The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-12
PATTERSON NIGHT
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.Iendeavored to 5lke them. He develop
ed the fact that tn boys Of today are
the men Of tomorrow and the destiny
OF the city Of the future viii be in the
hands Of the men Of tomorrow. In o
series Of questions submitted to o
group Of boys on what do Ike most
about dad?" only so per cent. OF them
said his goodness Dad was found to
lack going-to-church consistency. &c
coriing to the answers Of forty Of the
boys, and some dads swoTe and 9th
Ter drank
DR.. Howard the toastmoster. told
I in humorous way how the job Of
toastmaster was thrust upon him
rather Unexpectedly and how one Of
his daughters actually had dad for
postmaster instead Of toastmaster.
DR.. Howard In his usual vein OF droll
wit admitted tina he nigh sneak in
to see good basketball game even
| If a revival campaign was on.
Walter Smpuse responded to the
toast, "our Fathers. It's Great to Be
Their Sons. He made q neat little
speech in which he pointed out the
fact that dad is liable to bring pres
sure to bear II his sons do not adhere.
to the truth, to thrift and select proper
associates. He cloed by saying: well.
fellows, guess dads about right at
that"
Rev. G. D. Mitchell, D. D., pastor OF
Central Christian church, responded
to the toast, "Our Sons, It's Great to
Be Their Fathers" We are proud Of
our sons who contribute to the joy OF
life and fatherhood. The govern
ment, the church, the Y. M. C. A. and
| the school, he pointed out, as actiyi.
/ ties In which the boy is to coordinate.
He contended that every father could
leave the legacy Of example. No bet,
| ter example could be set by q father
than to take his son by the arm and
lead him to the house Of God.
"Our Training. It's Great to Be Pre-.
pared,'' was the toast assigned to
Linn Hall, who named the school. the
Boy Scouts and the Y. J. NJ. C. "A. a.
beneficial to the lad. The school
teaches him tothinl;. the Boy Scouts
teach him to "be prepared so that he
IS always able to render first aid IN
cases Of emergency and acquaints
him with mother nature the birds.
the flowers and out Of doors living and
the Y. M. g. "A. gives him physical prep.
aaa faIa nd a f1f1nS2(RkA
about him.
w. Guy Crigler, returned United
States Marine, gave brief resume OF
three scenes on the western battle
front, which dealt with American hero.
ism. IOno was where Lieutenant Rob.
erts captured q machine gun although
he fell q martyr with scores OF bullet
fholes torn in his body.
The chief talk Of the evening was
given by Rev. Richard Asphalt, pro-
fessor at Wesleyan college, Buckhan,
non, who spoke on the subject Who
Shall Be the Father TONY Son 2" After
telling number Of funny stories.
which were replete with humor, Rev.
'Aspinall briefly answered the ques.
ton by saying, myself" He urged
men not to love their sons by proxy.
but loye them outright and exposed
the system Of passing the buck." The
sons soon get acquainted with the
fact that you are passing the buck."
We should scee ourselves as others
Esee u.s." he added. He discussed the
pre-war mind and the postwar mind
and tntimated that the reconstruction
win not be along as big lines as we
think because the people at home have
not suffered sufficiently during the
war to bring this about. He pointed
out the dangers Of Bolshevism which
tonly the better things can prove "a
weapon against.
It was q real banquet. The ladies
|! prepared as chickens. 500 buns, one
Ibushel and three pecks Of potatoes and
40 cans Of corn In addition to Q NUM-
Yber Of other articles. With Hooyer's
ban on bread and buns removed the
4 banqueters went into them for fair
and It was necessary TO secure 9 large
number of loaves Of bread IN addition
TO the buns proving that ali are fond
OF the "staft Of life" The Woman's
! Auxiliary OF; First Baptist church
served very eftic iently.
After the dinner stunts were enjoy
| ed in the gymnasium. "A son walloped
Ia father at blind boxing. An orange
scramble was held. A lot Of the Juicy
fruit was shown to the participants
and when the lights were textinguished
potatoes were scattered instead OF
oranges. The fathers won the tug Of
war, Mr.. Cleyitt cutting the rope while
the sons wore pulling and the young
sters were soon FORWARD bound.
E..Are You There John?:' and Who Hit
Me- were games that were also
played
The members Of the orchestra were
as follows: Miss venita Dudgeon.
ldirectotess; vioiins Mahloun Hender-
son, Yenda Michael, Bessie Brown, At
lillian Ferris; Catherine Google, Eliza.
ibeth Mayors, Amelia Galdara. II
Clarine: Pierre Hin & HI
Pianist Frances Robey and Norma
He6ker.
psums-ToTrest Knight SISTED