American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-29
FATHERS PRETTY GOOD CHAPS
AFTER ALL, BOYS DECIDE
Sonless Daddies of American Falls
Give Most Advice on How to Raise
Children.

Children.
That the best fathers are the ones
that have no sons, seemed to be the
consensus of opinion at the first an
nual banquet of the fathers and sons
of American Falls in the M. e. church
Friday evening. Half dozen sonless
fathers told seventy-five leading faith
ers of American Falls, how to raise
their boys, be good pals to them, gain
their confidence and enjoy their com
panionship
Fathers in the audience took their
advice with a grain of salt and intimat-
ed on several occasions that the first
qualification for a speaker at father
and sons banquet was a son. The
sons present we're not given much op-
portunity to advise their fathers and
with the exception of talk by Stahl
Butler on "The Best Man / Know" were
left to satisfy themselves with the
minor features of the program, con-
sisting largely of potato salad, roast
beef and brown gravy, ice cream and
cocoa.
1875 at Banquet Table.
One hundred and twenty-five men
and boys were present to fill the seats
around the large tables in the base
ment of the NJ. E. church. They gath
cred at 1880 and by o'clock had be-
come acquainted with each other.
From there they went to the banquet
hall where Mr.. and Mrs. Thornhill had
prepared spread that made the gath
ering real banquet with lots of good
things to eat
Attorney Maurice M. Myers was
toastmaster for the evening and over
looked no opportunity to allow the
fathers to express themselves on the
great questions of parenthood and how
to raise a boy. Mayor H. c. Wones,
one of the qualified members of the
audience, spoke reluctantly when cal
led upon, because, as he said, my wife
might find out what l say here and
have something on me for the rest of
my life. We fathers take great deal
of pride in telling how we raise our
boys and enjoy their confidence, but
= IN most cases, if the truth were told,
we are woefully neglectful of them.
The mothers are their real compan-
ions and the ones who do most of the
raising. / feel that this is an oppor-
tunity for the fathers rather than an
opportunity for the boys and hope to
have the opportunity OF enjoying such
an occasion again"
Y. VI. c. A. Is Possibility.
THE gathering here tonight is the
nearest thing to Young Mems Chris
tian Association that / have ever seen
in American Falls" said j. F. Cooper
manager of the Idaho Power company
later in the evening. "It has long been
my hope that Y. NJ. C. A. could be
established here and l feel that this
is a step that may eventually lead to
such an end. My experiences with the
Y. M. c. A. is that it is one of the
very best institutions that can come
to town and is an invaluable asset
for the boys of a community"
Attorney r. S. Anderson spoke in
behalf of the mothers, who he said
would take the keenest delight in lis
tening to the presumptious advice oil
the fathers whose experience for the
most part was theoretical rather than
practical.
Other speakers on the program were
DR.. Schiltz, DIR. o. F. Starr, S. II
Laird, t. e. st. John, VIM. Schmidt
D w. Davis, o. H. Barber and c. H
Torrance. Mr.. Torrance was intro.
duced by the POSTMASTER as the mar
who knew more about the boys o.
American Falls than their own faith
ers. D., w. Davis and o. H. Barber
spoke in the place of w. H. Cleare ane
E. A Krussman Of the Pocatello Y
M. c. A.
Rev. ]. Wesley Miller, ]. F. Cooper
and G. II. Torrance, the committe,
that had charge of the banquet, wer,
well pleased with the response of tn,
fathers and sons. Rev. Miller said a
the close of the banquet that he hop
ed that the fathers and sons would
be able to get together again soon an,
planned to make the banquet a regu
lar affair.