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Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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I’m guessing he spent a year as chairman and the only thing that people would talk to him about was the food.Report
My understanding from this series is that is his job; ‘chairman of the (house) committee’ is not ‘President of the club’ (or chairman of the board). Rather, he has the thankless task of being the guy who plans the menu, budgets for the food, (maybe also orders it, as well as hiring the staff?), books any speakers or other entertainment, and in all, does all the background unsexy logistics stuff to make a supper club work.Report