The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-29
BOOST new CLUB HOUSE PLAN
G. e. Mccarron Presides as Toastmaster
Many Prominent Members Speak
While Entertainers Aid in Making
the Gathering Most Interesting.

Two hundred and fifty members Of
the Kenosha lodge of the Moose hit the
trail to the feeding grounds on Monday
night and gathered at the club rooms
on Wisconsin street for boosting meet
ing and banquet which was one of the
biggest social events ever given by the
members of this antlered order in ze-
nosha. 1t was rare blending of good
fellowship and the Kenosha members
had as their guests more than thirty
members of the Waukegan lodge of the
order who came up under the leadership
of Judge James Welch.
1t was a roll call of the members and
nearly every one of the men who have
taken an interest in the development
of the work of the Moose were on hand.
During the meeting movement was
started to form a club house association
with a view of securing a permanent
home for the Moose in Kenosha.
The big hall was charmingly decorat-
ed with the colors of the order and all
over the room big American flags gave
the dominant note of patriotism to
the decorative scheme. A whole COM
pany of entertainers were ON hand to
furnish entertainment for the guests.
Dinner was served at nine O'Clock
and the long tables which filled the en-
tire hall had no vacant chairs at them.
After dinner was over Dictator Will
liam Larson who acted as master of
ceremonies introduced George B. Nc
Carron, the first director of the Ke-
nosha lodge, who presided as toastmas-
ter for the evening Toastmaster Nc
Carron spoke of the great growth of
the Moose order and declared that from
a little handful of men who formed
an organization down at Louisville less
than twenty years ago it had grown
until it now numbered more than 100000
members in the United States. He
spoke of the foHnding of the Kenosha
lodge in 1910 and of it's great growth.
The roll call showed that at the present
time the Kenosba lodge has member
ship of more than seven hundred.
Dictator Larson responded to the
toast, "The Good of the Order" and
made a strong appeal to the members
for united action to make the Moose
a greater power for the advancement Of
Kenosha. Past Dictator Walter M.
Burke responded to the toast, Frater-
nalism,'' and spoke of the plans for
the erection of a new Moose club home
in Kenosha, Judge Welch brought greet
ings from Waukegan and declared that
the Waukegan lodge considered itself
little brother of the Kenosha lodge.
The speech for the evening closed with
talk by I. R. Turkelsen, the Chairman
of the Entertainment Committee
The big feature of the evening was
the musical entertainment arranged un-
der the direction of Henry E. Herzog.
There were musical numbers by Miss
Stemm and Mr. Fairchild who gave
some Xylophone selections, Mrs. Grace
j. Herzog gave number of very beau
tiful solos, Howard Sershon was forced
to respond to encore after encore. Miss
Paula Wertz and Francis Mayer gave
two very charming duets and John
Duffy sang two solos which were given
hearty encores. The musical program
closed with "Sweet Cider Time, sung
by Mrs, Herzog, Mr.. Duffy and l-r.
Sershon. The whole entertainment was
one of the cleverest} ever offered at an
entertainment in Kenosha.
At the close of the social gathering
che members of the order had an inter
esting get-together meeting at which
plans for the work of the order were
discussed. It is certain that the COM
ing months will see a great revival of
the work of the Moose in Kenosha.