Connecticut western news., 1914-01-08
The Wurra Wurra Club

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 and the mi,d-mannered sexton of the
 Club, MT. $. Bygolly Strong, mounted
 the platform and appointed Mayor Joseph
 C. Roraback to run the meeting. Joseph
 peremptorily declined, but Fred Collin
 went back there and pulled him bodily
 out of his seat, and Clin-Joseph, strug-
 glins violently, and whispering he would
 ne'er consent, consented. He smote the | desk whack with the whack-s stick and
 declared the meeting open in due and ancient form on the first degree. The Opening Ode was sung in unison by MT.
 Finney, the popular station agent, to the chune of "Wur-r-rkin' on tn R-r.railr-r-
 road" and as an encore he recited "Casey at the Brickbat," with variations on the
 bat. Ex-Mayor Eugene Rowe read the
 minutes of the previous meeting in a subdued voice, ana with such comical
 intonation and infection that he brought down the house and he offered to fol- low it up with a reading of the annual report of the committee on procuring
 new industries, but Judge Ford objected on the ground of personal interest, and the objection was sustained by Chair man Roraback, who called for the intro duction of new business.
 John s. Reed moved that the meeting go into executive session for the consid- eration of the candidacy of Undertaken G. M. Lasher for active membership.
 The motion prevailed, and executive session was declared. What transpired in closed session was entirely secret and not for publication. When the doors were locked Al Herriman moved that the rules be suspended and Candidate Lasher elected without the formality of submitting the name to the committee on moral character, according to the by laws. pr. Adam seconded the motion, and said the Club would probably need an undertaken if Jay Underwood didn't stop bringing up the subject of woman suffrage and thus driving the fat mem Der to desperation. The fat member got mp to protest against any such personal allusions, and twitted on the affinity be- tween doctors and undertakers generally. Watson Hardenbergh attempted to pour water on the troubled oils by reminding the disputants of the beautiful feeling of fraternity and brotherly love that was rampant in the community as the fruit age of the Brotherhood Movement, and told them explicitly he would knock their bloomin heads together if they didn't beg each others pardon and shake hands. And they done it. Watson seen them when they done 1t. Then Lasher was elected without a consenting voice.
 Judge Ford then took part of the floor again and said he would like 10 make a speech about property owners keeping their sidewalks clear of snow and ice in l winter. Dr. Ross butted in to ask why ! he didn't include summer, but Ford l treated the interruption with silent con- tempt, and went on. "What I want to | ask," he said, ais, can a man be a Chris tian and deliberately maintain his side walks in a condition that endangers tbe | lives and limbs of not only his family l and his neighbors, but everybody who walks past his house? I can show you i sidewalks today, right in front of the l premises of the very best and most highly respected people in this town, that"
 "Mr. Presidentr' yelled dozen of the very best and most highly respected voices, in deafening chorus; and as all were clamoring for recognition at the same instant and protesting that Ford was out of order, the chair refused to hear any of them and ordered the ser geant-at-arms to restore order. When order had been restored by order of the he would like to express his sincere thanks to the members of the Brother hoods whose efforts had been so sue cessful in the matter of "Community Sunday" He said he was proud of the achievement and wanted the brothers of the Brotherhoods to know it. Then he thanked them again, and sat down. Chairman Roraback asked him if he had attended church on that day. "Well, mo-" said Hitchcock, "but l came nearer to going than I have in a mighty long I'm willing that the Brother hoods should have the credit for that"
 Dan Sweeney moved that the chair appoint committee'to confer with some of the big guns who will attend the Bus mess Mems Association banquet, on the 18th, and negotiate with them to speak at the midsummer dinner of the Club,