Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1916 — ANNUAL BANQUET A DELIGHTFUL EVENT [ARTICLE]

ANNUAL BANQUET A DELIGHTFUL EVENT

Eighty Sat at Tables and Later Adtended Ball Given In the Armory —Toasts Were Witty. The dining room of the Christian phurch was the scene of the annual banquet of the Van Rensselaer Club Tuesday evening and eighty members and their wives or lady friends were seated at the tables which presented a charming appearance. In the ..center of each table was "a -bouquet of yellow daffodils. At the head of the stairway Nadel’s orchestra from Chicago played spirited music during the banquet. At intervals and between the courses Clarence Fate, as toastmaster and designated on the program as “the star” of the cast of performers, introduced very happily Don Beam, “the heavy,” Miss Maurine Tuteur, “the sotibrette,” and Floyd Meyers, “the headliner.” Each made responses containing many happy thoughts and kept the banqueters in a merry mood. When the regular program had been completed Vern Now els was induced to reproduce his song hit of last year entitled, “ ’Twas Just Forty Years Ago,” and William H. Parkinson, one of the new members and who is akvays ready with a fund of hum or, made a short speech. The menu was as follows:

Cream of tomato soup Wafers Pickles Olives Creamed chicken Mashed Potatoes Gravy Peas in shell Pineapple ice Hot roles ■ Jelly Coffee Fruit salad Ice Cream '3 Cake When it was completed the guests all went to the armory where the evening was spent in dancing to the best music many say has ever been here. George Nadel, the drummer, put a new kind of “pop” into the dance and as one said he could put “dancing pep in a cripple.” Even the older set, who had discarded dancing when the new evolutions were put into vogue, were siezed with a desire to get back into the game and they tripped the hours away with all the delight of the olden days. Old time waltzes and two-steps were mingled with the modern dances in a clever manner and Mr. Nadel has established a record as a dance leader that will make his place difficult to fill at future balls. I Among the banqueters were many of the new members who had just been taken into the club. The attendance was curtailed somewhat by sickness, quite a number of members and invited guests having had the grip.