Putnam patriot., 1924-11-21
DADS AND SONS
 IN JOINT BANQUET
Sons Need Dads For Pals.- Companionship Beneficial to
 Both
Songs, Talk, Music and Pisnty of Hi-
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Over l60 men and boys Of Putnam and surrounding towns were present at the third annual Father and Son banquet held Wednesday evening at the Second Congregational church, then Dr. Winfield S Hail noted writ CT and lecturer on social hygiene and social problems. was the principal speaker
 The banquet was served at 6.30 to the largest crowd of fathers and sons ever to attend an affair of it's kind in Putnam. The principal dish was Hi-Y goulash. a meat and vegetable com hiEatien. termed saeh by the chief eook, Mrs. N j. Bartlett. m nouor of the Putnam Hi-Y Club. by whom the arrangements for the affair were made. Ice cream. cake and coffee were also served.
 Before and during the dinner the Putnam High School orchestra played They also furnished the music when Dads and Lads" songs were sung un- der the leadership of John + Corbett. County Y. M. (. i. secretary The only solo numbers were two flute se- lectious by Paul Wheaton
 After the dinner the first speaker introduced by Postmaster R. C. Jen- kins was F. l.. Robinson. principal Of Putnam High school. Mir. Robinson spoke on A Fathers Duty te His Son 4 he talked his son Raymond listened eagerly storing up informa- ton for future reference, no doubt The principal urged that fathers should be living examples after which their sons might pattern
 "If We're Dad"
 On behalf Of the boys. Robert E. Bruce, student at the high school. re- pIied with brief talk on What l Would Do If | Were d Dad" He ap- preached the subject very tactfully His point was to show to fathers the boys need of pal and how they might fill that need. He told them to make themselves companions to their hoys. ;o give them every possible mo- ment they could spare from their work. He emphasized that the fathers would benefit from this comradship to nearly as great an extent as the boys.
 He classified as the bunk. the old saving that .Y0u cant teach an old dog new tricks when applied to man kind, and urged fathers to discover for themselves how easy 1t is to learn new things.
 What the "" Does
 County Secretary Corbett. talking on the subject. "The Red Triangle. told how the Y N C. 4. endeavored to develop the youth of the land sym metrieally. building up the physical, moral and intellectual side at the same time. He said that there are this year ten s.f" groups in the county, with 250 members. and that the organiza- tion is experiencing it's most successful year.
 Edward Scott Duffy, leader of the Putnam Hi-Y Club. one of the most active groups of the I told of some of the doing of that group. and of others of it's kind iu the country.
 Minot Horne. r, H <. '25. gave q description of the program carried on at Camp Woodstock. the camp which the Y M C. A of Hartford, Holland and Nindham Counties has establish ed on the shore of Black Pond. Wood stock Valley Mr Horne is probably the most eloquent speaker among the Y. M C. 4. youths of Putnam. His description of the camp was one which must have instilied into the hearts of many of the boys who heard him. desire 10 go to camp next summer.
 An Educational Talk
 Dr. Halls talk coming next. was the last on the program. His was an ed ueatianai message tn the boys and their fathers He told of some of his experiences as a boy, and later as father of boys He described the growth of the boy into manhood and the dangers which ignorance of the facts of life puts in his way
 Though the Ili-Y Club formulated the plans for the affair and put many of them through. the evening would not have been success but for the ef- forts of the Rotary Annes. who served the supper. and the work put in by many local business men, One plan which has worked very successfully in past years was again used this year, Men without boys were urged to adopt for the evening youths who have no fathers. or whose fathers were unable to come. This arrangement worked very successfully. and it is eonserv- ative estimate that nne-third of the people at the dinner were related in this manner.