Connecticut western news., 1911-02-23
The Wurra Wurra Club

dered his resignation, giving as his req son black and blue spot between the shoulder blades, where he was hit with a stove-lifter during the stormy scenes attending adjournment last week, after somebody dragged the Canaan fire and water question into the business discus sion The bow-legged member moved that the secretary's resignation be &C., cepted. The bald headed member moved to amend the motion by inserting the word mot" The wicked member moved an amendment to the amendment, strik- ing out the enacting clause, ,and the pious member moved the previous question. These rapid-fire motions got the presi- dent into such hopeless parliamentary tangle that he said he guessed he'd amend the whole business by adding his resignation to the other fellows, and he climbed down from the platform with out putting anything to vote. Rob. Peirce was chosen to fill the vacancy, and the meeting proceeded. .
 John s. Reed moved that committee be appointed to consider and report on the advisability of merging the Club with Lew Rhoades's Cornpop and Sas- f'rilly Association. Horace Humphrey moved an amendment that the Cornpop be merged with the Wurra Wurra Woman's Relief Corps instead. Ed
 Warner said he thought that would be the better way, because he could get a membership in the Woman's Relief Corps by joining the Cornpoppers, and he wanted the question put to vote right straight off. George Ford looked at him self in the window-pane to sse if his necktie was on straight, and said he cor dially endorsed Warmers suggestion, and seconded Humphreys amendment. Ali. Hartman, who is charter mem Der of the Cornpop organization, rose to remark that the constitution and bylaws of the Cornpop and Sasf'rilly. Assocla- tion were very strict about the qualifica- tions of new members, but he thought they might be construed to take in the Woman's Relief Corps. On motion of Gene Rowe the whole matter was tabled indefinitely.
 Clint. Roraback took the floor and presented a petition to which he asked the members to sign their names, which | cat forth that .inaonucb ac tbara ara not evenings enough in the week, to ao- commodate all the social and festive functions and give each one an evening by itself, especially during the last few weeks preceding Lent, the Honorable General Assembly be memorialized to take the month of February apart and put it together again with eight days in each week instead of seven. The peti- tion was signed by every member pres -ent, Horace Humphrey signing it three times before they could get the paper away from him.
 Harry Lyles rose to inquire whether the charter membership list for the Wurra Wurra Woman's Relief Corps was full yet, and if so, when it was pro- posed to institute the Corps. The secre- tary pro tenn. made reply that the last applicant, & trained nurse, brought the number up to fifty, which was the re- quired minimum number, but that one of the school-ma 'ams had withdrawn her application, for some reason, and thus reduced the number to 49 ; so there
 still one name short of the required total. The fat member said he was "dum glad on it. an I hope t thunder they'll drop out as fast as they come in. Now my wife" At this point the Glee Club interrupted with "Has Gone and kept it up to full lung capacity, while the fat member gesticulated and shouted until he got black in the face and finally fell back exhausted.
 Henry 0. Barnes inquired whether the fourth days program for the Camp. Ross bridge celebration and Old Home Week had been perfected yet, as he would like to suggest wrestling match between Johnnie Robinson and Johnnie Ryan as one of the events for that day. D. L. Peirce, speaking for the program committee. stated that the Thursday exercises had not yet been fully arranged, for the reason that the committee were awaiting a decision from Al. Briggs and l June Rhoadss, on a proposition for a , quoit- pitching contest to be held in the banquet tent during the dinner He said MT. Barnes's suggestion would re- ceive the consideration of the committee. In closing, the choir sang the opening ode by mistake, and had to go through the closing hymn as an encore, The meeting then adjourned.