The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-25
LOCAL NEWS
FOURTH ANNUAL BANQUET
Of Zion Institutions and Industries De-
partment Store More Than Three Hun
dred Guests Present-Several Chi
cago Firms Represented-Short
Address by General Overseer

On Thursday evening, March 16, the
fourth annual banquet Of Zion Institutions
and Industries Department Store was held.
This for various reasons, was the best
event of it's kind which has yet been held.
The attendance was far greater than at
any store s banquet Of former years, three
hundred and thirty-two guests being
present.
The occasion marked the formal open
ing Of the new dining room Of Zion Home,
which has been fitted up, through months
Of preparation, into one OF the most com
modous and best equipped places of the
kind along the North Shore.
The new dining room, on this occasion,
presented a scene, to one entering the
place, of unusual beauty. To anyone who
had been used to the same room as it ap-
peared before this transformation was
effected, the first impression was Of be-
wilderment and surprise; it hardly seemed
possible that such change could have
been brought about
The ceiling is supported by seventeen
futed columns of purest white and of beau
tiful ornamental design. Built into the
wall around the room, at regular inter
walls, are also thirteen pilasters. The walls
are covered with paper of scenic design,
giving the place an air of refinement and
quiet dignity. The floor has been highly
polished and stained, and the room is
lighted by nearly 200 electric lights, the
globes being full frosted, which has rest
full effect on the eyes.
The music for the banquet was
furnished by Zion Senior Orchestra, con-
sisting of twenty eight pieces Out Of
town visitors were especially out-spoken
in their approval of the quality Of music
furnished. The portion of the room Oc-
cupied by the orchestra, was decorated
with artificial palms, ferns and other
plants Placed in the center of several
tables, were huge bouquets of roses, which
had been presented by Chicago visitors,
especially for the occasion.
Out-of-town guests present were as
follows:
Thomas G. Rhodes, credit manager of
H. F. G. Dovenmuehle & Son, Chicago; E.
v Anderson, of Reid, Murdock & Com
pany, Chicago, accompanied by wife and
and son; also L.. A. Mag, Of same firm,
accompanied by wife; g. G. Young, credit
manager Of Carson, Pirie, Scott & Com
pany; also G. E. Lewis, general salesman
with same firm; w. A. G. Brownlee, G. F.
Weigel and F. Deiley, all Of John V. Far
well Company, Chicago Munroe Kohn,
president of the F. Lewald Company, of
Chicago; James Hammill, of L. Gould &
Co., Chicago, accompanied by wife and
daughter; E. M Heinsheimer, and Mr..
Ross Daniels, of Shoninger, Heinsheimer
& Co., of Chicago; j. Fuchs, Of the Fuchs,
Lurie Company, of Chicago; William f.
Kindt, of the Welfare Knitting Mills,
Ravenswood, Illinois, accompanied by wife
and daughter; R. Kaufman of S. n Beck
& Co., New York; Mr.. Reinstrom, Of Sulz-
berger Packing Co., Chicago.
After prayer by Apostle William S.
Peckham, the welcome address Of the even
ing was given by Deacon w. E. Schmal-
fuss, General Manager of Zion Department
Store. Later brief addresses were given
by Deacon W. Hurd Clendinen, General
Manager Of Zion Institutions and Indus
tries; also by Mr. E. V. Anderson, Mr.. G.
c. Young, Mr.. w. A. G. Brownlee, and Mr.
Thomas G. Rhodes, all Of Chicago.
A very pleasing program was rendered
by various co-workers Of the institution,
consisting of readings and musical selec-
tions.
One Of the noticeable features of the
evening was the splendid manner in which
the dining room service was managed,
giving evidence of the most careful prepa-
ration. The force Of walters consisted
OF thirty young men, who served the tables
with promptness and clocklike precision.
At the close of the program, the General
Overseer delivered an address which was
necessarily brief, because of the lateness
Of the hour He said in part:
General Manager, Co-Workers and
Visitors:
On this, the occasion of the Fourth
Annual Banquet of Zion Stores, I am very
happy to meet you and to greet you. T