New Ulm review., 1922-11-15
TURNER'S ENJOY
ANNUAL BANQUET |
Two Societies Join hi
Celebration of Their
Natal Day.

urday evening. !. The attendance, there
fore, at the annual banquet and dance
was very good and a most ENJOYABLE.
evening was spent BY young and old
together. The occasion was the 66th'
anniversary Of. the Turnverein and the
33rd of the Ladies Society.
The. committee in charge Of the af-
fair consisted Of Thomas Pfaender
M IS. Henry Held, Mrs. Aug. Hummel
and Miss Frances Zeller and the sup
per committee was made up Of Mes
danes, Chss.. Brust, John Hauenstein,
R. r.. Kemski and Otto Puhlmann.
The supper hour was set at $50 and.
by that tire the social hall was we'll
filed with members Of the two So
cie ties and the young people associated
with them. The. banquet was served
in the gymnasium, where the tables
wete placed in tie pattern of star.
The decorations used we're United States
flags, combined with autumn leaves,
bitter sweet and arbor vitae and the
tables were lighted with red and green
candles. The supper was served in
three courses and was delicious as it
always is when served by the Ladies'
Society. Music was furnished by men,
bers of the Gould orchestra. Mr.. Gould
himself, was present, having managed
to get here, although he had consider
able trouble on the road. from Glencoe
and was quite late. He was given a
rousing welcome when he did appear.
The Program
The program following the banquet
was conducted by Mrs. L. B. Krook,
who announced as the first number the
singing Of America This WIS fol
lowed by an address by the President
of the Society, Mr.. Fred Pfaender, who
outlined the aims Of the Turnverein
and gave a short. resume OF the past
years affairs. He was followed by Mrs.
Bellm as President Of the; Ladies So
ciety, who told of the efforts made by
their auxiliary Mrs. Bellm acted the
part Of the Goddess Fortuna and pre-
sented the, Mems Society, through their
president, with a Horn Of Plenty, which
was found to contain a gift Of 81 900.
This munifcencet CALLED for three cheers
given by the men for their co-workers.
a3fas Special Numbers:
4 The Toast1nistfess next announced
that group Of Tyrolers would appear
to entertain the company and tive
costume songs were given by the Clover
Leaf Trio, Mesdames Alvin, Helm and
Bell. This number, on the program
was enthusiastically received and called
for an encore. George Wichersh was
then called upon for recitation and
responded with two very humorous
selections which kept the company in
an uprorar. Henry Held asked permis-
sion to enter a complaint, saying that
in previous years there had always
been considera BILE singing at the Stiff
tungsfest banquets and he felt there
was not enough of this form Of
entertainment on the evenings pro-
gram. Mr.. Held asked the president
if he could not do something about the
matter and President Pfaender respond
ed by calling upon double quartette
consisting of Messers. Herman Pfaen-
der, Paul seifert, julius Krause, Albert
.Pfaender, Fred Pfsender, Kurt Bell,
Albert Held and John Siebenbrunner.
VIM. Pfaender, Jr., directed the quar-
tet. They rendered Heidenr0slein and
responded to tempestuous encore.
Diplomas Awarded
4 This number was followed by the
presentation Of. diplomas for twenty:
five and fifty years membership in
the societie VIM. Pfaender, Jr.,sre-
ceived a fifty year diploma and Martin
Hose and Capt. Albert steinhauser
twenty-five yeara diplomas from the
mems society and Mrs. Martin Hose
was decorated by Mrs: =Bellm Of the
Ladies' Society with silver pin, in
dicating that she had been a member
for twenty five years.
Financial Affairs
President Pfaender then called upor
the members Of the committee which
has been making campaign to raise
funds to clear away the indebtedness
Of the Society, to make report
The Society is still owing considerable
on the building and every year it i
necessary to pay out interest on this
debt It was decided some time agst
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