The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-06-07
V.F.W.COn-
VentiOn in S.
C.Junel6-l7
Paul Donart Post of This
City, Has Arranged Very
Attractive Program
NOTABLES ARE COMING
Business and Pleasure Will
Keep Town Alive-Large
Number of Visitors

Elaborate preparations are being
made for the Sixth District Conven-
ton Of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and Auxiliary to be held in
Sank Centre Saturday and Sunday,
June 16 and II. The city will be
decorated in gala attire suitable to
the occasion and arrangements are
being made for the comfort and en-
tertainment Of the visitors. The
decorations will include elaborate
business fronts, the white way
posts will be draped, with stream
ers stretched across the streets.
This will entail considerable ex-
pense and a large amount of work
for the committee, hence the CO.
operation Of the local business men
will be greatly appreciated by the
Vets.
The convention will open Satur-
day with the registration Of v. F.
w. and Auxiliary members at the
Palmer House, convention head
quarters. During the afternoon
and evening various musical organi-
cations will entertain and q dance
will be held at the Armory in the
evening. A little German band will
also have a part in the program,
and the Chicago clowns will enter
tain the guests with their antics.
A feature of the convention will
be the Cootie Torchlight parade
and snake dance which will take
place on Main street at eleven
o'clock Saturday night. A midnight
show at the theatre will conclude
Saturdays entertainment.
At twelve o'clock Sunday noon
the business session will open at
the Armory at which time district
officers will be elected and dele
gates to the Hibbing State Conven-
ton to be held in July will be
named. While the Vets are in ses-
sion a meeting Of the ladies will be
held at the Community Club rooms,
at which time an Auxiliary unit
will be instituted. Twenty-seven la
dies have already signed as charter
members. State Department Of
fcers will be present to institute
this new Auxiliary. Mayor w. K.
DeLaurier will welcome the guests
at the business session.
The outstanding event Of the con-
vention will be the large parade,
which will be held at 2:30 o'clock
Sunday afternoon. The parade will
be colorful with military units and
industrial floats, interpreted with
drum corps and other musical Or
CARNATIONS from this city and from
the Sixth and other districts. Be-
sides the Veterans and Auxiliary,
the Boy and Girl Scout units, the
Gold Star Mothers, Women's Relief
Corp, G.. A. r. members, the Ma
tional Guard, the Fire Department
and other civic organizations will
take part.
At three o'clock. or Immediately
following the parade, Sank Centre
and Glenwood, both teams Of the
Central Minnesota League, will
play baseball at the Fair Grounds.
At 4:30 a band concert will be
held at the City Park and a num-
Der Of girls from the Anderson
Dancing School, st. Cloud, will en-
terrain with special dancing and
acrobatic numbers.
J. N. Jackson, commander OF
Paul Donart Post, v. 3. W., Sank
Centre, submitted the list Of promi-
nent men who will speak at the
convention. They are as follows:
j. B. LaDue, State Department
Commander; A w. Nimens, State
Department Senior Vice Command
err: !. M. JorRenson, State Depart
ment Adjutant; X. Karelis, chair
man National v. =. w. home for
children; w. T. Knoll, Laiason Of
hcer; Andrew Hopkins, Past De-
partment Commander. ]. B. La
Due, State Commander, will be the
honored executive at the meeting.
There are twenty-seven posts in
the Sixth District, each will be
represented, together with visitors
from the Seventh and other dis
tricts Of the State. A number OF
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