Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1919-11-15
HOME COMING DAY
Program Carried Out as Promised Ban
quet aad Speaking in Afternoon
and Dance at Night.

Custer County had long promised that
the Home Coming Day would be entire
ly out of the ordinary and it surely was
Tuesday came with the worst snow
storm for years and zero day thrown
in. Nevertheless the program was put
on as though the weather was Just what
was ordered,
When 2;3O p. m. arrived about sixty
soldier lads and veterans of Civil and
Spanish wars were on hand at the Roll
Call and the committee who h&i plan
ed for 100 sent out the word that each
soldier would he permitted to bring bis
mother or wife until the seating was ia
ken. The Banquet, which was put on
10y Mr.. aud Mrs + b Wilson, was
pronounced the best ever given in Gus
ter. 1t was a course dinner aud from.
whatever angle considered left nothing
to be desired. At the close Of the Ban
qnet Rev. w. ;. Harper took the floor
and after few pleasantIies introduced
several speakers the first being DR.. X.
Il. Woodworth, who was at Great Lakes
NaTal Training Station and assisted dur.
ing the Flu epidemic, and In order Miss
Margaret Woodwork, a Red Cross work.
er from France Mr. Robt. McCullagh,
one Of our y NJ. &. A. who served i'm
France, and last Hon. Harry l.. Candy
all of whom gave short snappy talks full
Of pep and humor. That Of Mr.. Me
Cullagh being dangerously near aspeech
as it was pronounced the best address of
the day 1t certainly was fall of good
sense and enough humor to carry it,
along. Immediately after the conclu.
sion of the "Toasting" the audience re-
paired TO the Opera House where Con-
gresham Harry l.. Candy spoke. Mr..
Candy is not an orator Of the highest
type, nevertheless he is good clear
speaker and gives one the impression Of
knowing what he is about and being
100 per cent American in tackling the
big job ofreturning to a peace basis He
lauded South Dakota boys aud closed
with plea to the lads in Khaki to be
true to the faith placed in them by the
country and the world
In the evening most of the BOYS at
tended the special picture show put on
at the Opera House by Mr.. Garlock and
at 8 p. m. the American Legion dance
was staged at the l. o. o. f. hall. This
proved to be a hummer and lasted until
about a. IN. Wednesday. The only
blemish on the whole day was a stunt
pulled off by the Orchestra, who were
largely from Lead, who about midnight
decided to put in their bill and to the
astonishment of the management who
had contracted over the phone at |
somewhat modest remuneration found
themselves confronted with real "high |
brow" estimate of values After con-
siderable feeling had been aroused, to
avoid a break in the otherwise very
pleasant day, the management were
TO produce the $4,000, for
this was the bill demanded by the Lead |
Orchestra. No criticism was made on |
the quality of the music, but il came |
high and was not as per agreement.
Taking the whole day, il formed !
pretty good attempt by the community |
TO interpret to the boys the feeling Of |
pride we have had in them and TO tell |
them by this attempt that We were salts |
fed with their war record and take this !
way of expressing it,