Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-30
SCar Election Ni.n Social
Festivities.


Festivities.
At a regular meeting of Gate City
Chapter order of Eastern Star held in
the Masonic Hall Monday evening,
the annual election of officers took
place which resulted as follows:
Worthy Matron, Mrs. ID. II. Hawn;
Worthy Patron, DR.. Veo O'Neil; AS
sociate Matron, Marjorie Clark; Sec
rotary, Lucretia Rudolph; Treasurer,
Mrs. j. b. Ryan; Conductress, Nellie
Bremen; Associate ~Conductress, Mrs.
Charles l.. Kundert.
Miss Mary Cooper, the accomplish
ed Worthy Matron, who has presided
over the Chapter so gracefully and
with such marked ability for a year,
was reelected on the first ballot al
most unanimously, declined the honor
and requested the election of some
one else.
DR.. Veo O'Neil, the Worthy Ma
irons chief of staff, proved to be an
accomplished and resourceful presid-
ing officer during the election of a
matron and vas reelected by a
unanimous vote.
The election Of officers took up a
good deal of time and the Married
Mems refreshment club announced
through Judge Clifford that every
thing was getting cold including the
ice cream
About 10 o'clock Worthy Matron
Cooper's gavel called the Modern
Craftsmen" from labor to refresh
ment and then the fun began.
Out in the refreshment annex to
the star chamber stood sever sturdy
stars of the first magnitude awaiting
the sound of the gavel. These Star
followers were Judge Clifford, Henry
Cooper, DR.. e. S. O'Neil, Charles
Seely, L. e. Tillitson, d. H. Hawn
and Arthur Linn, and as 500 as the
"three knock door, was opened, in
marched Judge Clifford and Henry
Cooper with arms full of plates and
napkins closely followed by others
with delicious ham sandwiches, cups,
cream, sugar and coffee. The mar
ried stars all wore white aprons and
were otherwise decked out in gor-
geouS raiment in honor Of the event.
The b%anqueters didn't know how
many courses the married men were
going to serve and feasted vigorously
on the visible supply. 1t was perhaps
wrong not to have had a printed
menu card but the married men did
not care so much about menu cards
as they did about supply.
The first course was enough for an
ordinary lunch, but when the white
aproned hosts followed the delicious
sandwiches and coffee with all kinds
of cake and ice cream on plates filed
holding a pint, then came the regret
for too much ham and-but it could
not be helped, the married men were
elected to serve refreshments and
they wanted to do it nicely and the
ladies say they did. Dan Hawn
handled the coffee pots and Charlie
Seely was working bard over an ice
cream freezer that stood four feet
high, and Miss Mary Uline, the only
lady assistant that the married men
called upon for help, was cutting cake
fast enough to supply a country pic
mic, while DR.. O'Neil and Lou Tillit-
son were carrying around great plates
filed with cake and Judge Clifford and
Henry Cooper were CALAMITY keeping
the ice cream supply moving fast.
When everybody was quietly trying
to master the cake and cream problem
Of oversupply, in marched Dan Hawn
with a full grown bushel basket heap
ed up with pop corn and this was
followed with handsome red apples.
Nobody had any capacity left for the
freshly popped maise or Missouri I'M
peeled cider. The ladies carried no
pockets and the gents were mostly in
evening dress, and the apples and
corn were grudgingly passed. Then
came the final course in the shape Of
most delicious home made candy that
ever melted between the rubbiest Of
ruby lips and the mem was complete.
The ice cream was the best ever
served in Canton and everybody
would have been satisfied with the
cream and cake, but that is not the
way the married mems committee
do things especially when selected by
the stars to serve refreshments.
A delightful musical program fol-
lowed refreshments with Dwight
Slade IS the vocal star.
The ladies gave the married men"
a vote of thanks for the elegant en-
tertainment, and as Judge Clifford re-
marked, "We did it SO well, / fear
they will elect us again."
Attend the foot ball game Thanks
giving day.
The Rudolph Thanksgiving dinner
will be a grand affair.
The social dance at Armory Hall
Tuesday evening was a pleasant af-
fair.
The ladies aid society of the Luth-
eran church will hold a business
meeting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.