The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-02-04
Hoover
BANQUET
THURSDAY

Service Above Self" IS the Ro-
tartan motto that IS guiding the com
mittee that today is in third speed
with chains on all tires to make the
invisible guest" dinner to aid Hoov-
er's European relief the most notable
event in the history Of Hammond.
The banquet IS to be held next
Thursday.
There will be no speeches by local
citizens. Self effacement VIII be the
rule. Today strenuous efforts are to
be made to induce Charles C. Dawes
and Judge Kennasaw lands of Chi
cago to make twenty or thirty minute
addresses
The banquet hall has been selected.
Il IS to be the S. and S. garage: the
new building at the corner Of Sibley
and state Line streets. This Is the
only place in the city where $50 to J.
900 people can be seated at one time.
The dinner IS to cost from $1,000 to
$4,000 a plate and the menu Is to be
as follows
The dinner Is to be organized on the
SOup-Crackers
basis that your $1,000 will be as good
as the wealthy mans 10000 No one
will know what neighbor's pastboard
cost him. With hundreds Of thou
sands Of children starving your con
science Will be your guide.
The banquet IS being put on by the
Hammond Rotary club. Its 35 mem
bers together with 35 others from out
side the membership are to constitute
a committee OF 10 which is to assure
tho success of the DrofaCf
Last evening the executive commit
tee met. By today wonders had been
accomplished. The tickets have been
printed and numbered. the arrange
ments for the speakers are under way
the sale of tickets has been organized
Every member of the committee OF 20
has something to do.
There will be none If the usual
characteristics or banquet. NoI
toastmaster. no speakers struggling
to the limelght. There will be no lime
light The tables will be set for serv-
ing soup and crackers.
The meeting win be opened with an
Invocation. The president OF thee> Ro-
tary club viii simply Introduce the
speakers. There talks over the meet
ing will be closed with a benediction
and the crowd will go home.
That Is the spirit OF Rotary. the true
7pirit OF charity. It IS estimated that
oetween s5,ooO.oo and 100000 will be
-aised. 1t will be part of the s33.-
000.OOo.00 that Hoover will raise for
European relief before the war IS over
President T. r. Tenant OF the Ham
nond Rotary club. has selected the
following committees:
J. A. Armstrong. Henry P. Conkey.
Morse Dell Plain. Chas. s. Fletcher
George Hannauer, Or. + S. Jones. Os-
ar A. Krinbin. Henry 4. Lanman. r
T. McHie. Prof. Edwin S. Monroe. Fred
,. Paige. Jr., Chas. a Perry. DR. Z.
" Shanklin. Dr. Geo. L. Smith, Verne
c. Summers. Joseph Thompson. Roscoe
E. Woods. VIM. Beatty. George NJ. Cha
oin, Fred c. Crumpacker. VIM. NJ Els
tun, Frank Hammond. E. n. Jacobson
carl kaufman. Herbert A. Lamprell
Rev. r. .. Iicklider. julius II. Meyn
Paul G. Moorhead, william G. Paxton
Conan Scott. Or Harry f. Sharrer. y
j. Steelman, Thomas r. Tennant. c
Herman Thorby william H Fehrman
and Roy See.
Also the following citizens have
been selected 70 act with the Rotary
club in putting over the invisible guest
banquet for the Hoover European Re-
lief commission:
s Ableman. r. z. DAILY. W. Ahlborn
Or. Holly. Ed Burns. ". D. Connolly
Adolph Hirsch. Or. Robert Gillis. Ed
ward Boiling. J. A. Gavit, c. True. W
Hastings. A Marko. Theo. Moor. L
Brahos. W. Maginot. Central Signal
B. Austin. Frank S. Betz. Q
Carlson. J. wilhelm, II. Downey. Or.
W. D. VETS. Geo. H. vincett. ". r
Lawless. John L Rohde. John Zitz. f.
Bunnell. z. Dibos. X Bartlett. II. Kell-
ner. c. Surprise, DIT. II. G. Groman. r
Q. Winkler. Geo. Geyer, f. c. Mnas
and r. Fudge
General committee: T. r. Tennant.
4. NJ, Turner. r. Fl. McHie. c. Kauf-
mann. F. J. O'Rourke. H. E. Sharrer.
chairman