Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-13
ANNUAL Fathers
And sons BANQUET
Y. M. C. A. Bull DING
Monday Evening Enjoyed by
Over 100 People-After En-
joyment of an Excellent Re-
past, Balance of Evening Is
Devoted to Speaking by Diff
ferent Members-Occasion a
Great Success

| In long hall, the walls of which
were adorned with red, white and blue
strcamers and the flag of our nation,
more than 100 Augusta boys and their
fathers sat at table Monday evening.
elbow to elbow. with the happy spirit
lof comradeship and good fellowship
pcrvading the entire assemblage. The
occasion of this festive gathering was
the first annual Fathers and Sons
banquet, given under the auspices of
the local y. NJ. &. A.. and to say that
it was entirely n success would be
stating it very mildly. At the head ia
BILE, which was arranged under a can
opy of American flags sat Secretary
r. G.. Goodman, Toastmaster NJ. +.
Sawtelle. Rev. f. :. Philbrook, Presi-
dent Elmer Thyng, of the Inner Cir
Gle, Richard Hight, Hon. Frank G. Far
rngtQn. and last although anything
but least, jefferson Smith, known to
boys all over our big, boy inhabited
State.
A selection was rendered by the
Cony High school orchestra, composed
Of Miss Bertha Merrill, Miss Alice
Goodridge, Arthur PARROT, James
Merrill and Vernon Soule, directed and
accompanied on the piano by Director
Edwin Bullock. Their work throughout
was of a high order and they received
lot of merited applause
The Invocation was offered by Rev.
A. Francis Walch. and t IN a fine din
ner. prepared by Mrs. r. G.. Goodman,
Mrs. George Herrin, L. 7. Goodman
and Miss Mabelle Dennis, was great
ly enjoyed by the crowd The menu
was as follows: Grape fruit, olives,
salmon salad and potato chips. cold
boiled tongue and mashed potatoes, hot
rolls, ice cream, cake and coffee, and
the young ladies who waited on the
tables were the Misses Marian and
Frances Ellinwood, Villa Griffith,
RoXie Bunker, Muriel Holt, Helen
Fisher, Louise Wakefield, Elizabeth
Leigh, Charlotte Noble, Millicent Ames,
Lillian Marston and Madeline Tobey.
Immediately following the supper. Rich
ard Hight introduced the POSTMASTER OF
the evening NJ E. Sawtelle, who spoke
briefly telling of the start of the Faith
ers' and Sons movement, and stated that
these meetings are now being held ali
over the country, the idea being to get
the fathers and Their sons together. to
help them to know each other better and
to establish sense of companionship
between them.
He then introduced Hon. Frank G. Far
rington, who gave an interesting talk on
the topic selected for him, what VIII
Father Give for His SOM" In his address
he remarked that one of the most impor
tant things is, not what a father will give
for his son, but what he is willing to
give up for the sake OF his sons welfare,
He spoke of the great influence which ev-
cry man has on some boy and urged the
men present to try to exert the right sor.
of influence. In closing he said: Let
US not be ashamed to acknowledge the
Christ, and to be Christians. The exam
pie of a true Christian life is the great
est thing which a father can hope TO
give his SON.
The next speaker was Jefferson Smith.
and he changed his subject from The
Son Thou Gavest Me" to THE Father
Thou Gavest Me Not" and went on to
tell OF many instances which have been
brought to his attention during his p
years of work among bows, OF fellows
who had gone wrong because they had
no father to advise and direct and be
companion to them. He emphasized the
Importance of every mans attitude to-
ward the other fellows boy. and said:
Unless you and l take some interest IN
the other fellows boy. we are gong 10
suffer along with him, for our boy VIII
get what his boy already has. and that
will not be his fault. but ours.
He told of the arrest of two boys IN
his city, one II years of age, the other
II, and stated that their parents were not