Show commercial BA BOY alty members with 1 ladles adl seated at banquet balaes and d swing A wicked leg thursday ot of last week tho the richfield commercial club was a members their ladles ladies and a few invited guests at a sumptuous banquet with a dance following the spread at the johnston hotel was it a success hear them talk about it not less than 12 ladles ladies and men were seated at the banquet table and the dance that followed was as jolly and snappy as a high school student ball in spite oi of the tact fact that most of the club members are well up in years in fact so much so that a non dancing member remarked to one of the old dancers it makes me sick to see you old geezers geeters jumping around with ladies and dont you imagine for a moment that they are tickled or flattered or glad to dance with you they are only too durn polite to refuse you all but another non er an out of town man said with sort of a longing voice what a splendid array of femininity you have in your club but be tile the first remarked true to facts or not the second is true beyond tile the slightest doubt it was a splendid entertainment one of the sort the society editor aou would id describe as marking the helett of the season not no t only the dance was enjoyed immensely but also the banquet which was a magnificent example of the hotels and mr F X Y carrons experience efficiency and fine taste laite in arranging such things thines and the snappy program that was given during the banquet was as aust as excellent as the eats superintendent of schools A J ashman acted as toast master music was furnished i 1 the terry callaway orchestra two vocal soloists mrs R R G clark and miss liss margaret wright gave wonderful proof of their artistic attainments mrs dark clark sang kiss me te and like a rosebud with splendid solen did voice voce ond and delicate artistry miss wright won the hearts of the audience by her voice V oice a mezzo soprano with velvety alto timbre in two bonas marquita arquita INI and the owl mavor R G dark clark did full justic to his toast the community and the dub club H E deal beal spoke alc on tile the ladies and the club judge H N hayes haves read a travesty traves tv on club minutes that was so witta well veil rounded and of the esprit that is his characteristics in this kind of oratory and A L manning was brilliant and laughter producing in ills his south southern ern negro word paintings in conclusion we again have to borrow a standing phrase of the society editors in stating that tl the le affair was one long ion to be remembered |