Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-30 | Page 10 | Kansas Hold Annual Reunion

KANSANS HOLD ! AIUAL1EUNI0N Over Hundred rormer Jay hawkers Gather Around Festive Board Here I About 12o former Kansan sit down to banquet In the Congregational church last enini.' This was the annua) banquet given by this organl-Isatlon organl-Isatlon In honor of the annlvorsary of the admission of Kansas as a stale Into the union The tables were taste-! fully decorated With hand-made sun-' flowers and each guest wa presented; With a small sunflower as they BOl down Dr A I Barber acted as toast-1 m.tsiei and the banmieter olned In -niGing ' uid Lang Syne.' Invocation Invoca-tion was offered by itev R, G Prank of th Presbyterian church. Little Worthen Jackson Foster rendered ' piano solo .Miss Lillian XeWton sane; I Flear Ifou '"ailing Me." -Miss Nina 'Smith " nd. . il .1 couple of . iolin 'solos. H l. Griffin reviewed some of in earl i i. 10, of Kansas and espec- iallv that pari rrlatlug to the days of slaver and the contest a-, to whethei Kansas ihould be admitted aa a tree or a .slave state- Mrs. 1 11 Masters sang, "When the I Swallows Homeward Kb She re ponded with an encore. 1-ormer M- jirict attorney s. p. Dobbs spoke "i Kansna from a Nebraskan'e viewpoint. life told of many Of tl problems which wore solved Uy the sturdy pio-, inecrs of Katisas and showed how these i problems related to th jiroblems of' the federal government. Air. Dobbs Itol.i s M. i.il :.,ri. - r,, illustrate his iioiius hich were well taken. II wa: followed I . 1 II Masters 1 01 Provo, the organiser of this rtah- Kansas 1 club iomt thirteen eai-ago. eai-ago. Mr. Masters spoke 01 the growth : ih ui'k.i nidation .mj ongratuUted ; those who had worked so faithfully tu make this the biggest and liest re-un-n which the Johawkers had ever h, :,i In Utah. He urged the Utah people peo-ple t i emnlate the example -of Katisas 1 li the enacting Of progressive laws ! M r. Masters served In the lust session. I of the state legislature and was a forme, for-me, teacher in Ogdqn high school. Ho I urged thai we drive the "Invisible Government' out of state and na- rdoua capitals and let the common people rub- He spoke of the Influence Influ-ence (he big tntereBtS hud Upon legislation, legis-lation, both State and national, and urged thai laws prohibiting this be passed. He stated among other things that Kansas was al least a quarter of a century ahead of the rest of the , : slate m 'the enactment and enforce-1 Uienl Of stale-wide Drohlbitiori because .her people were educated up to th necessity oi prohibition Legislation , 11.es not go ahead Of education or -! much violation of law Will follow I lit -,Td. He urged a dircet primary llaw fur Utah similar to the one now In force in Kansas. He also , suggest -led a hanking law slmilai 10 the on' I now In use in Oklahoma i which dc- , ipnsitors are guaranteed against fail ' tires. The success ol this banquet wa 1 largqlydue to the efforts of Mrs. 1 Pearl Elliott, the Chairman, and Mrs. J Kttti Pry'; Mra Mary K. Grlffini and , Mrs. El In Mitchell, together with sev-l eral others yfta assisted. Mrs. pearl Kl Hot t was elected pres- iiden.1 fo next year and sh.e is to eiino-e hi r other officers. Oo