The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-06
"HOffE AGAIN" CELEBRATION


Friday the meeting that was called
for the school house to consider The
advisa9ility of preparing Home
Again Celebration for our Soldier
boys, was postponed until NJ ndaN
evening, at which time goodly mum
Der of our people gather to con'idel
the matter. Everyone present seem
ed to be of the opinion that we must
have some sort of celebration, and
Saturday June l4th, being Flag
Day"-the l42nd birthday Of our Ma
tional Flag-it was considered most
fitting date for such celebration
since then however the Committe has
found that they were unable to get
ban0 md other attractions for the
l4th, Sc Wood will stage her Home
Again" and "Flag Day" Celebration
On FRIDAY. JUNE Goth.
Committees were appointed to look
after the arranging of the program
to prepare banquet, to provide mu
sic, to build dance platform (as the
hal would no doubt prove inadequate
for such an OCCASION, to see that the
hall and town were properly decorat.
ed and committe on finance.
There was much enthusiasm mani
fest and the committees immediated.
ly got busy on their various duties
and we believe our "Home Again
and Flag Day" Celebration will be
one long to be remembered.
The outline of the program as a.
greed upon is about as follows:
A banquet will be served In the hall
to the Soldiers, their wives, parents
and sweethearts at one o'clock sharp
(ne~ timc.)
immediately after the banquet,
there will be patriotic program on
the platform consisting of drills, read
ings, cecitations, music and speaking
After the program there will be
dancing both in the hal and on the
platform.
All Soldier boys are requested tC
appear in uniform on this day and
''leave their pocket books at home
for their money will not be good in
Wood on chat day, their eats, drinks
smokes, dancing, in fact al their en-
tertainment will be absolutely free.
Governor Peter Norbeck, the "Wal
Governor" Of South Dakota will bt
present to deliver an address to the
boys, and there will be plenty Of mu
sic both band and orchestra. W.
hope to be able so publish complete
program in our next issue.
Provision will be made to take care
Of any who are not entitled to free
entertainment and who would like tC
partake of the banqu4, at a nomina
charge of SOC per plate.
All others, except Soldiers, will be
expected. to pay 70 their dancing anC
refree hments. Only Soldiers, their
| wives, parents and sweethearts viii
be entitled to free entertainment,
The finance committee is now SO
licitlng funds to defray the expense:
of this celebration, and If you feel like
contributing your mite, send or leave
your theck at the First State Bank
and YOU will receive due credit.
There will be another meeting next
Monday evening at the school house
Of all committee members and al
others who are interested in making
this welcome celebration one Of the
best ever pulled of in the county are
earne,tly requested to lie present
Try and be at the school house by
eight o'clock.
Be sure and plan to come to this
celebration, tell your friends to come
and let us all have ore great big jolly
good time, and also let the returned
soldier boys know we are glad to have
them back among us again, and that
we appreciate the good work they
have done.
A special invitation Is extended to
every soldier boy In Mellette county
to come to Wood on that day, whether
his duty took him overseas or he ser
ed th., Coors in his native land
Come In uniform.
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