The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-03-18
DADS AND SONS
RALLY ROUND
BANQUET BOARD
First Get-Together Affair Packs
Every Foot of Space in the
Baptist Basement
BOYS ARE GOOD SPEAKERS
As Result there are Many New-Found
Friends Among Men and Boys
of the Community

A lot of Kennewick fellows, their
features wreathed with kindly interest
are today speaking to one another as
they meet on the street. Some of the
fellows hair has grown gray or fled
with age, while others are still hap
py in the awkardness of youth. A
week ago they passed each other un-
noticed for they were strangers. They
discovered each other at the fathers
and sons banquet at the Baptist
church Friday evening.
Few affairs of community nature
have been pulled off with greater sue
cess or more pronounced enthusiasm
on the part of the participants. Ev-
cry place at the banquet. table was
filled and still they came, two by two,
dad and son. The stove was taken
down that father and son might
squeeze in at the end of an already
crowded table; small table was hust-
led out Of nowhere and placed on the
Z little, platform at the end of the room
in order that another father and son
might be accommodated. In all about
10 men and boys sat at the tables.
Some Of the fathers were improvised
and some of the sons borrowed for the
evening, but these new-formed friend
ships only contributed novelty and
pleasure to the evening. While the
banquet was delightfully."- informal
from start to finish, the real signifi-
canoe of the occasion was not forgot
ten. Those who spoke for the dads
showed they realized the banquet was
no more or less than public acknow-
Judgement of the mans debt to the
boy and the boy speakers accepted
the tribute in the spirit that no trib-
ute is worth while unless it is de-
served.
The speaking of the evening was
opened by F. j. Arnold, who respond
ed to "Our Boys, It's Great. to be
Their Fathers" He briefly explained
the "why" of observing fathers and
sons week thruout the nation and said
that as the fathers of today look for
ward to the problems Of tomorrow
which were to be met and solved by
their sons they realized that it is in
deed great to be the fathers of the
men of tomorrow.
During the evening Frank Maupin,
Don Cresswell, Jr., Eugene Hawkins
and Winnifred Winkenwerder respond
ed for the boys. Each of the youth
full speakers gave evidence that he
had given not little thought to his
subject. Master Cresswell won the
admiration of all the dads with his
stirring appeal for the boys to be pre-
pared to uphold the future honor of
America as a nation, while young
Hawkins made one of the big hits of
the evening by the forceful and ear
est manner in which he presented his
subject, what We Expect of Our
Dads"
NJ. M. Moulton emphasized the ne
cessity for general community inter-
est in the welfare of the young man
hood. II cannot raise my three girls
in the community as they should be
raised, nor can Mr.. Johnson raise his
three boys as they should be raised
unless someone besides ourselves, is
not only interested, but takes an ac-
tive interest in their welfare" he de-
clared. He deplored the all too COM
mon tendency toward Indifference In
providing clean and wholesome envi-
ronment for the young people OF the
community. He took the churches ra-
tner severely to task for failure to fui-
nj their mission in the community be-
cause of doctrinal differences. He said
they have stood in their own light
more concerned about the methods and
evidence of conversion and apparent
" more interested in the other fel-
lows religious belief or habits of wor-
ship than in the real welfare of the
whole people. He said that in addi-
ton to the home and the school the
church was the one agency which
should be able to provide proper en-
vironment for the youth of the COM
munity but that it had failed to enlist
the cooperation of the community be-
cause of lack of cooperation within