Connecticut western news., 1913-10-30
The Wurra Wurra Club

Every member was present with the exception of a number of absentees who do not belong to the Club any way, and never attend the meetings. They are out of it, as the fellow said. It would be useless to dwell further on the subject, for obvious reasons. When the starting hour arrived, the affabe and ever cheer full sexton of the Club, Mir. $. Baritone Strong, arose and stood up on his feet and made the announcement that the president, MT. O. J. Decker, would not be present, as he had a chicken to pick for Mir. Holsapple, and sent his regrets. The affable and ever cheerful sexton, (Mr. s. Baritone Strong,l said he would call on Mir. Judge D. C. whittlesey to lead the meeting. Judge Whittlesey got up to decline, but was persuaded by ex. Mayor Rowe to take the job. He finally done it, under protest. The first thing he done he called on Sam Camp to sing the Opening Ode. Sam said he was tired of that old thing, but would sing a few stanzas of "Rock-a-bye Baby" in- stead if there was no objection. Mir. Strong, the affable and ever cheerful sexton, objected, and that settled the hash of the singing exercises for the evening. The minutes of the previous meeting were read in chorus by Will Wright as a solo, and it didn't take" very well. Chairman Whittlesey then declared the meeting open for business and called for a motion to start the roll a'bawling.
 Mir. R. D. Peirce said he thought the Club ought to arrange for "ladies' night" when the members might bring their wives and sweethearts and enjoy an evening of festivity and goodfellow- ship, just as the Business Mems Associa- tion ladies' night would have been if 1t hadn't been knocked on the head by the opposition.
 "Does the gentleman offer that as motion, or resolution, on which a vote may be taken?" asked the chair.
 "No sirp' said MT. Peirce, "I offer it as substitute for the hobble skirt in case anything happens"
 The chair hit the desk a resounding whack with the butt-end of his cigarette, and declared the proposition frivolous.
 MT. E. C. Finney rose to inquire if the secretary could inform him when the new piece "f state road, from Benedicts corner to Clayton, would be completed.
 The secretary, MT. George Harden bergh, rose to reply that the said road to Clayton would probably be completed in about a month after the work of building it was begun. It might. take six weeks, he said, but as it wasn't going to be a hard road to build, it might be finished sooner. He thought it would be com pleted in time to allow the Clayton pupils walk over to the opening of school in the proposed new addition to the school-house. MT, Finney then moved that committee be appointed, to confer with Mir. Reeds school-house committee in the matter of arranging a program for double dedication of the road and the school-house addition, with music and sarsaparilla in the afternoon and a bal loon ascensation in the evening.
 Clint. Roraback moved to amend by the appointment of committee to re- quest Highway Commissioner Bennett to deliver the dedicatory oration. The motion, with the amendment, was passed unanimously.
 On motion of Ed Warner the chair ap- pointed Fourth of July committee con- sisting of Mir. Warner, Jay Underwood, Dan Sweeney and the two druggists, with instructions to organize an indus trial and civic parade on the Fourth.