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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1915)
OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 1915. TO . TTTE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 3, p' ' - - - ' g.iu ..... I . H M... - ... . - -. Board of Governors of Ak-Sar-Ben, Past and Present .... ' i'-"" . ..... , . . h - -y t . y fesi MLS V. - i.-' m A ft . Buckingham, Goxl&Dicbz KV tTudsozz. 1 KA v. i v. NN-" )JJ ft -T'-- GSJlaveRstick. J.DcF.l&chaxds Now Uiat the twenty-firat year of the reign of King AK-Sar-Ucn has about punned, more and muie are the, peoplo marvelling that the urbanization la sll'l growing, and now fairly at a galloping pnc ralhtT than beginning to decline. Men who took important parts in the 1'tm eliowg the first yeaia of the organ lrtUon uru retired nu n now who never ko to inu iien any more. Their aona are tuKiiig iti.ci.it paria now. Men are taking Itao.uj juris l.iero now that weio bablca wuou ti.u licit few ahowa were held. , ien uiu tak.ng parla who were amiU buys uwuy 0J1 in the state somewhere when they In at heard of Ak-Sar-Ben, and who wuiuiLieu longingly at that time whether they would ever be so fortumUu as to be In Omaha during the festivities or during the len show. . Governuia have como and gone. Seven of the old governors have passed away, and new timber has taken their plab. The following pant governors are now no longer living: bdgar Allen, Kmll Brandons, K. K. Wi yson, JE. J. Morlarty, M'llUam Glase, James M. Hendrie and J. C. Koot. Governors who have been on the bourd tor some time grew reminiscent this year when reviewing the hardships of the ear lier years. "We used to go down and 'tend th& gates ourselves," said UoUld Uleti, long' est term member now on the board cf governors. "Yes, the governors used to get in the collar and 'lend gates and do the other worn around . the carnival grounds for we had no money to hire Anyone to do these things. Now, this Is all hired help, promptly paid and well paid for its services. "Not enly that, the few bills we ill incur we had a hard time to meet in tha early days. Bill collectors used to bo after us all the time. We used to have tj dig down in our own pockets and make up the deficit Now we have ail our debts paid and the money in the bank and are coming fine. "Work, why there waa no end to tho work we had to do. One year we wantsd to pull off an Ak-Sar-Ben stunt up at Fort Omaha, We got permiaslon to use the grounds, but the graas had to bo mowed and the big lawn cleared oft f jr the occasion. ' "We had no money with whichto' hlrf this done. So the governors threw J Li their coata and went to it. AH day fcar'i day and Sunday we worked. There was Jim Martin pushing a lawn mower. There was lid Allen sweating over a raUc. Walt Jardlne was swinging a scytln. Vance Lane and k'red Met were h-u"n rubblah. wlU a heavy cart, aaid I was poking at something or other. You would have tkought we were a lot of track horses. We worked all day Saturday anl BUnday to clean that up for the occa sion. "Pinner? No, I should aay not We even had to furnish our own sandwiches. "And as for getting members why, we used to have to get out and beg fellows to Join. Now they fail over themselves to Join. We used to have to labor like the dickens to pry fellows loose from their $10. Then to get side subscriptions, that was some Job. We bad to beg and fight to get them and didn't get much at that. Times are certainly different now for Ak-Bar-Ben." Next In order in length of service on the Board of Governors Is Charlie Black. "Twenty-one years have gone," said puck, "and it seems almost Impossible. Tea, sir, we open the len show in the summer now with more members on the Terr opening night lhan we used to have at the close of the season. The gov ernors used to haw to hustle ail the members themselvee and now we have an efficient bustling committee that does that work. "This year we have completed the big adjoining shed to the Den, where all the floats are now built. This was a big Improvement. I fouaht for that for years. Every time the board met I brought up the matter, until they threat ened to call the police and have me taken from the meetings. I kept ham mering at it until they saw it ray way and I got half of it built last ye&r and the other half this year. "cXore that the fiuats had to be built t - I v x . y "a :; y It a WD.HosforZ ry:;- - - 1 . - - - - v I Chas Js Saunders right in the Den proper, and they took up so much room that we only had the center of the Den to hold our show In. It was awkward and we were always crowded for room. Now we have the whole Den for the show and for the ball, while at the same time we have the shed In which to build the floats and In which to house them after the parade. "Formerly we had to haul the floats out In the open and let them stand out In the weather immediately after the parade, for we had to use the Pen for the ball. Well, the kids used to Jump on the floats and dismantle them as soon as they were left there, and wo lost a lot In that way. It was a shams to have the floats destroyed and let them stand In the rain and weather. Now we drive them right back Into the shed where they cams from as good as new. "It is interesting to notice that now and then a man along In years looks ever the crowd at the Den and tlirn re marks, 'I miss the old faces." "Well, now that Is easy to explain. That man must remember that many of the old faces have gons forever, sines twenty-one years ago. The sons of those men are at the Den now, and are taking leading parts. Look at fharlij Gardener. He must have been lust a kid in knee pants when the organisation stajted. Look at Billy Lawrsn'ta. Hs couldn't have been much of a kid In the sarty i - , . P V j 1 X - ' t , ? V i x :yyj , y n Oeorge Ttrandola, general manager of the Pranriela stores. Mr. Prandels came to Omaha only something over a yar ago from C'hlrato to take the manas ment Of the Uramlels Intercuts here. He became popular at once with the busi ness men, and la now considered a valu able asset to the hoard of governors. Next the board heard from I. 3. O'Brien. "Why In th world hould an old booster like Dave O'Brien want to r atftnT' they asked themselves. Was the very foundation of Ak-Har-Hen toppling? Surely there was something wrong when Davey turned In a resignation. But the next line explalnej the whole matter. He was leaving Omaha, and was mighty sad about It. but had to go. What was this man O'Brien doing but selling out the Interests In the O'llrten Candy factory and moving to Connecticut as general manager of a Thermos bottle manufacturing plant there. There was nothing to say. The resig nation had to be accented; for no man can serve King Ak-Bar-lVn and live In a realm so far removed from Quivers as the state of Connecticut. Again It was up to the board to select another man that would do a business man, a booster, and a man of good Judg ment in mutters relating to Ak-Sar-Ben. After scouting over the city for a few weeks they again made a decision, and elected Henator Charles U Saunders. Saunders has had a very brief Urm to date as he was elected scarcely two weeks ago. However, he got In Just la time to find a lot of work to be done for he got In Just as the carnival and general festivities of the fall were about to open. The jversonnel of the present board et governor now stands, Everett Bucking, ham. Charlee Beaton, Oeorge Brandela. Charles E. Black, Bandall K. Brown. Gould Diets, Oeorge R. Haverstlck, W. D. Hosford. Frank W. Judson, Louis C Nash. Charles L. Paimdera and J. , De Forrest ltichards. vX A 9 x J 4 : ACS x George Branded denly found that unless hs let go of a few places hs would break down under the strain of activities or would be un able to attend to his own, business as It should be looked after. So with deep regrets hs announced his resignation to the board. With deeper regrets still did the board read his resignation. For a time they were Inclined to table the resignation . and make Barker con tinue to serve on the board, but when he Insisted, they let him off. . . They- oast about for a few weeks for a man to fill the place. Then they decided i ill I I I 1 Has Won a Warm Spot in Evcry ome lfl j! I Omaha On Account of its Purity JL (Jjl I j ' I IH Ifscsmmssisfsa' 6jf Doctors as a ilSl IffiFSfTii li.lill!!!W PURE TONIC W. J. SW0B0DA RETAIL DEALE Phone Douglas 222 METZ BROS. 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I proxsated myself before the elder Lleben for his inspsjtLn. and hs fairly leaped ttt the floor tracking bis heels and tearing his hair. Well, the alder Llooea Is no lunger a factor In our show, hut we 'have his son, a first class amateur actor, in a lead ing role at the Pea. "Yes, it has been a father to en propo sition, and the organisation has thrived." Two members of the board of governors have resigned during the last year, and new timber from the best business men la Omaha has been selected by the board to take the places. The new governors are Oeorge Bran dels and Charles l Saunders. - Joseph Barker was the first to resign, earl in the year. Mr. Barker had been one of the most enthualastie - workers. Tea. that was what was tha matter. Hs was too anthuslasUo a worker La every tins of boosting activities, until bs sud-: The A. 0. U. 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