New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-10-28
Clubs Banquet
A Huge Succe ss 5
SOCIAL AFFAIRS CEMENT GOOD
FEELING AMONG NEW ULM
CITIZENS
FIRE FIGHTERS ENJOY THEIR
ANNUAL PRIVATE SOCIAL
FUNCTION.

Two big banquets in single week for
the men folks of New Ulm is quite enuf
to keep them pretty busy and happy and
well fed and when to those conditions are
added the unusual ones of complete peace
and harmony and good will such as
marked both of the social functions of
last week it is enuf to make the whole
town go about walking on air for few
days, And that was just the way the
masculine half of New Ulm trod the
streets after the Commercial Club
Banquet given Thursday evening at
Turner Hall.
It's quite unnecessary to speak of the
appointments of the big feasts, which, as
usual, were quite perfect. The room
was splendidly decorated in glowing
autumn colors and the music furnished
by the Hofmeister Orchestra was as
always first class. Miss Frances Krook,
Mr. Ed. Stoll and the Masonic Quartet
fuls1ished the vocal numbers and each
one was enthusiastically applauded and
moi e could escape without anwsering to
anssencore. Their numbers added light
ness and beauty to the more serious part.
OF the program which consisted of very
earnest responses to the various toasts
offered by Fred johnson who was at his
best as master of ceremonies.
s Mr.. Johnson in his Introductory
forcibly presented to his one hundred
fifty hearers a resume of the city's
growth during the past year, showing that
nearly three quarters Of a million of
dollars have gone into permanent inn
pfovements. This was quite enuf to
enthuse The listeners since no one had
had time torealize all that had been done.
It threw, a bright light upon the future
that ali were thinking of in the light of
the meaning Of the gathering assembled.
Mr.. Ottomeyer was called upon to
address the company as President of the
Commercial Club under whose leadership
the civic body has wakened to renewed
activity. Mr.. Ottomeyer spoke elo-
quently OF the prospects of the city with
the assistance of the community spirit
that has recently been aroused.
City Attorney Somsen was called upon
to state the attitude Of this governing
body to the Commercial Club. Mr..
Somsen felt that the utmost harmony
would prevail if the Club would see to it
that in coming before the Council their
cause was a deserving one.
Rev. Wheeler responded to *'The City
Beautiful and showed himself witty
and entertaining as well as presenting a
number of improvements for the atten-
ton of the club members and citizens in
general. He spoke particularly of beau
tifying South German Park and Center
Street.
DR.. Schoch was called upon to talk on
Financing the Little Fellow. The
Doctor explained that by the Little
Fellow" he meant the man who was
unable because of lack OF funds to build
or start up in business but who was well
supplied with business ability and a
willingness to work. To help such men
is to build up the city rapidly, with a
most desirable class of citizens.
Wd Eibner spoke enthusiastically of
the many advantages enjoyed by New
Ulm and the institutions OF which our
citizens may well be proud. He out
lined a plan for the club to follow in
securing additional industries for the
city.
& Prof Alderman was well chosen by
the POSTMASTER to respond to New
Ulm's Duty to its Boys and Girls"
Prof Ackermann knows whereof he
speaks when he says that depressing
young people is like sitting on the safety
valve Of a big boiler. He proposed al
public bath for the use Of the young
people and commended the council for it's
efforts to enforce the laws protecting
them and urged that no one interfere
with the right Of parents to bring up
their children according to the ideals in
which they had faith themselves.
E. G. Hage was called upon as an
ardent autoist to talk on Getting Next
to our Neighbors'' Mr. Hage showed
how this could be done by the building
of better roads between communities
and by the establishment of places OF
comfort and entertainment for the
farmer and other visitors with whom q
city desires to be friends. Remembered
particularly the Rest Room project
which has SO often failed for lack Of the.