The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-12-01
BOOSTER LUNCH
WAS BIG SUCCESS
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spring. He made rousing plea for
the ''booster spirit" and ending by
reading the following which was
greeted with applause:
"Join the Boosters Band and boost,
Don't stay home and go to roost;
Keep awake and make spiel:
Put your shoulder to the Wheel"
"Try to help your town along,
Boost it loud and boost it strong;
Everybody lend hand;
| Come and join the Boosters Band"
MIR. Gulick for the location COM
mittee said options were being taken
and correspondence was under way and
he hoped that in ten days an opera
house site could be fixed upon.
The subject of paving now had right
Of way. Mayor Rollins said that ac-
tion could be taken by petition Of
property owners or vote of three
fourths of the council. The cost for
asphalt would be ST. 70 per square
yard. This would make the cost on
Main street S6.4O per front foot.
1t has been found best for the city
to pay for the street intersections.
The usual way was to issue certi6-
Gates to run seven years at six per
cent interest. Mr.. Sears McHenry
came next with the meat of his talk.
confidence" in each other which he
said was the key note to success.
1t was the duty of all to boost and to
be ready to help on the public inn
provements needed.
Mr.. Kuehnle now called attention
to an institution which the business
men of thirty years ago had founded
and supported at intervals since, the
Normal College, and Prot. Van Ness
was asked to speak. He called to
mind case after case where boys and
girls had become selfsustaining or
fitted themselves for college at our
institution. He wanted it understood
that he was not running snide Cheap
John college which caught pupils by
promises to make them perfect in a
few months. He thought Denison
could be proud of what the college
had done.
Judge Church of Jefferson was
called. He said he presumed the
penalty for attending so nice ban
quet would have to be speech. He
aroused cheers by saying that Denison
was the best county seat town in
Iowa. He spoke eloquently COM
mending the booster spirit. Judge
Conner followed in similar vein. Of
course we would have the opera house
and many other things Not only
should all who can give now, but citi-
zens of wealth should in their Wills
do the handsome thing for tn ir town.
The clergy now had the floor. First
came Father Farrelly. In the be.
ginning he thanked the club for the
gift of $50 for the Italian esrsh-
quake sufferers. 1t was quality
which told in work, ard to illustrate
i this he told of the railroad boss
who said he could do certain
thing if sent twenty Dagoes. twelve
Swedes or six Irishmen, and all Deni
son people ranked as Irish. He sale
he would not want to live in town.
which would not celebrate Fourth OF
July thus showing patriotism. He
/. wanted Saint Patrick's day on th.
list of those celebrated. In closing
he made an appeal for an endeavor tt
induce industries to come here anf
give employment to labor. Rev. Frese
followed. He made plea for clos.
ing the stores on holidays, such al
: Christmas, so clerks could attend
church worship. Rev. LaReau re
commended cleaner streets and rub
bish boxes conveniently placed. HI
favored paving and promised his
church would gladly pave before it,
property.
Mr.. Kuehnle in introducing Mr.
Sims urged that some place like Y
/ M. G. A. room or building should b.
4 given the boys, s, as to keep then
from places where they should not
go. Mr.. Sims said it was his birth
day and he thought the affair mus,
have been arranged in his honor
n He foretold that the church "Com
It mittee of One Hundred'' was abou
to complete plans for place fo1
II the boys. Mr.. Ferguson told hoy
: at Clinton all customers who Dough
It $40 worth of goods in town. durinl
given week; had their car fare
II paid them. The meeting will eve
It be memorable one. Mr. Lally CAV,
the closing by relating an allege
story on the chairman. Read agaiI
= the sentiments of Mr.. Naeve'
verses and boost for Denison::