The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-08
Retailers to Discuss Plan to
Have Homecoming For
Former Kenoshans.
FEATURE OF SCHOOL REUNION

A Home Coming for all former Keno
ssha people, with the latch string out
in every home in the city and with an
abundance of hospitality ready to give
the people coming home from other cit
les the most cordial welcome back home
is being promoted in Kenosha and the
matter is to be taken up at the dinner
Of the Kenosha Retailers Association
at the Hotel Borup this evening and
some committees named to make an in
vestigation of the plan and report at an
early adjourned session.
On the twenty-sixth of June the stu
dents of the old Kenosha High School
are coming trooping back to Kenosha
for the biennial reunion Of the school.
They are coming from every state in
the union nearly md i5o~n many cities
and towns. The committee in charge
for the biennial school reunion declares
that the letters received indicate that
there will be no less than five hundred
of the former Kenosha school boys and
girls back in Kenosha. s give
two days to it and make it more gen
eral home coming is the proposition
that has been made to the committee.
q While the school boys and girls are
recalling old times let get lot of
other good fellows, both men and wom-
en-, who one time lived in Kenosha back
for day and let them see how Kenosha
has put aside her swaddling clothes and
become one Of the real cities of Wis
consin. = The suggestions have been
made by members and officials of the
Retailers Association and these men
stand ready to shoulder the greater part
Of the burden Of making the arrange
ments for the homecoming. Friday and
Saturday, Jnue 25 tn and 26th, are the
two days suggested. By that time the
factories of the city will be letting
their men out at noon on Saturday and
these men can be counted on to assist
in the entertainment of the hundreds
of returning wanderers. Many Of the
fraternal organizations in the city have
already declared their willingness to
throw open their club homes that there
may be proper places to extend the glad
hand. The stores have assured the pro-
posers Of the movement that they will
do all in their power to assist and with
more than seven hundred automobiles
owned in the city it is certain that
there will be ample opportunity to pro-
vide for an automobile parade and for
the entertainment of the guests with
auto trips about the city and to places
Of interest in the neighborhood.
~ think it is one Of the best
schemes ever presented to the associa-
tion,0 said Secretary Theleen today,
and many of the members of the assoc
citation seem to think the same way.
There are lot of mighty good Keno
shans who were not fortunate enough
to 90 to the old school here or to the
newer high schools, 5ut they are real
boosters for Kenosha and they want to
come back again for a couple Of days.
All they want is for Kenosha to say the
word and they will hit the Southport
trail from all over the country. This
Home Coming of the former residents
could be made the biggest feature of
the summer in Kenosha. There are a
lot of them that you and / would like
to see again and they are just as anx-
ious to come back and see US. All the
movement needs is a little of the get
behind-it spirit that has made lot of
other big movements in Kenosha sue
cess and we are hopeful that this spirit
will be developed at once y