The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-06-30
GOODWILL TOUR
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the Ely territory.
L. G. Castle, president of the Duluth
Chamber of Commerce, made short
talk in which he complimented Ely and
its citizens on the entertainment pro-
vided for the visitors and pledged the
cooperation of his organization in pro-
noting the mutual interests of the
ranges and Duluth.
President Charles E. Carlson of the
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range railroad,
over which the good will tour took
place, stated in the beginning of his
short talk, this is not the first time
it has been my pleasure to visit Ely
since the first time about so years
ago." He complimented the city very
highly over the friendly relations exist
ing between the city and the railroad.
In the course of his remarks, Presi-
dent Carlson paid high tribute to the
citizenship and value to the community
of ToaStmaSter Hanson. CAS- toast
master as well as an efficient employe
of the company I represent, Ernest is
the tops" stated Mr.. Carlson. The
sentiment expressed by him evidently
set very well with the banqueters as the
rousing applause greeting Mr.. Carlson's
words indicated.
Dignitaries present, who were intro
duced by Toastmaster Hanson, were:
Conrad Haugen, president of the Ely
Rotary club; Dan Donovan, past presi-
dent of the Duluth Rotary club; o. M.
Kent, president of the Duluth Retail
Grocers' association; S. v. SaXby, exc
cutive secretary of the Minnesota Ar
rowhead association; DR.. j. E. Thomp-
son, chairman of the general commit
tee of the Ely Commercial club in
charge of the reception; E. A. Johnson,
chairman of the Duluth intercity COM
mittee in charge of the tour; j. r.
Pratt, secretary of the Duluth Chamber
of Commerce; Barley Schroeder, head
of publicity for the Duluth Chamber
of Commerce; Jesse Bradley, president
of the Duluth Junior Chamber of Com
merce; " E. Fairbanks, editor of the
Duluth Herald and News-Tribune; L.
R. Avoy, secretary of the Duluth Build
er'S Exchange.
Thanks in the way of applause were
given the Ladies Aid of the PreSby-
terrain church, who prepared and served
the meal, on its excellence in both
preparation and service.
On the musical program, presented
at the luncheon, were the American
Legion Auxiliary trio, composed Of Miss
Mary Lambert, Mrs. Agnes Fogelberg
and Mrs. John Smrekar, accompanied
at the piano by their director, Mrs.
Floyd Dunstan. Three Scouts, Tony
PeruShek, 'Dopey" Senta and Johnny
Fink, from troops 173 and 174, under
Matt Kapsch, scored hit as har-
monica, accordion and guitar trio and
were rewarded for their efforts by a
shower of coins from the audience. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank DiNino and Misses
Josephine Shepel, Nancy King and
Elizabeth Berg provided chamber music
during the meal, were also commented
on as a pleasing feature of the enter
tainment.
At the station, the arrival of the
special at II 80 was greeted by over a
thousand people besides representatives
of the Ely Commercial Club, the Ely
Rotary Club and other civic organiza-
lions.
The Ely Drum & Bugle Corps with
drum majors, Harold Dillon and the
Misses Gouze and Grahek, Numbered
out royal welcome, enhanced by
music by the Ely Junior Band and the
buster uniformed band accompanying
the tourists.
Forming a procession of two blocks,
the group paraded through the bust
uess district on Central Avenue to
Chapman Street to third avenue east
and to Sheridan Street to First Avenue
to the Community Center. Several
thousand people lined the route of the
parade and cheered the marchers and
the musical organizations.
Children along the side lines were
Showered with all-day suckers by the
Barsness Candy Company. Each sucker
landing into a group of gaily attired
youngsters was the cause of a merry
scramble for the tid-bits.
Cameras of every size and description
were in evidence during the parade.
Many on the sidelines had cameras
trained on the party besides the Duluth
Herald and News-Tribune, co-sponsorS
of the good will tour, had an official
photographer accompanying the party.
Following the program at the Com
munity Center where a concert was
played by the bands and the drum
corps before the banquet was an
nounced, the party took advantage of
the courtesy cars offered for the re-
turn to the train at the station. When
the time arrived for the departure,
slight rain set in making the cars
doubly appreciated. John Salminen was
in charge of the courtesy cars.
A slight change in the running time
of the special out of Ely caused a cur
tailment of the C. Cprogram by half an
hour. The special was routed out of
here in advance of the regular passen-
ger train. Upon arrival at Tower a
parade VS. formed, headed by the
Tower school band and march up
Main street to the Mckinley monument
was made. Here Mayor Martin Gun
derson of Tower and Andrew Erickson
of the Commercial Club made talks of
welcome. Tower was out in force to
greet the guests. Leaving Tower, the
train stopped at Aurora, BiwaIbik and
Eveleth, and for a banquet at Virginia.
The party arrived back in Duluth at
IL o'clock.