The Sauk Centre herald., 1910-08-25
AT WARD SPRINGS


tages closed at the Springs. The
public schools open next week and
families there are coming in to get
The boys and girls ready to enter
once more in the educational race.
}. +. Cooper's family comes in Fri
day. the Erwins have already given
up their cottage, though they may go
cut Tor Sunday now and then. The
Jamiesons will come in this week
or next. The Gingerys leave the lake
today and will return soon to their
home in Lincoln. Neb
AS a sort of formal wind-up of
the season, c. c. Gingery gave big
bonfire at mis- cottage Saturday night
The bonfire was one of the nature
OF camp life last season, and last
Saturday nights function was up to
the usual standard All the cottagers
were present and everybody had fine
time sitting around the big fire, tell
ing stories, singing and doing other
things. w. G. Smith of st. Paul
worked his phonograph, furnishing
numerous selections which entertain
ed the audience Mr. Gingery was,
as usual, master of ceremonies and
a success of course Gingery has
way with him that's very taking and
he's easily the most popular man
who's been in camp for some years
He led the singing and looked after
things generally There were recita.
tons by Miss Hall of Minneapolis,
Dr.. H. l.. Lamb told several funny
stories, F. A Richards elected any
amount of applause with his famous
Ole song. and others also contribu-
ted. The party broke up at 10 o.
clock, all wishing Mr.. Gingery we'll
and expressing the hope that he
would return next season.
Among the campers at the Springs
the past few weeks are Mr.. and
Mrs. L. H. Sessions of Topeka
Kan. Mr. Sessions is special cor
respondent on the staff of the lead
ing newspaper in Topeka and has
been nominated for secretary of state
by the insurgents of that state. In
conversation with The Herald, Mr.
Sessions said that insurgency is
rampant in the sunflower state and
that Joe CannOn's visit there helped
the cause along greatly. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sessions are delighted with
Minnesota and with Birch Lake, and
are likely to return next summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. r. Kells spent
part of Saturday and all day Sun
day and Monday at the Springs, oc-
cupying the L. M. Kells cottage.
Mr. and Mrs e. E. Compton spent
Sunday at the Springs and took part
in the bonfire function. When Comp
ton returned to town he" exhibited
2 even-and-a-half-pound pike which
he says he caught while there.
Miss Anna Anderson spent Tues
day at the Springs, a guest of Mr..
and Mrs ]. w. Ward
FIR. T. F. O'Connor says Ward
Springs is the finest place ever for
an outing. He also ayers that the
Perrys are great as hosts.
ad ward springs
Tuesday night Mr. Gingery had an
other bonfire, but this time the guests
were bunch of young people, Is
young ladies and a smaller number of
young men, Misses Winifred Cooper
and Harriet Erwin were prominent in
the affair, though all the young ladies
at the lake lent hand There was a
general jubilation at the bonfire, and
following this there was hop at
''Hillcrest Lodge" In addition to the
young ladies named above there were
present Misses Florence Compton,
Ruth Compton, Mary Watson, Jessie
Thomason, Harriet Wheeler all of
Sauk Centre; Miss Sells of Bismarck,
n. D., Miss Simms of Minneapolis,
and a number of others from Little
Falls and Minneapolis. A party of
six young men drove out from Sauk
Centre and took part in the festivi-
ties, returning in the early morning.
Here is the bunch that went: Messrs
Clifford Hartley, Miles Brecount, H.
T. Austin, Francis Boutell, Leo Hedin
and Robert Richards.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Perry came in
from the Springs Tuesday afternoon.
FIR. O'Connor remained to spend the
rest of the week and run the lit small
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