The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-05
MZlVzVETONKA SOCIAL

Summer residents along the Gibson
Point shore and along Bay of ST. Louis,
have braved the cool weather, and made
a long stay at the lake-much longer
than has been their custom heretofore.
With but few exceptions all the summer
homes were open until Nov. l, and sew
eral Of the families are planning to re-
and Mrs II. G. Harrison returned last
Saturday from delightful trip thru
Colorado. Mrs. Passmore went out to
the lake and remained until Tuesday
when she closed her cottage for the
winter. Mrs. Harrison has opened her
town house, but Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Bennett and their, family are still at
the lake. TheSs theE are AfRPs PLANNING HgboT
stay in town they will leave Dec. l for
Pasadena, CAL, to spend the winter.
DR.. and Mrs. Dunsmoor moved into the !
city early, but they are planning to
have a house party at their home for
the younger people during the" Christ
mas holidays. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hale, who moved into their beautiful
country home on Robinson s bay not so
very long apo, will remain out at the
lake for some. time longer. Mr.. and
Mrs. Willis Walker closed their cottage
Wednesday and returned to the Walker
residence for the winter. Mrs. S. r.
Knight and Miss Knight have not closed
their lake home, and make frequent
trips to the point. Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il.
Northup at Ferndale, will also be among
to New York for the winter after the
marriage of Miss Northup.
Miss Lula Sampson, whose marriage
to George E. Picker will be one of the
early winter events, has finally decided
on a handsome church wedding. The
ceremony at the church will be followed
Last Friday evening Miss Sampson en-
tertained twelve friends at progressive
cinch. Miss Florence Perkins and
Claude Bracket were awarded hand
some souvenir prizes for highest scores.
Following the games refreshments were
served.
Misses Gertrude Smith, Marion Schu-
Ter, Annabelle Lindsay, Katherine } Jones,
and Frances Heller made a trolley trip
to the lake the past week and enjoyed
q cottage luncheon before returning to
their homes in Minneapolis and st. Paul.
Albert Hopkins, one Of the old Lake
Minnetonka settlers, is very Ill at his
home in Excelsior. Mr.. Hopkins came
to the lake in the earliest ffties and is
shores.
George Gould met with very painful
injuries during the fire, which partly
destroyed the Biekford cottage at Elk;
celsior last week. Mr.. Gould found
every avenue Of escape cut off by the
binding smoke and had to drop, out of
suited in an injury to his back. He
has been at the Sampson house and is
rapidly recovering. The fire gave the
fire department in Excelsior an. oppor
tunity to show the utility Of the neN
apparatus, as without it greater por
tion of the village would have been de
stroyed.
An old landmark on the Excelsior
shores is being torn down. 1t is tn
old Morse icehouse, which has to maxi
room to open the shore for the nev
landings and pavilion of the street rail
way company. During the past week
the company has employed the. dredger
to make the preliminary arrangement
for building the long dock, which is t.
be finished at an early date in tn
spring. Already some Of the piling
are driven into the water and Will
the lake is open operations will contlnu
steadily. It is the intention to work OF
the street car track thru the winter an
all along the route the company is put
ting up substantial winter camps TO
the men.
- Wednesday afternoon was the frs
meeting of the Ladies' Aid society Q
the First Congregational church Of Ez
celsior, and the annual election of offe
ers was held. Mrs Walter Sampso
was the hostess. Mrs. f. Putnam wa
elected president; Mrs. W. Sampson
vicepresident; Mrs. G. Dickinson, treas
urer, and Mrs. w. Dillman, secretary.
Lake Gleanings.
Mrs. Melvin Bennett, who has been visitin;
at Montiyedeo returned home friday morning
Miss Belle Bennett will return early this wee