New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-11
JUNIOR PIONEERS
WILL BUILD LODGE
INCORPORATION is EFFECTED;
BUILDING is TO GRACE FAIR
GROUND.
OLD SETTLERS ENTERTAINED
AT BANQUET BY THEIR
DESCENDANTS.

4
If present plans do not miscarry, a
pioneer lodge will grace the Brown
County Fair Grounds before another
Fair time rolls around, to be used as a
sort of rest room and meeting place for
the old pioneers and possibly for exhibit
of relics. This plan was decided upon
at the annual meeting of the Junior
Pioneers held at Turner Hall Sunday
afternoon. In spite of the disagreeable
weather, the attendance at the meeting
was very satisfactory and a larger
number than ever were present for the
banquet.
May Own Real Estate
The most important business trans
acted at the annual meeting was the
adoption Of articles of incorporation.
AS soon as the Association is incorporated
it will have the right to own real estate
and acquire title to the little park in the
Town of Milford where the monument
was erected few years ago to the
memory of those who were slain in the
Town of Milford during the Indian
Massacre.
The name of the new corporation will
be Junior Pioneers Of New Ulm" and
its general purpose shall be to unite it's
members as a social and benevolent
society and as such to keep green the
memory of the early pioneers who settled
in New Ulm and vicinity; to preserve
as much as possible the usages, and
customs, language and ideals of the early
= settlers, and to be potent factor in the
social life of this community; to secure
d and collaborate the historical data of the
early pioneer days; to lend a willing hand
in the upbuiiding and the advancement
of the interests of this community; to
aid and assist in the beautifying of New
Ulm and in preserving the natural beauty
spots in close proximity to New Ulm;
to establish and maintain parks, and to
take the initiative in all such movements
if the conditions warrant such action;
to collect and properly keep and care for
relics which have any bearing on the
early history and early life of this COM
munity and to do and perform any and
all other duties naturally falling to an
ssociation of this character.
Another matter that absorbed the at
;ntion of the Juniors to the exclusion of
most everything else was the project of
,uilding a pioneer lodge at the Brown
e Co. Fair Grounds for the convenience
of the old folks. The idea proved
popular from the start and A. J. Alvin
4 voiced the sentiment of practically all
& present when he said that the erection
'eof this lodge would be capital idea and
that it need not necessarily cost the
society one cent because he felt that the
pJunior Pioneers would be willing to
donate the lodge and furnish labor for
# it's erection and completion.
It was also decided at this meeting to
make efforts to have another home
coming next year. This is not to be
anything else than a gathering of the
\ Junior Pioneers for general good time
Just among themselves. All money
making features for the purpose of
drawing crowds are to be eliminated.
The Treasures report shows the
society to be in a healthy condition
financially. The assets at the beginning
of the fiscal year were $547.05. To this
we're added receipts aggregating the sum
of $48.85. The total disbursements
amounted to $101.45s leaving a balance
of $474.45 in the Treasury. Most of the
money was expended for trees and shrubs
in the Milford Park and on floral tributes
for the pioneers who died during the year.
The following were elected as the
- executive committee for the ensuing
Albert Steinhauser, William
ader, Jr., Adolph G. MeiIe, J. P.
{ /. william J. julius, Herman Helm,
M W. G.. Alvin, Mrs. L. G. Bell and
Mrs. J., 4. T<rook. They will meet short
ly to alect their officers and prepare for
an active campaign for the ensuing year.
While the meeting of the Junior Pho
neers was in progress, the old folks kept
arriving and by the time Of adjournment
they were all present and young and old
& repaired to the large hall where short
kaua
, TIT excellent program was rendered.
Hiss Henrietta Hauenstein favored the
audience with well-rendered piano solo
and male quartette consisting of Stan
ley Alvin, Chester Alvin, Cornelius
Burk and Edgar Burk sang song and
were called upon to respond to an encore.