Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1917 — ALUMNI BANQUET FRIDAY EVE [ARTICLE]

ALUMNI BANQUET FRIDAY EVE

Ono Hundred and Fourteen Gradnates Were Present. One hundred and fburtten graduates es the Rensselaer high school were present at the alumni banquet served in the dining room of the Christian church Friday evening. The -banquet was prepared and served by the ladies of the church and equaled any previous efforts along this liri§. The church dining room was prettily decorated for the occasion, and the event was in all particulars one long to be remembered. After praj’er by Rev, Asa McI Daniel, Floyd Meyers, president of the alumni association, made a few remarks appropriate to the occasion and then surrendered the floor to W. 11. Parkison r toastmaster for the evening. Response® that added to the life and pleasure of the occasion were made by W. I. Spitler, Judge Robert VanAtta, B. F. Fendig and the Misses Aileen Allman and Ruth Wood. Officers for 1918 were elected as follow*: President, George E. Collins; vice-president, George Padgitt; secretary, Miss Lucille Luers; treasurer, Miss Mildred Biggs. Following the banquet a large portion of those present repaired to the armory for the annual alumni dance. This proved to bo not the least od the evening's pleasures. The armory was beautifully decorated with forest leaveg and the class colors, and patriotism observed by the display of a large American flag hung from the center of the hall. McKelvey’s orchestra of Chicago, which was to furnish music for the occasion, was unable to come and the Rhode-German orchestra of Hammond, in all ways equal to the former, were here Instead. “