Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1912 — CLUB BANQUET WAS PRONOUNCED SUCCESS [ARTICLE]

CLUB BANQUET WAS PRONOUNCED SUCCESS

All But Two Members of Jefferson /Club Present for the Annual Banquet Sunday Afternoon. The Jefferson Club, compoosed of twenty-three young men, with quarters in the K. of P. building, held its second annual banquet Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Rensselaer House. The banquet menu had been prepared hy the manager of the hotel, Elmer Cook, assisted by the banquet C. A Tuteur, Donald Wright arid H. B. Tuteur. It was as follows: J • ' Cream of Tomato Soup Young Roast Turkey Oyster Dressing Mashed potatoes Creamed French Peas Baked Sweet Corn Sweet Potatoes Olives Celery Sliced Tomatoes, iced Pickles Jefferson Club Cake Club Ice Cream Fruit Chocolate Coffee Milk Iced Tea The toast program follows: Donald Melrose (Ob) Beam—Toasti master. "The Father”—George H. (Captain) “The Bachelor” —Rex (Mink) Warner. “The Husband”—Harry F. (Coach) Parker. “The Lover”—John (Stiffy) Hempbill. “Wedlock” —Zern (Zeke) Wright “Experience”—J. H. Si (Major) Ellis. All but two members of the club were present the absent ones being Virgil Robinson, who is attending Purdue, and Earl Hemphill, whq went to Kansas last week to take a position. These from out of town were: Forest Morlan, Junior Benjamin and Vern Haas, of Chicago, and . Calvin DuCharme, of Wolcott. Following the regular toast program, members were called upon and all spoke in the highest terms of the Jefferson Club and the influence it has had upon them. C. A Tuteur, the new president, prophesied a year of growth in numbers and social activity. He said that the club had purchased over S2OO worth of furniture and decorations and was free from debt. He also said that no practices had ever been tolerated in the club rooms that might bring adverse criticism and that it was the aim to make it the leading social club of northwest Indiana. During the time the banquet was in process the Ray Wood Family Orchestra furnished music. Following the banquet the members and their guests went to the club rooms, where they sang several songs and enjoyed a social afternoon. The banquet was a very successful affair.