The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1921-04-01
Large Crowd Has Big
Time At Commercial
Club Annual Banquet

Tuesday evening the Kadoka Com
mercial Club again demonstrated
their ability of putting forth ar
occasion that would draw the fol
ks from all parts of the county to
be their guests on the date of the
Annual Banquet given for visitors
fran all parts of the county. Tu
esday started out as a beautiful
day and every indication was Civ.
en- that the crowd in Kadoka that
evening would tax the capacity o,
the town to take care of them al
but late in the afternoon it begar
to rain and later turned to snow
and many of the farmers then in
town returned to their homes il
anticipation of heavy snow, but
well towards evening the storm
abated and when the opening time
came for the program the Masonic
Temple was filled to overfiowinf
with visitors from all parts of the
country who had come to Kadoka
to be guests of the Commercial
Club in an evening of entertain
ment, visiting and general close,
acquaintanceship and friendship
amongst them all.
In spite of the inclement wealth
er which kept many away, tho
crowd was estimated at over five
hundred, on as close a count a
could be gotten, and it is needless
to say that they had the very best
of a kind of time and wer
loud in their praise Of the aKdok;
Commercial Club for themost en-
joyable evening they provided
them.
The evenings program starte'
off with an entertainment at thu
Masonic temple and when thu
meeting was called to order by
Chairman c. N. Leedom the room
was packed and the crowd over
flowed into the ratc-roo,ns ant
entry way. The entertainment
given consisted Of speaking, voc
al and instrumental music. The
speakers of the evening were At
torneys A. G. Granger, Flagg P
Carlisle and M. X. Easthouse, Of
this place, H. C. Snodgrass of Int
erior, J. E. Kirkham of the State
Highway Commission Of Pierre
and Judge N. D. Burke of Dallas
Each of these gentlemen made ar
interesting talk which was well re
ceived by the audience. The Har-
mony Hounds Orchestra rendered
a number of selections and their
numbers were roundly applauded
The High School Girls Sextette
sang number of selections an6
each time they were greeted with
tremendous applause.
Following the program lunch
was announced-as being ready ir
the dining room and in less than
forty minutes the entire crowd
had been served with lunch con-
sisting of sandwiches, doughnuts
pickles and coffee, and after the
serving of the lunch the dancing
was started and everyone settled
down for the remainder of the ev-
ening at the pasttimes they enjoy
ed the best.
1t was at an early hour of the
morning when the visitors started
leaving for their homes, and on
every hand was heard comments Of
the highest praise for the efforts
put forth by the members of the
Commercial Club to entertainment
their visitors in the enjoyable man
ner in which they had and it was
a common expression that next
year would find them in Kadoka
again, accompanied by all their
neighbors and friends.
The purpose of these annual
banquets given by the Kadoks
Commercial Club are for the pur.
pose of creating a closer feeling
of friendship amongst the people
of the entire County, and that
the purpose is being fulfilled was
shown last Tuesday night by the
hearty manner in which people
from the western portion met anC
visited with those from the east