Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-01-22
FORMER SOLDIERS
ENTER TANNED BY
LADY FORESTERS
Banquet and Program :, Given
by Catholic Ladies in i. Honor
Of jamestown Veterans Of
the World War Monday
Evening.

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More than one hundred and nifty
Of the Jamestown veterans OF the
World War enjoyed banquet in
their honor given by the Lady For
esters of the St. James Catholic
church Monday evening in the Glad
stone hotel dining room. The mess
line formed at seven O'Clock in the
hotel lobby while Father Geraghty
and Major Dana Wright counted the
the men OF, the tables having been
set for about one hundred and twen.
ty persons. After allowing the men
to again experience the thrill (?) OF
standing in line" for few minutes
the doors to the dining room were
opened apd the men marched In to
music furnished by the Rusch orches'
ira.
The dining room and tables were
very tastily decorated with flowers.
lighted candles and small American
flags, even the napkins following out
the patriotic order scheme. Father
Geraghty sat at the head Of the ia.
BILE at the center Of the great hollow
square formed by the other tables
which were arranged around the
edge OF the room. The banquet was
served by the young members Of the
Lady Foresters, the Rusch orchestra
furnishing music during the entire
meal, which consisted Of three
courses.
Following the banquet, all Of those
present stood and sang the 'star
spangled Banner" After the bah
quetArs we're again seated, Mrs. Fred
Stark thanked the ex-service men on
the part: Of the ladies, for their at.
tendance and expressed the JOY
which the ladies felt at the return OF
so many Of the men and the fact that
It was possible for them to gather
in a social way after the trying
months during the war. Mrs. Stark
then called upon Father Geraghty to
extend to the former soldiers the
welcome which the ladies of his par
ish felt toward them on their return.
Father Geraghty talked for few
minutes in his characteristically hui
morous manner on what the people.
of the United States had attempted
to do for the boys while they were in
France, touching on both the state
and national legislation which had
been passed while most Of the young
men were In France giving, or ready
to give, their all for their country.
He said that the people of the United
States had sent them over to do a
mans job and. that during their alb
senca they had. passed laws taking
away all temptation. That while
they had been sent to do, this mans
job some of the people at home had
tried to create world which was
suited for infants and was to their
minds q temptationless Utopia.
He asserted that the Catholic
mother believed that the greatest
work which she could do, however.
was to so rear her sons that they
would be strong to Withstand the
temptations of the world and that il
was by the resisting Of these tempta.
tions rather than by eliminating
them that real manhood was devel-
oped.
Father Geraghty told story Of
how a Frenchman had tried out his
theory that simple sign language
could be worked out so that all men,
regardless Of nationality or language,
could understand. and how the
Frenchman had tried out his theory
on an Irishman, to illustrate that
fact that the same physical object
or the same experience or happening
may convey . very different mean
Ing to different people.
Lauding the mothers Of the order.
of Lady Foresters Of the St. James
Catholic church, Father Geraghty
said that @thirtytsix sons 81 the mem-
bers .of the order had entered the /
arm and that two OF these had Civ
en r their all N the cause; 80. that the !
Lady Foresters service flag contained
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