The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-10-16
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we'll TO IRA WIGHT
ocoees of Business Associates Gather
~ Give Departing Citizen Pleas
mt Memories Of His Years

gSE ant Memories OF His Years
Il in Minot
Ss Nearly two hundred of the business
Fl a6sociates Of Ira D. Wight, manager
M the Minot branch of the Stone
SsOrdean- Wells Co., for decade, assem-
d blod at the Association of Commerce
rooms Tuesday evening and gave him
n y farewell banquet that will never be
y forgotten by those present, and it
will serve as pleasant memory for
MI. Wight especially. The banquet
Il WAs given under the auspices of the
" Minot Town Criers Club, Mr.. Wight
NJ ling member OF the Board OF
overnors and one of the moving
6pirits of the organization. The club
3tself comprises more than hundred
Il members and quite large number OF
" other friends we're invited to the feast
\ which was served by the Ladies OF the
Episcopal church.
silt was High Jinx night at the Town
\ Criers Club. Local artists were cup
NJ an the toes" in the stunts line. The
room had been beautifully decorated
SIN the autumn colors, the work being
auperintended by Orrin Pierce.
aM Gale Robinson was the POSTMASTER
md he kept things humming every
minute. The unexpected happened
III every now and then. The candidates
|NsgOf the evening. Mrssrs. Geo. Benno,
Fred Ernst, Blume and
Parsons were taken in tow by Minot's
Nj now six-foot four-inch chief of police
Lano, who took them down and gave
F them look around the city Jail, bring
"a ing them to the rooms in handouts.
s They took the oath Of allegiance to
d the club-and everything-adminis-
tered by Carl Bach. They sat down
u and were just getting started on their
scrumTptuous feed, when the toast
4 master called for volunteers to stand
and subscribe q hundred dollars a
4 piece to Town Criers fund. The
candidates being little slow in re-
spending, were urged to stand quick
ly when several hundred volts ofAelec-
b tricity were >forced thru their bodies
beginning at point in the vicinity
of the bosom of their trousers. 1t
didn't take long to raise the $500 from
l the previously mentioned gentlemen.
One of them responded so hurriedly
that the contents of his plate were
overturned onto the table cloth. 1t
was shocking performance. ),
The opening song-lra's Farewell
lSong-as follows, was forerunner OF
a number of original songs rendered
during the evening:
"Ira-How we all do admire you,
Old Original Ira,
Such lovable guy
And when you leave us
It will certainly grieve US
All the world will believe US,
When we say that what we hate to &c
Is say to you-just Ira-good-b
Little Virginia Robinson, charming
five-year-old daughter of the toast
master, appeared in huge picture
frame, attired in little blue overalls
and straw hat and sang several selec'
tions, being roundly encored This
was her first appearance in pubic
The little lady has a sweet well train
ed voice and made great hit.
Prof. John Howard, director o.
music in the Minot schools, who i:
described as 'sthe man with $50 pound:
of harmony" played for all the mum
bers with his violin and after being
elected an artist member of the club
declared that he'd be glad to bring
his fiddle along any old time and hell
the boys out.
Miss Burdick was the piano accom-
PIANIST during the evening.
Otto Ellison made hit with. MI
living pictures, each number from
"Psyche looking in the Mirror" t
"Childhood Days. being perfect.
natural. Mr.. Ellison was roundl
applauded. The trombone and plan
duet by Orrin Pierce and Otto Ellisol
would have been better had the from
bone been in as good form as MI
Pierce was. Ellison at the plan
never appeared to better advantage
Mr.. Wight was called to the pan
singing several coon selections, play
ing his own accompaniment 10
Moody. an old friend of Ira's sang
solo. Ward Newman introduced resc
1utions deploring Mr.. Wight's depart
IRE and recommending him to tn
Grand Forks Town Criers Club, a
one Of our very best citizens, whic
were unanimously adopted.
The Rotary Chimes were rung D
Messrs. Person, Winters, Wilson an
The A. Of c. song singers
Hvambsal, Oh! Ellison, Bull Holbel
and Lett R. welt, rendered "Smiles
according to the latest version.
The r. C. Glue Olub-Prof. Colcor
Master Dalheim, DR.. Danielson an
Carl Cox sang touching little dit
about a prairie flower growing wilde
every hour.
Appropriate remarks were made
Francis J. Murphy, v. E. Stenerse
Judge Woodrough Of Omaha, Frar
Talcott, Of Fargo and others: It W
unanimously agreed that Minot w
losing one Of her best citizens. !.
The club presented Mr.. Wight WI
beautiful travelling set which VI
accepted in . gracious manner. J,
MI. Wight stated that he was goi,,
to Grand Forks to take chargs OF =
Grand Forks Overland Co. He res
lied that he Is leaving one Of the DC
towns in the world but by having 9
I, momentum represented by MS ny
az dreds Of friends back OF MN, ne sts y
that he feels sure that ne cannot e
"Why Not Minot3'