The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-01
K. OF G. BANQUET
THE BIG FEATURE
Large Number Of knights Gathered
| Around the Banquet Board at
Woodman Hall Last
Evening.
oRAToRY;; ELoQUENCE
Some Of the Strongest Speakers Of
the Order Were Present to En-
tertaln the Big
Gathering.

held following Tri-City Initiation |
was that rendered to Knights of /
Columbus at the Woodman hall at |
$50 O'Clock last evening. 1t was the
crowning feature Of the big days
program. $50 knights from southeast
ern Iowa and few from Illinois were
assembled to partake OF the excellent
menu and hear the brilliant after din
ner speakers, who provided program
that lasted for several hours. The
banquet hall looked pretty and invit-
ing. The hall was decorated in red,
white and blue, and the tables were
decked in carnations and smilax. A
bevy OF pretty young girls, more than
seyenty-fye In number, assisted in
serving the courses.
The entire hall was taken up by
the long tables which we're spread for
those attending Long lines Of tables
extended from wall to wall and In
the front, near the stage, was the
/ speakers tables, at which there were
present number Of clergymen and
4 leading members of the order from
neighboring cities
The banquet went off with prompt
4 ness and dispatch, the committee in
charge handling the affair in a praise
worthy manner. Agnes orchestra
furnished the evenings musical pro-
/ gram.
Rev. James M. Dunnion gave the in
vocation.
/ Menu.
Fruit cocktail
Roast turkey
! Cold ham Cold tongue
Mashed potatoes French peas
Hot rolls
4 Lemon ice
] Chicken salad Sailed waters
Brick ice cream
Assorted cakes Coffee
Mint patties
Fruit Cigars
Banquet Boards Cleared.
The long banquet tables We're clear
ed for the after-dinner speeches and
the program that followed was one
that continued for several hours The
toastmaster was the Hon. D. F. Miller
of this city, and the address of vel
= come was delivered by Hon. e. P
! McManus. A hearty welcome on the
part of De La Sale council was ex
tended the many visiting knights BY
Mr.. McManus who said that the
council offered to those assembled
the fullest measure of it's hospitality
"A Journey Through Life was thu
subject of an interesting discourse b,
Frank d. Norton of Burlington. Iowa
Brother Norton is no stranger Il
Keokuk knights. He is the presen
city auditor of his home city and ha
been for number of years, and wa
: at one time president of the old low
baseball league, which has sine
\ grown into the Central" Association
L The speaker opened with goo
story and then plunged into some
thing of a more serious nature. H
spoke of success-the kind of success
that is such miserable failure i
the eyes OF God and the coming ages
This life in comparison with eternit
is short. 1t is merely a fash. w
come into the world with certai
capital. wealth and power. But W
q all have twenty-four hour a day II
II come from God. John Brown, til
u hero of Kansas, said "One goo
man is worth one hundred, yes on
y thousand men without character
u The mighty oak, when that tire
u crashes to the ground carries with
other young oaks and SO it is wit
a ourselves. When we are called ava
we leave behind us an influence thu
n is either for the good or for the ba
The order expects of us better eli
'e zens Today we have been engage
'e In a noble work. Character buildir
is has taken place In our order. III
le man you cannot destroy, nor h
" character In our journey throut
n life there is one motto. and that
8, that the man and not the dollar ma
ts should be our standard.