The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-25
FATHERS AND SONS
FEAST WAS Event
Handsome Banquet Held
At GAINESVILLE
ADDRESSES WERE GIVEN
Closer Community Interest Ad-
dressed BY The Several Well
Known Speakers
Especial to The Free Press.l


PlonaOiy three hundred persons sat
down to father and son banquet al
the Masonic hall in. this place last
evening. This splendid social affair
was put on by the kumjoinus club an
Organization ii young people which
although ii originated in the Meth
OdlSt church Is interdenominationaI
community as whole. The ladies
OF the church who assisted the CUB
IN the Preparation or the banquet
certainly arranged most delicious
anu appeuLlng dinner that they com
henceu serving promptty at b:45 al
ter the Invocation had been pronounc
ed Dy the Pastor Rev. Davidson. The
menu served is as follows:
Roast Chicken Gravy.
Dressing. Masueu fOLaLoeS,
CrauDefry Jell.
Pine AppIv DaVaIIan Cream.
CAKE Coffee.
At the close of the uluner a number
OF Speeches and tUasCs were given.
Professor l.. W. Wichrle, superlnten
dent oil schools i'll this pace, acted
as POSTMASTER and in an abe man
lie presented eacn OF the SPEAKERS.
At,oI ney X. X. Blown was first called
anu responded to the toast, "To A
Boy" He laid stress upon the ris-
lns generation as the hope Of the
nation and advise all to seek some
worthy ambition and follow it through
lite which is hard game and q
mans job. Mr.. Browns speech was
Well received by the audience and
he is justly entitled to a place as
one OF the foremost speakers of the
state.
Father Condron was next introduc.
ed and after paying lofty tribute
to the local attorney, he made an in
spring plea for a closer and better
relationship whereby all shall pull to-
gether unitedly for the good of the
community. The third speaker of the
evening was the editor OF The Argus,
j. A. Henry, who profoundly i'm
pressed his hearers with the need OF
closer and closer friendliness be-
tween the father and son. The "a.
Their is the most powerful factor In
zxainrle 0f TIE besf there is Id lie
10 the boys Boys when old enough
to leave home should never forget
their parents, especially the father
and they should always write let
tiers to their parents at least once
friendship closely bound.
Rev. Davidson, the Methodist pas
tor was the last speaker on the part
of the men and spoke of the general
uplifting Influence which this ban
quet was expected to exert upon the
village and vicinity. Lawrence Roise,
a high school student, was the last
speaker, on the program ard respond
ed to the toast on behalf of the boys
and young men and made a most
pleasing extemporaneous speech for
young men on the duties boys owe to
the folks. Music for the occ" sion was
rendered by the high school orches-
ira. A selection On the piano and a
song America were features. The dec
orations were most beautifully ar
ranged and consisted of strings of
flags and colored bunting. The event
was assuredly inspiring and it augurs
well for the community to behold the
different denominations pulling toge-
Their. The Kumjoinus club is the out
growth of a move started by Miss
Mable Baker. the daughter of pros
porous and influential farmer near
GAINESVILLE. The young lady is a grad
uate of the GAINESVILLE high school and
of Hamline university. She has also
taken some work at the state univer-
sity and she certainly deserves an
immense amount of credit and com
mendation as community organizer
among the young people. The clubs
which she founded in GAINESVILLE is
very broadly organized without re-
gard to church and is an athletic and
social society and aims to provide
sound entertainment for its members
under the most wholesome AUSPICES.
GAINESVILLE has already become widely
known over the man of the state be-
cause of the distinction of its women
In civic and political affairs. Mrs.
Dieudnnne put GAINESVILLE and Waseca
Z county upon the map of the state and
nation because she carried the cleo
toriaI vote of the state to WASHINGTON
at the time of the Harding e'ecion
And she is also widely known in con-
.nection with the Women's League Of
voters and in connection with child
welfare. Mrs. La Du, another former
GAINESVILLE lady, is member of the
of Governor Preus. And now Miss
Baker comes forward in religious and
in community work and il is the can
did onjnion that on account of her
tremendously fine and uplifting per
sonalitv over younP people her splen
did executive canacity and keen in
SIGHT she is rapidlv forging to the
front where she will win state and
even nationwide influence as an or
HPniZer of vorng people. She was In
ta'ded and educated for Methodist
Missionary to China but because Of
she larperess Of her canahilities IL is
honed that she remains in GAINESVILLE
end Minnesota to do a work that is
ro-rh headed at home Tt is the wish
Of all that this BANQUET is only tho
jfrst of what shall become An annual
AFFAIR and that If shal crvstalize the
SIreadv noticeable tendency of the
coromunitv tn act for the common
welfare and hack anv, nrovision for
wholesome entertainment for young
people.