Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-01-28
PLUMBERS DOPE CAN

The last regular meeting of Local
No. 271 will go down in history as
one of the most successful and elab-
crate ever held by this organization,
taken from a business, social and en-
tertainment standpoint.
The meeting was opened promptly
at 7 o'clock by our Worthy President
Guy Nutter, who handled the business
with a speed that rivaled the "Fliver."
When we consider that he disposed of
twenty seven communications, eight
committeeman and sixteen griev-
ances, within an hour and half we
get some idea of the high test gas
this boy was consuming.
At this meeting we held the regular
installation of officers, this ceremony
was very impressive and we gathered
much food for thought, as each Of
ficer was obligated and charged with
the duties of his office, and made to
feel the honor and trust his fellow
associates had bestowed upon him by
choosing him for office.
AS this was the date of one of
those "Banquets" for which Local No.
271 has grown famous, President
Nutter dispensed with the remainder
of the business and called the mem
bers, from Labor to Refreshments.
The Refreshment Committee had ex-
tended an invitation to all the Master
(Boss) Plumbers to be with US to
take part in the Chicken eating con-
test between masters and journey
men. Covers should have been laid
on three tables, but this part of the
program unfortunately had to be
omitted as Bro. Kelley lost the table
clothes before he reached the hall.
The masters said for US not to worry
as they never used any at home, so
We got away with it. But after the
committee had placed all the trim
mings on the tables in the form of
eatables there was no room for covers.
Pres. Guy Nutter occupied the chair
at the head of the table, which place
he filled with such dignity that to
those at the other end of the table,
he looked like President Harding at
his inaugural, and after he had con-
sumed three whole chickens, every
body agreed that he was entitled to
sit at the head of the table.
Mr.. o. D. Hollar's was the only
vacant chair among the masters, and
as he was billed as the chief speaker
of the evening, a search warrant was
soon gotten out and committee ap-
pointed to bring him in. They visited
all of the theatres, dances and places
of amusement, but found no trace of
O. D., and were just ready to report
back, when they heard great COM
motion in the west end; at first they
thought it was fire, but on closer
inspection they discovered that the
great cloud of dust and sparks came
from a pick and shovel being used
by Mr.. Hollar trying to dig his
dodge" out of a sink hole into which
it had settled for the night. At first
the committee was afraid to approach
very close to the scene of action, as
there were strange words ascending
into the air-stranger than they had
ever heard before, but being seasoned
plumbers, at last they made them
selves known and offered the use of
their own car; but o. D. decided that
by the time he could rearrange his
toilet the banquet would be over The
committee then instructed Mr.. Hollar
to keep on digging and that they
would return with a plate of the
choicest cuts from the chicken. Their
intentions were good, but when they
returned to the hall they found that
Charley Edmunds and Orlando Nutter
had made such a mess of those six
teen chickens that there wasn't a
piece left presentable for Mr.. Hollar.