New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-22
Big HOMECOMING
FESTIVAL PLANNED
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
POSTPONED BY WAR WILL
BE HELD THIS YEAR
JUNIOR PIONEERS WILL MAKE
NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS
FOR BIG EVENT

New Ulm will have a home coming
this year. This was decided at meet
ing of the executive committee of the
Junior Pioneers held at the Commercial
Club rooms Friday afternoon. This i'm
portant event will be held in August,
but the exact time and the duration of
the gathering of the clans has as VET
not been settled upon.
Postponed Because of War.
When the golden jubilee was held
III August, 1912, it was planned to have
the second homecoming five years later,
but on account of the world war it was
decided to postpone it at that time.
When the annual meeting was held in
October last year, the matter of the
home coming was discussed and it was
left to the executive committee to az
range for one, if conditions should seem
favorable. Now that peace is praetie-
ally assured, the committee felt that tbs
home coming than this year, because
another year and that possibly no mere
appropriate time could be found for 8
hmeo-coming than this year, because
New Ulm S sons and daughters who live
away from here may have stronger
nrge to come home now than at almost
any other time.
The committee s main reason for de
Gliding this early upon a homecoming
and announcing it is to give every one
ample time to make the necessary az
rangements to come to the dear OLD
home during the anniversary week
Plans for Completing Lodge.
Incidental to the home coming, the
matter of having the pioneer lodge
completed at that time was given con
sideration. President Steinhauser re-
ported that it had been practically de-
| cided by the building committee to have
a log fire place constructed and as soon
as A. c. Ochs has completed the plans
and specifications for the same, the 10
cal committee will arrange for the
necessary logs, SO that the work may
be completed in early spring.
Family Name Plates.
The matter of having, family nams
plates for the interior of the log cabin.
IN other words, arranging for fam
lily log for each family that was here
during or prior to the Indian Massacre,
was also discussed at length. The idea
of having family log for each family
is gaining in favor and no trouble will
be experienced in having the member.
OF each family contribute $500 for the
name plate which is what it will pre-
sumably cost. a committee consisting
OF j. A. Ochs, Ferdinand Crone and w,
e. Alvin was appointed to secure the
necessary information about the kinds
and prices of name plates B. Juni was
appointed historian and his first duty
viii be to compile a complete and au-
thentic list of the pioneers; also the
dates of their arrival.
President steinhauser reported fur
Their that Mrs. Johanna Kocpke of New
Pragne, formerly a resident here, had
donated to the Junior Pioneers a birds
eye view picture of New Ulm as it
appeared in the early days. The same
was accepted with thanks It will be
hung i'll the lodge.
Election Of Officers.
All the old officers were reelected as
follows: Pres, Albert Steinhauser:
vice pres.,J 2. Graft; Sec, Adolph Mel
ie; treas, Mrs. q. b. Krook.