Connecticut western news., 1911-06-08
The Wurra Wurra Club

S' IOIdDdCk, CnalFnau OI EIle committee on flora Noyissima, who ordered Secre- tary Watson Hardenbergh to call the long roll. The secretary began to reel off lot of names that nobody recognized, and was called to order by Sam Camp, whereupon it developed that he was reading from the membership list of the Business Mems Association. He apolo- gized, saying he must have left the club list at home on the sscritoire."
 What's an escritoire ?" asked the fat member.
 Don't you know2" asked Joe Par sons. Its one of those things they scatter fertilizer and oat-seeds with, out III the lots. Frank Hitchcock's got a nice red one that runs by steam or smoke, or something."
 On motion of George Fuller the roll call was dispensed with, and the busi- ness of the meeting proceeded.
 Judge Ford invited the Club members to attend Deputy Sheriff Rhoades' demo- cratic clambake and have a good time.
 "When is it?" asked MT. Ross, the dentist.
 "It isn't" replied the Judge. Its been. Twas given four nights ago."
 II move we accept the invitation. |" said Wallace Canfeld. And it was so voted.
 Horace Humphrey offered motion that the meetings of the Club be sus- pended during the summer months, as it would be difficult to get a crowd out at regular meetings on warm nights.
 Burt Peiree objected. "There will be no difficulty in getting out good at- tendance if we have 8 smoker, with free feed and free cigars, at each meeting, Y" said he. "Surely our members are not so lacking in public spirit, genuine in- terest in the welfare of the club, and devotion to it's purposes, that they would stay away from the meetings if we pro- vide them with a complimentary ban quet with all the trimmings at each session"
 Somebody moved the previous ques- tion and the original motion was lost = meetings will continue regularly. Fred Scamerhorn made a motion that a committee be appointed to devise an appropriate "allegorical float" to have place in the big Fourth of July parade, which shall tybify, in some significant manner, the aims, purposes and mission of the Wurra Wurra Club.
 Splendid idea l' exclaimed Dr. Camp, "but what allegorical grouping can fitly represent the aims, purposes and mission of the Club? It's going to take lot of thought to devise such a tableau."
 Well" " replied Fred, of course we've got to have something entirely different from anything that's ever been thought of before, because the club is different. It's the most exclusive organization in town, because it takes in members that can't get into any other society; so our tableau will have to have something no- body ever thought of before-something neat and exciting, like Christopher Dis covering Columbus or Washington Signing the Emancipation of Proolama- tion, or The Dying Gladiator,' or God Bless Our Home,' or"
 Whats the matter with Laugh and the World Laughs With You?'" in- quired Billie Bullock. "That seems to be the most original thing that every body is familiar with"
 The original motion was carried, and the chair appointed Messrs. Lyles. Will cox and Vosburgh committee to float the tableau.
 Al Briggs, first deputy to the second assistant chairman of the committee on competitive poetry for the Camp Ross Bridge Ode, reported another "poem" received in the Ode contest for the Bridge Dedication, from George P. Strong. author of Barbara Frietchie," Susan Had Baby and the Baby Had Red Hair,'' "Hiawatha," ''Sheridan's Ride," Beautiful Snow," "Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight "Old Hun dred," Laugh and the World Laughs With You," "Hora Novissima," and other catchy tunes. MT. Strong was in- vited to come forward and read the poem, which went as follows, to wit: "There were three men in our town,
 And they were wondrous wise They built a bridge across the brook
 It took them quite while.
 Twas made of iron and cement;
 The workmanship was good,
 And almost everybody said
 That it was worth the price.
 But there are some who always kick,
 And it was just so here.
 But why should anybody care.
 Since we have got the bridge?"
 "I don't want to butt in," said the fat member, putting in, but I'd like to be kind enough t have somebody tell me jest where the pottery comes in, in that