German Day Celebration

Chelsea Decides Not to Have It This Year

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Committee Must be Called Together--Every Effort Shall Be Made to Hold It in Ann Arbor

At the annual German Day celebration held at Ypsilanti last year, Chelsea was selected as the place of meeting for the year, but last week the German Workingmen's society of that place, held a meeting and unanimously voted not to hold the meeting in Chelsea. This leaves the matter of the annual celebration in rather a bad condition as the time is very short to make new arrangements. The committee will be called together at once and a new location decided upon.

As is well known, these celebrations have now become a permanent feature with our German citizens and are looked forward to as an occasion when old friendships and acquaintances are renewed and new ones formed. Friends who see each other but once a year meet them and often families make it the occasion for their annual reunion. To have a break or postponement in the observance of the day is not to be thought of and every effort should be made to see that such does not occur.

In this emergency it occurs that Ann Arbor is about the most available point for holding the annual gathering. Our citizens should at once step forward and take hold of the matter of making good the default of Chelsea to take care of the celebration. The committee will undoubtedly be called together at once and if anything is done it must be at once as the time is short and a lot of work must be done to make a creditable celebration and entertain the visitors who will attend.