The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-07-27
KWAN|AEya0LD
GREAT FUN FEST
RAIN AND MUDDY ROADS DO NOT
HOLD BACK CROWD OF
$50 VISITORS
PIERRE LIVE WIRES DRIVE 2OS MILES
Bookings Charter Presentation Was
Largest and Best Ever Held
in the District

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difficulties were nc barrier to the
crowd of $50 visiting Kiwanians and
their families who drove from neigh
boring towns last Friday to attend
the charter presentation banquet and
program of the B%rookings Kiwanis
club. Madison brought the largest
delegation, numbering 20 automobiles
and about $50 persons. The Pierre
Kiwanis club held the long distance
record, 35 members of that club driv.
ing a distance of POS miles that day
to be present at the big program
Sioux Falls was represented by a hun,
dred or more fu~n-loving folk, Huron
came down about SO strong and
brought their band with them. Madi,
O also brought their band, so with
the Brookings band, there were three
large bands to furnish music. Wes'
sington Springs, the smallest town In
the world to have a Kiwanis club and
also the Invest club in the district,
was represented by a delegation of 10,
while Mitchell had a delegation of the
same number. Every Kiwanis club
in South Dakota was represented ex,
cept Redfield.
Silas E. Morris of Mitchell, lieuten-
ant governor Of the district, who pre-
sented the charter in behalf OF the
Kiwanis Club International, stated
that it was the finest charter presen-
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of. The attendance broke all records
for similar affairs in the district of
Minnesota and the DakOtas.
The program opened at $3.50 p. m.
with a parade through Main street in
which all of the clubs participated. All
wore gay colored hats with Kiwanis
insignia upon them, some carried
canes with balloons, others had
sauawkers, all were filled with pep
and capered around to whet up a good
appetite for the big banquet which i'm
mediately followed the parade. The
Watertown band led the parade. the
sBrookings and Madison bands also
taking part in no small degree.
The biggest feature Of the evening
was the banquet which was served by
the Kiwanis ladies in the dining room
in Wecota hall. 1t was upon this
feature that the success Of the affair
hung and the ladies proceeded to make
history for B~rookings and the Kiwanis
club in the perfect way they handled
this immense crowd of five hundred
diners at one sitting. The tables,
there were about so Of them, were
each a masterpiece of decoration.
Kiwanis blue and yellow were the pre-
dominating colors. Field flowers were
used. to striking advantage. Every
little detail of decorating and serving
the banquet was carefully planned and
carried out. No estimate has yet
been made Of the amount of work
which this great task entailed. The
banquet committee consisted OF DR..
and Mrs. B. T. Green, DR.. and Mrs.
James w. Wilson and Dr.. and Mrs.
N. E. Hansen. They were also for
tunate in having the services of Miss
Laura Sexauer, who has had wide ex-
perience in handling affairs Of this
kind. The work of serving the ban
Quet was well organized and divided
up among the wives Of the Brookings
Kiwanians and a number of girls who
kindly offered their assistance.
The banquet opened with an address
of welcome by DR.. A. A. Harris, chair.
man Of the reception committee,
which was delivered in a happy, brief
style that met instant favor with the
visitors. The banquet then began
and each club We'd with the other to
see who could show the most pep and
sing the Ioudest. The Pierre glee club
sang a number of songs that were
heartily applauded. The Huron bunch
with their piano made themselves
heard at all times. The Bookings
Kiwanis quartette made an instantan-
eous hit with a comic song number.
Harvey's orchestra Of Marshall, Mimi,
furnished music during intervals when
the other clubs were too busy eating to
sing.
The formal program Of the charter
presentation took place in the college
armory following the banquet. After
a few snake dances and a song, Lieu,
tenant Governor Silas E. Morris was
introduced and delivered the presenta.
ton address. Following this, Presi'
lent Carl Trygstad of the Brookings
Kiwanis club, made a short talk of &C
c~eptance. ice H. Marshall Of Minnea.
polls, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the dis
trict, spoke for a few minutes urging
the Kiwanians to attend the district
convention ut Crank Forks, August
"a and rs. e. G. Trotzig, secretary OF
the local club, read kilograms OF con
CALCULATIONS from the international
president and other clubs In the dis
trict, who we're not able to come.