The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-02-16
GALA NIGHT
FOR SCOUTS
At TEMPLE:

Efx hundred boys and their DADS. real
or adopted. lsst nigh. b&noueesd At
tho Masonic Temple
It was the annual father and SON
feast of sne Hammond Boy acouta
II wasn't merely a success: IL was &
ringing. cheering riot OF exuoerant
youth: insatisole appetises: contagious
good Fellowship
In Scout annals it's q red letter
event thts annual feteing of sons and
fathers It's for ali the boys None Is
overlooked Every scout was taken
care Of. Some were present with their
real dads; others had adopted dads,
ana some dads had many sons" whom
they probably didn't know existed un-
til a few minutes before the banquet
began.
Virtually every Worthwhile business
and professional man In Hammond was
there last night II hs wasn't hie
ebsence resulted only from some grave
obstacle.
In numerical order the eighteen
scout troops tramred into tho brilliant
ly lighted banoueting room ana With
little friction ranged themselves along
the seven long tables
2. J. Mann opened the gathering with
a scrg In which ali 500 men and boye
Joined
Reverend Sharp pronounced invoca-
ton.
And the food tcust was ont
Great indeed was the slaughter OF
the Juicy beef steaks; che thick. spicy
gravy: the creamy potatoes; the de-
I,cious buns: the cold elaw; the coffee
and chocolate
And when IL came 20 the See crcaIrl
II all the scout mouths that opened
with avidity to the Ice cream last
night could be made into composite
nav. and all the cream that was con-
surned into hill. watchers would wit
ness the spectacle of an avalanche OF
Ice cream descending unhsndered. un-
lncumbered. into the opening OF an
sperature. the bottom of which eeem-
ingly does not exist
This writer personally gaw tAree
plates OF Ice cream disappear into one
boy.
Ana they still quote Oliver Twist!
Tie feed was prepared and SERVED
by the mothers OF the boys Eighty
mothers, sisters. school teachers. and
women friends hustled with hectic
pleasure cutting. scocping. replacing
the rapidly diminishing food supply.
The president OF the scoue council. the
scout executive and other officers free
ly admit that the success OF the won
Gerful banquet was due TO the gener-
Gus and faithful cooperation CT the
women who worked" the Kitchen
For entertainment there was ns-
gician and polyphonist- Both wcre er-
ceilent. The former with his NEGRO
n1ancins brought startled obs and
"ahs" from all parts OF the room;
sorae boys got go excited they fell out
Of their chairs; George Hannsuer. Joe
Meyers, and some others were voiun-
tarv coadjutors OF the ma gle maker.
The poiyphonist initiated every
sound from the village pump to Mis-
sissipoi slde-wheeler. He was reser-
yoir Of familiar noises and the boys
got many G hearty laugh from his per-
formarcc.
between bites the several troops
carried on cheering battle. Rivalry
among the troops in reference 20 har-
uonious iung-power seems TO be very
keen. First one troop then another
would cheer. Troop One evidenced the
most careful training; while Troop
Nine seerned TO win for iustiness. For
the smallest cheer leader Troops Six
and Eleven seem TO be tied
Jesse Wilson who presided introduce
ed r. C. Pierce. president of the scout
council. Mr. Pierce then called upon
the s.bie scout executive. I. K Scott
who asked each scout master to rise
and announce his assistant scout mas
ter and scout coUncilmen-
From start co finish tho banquet was
one Of pep and harmony. 1t was
unfque, TOO, that no personality OF the
many that flashed across the wrapt at
tention OF the boys seemed to have
been submerged by tho completeness
OF the affair Enthusiasm reigned-
And as George Hannauer said:
when we begin our drive for scout
funds next week to continue this work
Tor another year, let no man renig;
and no man who's here tonight viii
renIs This is one OF the greatest or
ranixattons IN Hammond"