Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-25
THE HORT|CULTURISTS
MET LAST SUNDAY
Very Interesting Meeting Held at the
Fine Home of Attorney and Mrs
E. w. Cutting.
A FINE PROGRAM
WAS CARRIED OUT
Secretary LOmen Gave an Address
Full of Interesting Facts About
the Organization of the
Society.

The Society met Sunday afternoon
at the beautiful home of Attorney and
Mrs. E. w. Cutting. These good peo-
/ pie seem to know just how to make
! it pleasant for a gathering, and the
members of the society are no slack
ers, either, in allowing themselves to
be entertained. The weather condi-
tions were such thac it was better to
be under water proof roof than un-
der the sun proof trees, consequently
the elegant Cutting home became
headquarters, which the guests high
ly appreciated. Ample justice was
done by the visitors to a fine picnic
dinner served by Mrs. Cutting and
some of her lady friends, which con-
sisted of many varieties of meats,
breads, salads, cakes, coffee, ice
cream, etc.
After selection on a Victrola,
Attorney Cutting called the meeting
to order and extended to all hearty
welcome in his usual eloquent way.
He spoke about the object of the So
ciety and also about the necessity of
eoonomizing along all Zines of the
product and food question during
these strained times.
Secretary o. o. Lomen responded
70 ha of hah
of the society, and gave an interest
ing historical sketch, which we print
below.
County Superintendent of Schools
LII. E. Miller gave fine address,
principally on the subject which at
present is the topic of the country,
the war, ETC. He spoke of its relation
to horticulture, agriculture and the
business life of this country. We re-
gret that his address cannot be given
in full, as it was both interesting and
instructive.
Miss Forde, teacher of Domestic
Science, who was present, gave an in
tereSting talk about her experience in
giving canning ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the state. She had given demonstra
tiols in five counties and as many as
22 in some counties, had addressed
1875 women, and had observed a
marked degree of interest, which was
very encoura ging. Her discourse was
listened to with marked attention and
was very much appreciated.
Mr.. S. E. Brickner gave a fine
talk Celery for Home Use," which
was very interesting, and We will print
it in full in our next issue
The balance of the afternoon was
spent in listening to musical selec-
tions by Mrs. H. E. Miller and also
from the Victrola. The grounds and
orchard were visited, and after the
program was all over, a vote Of thanks
was rendered to Mr.. and Mrs. Cutting
and the speakers. Following is Secre-
tary Lomen's address:
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentleman:
Twenty years ago a meeting or
fruit growers and others interested in
Horticulture met in the court room
of the old court house and the result
of the meeting was that the Winnie,
shiek County Horticultural Society
was organized, reported to be the first
county horticultural Society in the
state.
The following named residents OF
this locality were present: E. Blake
man, r. F. Tyler, Rev. ]. Ridley,
John Elwick, H. A. Bigelow, DR.. Cart
wright, E. A. Rygs, Chas. Brogham-
mer, F. ]. Hanson, o. A. Berg, and
/ o. o. Lomen.
At subsequent meeting held few
weeks later, when the constitution
was adopted, we find among those
present the names of B. E. Jewell. w.
T. Symonds, Rev. A. Jacobson and n,
o. Bue. From the list who were the
founders of this society. the following
names still remain active members;
Chas. Broghammer, o. A. Berg, w. L.
Svmonds, n. O. Bue and o. o. Lomea.
Some of the originators OF the society
have passed away, some have moved
away, some have retired, others have
taken up different occupations in life.
VIM. Kreutter and j. o. F. Jager-
son Joined before the society was two
years old and have been members
since. A very large number have
been members so thN the different
names during these 20 years run in
to the hundreds. Fifty is the largest
number registered any one year
Some have been with us for many
years. For instance Mr.. John Harter
for about ten years and Mr. |. john
son OF West Union for nearly l5
years. Among those who more re-
Gently cast their lot with US is our
president, Atty. E. w. Cutting, at
whose typical horticultural home we
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