The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-19
Mandan News
ELKS Will DISCUSS
WORK FOR CHILDREN
AT STATE MEETING
L. B. Hanna, Fargo, State
Head, Calls Conference at
Mandan Thursday

Officers Of the North Dakota State
Elks association and officials and rep
resentatives Of five Elks lodges
throughout the state will gather in
Mandan Thursday to participate in
a district meeting at which crippled
children's work will be discussed and
plans laid for carrying on the work
this year.
The meeting was called by former
Governor L. B. Hanna, Fargo, presi-
dent of the state association, who is
taking an active part in the crippled
children's movement.
Lodges at Mandan, Williston,
Jamestown, Valley City and Fargo
will be represented at the meeting.
State association officers besides
Hanna are Sam Stern. Fargo, vice
president; George T. Richmon d,
Jamestown, secretary, and Alex Raw
fischer, Williston, treasurer.
Members Of the state association
general committee on crippled chill
dren's work are H. K. Jensen, Man
dan, chairman; Stern, G. P. Brown,
Fargo; ]. D. Harris, Dickinson lodge,
and William Hausemann, Churches
Ferry, Devils Lake lodge.
Others to Attend
Others who will attend the Man
dan meeting are L. K. Thompson
Theodore Quanrud and I. G. Davies
Bismarck; A. G. Pagenkopf, J. D.
Harris, H. L. Reichert, r. v. Boulger
and D. j. Price, Dickinson: E. A.
Reed, F. A. Burton, George I. Feton
George Game and George T. Rich
mond. Jamestown; AL Weinhandl, al
Pfenning, and Frank Homan, Mar
dan; E. E. DeCosse, Father McGough
and T. M. Condor, Valley City; Har-
old Bond, Fargo, superintendent Of
the North Dakota Children's Home
DR.. Joel Swanson, and DR.. B. K. Kill
bourne, Fargo.
A meeting similar to the Mandan
meeting will be held at Devils Lake
Oct. 28, at which time officers and
representatives Of the lodges at Dev-
lis Lake. Fargo. Grand Forks, Minot
and Williston will take part.
Speakers on the program will in
clude Dr.. Hanna, Mr.. Stern, Drs.
Swanson and Brown as we'll as men,
bers of the crippled children'S COM
mittees Of the various lodges.
Hanna will speak on Societies
Duty to the Crippled and Our Prob
lem in North Dakota"
Stern's topic will be THE National
Scope of the Crippled Children's
Work" Emphasis will be placed on
the activities of the North Dakota
State Elks association.
Will Conduct Clinic
DR.. Swanson will conduct q clinic
and run slides showing specific cases
that have been cared for by North
Dakota Elks.
The necessity of follow-up wo.I:
after the cripple has been treated for
his or her physical defects will be
discussed by Brown. He will empha-
size the necessity Of assisting the
youths in obtaining proper education
and in getting them suitable posi-
tions so they will be able to provide
for themselves and not become bur-
dens to the public.
A dinner at which all visitors will
be guests will be held In the Mandan
Temple at 6 p. m.
Because the jamestown Elks lodge
Is having its big fall meeting on Fri
day, the Fargo delegation will stop
there en- route back to Fargo and
take part In the gathering.
The purpose of these meetings, ac-
cording to Hanna and Mr.. Stern, Is
to stimulate interest in the crippled
children's movement and to give the
lodges q definite idea of what is ex-
pected Of them. The work has made
wonderful progress In the short time
since it was begun less than two
years ago." Hanna says, "and plans
are for even more work In the fu-
ture."