The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-15

Every man, woman and child in Ke-
nosha is going to be drafted for service
to make the proposed Home Coming in
Kenosha a success. Tuesday afternoon
the general committee in charge of tie
big festival of Renaissance headed by
former Mayor Dan O. Head, met at the
Elks Club and outlined the preliminary
plans for the big gathering to be held
here. June oath, 25th and Goth were
selected as the dates on which Kenosha
will open her doors to receive former
residents and every possible plan Will
be worked out to make the home com
ing a success. Memories of old Kenosha
are to be searched in order to find tho
names of people who were leaders in
the city in earlier days but who have
dropped out of mention and these men
and women will be sent special invita-
tons to come back to Kenosha and re-
new their old friendships. Leaders
among the pioneers are being named on
the subcommittee in charge of the
event and it is expected that these
men and women will furnish manv
names to whom invitations will be sent.
Ten thousand invitations are to be
sent out and these invitations will go
to every state in the union and to
many foreign countries.
There i going to be sometaiT DONG
on every one of the three days of the
celebration. The big industries of the
city will throw open their doors to
welcome the home coming Kenoshans,
the school children are planning to put
on q great play festival, every organi-
zation in the city is counted on to do
something to aid in the entertainment
and even the Country Club is to be
asked to put on a golf tournament to
make the offer of entertainment cover
the widest possible range.
Members of the committee will 90
to Racine, Watertown and other places
to get pointers on GLOW to Make
Home Coming Success and all Of
the successful plans used in these cities
in the past will be Incorporated into
the program for the Kenosha gather
ing. Added to them will be a lot of
big ideas offered by the members of
the Kenosha committee
The preliminary work in advertising
the home coming will be under the di-
rection of the Retailers Association
and this association has pledged itself
to give every possible aid to the
movement.
One of the big features of the re-
union of the old time Kenoshans will
be an automobile parade and another
will be a public dance possibly on one
Of the asphalt streets of the city.
Then there will he all sorts of recep-
tions and "open house" entertain
ments during the three days and the
theatres of the city will be asked to
cooperate by offering special programs
of notable nature for each of the
three nights.
fThe big problem, said Chairman
Head, lis to reach the people. There
are thousands of people who formerly
lived in Kenosha who want to come
back home again and all they need to
get them to take the first train for the
home coming is an announcement that
one is going to be held. We are going
to cali to our aid lot of men in diff
ferent ranks of life in Kenosha to aid
US in making up a mailing list which
will include thousands of these people.
We are not going to announce the pro-
gram until some in May, but it is go.
ing to be the best program ever of.
fered in any Wisconsin city with a
view of attracting back the old
timers,
The committee which is composed Of
Dan 0. Head, G. G. Brown, G. H. Ernst,
Joseph Rhode and James Karnes, will
hold its second meeting on next Tues
day afternoon and at that time If is
planned to meet with the committee
in charge of the biennial reunion of
the Kenosha High School Association.