News you can use
News you can use
By Emily Mayer
The big news in Havre 100 years ago this week was also the big news across the United States. On April 6, 1917, the United States joined Great Britain, France and other Allied nations by declaring war on Germany. The vote was not unanimous. While most Montanans aware of their history will recall our own Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the House of Representatives, cast her vote for “no” to war, she joined 49 other men in casting a “no” vote. In the Senate, 6 more men also said no. Most of those casting the no votes were from the American Midwest and West. Also, it came as no surprise to Montanans that Rankin would vote no, as she made her pacifist views known when she was campaigning.
The April 7, 1917, issue of The Havre Plaindealer carried the news of America’s involvement in The Great War, but for now most of the news would center around the day to day activities in our community. The one local article concerning the war is as follows:
LOCAL RECRUITING OFFICE IS CLOSED
Lieutenant Ecker, who for the past ten days has had charge of the Havre recruiting office, and Sergeant Doriss, who was sent here on Wednesday to assist the former, left this morning for Helena in response to telegrams from the department ordering them to report at Fort Harrison. The recruiting station in this city was closed yesterday evening, after about twenty young men of the city had enlisted under Uncle Sam’s colors.
The first provisional battalion of Montana infantry, made up of Co. A. of Roundup, Co. E. of Miles City, Co. F of Kalispell and Co. K of Billings, with a machine gun company from Helena, is now at Fort Harrison and fully equipped for war duty.
It is expected this battalion will be detailed for duty on the Pacific coast, and that they will be ordered there the early part of next week.
In the Society column, we find:
Coming Events.
With the close of the Lenten season tomorrow, Havre society will lay off the sack cloth and ashes and don the latest habiliments in evening dress for two important affairs at Lyceum hall next week.
On Tuesday evening will occur the annual ball of the Woman’s club, an event that is looked forward to as one of those most brilliant affairs of the season. Arrangements for the dance are now complete, and bout three hundred invitations have been mailed.
On Thursday evening at the Lyceum another dancing party will occur, with Mrs. Brundage, Mrs. Jenney and Mrs. Louke as hostesses. Unique invitations were mailed to a large number this week, and it is expected that this will prove one of the most enjoyable private parties given during the season.
Haglund-Davis.
In the presence of a few relatives and close friends of the contracting parties, Mr. E. O. Haglund and Miss Mildred Daviss were united in marriage on Tuesday of this week. The ceremony occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Daviss, parents of the bride, and was performed by Rev. P. H. Case. Attending the couple as bride’s maids and best man respectively were Miss Wilma Daviss and Bernard Haglund.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Haglund are well and favorably known in Havre, where they have resided for a number of years, and the esteem in which they are held was attested by a large array of beautiful and costly present showered upon them.
The bridal couple departed on the evening train Tuesday for eastern cities, and after the honeymoon period will return to Havre to reside.
Dancing Party.
The younger set of Havre are eagerly looking forward to Monday evening when the Misses Anna Wilson, Lola Swartz and Anna Skylstead will give an informal dancing party in the ball room of the Masonic temple.
Among the Clubs.
A few friends gathered at the home of Mrs. Thackeray on Monday afternoon to help celebrate her birthday.
In the “Of Local Interest” section, we find:
Attorney Talbert Erickson has opened offices on the third floor of the Masonic temple.
About the middle of this month the barber shop in the Hotel Havre, owned by H. F. Myers, will move to the room vacated by the Grill café. The new establishment will bear the euphonious cognomen of the “De Lux” barber shop.
Rev. L. J. Christler returned Sunday from Chicago, where he placed an order for the interior furnishings for the new St. Marks church which is hoped to complete this spring.
B. L. Witham arrived in Havre the first of the week and is now busy arranging for the opening of a photograph gallery in the new Wiltner building. Mr. Withman will be assisted at the studio by his wife, and both have the reputation of being high class artists. They were formerly located at Bozeman.
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