Show LAST MANS CLUB an imitation with variations of the famous last mans club of civil war veterans organized at stillwater minn more than half a century ago is seen in the formation of a club of world war veterans in edgar county illinois the Sf allwater outfit put aside a bottle of wine to be drunk by the last survivor of the club it is currently curr etly reported that when the last man opened his bottle it was found that the wine had turned oo 00 vinegar probably in deference to the prohibition law i somewhat different is the scheme of the illinois veterans their last mans club starts off with members each of whom is to contribute one dollar a year to the clubs treasury when the roll has been reduced to ten the fund thus created is to be divided among these survivors vi vors from insurance company statistics it is estimated that this division of the jackpot jack pot will occur about the year 1981 the ten survivors at that time ifould probably be between 80 and 90 years old I 1 advancement in medicine and surgery in the meantime may possibly be the means of extending the lives of these veterans so that the fund being created may not be distributed as soon as is now estimated it is likely that some of them will still be alive when the year 2000 rolls around |