The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-01-26

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to light.
Listed by President Olson, youngest
man ever to hold the office since the
clubs inception, as No. / on the clubs
projects was the Surfacing OF the lower
end of the Ely-Finland road.
A retail merchants committee on
which every merchant will have a rep
resentative and recreational commit
tee are new groups to be inaugurated
Membership of the various committees
is expected to be completed by next
week.
st feel that we have accomplished
what we have set out to do and that
the committees have done their duty"
John RikhuS, retiring president, said
in thanking members of the club for
their cooperation during his term in
Office.
Secretary Ray Hoefler was lauded by
the various speakers for his untiring eff
forts in promoting the interests OF Ely
Prominent visitors from range cities
introduced by Toastmaster Carey were
Harry Applequist, president and w. H.
Young, outgoing president of the CHS
holm Commercial Club; Harry Giles
pie, president and C. G. Vanderpoel,
secretary of the Virginia club; w. H.
Nichols, chairman of the Good Roads
committee and Raymond Benny, secre-
tary of the Eveleth club; Andrew Erick-
son, president and j. Pearson, secretary
of the Tower club; Leo Fay, with the
forest service at Cloquet.
Supreme Secretary Anton zbasnik, of
the South Slsvonic Catholic Union, in
troduced the members of the auditing
committee here this week on the. an
nual audit of the books OF the Union.
They were j. N. Rogelj, Cleveland, Ohio;
John Kumse, Lorraine, Ohio; F. E.
Vranichar, Joliet, Illinois; Matt Anzelc,
Aurora, Minnesota; Andrew Milavec,
Meadowlands, Pennsylvania and Paul
Martin, supreme president of the order,
Waukegan, Illinois.
The introductions were followed by
several musical numbers played by the
Boy Scout quartette of Troop 174, Matt
Kapsch, director, with John Fink, Louis
Senta, George Chimzar and Tony PERU
SEX, playing guitar, accordion, harmon
lea and kazoo. These boys were re-
called. Earl Edwards gave several
of his amusing representations in the
short program interSpersing the adj
dresses. Excellent music during the
dinner was furnished by the ensemble
composed of Frank v. Di Nino, the
Misses Nancy King and Ella Siren and
Mrs Di Nino.
officers introduced and installed were
Helmer Olson, president, John Bucco-
witch, first vice president; M. j. Murphy,
second vice president; George Somero,
treasurer and Ray Hoefler secretary;
Anton Klun, Jr., Frank zgonc, Frank
Jenko, Matt Vertin and John Somrock,
directors. The directorate of the club
is composed of the officers and the di-
rectorS named.
Secretary Ray Hoefler presented the
annual report of achievements and ac-
tivities for the past year. The reading
Of this report was warmly applauded.
For many years, five in succession, to
be exact, the Ely Commercial Club was
awarded the achievement banner by
the st. Louis County Club and Farm
Bureau. This got to be habit and
interferred with the number of re-
ports made by other clubs and the Ely
Club withdrew from competition The
report of Secretary Hoefler reads:
Started our year with the annual ban
quet as usual and held nine directors
meetings and twelve regular meetings
throughout the year.
Helped finance trips for the Ely
Hockey club to the range for hockey
games and sent ski riders to Eau
Claire, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois
for the Ski Club.
Helped finance the Ely Baseball club,
furnished financial assistance to the
Ely Drum and Bugle Corps and the
Ely Boy Scout Council.
Cared for membership in the Min
nesota Association of Commercial Sec
retaries and sent secretary to annual
meeting.
Sponsored and helped finance short
canoe trip for the assistant director of
the Minnesota Tourist Bureau and their
photographer on which several dozen
photographs were taken and also some
moving pictures.
Financed the July Fourth celebration
for Ely.
Financed the Labor Day celebration
for Ely.
Cared for membership in North
eastern Minnesota Good Roads associ-
alton and sent delegates to all of its
meetings, and was recognized by this
association by having the chairman of
the Ely Clubs Good Roads Committee
elected to their executive committee and
having your secretary elected as the
secretary of that Association. Sent
representatives to road meetings in
Minneapolis, Duluth, st. Paul, Hib-
bling and Virginia. Urged the following