The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-10
four CITIES JOIN
IN INSTITUTION Of
! new SERVICE CLUB
Bismarck, Linton. Fessendcn
Send Delegations to Big
Induction Meeting
TURKEY DINNER IS SERVED
High School Band Takes Part
in Program OF Song. Talks
and Vaudeville Skits

Steele made almost a community
affair out Of the charter night OF the
new Lions club there. when DR.. l.. B.
Strauss and a delegation Of about 80
Bismarck den members delivered the
official certificate OF the organiza-
tons title to Lion existence Thursday
night.
Delegations OF about ten each were
present from the Fcsscnden and Lin
ton clubs. and the high school band
OF Steele took part in the ceremonies.
while a big turkey feast was served
In the dining oom OF the Knights
OF Pythias hall, where the exercises
took place.
There was q program OF music,
stage dances and vaudeville. in adj
dition to the speaking upstairs IN the
lodge room, where the institution took
place. The only fun at the dinner wa
q riot OF filming III facetious pretenseS,
to break In the local tail tWister. Peter
Dalcnberg. in collecting, the collection
Of thin dimes being presented to the
Steele club treasury. and a Sis Hop
kins number staged by William D0ty,
10 the merTlIncnL OF al.
The new club starts with Is men,
bcrs and is. in part, a development OF
the community organization started
there earlier. Christy Matheis was in
Quoted into office as the first preSi-
dent and presided at the exercises in
the lodge hall. The organization gets
a good secretarial start in having B.
q. McElroy. the Steele publisher. fill
ing that important role in its affairs.
High School Band 4 Hit
The Bismarck Lions assembled at
the Grand Pacific here and at $50
left for Steele. There the first feature
of the program was the turkey dinner,
which was almost ready to serve when
the visitors arrived.
At the OPENING of the dinner. a
lion drawing made by DR.. j. A. Pres
colt was unveiled. Two kilograms
were read. from Morton NcWcomb,
district governor, and from the in
tcrnational secretary. Melvin Jones.
The lodge room stage was occupied
by the high school band when the
Lions filed i'll, and a little later the
assembly was given a pleasant sur
prise when the boys and girls put on
musical numbers under the conduc-
torship Of DR.. j. A. Prescott. The
doctor is a big musical influence In
the Steele community and he has the
band trained to q finish that would
win the applause OF John Philip Sousa.
There was further evidence Of the
doctors praiseworthy musical activity
in glee club numbers and solo selec-
lions. in which Hans J.. Lee, the
county superintendent OF schools.
aided and abetted.
With a song salute to the flag.
America" leading off, the program
started. The audience sang some song
numbers from the sheet prepared for
the Minot convention. and Christy
Matheis spoke the welcome address,
as president of the new club.
Club Is Instituted
Peter Dalenberg and DR.. Prescott
put on a droll song number. down as
a quartet. As Fred Peterson explained
aftcrward, they sang twice and thus
their two duets became a quartet.
TEARS gin school band gave two Sc
lectieirs. one featured by imitation
lion roars, while Mary Katheryn Tay-
lor Of Steele gave a black bottom solo
dance In black-face makeup.
DR.. C. D. Dursema. Roland II.