The Twin City star., 1918-04-06
GLOVER SKULL HONORED
PoRTERs AND WALTERS CLUB
"SMOkE TALK" AND RE-
CEPTlON."


cEPTIoN."
Everything was ready for the re-
ception to Pres. Glover Shull at the
Porters and Walters club last week,
but on account of illness, Mr.. Shull
could not be present. The members
enjoyed the evening as the guests
of the president. Otis Murray's Or
chestra rendered excellent music.
Atty. VIM. R. Morris was the princi-
pal speaker, and in his remarks paid
high tribute to the work of Mr.
Shull and gave some logical advice
for race advancement. Manager Lee
Wheeler had perfected all arrange
ments for a grand evening. The fol-
lowing letter was read by Mr.. Geo.
w. Hobart.
Minneapolis, March q, 1918.
To the Members of the Porters' and
Walters Club:
Dear Friends: Upon and ever
since my return from my recent trip
have been constantly greeted by
so many evidences of genuine friend
ship and we'll wishes that it has
caused me, after a consultation with
Mang. Wheeler to decide to hold a
reception and set apart an eveningto
afford as many of the members an
opportunity to meet me as could find
it convenient to be present and at
the same time afford me the pleas
nf int m ~
happenings of my trip which impress
sed me most and which might prove
interesting tn you and at the same
time show to you that Y as your
president, appreciate the loyalty you
have shown to the Walters and Port
ers' Club. saw and met many fine
people during my trip and made the
acquaintance of some whom I shall
always hold in the very highest es-
TEEN, but by far the most gratifying
thing was to find upon my return all
the old trusted employees laboring as
earnestly and getting along as har-
moniously as when l left, with the
same old regular friendly faces as
members and patrons. You, perhaps,
cannot realize how much this means
to me. We have all struggled along
together to provide and maintain a
place of pleasure and pastime where
we could meet and follow such incli-
nations for social intercourse as we
believed we were entitled to as good
and law-abiding citizens. At times the
way has been pretty rocky and it
looked as though the old ship must
go down. But we have weathered
every storm and at last are sailing in
fairly tranquil seas. How much of
this is due to you as members and
patrons cannot be expressed In mere
words. Certain it is that without
your constant support and genuine
personal friendship which extends
even beyond the environs or this
club, that the Walters and Porters'
club would have by this time been
only a memory, pointed to perhaps
as the futile and broken effort of a
man who had sought to give to his
people the best in its line that they
had ever had before. But fate de-
creed that our joint efforts should be
successful and it is IN consideration
of these things that have invited
you to meet me tonight in a sort Of
welcome home" visit, that will prove
far more enjoyable to me than it pos
sibly can be to you. 1t will afford
us all an opportunity to get closer
together, to exchange ideas, to make
such suggestions which you as men,
bers have the right to, which in your
opinion may improve the service and
morale of this our common home.
want each and every one Of you to
feel that you are part and parcel Of
this organization, and that you have
personal interest in its welfare and
the proper conduct of its affairs. And
I can assure you that / will always
exert every possible means to protect
and safeguard your interests striving
always to justify the confidence which
you have reposed in me in the past,
for l realize that without the same
hearty support and cooperation in the
future that you have given In the past
| We cannot possibly hope for contin-
ued success. The rooms of the club,
the services of its officials and en-
ployes, it's treasury and all other re-
sources at its command, will always
be open to any worthy project or OBJ
| ject that stands for the betterment
or protection of any of~the interests
| of the race. Your wants and wishes
will be as carefully looked after in
the future as in the past, while we
shall always Strive to improve. The
war has struck us as severe blow
| as any other class Of citizens and
we, Of course. must bear our portion
of the burden. Hundreds of OR
young men have been called to the
colors, most Of them members Of this