The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-07
CROWD AMUSED AS
JAMESTOWN LIONS
I LAMP00N CAPITOL
Skater and LANCER in Audience
As Darts of Satire Come ",
Their Way =
WINNERS NOT ANNOUNCED
Many Clubs Offer Unusual En-
tertainment As District
Gathering Opens

VISITING Lions and LlOneSSeS allC
Bismarck residents packed the city
auditorium Tuesday evening for al
most four hours of varied entertain
ment as Lions from the fifth district
here for their annual convention, pre-
sented their annual stunt mite" pro-
gram.
More than 1000 persons attended the
program, with novelty feature skits
and acts ranging from an elaborate
satire on contemporary North Dakota
politics and colorful musical COM
edy skit down through musical quar-
tets, trios, minstrel show, song and
dance acts, bands large and small
and vocal solos.
First and second winners in the
vaudeville competition will be an
nounced at the governors banquet
Wednesday evening, it was announced
by E. o. Bailey, chairman of the
stunt mite" committee.
Clubs which entered the competition
were those from Dickinson, Eureka, S.
D., Cakes, McClusky Napoleon,
jamestown, Washburn, Mott, Minot
and Lennon, S. D.
Mott Band Plays
Tuesday evenings program opened
with an overture by the Mott high
school band. under the direction Of
D. G. Stubbins, and numbers by the
Mandan Male Chorus, under the di-
rection of j. G.. Gould.
Both Former Governor George F..
Shafer and Present Governor William
LANCER were in the audience as the
jamestown Lions presented satire
on the building of the capitol, Sha-
fers replacement by LANCER and the
resulting commotion activities of the
formal capitol commissioners and
even job at Jamestown's own futile
attempt to have the capital re-
moved.
The skit had an ancient Asiatic
setting, with the snake charmer and
all and characters CARRIED in the Gus
tomary dress of the East with tur-
hans, sashes, bare legs and bare
chests. TWO "maidens" struck up a
spirited dance as King Langerdocious
entered the scene and Ell Erase, on
his free wheeling go-cart, made a
hurried exit. The skit closed with
Old Man 80 Beer on the scene AMI
the chorus singing Happy Days Are
Here Again"
Characters included Oscar Fode
Dr. Justin Conrad, Rex Hatten, Ur-
ban Muenz, DR.. l.. S. Stenseth, Her
bert Fulton, Lee Everett, Dan Pred
Dr. j. F. Regain, Milton Guberud
Walter Tellner, Byron Olson, I. o.
Haroldson, Walter France, George
Thompson and Jack Kohnen.
Another elaborate presentation was
that of the Mott club, which in
cluded a featured brass orchestra,
dancing choruses of young men and
a bevy Of shapely girls in gay CO.'S
tunes and feature solo dances and
songs.
Mott Act Elaborate
In the cast were Keith Weeks,
Bruce Crane, William Murray, Luke
Braun, Jeanne Blaine, Christine
Niederkorn, Velma Kingsley, LaNora
PHILIPPE, Maxine Smith, Audrey Mac
Neil, Irene Wagendorf, Doro h y
Lichtenstein, Virginia Noble, Mrs.
D. G. Stubbins, Rod Trousdale, John
Highbee, Tom Money, Virgil Ban
non, Alfred Sloan, Roy Grosz, Bobby
Trousdale and Earl Boyd.
The program opened with the Dick
1nson act, featuring Mrs. Marjorie
Nachtwey as cowgirl, dressed APP
propriately with sombrero and chaps
and swinging lariat. She sang four
cowboy songs, accompanied by Mrs.
Helen Moore of Bismarck, after an
introduction by Theodore Kellogg,
Stark county states attorney.
Next came concert by the Eureka
S. D., little German band" whose
members were Walter, Ed and Henry
1saak Theodore Keim, Herber t
Liedle, Irving Siegele, Oliver Handy
and Art Olsten.
Two tap-dacing tots represented the
Oaks club in the program. They were
John Boelting and Mae Belle Wealth
erhead. They also were accompanied
bw Mrs. Moore.
A skit featuring vocal trios and
duets and comic reading was pre-
sented by the McClusky club. In the
opening trio were the Misses Elsie and
Rose Peters and Antoinette Finstad.
Miss Elaine Glarum gave the comic
recitation and the Misses Peters
wound up the feature with duet num-
bers, unaccompanied
Napoleon Skit Similar
The Napoleon act was similar. Jo-
sephine and Rosa Draeger, accompa-
MED by Mrs Lima Kurtz, sang duet
numbres and James Greitl gave a
comic contortionist dance. This pro-
gram closed with Hide and Ida Ost
singing.
Washburn presented mixed" vo-
cal quartet, including "B. E. E. and r. .
Klein, all related. One wore eve
ming dress, one full dress, one golf
clothing and the other informal day
attire. They were introduced by G. A
Lindell, Mclean county states attor-
ney. The men sang without accom-
paniment.
Minot presented an instrumental
and vocal trio, whose program was
"rudely" interrupted by a comedian
Dave Phillips, selling extras" in q
booming voice in the Darquet. He la
ter presented song and dance on the
stage. In the trio were William LOT.
gren, violinist, and Violet Cloone and
Beatrice White, pianists and vocal.
tSts
The program reached it's climax
with minstrel show presented by
the Lennon, S. D., club In this group
were H. p. Sinclair, c. E. Sutcliffe, E
Dickinson. H. ]. Christen, Wilson
Eyer, Al Josund, Fred L. Lewis, Ole
s. Quammen, A. J. Lee, Roy Kruken-
berg, William Stock, A. j. Theraux,
Don L. Ellis, w. E. Hanks and l.. B
Boorman. They were accompanied by
Miss Marjorie Sampson.