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BREMERPIONEERSHold Thtir 33rd Annual Matting al Wavtrly YwUrday.Occasion Was Ona of Much Inftr •it and RoioiclngiPionotr Tlmts Talkod Over In Heart to Htart Way.Waverly, June 30.—The Ohl Settlers’ association of Bremer county held their thirty-thinl annual meeting in Waverly yesterday, Juno ISHM. At 10 o'clock the people commenced to assemble at llm Waverly driving park. The weather man had given as a rain the night before, it, was loo wat Cor t.he farmers to cultivate Ihe corn fields, so they did the next, best tiling, they drove In town and hurl a picnic.II was a delightt’iil day. and by 11 o'clock there were several hundred fanners’ teams on the grounds, the stalls were all tilled ami all the hitching posts and hitching space were occupied before noon.Tim amphitheatre was filled before .11 o'clock. President A .A. Broadie called for order and he did it. in a way to make everybody feet happy. The exercises begun with prayer by Rev. Cole. The Ladies’ Double Quartette came to the front with a selection that amied lo the good cheer. Then Mayor Lee spoke the words of welcome. The mayor's speech was able, hearty ami appropriate, it was woii calculated to make all feel that the people of Waverly were in earnest when they said welcome to the old setl.lers: of Bremer comity. The mayor was applauded heartily, and when he sat down the crowd was in better humor than ever.lion, .lohn Hornrigiants o£ Denver, on behalf of the old settlors, responded to the welcome. Id r. Homrighaus spoke thoughtfully and fbelingiy. Ho was one of the pioneers ami he knows wbal. pioneer life meant in Iowa from 1845 till I8G0.Then the Ladies’ Quartette, under, the direction of Mrs. Karl Dickinson, was again heard and the people were delighted with the music.President Broadie then introduced Hon. Burton E. Sweet. The Introduction was one of the cheerful, happy events of the day. Mr. Sweet fully measured up to Lite cheery words of Ipe introduction, and all the settlers were glad that he was drafted to act as speechnHiker.Pretty near the best thing come next in the shape of refreshments, a picnic dinner and a visit In which everybody took part; Everybody there was just as good as anybody else, and this feeling was calculated to make it easy for all to be happy.The afternoon exercises began with a sort of an old-fashioned love story, in song, the actors being Leonard West and Ethel Clark. This number brought down the house, and Leonard and Ethel were the hero and heroine of the hour.S. H. Curtis was introduced as the business man of Waverly who had done business in the same block tor fifty years, Mr. Curtis spoke PC many inoidents in .the pioneer days of Bremer county,TV. F. Maasor was Lie next speaker, tie came from fiu;*Gennan fatherland when a little boy and he has “shook” hands with himself and thanked himself ever since that he had the good sense to cast bis lot with the good people of Bremer county.Prizes were awarded as follows; E. M'. Reeves, the oldest, farm implement, a grain cradle, $1; C. L. Tibbetts, a pair of mittens made in 1810, $1; Mrs. .1. F. Callender, the oldest chair. $1: ,T. L. Sturdevant. a tea kettle 150 years old. 51.cWaCarAir\\toing(ault;dietporso VimatThi.theby iingstrc m cuT tiyii and are of l, whl dir tnrr or sng. hav hen I. ion pi a I of f T mac win en of i seni the theIt i an ch 11 denUi rtthathe i will27,drt;a n Ilyi: a f' feelIULVliavheCstrtnorlastlie1.1 Ml hadera is iat uL.HillressancroAlldelPa-1Ch:amcidDenver was selected as the place ■where the meeting is to be held in jta,IP05. Hon. John Homrighans was elected president; E, L. Farrington, vice president; E. U. Bennett, see.re- %vp tary, and E. M. Reeves, treasurer, a E. J. Messinger was the first, white cia ejiibl born in Bremer county, and he vei is still living in the “Big Woods. y0, Cod bless the old pioneer fathers 0£ and mothers, they laid the Splendid foundation upon which a mangnitieent superstructure has been built.
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Waterloo Semi Weekly Courier
Waterloo, Iowa, US
Fri, Jul 01, 1904
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