Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-18
HONOR IS DONE
DADS AND SONS
WITH. BANQUET
Plan Elaborate Program In Keep
ing With National Week
Of Observance.

TWO good buddteS Will shake
hands and renew their pledges of
comradeship tomorrow and Friday
evening, when every father and his
son sit down TO the annual father
and son week" banquet in most of
the churches in the city and at the
Y. M. C. A.
The events will be the culmina-
ton of a week set aside through
out the country as time for the
fostering Of the spirit OF good fell
lowship between fathers and their
sons. Churches in Rock Island are
observing it with special sermons
on Sunday. and with elaborate pro-
grams in connection with their ban
quets.
The ladies' aids or other women's
organizations are in most instances
serving the dinners. Every church
member and all the boys are es-
pecially invited.
The following program will be
the offering of the Memorial Chris
tian church during and after its
banquet at $50 O'Clock tomorrow
evening:
"America"-All.
Music-Edward Lamp.
Address Of welcome W. c. Min
nick.
Response-M. "A. McCone.
Song, improyised by L. E. Vests
class.
Experiences as a teacher-W. F..
kaupke.
what My Boy is to Me"-Lewis
]. Kincaid.
"Why 1 Like Dad"-John Ed
wards.
Family History"-Harry Shiffer.
Address-Rev. W. B. Slater OF
Moline.
Grand professional by cooks and
mattresses.
BLESSED Be the Tie That Binds
ALI.
Benediction-Dr. P. H. Edwards,
w. B. Mcintyre Speaker.
The Spencer Memorial Methodist
church will have w. B. Mcintyre as
| its speaker at the banquet tomor-
row evening, and to his address
responses will be made by num-
Der of fathers and sons. W. H
Moody will act as POSTMASTER
There will be music by quartet
and the audience will join in spec
ial songs.
The First Methodist church will
also banquet its men members to-
morrow. Speakers for the evening
will be Rev. Samuel Van Pelt, A
NJ. Bruner with an address to faith
ers, ]. F. Witter, who will speak tC
young men, and Carl Anderson, who
will address the boys.
At the Second Christian church
the following program will b.
given:
Address,. J. Searle, Sr.
| Music-Men's quartet Of FRS
Christian church, Davenport.
| Duet - Clifford and Margare
Cook.
Talk to fathers-Robert Atkin
son.
/ Music Jack Cook.
Reading-Margaret Cook.
Trio of stringed Instruments
Howard, Aideth and F. ]. Ressele
Song-All.
Dorm Boys Play Father.
At the Y. M. c. A. the member
of the dorm club and others in tn
building not affiliated with an
church will play father to as man
! lads who would like to participat
,, in the banquet. Any other men il
the city who do not expect to atten
a church banquet are also invite
:. to the Y. M. c. A. this evening.
l Rev. W. G. Oglevee will address
the boys, and James Algie will Civ
! Scotch songs and stories. Paine
! Nestander will furnish music, an
I Edna Simonds will read.
At Gloria Del United Presbyter
ian church, the program of tn
evening will be interspersed by in
g teresting experiences of father
$ and sons, and the orchestra wi
play a number of selections. Th
!, program will be:
4 Song, Raise a Song to Ever
Father"-All.
!, Invocation-A father.
"a Fathers Blessing Mani
Norton.
my Father"-Edna White.
Duet-Mrs. Arthur Radford an
Mrs. Fred Clayton.
Reading, "Boys"-Clyde Case.
Reading, "Chums"-A boy.
Qualities of a Good Father
Devore Simonson.
u Reading-Elscer Banks.
II Address-John H. Hauberg.
II Rev. Charles Mann will be tn
!, POSTMASTER.
!. The program for other banque,
= is as follows:
4 First Baptist church-Frida
evening.
Edgewood Baptist church-T,
\. morrow evening.
e Fifteenth Avenue Christia
:, churth-Tomorrow evening.
\. First Swedish Lutheran church
e Friday evening.
: First United PresbyteTian-Tt
morrow evening.
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