New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-07-03
CELEBRATION PLAN
PROMISES SUCCESS
VARIOUS SOCIETIES PREPARE
TO OBSERVE THE FOURTH
PLEASANTLY
PIONEER LODGE AND RIVER
FRONT AFFAIRS WILL BE
SOMETHING NEW

Preparations are now practically COM
plete for safe and sane celebration os
the Fourth in this city. There will hes
gatherings and picnics at four different:
places in the city and there should there
fore be ample opportunity for the large,
number OF people who are expected to-,
come to New Ulm on that day to find
congenla! company and spend an en-
joyable day ~ $
Mayor Will Welcome Crowd
Treat interest centers around the de-
dlcation OF the Pioneer Lodge which
has been erected as a memorial to the.
pioneers OF Brown and Nicollet Counties.
There will be the address of welcome bv
wa. Elbner, mayor of the city of New
Ulm: Chas. A. Stolz, chairman of the
building committee will then present:
a report OF the building committee show
Ing the work that has been accomplished
| and at what expense. He will also read
| a. list OF the donors of logs and other
material which have gone into the con-
struction of the building. He will then
turn the lodge over to the Junior Pion-
GERS and the president of the organiza-
ton will then deliver the address of the
day and turn the Lodge over to the.
| pioneers.
Pioneer Fritsche To Respond
Fred Fritsche, of Nicollet County
one OF the most spry and active pioneer
survivors will respond on behalf of the
pioneers. There will also be two songs
rendered by Junior Pioneer Sextette in
charge of A. J. Alvin of Mound. who
will come here especially for this occasion.
! Under the direction of Prof. Herman
Helm the boys class will render several
numbers. ~. -
Concert In Evening
The dedicatory ceremonies will be-
held at $500 o'clock in the afternoon
Postcard photos of the log cabin have
been made and will be sold on the
grounds. The interior of the building
/ has been p1ofusely decorated with bunt-
ing and flags and will be used for the.
serving OF ice cream in various FORMS
The outside of the building will be draped
with festoons of red, white and blue
electric globes and should make a pretty.
appearance at night. In the evening
there Will be a concert. Music will be
furnished by YOUNGSTERS famous band
'*, River Front Celebration
For the first time in the history of
the city of New Ulm there will be =.
Fourth of July celebration at the public
landing. Extensive preparations have
been made for this event and the com
mlttee in charge is certainly entitled to-
a great deal of credit for the amount of
work they have done to get the levee in
shape for the celebration. The Review
referred last week to some of the work
that was done and since then the clean
lng-up process has continued and the
trees have been trimmed and stands have
! been erected, so that the place is really
and truly attractive. The park will
be beautifully decorated. A flag pole
Az feet long has been erected from which
the the stars and stripes will float fons.
the first time. = =
Church Society Plans
At the Catholic Park the St. EIiza-
beth's> Society will have charge of the
Fourth OF July doings. There will be.
music by the Union Concert Band and
| az KINDS OF games and amusements, int-
Guiding prize bowling. The ladies viii
serve lunch at the school house. At
the Lutheran school house there will be
celebration similar to the ones that have
been in vogue for quite number Of
years past. Rev. Albrecht viii deliver
Fourth OF July address and the school
children of the parochial school will
sing several patriotic songs. The choir
OF the church will also be present and
sing several songs. Ice cream and
other refreshments will be served.
Coming From Far And Near
All in all, it looks as tho the celebra-
ton in New Ulm will be as well at
tended as any that has been held in the
city for some years in spite of the fact,
that there will be no elaborate parade
to attract the people. is rumored that
there will be delegates from practically
every portion of the county and that
also some of the neighboring county
people will come here to celebrate the
Fourth in a safe and sane manner.