Band Stand Ballyhoo

From the Pope County Tribune, Thursday, March 19, 1925

The work of the county nurse will soon be a thing of the past unless the county comes to the rescue according to the report of the Red Cross this week. According to the report, there is now left in the Red Cross fund the sum of $355.80. This will only pay the Red Cross nurse through to the end of the school year. There is also a special fund of $172.21 left, but when this is used up there will be nothing left.

The fair weather of the last week has removed the last traces of snow. If the present weather continues, it will be only a matter of days and the farmers will be out in the field doing spring work. According to the papers, spring work has started in South Dakota.

Big Band Concert next Friday evening by the School Band. A movie will be shown after the concert, entitled, “Seven Chances,” with Buster Keaton. The youngsters are playing very well, and they will give a mixed concert with solos, duets and a big variety of band music. Don’t miss seeing the youngsters perform for the first time. Every cent made on this concert will be turned over to the band stand fund. Give the youngsters your support and swell the band fund. Tickets 35 cents.

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From the Glenwood Herald, Thursday, March 19, 1925

Soo Line Men Issue Interesting Paper: The editor of the Glenwood Herald has just been handed a copy of the “Soo Line Shop Employees Association Bulletin.” It is issued monthly and the copy we received is number 16. That means that it has been issued a little more than a year. The paper is full of news and has some real snappy articles. It has articles where it discusses railroad matters and also discusses the bus question. In addition, it also has a crossword puzzle department and newsletters from different points on the line. What is still more interesting is that the cartoon on the front page has been drawn by a Glenwood man, Alf Ellefson, engineer. It represents Uncle Sam with a locomotive in the background. Uncle Sam is saying, “It is your patriotic duty to patronize our railroads and protect them by legislation.”

Band Stand Ballyhoo, Glenwood Pavilion, April 16 and 17: Because midnight comes too soon on the 18th, the carnival dates have been changed to one day previous. Did you know it was going to be so hot at the carnival that the eagle on the dimes will look like cranes panting for breath? That’s all right, they are going to serve ice cream cones and pink lemonade. Throw away your hammers and get out your horns for the big band stand carnival. Everyone in Glenwood or community who has had their photo taken since they were a day old “look ‘em up.” The less you look like yourself the better. Miss Clara Wollan wants word of their existence. They’re going in for a big show at the carnival. Watch for the Carnival Squawker.

The “Hustlers” of the Grove Lake school held their regular meeting at 10:30 Monday. The following officers were elected: president, Eileen Riley; vice president, Leah McDaniel; secretary, Elaine Riley; treasurer, Helmer Huisenga; reporter, Margaret Benson; assistant, Bernice Thompson. The superintendent called at the Grove Lake consolidated school Friday. This school will be having their state examinations March 18-19.

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From the Starbuck Times, Friday, March 20, 1925

A.H. Dreyer escaped Sunday from what might have been a serious accident. Mr. Dreyer had been driving about in a new Overland sedan car, belonging to the Wollan Bros, just to try it out as he has been considering buying a new car. He returned to the garage, and after the door was opened, he drove in, and shut off the gas. Reaching down to pull up the emergency brake, his sleeve caught in the gas lever pulling it wide open and the car crashed forward under the rear of a big truck. The radiator and hood were smashed up, and one of the fenders badly battered. Mr. Dreyer was not injured, and although the truck and some other cars were thrown violently forward, no one happened to be in between them, and the truck and cars were only very slightly damaged.

The school board, at a special meeting last Monday evening, decided to bring on the matter of a new school building to a vote on Monday evening March 29, between the hour of 7 and 9 o’clock. The board ordered the following question submitted on the ballots: Shall the school board be authorized to erect a one-story frame school building of two rooms on the site now owned by the district, at a cost not to exceed $5,000? Mr. Larson’s estimate of the building discussed at the mass meeting was $4,300, but the board considered that a little higher limit should be placed in case the bids were higher than the estimate, or any slight changes should be found necessary. If the building is authorized by the voters, the board will immediately advertise for bids.

Wheat takes a drop of 53 cents—Wheat reached the lowest point it has been here for some time. The highest point reached this winter was $1.83, and the lowest point on Tuesday when it dropped to $1.30, a spread of 53 cents. On Wednesday it was up again 9 cents. The fluctuations recently have been so violent that grain men find it difficult to keep up with the changes.