Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-07

FUN AND FEED
Highly Successful Banquet Held
in Mess Hall. Menu Lavish
and Well Prepared. Many
Guests Present. Dinner Fol-
lowed BY Excellent Entertain
ment. High Class Vaudeville
Numbers Rendered to Enjoy
ment of All
Captain Louis A. Bacon. and officers
of the Sixteenth Company NJ r. D.,
Group . Ma hine Gun Training Cen
ter, were the hosts at an elaborate
banquet and splendid entertainment to
the members of the company. and in
Vited guests Saturday eFeElnE.
The dinner was served in the com
pany's mess hall and was specially
prepared under the supervision Of
Mess Sergt Tinker who qualified as
a caterer of the highest type. The
menu consisted Of as follows;
NJ ~.
olives CELERY Pickles
Roas. Turkey Cranberry sauce
Spiced Ham
Giblet Gravy Raisin Dressing
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candicd Sweet Potatoes
Asparagus on Toast
rimp Salad Mayonnaise Dressing
Assorted Cakes Vanilla waters
Grape Juice Lemonade
Assorted Fruits Assorted Candies
Cigars Cigarettes
A most unusual entertainment
which was staged in the company's
street followed the dinner.
Sergt Gail Goolmen acted p stage
manager. and introduced as the open
ing act Book. Klein and Robson (the
tree rookies} who as usual enter
tanned the audience in a lavish man
!. ner Their act proves conclusively
Camp Haucock's leading trio
Miss Benta s5 the popula~ so
pranO Of Augusta followed. Miss
Irvey delighted her audience by sing
ing ITS Long Long Trail" and
scored a pronounced hit which was
well appreciated.
Al Raymond. the past master in en-
pertaining. rendered two popular Sc
] ctions with his usual snap and vim
which brought forth terrific applause
Handman, Casey and Bulger. Camp
Hancocks King OF Mtrth, Music and
Songs, did their bit in their usual
clever manner. They responded with
encores, until they exhausted their
repertoire.
Private Ely siegel, late of the Cold
en- Seals danced his way into he good
graCes Of the audience,
, Ben Goldberg. the company's favor
ite proved himself to be an enter
talner "De Luxe"
Corporal Frank Smith, presented his
breezy monologue and again proved
his capabnit, as an extraordinary en-
Jack spelmau recited slim Jim" in
most dramatic and impressive man
ner.
THE Merry Four Goldberg, Va
lencia Seabrooke and Wolf, are
quartette Of capable artists, who de-
lighted their audien-a and received
deserving applause
The feature Of the program was the
Jazz orchestra selected from the
Headquarters Company NJ. G Z. c.
hand who played by courtesy Of Capt
Stanley c. Blanton. the company com
mander Joseph Maria, Leonard Jo-
seph. Dave Schwartz and John Genes,
thrilled the audience from the begin
ming to the ending Of the program
with popular and classical selections,
and are firmly established as the best
Hancock. Their services are In such
demand that these splendid musicians
have been unable TO iii the allotted /
dates made -. them. They well de-
serve the praise showered or them,
not only in camp but throughout the
Among those present were Ca9t.
Louis A Bacon, the commanding Of
fcer Of the company, Lieuts. .1at7eW
Kienholz, David W Gibson, Aubr >
Coleman, George a. Rails. Thomas j.
Murphy William p Scherer, aU0
George p. McGlotben
The. Invited guests We're Mrs. Geo.
h Savitz Miss Helen Aron Of At
lanta, Ca, who is paying q visit 70
Mrs. Savitz had the pleasure of sit
ting at the press table and from thelf
expressions one could observe they had
a time of their lives and enjoyed
themselves beyond description.
Corporal Louis Rogers, of the OPP
eratlons Section Corporal Herbert /
Harris, OF the Camp PERSONAL office,
Sergt. Joseph Ambrose Quinn OF me
HEADQUARTERS NJ - T. Sergt. H.n Of
the NJ! T. r. Group ., Headquarters, |
w. J. Aiken Editor of Trench and
Camp and George X. Kenken, the
Camp Publicity Representative, were
also present.
The entertainment closed with the
rendering Of the stars panglcd Ban
ner" by the Headquarters orchestra, in
which the entire assemblagei oined.