New Ulm review., 1913-09-17
Old And Young
Settlers Meet
Join in Merrymaking at
Turner Hall Park
Sunday.
Many out-of-Town Visitors
Present at Gather
ing.

Last Sunday the old settlers OF
New Ulm and vicinity were the
o,,ests of the Junior Pioneers at the
n;nth annual old settlers festival,
which was held at Turner Hall Park.
Considering the ravages that Father
Time" has made among the pioneers,
the attendance on the part OF the
old folks was truly gratifying.
They are not quite as spry as they
used to be, but they managed to
get to the park and showed by tnelr
keen interest in everything that tney
are still imbued with the same Ola
indomitable spirit. 1t is true tnat
some of the familiar faces were
missing since the last festival two
wears ago; some of the pioneers hav-
ING ioined the silent ranks since then
and others being incapacitated from
attending. Lunch and ice cream was
served gratis to the old settlers dur
inp the course of the afternoon, an
innovation which they thoroly ap-
nreciated. Under the new classitica-
fion for. old settlers, quite a number
were decorated with the pioneer
badge" for the first time, and the
recipients seemed very proud OF TINS
distinction.
The attendance was good, and a
general good feeling prevailed. Altho
it was a trifle windy, the weather
could have hardly have been 'improv-
ed upon. It was an ideal fall day,
bright and balmy, without a cloud
even on the horizon.
The program was started with
exercises on the long horse by the
Youths class Of the New Ulm Turn
verein under direction Of Prof. Helm.
Later on the actives gave an exhi-
bition on the horizontal bar. Sack
races, three-legged races and potato
races on the part of the children
created considerable merriment.
It was fully $3.50 p. M, when A..
7. Alvin introduced Mayor l.. A.
Fritsche, who in a brief address well
coined the old settlers and admon,,
ished them to have a good time and
make the best of their annual visit
among each other by talking. about
olden times. He also paid the old
pioneers a we'll deserved tribute for
the part they played in developing
our city, for the courage and forti-
tude they displayed at all times un-
der the most trying circumstances
and suggested that on this occasion
those sturdy pioneers who are dead
and gone be also remembered.
The main address was delivered by
Capt. Albert Steinhauser. In his
opening remarks he referred to the
pleasure it gave him to speak to
the old pioneers because in his daily
contact with them he had learned to
admire and love them for their ster-
ling qualities. He next referred to
last years grand celebration of the
5Oth anniversary of the Indian out
break. the success of which was
largely due to the united efforts OF
the Junior Pioneers, who spared
neither time nor money to make the
festival one of joy and pleasure to
the old folks, and that thru this fes-
tival more was done to spread the
fame and prowess Of our city thru
out the land than any other event
ever celebrated here.
The speaker paid the old pioneers
a glowing tribute for their untlrlng
efforts in building up the city and
gave them the assurance that the
Junior Pioneers would carry on their
noble work and make it one of their
objects to keep the name of the city
as unsullied as did their forefathers.
He gave it as his opinion that the
first settlers were actuated mainly
by the love for freedom when they
came to this wilderness and were i'm
bued with a strong desire to get
away from the puritanical spirit that
eliminated in the "Know Nothing"
movement that spread over this
broad of land of ours in those days.
He deprecated the spirit of fear that
seems to have taken hold Of the
masses to that extent that they be-
lieved it necessary to blindly follow
every law that may be placed on the
statute book.
He referred to the spirit of bro
therliness that prevailed here in
olden times and gave the old folks
due credit for the liberal training
they accorded their children and their
efforts to instill in them a love for
their mother tongue, for song and
art. He admonished the Junior Pio-
neers to show themselves at all
times worthy of their ancestors, and
if necessary to battle for all the
good things left them as a heritage,
because that was the only way to
make them truly their own and that
in all their dealings with their fel-
lowmen they should be swayed by
love for their neighbor and not by
profit and gain and the spirit Of self
aggrandisement.
Because the spirit of the occasion
seemed to demand some German
folksong, some of the old singers got
together and hastily rehearsed few
.nore which thew sang to an appre-