The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-08-27
RECORD BREAKING DRUM CORPS
GIVEN TESTIMONIAL BANQUET
us Attend Burnside Lodge
Dinner Honoring Three
Year Champions.

A CROWD OF Il0 people were al
BURNSIDE Lodge Tuesday evening
where a testimonial dinner was ten
dered the Ely Drum & Bugle Corps
state winners of the American Legion
trophy contest at, Duluth last month
for the third consecutive time.
The testimonial had been arranged
by the Ely Commercial Club, the
Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs. The SER
vice clubs had foregone their regular
meetings on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings in order to participate in the
festivities honoring the Drum & Bugle
Corps.
Following an excellent turkey dinner
served by the efficient forces of the
Lodge augmented by several assistants
recruited from the Forest Hotel and
Vertin's Cafe, program was pre-
sented with Tom Carey, formerly of
this city but now a resident of
Virginia as POSTMASTER. Tom is a
former member of the corps and saw
the humorous side of each and every
member, and in connection with his
natural wit kept the audience pleased
with his introductionS of the speakers
and events on the program
Prominent guests introduced were
Francis Mathews, Grand Knight of
the knights of Columbus, and national
vice president of the USO, Omaha,
Nebraska, who came up from Lake
Vermilion for the occasion and Otto
Swanson and family, also of Omaha,
now residents of their new home on
Burnside. Guests were also present
from Tower, Soudan, Virginia, and
Duluth.
Mayor John KapSch, on behalf of
the Ely City Council welcomed the
guests as did John Buccowich on
behalf of the Rotary Club and Albert
j. McMahan on behalf of the Kiwanis
Club. Mr.. McMahan, one of the
original members of the corps, gave
a history of its organization and
the vissitudes through which it passed
before reaching the high station it
now holds as three times state cham
pion.
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Ely Commercial Club, extended fell
citations of the club to the corps in
a well given and well received address.
The speakers were loudly applauded
for their excellent addresses. Miss
Mary Lambert accompanied by Miss
Theresa Garni at the piano, sang ct
Know a Lovely Garden" and "I Love
Life" in her usual excellent manner.
Harold Dillon, organizer and trainer
of the Ely Drum & Bugle Corps, when
responding, spoke highly of the
morale of his organization and its
excellent performances since the
founding. He was particularly COM
plimentary of the work of Music
Master Floyd Dunstan and of Peter
Moroni, who was credited with the
arrangement of the music played by
the corps, which he said was in a
large measure accountable in the win
ming of the championships.
Mr.. Dillon also paid tribute to the
majorettes who had led the corps in
their many appearances since organ
ization. He stated that the Ely corps
in the face of opposition of members
and the opposing teams, was the first
to include the majorettes in its make
up. Snce the first appearance of
these trained and nattily uniformed
adjuncts to the corps, every drum
corps band and marching organiza-
ton in the country now has majorettes
in their lead, sin fact" he stated,
cit is sometimes difficult to tell where
the majors and majorettes end and
the corps and bands begin" How
ever, Ely can claim the credit for
this feature into the life
of marching organizations through
out the country.
The singing of "God Bless America"
by the audience, led by Miss Lambert |
and Miss Garni, closed q most |
pleasant evening.
Music during the dinner was played |
BY a five-piece ensemble furnished by
Frank v. Di Nino