The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-17
PIONEERS OF
BURLEIGH co.
CELEBRATE

tCohtinue0 from page 0ne)
which included reference to many
Of the local pioneers. follow:
Here's to the good Old Timers, now
they've come to join the band,
Tried and true for fifty years, to this
their chosen land.
We are glad to get together and
we'll stick for evermore,
With the Old Timers Of Bismarck.
Chorus:
Hurrah! Hurrah! Old Timers all arc
here;
Hurrah! Hurrah! We bid you all
good cheer
And may we meet together one and
all Of US next year,
Here where we love to be in Bis
marck.
There is Williams, Ward and Wake
man. there's the Dunns and Pat
Ntzhugh,;
There's Yegen, Marsh and Tatley
and the Falc0ners, not few.
There's McGowans and McGarveys
and Mckenzie and Mclean,
All Old Timers Of Bismarck,
There's the Boyles and Blunts and
Dietrich, with his big old yellow
bus;
There's Jessie Webb-just sweet six
teen when she first came to US,
The Fortunes and the Harveys, ;hei,
is Kupitz and the Belks.
Among the Old Timers Of Bismarck
There's Slattery and the Logans, ali
OF the grocers' fame;
There's Pye and Will and EppinCer
and many more to name;
But we are old and tired, yet we love
them just the same,
Because they're Old Timers of Bis
marck. ;.
Wen bury all the politics ten thou
sand fathoms deep;
At this Association they will never
get peep;
or hand in hand and heart to heart,
their promises we'll keep,
TO the Old Timers Of Bismarck.
Here's to the good Old Timers who
have gone on before,
May we meet together on that great
and glorious shore;
In spirit they're with us tonight,
God has blessed them forever
more,
Those grand Old Timers of Bismarcl:.
Officers Reelected
At short business meeting all
present officers of the association
were reelected for another year by
reclamation. They are: president,
VIM. A. Falconer; first vice presi-
dent, P. f. Byrne; second vice presi-
dent, VIM. Cook; third vice pres-
dent, Mrs. D. J. McGillis; treasurer,
Mrs. Lucinda Logan; secretary, Mrs.
Mary L. Mclean; historian, r. f..
Byrne.
A resolutions committee, composed
of Miriam Bentley Belk, Elinor Lo-
gan Ward, and Minnie Larson Shu-
man, presented the following:
ITO the Burleigh County Pioneers
Association:
"Your committee on resolutions
presents the following commcmora-
tive roll:
In Mem0riam
Edward Adams, August P. Andcr-
son, Margaret Arnold, Oscar r..
Barnes, Thomas J. Brown, Edward ID.
Charlebois, Nelson Cook, f. A. Daw-
son, Molly Eppinger, Daniel A. Fail
coner, Edward J. Field, Charles Gas
kell, Ira Griffin, Albert C.. Hinckley,
James Holland, Jacob. Kulberir,
Elizabeth Laist, Thomas MCGOWAN,
Patrick McHugh, Josephine Marvel,
Israel Neicier, Mrs. E. s. Pierce. AL
bert Rohrer, Thomas w. Sanders,
r. N. Stevens. Job B. Taylor, Ed.
Taylor, Caroline Donnelly, Cecil I.
Taylor, Isaac w. Thompson, Samuel
Townsend, Edwin A. Wade, James A.
Wallace.
"These were with US for time,
each doing his part according to his
light, and have passed on to that
final bourne from which no man re-
turneth.
"They walked with US; they talk
ed with US; they worked with US.
They knew our joys and sorrows,
and their span completed, have left
US to carry on.
"May we pick the roses from the
gardens Of flowers they have sown,
and, holding them aloft, extol them
in loud tones, making them the mark
ers for our course until we, too, an
swer the final call.
"Lord, God Of Hosts, be with us yet.
"Lest we forget-Lest we forget"
The tables were cleared away and
dancing and cards were enjoyed un-
til an early hour this morning.
Dance numbers included both the old
time and the up-to-date dances.
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