The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1920-01-21
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FIRST ANNUAL BANQUET
ceok County Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Have Big Time at -:
Local School.

Cock County Soldiers, Sailors and
+ Marines Have Big Time At :.
Local School.
The Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
of Cook county partook of their first
annual banquet on last Saturday
Knight. About twenty-five of the ex.
service men gathered at the Grand
Marais schoolhouse, where Miss
Rusch and her clas is In domestic
science had prepared a splendid din
ner.
The assembly room of the school
was appropriately decorated. The
colors predonninating. There were
also many placards with favorite
army expressions, which only the
soldiers could understand. The menu
cards promised real army "chow'',
but the men were happy to find that
the cards were wrong, as each
course was, placed before them.
"The army was never like this" and
"This is surely a regular banquet,
with all the trimmings" could be
heard. Thruout the banquet, the
boys were pleasantly entertained by
Miss Walser, at the piano; occasion
ally an old army song was sung by
the men. Some kilograms were re-
received, which caused quite a little
amusement.
After the banquet had been served
and the men had voiced their appre-
citation of the girls who had pre-
pared and served it so we'll, there
was short program of toasts, with
H. B. Pitcher acting as toastmaster.
Oscar Lindskog, Commander of the
local post of the American Legion,
in behalf Of the men, thanked all
those who had helped to make the
banquet a success; then he told of
the plans of the Legion and urged
all the men present to cooperate in
getting every ex-service man in Cook
county to join the Legion, to finish
the work in "Cits" which were ready
to do in the 20. d., for: "the coun-
try for which we were willing to die
is equally worth living for"
The toast "Greetings From Cot Coz:
County was not given, because the
speaker who was to represent the
county was not present. Mr.. Cod
frey Lundquist welcomed the boys in
behalf of Grand Marais, and in a
few well-chosen words told how
proud the village and county had
been of the "boys" as they went off
to fight for Democracy, and prom
ised the continued good will, affec-
tion and honor to those who have
returned, stating that he hoped that
memorial to the soldiers of Cook
county might soon be erected. Miss
Louise Rusch gave a reading 1.-THE
Abdication," which told how the
hero of the Civil War had lost his
throne-the old soap box in Perkins
store-when Johnny jerks came
back from overseas. The reading de-
lighted the hearers.
The next toast: "Our Friend, the
American Legion was responded to
by A. L. Saethre. He told of the
aims and ideals of the Legion, and
of the many things that the Legion
has brought about for the benefit
of ex-service men, mentioning espec-
tally the compensation and voca-
t'onal training laws for disabled
men and the Government insurance
which every service man should take
advantage of.
DR.. F. B. Hicks gave a splendid
address in response to the toast:
"Still, Our Country" eulogizing the
soldiers of the present war, point.
ing out the dangers to our country
at the present time, but assuring his
hearers that with the same loyal co.
operation of all real Americans, ir
the future, that was shown during
the war, there will be no real dan.
ger of our Democracy being de.
stroyed. "As we look upon the
heroes of our national history, SC
the future will regard you, if you
hold fast to the ideals and the spirit
that you showed during the Great
War;"
All in all, the evening proved tc
be one of the pleasantest that was
ever spent in Cook county. t'That'.
what they all say"