Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-06-07

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'0R BIZ IN I ING
4 c. ,iittee, for ANNUAL Gathering
;;..Ii of Stavanxef ket &c WIiillnulaslr
y june 22-23
a. Thursday and Friday, June ~
and q, the large organization Of Nor
sw9gians III America who are natives
!, ~ tavanger, Norway, or those who
haze their antecedents il that pro
vince, known as stavanger fLaget,' =
Ylll have is annual reunion atsWill-
ma ma, a !, meeting Of the ENTERTAIN
ment Committee of the Willmar Com
!. marcia, club WAS held with 2 number 81
q others interested on Monday even:
ing Of this week. and, the. following
commit eesp were appointed: 49,.
il. COMMITTEE TO. SECURE LODG-
.|'GF !; Secretary t j t. have charge of
list 5at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wellin.
FIRST WARD Sivert Johnson,
Chairman; Peter Heimdahl, !. G. Hol,
land.
I. SECOND WARD -olof Mattson,,
Chairman; Gilbert Baklund. Robert
Anderson and Chas. Anderson. =.
HI. III THIRD WARD--A. O. Borgan,
chairman; Peter Bassebo, John Olson
(Charlltte. Street,, Edw Sanderson.
FOURTH WARD -Knut Samuelson
SWandahl, chairman; H.. Langager,
! q. r.: Olstad and r. M: Tommeraasen.
The downtown headquarters Of the
fvlsitbrs will be in the basement Of
the Masonic Temple. Cars will be on
hand to take the visitors to. their lod-
gings about the city. The visitors
will pay, 80 cents per person per night
for. lodging and II breakfast is taken
at the house So cents is to be paid for
that, II desired, breakfast can be
taken an. one! Of Willmar's numerous
restaurants down town on the way to
the grounds. 49,. .st@ss J.
COMMITTEE ON DECORATIONS
-7;z-Ebens 3E. lawson, chairman, to, ap,
point assistants as needed. A Welcome
sign Will be; placed across Nelson av-
enue on the. way. to, the. Fairgrounds
PARK, flags and bunting will be in evil
dence along the way, and; the interior
Of the auditorium will be decorated in
an appropriate manner. .s;=.::. ...=. :=5.
RECEPTION .COMMITTEE-E., C.
Wellin, chairman; a. A. Anderson,
Bert Aaryig, Knut samuelson Swan
dahl, Sivert johnson. Albert Guam,
Samuel Guam, Chris Nash. H. T. Ian.
eager, II. C. Holland. A. O. Borgan,
Alex QVale, Louis Vikse, Paul Lewis
And Knut Aarvig. KILL. ..> -. >...4 :,
All these committees on, arrange
ment4s are asked to meet next Monday
evening. at the Commercial Club rooms
t. report on what progress has been
made and for. further consultation.
The larger number of delegates are
expected to arrive Wednesday night,
June ri; The vanguard will probably
cQme:fpn Wednesday and cars carry
Ing delegates from all parts Of the
great: Northwest will arrive at all
hourssof the morning Of Thursday. At
the last convention of the stavanger
laget held at Willmar: in June, 1915,
there were fully two thousand visitors.
Enthusiastic, Stavangersz claim that
there will be more this year. -:
rat $50 a. m.,,!June %, the parade
will start from the headquarters near
the courthouse grounds, headed by the
Willmar Municipal Band and the Am
erican; ;colors. Then, the parade will
e. Aofm, each .bygdelag"' with. it's own
banner. No less than twenty beauti
ful banners have been donated by the
folks who live in various .centers in
Stayanger to their American kin who
meet thus in. these big annual reuni-
ons for the purpose Of renewing &C.
qpaintances and. fraternizing. The
parade. will proceed to the Fairgrounds
Park where the. program begins at
ten O'clock. -. s.:
The ladies' of the Lutheran Free
church viii have charge Of the dining
PAVILION and zsretreshment stands at
the grounds and they promise the Wis.
|itors plenty Of food prepared in dist:
tnctly, Norwegian manner. The price
Tor meals agreed upon is As cents for
dinner and 35c for supper. " i. :..3
a concert will be given BY the will
mar Municipal Band at. some time
when st can be best fitted into the
program. o. NJ. Sundt's new singing
club Of the. Sons, of Norway, The vik-
ing Singing Society, will contribute
numbers on the program, at times to
be agreed upon, and other singing tai
ent will be available. Hon. Trygve o.
Gilbert, National President Of the Am
erican Order of Sons OF Norway, will
address the convention. Everything
Willm1lar can do to make the conven-
tion, success will be done, and peo-
PIE here want every delegate to leave
Wlllmar thoroly satisfied and glad
!. that h1' they came s..
!, s:S5 nlR1AnAY 3: PARTY ..s