Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-11
ANNUAL BANQUET Of
c. OF {. TO BE: HELD
IN ARNORY OCT. 81
DATE OF BIG SPREAD is AN.
NOUNCED THIS MORNING
COMM SSloNER WILLIAM BRAD.
LEY IN CHARGE OF PROGRAM.

October 3lst, the night the ghosts
walk, is the date for the Chamber
of Commerce first annual banquet.
The Executive Committee headed by
William Bradley is certain that it
will put onanevent at the close of the
fiscal year that will attract all of the
members of the Chamber and realiz.
ing that dry talks and reports are not
an attraction, they have made secret
plans to draw everyone into the
Armory on the night of the 3lst when
the crowd will be happy to witness
the entertainment and other festiyi
ties.
The Chamber of Commerce Direc-
tors and Officers are elected annually
on the third Monday in November. 1t
is the intention of the committee to
give the present men in Office an op-
portunity to account for their steward
ship and with eighteen directors, /
three officers. exofficio directors it
will be some job for the speakers, |
committee, headed by John Schu-
macher, to arrange time for those de-
string to talk. The business part of
the melting while most important will /
necessarily have to be rather brief in /
order to carry out the entertainment (
program which will be the drawing
card
G. B. Grover, a man Of local reputa
tion for joy maker, has been burden
ed with the responsibilities of the en-
tertainment part of the program
Charlie is one of those kind of fellows .
who believes in getting behind good
proposition and making it a success.
The other members of the committee,
and in fact everyone, are ready to
lend their kind assistance for on Hal /
lowene there is a peculiar atmos [.
pheric condition that kind of sets our
blood a tinging and brings back youth {.
energy and a desire to give vent to
ones feelings in some kind of clean |
festivities. There will be music, sing
ing corn and pumpkins, witches, elfs,
fairies and OF course few grave
yard ghosts to keep the crowd from
going to sleep,
w. f. Howard has that part of the
work to DO that creates the most la
Dor for himself and the greatest en-
joyment for his friends; the thing
from which the event adapts its name,
banquet committee,
The catering, menu, price, time, |
decorations and few other burden /
some details will give friend Howard
something to think about from now
until the first of November OF course
the feed will be something rather
elaborate for with prices down every
one expects to see one of the biggest
and best plates and courses served at
any banquet previously held in Otta-
will be left to the indulgent Mr.
Howard to have and to hold till the
essence Of life is served.
Enough tickets will be printed to ac
commodate the five hundred members
of the Chamber of Commerce and toI
all interested citizens who might want
to learn about some of the things that
the organization has accomplished
and help make plans for the future
on general arrangements and the ser
vices of T. B. Leamy have been Sc
cured with assurance from him that
he will do his best for While the date
has no pleasant memories for him, as
he was wounded in France two years
ago on the thirty-first of this month
but as long as it is the birthday OF
Secretary Carroll he will gather in
an army to see that the event is suit
ably carried on in keeping with the
notable anniversaries that have al
readybeen recorded and any others
that may come to the attention of the
committee.
Of course the meeting is to fitting
ly round out the first year of the re
organized Chamber of Commerce and
the business end of the meeting will
by no means be overlooked and every
effort made to renew interest to keep
the organization alive so that it can
carry on the work for which it is in
tended.