The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
Burlington

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Burns celebration at Minot Friday
evening.
Messrs. j. F. Casteel, H. A. Kluver,
Barney Schmidt and Vaclav Uhlir
were business visitors to the Wonder
City Saturday.
Arthur Halvorson, the capable and
accommodating assistant cashier Of
the German-American bank, has been
transferred to Brocton, Mont, where
he is occupying responsible position
with the First National bank of that
city. We are glad to hear of Arts
promotion.
The annual meeting of the Board of
Directors of the First State Bank was
held Thursday. jim johnson, r. <.
Barron and d. w. Bowker of Minot
were up to attend the meeting. The
same board of directors were elected
and the personnel of the bank remains
the same. The First State Bank of
Burlington enjoys the unique distinc-
ton Of having the same board OF dl-
rectors ever since the organization of
the bank back in 1909. And during
these years there has been but one
change in the emplt yes of the bank.
The affairs Of the bank were found to
be in the very best condition and the
bank is in an unusually prosperous
condition.
The Miners Union will give another
of the popular dances at the opera
house on Saturday. We hope the wea-
Their will be favorable for we know
that good time awaits those who
are fortunate enough to be among
chose present"
The two young sons of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Jacobson, who have been
seriously ill with the Group for sew
eral weeks, are reported much better.
A number Of the public spirited
men of the city who own autos took
out their autos Sunday and broke the
roads to Minot. Those who took a
hand in the good work were Louis
Groshans, George Tiller, H. A. Kluver,
W. E. Gross and Alvin Miller.
A. J. Volkman, our popular tonsor-
ial artist has had his shop
decorated and the G. A. Bugge Co.
have also had painter at work at
their store for some time decorating
the ceiling. Both places present a
very pleasing appearance.
Don't forget the Red Cross enter
tainment at the opera house Friday
evening. This promises to be one of
the finest treats of the season and you
cannot afford to miss it.
Five sweaters and helmet were
received by the Burlington Red Cross
society last Saturday. These articles
were all sent in from one North Pra-
irie family--the Fred Trumbull fam
lily east of town.
Another shipment of completed ar
ticles was made by the local Red
Cross last week. The shipment con-
sisted of ii sweaters, IA pairs of
wristlets and II pairs of sox. This
does not include the garments sent in
by the Trumbull family Saturday, and
consists of articles completed since
the former shipment Dec. Is.
The Red Cross Tag Day last Sat-
urday was success in every respect.
Some of the ladies are said to have
held up the train crew Of No. los and
extracted the last cent the poor boys
had.
Several Burlington families are en-
joying a rare treat these days having
secured supply Of smoked goose
from Herman Schimmelpfennig, who
has a reputation of being able to pre-
pare some mighty delectable articles
in the meat line. If you have never
enjoyed roast goose we'd say that
half Of your life is gone.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. e. Devol and Mrs.
J. S. Wallace, Miss Emerson and j.
| f. Casteel, were Wonder City visitors
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Wistrom and
their little son were tie guests of Mrs.
| Wistrom's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Campbell of Minot, Wednesday.
The Miners Union No. 1898 now
numbers over $50 members. This is
by far the largest membership among
| the mining fraternity outside the
in Montana.
J. r. Falconer of the Independent
was the guest Of E. A. Madsen over
| Sunday.
Miss Mary Emerson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Foster Osborne were among the,
Minot visitors Tuesday.
Miss Florence Miller spent Satur-
day and Sunday in Minot as the
guest Of Miss Anna Owen.
Don't forget to come to the play,
"The Golden Goblet" given at the
opera house on Friday evening at $3.50
February 1st. Tickets rs and so
cents. Children under years of age
admitted free. This is given by the
Junior Red Cross. Let's all turn out
and make it a success.
Rev. C. w. Dade, pastor Of the Pres
byterian hurch, is i'll and was unable
to preach on Sunday night. There
were no services that evening. He
also missed his appointment at Fox
holm
The miners will give a dance on
Saturday, February End. Quigley's
four piece orchestra from Minot will
furnish the music. A good time is
expected and we want everyone to
come.
The Burlington Red Cross Chapter
had tag day on Saturday and collect
ed $1,000 for that benefit.
Mrs. Charles Ouradnik returned
Saturday from Luxembourg, Wis,
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