The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-11-08
FORTY YEAR
ANNIVERSARY

The anniversary celebration at the
Presbyterian church last Thursday
and Friday, marking the fortieth year
of existence was a very enjoyable af-
fair and participated in by a large
number regardless of religious af1lia-
tons A very fine program had been
arranged in commemoration of the
event.
Thursday evening. a banquet pre-
coded the program. The parior of the
church was filled to the doors and the
tables had been arranged according to
years Of service. The speakers and
honored guests occupied the head
table. The older members were at
another and the younger people of the
congregation were seated between the
two. Other tables were occupied by
the congregation and invited guests
not classified in the other arrange
ment. The ladies of the church SER
we'd a most delicious banquet.
Among the honored guests at the
head table were noted Rev. Bell of
Mountain Iron: Rev. Bailey of Virgin
Ia; Rev. Keast of Ely; Rev. Betchel of
Superior and Rev. Santini of Hibbing
The program opened with community
singing led by B. o. Strachan with
Miss Vida Thomas at the piano. Rev.
n. r. Browne welcomed the guests in
a few well chosen words, followed with
a piano solo by Miss Thomas. Mrs
B. o. Strachan and Mrs z. C. Jones
rendered two very fine duets. B. o.
Strachan, L. NJ Bang, Mrs L. NJ Bang
and Mrs. j. M Brown spoke in the
Forward Look" part of the program
in which, they toJc OF the accom-
plishments sought for the coming year
by the several sections and divisions
of church work they represented.
The Rev. L. Betchel of the Ham
mond Avenue Presbyterian church of
Superior, Wisconsin, was the main
speaker of the evening. It is needless
to state that this noted divine pleased
the audience from the beginning to
the end Of his all too short address
The Good Night song closed the even
ing.
Friday evening was given over to the
older members of the congregation
the program took on the nature u
remembrance night. After piano Sc
Iections and words of introduction by
Rev. Browne, Mrs. L. NJ Bang gave a
pianologue entitled, Foolish Quesi-
ions" in which she was assisted at the
piano by Miss Vida Thomas. Old
time pictures, resurrected from the
attics Of members of the ongrcgsticn
were passed among those present and
furnished considerable amusement A
machine had been spoken for to throw
the pictures on the screen but the
machine failed to arrive.
Mrs. r s. Miller read a very inter-
esting paper on the early history and
work Of the Ladies Aid IN which she
recounted the difficulties experienced
in the early days. Peter Schaefer
read paper entitled "reminiscences
and Deductions by an Editor" IN
which he compared early events with
present day affairs as related to
church history. Rev. E. II. Bull, one
of the earliest ministers of the church
here and at Tower, made an address
replete with incidents and acquaint-
ances made at that time coupled with
considerable humor. A j. Thomas
spoke Of early events in the history Of
the city. Coffee and doughnuts were
served by men of the congregation.
The celebration was very pleasant
one and enjoyed by all who partici-
pated The opinion was freely ex-
pressed that more of these get-togeth-
ers be arranged IN the near future.