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Louis thought the idea had possibilities and showed up the next week with eight other boys. That was February 19, 1919. The boys came early that Wednesday evening and each in turn was introduced to Dad Land by Louis Lower with, "I want you to meet Ralph Sewell, Elmer Dorsey, Edmund Marshall, Jerome Jacobson, William Steinhilber, Ivan Bentley, Gorman McBride, and Clyde Stream. There are nine of us."
Louis thought the idea had possibilities and showed up the next week with eight other boys. That was February 19, 1919. The boys came early that Wednesday evening and each in turn was introduced to Dad Land by Louis Lower with, "I want you to meet Ralph Sewell, Elmer Dorsey, Edmund Marshall, Jerome Jacobson, William Steinhilber, Ivan Bentley, Gorman McBride, and Clyde Stream. There are nine of us."