOn, while smilax and fern
greeted the eye everywhere with
their pleasant green. All stand
, ing the orchestra started the ma
tional hymn, everyone that had a
voice joining heartily in it's grand
and festal measures.
The banquet prepared by the
management of the Palace was
perfect in it's appointment, and
lavish in the quality and quantity
of toothsome things. Those pre-
sent from eastern cities were not
a little surprised that such things
could be done here where barely
a year ago there was nothing but
a squalid row Of temporary sheds
to be seen. The vote of thanks
.,iven Messrs. Schaal, Gettman
nd Rodenbour, most, enthus-
astic one at that, thoroughly
showed the appreciation Of the
/ guests for the efforts made in
their behalf and in behalf Of the
good name Of our young city. a.
! During the feast several popular
songs We're sung in chorus, two
of them, MIR Dooley" and 1t
was the Dutch" ab0unding local
adaptations that brought down
the house. very successfully.
Mr.. Jacob l.. Hort, Of Reeder,
also entertained by q number Of
tenor solos. which We're rendered
most artistically and added much
to the enjoyment of the event.
! When the banquet, which was
served in courses, had progressed
until every guest felt he had gone
the limit, Toastmaster Aldrich
called upon Captain Barrett to
respond to the toast Lennon
the speaker, whose personality
has throughout his stay at Lem
mon had been so closely inter-
twined with each and every step
of progress which had been "a
chieved, delivering himself mas
terfully of his theme and closing
by proposing a ringing cheer for
the father of the city, George E.
| Lennon.
From then on nearly every one
in the hall was given an oppor-
tunity to add to the auspicious-
ness of the occasion by remarks
wise or witty, or both, while the
champagne buoyed up the spirits
and the aroma Of Havanas per-
fumed the air.
NOTES.
! The way everybody joined in on
singing America was a revela-
ton, and a high complement to
the patriotic spirit of the Lennon
folk.
| F. A. Finch's remarks on the
possibility of a few of our bright
lights leaving the neighborbood
in the near future were a fine
tribute to the speaker own ca
pacity to fill a high niche some
where in the states or nation S
counsels. But if Messrs. Tschar-
ner, Bennett, Barrett, Gross and
others must leave to serve their
country the better upon its call,
in that case, we Will be willing to
spare them for a while = other
wise not.
Judge Bennett and his mex
haustiple supply Of eloquence, wit
and stories added immensely to
the success Of the feast. He GER
tainly saw to it that there WASH t
a dull minute throughout the eve
ming, and deserves credit for get
ting a number of good fellows on
the floor that had decided to say
nothing but saw wood
Among the various decorations
on the tables were, most note
worthy Of all, four fine ornament
al cakes, tastefully decorated and
nearly Two feet high, which had
/ been furnished BY Barton u Beck,
whose establishment IS doing not
a little in their own line TO make
the name OF Lennon sound good
to d hungry man.
Only few of the travelling
fraternity were there, but these
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