The Ward County independent., 1921-02-10
1900 ATTEND FATHER R.S0N BAN
QuET; E. c. WALC0TT SPOKE

The third annual Father and Son
banquet was given at the high school
auditorium Tuesday evening and was
and boys than ever before attended, it
being estimated that fully 1900 were
| present.
| The banquet was given under the
auspices of the Minot Rotary club,
which organization has taken much in
terest in boys work. Everyone at
tending had the finest kind Of time
and many expressed wish that the
function would come more frequent
ly.
1t was truly wonderful sight to
see the men and boys mingling and
the daddies undoubtedly enjoyed the
evening as much as the laddies.
The Y. w. c. A. served the supper.
One ticket which sold for dollar en-
titled man and one boy to parrake
of the feed and to enjoy the enter
tainment. Lunch boxes were pro
vided, each containing enough. sand
wiches, deviled eggs, cheese. and
oranges for two. Coffee was also
served. The entire service was in
charge Of the Y. W. G. A., and the
profits for the evening will be turned
over to the Boy Scout summer camp
fund. 1t is estimated that tie fund
will receive in the neighborhood of
$4,000 from this one nights work.
During the supper hour, John +.
Howard's high school band gave &
very enjoyable concert, being compel
led to respond to encore after enecre.
President A. D. MCDANIEL of the
Rotary club, gave short talk ex
planning the evenings program. He
apologized for the service, as the ladies
had prepared for crowd Of only 800
whereas the crowd was so per cent
larger. He asked that all be patient
while the ladies prepared additiona;
food. Everyone was served in good
time. Rev. P. w. Erickson invoked
the divine blessing. Supt: White Of
the city schools acted as chairman Of
the evening. Carter and Morgan, of
the Chocolate Shop, appeared in songs
and jazz music. J. H. Cotton led in
singing selections from the Army song
book, Mrs. Cotton accompanying or
the piano.
Supt. Schuvled Anderson of the
Surrey schools sang two very enjoy
able solos. Mrs. Howard accompany
ing him. Phillips and Montgomery
gave one Of the delightful vaudeville
sketches.
The octette of high school boys,
under the direction of Miss Eldrice
Nelson sang two especially enjoyable
numbers.
Prof. Geo. Mueller and the Boy
Scouts Troop No. gave fine drill.
An interesting wrestling match be-
tween Frisco Bob" of Minot and Jack
McGinty Of Palermo was good.
One of the very best addresses ever
heard in Minot was delivered by E. G.
Walcott, general Y. M. C. A. secretary
from Sioux City, la. Mr.. Walcott has
just the style that appeals to the boy,
He urged closer relationship be-
tween father and son. He stated that
this was the biggest Father and Son
night he had attended in ten years.
He said he had not been in Minot
long before he discovered that the
chief product of the city was our
boys. The benefits from such lee
ture cannot be figured in dollars and
cents, otherwise it would run up into
thousands Of dollars.
One of the most enjoyable num-
bers Of the evening was boxing con
test between two little boys, Birch
Reed and Francis Mcdonald. Dave
Phillips made an ideal referee.
The final number Of the program
created much CONSERVATION on the
part of many of the boys. John E.
Howard had just started to play
number on his $4,000 violin. Some
one yelled Rotten. Howard invited
anyone who thot he could do better
to step up onto the platform. John
Mcguire accepted the invitation. He
started to play, broke two strings and
then to the horror Of the youngsters,
the violin broke to pieces. Mcclure
disgustingly tramped on them. The
fiddle happened to be an old one pro-
cured to fool the kids. The young
sters were about ready to mob Nc
Guire when they learned the whole
thing was a farce.