Connecticut western news., 1912-12-26
The Wurra Wurra Club.

Considering that the holiday season offered so many counter attractions, there was a very fair attendance of mem bers when the meeting was called to order by the sexton of the Clubroom, Mir. Seneca Strong, who said he re- gretted to report that President Frank | Hitchcock was unable to be present on account of something or other. Mir, l Strong said he would turn the meeting over to June Rhoades if he would promise to blow out the lights and lock up when the performance was over. MT. Rhoades consented and took the chair. He asked his big brother Lew to sing the l Opening Ode, but Lew said he had just bitten off a big chew from n bran new i Navy plug, and wouldn't be ready to do any singing for some little time; so the singing was held up. The minutes of the last meeting were read by Cat De Hart, in tenor, and the chair then de- clared the meeting ready for business.
 Ed. Warner was on his feet in an in stant, to demand that Mir, Siegel be or dered to submit the list of eligible and marriageable ladies, young, old and middling, according to the instructions he had received at the previous meeting. "There are only few days of the leap year left," said he, "and unless the list is submitted at once there will be no use in submitting it at all"
 MT. Siegel got up and stated that in asmuch as he had been busy in the store doing up Christmas presents for Johnnie Robinson, Waffle Burghart and others, he hadn't found time to complete the list, "I'm making up the list alphabetically" he said. "and have got down as far as the Ms. That's hard letter to work on, as have to do lot of studying and inquir- ing to find out which of the Macs are spelled Mac and which Me before l can list them. I don't want to report the list until it is complete-and besides, don't see how it's going to make a cents worth of difference whether it is report ed at this meeting or at the first meet ing in the new year, as Leap Year has nothing to do with the eligibility of the ladies'"
 On motion of Clint Roraback Mir. 4Siegel was given until the next meeting to complete the list.
 Mayor Rowe offered a motion that the Club appoint committee to arrange for an annual banquet, similar to the Busi- ness Men's annual banquet. This started discussion that waxed interesting Freeman Dempsey said it would entail lot of work and leave some hard feelings after it was over, as there must neces- sarily be some who, owing to dining room limitations, could not be invited, and those who were left off the invita- ton list would feel antagonistic. Mir Lyles said that was very likely, but, he continued, "the hotel dining room is large enough to accommodate all the members who attend our regular meet ings, as we'll as some who don't. You'll find that those who will howl the loudest about being snubbed and slighted in the matter of invitations will be those who never have attended a single meeting, and who not only have no interest at all in the organization, but sheer at it, and slur its motives. They are the ones who will criticise the banquet committed for unfair discrimination and partiality if they are left out" MT. Wright jumped up to remark: "Any way, 1t seems to me that inasmuch as it's our own affair, we have the right to run it ourselves and to suit ourselves, without consulting out siders who refuse to join our Club and be part of it, although they have the privilege of joining and being welcome if they see fit."
 The chair decided that there was evi dently considerable to be said on the subject, and ruled that the matter be tabled until future meeting.
 Mir. Herriman moved that the chair ap- point committee to arm themselves with shovels and hoes and clean the cross walk across the end of Railroad street "In bad weather" said he, "the mud is deeper and nastier on that Crosswalk than in any other part of the road on either Main or Railroad street; and as it doesn't seem to be anybodys business to keep the streets and sidewalks in any kind of shape, it seems to me that we, as patriot. ic citizens, should turn out and do our individual share in keeping them in some measure different from the present dirty, wretched, miserable, disgraceful slip shod condition"
 "The gentleman is getting excited" sa1d the chair, mildly, interrupting. "It ! is impossible to keep dirt from turning ! to mud in wet weather"