The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-07
Earl Croker Is Elected Presi.
dent j. B. Halloran Chosen
AS Secretary

More than 125 former residents of
North Dakota gathered at Washing
ton park, Denver, Colo, Sunday, Au-
gust 3, for the second annual North
Dakota picnic.
While the day was, as usual, given
over to renewing old friendships, and
to "reminiscences Of days In North Da-
kota, time was taken to elect officers
for the ensuing year, and to arrange
for a constitution and bylaws for the
association.
Earl M. Croker. Denver, was
slected president Of the group. James
B. Halloran, former Bismarck resi-
dent. was named secretary, and Har-
old w. Chorley, who previously made
his home in Mandan, was elected
treasurer.
MI. Croker is the son of Senator
w. q. Croker, Lisbon. It was largely
through the efforts of Mr.. and Mrs.
Croker, who have gotten in touch
with more than 80 families who pre-
viously lived in North Dakota, that
the club was organized.
Mrs. John Mueller, formerly Miss
Ann Stapleton, Fargo, was appointed
10 draw up a constitution and bylaws
for the organization, to be voted on
at the 1881 picnic. Mrs. Mueller was
the first r.ative born North Dakota
girl to be graduated from the North
Dakota Agricultural college, Fargo.
= The first Sunday in August of each
year has been set aside as North d.
kota Picnic Day in Colorado" The
picnic will be held in Denver each
year, that being the most central
place to meet.
MI. and Mrs. Chris G. Jackson Of
Grafton, N. D., who are visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Casper Dahl, travelled
over 1000 miles to attend the picnic.
They are among the real old timers
in North Dakota, having settled at
Grafton in 1872. Nj. jackson is past
80 years Of age but was hale and
hearty as the youngest of the crowd.
Kenneth Currie of Bottineau
was another of the real pioneers, hav-
ing been employed by MI. Jackson
near Grafton more than 40 years ago.
II Mrs. Carrie Bake of Mayville was
another former North Dakotan who
found old friends at the picnic. She
lived in Trail county for AZ years.
The following former North Da-
kotans registered at the picnic: MI.
and Mrs. Earl M. Croker, Lisbon;
MI. and Mrs. L. E. Leid, Valley City;
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Leid, Valley
City; Mrs. A. j. Hammersmith and
Mrs. L. S. Hammersmith of Darcy;
MI. and Mrs. L. j. Swain, Dickinson:
Mrs. E. A. Patterson, Dickinson; MI.
and Mrs. L. J. Kennedy, Mayville;
MI. and Mrs. Chris G. Jackson, Graf
ton; Mrs: Casper Dahl, Grafton; MI.
and Mrs. James B. Halloran, Bis
: marck; Miss Belle Olson. Bismarck;
; Mi. and Mrs. George M. Johnson,
Bowman; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry L.
Monson, Fargo: Major and Mrs. Alva
j.. Breasted, Lisbon; Mrs. G. B. White,
Mayville.
Mrs. Carrie Bake, Mayville; Emil
H. Bake, Mayville; Mr.. and Mrs.
George o. Bake, ,Mayville: Miss Neva
Simon and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry ST.
mon, Lisbon; Mrs. Lila ingalls, War
ner, Jamestown: Mr.. and Mrs. John
Mueller, Lisbon; Mrs. Freeman H.
Talbot. Tower City: Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Castillo, aHtton; Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Buzzele, Bismarck; Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Currie, B%ottineau;
Mr.. and Mrs. H. K. Korthuis, Mr.. and
>rIrs. Henry Korthuis, Bennett, John
and Everett Korthuis, all of Lisbon;
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Stafford, Lisbon;