Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-10-31
HOME COMING
GRAND SUCCESS
BANQUET AND DANCE WAS
WELL ATTENDED WE'D
NESDAY EVENING

The Home Coming celebration
given in honor of the returned
soldier and sailor boys at the
Cottonwood Garage was a splen-
did success from every point of
view.
The affair started with the
banquet at 7:30, to which some
250 persons did ample justice,
there being close to 100 men in
uniforms, who were the honor
ed guest of the evening.
w. w. Flint, who acted as
toastmaster for the evening call
ed upon several citizens of Cot
tonwood for short talks which
were heartily received by the
audience. Among those called
upon were Geo. M. Robertson,
M. NJ, Belknap, Rev. Sligar and
Werner Dye, post commander
for the Cottonwood branch of
the American Legion, who res
ponded fittingly for the boys in
uniform. Mr.. Dye stated that
he as spokesman for the men in
uniform wished to express their
sincere gratitude to the citizens
in Cottonwood who had helped to
make the affair in their honor
one to be long remembered by
them.
Three of the entertaining
features of the evening were
given by Clem Hussman, Mr..
Blont and Mr.. Calvert. Glenn
who impersonated Harry Lauder
has mighty few equals in this
line of work as an amateur and
received a tremendous encore
from the crowd, which called
for more of his impersonations.
Mr.. Blont, of Lewiston gave
two short negro sketches which
were also well received. Near
the conclusion of the banquet he
sang by special request, "In
Flanders Field" which was ex-
ceptionally we'll rendered. Mr..
Calvert, manager and one of the
members of the Metronome or
chestra entertained the audi
ence with two Spanish dances.
After the banquet the tables
and etc. were quickly removed
and dancing then became the
chief entertainment of the even
ing or rather until the wee hours
of the morning. Music for the
dance was furnished by the Me-
tronome orchestra, of Lewiston
who also furnished music during
the banquet hour.
The motion picture show,
''The Heart of Humanity" which
was brought to Cottonwood by
the Home Coming Celebration
committee was seen by hundreds
of people, it being shown three
times during the day and even
ing.
The banquet hall was beauti-
fully decorated with Autum and
Halloween schemes flags covered
the walls, among them being the
Cottonwood service flag. The
table decorations were vases of
large yellow and white Chrys-
anthemums combined with fern
foliage. People who were un-
familiar with the building as a
garage could not believe it was
not especially built and used for
affairs of this kind, so well was
the garage converted into a ban
quet hall.
The committee in charge OF
the affairs should receive the
congratulations of each and
every citizen in this vicinity for
making it such a splen-
did success. The committee has
been working diligently for the
past month and it required an
enormous volume of work.
The committee, through the
Chronicle, wishes to thank all
the citizens, who so willingly
helped them in this undertaking,
and made the celebration one
that will go down in the history
of the city as one of its greatest
and most successful entertain
ments for her soldier and sailor
boys.