The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-02
"A,
A LA "ENTRE NOUS"
Popular Club Extends Greet
ings of Joy to the
New Year.
PECK is IN EVIDENCE
City Officials Attend Ban
quet and Partake of
Good Cheer.
PECK is IN EVIDENCE
BY w. r. POUN6sToNE.

At least IT'S members of the Entire
Nous club, twenty invited guests, in
cluding the principal officers of the
outgoing and incoming city admins
trations. and newspaper man, yester
day celebrated the advent of the new
year and the birthday of AL Morel,
the prominent schnitZelbaum chorus
director, and Walter Vossler, weather
man, orator and water works engi
neer.
This celebration included, as side
line, a banquet and other things. It
was typical appetiZing and well pre-
pared Entire Nous banquet the fame
of which has penetrated even to the
wilds OF Muncie, according to Alfred
Bavis.
Director Peck Scores.
to make the splendid feast of the
new year a complete success Roy
Peck directed a small army of voun-
teer walters costumed in rural route
garbS in a most mastery manner.
Mayor Zimmerman presided as
toast1naster and handled the job in
fancy manner, due to his long training
in controlling obstreperous council
men At his right sat Mayor-elect W.
J. Robbins, and III between them little
member Of the club, which honor he
shares with Squire Luther G. Abbott.
who filled his usual seat at the head of
the table.
About these dgnitaries, on either
hand. We're gathered various outgoing
and ingOng city officials, Jack Nc
Minn, w. A. Bond. Alfred Bavis, |. A.
/ Gormon. Erastus Stover, Will Evers-
! man and Ed Miller.
Charles Must Speak.
A belated guest was City Engineer
Fred Charles. who evidently thought
that by the time he arrived all the af-
ter dinner speaking would be over. He
was badly mistaken and was required
to lend his oratory to the occasion,
sharing the fate of all other special
guests and number of the club mem
/ bers.
The POSTMASTER, however. sternlv
| inforced the five minute speaking rule,
with the exception of Mr.. Nossier ani
! Mr. Morel. The former said this would
be his last New Years banquet. for
his wife had informed him that mas
| much as he was now fifty years old he
would have to content himself on fu'
ture New Year days with evenings at
| home, looking al the family album and
plCIlGlnS III MS IlIilu NIidl tHt DON :
! were doing down at the club.
Heinie Cries.
! MIR. NOSsler'S description of what
! the future held in store for him was so
pathetic that Henry Farwig and a
number of other feaSters were moved
to tears and as a special privilege
! Mr.. Nossler was permitted to respond
to two toasts. talking to his heart 5
I content each time, Even the flood he
! perpetrated on this community last
! spring was forgiven him.
Special indulgence was also shown
| AL Morel, in honor Of his siXtieth birth
+ day He spoke twice, urging the pIac,
| ing of memorial tablet in the club
rooms. whereon the names of their
| dead members could be inscribed. This
| suggestion was we'll received and
heartily indorsed by Mayor thinner
man.
Preceding the annihilation of the
| flock of turkeys served the feaSters
Secretary Schultz read the roll call
and the big majority of the members
| answered to it. The club now has near
iy two hundred members and is in a
! flourishing financial condition.
Interesting addresses were delivered
! by MayOr-eIect Robbins and Alfred Ba
Wis, who is to be president or the
board of public works. They thanked
| the speakers for their expressions OF
good will toward the next administra
! tiOn and promised to conduct the at
! fairs of the city in business-like man
ner.
The nights celebration was topped
off by a regular Entire Nous good time
, following the banquet. The schnitZel
I off &
manner, more effective and louder a
each rendition, and today quite d mum
Der of the choristers were reported tC
be suffering from the katZenjammer, {
malady almost as painful as moraler
which a number of the others are also
affl cted with today.
WAR NIGHT liebt Webb, Vein unC
GeSang
Der bleibt Elm Narr sein Lebenlang.
| Some banquet!