Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-09
THEIR SECOND
ANNUAL BANQUET
Elk. City Officials Meet at The Will
son for the Event-About
Twenty Were In At.
tendance.
NEW MEMBERS ARE INITIATED.
Proclamation is Issued by the Lord
High Mayor of the City Of
Webster City.
NEW MEMBERS ARE INITIATED.

IabOut twenty OF the tWenty-nlne
members present. The banquet ta-
Ibles were beautifully decorated with
formations and ferns and a most
elaborate turkey dinner served. The
menu cards were attractive affairs
lin blue and white and bore the mot
Ito Of the club-"Watch us Grow"
The menu was as follows:
/, Blue Points Cocktail-von Essig
Crisp Celery
BOullion En- lessee
IRadishes Queen Olives
Broiled Fillet of Pike
Matelote Sauce
Brochette Of Sweet Breads
lCandied Vans Parker House Rolls
Apple Cider-Wauneta Juice
Roast Iowa Turkey
Jellied C%ranberries
(Zitkinson Style)
dreamed Potatoes Asparagus Tips
Combination Salad Cheese Sticks
Apple Pie American Cheese
Fanchonettes Au Chocolate
Coffee Cigars
Pink Pills for Peck.
During the dinner an orchestra
composed Of Mrs. w. H. Cook, plan
list, Nicholas Kennedy, violinist, and
Myron Hahne with drum and traps,
rendered several selections and ac-
companied the various songs sung
lby the members. The songs sung in
chorus included several of last years
Vintage with a spicy addition Of two
lothers, one of which entitled, Sonny
I'm the, Plant was sung to- the airsof
."Honey in the Rock" q tabernacle
~favorite, and swung along without
Ia hitch. The other entitled, "Crit.
lCrit, Crit" was sung to an original
lair sort OF gathered out of the air
las the singers went along. AS the
southern negro would say, "They jes,
wohked it out" as they sang 1t.
During the speeches given after
the dinner, several small newsboys
burst into the dining Dom Of the
hotel shouting "H'extry! H'extry!!"
l"All about the big annual banquet!
First time in his life Crit has not
been able to tell a good story! OF
course copies Of "The Age" the name
|of the extra sheet, gotten out by Fred
Hahne, were gobbled up by all the
dinner guests who were pleased to
find everything pertaining to the
banquet chronicled up to the mo-
ment. Personal gibes and jokes on
every one connected with the city
department held full sway in the lit
tie sheet, including the following:
IF we were indulging in politics
we should urge the candidacy Of one
H. B. Hummell for city manager.
Two new members, Harold P. Ma
son and W. ". Crittenden, were in
litiated into the order Of ex-oficios
according to a ritual" recently
adopted by the club. which is destfn-
ed to live forever. The names of the
members are H. P. Mason, P. NJ.
Banks, Frank E. Landers, Murray
|McMurray, l.. A. McMurray, ". G..
|Crosley, r. J. Mullins, B. f. Paine,
E. P. Prince, Weldon Helmick, o. N.
Ross. W. H. Cunningham. G. H.
|Swiney. E. E. Valentine, J. w. Shell
don, Fred Hahne, II. M. Sparboe, E.
w. Garth, John Essig, r., P. Smock,
Ed. J. Meller, H, c. Horsley. o. F.
Donaldson, C. G.. Gustuson, w. L.
Whitman, w. w. Crittenden, C. H.
|Currie, Geo. S. Barner. r. E.. Jones.
During q brief business session Of
|fcers were elected for the coming
year, as follows: H. M. Sparboe.
president; w. L. Whitman, secretary
and treasurer.
After the initiation ceremonies
the following proclamation was
read:
/, the Mayor, hereby realizing the
uncertainty Of the tenure of Office,
even Of a man of my standing and
ability in the community, a man who
volunteered to get Webster City out
of the embarrassing financial swamp
and morass which Fred Hahne, o. N.
Ross and others of that stripe, led it
into. do hereby and herein with all
the power and vehenlence of my in
domitabIe. spirit proclaim the
eighth day of January, in the year
of our Lord, 1917, a legal holiday
Except for Buster Brown) and do
hereby proclaim and o that