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Newspaper
Grand Forks Herald
Location
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1919
Page
7
Tonight the Grand Forks lodge B P U0 hosts a major annual meeting. Local and visiting members arrive for a 4 PM business session and street parade. An initiation and social program open at 6 PM with music, movies, and features followed by a banquet.
Special one and one third round trip rates from across the state to Grand Forks apply to delegates attending the Grand Masonic meetings June 17 to 20. The plan, approved by the U S railroad commission regional director, requires full fare tickets and receipts for return fares. Over 500 lodge officials are expected for four days of Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter sessions, with Acacia Lodge to confer the Manter Masons degree and Rae Council to deliver Royal and Select Masters on June 18. Election of grand lodge officers set for June 15 with grand chapter officers to be chosen June.
The Gansi debating prize went to the negative speakers in the United States joining the League of Nations debate. Judges ruled 2 to 1 for the negative at Woodworth auditorium last night. Negative team included Harold Wylie Alan Gray and Edward Butler with Harry K Thing Paul Samuelson and Ralph J Stewart supporting the normative side. A $50 prize was donated by J Gansi of Billings Montana who formerly resided in Grand Forks. Mr Gans spoke after the contest.
The debate judged by H. E. Willis and C. M. Cooley centered on a plan linking world governance to a nine‑man ruling. Opponents warned it could yield tyranny, while the affirma tive argued arbitration within three months could settle disputes. Winners split 530. losers received 20.
The Grand Forks Municipal Band will begin its summer series this Sunday in Riverside Park, weather permitting. Director Prof. E A Moses announced a varied program including Coronation March, Monastery Bells, and selections from Going Up and Humoresque, with encores of popular tunes. If conditions are favorable, Riverside Park pool may draw crowds as well.
The preliminary round of the ext temporaneous speaking contest and the King girls dramatic reading contest occurs at Merrifield hall at 3 pm with four women and twelve men entered. Men have five minutes each and topics posted at noon. finals set for Monday evening June 9. Participants include Geraldine Mc Nicol Helen B Evans Grace Mead krnd Gladys Jacobson for drama and Paul Samuelson Harold D Shaft Milton Rugh Alexander Aas Harold Wylie Edward Butler Alan Gray G. D. Brodie Harry Ihrig Franzo Crawford Ralph J. Stewart John Nevin for speaking.
Initiation of eight candidates for membership into the local council of the United Commercial Travelers will be held this evening in the Odd Fellows hall starting at 2% o'clock. A larger class may follow as more applications arrive. The business session will plan the June grand lodge convention and city decorations for the event. A parade Saturday will feature bands from Grand Forks, Crookston, Fargo, Devils Lake, and councils from North Dakota and parts of Minnesota.
Winnipeg officials confront strikers as Mayor Charles F Gray defends hard line to keep order and feed citizens. Railroad and metal workers seek mediated talks with a proposed bargaining framework. Employers respond with terms for settlement, while the sympathetic strike lingers.
By unanimous vote rugby was selected as the Fourth district convention city for the Sons of Norway. About 160 delegates and lodge members attended a banquet concluding the day. T. C. Gilbert of Willmar Minnesota presided. the principal speaker urged unity and progress within the national association.
Farmers around Zant Grand Forks and Polk county prepare for the Blate Holstein Breeders association meeting in Moorhead on Thursday June 12. A major livestock sale at Schroeder farm will feature speakers, with Polk county directors elected. Auto routes coordinate gathering points for a 6 am procession to Moorhead arriving around 10 15 am.
Chicago June 7 The Big Ten track meet results include 120 yard hurdles won by Johnson of Michigan with Indiana second. Buchett of Illinois winning the second heat with Guerin second. Na and Cook notable in other 120 hurdle heats. Also reported is the one mile run led by McCosh of Chicago with Moore and Stone following, time 4 32 4 5. A pair of petitions from East Grand Forks residents seek paving of main streets and Third Street but face questions of costs and district division.
Moe and his wife travelled through California during an extended summer trip. They visited major moving picture studios near Los Angeles and stayed in several cities. Moe plans to remain for a while while Mr. Moe continues toward Duluth.
Fargo residents planned to attend Shriner events while T A Sullivan returned from a Plummer Minnesota trip. Three men Ole Hanson Otto Hanstad and Andrew Fierstad were arrested for gambling and liquor violations and released on bonds. A new American Legion branch was launched in Sullivan Bros office, linked to Crookston’s Nels Wold post, with about twenty in attendance. Mr and Mrs H J K Barnes of Minneapolis arrived for a brief visit. Barnes is a native of the city.
Partial bulletin reports unclear Paris orders and British exchange text with references to dignitaries and a letter to Lil Yette. details are damaged and not fully legible.
Archangel details show the air forces and engineers ready to sail by the end of June. The second American contingent is assembling, with Major J Brooks Nichols commanding the Vologda railway sector and holding the British Distinguished Service Order. Nichols has French awards, awaiting the Legion of Honor medal in Brest. his Detroit, Michigan home noted. Philadelphia reports a Holstein cow sold for 26000 dollars.
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