The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-17
Fine Program Arranged For the
Benefit Of Visitors.
Address Is to Be Given BY the
Rev. Donald Mckenzie.
Supper Proceeds Exercises, And
Dance to Finish All.

Mapleton, Jan. l0.-Unable to secure
the j. NJ Hamilton Imperial Concert
company of Glasgow, Scotland, the
executive committee of the Burns club
decided, to 90 on with the usual Burns
day program The date selected for the
annual celebration is Thursday, Jan.
%, and Rev. Donald Mckenzie of Ex-
celsior, is to deliver the address and that
it will be one equal to the occasion
which the gentleman enjoys as a
speaker and entertainer.
The following is the program:
Overture ......... ...... Orchestra
Mayor William Borchert
Response ........ Hon. William Hall
Song, "Rantin' Rovin' Robin. 80.
David Will
BaSplpe selection
Maj Geo. Sinclair, Minneapolis
Annual Address Observation-Disclosures.
-. Rev. Donald Mckenzie, Excelsior
Song. ............. Mrs. Mary Milliken
Highland Fling ,..............
-. Miss Mary Sinclair, Minneapolis
Recitation, "Tam O'Shanter". ....
b. F. McGregor
Song .................. Robert Morrow
Song Master Lloyd Morrow
Broad Sword Dance. ...............
-. Miss Mary Sinclair, Minneapolis
Song. Miss Bessie Dodds, Mankato
Miss Flor
ence Hanna, Wood Lake, Neb.
"Auld Lang Syne."
At the completion of the program
the young people will have an oppor-
tunity of enjoying themselves until
morning by dancing. The elder people
will no doubt pass a few enjoyable
hours in visiting and in an after pro-
gram which generally follows at Ma
sonic hall.
The ninth annual bonspiel of the
Maple River Burns club will be held
on January 81, % and % so as to
wind up with the Burns club celebra-
ton. 1t is expected that the usual
number of visiting clubs will be pres
ent and that the various prizes offered
will be lively contested for.
first prize. first event on the 2lst
will be four tartan neckties; second
prize four pair Scotch gloves. On the
second day the prize of the first event
will be four copies of Burns poems;
second prize four pictures entitled,
"The Gathering of the Clans" The
prize i'm the second event of the second
day will be the silver trophy offered
by the banks, second prize four jack
knives. On the third day will occur
the consolation match, the prizes being
four, besoms and four smaller besoms.
The annual banquet which is held
in connection with the celebration will
he held at Union hall with the Gus
tomary ''haggis" and other dishes of
a Scotch nature. The invitations will
be issued some time the first of next
week and will be sent to q list which
has been prepared by the committee
on invitation and it is sufficiently
large to indicate that the club will
have all it can do to care for its
guests.
In connection with the gathering the
executive committee have found it ne
cessary to establish the following rule,
namely, that the price of tickets OF
admission will be IS cents, which adj
mits one. gentleman and lady only.
Single tickets so cents. Members OF
the club on payment of their annual
dues are entitled to tickets of admis-
sion for themselves and family, that
is, such children as are under eighteen