The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-03

what was considered by those In
attendance as one of the most sue
cessful meetings of the Vermilion
Range Old Settlers Association came
to a close Friday evening with the
annual grand ball at the Washing
ton Auditorium in which two humid
red couples participated and enjoyed
themselves until two o'clock Satur-
day morning to the music of Han
sons Orchestra.
The reception to the old timers
in the morning of Thursday, the
parade and the picnic were fraught
with much enjoyment. The Com
munity Band were at the picnic and
discoursed music all afternoon.
The pavilion at Sandy Point was
crowded with merry dancers who
were 10th to leave when the band
packed up it's instruments at 5
o'clock. Everything moved like
clockwork. The parade got under
way promptly on time after which
automobiles took the party to the
Point where dinner was served
promptly at 1890. Louis Larson
and Chas. Quigley had prepared
three fine kettles of "booyah"
which was served to all present by
| the Girl Scouts under the direction
of the scout masters and Richard
Coad who was in charge of the
service. The reunion at Sandy
Point was a happy one and humid
reds of old timers greeted one an
other at the tables and later. The
larger part of the Ely members of
the organization had one or more
guests who sampled the contents of
the filled lunch baskets and partook
of the ''booyah", bread, butter,
coffee, cream and sugar furnished
by the association. The Scout
stand was also well patronized and
ice cream and other delicacies top
ped off the heavier meal.
The non-arrival of DR.. Preston
Bradley who was to speak at the
picnic was a disappointment to the
assemblage. His addresses have
been looked forward to by the old
timers for years and his absence
left vacancy not easily filled. No
attempt was made to get other
speakers as the crowd after learn
ing of DR.. Bradley's inability to be
present, turned to other amuse-
ments. At one time it looked as
if rain would put an end to the
festivities but it proved only light
shower and interfered but little.
Log rolling, swimming and diving
races for men and women furnished
considerable amusement for the
crowd and the pavilion dance filled
in the vacant spots on the program
for the afternoon. Everything
passed off nicely and not an acct
dent happened to mar the occasion
rather unusual considering the
large number of cars and people in
the limited parking space and
grounds.
At $50, one hundred and fifty
people sat down to a banquet at the
Community Center. The orchestra
furnished an elegant program dur
ing the banquet and also furnished
music for the ensemble singing of
America. Mrs. C. M. Hanson assist
ed by the Girl Scouts served a very
appetizing banquet. Chas. Trezona
acted as POSTMASTER. President
Geo. H. Vivian was unable to be
present as was also Vice President
Fred B. James, both of whom were
prevented from attending by illness.
Capt. Charley was in fine mood on
the occasion and in his usual finish
ed manner did the honors.
The program after the banquet
opened with a vocal solo by Oscar
Solheim after which Mrs. b. o.
Strachan and Mrs. Oscar Wahlsten
gave vocal duet, Mrs. H. N. Suth-
erland playing the accompaniment.
An encore was demanded of the
singers and responded to. Presi-
dent Olcott of the Oliver Company
was called upon for a five minutes
talk as was also Assistant Manager
Hearding Of the same company.
Both spoke volumes in the few min
utes allotted them, reminiscently
this and other ranges. Both stated
that they were more than pleased to
be there and they would make it a
point to be at all future gatherings
of the old timers if this were pos
sible.
The toastmaster then introduced
Mrs. Chas. S. Mitchell of Duluth
who entertained the banqueters for
an hour with one Of her finished
addresses. She spoke on "Neigh-
bors" and during her talk brought
out a fund of humor and much food
for thought on her subject. Mrs.
Mitchell has her subjects well in
hand and speaks with a clear steady
flow of language, perfect enuncia-
ton and an array of facts, which
holds her audience to the last word
and a desire for more. The old
timers were real fortunate in hav-
ing Mrs. Mitchell with them.
After a vocal solo by Mrs. B. o.
Strachan to which she was forced
to respond for an encore, Toast
master Trezona introduced Con-
gresham j. Adam Bede, well known
on the Vermilion range in particu-
lar where he was native in 1898,
and the world in general, which he
has amused and instructed ever
since we can remember. j. Adam,
as he is Familiarity termed by the
majority Of his acquaintances,
opened his talk with story and at
once placed his audience at ease
and with him, to the end. His ad-
dress was masterpiece of humor,
pathos and brotherly affection for
his neighbors, combined with the
Bede personality. He dwelt at some
length on the changes wrought in
/ the events of the world since he
was a boy and the conditions then
and now His irropraoc;hJa x,y;+