Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1913 — W. B. AUSTIN WILL BE BANQUET TOASTMASTER [ARTICLE]

W. B. AUSTIN WILL BE BANQUET TOASTMASTER

Will Officiate at Annual Banquet of the Indiana Society of Chicago Next Month. William B. Austin, former Rensselaer citizen and probably the most distinguished of our ex-townsmen, president of the Indiana Society of Chicago and prominent as a clubman in that city, will officiate as toastmaster at the Indiana Society banquet to be held at the Congress •hotel on Dec. 13th. According to plans made by the banquet committee it will be one of the best successes of the many affairs of that club. It is understood that “assignments” will be given several literary “stars,” who will “cover” the banquet and report it with a touch of flavor. The literary men given assignments are Meredith Nicholson, S. W. Gilliland, James E. Watson, John T. McCutcheon, George Ade and others. Speakers at the banquet are to be: Governor Ralston, former Senator John C. Spooner, 'former Speaker Joseph E. Cannon and George Randolph Chester.