New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-09-28
PIONEER II '.l;Rl BANQUET |: A n 3
THURSDAY, OCT 6
WILL COMMEMORATE ARRIVAL
OF FIRST SETTLERS IN
THIS VICINITY.
DISPUTE AS TO EXACT DATE
WHEN ADVANCE PARTY
LANDED HERE.

Preparations are under way for the
annual banquet which is to be rendered
the Pioneers of New .Ulm and vicinity
by the Junior Pioneers on the ami
versary date of the arrival of the first
settlers in this vicinity. For the past
10 years this anniversary has been
celebrated annually on October z.
When the committee in charge Of this
years celebration got together, they
found that it was well-nigh impossible
to have the celebration on the seventh
Of next month, and, therefore, changed
it to Thursday, October 6, which date
is considered by great many to be
the real date when the first settlers
arrived in the town Of Milford.
Banquet Thursday, Oct. 6.
This years celebration will be similar
to the ones that have been held in
recent years. The Pioneers will as
semble at Turner Hall at a o'clock in
the afternoon Of Thursday, October
9Th and will there be entertained by
the Junior Pioneers and have an op-
portunity to meet friends whom they
may not have seen for the past year.
Five-thirty is the hour set for the
banquet and the committee urgently
requests all Junior Pioneers to be at the
hall early enough so that there will be
no delay in serving the banquet at the
time appointed. An effort will be
made to have the banquet and toasts
concluded not later than o'clock in
the evening so that it will work no
hardship on the old people, and for
that reason the banquet should be
served at the appointed hour.
Program Being Prepared.
The committee is at work now to
arrange the program of toasts and other
numbers to be given at the banquet.
Major Albert Pfaender has been Sc
lected as POSTMASTER and it is the in
tention of the committe to have enough
short addresses, musical numbers, both
vocal and instrumental and Rotations
to round out very pleasant evening.
Dispute as to Date.
There is some dispute as to whether
the advance party arrived on the sixth
or on the seventh of October and there
are some who claim to have positive
proof that the first settlers landed here
October 6, and not on the 18th, the date
heretofore used for the celebration.
1t is possible that if the proof is con-
elusive that the first settlers arrived
on October 6 the anniversary day will
hereafter be changed to the latter date.
Members of Vanguard.
The members of the party who were
out looking for site for a German
colony left Chicago, September 18th,
1854. They consisted Of Secretary
Voehringer, Surveyor Schwartz, and
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Julius, Mr.. and Mrs
B. Drechsler, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Zettel
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Hermann, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Mack, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Walser
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Wall, Ludwig Meyer
and his two sons, Henry Meyer ane
Ludwig Meyer, Jr., W. Winkelmann
J. Brandt, VIM. Thiele, David Haeber.
lie, Leonard Haeberle, j. Keck, A.
Massapust, P. Mack, J. Wiedenmanr
and Conrad Kleinknecht. There is
only one survivor left and that is Peter
Mack of Milford. The only other sur.
vivor, in recent years, Mrs. Hembsct
formerly Mrs. Drechsler, Of St. Paul
died during the past year.
Junior Pioneer Annual Meeting.
After the banquet the Junior Pio(n.
GERS will hold their annual meeting and
will elect new executive committee
to transact the business for the en-
suing year. One of the main topics
to occupy the Junior Pioneers at the
annual meeting will, no doubt, be thu
matter of celebrating the 60th ami
versary of the Indian Massacre. TIL
meeting should decide on the mag
nitude that this event shall take
There is feeling among quite a mum
Der Of the members that this anniver
sary should be made the occasion Of
very large celebration including, g
course, a homecoming. # properl
handled the Goth anniversary can b
made a bigger event even than tn
50th anniversary and this was the hes
advertised and the biggest celebratio
that New Uln has ever had.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Of Dulut
were guests at the home Of Mr.. an
Mrs. j. A. Kennedy, North Mime
sofa street, Friday, enroute to Califol
MIA. where thew expect to snend I'll