The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-10-25
BANQUET FOR SELLERS
Of LIBERTY BONDS
Three Hundred Enjoy Feast at Fuller
Motor Co.'s New BlOck-recep.
ton and Dance.

Exactly three hundred and ten peo
pie sat down to mighty toothsome
banquet served by the Y. W. C. A. at
the new Fuller Motor Co.'S block on
Second street southwest last evening,
given in honor of the indomitable
workers who assisted in disposing of
nearly 100000 worth of liberty
bonds.
The banquet was served on the sec
ond floor of the building, where COW
ers had been laid for two hundred. The
dinner was served steaming hot and
the menu consisted of chicken and
trimmings and real lemon pie "like
mother used to make" Those VINO
thot the ladies were going to give an
example of food conservation were
due for disappointment. All the while
the banquet was being served, the
Union Orchestra, under the direction
of LATE Flaten, played pleasing airs
and musical numbers a la cabaret were
given by several Of Minot's most tai
nted entertainers.
The first number on the program
was solo by Miss Ruth Ellison, who
possesses a voice of rare charm, &C
quired from years of hard and intel
ligent training. &,
Mrs. Will E. Holbein, wife of the
secretary of the Association of Com
merce, whose voice is of far more
than the ordinary power and beauty,
delighted all with solo.
Mrs. Quinn and Miss Stella Nash,
who have delighted Minot audiences
thn
participated in the program.
G. G. Humphreys rendered from
bone solo.
The orchestra was about the busiest
aggregation of musicians that Minot
has seen for some time. 1t consisted
of ten members and the orchestra
started playing at six o'clock, while
the reception was in progress and
played until 1880, when dinner was an
nounced, continuing it's good work un-
til the dance which followed ended at
one o'clock in the morning.
The reception preceding the banquet
was very enjoyable. It was informal
in way, altho the president OF une
Association Of Commerce, Geo Won
Media, and the directors were all pres
ent, to assist in making the people Of
Minot acquainted with one another.
This old town has been growing so
rapidly that we hardly know our next
door neighbors any longer and have
to get out to an affair of this kind to
get really acquainted. The guests were
shown over the beautiful building, de-
scription of which appears elsewhere
in this issue, by Fay N. Fuller, presi-
dent Of the Fuller Motor Co.
Members Of the Girls Military
Squad were on hand with baskets of
carnations and not a man escaped an
opportunity to acquire one - for a
quarter. About eighty dollars was
raised from the sale of flowers. There
was plenty of opportunity to give tips
and nearly hundred dollars for the
soldier boys was raised from these
| two sources.
The Boy Scouts occupied a desk
| and disposed of tickets for a coming
entertainment.
The dance was given on the third
floor of the building,the floor being
| 100x75 feet in size. The dance was
largely attended
A free motion picture show was
given by the Fuller Motor Co., the
following pictures being shown: Death
Valley Dodge reels; factory views of
Dodge Bros plant, and the Motor Car
in Defense of the Nation, all Of which
were instructive and entertaining.
The Fuller Motor Co. had invited in
their agents thruout the territory and
many responded. Letters and tele-
grams were received from many who
were unable to attend. The following
representatives were present, how
yer:
H. E. McHugh and wife, Grand
Forks; E. A. Edberg and wife, Glas-
gov, Mont; J. M. Stewart, Poplar,
Mont; Mr.. Gertz, Scobey, Mont;
Gabe Thompson, Stanley; J. Johnson,
Berthold; J. H. Teddy, Minneapolis;
R. 0. Montgomery, F. Fitch and C. A.
Coefeld, Williston.
Included among those who helped
to make a success of the affair are
Thorwald Mostad, G. B. Bach and
Chris Demopoulos, members of the
committee on arrangements. They had
charge of the decorations, which were
Of a patriotic order. w. F. Mulroy
was the general chairman in charge