Connecticut western news., 1915-05-27
The Wurra Wurra Club

"The meeting will come to order r' It was the ringing voice of the Club s sexton, MT. s. Boisterous Strong, pro- ,'laiming the opening of the session. "The meeting will come to orderr' he said; and manifestly he knew what he was talking sboTt, for the meeting did come to order after while, and then the sexton announced that in the un- avoidable absence of the president, Mir. 1 A. w. Holsapple, who was at home fix ing up program for the next smoker of the B. M. A.. the meeting would be engineered and cuilductOred by the chief fireman. Frank Whiting. As Mir.
 Whiting walked up to the platform and took his pla ;e behind the pulpit he was given the Chautanqua salute, where upon he mu,!e d brief speech expressing his appreciation of the honor of presid. sng over such an intelligent, etc, etc.
 He then ordered Joe Parsons to read the minutes of the last meeting; but Joe had in some way gotten his docu- ments mixed, and started tO read n list of the local singers in the Cho1al Uniuu l who had been elected to mix in with the audience instead of sitting with the choir when the "Dannation of Faust" is sung, in Norfolk. The fat member got up and objected to- the. reading, as he said his wife was, somewhat sensi- ! tive about that, aud she would be sure to ask him all about the meeting when he got home. Joe apologizfd and ] hunted up the right paper. which he read with much feeling. The Opening Ode was then sung by Ran Cann, in a ! brilliant striped voice, accompanied by John Barbieri on his peanut roaster. Allyn Fuller was then ordered to collect the dues for the current fiscal year, but got up and in graceful ! speech remarked that "theFe are so many members of the Club who don [ belong to it, that it will be almost inn possible to straighten out the tangle without entirely reonganizing the l Club, " and it was, voted to consider the Club reorganized, with the dead ones ! left out. The dues were then collected, and tlTe chair declared the meeting ready to consider any legitimate busi- ness that might be brought before it.
 Mayor J. c. Roraback got up and said he had the honor to propose the name of his nephew, Albert Edward Roraback, Junior, for membership. Frank Hitchcock inquired if that was the Brooklyn dominic, and was assured that it was not the old man-it was 1 far different. "The young gentleman | is grandson of His Honor A. T. Rora- back, said George Ford. coming to the relief of the sponsor, @'and second ! the nomination as d mark of distin- guished courtesy to the Judge. We Judges shoulh stand together. The ] fat member insisted that the nomina- tion take tue usual cpurse and be re- ! ferred to the committee OH moral char acter, but Ford argued that inHsmuch as the young candidates record, so fur ss heard from. was above reproach, the i Club might as well take chances and let him in. The nomination was rati- fled unanimously.
 Henry Ives offered a motion that an invitation from J. Henry Roraback, for the Club to visit his summer camp at Twin Lakes, in Il body, at some con. venient date during the season, be ac- cepted. The chair asked if date was mentioned, in the invitation. "I am not sure, " replied Mir. Ives. The chair then asked if MT. Ives had the invita- 1 ton with him. Mir. Ives searched hls 1 pockets but said he guessed he hadn't brought it with him. Well, has MH. Roraback extended such an invita- ton 7" asked the chair. Mot that am aware of," replied MT. Ives, "but : he's just as likely to as not, and we may as we'll be prepared" The motion was not seconded, and that ended that matter.
 1 The fat member said he would "like ] t inquire what Canaan is goin' t. do i if war breaks out with Germany. How be we a goin' t defend our homes an | firesides Whats t hender them Zeplin subm 'rines fl m comin' up tn Hous tonic river an int tn Black berry an bumbardin' our town hall, an Borden's milk factry? Hadn't we ort t have fort built down on Fred | Gillette's circus lot, am armor. plate Pease's boat house, so's t peryent tn Dutch Drednots firm confisticatin' tn Central New England's coal-heap an blowin' up tn pump? Be we organ ized t resent a furious assault on our left flank, an turn tn enemy's right wing? S'pose f'rinstance a couple dozen hundred regiments O them blood -maddened Dutch hell-hounds sneaks into town some night next week, am all tn men.folks gone t tn Nor folk concerts? ? What then? Lew Rhoades goes out O tn dep'ty sheriff $ office June fust, an Ike Hornbeck lives six miles away. Now I'm a telling ye we hain't in no shape fir war, an that hain't no joke, nuther. That's why make tn motion" "
 "What motion does the gentleman