The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-05-02
MADISON CENTER
Of MUCH ACTIVITY
Many Organizations To Hold
Meetings Here During
the Summer.
ELKS TO BE INSTALLED
Merchants Association and City
To CO-Operate-Will
Decorate Streets.
ELKS TO BE INSTALLED

| With the advent of the 1922 sum-
mer season Madison will be one of
! the foremost centers of activity in
the state. Many organizations have
already fixed definite dates for vari-
Gus conventions and gatherings the
majority of which will be of state
wide significance. The summer re-
sorts at Lake Madison and Lake
Herman have been preparing for the
largest season ever anticipated and
are In position to- entertain the
visitors.
Luther League.
On May the fifth annual con-
vention of the South Dakota District
Young Peoples Luther league of
which the Rev. G. X. Solberg Is the
president, will open NTH a three-d day
session to be held In Trinity Luth-
| eran church. Between $50 and 200
delegates beside several hundred
members are expected from the
states ofNSouth Dakota, Nebraska,
and Colorado The Augustana Col
lege choir of Sioux Falls will be one
of the features of the program
May 13 is the date set for the
meeting of the South Dakota state
convention of the Grand /. o. o. F..
lodge. The sessions will be held
partly in the Lake Madison auditor
ium and partly in town. Two dele
gates, will be sent from each lodge
in the state. Several hsadred MEM
bers will be present if the roads are
passable at that time. The conven-
tion will last seven days, closing the
evening of May 20.
Elks Lodge.
A chapter of the Elks lodge will
be installed on June l. The present
nucleus of sixty-five members to-
gether with between 200 and $50
new members will constitute the To-
cal chapter of the order
I'VE are going to make June l one
of the biggest days Madison has
ever seen and no expense is being
spared to do it," was statement
given out yesterday by w. j. Mulvey.
temporary secretary of the local
Elks.
The installation, degree work and
banquet will be held in the Grand
view hotel at Lake Madison. Several
high officials of the lodge will be
present including Hugh s. Gamble
of Sioux Falls, district deputy; jam
es Mcfarland of Watertown, chair
man of the national Judiciary COM
mittee; and Fred C. Robinson, of
Chicago, grand secretary of the or
der. Mr.. Mcfarland will have
charge of the degree work.
Among the leading entertainment
features for the Elks will be a base
ball game between two South Da-
kota league teams, the Sioux Falls
Elks' minstrels and vaudeville. The
Watertown band, which is made up
exclusively of Elks, will probably
be a feature of the program.
| In the evening grand ball will
be held in the Lake Madison pavilion
to which the public will be invited
Kiwanis Club.
June has been the date selected
by the Madison Kiwanis club for its
celebration and the formal reception
of it's charter.
A program is being planned and
several groups of Kiwanians will be
sent from the Kiwanis clubs in the
surrounding towns. John C. Pollock
of Fargo, N. D., the governor for
| this district of the Kiwanis clubs
will formally present the charter to
the local organization.
The Madison Kiwanis club was
4 organized about three months age
and has shown such progress and
activity that 1t is now eligible to re-
ceive its permanent charter.
Farm Bureau.
i A mid-usmmer session OF the
statewide Farm Bureau will be hello
June 9 and 10 which will be at
tended by thousands If the weather
is favorable, according to j. d. Nor
rison, county agent. Invitations have
been extended to all farm bureau.
in the states of Iowa, Nebraska and
Minnesota. 1t is expected to make
the meeting kind of picnic ant
outing for those who attend with al
educational program beside.
j National officers Of the Farm Bn
reau Federation will be on the pro
gram and negotiations are beini
made to have Senator Ladd Of NORTH
Dakota as one of the speakers.
! The state convention OF the SoutI
Dakota Firemen's association viii
open on June 13 and will close Jun'
is. The representatives and mem
bers Of the fire department through