The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-31
COMMERCIAL CLUB
BANQUETS MEMBERS
Sixty Hnrea Boosters Entertain The
Assembly With Music And
Speeches

The fourteenth annual banquet OF
the Miller Commercial Club. held last
Thursday evening, will go down into
the history of the Club as one of the
most successful. from every stand.
point, that has ever been held.
The bountiful dinner was served in
the auditorium dining room under the
supervision of the Presbyterian La.
dies Aid, and was a very excellent
example of the culinary art. The ban
quet room was p~rettily decorated In
pink and white, and upon each Of the
tables was "a vas of beautiful red
roses, a gift of Mr.. Walker of the
Huron Greenhouse.
A large number of Huron boosters
accompanied the Huron Municipal
Band to this city. and were the guests
of the Club at the banquet. They were
a fine, poppy bunch, and during the
banquet entertained with snatches OF
various songs, notable among which
was Hail, Hail, The Gangs All Here.
and Today Is Monday" The Ameri-
a Legion Glee Club was also per-
suaded to sing, and responded with.
"Mademoiselle From Armentieres." An
especially appropriate little ditty was
sung by the Kiwanis quartette, and
altogether, the most delightful, friend
Illness, goodfellowship and informally
prevailed throughout the entire eve.
ming.
Harlan ]. Bushfield acted as toast
master of the evening, and in his In
~troductory remarks, welcomed the
Huron delegation on behalf Of the
Club. He also referred to the effort
the Club had been making for several
years for a Community Hall, and had
at last seen the elimination of those
efforts.
In response, J. Fl. Foasberg, Presi-
dent of the Huron Chamber of Com
merce, complimented Miller on the
civic spirit which had made possible
the erection of SO fine a community
building. Every town," said Mr.. Foas-
berg. has its building crew, always
working for lettering of the commun-
ity. and its ~'wrecking crew, who al
ways make a practice Of objecting 20
everything proposed, but the building
crew is far o~utnumbering the wreck
ing crew.
John Valentine. secretary of the
Chamber Of Commerce, responded
with the toast South Dakota" "Hav
ing faith in South Dakota, it's institu-
tons and resources" said MIR. yalen-
tine. was one of the best things one
could do for the state.
Dr. b. II. Sprague gave a toast on
Cooperation" illustrating his point
with the very appropriate poem, "The
Old Town Hail."
Following some very pointed and
insiDuating remarks concerning his
principal topic of conversation, name
ly, the Black and Yellow Trail, II. L,
Keyes made an impromptu speech. at
the urge of his Huron friends who ex-
pressed their desire for a speech in
an outburst Of melody. Referring to
a remark made by Mr.. Foasberg that
the distance between towns Is NJ
longer measured by miles but by
hours, Mr.. Reyes amended the re-
mark. asserting that distance on the
Elack and Yellow Trail is measured
in gallons and from Canada in quarts.
After the toasts, the gathering ad-
iourned to the auditorium proper
where the Municipal Band Of Huron
gave a very fine concert, which was
enthusiastically received. The band
had a special interest TO Miller people
as three of the Miller boys and a for
mer resident, Walter futile, Rogers
Simons, Lowell Greene and Carl O.
berg, we're members
A special feature Of the evening was
the distribution of the Miller Booster
edition which was put out by the
Hurcnite. and carried views of the
city. This was genuinely appreciated
by the building crew" Of this city.
Following the band concert, dancing
was INDUCED in, until a late hour. mu-
sic being furnished by the Huron Or
chestra.
The Miller Commercial Club con-
siders 1t an honor and pleasure to
have had the Huron delegation as Its
guests, and 1t is hoped that this will
be but the first of many such pleas
ant get-to-gether inter-community af-
fairs.