New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-11-17
CELEBRATE ANNIVER-
SARY.

SARY.
Following their annual custom of
holding Stiftungsfest on the eleventh
of November, the New Ulm Turnverein
and the Turner Frauenverein gathered
at the Hall last Thursday evening for
the family" banquet and social evening
which always proves so pleasant an
affair.
The table of honor for the senior
members of the Societies was placed
upon the platform at the upper end of
the Social Hall and long tables down the
sides and center of the big room served
to seat the many who joined the company.
At seven o'clock the Turner Hall
Orchestra struck up the supper march
and with the President of the Turnverein
Henry Engel and Mrs. Engel leading,
the doors to the banquet hall were
thrown open and the guests filed in.
Young boys acted as walters and deity
dispensed the delectable viands which
the geniuses presiding in the kitchen had
prepared. Everything served was de-
icious and appetites sharpened by the
unusual wait for the evening meal did
full justice to every course.
Prof. Herman Helm acted as toast
master and called upon President Engel
for an address. Mr.. Engel spoke briefly
of the plans and aims of the Society and
of what had been done during the past
year in the way of arranging to extend
privileges of the Club Rooms to members
who might join the Club for the social
advantages it would offer.
Following Mr.. Engel's talk the address
of the President of the Ladies Society
was called for by the POSTMASTER and
Mrs. L. G. Bell responded by telling of
the varied activities their organization
had been interested in during the past
twelve months. It is the usual custom
of the ladies to present the Turnverein
with the surplus funds of the Frauen-
verein treasury each year at the Stiff
tungsfest and Mrs. Bell attended to this
matter after explaining the disposition
of other moneys raised by the endeavors
of the Frauenverein. The surplus totaled
a check for 100000 which was gratefully
accepted by the Turner Society. &
mother gift presented at the same time
was that of the framed group portrait
of the members of the Ladies Society
which will grace place of honor on the
left wall of the Social Hall, facing the
picture of the members of the mems
society.
Captain Albert Steinhauser read a
greeting to the members of both Societies
rom Hugo Roos Of Kansas City and hs.'
mother, Mrs. Helena koos, who is at
present in Wellington, Kansas. Mrs.
Roos is gaining gradually and hopes to
be able to return to New Ulm next
spring.
To Mrs. John Schapekahm fell the
pleasant duty of awarding the silver
badge of membership to the ladies who
who have belonged to the Frauenverein
for twenty-five years. There were six
teen who received the badge this year,
as follows: Mrs. Babetta Schmitz,
Miss Emile Beinhorn, Mrs. Regina
Hauenstein, Mrs. Pauline Spoerhase,
Mrs. Olga Brandt, Mrs. Robert Scherer,
Mrs. H. L. Ramme, Miss Alice Haeberle,
Mrs. Caroline Frenzel, Miss Sophie
Hoffman,, Mrs. Caroline Hagberg, Mrs.
Louise Toberer, Miss Anna Toberer,
Mrs. Minnie Frank, Mrs. Fred Behnke
and Mrs. John F. Neuann.
Mrs. Schapekahm was also called
upon by the POSTMASTER for one Of her
enjoyable readings and the musical
numbers on the program were two songs
by the Trio, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Alvin and
Mrs. Helm, and two choruses by the
assembly. The older people were repre-
sented by Captain Frank Burg who in a
reminiscent mood related stories of old
time Turner gatherings, bringing to
mind the happenings of earlier days,
either at New Ulm Turnfests or at those
held in various other cities where the
local society took part.
The program ended, the young folks
enjoyed a few hours in dancing while
others visited together until the gather
ing gradually dispersed.
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