The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-09
At Meeting Of Young Mems Business Club Last Evening
Was Decided to Push the Project Of Sending a Big
Richmond Delegation to the Magic City on June 18 to
Participate in the Big Celebration That Will Be Held in
Honor of Achievements of two Former Leo71 1he& the
Wright Brothers.
|PR0JECT REGARDED SPLENDIDk
ADVERTISEMENT FOR RICHMOND
NJ Possible the Promoters Of the Scheme Would Like to See
Every Man, Woman and Child Make the Trip in the
Special Train That Will Be Secured Wifred jessup
Reminds the Club Members That Richmond Should Be
Proud to Do Honor to the Men Who Have Mastered the
Problem of Aerial Navigation.
wall We 60 to Dayton?

Wall We 60 to Dayton?
o, yes, II Dayton will have us, we
will be there not 100000 strong-we
ane not quite SO many-but every faith
er. mother, sister. brother and the
"just grew ups" will be in the magic
city, on June Is to help pay homage
to the worlds famous aviators, Orville
and Wilbur Wright It was decided
at the meeting OF the Young Mems
Business club last evening that II a
formal invitation be received from the
Dayton management of the celebra-
tion. Richmond will turn out en- masse
and 80 to the Ohio burg. Go to let
the Wrights know they are not for
gotten In their old home town and go
to let Daytonians and everybody else
know Richmond does things.
Expect Invitation.
And 1t is to be expected that an In
vitation will be forthcoming In fifty
General invitations have been sent out
by the Dayton committee to the cities
and town within q radius OF 100 miles
asking them to participate. But
Richmond wants special invitation,
SO as 1t will be known that we are to
be some folks and Richmond expects
to get what is wanted A committee
was appointed and it took up the mat
ter with the Dayton managers today.
The whole town is expected to go.
l"es and baggage. Special rates will
l secured either on the steam or trac-
tion lines. The Panhandle has offer
ed rate Of $1.3O for the round trip,
but 1t is believed a larger reduction
may be secured. The committee will
take up this phase Of the matter and
report as soon as possible.
To Advertise City.
And everybody who goes will be ex-
pected to advertise Richmond. Let it
be known where they are from and
where they are going back to. There
will be blare of trumpets and sound
Of cymbals. It is proposed that q
band. bugle corps. or both, be taken
along with the crowd to make music
and noise. The bugle corps has made
the generous offer of donating its
members' time, II the expenses be paid.
The offer Is one that in all probability
will bc accepted. A similar PROPOSE
tton may be entertained from the band.
It Is believed enough public spirited
men would donate to this fund so that
the money could be raised without
drawing on the treasury.
Mus< Show His colora.
II the plans projected materialize.
every mothers son from tho Quaker
City will have to show his colors No
matter II he goes blind baggage, on en-
excursion train, rides in an automobile
or airchip, he will be expected to stop
somewhere along the line. pin on a
Richmond badge and march through
the town with the local delegation. 1t
is not money-making affair for any
body. About the only Dayton persons
who will profit will be the restaurant
owners and II you don't dare to pat
ronise them from the home industry
standpoint, take Richmond ham
sandwich in each pocket and carry
cantcen Of coffee under your coat. But
60.
n 6pE2y Oh COlQ wafer, O6SucU Oy
one member. was dispelled beneath the
warm. bright rays OF Wilfred Jessup's
mn. The Centerville attorney. who
knows what's best. and will be num-
bered in the fold after his South
Nineteenth street potato patch is con-
vertcd into . local mansion for Sarah
and little Wilfred, also the s Company
OF tho family, was like large sized
application OF heart balm to the pro-
moters OF the Dayton trip. In all his
towering greatness and majestic splen-
dor hc expressed his disapproval Of the
iceberg sentiment Lets remember
that the Wright's formerly lived here"
he said. They are just like old
friends to some Of us. They have
relatives residing here now. When
they lived here the family was known
~ progressive and highly respected
group OF citizens. Since leaving Rich
mond the two young men have accom-
plished something no other men have.
Now. lets 30 over there and let them
know they are not forgotten By their
old friends any more than by their
new ones.
10 inexpensive Trip.
TT = not far over there ana the trip
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