Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-06-18
LUTHER LEAGUE CONVENTION
At new LONDON "A SUCCESS
Young People From Three Counties
Gather for Annual Meeting at
Lebanon Church.

The Third Annual Convention of
the Luther League Of the Willmar
District was held at New London (
last Friday afternoon, Saturday and
Sunday. With fine weather and a
very large attendance Of young peo-
pie from the various Swedish Luth-
eran congregations of the district
the convention proved to be a most
successful, notable and enthusiastic
occasion. About eighty delegates
and many other visitors were in at
tendance and at most of the meet
ings the church was crowded to it's
fullest capacity.
All the visitors we're royalty enter
tanned and cared for by the progress
sive Young Peoples Society of the
! local church.
On arrival Of the visitors Friday
they were taken to the, Lebanon
church hill where the afternoon was
spent in social way, many dele
gates also enjoying a boat ride on
the nearby mill pond. Supper was
served in the dining hall Of the
church.
II In the evening splendid program
was given in the church as follows:
ISong -. ..........>.L Lebanon Choir
| Address Of Welcome Rev. C. Swenson
Response -. Pres. Inner
l fOCdI OOlO
II .Benta Lawson (Grove City,
Rec. ......... Olga Nelson (Spicer)
Piano Solo
..... Mary Anderson (Bethesda)
Rec. Olga jacobson (Ebenezer)
| Music. New London Orchestra
Reading. .... Oscar Wallin (Zion)
Defamation %. ...............
......Augusta Carlberg (Mamre)
Sw. Ps. 49,. Audience
Saturday morning the business
meeting was held. The election Of
officers for the coming year was as
follows: President, Rev. j. E. Lin
!! ner Of Litchfeld; vice president, Rev.
= B. E. Walters Of Tripolis; secretary,
Carl Lundberg Of Beckville; treas
urer, Oscar Elmquist Of Willmar.
Among other matters it was decided
to place as the aim Of the district
. league to take part in the big work
tor which is now going on of raising an
. endowment fund for the Gustavus
er, Adolphus College.
. Saturday afternoon was devoted
to discussion. Miss Ellen Strom OF
Kandiyohi rendered a song at this
occasion and Miss Augusta johnson
Of Willmar recited the 53rd Psalm.
o" The evening program consisted oil
the following numbers:
e,e Piano Solo Emma Peterson, Ostmarl
Opening Exercises.
~ Remarks. ....... Prof. A. E. Nelson
80 Pipe Organ Solo. ......
Fred Hegstrom (Tripolis,
Rec. Florence Anderson (Ebenezer,
Piano Solo. Amy Nelson (Willmar,
Rec... M. A. Anderson (Atwater,,
NE Clarionet Solo ...............
Carl Rondquist (Murdock
Speech. ...... Rev. G. O. SchoberI
Vocal Quartette ...............
Miriam Inner, Ethel Anderson,
- Arvid Rudberg, Sabin Swanson
(Litchfeld).
Violin Solo ................
: Prof. W. Hawkinson( Minnesota
. 90 College,.
Dec. Mrs. Eli Nelson (Beckville
90: VOCAL Solo
,n" ...Elmar Broberg New London
IL" Dec. 49,. Ruth Anderson Benson
o"' Rec. 49,. Ethel Larson bethesda
on' Vocal Solo
yi ...Esther Monson New London
'o' Benediction.
oily The regular church services wer
90: held Sunday forenoon at which Re,
"'e Walters preached in Swedish an
Rev. E. O. Chelgren Of Beckville i
English.
Dinner was served to all outsid
the visitors, not delegates, in the churc
the parlors by the country ladies Of tn
25, church.
r 4 The afternoon program was a
follows:
- Pipe Organ Solo. .............
Carl Lundberg (Beckville
Devotion.
Song. .Beckville Male Quartet
Essay. Emma Gustafson (Cosmos
Song Bethel Choir (Willmar
Discussion, "The Mission Of the
Young People in the Church,"
L. o. Swanson, leader.
Song Lebanon Choir New London
Devotion and singing, "Onward
Christian Soldiers"
The evening was as follows:
Song, Hymnal No. 1856. .Audienc
Piano Duet ..................
Ruth Palm and Esther Nelson
.(Litchfeld)
Pipe Organ Solo. ............
....... Esther Hegstrom (Svea
Rec. :. .. Esther Dime (Grove City
Song, Miriam Inner, Ethel Ander-
son, Arvid Rudberg, Sabin