New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-06-05
RAINY WEATHER IS
QUITE A HANDICAP
INOPPORTUNE SHOWERS SOAK
MEMORIAL DAY EFFORTS s'
IN NEW ULM ."
PARADERS WET BUT VALIANT
RED CROSS RECEIPTS AT
AUCTION

In spite of the rain which fell in
heavy shower the morning of Memorial
Day and continued internationally until
nearly II o'clock, the big parade which
was planned by. the Hecker Post and the
Red Cross people was a great success
1t is true that good many were not
in the parade on account of the rain,
but most of the members of the Red
Cross and the old veterans were not to
be frightened by the downpour even if
it was heavy and the parade was quite
imposing. Fortunately the day was
warm and the Red Cross people who were
soaked to the skin, seemed to suffer
little from the wetting they got.
Parade in Detsil
Heading the parade was the Marshall,
Louis G.. Vogel, followed by the city
officials, Hecker Post and Hecker Circle.
Autos had been furnished for some of
the veterans and they followed the
marching members of the G. A. R.
organization. Next came the Red Cross
autos decorated with flags and other
adornments. Among them there was
the Red Cross ambulance and they
were followed by the parents of the men
in service with the service flags showing
on the autos. The Fire Department was
in line in uniform and the local Shriners
marched in their uniforms with white
plumed hats. The Arbeiter-Vereip,. the
Foresters and the Woodmen were all
in line. The Hofmeister's and Concert
Bands furnished the music.
Young Folks All In Line
The Junior Red Cross of the schools
followed engaged in various Red Cross
occupations. There were the knitters,
the sewers and the bandage makers.
Then came a float with the Liberty
Girls, band of young girls carrying the
flag, Joan of Arc IN armor on her charger,
descriptive float showing the refugees
of Belgium and the stretcher bearers.
The school children, the college boys and
the Lutheran Red Cross people were all
represented, making parade of imposing
proportions. They marched to the
Catholic School house but the roads from
there to the cemetery were too muddy
to proceed any farther and they returned
to the city, most Of them going to Turner
Hall, where dinner was served by the
Ladies Aid of the Union Hospital.
Auction S7ies Low
The auction in the afternoon did not
turn out to be the success hoped for it,
owing partly to the fact that the at
tendance was lessened by the rain of
the morning. The afternoon was fine
but the roads had been left in such con-
dition by the heavy rains that very
few we're in attendance from the country.
Large quantities of poultry and other
live stock had been donated but it was
impossible to dispose of all of it and
therefore the receipts were small from
the sale itself. The Roll of Honor Melted
$1195 but there were large number of
names which should have appeared on
the Roll but did not, and there is still
an opportunity for these people to con-
tribute at this time. The total COL
lections for the day for the Red Cross
amounted to something in the neigh
borhood of $4,000 with a considerable
amount of salable material on hand still.
Some of the items on which the re-
turns are complete for the day were
the flower girls sale, $l50.73, the food
sale at the Rawson building, $165.42
and the Ladies Of the Turnverein ice
cream sale $3061 and the Turnverein
soft drink sales $3.50 making total of
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