Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1922-03-02
"IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH

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operation was established in our city on
Wednesday, Feb. end, the anniversary
of Washington's birth, when POD men
and boys Of Mineral Point sat down TO
a Father-and Son banquet in the Ma
sonic Temple dining rooms. This took
place in the evening.
The event was noteworthy in many
particulars. 1t was the first gathering
of this nature ever held here and, by
general verdict, was pronounced the
biggest boost for fathers and sons to
share in each others duties and re-
sponsibilities, plays and works, and
grow up as pals. that could possibly
have been staged.
The two or three initial movers of
the affair surrounded themselves with
a committee of twelve earnest and ac-
tive workers, composed of ministers
and laymen of three of our influential
churches The idea was not long taking
a good root. and the committee was
soon swamped, so to speak. with hosts
Of able supporters both men and boys.
1t will ever remain bright spot on
memory's page when this great crowd
of fathers and sons marched in pairs
from the new Masonic club rooms to
the banquet halls below, while the Con-
gregationa S. S. orchestra played
Coward Christian Soldiers" DR.. II.
S. Huxtable was song leader and mas
ter of ceremonies, and when all We're
at their places around the tables, The
Battle Hymn of The Republic was sung,
after which George Crawford gave a
fitting invocation. and then the banquet
was ION" "a real spread, "and then
some" served by the Eastern Star
ladies' Not only was the meal of the
Star kind, but the seryice.of the wait
resses at the tables was of the Star
variety
After the first feast was ended, the
tables were cleared in readiness for the
second spread, which consisted of
strong, rile.addresses, readings, music
and songs.
The first speaker of the evening was
Justice NJ b. Rosenburry of the Wis
consin State Supreme Court. Justice
Rosenburry is big man physically, but
all lNso heard him agreed that he is
eveks bigger in common sense, good
judg nent. and in his grip on the worth
while. andsenduring things of life. His
plea for fathers and sons. of today to
build their Americanism upon the
foundations laid by Washington and
Lincoln ,wasia thrilling piece of elo-
quence.
Raymond T. jackson. acting as toast
master, introduced as the second speak
err ex-Copgressman A. W. Kopp of
PlatteviIle, Mr. Kopp is not stranger
to our city we like him and have good
reasons for believing he likes US. In
his saIk.. n....behalf of the fathers Mr..
Kopp. was at his best. and told in heart
stirring sentences how the joy and the
hope of the father is at high tide when
his boysis a clean, upright and manly
fellow, and how to help make just this
kind OLA boy very largely depends upon
the father setting clean record and
being confidential chum of his boy.
Mr.. Kopp also paid memorable tribute
to the influence of mothers in the lives
OF boys and men.
Edgar. VIM, one of our local boys,
was next summoned by the presiding
officer, and his response was in behalf
of the sons. Edgar made a telling i'm
pressioniwhen be informed the fathers
that their sons needed their time and
consideration like unto that of their
business in which they may be en-
gagged He also asked for fathers TO
be more companionable with their cons.
MIR Connolly, director of the Epworth
gymnasium, delighted the gathering
with a number of select vocal tenor
solos during the evening, as did also a
male quartet composed of George, Har-
yey and Wilton Huxtable and Henry
Bray. Mr.. b. Dunwiddie and Robert
Neal gave readings that were right in
line with the purpose of the meeting,
and a sons quartet, which included
Albert Johnston, Robt Paynter. Bailey
Vivian and Harry Grange, also brought
its foil quota to the evenings good
cheer. Revs. Schoenfeld and Kirkbride
were the last speakers on the program
and in brief talks summed up the OBJ
iectives to be reached and gained by
the fathers and sons of any community
pooling their efforts and interests II
endeavors to cultivate and maintain the
noblest and highest ideals Of manhood
This first Father and Son banque
, held in the old town came to reverend
close when Rev. j E Cooke spoke thu
evening prayer and pronounced tn
good night benediction.
AS an after thought, II may be addel
!, that the people of every town and cit
? l;ye foo much apart from each other