Show new years eve celebration by the commercial club following Fol folio iving loving their tradition the members of the commercial club celebrated the exit of 1926 and the coming of 1927 thursday night at a dinner dance at the johnston hotel the attendance was unusually large and table after table had to be added to lay covers until the final count disclosed that people were served at the banquet claud thurber introduced judge H X hayes as the master of ceremonies and santa claus clans of the evening and at the same time presented him on oil behalf of the club a beautiful token of e esteem and appreciation of the many services judge hayes lias has rendered to tile the organization during the banquet an axce excellent musical program was enjoyed executed by miss madge 0 peterson and I 1 mrs s nola cookis booi nilon in soprano bolos yin pathetically accompanied by mrs anna callaway and by ma lloyd with a violin solo with his sister maza as accompanist another fratine luring during the ban enet ciet as the of gitti to every Corn uncial club member pre ent hy santa claus hayes each gift being accompanied by one of the judges itty remarks and each gift bein being most appropriate forthe for the recipient like for instance a corn cob pipe for director jas INI peterson Pe torson bec because aue lie he is such lucli a heavy smoker and a hair brush to the editor because lie he has such a luxuriant glowth I 1 of f culls the evenin evening was wa concluded with a lance dance to the strains of karl webbs and the dancers enjoyed the affair thoroughly until the tunes of home home concluded the very successful party |