The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-04-27
NEW UIM TO ENTERTAIN
Bankers Of Second District WI
Hold Session n That Citu

Bankers Of Second District VIII
Hold Session IN That City
New Tim, April 21.-New Ulm
will entertain some two hundred
bankers and their families at the
twenty first annual convention of
the Second District GIoup or The hin
nesota State Bankers association, to
be held here on Thursday and Fri
day, May II and Is. There are 232
members in the Second District
group and at the annual convention
held last spring at Winnebago City,
there were 357 in attendance. 1t is
pl esumed that there will be as many
present at the convention held here
In May.
A meeting Of the executive com
mittee was held recently at SLEEPY
Eye. for the purpose of ,perfecting
preliminary arrangements for the
convention. Hans Mo. wellknown
Sleepy Eye banker, is president of
the Second District group and be-
cause of this fact, the meeting was
held in the neighboring city. Those
present, in addition to Sleepy Eye
bankers, were o. M. Olson, F. H.
Krook, A. L. Book and Ed. A. Stoll,
New Ulm; E. L. Nippolt and E. ].
Starkey, Springfield; J. J. Malone,
Heron Lake; H. A. Baldwin, Red
wood Falls, and T. A. Perkins, Win
dom.
The convention sessions will be
held in the Armory. The bankers
and the members of their families
will arrive in New Ulm during the
morning OF the first convention day.
The first session will be held in the
afternoon in the band room at the
Armory. Rev. E. F. Wheeler. pastor
of the Congregational church, will
deliver the invocation and this will
be followed by the address Of well
come by Mayor l.. A. Fritsche, who
is president of the Brown County
bank. D. A. Wallace, editor of The
Farmer" wellknown Minnesota farm
paper, will deliver an address on
Go operative Marketing" during the
afternoon. Judge C. NJ. Tiff of Glen
coe will also deliver an address up
on branch banking during the after
noon session.
At $50 o'clock, a banquet will be
served to the visitors. Henry n,
Somsen will act as POSTMASTER at
this function. A number>of the visi-
tors will respond to toasts, but the
principal address of the evening will
be delivered by DR.. Smith, promi
nent Twin City Presbyterian divine.
E.. A. Stoll. New Ulm's silver voiced
sQloist, will render several selec-
tons Following the program, a
dance will follow in the Armory.
The program of the second day
will be opened with a round table
discussion. E. L. Nippolt of Spring
field will preside. Various topics
will be discussed informally. Dur
ing the afternoon the principal bust
ness session Of the convention will
be held. The reports of committees
win be read and filed and the cleo
ton Iof officers will also be held.
The arrangements for the conven-
ton and the entertainment features
will devolve upon the bankers of
New Ulm. Committees have been
named and the work or arrange
ments is going ahead rapidly. The
members Of the general arrange
ments committee are, F. H. Krook,
chm, III. N. Somsen. w. B. Mather
and Ad. G.. Nellie. The banquet will
be in charge of AID. c. Nellie, w. B.
Mather. Elmer Haeberle and George
Haynes. The chairman of the other
committees have been named, and
they have been empowered to name
the other members. These commit
tees and the chairmen are as fol-
lows: Reservation. A. L. Book: re-
ception, o. NJ. Olsen: registration.
Ed. A. Stoll and publicity. Lewis B.
Krook.
Lerschen's orchestra will furnish
music during the banquet and at the
dance, which follows. Registration