The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-08
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
lie Sueur Sentinel: Tuesday after.
noon and evening the local Degree of
Honor lodge entertained fifty OF more
visiting members of the order at a
district convention. Represented at
the meeting were lodges from Man
kato, Kasota, Shakopee and Jordan,
and the meeting was a most enthusiast
tic one, from the standpoint of attend
iance and interest shown by those pres
,ent.
During the afternoon the business
meeting was held, with several good
papers on the various phases of lodge
work, including an excellent one by
Mrs. Jerry Clifford of this city. Grand
Chief of Honor Mrs. Duffy of Shakopee
presided and also gave an excellent
talk on insurance rates. During the
afternoon fair sized class was init
ated, the initiation being conducted by
a drill team of twenty-fOur members,
under the leadership of Mrs. Bertha
Kleinschmidt, from one of the Mankato
lodges. The work of the drill team
was unusually good and reused a
great deal of interest among those
who witnessed it.
sion bountiful supper was served
to the visiting delegates and members
of the local lodge, in the rooms adj
joining the lodge hall. The supper
was planned and arranged by COM
mittee composed of Mrs. Walther, Mrs.
Won Essen, Mrs. r. Wagner, Mrs. Lo-
gan, Mrs. Price, Mrs. Clifford and Miss
Scheffler, and was great credit to
their ability and industry.
During the evening the Mankato
drill team gave handsome exhibition
drill, several young women of the
same city gave some pleasing piano
selections, and Miss Emily Item sang
a group of songs, to the pleasure of
the audience. Mrs. Duffy gave short
talk on the work of the order, and
then some time was spent in dancing
by the younger people. The flyer at
midnight was stopped and nearly all
those going south remained until that
time.
In addition to the grand chief of
honor, the grand lady of honor, Mrs.
Dora Burgess, and the grand outside
watch, Mrs. Summers of Mankato,
were present and among the delegates
were the following: From the two
Mankato lodges; Mesdames Reki Schu-
Der, Elizabeth Zuehlke, Charles Mohr,
w. d. Keith, C. j. Olsen, A. Roos, L..
Hook, A. Anderson, Charles Taylor,
C. F. Hansen, w. B. Davies, H. Ar
old, Erickson, Louise HI. Summers,
Josephine Rosequist, Bertha Klein
schmid Helena Leonardo, Antonette
Degman, James Mcmahon, Josephine
Roemer, Franzies Olsen, Sara NJ. Bum
mer, Vogel, Alice Rhodes, the Misses
Hilda j. Anderson, Ida Klager, Cath
crime Mcmahon, Trenhauser, Steifen-
hofer and Mrs. Lille; and Mesdames
Spandel, Juni, Joseph and Maleritscn,
and the Misses Ritschel and Nal
eritsch of Jordan, and Mrs. M. M.
Reed of Kasota.
Duluth, Oct 4.-The eleventh annual
meeting of the Minnesota State Osteo-
pathic association, which was held in
Duluth Saturday, was closed in the
evening with banquet and program
at the Spalding.
Officers for the fiscal year were
elected as follows:
President, Dir. Leslie S. Reyes, Min
neapolis; first vice president, DR.. Will
liam McClaran, Duluth; second vice
president, DR.. John Rydall, Minneap-
oils; third vice president, DR.. NJ. D..
Engelke, Lake City; treasurer, DR.. A.
G. Willis, Minneapolis; secretary, DR..
F. E. Jorris, Minneapolis; legal adviser,
Dr. c. w. Young, st. Paul; librarians,
Mrs. jamie Manuel, Minneapolis, and
Marilla Fuller, st. Paul; trustees, Drs.
F. ID. Parker, William Eckley, Victoria