Connecticut western news., 1911-11-16
The Wurra Wurra Club

Principal Eldridge presided, in the absence of President Frank Hitchcock, who was attending the ladies aid society's chicken-pie supper at Falls Village Promptly at the appointed hour Chair man Eldridge called the meeting to order, and announced:
 "The secrerary will now oblige by kindly reading the moments of the last meeting"
 Secretary John S. Reed got up, re- marked that the pleasure was all his, fumbled in his inside pocket for the moments, and finally fished out some thing, which he started to read, as fol- lows: "Honey-boy--Yours of this morn ing just handed me by the postman. It was awfully sweet of you to write SO promptly. Bet your life I'll meet you Saturday night, in the same place. Don't forget to-" at this point he was seized with violent fit of coughing and had to step outside to catch his breath. He didn't come back, so the reading of the minutes had to be dispensed with.
 Brother Lew Rhoades, deputy sheriff rose to his feet, and was recognized by the chair. "Mr. President" he began, "Of course everybody knows there's been a whole lot of talk about the subpoenas that have been served for the hearings before the court of inquiry in these liquor cases, and about the part that Pve taken in the proceedings, And of course you all know 1t ain't over yet and the cause of justice requires that everybody that's suspected of knowing anything about anything, or of knowing anybody who knows anybody who knows anything about anything, shall own up to it. Now everything that I've done has been done as a matter of duty, and without any hard feelings, and want every member of this ClubL~ . The rest of his explanatory address was lost in the hubbub that followed. It was one wild panicky rush for the exit, everybody trying to get through the door at once. Gene Rowe tripped up Joe Parsons as they came together on the door-sill, and both fell, in the open ing; School Superintendent Vogel fell over them both, and before he could get up Seneca Strong and Harry Lyles had been carried forward by the wild rush and went headlong on top of the heap, thus completely bloc kading the exit, and forming living, ,wriggling barrier against which the crowd continued to push and fight Frank Stevens punched his elbow into Allyn Fuller's eye; Horace Humph- rey hurled Clint. Roraback to one side and tried to climb over the heap but Vogel caught him by the leg as he was of the fallen; Rob. Peirce had almost squeezed himself through the door when Wigglesworth wiggled through and gave him a dig in the ribs that sent him back into the room where he bumped into George Strong, who was disputing the right of way with Sam Camp, and there was mix-up that made the rumpus in the doorway look like a game of "ring around the rosey." All this time the chair was battering the table with his hammer so the splinters were flying In all directions, but it was impossible to restore order until Herriman announced through the Clubs megaphones
 "Mr. George w. Ford will now cblige with few remarks on the subject of Why the Spirit of Mortal Should be Proud" Order was immediately restored and the panic stricken members filed back into the room, took seats as near the door as possible, and kept watchful eye on Rhoades, who had sunk into a chair and dropped off to sleep, apparently.
 MT. Ford took the floor, and had got as far as "Mr. Presidents It is with feel ings of" when the fat member rose to point of order.
 "Td like t be kind enough t ask tn dep'ty sheriff, jest in order t restore tn gin'rsl peace O mind, if he's got any soopeenies fir any body in this house ''
 Not a soop," replied Rhoades, "I was just trying to square myself" Whereat the crowd near the door proceeded to guy one another but were called down by the chair, who asked if there were any further business.
 "Pd like to say just word about the strained relations resulting from the cru sade," remarked Clarence Humphrey, but he was declared out of order, and George Roger took the floor and an nounced that the charter membership list of the proposed Criminal Consistory, or upper degree of the Wurra Wurra Club, was full, and officers would be elected at the next meeting after the grand jurors concluded the court of inquiry.
 The meeting then adjourned. i
 Many women accompanied their hus-