Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1909 — K. 0. K. A. Banquet a Success. [ARTICLE]

K. 0. K. A. Banquet a Success.

The banquet given by the mothers of the members of the Knights of King Arthur in the Sunday school room at the Presbyterian church Thursday evening was a great success. The fathers of the boys were guests and the mothers had spared no means to make the affair a most enjoyable one, long to be remembe ed. Tables at which the boys and men were seated were .made attractive by vases of carnations and burning candles, and the arrangement at the tables provided for alternate seating of the boys and the men. The members of the Knights of King Arthur are each named after some great character in history or fiction and their non de plumes are used in the sessions of the order and cards bearing the "ficticious names were placed at the plates the bearers of the names were to occupy. They were required to hpnt up their places and the fathers were also slmiliarly required. After they were ebated, the following program of toasts and banquet was carried out: Pendragon Hon. C. W. Hanley Invocation __ Merlin Grape Fruit Our Order Ray Laßue (Sir Alfred the Great of England) Turkey Cream Potatoes Rolls Lemon Ice Cranberry Sauce Pickles Our Mothers Cope Hanley (Sir George Dewey) The Camp on the Tippecanoe _ Will Babcock (Sir Esquire William the Conqueror) Slicing Bacon E. P. Honan Ice Cream 1 Coffee Cake The Goat .Jas. Ellis (Sir Kaye) Discipline Geo. H. Healey True Knighthood L. H. Hamilton Winona ’O9 Merlin Initiation Several others, including Mayor Ellis and Jerry Sullivan, spoke in approval of the organization, and in praise of Rev. Parrett and Miss Maud Spitler, who established the castle in Rensselaer. Rev. Parrett spoke of a proposition for the boys to spend ten days this-summer at the boys’ city■ ,at Winona Lake, and it Is probable that many of the members of the order will arrange to go under the chaperonage ,of Rev. Parrett.