The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-08-20
Many Prizes Awarded

Many Prizes Awarded
Red Wing, Coleraine, Winona and
the Hennepin County Girls Glee Club
were winners in various competitions
at the Thief River Falls convention.
The Red Wing drum and bugle corps
won first prize of $500, contending
with six other corps. Virginia and
Winona corps split second and third
money, taking $125 each, and st.
Paul Post No. 8 and Fergus Falls
were awarded $50 each.
The Coleraine band won first prize
in the band competition, thus becom-
ing the official department band for
another year. Prize money which
they received was $400. The De-
troit Legion band was given third
prize of $500. The Winona float in
the Legion parade was awarded hrst
prize of SIS. The float represented
the Indian maiden "Wee-No-Nah,"
who according to legend, jumped to
her death from the bluffs of the Mis-
sissippi because of unrequited love.
Wee-No-Nah was perched on top of
the float, representing the river bluffs,
with a bubbling fountain at her feet.
The Warren float with several pretty
milkmaids, won second prize of $50
and the float of Pelican Rapids, de-
picting wild Indians performing
war dance in their gaudiest battle
colors and paint, won third prize of
$25. s'--~'----l----,
The Hennepin County Girls Glee
Club won 500 for first prize at the
Stunt Night performance staged Mon
day evening in the Auditorium. There
were twelve acts on the Stunt Night
program, each performed by Legion
outfit from some part of Minnesota.
The second prize winner-$75 was
Jean Hoffman of Winona; and "Sna-
key LOU" an Hawaiian dancer from
Montevideo, received third prize Of
$50.
Gophers Capture Winnipeg
Imagine yourself walking up Nicol-
let Avenue Minneapolis or Sixth
Street, St. Paul. Suddenly, with
blare of bugles and rattle of drums,
two thousand gaily dressed Canad-
ians, led by many bands and drum
corps, carrying aloft hundreds of
banners bearing the "Union Jack" of
England and Canada, hove into view
and with heads erect, firm step, and
"pep" bubbling over, march by for
half an hour to the accompaniment
of a wild ovation from the suddenly
assembled multitude of spectators.
And as they swing along with that
wonderful care-free spirit of "1917"
doughboys marching toward the bat
tlefront, you realize that the spirit
of the patriotism still lives, and that
here are 1000 young Canadian war
veterans who not only keep alive this
spirit in their homeland, but carry it
to other lands and with the hand of
friendship and warm greeting, pro-
mote "peace and good will" between
the two great North American coun-
tries. No stranger to Minnesotans
the sight of countless Union Jacks
along our streets than the sight of
countless banners of "Old Glory"
proudly carried By 1900 members of
The Gopher Legion Gang along the
streets Of Winnipeg. To say that
the citizens of Winnipeg were deep
ly and favorably impressed would be
putting it mildly. They were amaz-
ed at the unity, the enthusiasm, the
patriotism and the spirit of Mime
sofa Legionaires. They took their
hats off in honor of Old Glory as the
Stars and Stripes went by. They
welcomed the invasion. They knew
they were dealing with friends
and they stretched out the hand of
friendship in return. 1t was Glands
Across The Border'-carried by
thousands of marching Minnesota
feet. Winnipeg citizens will long
remember the Minnesota Legion in
vasion of Aug. IL, 1925.