Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-08-16
Farmers Store, s. E. Brickner.

Z. l.. Haugen q Co., restaurant.
John Mccall, autos.
Congregational Church.
Beard e. Son, Belgian Horses.
A. NJ. Kelly, painter.
Meikle G. Rosenthal, dogs.
Mounted Girls.
Old Spinning Wheel.
1t is conceded by everybody that
the float parade was the finest ever
seen in this part of the country. The
Setback Artificial Flower Co. of Chi
cago, furnished the most part of the
decorations used.
One of the most touching and en-
joyable events of the busy week was
the dinner rendered the members of
the old DEBORAH Drum Corps at the
Winneshiek hotel Thursday noon.
Frank Coleman, of Fairfield, Neb.,
member of the first and original
corps here, in a speech that touched
the heartstrings of the old boys who
were together 40 years ago as the
champions of the world drum corps
presented to the city of DEBORAH
he championship prize of the gold
tipped drum sticks which We're pre-
sented to the corps in 1888. In that
year the drum corps went to Nash
vile, Tennessee. f. L. Davis G. Bro,
jewelers., Of Nashville, offered a pair
of Tennessee Rosewood drum sticks,
with a gold drum on the head Of
each stick. Mr.. Coleman kept those
sticks for 40 years, waiting to get
them back where they belonged.
Mr.. Coleman called the roll of
The drum corps of 1883, and .here
were only four members presen+, who
Responded. They were Ed Thoml
son, August Neufert, Frank Cole
man and Will Bucknell.
Mr.. Coleman presented the sticks
to the drum corps, and the corps
presented them to the city of De-
eorah, turning them over to Mayor
T. w. Conover.
The banner, which was presented
to the corps by the young ladies of
DEBORAH in 1887, and carried in the
parade that year was also turned
over to the city of DEBORAH. The
banner hung for years in the Grand
opera house. The Grand burned
down some years ago, and Gust
Neufert, a pioneer member of the
corps, remembered the banner, rush
ed into the flames, took it out and
preserved it. When he removed
from DEBORAH he took the banner
with him, and brought it back to
Winneshiek county's greatest Home
coming. At the banquet dinner Mr..
etdrer pr cssafeest-as ~, eeeA@v.ts..the
rum Corps, and they presented it Il
the city of DEBORAH. .
This banner was presented to the
RPS by the young ladies of DEBORAH
! the return home of the corps :
ON the International Encampment >
Chicago in 1887, when the boys :
lrried off the prize, a full set of :!
struments, eight piccollos, eight !,
lare drums and two base drums, ::
attributed by the Chicago Daily '!
ews. The members of the DEBORAH :,
rum Corps at that time were as :;
flows: 8
Drum Major-Nat Burdick. 4
Snare Drummers-C. Fremont An !,
erson, Will Lee, B. B. Morss, C. A. !;
eufert, Carl Ingvolstad, Hutton :.
ack, DR.. Small. =
Base Drummers: w. F. Abbey, c. =;
Marsh. 3
Piccollos:-Fred Thompson, Fred :
cum, o. o. Lomen, Al c. Anderson, !,
m. Anderson. Joe Oberholser, Bert !;
adwell, Andrew Bergeson.
The members of the corps in 1885 :.
no attended the International En- :;
mpment at Mobile, Alabama and .
ew Orleans, where they stayed )
eek in each place, and at the State !.
lcampment at Dubuque the same :,
ar were:
c. j. Weiser, Drum Major. :
Snare Drummers: c. ]. Thompson, =
rank NJ. Coleman, &. Fremont An :;
rson, F. NJ. Smout, c. A. Neufert, 5.
i'll Lee. !,
Base Drummers:-L. P. Gellerman, !;
S. Marsh. &
Piccollos Brown, Fred Z
eum, A. C. Anderson, Fred Thomp- =
n, Arthur Anundsen, o. o. !.omen. :;
NJ. Hughes was Drum Major at )
ate Encampment. s
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Bear entertain
the corps at their hospitable hone 5
Broadway on Thursday evening, :
embers of the old and new corps, =
bout 40 in number being present. =
e cream and cake was served, and )
llks were given by various men, !
,rs. The occasion proved one of
lie most delightful of the week.