The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-08-04
did SETTLERS ENJOY TWO
DAYS At ANNUAL REUNION.

ten, we are not exaggerating. 1t
was, and while some may say the
writer has not heard many address
ses, we will state that we in our
time have listened to some of the
best of them and none were better
than DIR. Bladley at the picnic
last Thursday. To go into details
would be doing the talk an in
justice, suffice it to say, the DR..
put what he had to say across re-
gardless of who was pleased OR dis
pleased. Saturday morning the DIR.
was called to Chicago by the Mayor
to deliver the address at the Sun
day Pageant of Progress session
where he spoke to several hundred
thousand people.
ing the annual ball was begun at
the Moose hall. From the open
ing of the doors and the first
strains of the Idlewild Orchestra
the hall was filled and before mid |
night dancing anything more than |
the modern wiggles was out of the |
question owing to the crowd which |
packed every available inch of |
space. Notwithstanding the i'm
mense crowd in the small hall the |
best of good nature prevailed and |
the merrymaking to the strains of
this excellent orchestra continued |
until after o'clock.
Friday, the concluding day of the |
reunion was spent resting Or on
boat trips on Vermilion. The an
nual meeting was called for two
o'clock but at this hour the officers
and many others were on a delayed
boat trip and meeting was post
poned until later. A nominating
committee consisting of T. H.
Wheeler, Barth Coffey, Chas. Roll
and, John Owens and Chas. Ire
iona was named to submit officers
for the ensuing year and after care
fully going over the list of elig-
ibles, this committee reported the
following nominations:
President-Geo. H. Vivian, Du-
luth.
First Vice Prest.-Fred B. James,
Ely:
Polkinghorne, Hibbing.
Secretary-Peter Schaefer, Ely.
Assistant Sea. B. Fogelberg,
Tower.
Treasurer-Thos. E. Miller, Ely.
Directors 6 years)-Barth Cof-
fey, Ely; E. J. Morcom, Soudan.
Director to fill the unexpired
term of w. j. West-Chas. Ire
IONA, Ely.
No other nominations having
been made for any of the offices,
on motion duly carried by the
members at the banquet, the offic-
ers as nominated were declared
elected.
The annual banquet was served
| in the gymnasium of the Tower
1 High School and covers were laid
for 100. The banquet was served
by the Rex Cafe and was enioyed
by all present. Chas. Trezona of
this city served as toast-master OH
request of Prest. Merritt. A. A.
Harrington of Duluth and DIR. Brad
ley had been listed as speakers at
the banquet. Mr.. Harrington was
unable to be present on account of
court matters and DR.. Bradley was
taken i'll in the afternoon and
The S. o. S. call for speaker
was answered by Representative
Chas. T. Murphy of Aurora and
Mr., Murphy acquitted himself
with honors and was rendered an
ovation at the close of his address.
Prest. Merritt gave fine address.
John Owens also made a talk more
In the nature of eulogy to de-
parted members and paid a high
tribute to William j. West. Capt.
Frank Kent, when called on. made
a. very pleasant talk. He related
his experiences from the time he
left his home in England without
farthing when very young man
up to the present day. He also
gave an account of his trip to the
battle fields of France a year ago.
Capt. Frank was frequently inter
rupted by applause The Soudan
| orchestra furnished the music at
the banquet.
To the credit of the committees
IN charge of the celebration it must
be said, everything worked like
| CLOCK. Not an accident happened
to mar the day or night and the
two day program went off without
| Particular thanks are due the
| OhVer Iron Mining Company. the
Oliver Club of Soudan, the Ameri-
can Legion post of Tower and
ooudan, and many others for SER
wees and supplies. The Ely Civ
Band was supplied as a tribute to
the Old Settlers by the City Coun-
ell of Ely and their fare to and
from Tower was paid by the fol- |
| rowing firms and individuals: Mil
Ter Store Co., VIM. Burley. The
Ely Miner, First National Bank. ]
| M. Brown, James Drug Store. First
State Bank, Laing Hardware Co.,
HBroWnell 81 Co