New Ulm review., 1913-10-29
Fire Fighters
Enjoy Banquet
Annual Affair q. TurnersH Hall |
Proves an unqualified
Success.

l 0CuUAVZICAO0AA w ga FASVA
dered. Speeches Very
Good.
From the standpoint Of good tire,
good things 70 eat and al ar0uAdS
coneeniality the annual bacques snd
ball of the fire lsddies st Turner Hall
Saturday evening surpassed any pro
viously held by thsn. They were Z
little lsts In getting ssasssa and + was
nearly 3 o'clock bsso1s ~ Arst ooarss
Of tho 3 cosrss basqust was served
and after IL before tbs speeches we're
concluded.
The tables. woras haanfilAlly decofst-
cd with oarnal 1s. ard 20.
sentsd nest plsasiae sDpsasaaoe
The viands served vere toothsoms and
Tie members Of the LAllls- 0ocisty 70.
|csived unstinasd yU1issanA oomplt.
msnts for NJ 1lsDeasd thsy
ksd prepared. T1sisatsss sssasly 3D.
mire the brave ire 83hs1psa0d thst =
some extent accounts for tAe good
things they had prspsrsd for thsm.
Splendid music ~ furnished by
Wsrtba's bard during the banquet
and for the dance program which
followed.
Fred Piaender % toastmaster &C
Quilted himself we'll. Short addresses
we're made BY Mayor Fritsche, tho
| members of the city council, city
sttorney, city treasurer and city
clerk. Henry Engel, Chief of the Fire
Department, Charles Brust, Sr.. Prest-
dent Of tho Fire Department. Charles
nrust, Jr., Pres. Of the Relief Asso-
clstion and Charles Stoll, the Oldest
member in years Of service in the De-
psrtmsnt, slso responded when callsd
upon. ,s
Most Of The speakers spoke highly
Of the efficiency Of our 6rs department
and the good work and prompt ssrvtcs
that the public has received at IT,
hands. Attention was also called to-
the small and inadequate building In
which the city's 6re apparatus 10,
housed which provides not even one
room where the members Of the de-,
pa artment can come together in sociai
way and hold the meetings Of the
society. Altho there WAS no direct
opposition msnifested to the arm ory
which is to be erected s0Op, several
speakers voiced the sentiment that IL
the city is financially able to spend
any money for public buildings, It
would be better spent to get : home
for the fire lsddles than to use It to
increase the size OF the armory.
Chief Engel took occasion to explain
that the city actually paid out the
sum of $500 last year for the fire
laddies and the year before S5S, this
being 1t the rate of q per company
for every fire call. He desired TO
correct the wrong Impression that
some people have that the annual
banquets OF the fire department ore
paid for by the city. Az q mstter-of-
fact they are paid for out Of the
monthly dues paid BY the members.
/ Mrs. John Schspekahm delighted
the audie:ce with q number of humor-
ous recitations. The fret original
minutes record which had been miss
ing for some years had recently been
found accidently and was brought up
then. It appears therefrom that the
fire department was organized In 1869.
OF the original roster the following
are still living: Charles Stoll (still
with the Department. Jacob Brust,
Julius Berndt, Sr., E. G. Koch.
Charles Bach and Frank Grebe. In
one of the resolutions adopted early
in the history OF the organization, the
city council Was requested to put
boxes in two of the springs so ~ TO
always have q supply OF water on
hand in case OF fire.
AS usual there was the 'Schnitzei-
bank" to provide merriment by giving
certain individual members "digs'
and to show up happenings in funny
way. This is usually the great fun
producer and 50 il was Saturday
evening. Fred Oswald had furnished
the numerous rhymes and Mrs. Alfred
Schroeck had prepared the drawings
and both had done eminently we'll.
After the banquet came to On end
dancing which had been INDUCED IN
before the ''eats" was again resumed
in the auditorium and carried on to
the wee small hours Of the morning.