Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-01-05
Large Attendance At Annual Feast.
Many Participate In Toa.tins
). and Speaking

SpanlSh-Amerlcan war Veter-
ans were the honored guests of
the evening.
The Women's. Auxiliary of
the local American Legion
Post served at the feast. The
women certainly deserve the
thanks of everyone who par
took. of the tasty menu which
consisted of fruit cocktail, ap-
pie sauce, roast pork, mashed
potatoes, brown gravy, cold
slaw, rutabagas; bread, butter,
: pickles, coffee, apple pie-a-la-
. mode and cigars.
After the supper, the even
ing was spent in speech maxi
: ing relating stories of the re-
: cent war and exchanging jokes
The Commander, Henry c..
Young, acted as POSTMASTER,
and acquitted himself excel
lently. He did the utmost in
making the program interest
ing for the ex-service men. The
first speaker called upon was
VIM. 0. Johnson, commander
of the local post of the Span
lsh-American war veterans. He
gave few brief remarks. The
second speaker was M. D.
Manning. The next speaker
was the ex-commander, A. A.
G: Blomquist. Aldrich spoke
about what the legion had
done the past year, referring
to the services rendered to as
sist the disabled service men.
Following the interesting adj
dress by Ex-Commander Blom-
quist, the Adjutant, A. E. Nor
dstrom, read a letter from the
State Commander Vernon, who
had been engaged as the prin-
cipal speaker of the evening.
The letter stated that he was
zunable to attend because of
fitness. Emil C. Lundquist
spoke of the, Community House
and referred to the work done
the past year relative to that
matter.
Before POSTMASTER Young
called upon the next speaker,
he related an incident which
befel1 him while riding on a
crowded street car. The spea-
ker called upon was Carl J.
Freeberg of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war veterans. C.. Hen
nings was next drafted to speak
and responded with a few
words. Norman Tallakson
complimented the women for
the we'll served supper. J. B.
Boyd made a brief talk. VIM.
3. Soldering, member of the
membership committee of the
legion, spoke about the work
which the committee expects
to do during 1921.
P. j. Haley made a splendid
address. He gave some i'm
portant advice to the World
War service men. Archie Carl
son spoke in the interest of
;the legion athletics. 0. z.
Johnston also made a short
*talk:
DR.. A. A. Van Dyke, broth
er Of the late Congressman
Van Dyke of St. Paul, conclud-
ed the program. He was un.
able to reach here before nine
o'clock. coming on No. Fl. Dr.
Van Dyke" came to fill the place
Of Atty. Vernon on the pre,
gram. He delivered ar@4zalJer.
esting address. In Ills speech
he referred to his brother who
served in the Spanish-Ameri.
can war. He also spoke about
the Revolutionary war and the
Civil war. DR.. Van Dyke de
fined what the legion i,
and what it stands for. HI
stated that when a person i!
willing to die for his country
he most certainly ought to bt
willing to live for his nativ.
land, In referring to the leg
ion, he remarked that he die
not think very much of a mar
who not being a member of :
union, received credit for wha
it accomplished and received
honors for the important worl
which it carried out.
Evangelist Coming
Rev. A. Frykman, evangelist
will hold a 2 weeks series O.
evangelistic sermons at tn,
Swedish Mission church begin
ming with Sunday; Jan. 23rd
SongleadertJ ohnson will assis
Rev. Frykman. .,