North Dakota community programs tour advances winter plan
A new Federated Community Development Association plans widespread, two day educational programs in over one hundred towns this winter across North Dakota. Four lecturer teams and four entertainment outfits will travel together to each town, with shows at Armory venues priced at 10 and 25 cents. The Williston stop is set for March 10 and 11, following a December debut hampered by the flu and illness among performers. Alex Karr of Jamestown anchors the effort with assurance it will be one of the state’s best.
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Travel Toether
Williston
F. M. Sherarts
Federated Community Development Association
Alex Karr
Jamestown
Armory
J G Field Returns From Trip To France
Noah Panger and J C Field return to Williston after serving in France with the Y M C A Field plans to return to U S service and Europe Field reached Paris with Armistice celebrations and described American reception in France He dealt with flu on arrival and later helped Y M C A huts and organized games earning letters of recommendation from Y M C A officers and French hosts Continued on page 2
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Noah Panger
J. C. Field
Williston
France
Panger
Mr. Fields
Europe
Field
Paris
Alusee
Law Co. E
St. Again
Co. E
Finelly
Our Community Building Williston Armory and Home Guards
Our Community Building Williston boasts a fine city owned armory and auditorium once home to Company E before France service. Under Home Guards care it features a gymnasium with a swimming pool and showers, with completion hoped for by the Community Club to aid local youth. big programs planned for Monday and Tuesday next week.
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Williston
Company E
France
Calvin B Brown Addresses Williston Business Leaders
Calvin B Brown chief of the Organization Bureau of the U S Chamber of Commerce spoke to Williston merchants at a noonday Elk’s Home luncheon. A 3 PM mass meeting discussed forming a Community Club to boost production transport and commerce and to unite farmers and businessmen. Brown urged an organization to rebuild towns and support a national trade system while noting postwar business was strong.
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Calvin B. Brown
Organization Bureau
United States Chamber of Commerce
Elk’s
Mr. Brown
W. E. Holbein
Minor Association of Commerce
The
Elk's Home
Williston
W. B. Overson
Galvin B. Brown
Government Chamber of Commerce
Cooperative dairy movement gains steady progress
A long standing cooperative dairy effort revived after a charter loss and reorganization. Under Mr B E Erickson, creamery operations improved with daily churns and rising ice cream demand. Farmers invest in cows, profits grow, and neighbors form new groups, expanding the cooperative impact across the community.
North Dakota Troops Return from War Era
The article recalls the 164th infantry and First North Dakota units, with 6,000 men leaving in 1917 and now 622 homeward. It lists where returning veterans settle, highlighting Valley City as the city greeting the most, and notes scattered remnants in France England and Germany with the 164th totaling 8,361 Enlisted men.
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United States of America
United States
France
North Dakota
Old State
Camp Greene
Charlotte
N. C
Forty-first Division
Grant
164Th Infantry
England
Army of Occupation
Germany
North Dakota Regiment
Hoboken
N. 4
Liverpool
Vaterland
164Th
Valley City
Williston A Celebration City
Williston is hailed as Celebration City as Co E parades on Main Street in a Fourth of July scene. The unit soon departs for France and hopes to return in time to join a future celebration. Local pride and cooperation through a new Community Club are urged to stage a memorable welcome home.
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Williston
Co. E
France
Wilsliston
Williams County
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Celebration
Brown
Taft
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
Omaha
Galveston
Belgium
Americas
Russia
Bolahivike
America
League of Nations
John Bruegger
B. E. Erickson
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