Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-02-27
DIR. F. E. NC KEAN
IN STIRRING ADDRESS
FIRST ANNUAL "GET.TOGETHER"
MEETING OF COMMERCIAL CLUB
IS LARGELY ATTENDED.
COOPERATION IS KEYNOTE
Chas. Van Week Of Waterloo Gives
Able Address. Visitors Give
Short Talks.

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The first annual "GetTogether'
meeting of the Manchester CONNER
cial club was held in the Armory
Tuesday evening, and was attended
by nearly three hundred. AT $50 the
members of the Commercial club and
their invited guests were seated at
banquet tables to partake OF "eats."
Carrying out the spirit of the times,
the committee in charge of the ban
quet had prepared Hooverized
menu, which included the following:
Sandwiches butter, lettuce
and jelly; baked beans, celery dough-
nuts and coffee Hiram New, our gem
ial florist, added the finishing touches
to the banquet tables by kindly do
mating bouquets of carnations.
Following the banquet A. NJ, Cloud,
president of the club, first called on
Hon. S. W Klaus of Earlville, for a;
brief talk, Mr.. Klaus being unable to
remain for the evening The presi-s
dent of the Dyersville Commercial
club was also asked to give a brief
talk, he too, having to leave on the
evening train. 9
Amale quartet composed Of Messrs.
Rea Dunham, F. B. Wilson, H. e,
Henderson and Geo. A. Newman, IA
vored the large audience with Sc
lection, which was most cordially re-
ceived rma
Charles Van Week, secretary of the
Waterloo Commercial club, was the
first speaker of the evening. MI
Van Week in his unique and enter
tanning way i'm m2ressed upon his hear
ers the great need of whole hearted
corporation in community building,
and in our efforts to assist our gov
ernment in these trying times. Mr..
Van Week emphasized the necessity
iof commercial clubs. and said that the
principal object of such an organlza-
ton should not be to see how much.
benefit it might be to the individual
member but what it can do in build
ing up an entire community, and in
: this open a way for real service to
1.-THE individual members. Mr.. Van
Week has been heard in Manchester
on several occasions, and always finds
: in this place a responsive, audience.
In a few appropriate remarks the
toastmaster of the evening then in
troduced Dr. F. c. Mexican, pastor OF
the Central Presbyterian church OF
Des Moines. DR.. Mexican prefaced
his address by referring to few OF the
incidents which transpired in this coun-
ty when he was boy and young man,
and of the times when he was a stu
dent in Lenox college, and was on the
ball team of the college, and meeting
in contests such we'll known beseball
artists as Bert and Charles Hoag,
Fred B. Blair and F. D. Joseph. DR..
Mexican, while born in the state OF
Colorado, was reared in this county,
and grew to manhood in the south
east part of the county, and received
his early education in Hopkinton and
Lenox college. After graduating
from Lenox' college he entered Prince
ton University, from which school he
graduated while Woodrow Wilson
was president of the University. DR..
Mexican paid a high tribute to Presi-
r dent Wilson, and urged his hearers
to stand by the man upon whose
shoulders have been placed such re-
? sponsibilities\ as rest upon our presi-
dent He told his hearers that the
name of Woodrow Wilson will occupy
prominent place, when the history
of these troublesome times is written.
DR.. Mexican emphasized the need Of
cooperation between the merchant
and the farmer, and the necessity of
greater sacrifice on the part of the
, people of this country. Men in large
numbers are sacrificing their business
for the time being, even to the ex-
. tent of giving their lives, in order
that the principles of democracy might
, be safeguarded. He said everyone in
this country must stand by the flag.
If We are not loyal to the stars and
, stripes we are against the country
which has given us protectionA At
, this time. he said there is absolutely
no middle ground
DR.. Mexican closed his masterful ad-
dress in eloquent words, and during
it all he was given the closest atten-
ton.
large number from Manchester
and the surrounding country were call
ed on for short talks, and many of
them responded
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