New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
he State
urnfest.
The Biennial Session in Winona Proves.a
Success. s
New U1m Captures Some Of the Offices
It Also Secures Most of the Honors.
Twelve First Prizes is the Record Made
by Our Local Boys. 5

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and about as many visitors attended the
Minnesota funniest at Winona from Fri
day till Monday. The following dele
gates were present:
I New Ulm: Henry Engel, Edward Pet.
ry, Max Burg, Peter Mack and Chas
! Toberer.
Wlnona: J. Schrodt and H. spiering,
St. Anthony G. Schober.
Minneapolis: G.. Boehme, F. Wachs-
muth and w. Siemann.
West St. Paul: G. Lehman and J.
Perlt.
Duluth: Jos. .Grahamcr and M. Alletz-
haueser. @
1 Executive Officers: VIM. Pfaender,
president; Vim. f. Koch, secretary Chas.
L. Roos, treasurer; Hugo Fischer, super
intendent of physical culture.
Whapeton and Osseo were not repre-.
sented.
4 The business meeting of the Bezlrk
was held Friday afternoon at which the
following officers were elected:
President, Col. Pfaender of New Ulm;
Wm.Seemann of West Minneapolis,vice-
president; Jos. Grahamer of Duluth, Sec
retary; Chas. Lehman of West St. Paul,
assistant secretary.
The annual reports of the president
and secretary were read and showed the
different societies in Minnesota to be in
a fourishing condition. There are now
eight societies witha membership Of 1872.
OF this number 212 arc active turner's
who take part in physical exercises hot
less than twice a week. The ladies'
classes have membership of "A. The
value of real estate and buildings held
by the Turner'S is $144,3OO and: the vail
ue of.apparatus, $4,440. The total iHs
debtedness is $5O,2OO. Several recon-,
mendatlons on matters of no general in:
terest were made in the reports and re-
ferred to the proper COMMITTEES which
were composed as follows: SIS
Treasurea's report: ]. schrodt, Max
Burg and F. Walksmith.
Resolutions w. Seeman, j. Perlt
and Chas Toberer.
PHYSICAL Culture: NJ, Alletzhauser,
Henry Engel and Hugo Fischer.
Mental Culture: Jos. Grahamer, Ed
ward Petry and Chas. Lehman.
Appeals: H. Spiering, Geo. Boehme
and Peter Mack. "
e. Hibbeler of Chicago, Z. j. Mcile
of St. Paul and M. E. Alletzhaueser OF
Duluth were selected as Judges of the
Turnfest.
Saturday morning after addresses OF
welcome an imposing parade through
the principal business streets took place
The line of march was decorated with
flags. s
Regular training began Saturday af-
ternoon and continued until Monday
evening when the prizes were awarded.
Saturday evening Joseph Leicht made
the Fest speech after which the guests
were entertained with concert
Duluth was selected as the place for
the next delegate meeting while New
Ulm remains the executive headquarters.
The Turnfest came to fitting close
by the awarding Of diplomas to the sue
cessful athletic sonng men, and a dance
at Philharmonic hall. The visiting tur-
ners enjoyed the occasion to the utmost
and speak in thesloudest terms of the
elaborate preparations made for the Fest
lby the lccel society and Of the hpspita-
bic manner in which they have been
treated during their stay in the city.
Hugo Fischer, the director, feels highly
gratifed at the success of the event lust
lclosed.
As can be seen by the following, New
Ulm captured mostof the prizes while
lSt. Paul took her share.
Class Turning, higher class, consisting
lof wand drill, pparatus work, running
broad jump, and putting pound shot,
i First Prize New Cllm Turn Verein. e Il.
9o6 second price, West Minneapolis.
l sO:s46 third prize West St. Pau. Turn
1 SNerein, 1851 fourth l,rize, Phiihar-
...nonics 4 urn sect on, mona, 26: es6 S. S.
Indiy yidual turniin ole vault, hop
IIskip and jjnlnr and climbing rope, e.
.Egether y, al,I Iarat,i work q, Horizon.
lItal Bar, Parallel Bars, Side and Real
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