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Newspaper

Willmar Tribune

Location

Willmar, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1917

Page

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Interesting news from our boys in barracks and trains

Samuel Olson and other recruits report from Jefferson Barracks marching through the intake process to Fort Monroe. Letters describe barracks life, meals, and training, with travel through St Louis Cincinnati and the Blue Ridge, plus updates on comrades, promotions, and a moving county honor roll featuring new aviation corps entries.

Bob Johnson Fort Monroe Sava Jefferson Barracks St. Louis Mississippi River Ohio River Cincinnati Louisville Rockies Stout Chesapeake Bay Hoglind Dan Burns Richard Soderling Central Blue Ridge Alleshany

Local Recruits Join Military and Services Highlights

Recruits reported include Russell Cutter and Darwin Olson joining aviation corps, Vernon Lawson entering the navy, J J Kelly Paul Holt and Manley Holt entering telephone field service, Clarence Englund from Rock Island, Evert Roelofs from Grand Rapids, Olaf Omlie joining North Dakota militia. Weekend visits feature Misses Elphie and Esther Anderson of Minneapolis, Mrs. Von Verde and children visiting relatives, Miss Betty Pearson hosting friends, Mrs. Miner Hildahl and three children visiting from Estevan, Joe Swenson returning from St Olaf College, Mrs. Emil Broberg visiting from Duluth, Agnes Dalen and Clara Skootheim visiting cities, and Paul Hedin visiting Twin Cities.

J. J. Kelly Willmar Manley Holt Paul Holt St. Cloud Clarence England Rock Island Olaf Omlic Willmar Evert Roelofs Grand Rapids Mich Earl H. Frye Richard G. Taylor Hana C. Son Dens Olson Arnold W. Frederickson Russell Cutter Darwin Olson Martin Olson Atwater Aviation Corps Vernon Lawson New London Navy Clarence Englund Rock Island, IL Evert Roelofs H. J. Roelofs Holland Grand Rapids, Mich Olaf Omlie North Kota

Local Recruits Depart for Army in Station Farewell

Photo by Olson Bros shows scenes from last Thursday afternoon as boys prepared to leave for military service. The top image displays the recruits who departed while the lower image captures the station scene just before the train pulled away. Names listed include Thorwald Thorson Henry G Young Jena Olson Hans Peterson Ben Falkingham George Maddison Willard Sandfors Richard Taylor Emil Lindskoog Wm Gratz Joe Kvam Roy Danielson Joe Downs Arnold Frderickson Earl Frye.

Thorwald Thorson Kandiyohi Roy L. Danielson Willmar William F. Gratz Joseph M. Downs Benjamin H. Falkingham Emil H. Lindskoog George R. Maddison Ralph Hoyt Arthur Swenson Raymond Henry Lindner Raymond Louis M. Halvorson Russell J. Quam Walter Conway Bert Sullivan Spicer Henry G. Young Norman DeLaHunt Chester Galliford Robert B. Johnson Arthur Ostrand Harold Severinson Harold Larson Esmond Nelson Chester Lin Richard Soderling Joseph Holmberg Louis Urdahl Willmar Ed Gorder Norway Lake Roy A Cederstrom Kandlyoh Harold Paulson Fred Smith Albert Erickson Kandlyon Elroy W. Peterson Willard P. Sundforn Arne Wellin Willm Wm. C. Peterson Edwin Lundy Frank Ott Atn John Walter Helger Wolff Atwater Albert Winblad Olson Bros United States Army Jena Olson Hans Peterson Ben Falkingham George Maddison Willard Sandfors Richard Taylor Emil Lindskoog Wm, Gratz Joe Kvam Roy Danielson Joe Downs Arnold Frderickson Earl Frye

Annual May Party at Eastern Star Lodge

The Eastern Star Lodge held its annual May Party last Friday at the Masonic Temple. The program featured a May Day drill by 16 boys and 1 girl, an umbrella song, piano solos by Stella Anderson and Muriel Witney, a violin solo by Dorothy Diffendorf, recitation by Wilbur Broberg, and a May Pole winding by twelve children. After the program, members enjoyed lunch and May baskets, then social time in the basement. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. O. Gehlers and daughter of St Paul visited. Mrs. Karl L. James hosted ladies at her home. Andrew Danielson of St Paul visited August Danielson.

Eastern Star Lodge Masonic Temple The Eastern Star Stella Anderson Muriel Witney Dorothy Diffendorf Wilbur Broberg

Seminary Declamatory Contest May Seventeenth At Willmar

Norwegian community page notes the Signal Quale Declamatory Contest at Willmar Seminary on May 17 under Det Norske Selskab of America. Winners receive a silver medal. judges include Prof. R V Melby and T O Gilbert. admission 10 cents. program lists many names with music interludes. Navy recruiting officer Conrad Hedin reports duties at Virginia Minnesota and sending five local boys to join. Kandiyohi honor roll grows.

Willmar Det Norske Selskab America Raad Uraad Laura Enstad Uveir Vesterpaa Navy Conrad Hedin New London Virginia Minn Kandiyohi

Rose Maiden cantata slated by Willmar Choral Club

The Willmar Choral Club plans to present the cantata The Rose Maiden at the opera house under Professor Henry E. Meyer of Morris. Members have trained three months, and the piece follows the fairy queen Roseblossom seeking love, culminating in tragedy and later happiness with a forester.

Willmar Choral Club Opera House Henry E. Meyer Morris Gir Roseblossom

Norwegian Oratorical Contest At High School

Last Friday the high school auditorium hosted a successful program of music and orations. Miss Elvera Jacobsen won the silver medal, Miss Alma Bratberg took second with a silver spoon, and Miss Anna Knutson placed third with a book donated by Hon. L. C. Thorpe. Other contestants included Bernice Benson and several others. numbers featured vocal and piano solos and a tall by L. O. Thorpe. Prof. Melby praised the event as its first of its kind locally and a notable success.

Elvera Jacobsen Alma Bratberg Lone of Norway Lodge Anna Knutson L. C. Thorpe Bernice Benson Ruby Sather Clarence Hanson Ruth Johnson Mable Knutson Hansina Johanson Martha Olson Miss Petterson Evelyn Dale Hon L. O. Thorpe Prof. Melby

Willmar Boy Accepted for Aviation Corps

Russell Cutter, nineteen, son of Mr and Mrs F Cutter, has passed aviation examination and will be sent to Jefferson Barracks for training. The Willmar context notes his wartime aspiration and examination result. The item also reports a local wedding, Kuntz Crosby, with Olive Margaret Crosby marrying Otto H Kuntz at two thirty in the afternoon, details the ceremony, music, and reception, and notes plans to reside in Willmar.

Russell Cutter Mra F. Cutter Tfe Minneapolis Jefferson Barracks

Telephone Company Raises Two Company For Camp Service

Three Willmar boys join a nationwide volunteer drive for two Signal Corps companies. About 600 local telephone workers offered, 200 to be chosen. Manley Holt J J Kelly Paul Holt among those accepted. Officials stress maintaining home service while some volunteers leave for army work. Benefits include continued pay, disability and life insurance, and reemployment after service. Local notices also announce Tillie Kulzer and Roy H Hattrup wedding on May 2, with relatives traveling to Milaca for other nuptials and George Moscrip visiting from Minneapolis.

Willmar U. S. Army Signal Corps Manley Holt J. J. Kelly Paul Holt St. Cloud Signal Service Telephone Red Cross

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