The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-05-01
FRIENDS SAYfAREWELL
TO LESk and HASSfL
Joint Banquet Was Given by Town
Criers and Minot Rotary Clubs
Tuesday Evening.

The joint banquet given Tuesday
evening at the Association of Com
merce rooms, by members of the
Town Criers and Minot Rotary clubs,
to honor BENZ. N. Lesk and G. A..
Hassel, on their departure from the
city. was an exceptionally enjoyable
affair, despite the fact that all realz-
ed that Minot is losing two of her
very best citizens.
The affair was the monthly dinner
given by the Town Criers Club and
the eighteen members Of the Rotary
who are not Town Criers, were invit-
ed IN to break bread with the men,
bers Of this organization.
An appetizing dinner was served by
the members of the Royal Neighbors.
Gale s. Robinson, who was in charge
of the stunts for the evening, caused
elaborate bills of fare to be printed,
taking the menu from some famous
Thanksgiving dinner. Each guest
selected what he wanted to eat and
wrote it very carefully on slip, only
to find that they were to be served
with something entirely different.
The following new members after
taking the Town Crier's vow, were
vested with the Criers' baby caps and
rattles and seated at the the table.
Dorr Carol, H. E. Wheeler, F. r..
Holden, R. j. Doebler, A. F. Erick-
son, Cap Saunders. l.. L. kvam and
Chas. K Allen.
President w. F. Jones then turned
the gathering over to the tender mer-
cy of G.. D. Colcord, who presided as
toa astmaster.
Mrs. Grimmer presided at the piano
for the songs rendered by the AS
sembly, under the direction of Major
Person. Mrs. Grimmer also favored
the gathering with a vocal solo, her
sweet singing proving a delight to all
Solos we're rendered by l.. r. SWEET
and A. p. Blonde, each Of whom was
heartily encored.
President Long, of the Minot Rotary
club was the first speaker. tie eX-
blamed the tenets of the Rotary,
whose motto is "He profits most who
sarves best" Mr.. Long made a
gerry pleasing talk.
Major A. J. McCannel, who recent
ly returned from Schoffield Barracks,
Honolulu, where he spent two years,
told some very interesting Facts con CO,
corning the Hawaiian Islands. The
Major has the faculty Of keeping hrs
eyes and ears open, has a very re-
tentive mind and pleasing manner OF
expressing himself There are no
Jews on the Islands, he says. because
the Scotch got there first. There are
more Japs on the Islands than native
Hawaiians. The missionaries went
to the Islands in the early days, form
ed corporations and are now the mil
lionaires. Business is so controlled
that it is hard for an independent con-
Germ to gain a foothold: A big de-
partment store started IN oppo-
ition to some Of the big corporations.
Thru some sort of a manipulation,
their holiday goods remained on the
dock in San Francisco, and did not
arrive until the following day.
D. w. Bowker, police commissioner,
was one Of the speakers. He outlln-
ed his policy in a way, and stated that
certain ordinances coming within his
sehere, would be strictly enforced.
He said that the city commission
only the night before had arranged
to provide uniforms for the police and
give them certain beats.
Chas. Grow, of St. Paul, former Mi
not business man, gave pleasing
talk. Mr.. Grow, who still owns con-
siderable property in Minot. says that
he considers this city his home. Dur
ing his short stay in the city he says