Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-06-22
WRITES ABOUT
|. c. BAND TRIP
Miss Theresa Arneson Writes Par
ents An Interesting Letter
About the Luther College
Band Trip.
ENJOYING TRIP TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT
Many Former DecOrahians Making
1t Pleasant for Members
OF The Party.

Miss Theresa Arneson, of De-
corah, who is accompanying the Luz
ther College Concert Band on their
tour through the west, has written
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Arne-
son, two very interesting letters,
which we have been permitted to
publish.
Sioux Falls, S. D.,
June 9, 1921
Dear Folks:-
So far so good. Left Decorah in
grand style, but it took US long
time to get ready for bed, so we
really weren't settled until 200
o'clock. | went to sleep right away.
! Woke up early, everybody did, but
we didn't get up until ten o'clock.
Got into Canton at 1:13. Rev. Brown
with bunch of cars met us at the
station and we were taken straight
to the auditorium. Gave a concert
at 2:30, after which they took us
out to the ball park where little old
l.. c. beat the Canton professionals
to the tune of Z to 3, and they made
all sorts of sport of US before we
started to play.
was invited to John Anderson's
for supper. Good old Norskes, and
we had a real Norwegian meal with
"banke kjod". Mr. Anderson started
the Grieg Singing Society thirty
years ago. They were on a trip at
the same time that the old "Luren"
was at Omaha. Mr.. Anderson start
ed to tell me about it. "Oh, he
said, there was tenor with Luren
i shall never forget. He had the
most remarkably sweet voice | ever
heard. Had he lived and trained he
could easily have ranked with John
Mccormack. His name was Sigurd
Halvorson." He almost fell on my
neck when l said l was Sig's neice.
Miss Palma, the only daughter, is
wonderful pianist, studied four
years in Germany. There is also a
son, the youngest one, a dashing,
nice young fellow who likes to drive
about So, and owns a car that is
built for speed, as he very aptly
demonstrated after dinner.
Canton is justly proud Of her
country roads. We had a wonderful
ride and got back to the Music Hall
just in time for the concert. When
about half thru it began to rain, no
pour, | mean, and kept on pouring.
We went to lovely reception at
DIR. Lewistons after the concert. Mrs.
Lewiston is a sister of Celia Gullick-
son. The Country Club entertained
US and did it royalty. | left about
one o'clock to go back to the car.
Got caught in soaking shower, no
umbrella, mo raincoat, no rubbers;
my hair was as wet as if | had
washed it. Profited by this exper-
fence, however, we've all carried our
raincoats since and found we needed
them.
Yesterday at Hills, MINI. There
| stayed at Hon. j. N. Jacobson's.
Mrs. j. is "a sister of Mrs. Knute
Baker, of Decorah, and Mr.. j. is
cousin of Ike Jacobson. First thing
saw there was Ike's and Olives
wedding picture.
At Luverne last evening had the
best concert on the trip. Kvinde-
forening in Lund's church served US
a chicken supper with lefse n'every-
thing.
BY the way, do you remember a
cousin of the Herried girls who mar
ried Tobiason? Met her at Can
ton and she said she knew mother.
Today we play at Madison, after
noon and evening and go back to
Sioux Falls tomorrow. Are here just
between trains today.
More later, love from