Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-20
GERMAN |. / CATHOLIC AID SOc'Y
Will Hold q Convention stA
Little Falls or October
a, 3, 9 and Z.
IT is AN INSURANCE ORGANIZATION.
Three Hundred Delegates and
Several Thousand Vls- sss $sss
itors Expected. MI

lSOl INP0~S0Aa . A.E!5
The annual convention Of the dt
rectOrs and delegates vi the German
Catholic Aid society of Minnesota
will be held in Little Falls this fall
opening on Oct. 4, and lasting foul
days. The Organization ia for in
surance purposes and has brancbe,
in almost every community in tht
state. 1t is expected that from t30(
to 400 delegates will attend the con.
vention, and that severa, thousand
visitors will be present from all parts
of the state. The program for the
convention is as follows:
FIRST DAY. OC".4
Arrival and reception Uf the 'iele.
ga ties, directors and societies. The
reception committee aud the city
band will receive the guests At. TIE
depot. Those delegates aud Others
arriving OH the specialfrom st. Paul
will be welcomed by Mayor Tanner.
In the evening supper will be served
in the st. Aluisius school building
for the benefit Of the parochial
school. The remainder oflthe cven-
tn1 will be spent in friendly converse.
SECOND DAY. OCT. 5. @s @
At Z O'Clock a. M. the delegates
will receive their bAdges at the as
sembly room of the school building.
at S:45 all will march in body to
the Sacred Heart church, where a
Ponttfical high mass will he cele-
brated by the newly appointed
bishop If st. Cloud, Rt. Rev. James
Trobec, u. d. A German sermon
befitting the occasion will be de-
livered by one of the leading pulpit
Orat tors of the state. Immediately
after tho solemn services the parade
will take place. ut the conclusion Of
which dinner will lie served In the
school building. At 2 p. IN. the
will meet at the court
house; 6 p. ~. supper at the school
building; at : p. m. continuation OF
the directors session ut the court
house, after which all will repair to
the parOchial school for good So
cial time. .~
THIRD DAY, OCT. 6.
At 7:3O Il. m. the delegates will
meet in front of the school building
and at 8 O'Clock peoceed to the
Sacred Heart church, where solemn
will be held. closing with a
At 1Oa. m. the directors
resume, disposlng Of the unfinished
business until noon. Dinner ut the
school building. At Up. M, contiG-
nation of the work left over from the
forenoon session. AtG O'Clock sup
per will be served at the usual place.
FOURTH DAY, OCT.
At a.. III. Puntifical Requiem moss
Or the deceased members; after this,
Of oil unfinished business,
Ample provision for entertainment
las been made. The sacred music
selected is ofsAn excellent character.
The committee feels safe In stating
hat all reasonable expectations OF
he visitors will be met, and their
)rief stay in our midst be mutually
IN enjoyable One.
BY Order of the Committee,
Rev. ALoIs RASTER. Secretary.
President OF st. Joseph's Benev-
)lent society, John Kerrich.
The above society elected the fol-
owing committees: ].-
General COmmittee-Jos. L. Meyer.
president OF all committees; Rev. A.
Raster, general secretary; Peter
Nedved, treasurer; Fred Valentine,
]. j.. Gross, Simon Brick, John
advisory members.
Committee ON Arrangements for
Lodging-Peter W. Blake, chairman;
4. Simonet, Frank Droskowski, A.
Tanner, p. H. Gross, John Wetzel,
Jhas. Gravel, Frank Wirwicki, ad-
visory members. -
Committee on Finance-Frank
Ellenbecker, chairman; Nick Frei-
singer, Simon Brick, Fred Valentine,
ohm Billstein.
Committee for the Collection q
Funds-Rev. Alois Raster. chairman;
John Kerrich, Peter Medved, Simon
Brick, j. J. Gross, P. J. Tomelty,
Donat Trettel.
COMMITTEES on Advertising and
Printing-Rev. Alois Raster, chair
man; j. III. Seal, Simon Brick.
Decoration-John Vertin, chair
man.
Refreshments-Mat Blake, chair
man.