The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-28
REAL show SPICES
DOCTORS DINNER IN
song, DANCES,B BOUTS
Local Talent Gives Harmonica,
Terpsichorean, Indian and
Boxing; 200 Here

Every entertainment resource vir-
tually was marShaled at the annual |
banquet of the North Dakota Medical
association at Patterson hall, Tuesday !
evening. About 200 members Of the
profession and its dental and osteo-
pathic offshoots were around the
when d.. B. s. Nickerson Of Mandan, |
as toastmaster, babe the gathering to
start the program On Bismarck her. |
ring as an appetizer.
Before the program of the evening
was ee-fourths over. the visiting
physicians were commenting that this
was the best entertainment ever to
mark n Of these annual dinners. It
a from the picked herring, on
which it began, down to three boxing
bouts with which it closed in a furry
Of leather pushing.
In between were sandwiched the
best juvenile, vocal and Indian school
talent in the city, along with vaude-
Vile Indian speech and the main adj
dress Of the evening by Governor
Shafer. Ed Patterson refereed the
boxing. The committee on the dinner
was composed of DR.. w. n. Boden-
stab, DR.. c. E. Stackhouse, DR.. J. o.
Arnson and Dr.. b. 8. Nickerson, who
took on the heavy role of POSTMASTER.
Dancers Lead Off Program
At the same time, the ladies were
holding their banquet at the Prince
hotel. topped off with a picture show
at the Paramount. All the enter
tainment of the mems dinner was
kept within the doors Of their ban
quet hall.
The music Of the evening was by
the Bismarck Troubadours. The op-
ening numbers on the program were
dances by Betty Brucher's juvenile
students, that of the paper dolls by
Ruth Christensen, Virginia Cayou
and Peggy Jane Skeels, the Honey"
dance by Dolores Munger and Robert
Morris, and Eccentric Toes by Miss
Brucher herself, with Abigail Roam
as accompanist.
Other dances were interpreted by
Mary and Marian Slater. from the
Indian school, Verra Bell accompany
ing.
Harmonic Band q Hit
The harmonica band from the
Roosevelt school, about 80 Of the boys
and girls, not far removed from the
age of tots. put on q musical Skit.
'Tad'S Inspiration" with q series Of
popular selections. in which Robert
King soloed in Those Endearin9
Young Charms" the whole number
being directed by Miss Grace M.
Hand. their teacher, and accompanied
by Helen House on the piano.
ThUrley Smell, High school con-
tralto, sang two solos. accompanied
by Margaret Pillen. Marion Sandin
sang two soprano solos, accompanied
by Ethel Sandin.
Indian Girls Please Diners
The big hit of the song portion Of
the evening was made by the Girls
Glee club from the Indian school,
which appeared in native costume
and sang some Of the Lieurance In
dian type songs. This number was q
courtesy on the part Of Superintend-
ent G. B. Dickinson and Madame
Scheffer, the girls musical instructor
at the school. Madame Scheffer &C.
companied the two selections.
The aboriginal stunt speech Of
Lewis pete" Lyman as DR.. Taku
Owasin Sdonya, a Sioux medicine
man, and his interpreter, Chief
Owewakian Itanka, who is former
Judge J. M. Hanley both of Mandan,
had the banqueters both puzzled and
amused, as Judge Hanley supplied
a lot Of droll humor in his long and
short meter Interpretation. He made
the speech the vehicle for q lot Of
good-natured personal jests at vari-
Gus conspicuous feasters among the
doctors.
Bouts Stir Interest
The bouts Of the evening were stag
ed by six soldiers from Fort Lincoln.
These were well diversified between
rookie and skilled leather pushers, so
that they furnished thrills and
amusement. The first bout, a three
round draw, was between Privates
Purtell and Rutherford, the second
between Privates Hall and Bailey,
which Hall won when Bailey ran out
of wind in the second round; and the
third between Privates Saurce and
Dohl, another draw. DR.. Siler and
DR.. J. w. Baven, Dickinson, were
judges and DR.. r. j. Critchfield, Fes-
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