Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-19

ATWATER Will
ENTERTA AIN.
Annual Meeting Of Old Settlers
Assn Held IN AtVVater June
Is Interesting Program.
The annual meeting of the Kan
diyohi County Old Settlers Associa-
tion will be held this year in At
water on Tuesday, June Is. This
is in pursuance of a resolution
adopted at the annual meeting last
year to accept the invitation ex-
tended by the citizens of Atwater.
Altho Atwater is somewhat out of
the way for some of the members of
the Association, it will bring the
meeting near to many who ordinar-
lily have quite distance to go. and
if the weather is fair there will no
doubt be very large attendance.
The Atwater people generally do
things right when they set out to
do anything, and the visitors will
be royalty entertained all day.
For various unpreventable reasons
the attendance at Spicer last year
was very light, and therefore q
number of the members Of the asso-
citation have not paid their dues for
the past year and are in arrears.
Those wishing to be reinstated as
members can call on the secretary
at the Tribune Office. Willnlar, and
pay up, or else pay at the annual
meeting. The secretary will arrive
in Atwater on the morning train
from Willmar, and go directly to
the town hall, where he will receive
dues and fees from new members
until the time for the business
meeting, and also after said busi-
ness meeting.
The following is the program for
the day:
Forenoon.
Business Meeting at Town Hall,
at 1000 a. m.
Music, Atwater Band.
Invocation, Rev. E. w. Akers.
Opening Remarks, Pres. Harold
Swenson.
Response and Welcome, A. w.
johnson, President of Village of
Atwater
Secretary's Report.
Treasurer's Report.
Election of Officers. a5
Payment Of dues and admission
of new members.
Recess to l 80 p. m.
Old Settlers Dinner at the Town
Hall. For members of the Associa-
tion and their immediate relatives;
tickets for dinner will be furnished
by local Committee.
Afternoon, l: 80 o'clock.
At Town Hall or Village Park.
Music, Atwater Band.
Presidents Annual Address. Har-
old Swenson.
Response, by Newly Elected Pre-
sident of the Association.
Grafton. 'The Old Settler and
His achievements" Hon. E. H.
Garfield, State Senator, of Lu-
verne, MINI.
Fiftieth Anniversary of First
Church Organization in the County,
V. E. Lawson.
Evolution in Education, B. G.
Covell.
Memorial Address, Judge A. F.
Nordin.
Benediction, Rev. E. w. Akers.
The program will be interspersed
with music by the band, and at 800
p. m. program of athletic sports
will begin on the public square,
consisting of races, and later a
baseball game at the ball park.
Admission will be free to all these
events.
First: A foot race, so yards.
open to all old settlers over fifty
years.
Second: A potato race, open to
all married ladies;.
Third: A foot race, 100 yards,
open to all except professionals.
Fourth: An egg race. thirty
yards, open to ell unmarried ladies.
Fifth: Tug-of-War, Kandiyohi
County vs.. Monongalia.
Sixth: Baseball Game; purse,
$1,000; Kandiyohi County VS.. Mon
ongalia County.
Cash and merchandise prizes will
be given to the first and second
winners in all the races and a box
of cigars to the winners in the tug
of-war.
Enteatain for Benedicta.
Melvin Grangaard and his bride
arrived here Thursday for few
days. visit. They were the guests
of honor at number of functions
while here. On Thursday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. A. Grangaard