Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-02-26
CITY BOOSTERS
ANNUAL BANQUET
The Thirteenth Annual Banquet of the
Warren Commercial Club Proves
a Notable Gathering

The Annual Banquet of the Warren
Commercial Club was given in the
rooms Of the A. F. & A. M. & K. P.
Lodges on Saturday evening, February
22nd. Mr.. L. Lamberson acted as toast
master. Mr.. Lamberson is the newly
chosen President Of the Club. The
musical features of the program were
presented by Misses Olga Hermanson
and Lille Anderson, Of North Star Col
iege. They were frequently encored
and their efforts elected much favor
able comment and applause. The din
ner was in charge Of the ladies Of the
y. h 5. The spacious dining room was
glow Of color and beauty the tables
were handsomely decorated and the
Menu sufficient to delight the palate
Of an epicure. It was rare occasion
for the tired business man and pleas
ant memory still fingers ~
After the tables were cleared, the
toastmaster arose and in short speech
expressed his appreciation Of the splen-
did interest that the members of the
Commercial Club had evidenced ever
since it was organized. He expressed
the hope that they will so continue and
asked their hearty cooperation in all
Civic enterprise during the present
year. .
"Washington and Lincoln
The POSTMASTER then introduced
Judge Andrew Grindeland who read a
carefully prepared paper on washing
ton and Lincoln. Mr.. Grindeland gave
an outline Of the life and history Of the
two great hero statesmen Of America.
He dwelt at length on the example of
their patriotism and devotion to
ofvv fhof %no
lesson of loyalty to the present genera
ton. Those lessons may well stand as
criterion for our National conduct in
these tronblous times. He paid his re-
spects to the Bolsheviki in this Country
and elsewhere and his entire address
was full of interest and listened to at
: tentively by everyone present. His eff
fort was well received and his senti-
ments loudly applauded. --..- ~~>~
'Reminiscence of the World War"
The next speaker was Lieut.. John
Sands. When the POSTMASTER intro
duced Lieut.. Sands, the members of the
Commercial Club all rose to their feet
and greeted him with an ovation of
cheers and applause. The Lieut.. then
told his story of the part that he played
: in the Great War 1t was an interest
ing story, simply told, for Lieut. Sands
is a modest hero who makes light of the
personal hardships and dangers that he
experienced. His narrative covered
every important event in his army
career, from the time that he left Min
nesota in June 1916, until his return a
short time ago. Through it all, he has
the forward look that always marks
true courage and soldiers devotion to
duty. May all our boys, when they
come back from France, have the same
outlook upon life and awake to that
new sense Of duty as citizens on return
ing to private life, just as Lieut. John
Sands has DONE Then will the lessons
of this great war be worth our share of
the sacrifices that we made. At the
close of his address there was more
cheering and applause. We are all
proud of the record of Lieut.. John
Sands
County Agent Work.
Mr. John HUSKY, our County Agent,
was then introduced. Mr. HUSKY was
the last speaker on the program. He
gave a brief but very interesting talk
on County Agent Work" It was in
teresting because the speaker was in
earnest and besides it was review of
work that had been well done in the
past year by the speaker himself. Mr..
HUSKY explained the why and the
where of the scope of his work in Mar
shall county. His talk had the effect
of bringing him closer to the people Of
this community and very close to his
audience. He gave fine illustration of
community building "from within" and
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