Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-17
FOURTH OF JULY
AT NORWAY LAKE

J. S. Christensen Tells of the Big
Time Had on Lake Shore at
His Place.
Success in any celebration is due
to mainly two things: Weather condi-
lions and the extent in which the Il
partakers cooperate. The grand sue.
cess attained socially, Intellectually Il
and financially at the celebration be.
fore announced in the Willmar Tribune
at J. S. Christenson's place on the
south shore of Norway Lake was due
entirely to the above named condi.
tions, as Providence had blessed us
just the night before with light |
sprinkling rain that settled the dust !
and enriched the fragrance of the |
flowers, the shrubs, and the trees, and |
the day of the 4th with clear blue
sky here and there dotted with clouds
and gentle northwest breeze fan.
ming the water, the leaves, the heated
brow of the merry partakers of an up.
to-date Fourth of July celebration.
But besides this and indispensable
to a successful 4th of July celebration
as referred to above we're the multi
tude of American spirited loyal people
who came to spend the day at said
place willing to put up with the
speeches, the songs, the remarks, the.
races offered which all were so to
speak a product on standing foot and
that of the moments inspiration.
At about IL: 80 a. m. the room on the
picnic grounds of said place was pretty
| we'll taken up and autos constantly
coming till the crowd of pleasant
folks, young and old, learned and by,
| must have numbered at least 1900
| people at IL M or one o'clock p. m.
! The crowd was called to order by
the undersigned acting as chairman
after which the following program was
rendered.:
Song, America, ................
| ........ Norway Lake Male Choir
| Welcome ............ Rev. N. ]. Mus
Reading of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence 49,. Otto Christopherson
Speech, Judge Gilbert .~-.........
Song, Star Spangled Banner, ....
| ......... Norway Lake Male Choir
Announcement ofiraces and the ap-
pointment of judges for same: Boat
race: Albert Halvorson, Herman Ed
man and Otto ChristOphersOn; Egg
race: Edna Markell, Amanda Rustad,
Jennie Halvorson; Foot race, IA years
and over: Agnes Doe, Esther Larson,
| Mabel RailsOn; Foot race below eight
years: Hanna HalvOrsOn, Betsy Skaal-
rud, Nora Roisum. Prize winners in
this race: First, Dagmar Johnson, hat
donated by J. G. Peterson & Co. New
London; second, Miss Netland, silk
flag donated by Farmers Store, New
London. Judges in Foot race, S-14
years: Martin Rierson, M. O. Rustad
and C. T. Skindelien; fourteen years
and over, Martin Skaalerud, M. M
Engen and Ole Ringness.
Then dinner was served and stand
was kept for the benefit of the Red
Cross. The receipts were $685. less
expenses. The prizes we're awarded
and given as follows: Egg race, first
to Nora Rustad, box of chocolate
candy by C. A. Bergh, Sunburg. Egg
race, second to Miranda Swenson
lunch basket by L. Eckman, New Lon
don. IA years and over, first to Ange
line Christian, one dollar in cash by
Harold Swenson, New London. sec
ond to Cornelia Christopherson, jew
elry bcx by John P. Olson, New Lon
don. Sack race: first to Earl Stark
watch fob by Andrew Guam, New Lon
don; second to Oliver Larson, safety
razor by Monson Bros. &, Holm OF
New London. Foot race, 8-14 years
first to Paul Christian, savings bank
by State Bank of New London; sec
Ond to Harold Rustad, Handkerchief
by Sunburg store. Foot race, IA and
over: first to Lawrence Larson $1.5(
goods at Willmar Hardware Co.; sec
: ond to Oliver Stene, safety razor by
L. L. Bendickson, Norway Lake. Sec
ond race, II and over: first to- Orlea1
Christian $3.50 pocket knife by Sun
burg store; second to Amos Abra
hanson, $1:00 goods at Carlson Bros.
Willmar.
Boat race: First to Leonard Rus
tad and Cornell Ringness $500 goods
at Willmar Furniture store; second tC
George Hovey and Victor Skoglund
$500 goods at Peterson & Wellin
third tc Revs. Mus and Sotendahl
Done years subscription to the Will
mar Tribune by Victor E. Lawson.
In the afternoon, Rev. Sotendah
spoke. Late in the afternoon we were
most pleasantly surprised to find Cal
> derwood, candidate for U. S. Senator
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floor He made it very clear that oul
loyalty is not sound without prohibi
ton.
In conclusion, on behalf of the folks
of the place of said celebration, of the
A. R. C. of the wounded soldier across
and on the battlefield or in the hospi
tails, l say thanks to you committees
who prepared the grounds, you who
sacrificed the chance to hear and SEE
by tending to the stand and the lunch
thanks to you who carried water, yor
judges Of the races, you who raced
you who gave so many prizes for the
!. races and last but not least, you PEG
pie who came and put up so Willingly
with our program.
1t shall afford us great pleasure tC
have you come again on a similar oc
casion if you see fit to turn our oul
way.
In race the victorious ones play nc
greater part than those who did net
win prize as there could be no vic
tors unless there were losers 80 the
two must be present in race
Keep the fire for the A. R. c. burn
ing higher yet that our boys over
there may suffer less.
Everybody thanks again.
In behalf of the A. R. C.
]. S. Christensen, July 9, 1918
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