Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-02-17
COMMUNITY CLUB
SERVED LUNCHEON
PROMINENT SPEAKER OF BOONE
SPECIAL FEATURE OF MEET
ING LAST NIGHT


Quite a good number of the men,
bers of the Community Club met at
the X. of p. hall last evening to hear
III. s. Foster, of Boone, in an enthus-
iastic address on the aims and pur-
poses of Community Clubs and kim
dred organizations. The speaker,
brought many new thoughts to the
Club which could be applied to Au-
dubon's advantage to nicely. Mr..
Foster is at present secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce of the city of
Boone and is thoroughly conversant
with the needs of his own organiza-
ton. Not only Of organizations fit
ted to function in cities the size or
Boone, but of organizations Of equal
import to towns the size of Audubon.
Mr.. Foster left many valuable sug-
gestions and a number of them no
doubt will be given a try-out in the
near future. He said that here In
Audubon we would find the same
difficulties found elsewhere, for hui
mainly is pretty much the same in
all parts of the country. He urged
a closer association between the bus
mess man of the town and the bust
ness man of the country, for said he,
"the farmer is one of the largest bus
mess men we have; his investments
in land and equipment totals much
more than some OF the largest mer-
camille establishments in the town;
the farmer is conducting his business
on business principles and the inter-
ests of one is identical with that OF
the other" Mr.. Foster is a pleasant
gentleman to meet and all who at
tended last nights meeting were
more than delighted with his visit
to Audubon.
Following the talk by Mr.. Foster
luncheon was served and a social
hour enjoyed, winding up with a
smoker.
1t was a special meeting of the
Club which had been called to dis
pose of some important matters that
required immediate attention.
The first matter to be brought to
the attention OF the Club was the re-
quest from the American Legion
asking the cooperation of the Club
in securing good speaker for Dec
grafton day. The Legion was able
to secure the State Adjutant, Mr..
McNider, IL arrangements could be
made at once. A number of the large
cities were after him for the same
purpose, but he promised to come
to Audubon IL the matter could be
disposed of at once. Mr.. McNider
is one of the best young speakers in
Iowa and the Club considered them
selves quite fortunate in being able
to secure him for the address on
that day. The Club was unanimous
in its request that Mr.. McNider be
secured.
The matter of the band concerts
for the summer months was next
discussed. 1t was the unanimous
opinion of all present that the week
ly open air concerts were paying
| investment for the community. A
number of the members of The band
were present and they stated the
band was ready to play during the
summer, but that It was necessary
to secure leader. Mr.. Powers, one
of the well-known band leaders OF
the state, had offered the band a
good proposition which carried with
it provision that he be paid $40 a
month for three months, or until the
concert season began. During that
time he would direct and instruct
the band. The band. of course, was
without funds and they applied to
the, Club for financial assistance.
The Club voted to pay Mr.. Powers
the sum for period of three months
and this action insures band con-
certs for Audubon.
The Club also sought to assist in
raising funds for the European Re-
lief Council. The Club proposed to
assist the Crescent theatre in putting
over a program that would bring in
a substantial sum to be sent for re-
lief to the starving children in Eu-
rope. The manager of the Crescent
theatre offered the free use OF the
house, the newspapers of the city Of
fered free advertising space in their
papers, and the Club offered to pay
the price OF the film for the benefit
show to be given sometime in the
near future. A committee of three
was appointed. comprising A. Farqu-
har. p. A. Rasmussen and Walter
Williams to consult with the owner
of the theatre and to make the nee
essary arrangements.
Supt. McIntire was present and
he said he could promise good, live
working committee from the public
school who would make a thorough
canvass for the sale of tickets to this
benefit show. This action no doubt
will meet with favor with the citi-
zens of Audubon and vicinity. Prac-
tically every one would purchase a
ticket. inasmuch as the proceeds
would go toward a worthy cause. A
more detailed statement will be pub
lished in later issue of the Audi
bon papers concerning this matter.