The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-04
LARGE THRONG ATTENDS
BAND BOYS MASQUERADE

Inc Dduu DOyS IudSh Uet1l u6lu OdI-
urday evening in the Turner Opera
house was an event that will not soon
be forgotten Both balcony and main
floor were crowded to capacity long
before the grand march began. The
17-piece band rendered an impromptu
The conservative family attracted
quite a bit of attention. AS a group
they won no prize. Individually they
took several Appropriately dressed
and named they represented the ma
ton of today cornfed, eatless, wheat
less, meatless daughters with con-
sentative father in the lead.
Three coon musicians dressed as we
oft see on the stage, with an accor-
dion and two violins helped while
away the time during the intermission
of the band. The dress taken in view
of vaudeville effect was probably the
best at the ball They brought down
the plaudits of the house, and remind
ed one of the old pleasures at the
barn dances after harvest time.
Attendance prizes were awarded in
the way of one five, and two two and a
half dollar gold pices to Theodore
Volkmann, Ruth Johnson and Vir-
ginia Schnorenberg respectively.
The judges then took their places:
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Tanck, Mrs. Grover
CHASER, G. M. Gahlman and S. Willis
Osborne of Tomahawk. The grand
march was led by William Jones and
Paul Borchert, tue band rendering
the "Pennant Winners. At it's conclus-
ion the group prize Of $25 was award
ed to the Misses Alma Sterwald, Ber-
tina Fuelter, Hattie Kruger, Annette
Hoeffner and Hilda Ziemer, who i'm
persOnated BO-peep. The group was a
pretty one, dressed in white frocks and
white picture hats and carried shep-
herd canes in white tied with pink
ribbon
The best character prize of $40 went
to Leonhard Johnson, Emory Elingson,
Ernest Schmeichel, Alfred and Elmer
Ebert, dressed as coons. Color scheme
red, green, black and white.
The second best costume prize of
$40 was awarded the Red Cross quin-
tett composed Of Florence Peters,
Emmy Sydow, Mrs. Minnie Peters,
Mrs. Lewis Hallet and Mrs. Harvey
Pagenkopf
The best couple prize of Sc was
awarded to Roy Schmedel and Lor-
raine Otto in full dress outfits.
Ella Peters took SO as the best
dressed lady. The best dressed gentle
man prize Of So went to Margaret
CHASER.
Laura Brill won SO with the best
comic outfit for the gentleman's prize,
while Minert Larson won the 81 offer
ed the best comic lady
Cornfed and Wheatless, Ernst Brill
and Mrs. Clara Vinton took the best
comic couple prize of 81.
Roy Schmedel and Elsie Schwendke
were awarded Cruel & Glaser's $500
prize walty.
"Nig's S. for the Best three piece
coon band went to William Dollasse,
Arthur and Gilbert Justmann.
Ed Buske won 50 with an Uncle Sam
outfit
The 81 lady jockey prize went to
Tillie Kaercher
Irwin Biefeld was the best electric
ian, being heavy voltage, don't touch,
and 81.
Floyd Fuller was the best bowler,
winning So.
Ernset Brill Of Oconomowoc COPIED
the $1.5O prize with the best clown out
fit.
The 81 chicken thief prize went to
Donald Gibson, who brought along a
live hen to cinch it.
The following won merchandise
prizes: Harold Kruger, Doris Scobie,
Ella Toppe, Mile OFT, Lillian Dit
mann, Roy Dittmann, Mrs. Mary
Thomas, Milwaukee, H. Kuester, Phil
lip Brush, Hattie Bayerlein, Jack Wei
bert, Harold Heyn, Norma Glatzel,
Ferd. Dittmann, Lewis Oestreich, Carl
Oeftiger, Ray Usher, Mrs Hugo
Kramp, Viola Mere, Mrs. Henry Mil
Ter, Zayda Weber, Joe Oestreicher,
George Schafer, Gerhard Fischer, Ed
gar Kruger, Gertrude Wetzel, Ruth
Johnson, Viola Buege, Fred Loeff1er,
David Buchhotz, Florence Peters,
Annie Scobie, Otto REM, Ernst Pet
ers, Gladys Freitag, Erline Gritzner,
Harry Davenport, John Dillon.