Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1916 — COMMUNITY LUNCHEON HELD THIS NOON [ARTICLE]

COMMUNITY LUNCHEON HELD THIS NOON

Over Fifty Business Men Attended Luncheon at College Inn —Address by Nels Darling.

Over fifty businessmen were invited to attend a community luncheon which was given at Fate’s College Inp, at 1 o’clock today. Nels Darling, a lecturer with the Lincoln Chautauqua, and known as the Oklahoma Doctor, was the guest of honor and entertained the gathering with an extremely interesting talk. Mr. Darling is a very forceful speaker,-and as stated on the Chautauqua platform last evening, he says just what he thinks. Tliis is what he did Jiis noon. Mr. Darling spoke upon the needs of Rensselaer, what the business men should and should not do. Mr. Darling advised that Rensselaer form a community club, and related several instances of other cities no larger than Rensselaer that had such organizations, and told of the excellent work these clubs were performing in helping to boost the towns that had them. x Mr. Darling is a community expert and has made hundreds of talks to meetings of retail merchants, commercial clubs and others interested in community betterment. His work is highly constructive and we'would advise that you hear this mam in his lecture entitled “The Village Storekeeper,” which he will give at the Chautauqua grounds this evening.

Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Austin, of Chicago, came down last night in their auto and stopped off here a few hcurs.