High School Medals for Two Orators at Commencement
Sixty five graduates received diplomas at the morning exercises in the high school auditorium. Ruth Baughman won first prize gold medal for Mothers of Men, and Herman Mackoff won second prize gold medal for Americas Contribution to Democracy. The program featured senior orations on war and future peace, with readings by Blanche Leigh and Inez Marie Vale.
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Ruth Baughman
Schoola
J. Nelson Kelly
Board of ‘Education
Herman Mackoff
W. H. Elfring
Blanche Leigh
Inez Marie Vale
United States
Marie Fagstad
Christ
Abraham Lincoln
America
Europe
Phyllis Sherman
Brotherhood of Man
Leah Stiles
Miss Stiles
U.S
Democracy
United
Auto crash tale of Geo C Dickson in California
Geo C Dickson a former Grand Forks man was fatally injured in a California auto accident on May 29 He remained conscious 15 to 20 minutes before dying Mrs Dickson was pinned for two hours but survived and is recovering in Chula Vista The accident’s direct cause remains a mystery with a slight prior shower reported The couple’s car remained undamaged and was driven to San Diego the day after the crash Dickson aged 57 was born in Ireland and built a dairy business in Grand Forks before moving to California He was active in Masonic circles and well regarded locally The death sent shock through friends in Grand Forks and North Dakota.
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Geo. C. Dickson
Grand
Cal
San Diego
Mr. Winship
Mesa Grande
la Tourette
Dickson
Leas
California
Grand Forka
North Dakota
May 17 Fete Netted $112.59 in Auditorium Event
A May 17 celebration held in the Auditorium under the Norwegian central committee raised $112.59. Sven Blas, transmitter of the Grand Forks county chapter of the American Red Cross, reported the itemized receipts and costs.
Local boards tasked to prevent idleness in nation’s emergency
Provost Marshal General Crowder telegram praises local boards for unanimous, unselfish work in mobilizing manpower. It lists monthly drafts totaling 1.8 million through June 1 1918, and notes boards will soon bear responsibility for preventing idleness and unproductive employment as wartime needs rise.
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Geneal Crowder
G. A. Fraser
Fisaf
Memorial Meet of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Held at Grand Theater
The Grand Lodge and Rebekah Assembly of the Odd Fellows held memorial services at the Grand Theater this morning. The program included piano and violin solos, vocal duets, readings, and addresses by officials from Maple Leaf Rebekah Lodge No 3 and Raylodge No 126. The meeting also covered legislative business and closing prayers by Grand Chaplain T. A. Richmond.
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Grand Lodge
Rebekah Assembly of
The
Grand Theater
Miss Bullis
Miss Sayer
Francia’ Cannon
Rebekah Amembly
Odd Fellows
Don McDonald
Geo. H. Moehring
Raylodge
Socrates
Seattle
Club Elects 7 Directors At Annual Meeting
The Commercial club elected seven directors for the coming year: Fred Bartholomew F F Burchard J H McNicol Tom Moore M E Stricker J W Wilkerson and G M Willemson. J E Coad reported on the year’s activities and praised the clubs work including entertainment publicity and conventions. He urged wartime unity and postwar reconstruction. The article notes a Norwegian Lutheran convention in Fargo with leaders G J Gislason and Thomas Vaaler attending and discusses potential name change to remove Norwegian from the church title.
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Commercial Club
Fred Bartholomew
F. F. Burchard
J. H. McNicol
Tom Moore
M. E. Stricker
J. W. Wilkerson
G. M. Willemson
J. E. Coad
Northern Packing Company
Coad
Good Roads Committee
House and Entertainment Committee
Bethany
Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
First Lutheran Church
G. J. Gislason
Thomas Vaaler
Fargo
St. Paul
Minn
Herald
Delegates Andrew Pederson and K A Hofto In Fargo
Andrew Pederson and K A Hofto travel to Fargo as official delegates for the event. Their arrival signals the start of the participation by the representative pair in the regional gathering. Local organizers expect formal remarks and scheduled sessions in the afternoon.
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Andrew Pederson
K. A. Hofto
Fargo
The
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