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formal presentation speech. After music by the band,and quiet had been secured Mr. Dodge stepped forward and in the following very neat and appropiatu manner presented the band with thebannersGentlemen of the C., It. «i Q Tland:1.11 Ht April at the time lt;t the grent conclaveof the Knights of Pythias at New Orleans there sprang up a relationship between the Silver Cornet Band ol Fairflelu and the t li. Q., which ripened into u christening,.vs docs sponsor feel hapj y and proud of the lovely, regenerated c hild, so does the C., B.Q. appreciate the compliment of your change or name; not that the new name cun add aught to your superior music, now known from sunny, hospitable Louisiana to glorious Iowa, but because with the peculiar spirit of | modern progress, the child has adopted the parent, ami in this instance an able and courageous one, us demonstrated by the recentheroic combat against the great combination. Through a conspiracy of tny friends, thegenial Mr. Iiuvenport here, and the great,Honorific Mort Haight there, I have been allotted the honor of presenting you with this token of the donor’s good feeling toward yourorganization.The ancients were not as imbued with the aesthetic as theC., B. ()., therefor© instead of a bundle of straw fixed to the top of a spear, the company has adopted, in making its selection of a banner, the beautiful symbol of Apollo.The C., B. A Q. does not ask you to cover this banner with fort-two wrappings of -ilk, to place it in a costly casket, preserved in a ebapel, there to be guarded by Holy Emirs, constantly praying as was the flag of Mahummed, but hopes to see it openly In the future connected with your greatest achievements.Gentlemen, in the name of the company, I have the honor to present you this banner.This very happy presentation was responded to equally happy by Mr. C. F. Stubbs, the drum major of the Hand, as follows:( fleer* of the C., B. Sc Q. Rvilway, fsuties and Gentlemen;Words are but feeble transmitters of thepleasure we experience on this occasion. V e feel that wc have received an honor that seldom falls to the lot of a band, and we tha- k the officers of the C., U. Q. from the bottom of our hearts.It shall ever he our purpose to prove ourselves worthy of the compliment conferred upon us, and our chief aim shall Ik? to reach that stage of popularity as a band that the B. Q. now occupies as a railroad. This done and lt;ur mission will have been performed.On behalf of the band I can but Say 11 at we are more than grateful, and we will ever point with pride to the cierant banners you have given us. We are glad that the pleast tit duty of carrying them has been assigned to us. But when time has marred those golden letters and dimmed the luster of these emblems, there will linger in thlt;* hearts of the members of this band a sentiment that time cannoterase.Gentlemen, we thank you, one an 1 all.The banners are elegant ones, each about a yard square, and are made of blue and red satin, trimmed with rich gold lace, and finished up in the most artistic manner. On one of themlettering is ‘*0., H. Q. Band, Fairfield, Iowa/' and on the other:The C., B. Q.—the Finest Equipped llailroad inthe World.” Mr. Dodge gave each member of the band a handsome silk budge bearing the inscription **C., B. Q. Ban i,w and they are also to be furnished with “C., B. Q.” buttons. Hereafter the hand will be known asthe 11. Q. Hand.”A pleasant affair in this city W ednesday was the presentation to the Fairfield Silver Cornet Band of two handsome silk banners by the C., B. (J. It. R. Co. The band was informed 1 some time ago that the company was ! desirous of making the presentation to j it, and of making it the 0., B.(^. I Hand. It was hoped that the presenta- j tion could be made on the Fourth, but j this was found to he impossible. Word was received yesterday morning for the ! Band to meet the officials at the depot j when the presentation would be made. I When No. 3 came in the boys were on hand. The train bore General Superintendent J. J. Merrill, Division Superintendent E. lt;). Stewart, W. J. Davenport, of the passenger department, and Mort Ilaight, the genial and well known Burlington depot agent, and probably the most popular railroad man in the west. It is chiefly due to Mort, indeed, that this neat compliment lias lieen bestowed on our boys. Aecompaning the delegation, which included others than these we have named,was Mr. Chas, J. I lodge, who was-invited to le present and to whom was assigned tin pleasant duly of inukiiig the
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Fairfield Tribune
Fairfield, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 03, 1884
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