The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-22
LAST DAY FOR HIGH SCHOOL
Two Committees Join in Effort to Make
Great Home Coming of Former Keno
sha People Greatest Event in Recent
History Of City.

The members of the special " Home
Coming committee of the Kenosha
Retailers Association ON Friday even
ing held a meeting with the officials of
the Kenosha High School Association
to talk over plans for the big celebra
ton to be held the last week in June
and at the meeting the fullest co-opera
tion was assured between the two COM
mittees. Literature telling Of the plans
for tho home coming will be sent to all
the former school students in connection
with the letters telling of the biennial
reunion and the biennial reunion will
be featured in connection with the pro-
gram sent out by the Home Coming
committee. At the meeting it was de-
cided by the joint committee to add
one more day to the festival period.
June 23rd will be the added day and
this will make total Of four days for
the big doings, but it is understood that
Saturday, June goth, the last of the
days, will be given over to the High
School Association. The first of series
of circular letters boosting the home
coming will be sent out the first of next
week. Already the secretary Of the
Retailers Association is beginning to
get letters from former Kenosha people
who are interested in the big home com
ing. They are coming in from several
states and these people give assurance
that the hardest boosters of the plan
will be some of the old time Kenosha
people now living in other states. eff
we can just reach these people," said
Secretary Theleen this morning, "I am
sure that the home coming will be sue
cess. There is lot Of love for Keno
sha among people who have gone from
the city to other places and it is an
unusual thing that most of these people
call Kenosha home = regardless Of the
fact that they have lived in other states
for some ten, fifteen and even fifty
years. They even go back as far as the
old Southport days in proclaiming their
loyalty
The biggest feature that the home
coming will offer to people who lived
IN the city fifteen and twenty years ago
will be new Kenosha. People who have
been living in the city do not appreci-
ate the great changes that have come
over the city in the last two decades.
kenosha has grown from one of the
small stations along the railroad to one
of the best cities in the state of Wis
consin and its growth has been along
most substantial lines. Many of the
| old land marks which were of especial
interest to the people way back in the
early nineties have disappeared, but on
the site of them have grown up great
industrial institutions. The growth of
Kenosha is being featured in the letters
sent out to the former residents.
| As yet the committee has not selected
| the slogan for the home coming. but it
will be ready within few days and it
is going to aid lot in advertising the
big event.
! The committee in charge of the High
School reunion is busy at work on the
program for the big day IS festival and
this will be announced within the next
| two weeks. Men who were formerly
prominent in Kenosha and women, too.
Will have places on the program All
of the old features of the biennial re-
union will be retained this year.
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