The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-07-27
.COM'L CLUB Will
FINANCE PICNIC
FOR COMPANY l
Preliminary Arran gements
For Celebration August 2
Made Last Night.
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT
LADIES TO AID EVENT
Expenses of Local Company Will
Be Borne by Club Members
Meeting Today.

The picnic to be given August 2 in
honor of the local company of the Mis-
souri, Sixth will be financed by the
Commercial Club, and the expenses
of the company before departing to
the training camp will also be borne by
that organization, was the decision
reached in the joint meeting of the
Commercial Club and the Civic I'm
provement Association at the Com
mercial Club rooms last night. The
expenses will be guaranteed by the
club and the sum left after paying the
expenses of the local company will be
turned over to the Commercial Club.
Only a few of the members of the
Commercial Club and four members of
the Improvement Association attend
ed the meeting in which the arrange
rlents for the farewell celebration
were made. Several committees were
appointed to work out the most feas-
ible plans for a patriotic celebration
on that day.
These committees will meet this aft
ernoon and discuss the plans suggested
last night. Messrs. E. G. Granting,
NJ. D. Wilson, George Meyers and Will
Bergman were appointed members of
the Arrangement Committee to meet
with the representatives of the Civic
Improvement Association this after
noon. The Finance Committee COM
posed of Messrs. George Summers,
Granting and Graham Dempsey will
also have a meeting.
1t was suggested last night to sell
tickets in advance for the public cele-
bration and have each merchant sub
scribe for certain number and at
tempt to dispose of these to his GUS
toners. A publicity committe, COM
posed Of Messrs. F. ]. Martin, DR.. w.
S. Dearmont and A. w. Hinchey was
appointed to aid the enterprise by
making city-wide campaign in be-
half of the entertainment.
Two speakers will be invited for the
day, namely, Judge James Finch of
Fornfelt, and Rush Limbaugh, young
attorney, who established reputation
as orator during the Red Cross cam
Ipaign.
The Park Commission met before
the Commercial Club and Civic I'M
provement Association and discussed
their plans and decided to let the Civic
Improvement Association have the
Fairgrounds Park on the day Of the
picnic. The ladies were authorized by
the commission to charge an admis-
sion fee of 25 cents for the entertain
ment. e
| Captain Balm and Lieutenant Fris-
sell of the local company appeared be-
fore the Commercial Club and explain
ed what expenses the company would
incur before departing for the State
training grounds in Nevada. Arrange
ments will have to be made for the
accommodation of those members who
live outside the city and will be forced
to spend several days in the Cape be-
fore going to the camp. 1t is esti-
mated that the expenses of the COM
Ipany will run as high as $500, and an
tappeal will be made to the merchants
and citizens of the city for a liberal
donation. to help the boys defray the
expenses they assumed to help thei,
country in the war against Germany.
; An effort will be made to have a
headquarters established for the out.
side members in one of the hotels and
have the Commercial Club assume the
responsibility of this expense.
The following were present at last
nights meeting: Mesdames Geo. w
= Patton, John P. Meyers, Earl G. Gram.
ling and Louis Pott, and Miss Irene
Pott; Messrs. D. E. Leming, F. ]
Martin, George Summers, John P
Meyers, DR.. w. s. Dearmont, DR.. C
E. Schuchert, Orren Wilson, Capt. w
c. Balm, Lieut.. H. N. Frissell and A
w. Hinchey.