The Sauk Centre herald., 1935-07-11
Vets Elect Delegates
To State Encampment
General Smedley ID. Butler and
Other NOtables Listed on
Splendid Program

Other N0tables Listed on
Splendid Program
Delegates from the Paul f. Don
art Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Of this city, elected to attend the an
nual State Encampment at st.
Peter July 13, IA, Is and 16, are as
follows: Thos. Sullivan, Louis Lar
son and J. N. Jackson, of this city,
Walter Weed, Grey Eagle, and Aug
ust Dahlman, Long Prairie. The
are: Charles Haden, Sauk
Centre, Howard Veeder and Mr..
Schultz, of Grey Eagle, Mr.. Lea,
Little Sauk, and Mr.. Staburg, of
Long Prairie. Besides the above
mentioned many other Veterans
will attend from this city.
Among the speakers listed as q
headliner Is General Smedley D.
Butler, who will address the Veter-
ans on Sunday evening, July IA. at
the Fair Grounds at $3.50 o'clock.
National Commander J. e. Van
,Zandt, State Commander r. r. Bar
ry, Governor Olson, Senators Ship
stead and SchaM, and several others
will be on the program.
In addition Huey "Knigfish" Long.
senator, from Louisiana, has been
invited according to the st. Peter
Herald, which in recent article
stated as follows:
Senator Long, who has been in
the thick Of controversies with a
number of adversaries on all con-
ceivable kinds of subjects. will be
asked to speak here probably on
Sunday night, July IA, the commit
tee members said.
"The addition of Senator Long to
the long list of notables who are be-
ing invited and who are making
known their intentions to visit St.
Peter during the convention should
practically assure st. Peter of the
greatest crowd which ever has at
tended a state encampment of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars in Min
nesota.
ALREADY thousands of veterans
throughout the state are making
plans to attend he event, according
to Frank LaBrie, member of the
local v. F. w. committee which re-
turned early this week from a sew
eral days tour throughout the state
in behalf of the encampment here
almost every post in each of the
more than 25 towns and cities Wis
tied by the local men during their
several days tour reported that
lerge delegations Of veterans al
ready are making plans to attend
the encmpment here. The delega-
tions plan to bring with them uni
formed bands, drum corps, floats,
marching groups, and other special
r, representatives., according to the
local committeeman.
"Tmong the towns visited and the
reports on what each post is plan
ming to bring to st. Peter are: New
Ulm, German band and float;
Sleepy Eye, drum corps; Morton,
large delegation; Redwood Falls,
band and float; Monteidio, sur
prise; Benson, large delegation in
uniform; Grove City, special stunt;
Litchfield, town float; Wilmar,
large delegation in uniform.
Others included Hutchinson, big
surprise; Chaska, band; Excelsior,
float of Lake Minnetonka; Has
tings, marching group; Red Wing.
float, and Indian Chief with mar
ching group in uniform; Lake City,
county float; Rochester, 48 piece
Junior ". F. w. drum and bugle
corps with 48 children as members;
Blooming Prairie, large float; and
Austin, large float and big delega-
ton from post.
Additional towns visited and the
posts reports included Albert Lea,
float and special stunt; Winnebago.
German band and county float;
Fairmont, fife and drum corps and
a float; Jackson, large delegation;
Worthington, float; Window, a
float and a German band.
1.-THE trip through these cities was
the first of three which the local
men plan to make to aid in promot-
ing the encampment. Mr.. LaBrie
and his committee expect to leave
today on the second trip which they
expect will take them into many
more towns where they expect to
arouse additional interest - the
big convention here"