The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21
MANKATO FREE PRESS


Hughes, the recording secretary. The
corresponding secretary Mrs. J. II.
Harter, reported l0S resident members,
forty-tmee absent members, fifteen in
the Decoria branch and fifteen in the
st. Clair branch, a total OF III. The
number of former members listed in
the card index is 452. The Sunday
school report was incomplete, owing to
the sudden death of the secretary, Mr..
&c. ID. Geddes The Christian Endeavor
society reported membership of thir
tyeight and $307G raised during the
year. The Ladies' Missionary society
raised during the year S79.l0, and the
Ladies' Aid, which is now used more
as a social than as a money making in
stitution, $640S. Mr.. Posey reported
for the Mems. club, of which he was
at brief meeting of the club held
between supper and roll-call. The out
station report, read by Rev. E. l..
Heermanc and already published by The
Free Press, showed total of S473.20
raised through the Mankato church
from all sources. The board of trus-
tees next had the -four. The treas
urer of the board, Mr. Waldemar Pet
terson reported $l34.S0 raised and eX-
pended for missions. For home eX-
penses $l,272.3l had been s9cnt, of
which all but $25 was raised This
amount, due to an insurance policy
falling due earlier than expected, was
raised on the spot, in order to close
the year perfectly clear. The budget
adopted for 1910 calls for an cXpend-
in the home expenses OF the church.
For the property account President c.
H. Cooper reported that during the
wear the indebtedness on the parsonage
had been reduced to $3.50 and that
on the church building to $500, the
latter drawing no interest. The prop
erty is valued at $4,000. The momi-
mating committee then brought in its
report. Two persons are nominated for
each office and the vote is by ballot,
lltStljiHS ~ tIiiNS III iltu
The following were elected Trustees
for three years, G.. II. Cooper and W.
IL. Pe!l. Trustee for one year, s. H.
Mott; deacon for three years, Thomas
Hughes; members of the church com
mittec, Miss Alice Thomas and Mrs.
T. ID. Smith; recording secretary. Mrs.
Thomas Hughes; corresponding secrc
tary, Mrs S. II. Mott; Sunday school
superintendent, Thomas Hughes; assis
tant superintendent, j. \. Hancock;
church enters on its new year full of
courage and apparently eager for work.
The pastor has proposed fifty new
members Has the special goal for 1910.
The chronicle of the years doings is
as follows:
The first thing recorded in the new
| year after the annual meeting was Il
! trip taken by DR.. Hancock, DR.. Curran,
| Thomas Hughes and Mr.. Headley to
Konnedy's Bridge where they held an
afternoon meeting and then drove to st.
| Clair for an evening service. This was
! on Jan. IL.
| March 1.-THE all together mission
! airy committee which was touring the
country arrived at Mankato and Il con
ference was held that evening in the
basement. A banquet was given i'll CON
nection with the Mems club and this
over, addresses were given by DR.. T. O.
| Douglas, Rev. Banker, Rev. George
| NJ Moore, Miss Miriam l.. Woodbury.
and others of the visiting delegation
gave very interesting and helpful adj
dresses and an opportunity was given
for our home people to express their
views also
April 4-Rev. Z. J.. IIeermancc and
Mr.. Haynes went to Decoria to hold a
preached here.
April lS-A meeting was held at
the Presbyterian church in the in
terest of the laymen's missionary move
ment.
April 25-We had a talk by Mr.
IIeermance on Turkish missions, illus
trated by stereopticon views.
! May and 5-The meetings of the
district conference were held at Sher-
burne No delegates could he found,
so Mr.. Heermance was the only one
from our church to attend the confer
ence.
May 9-NIr. Hecrmancc began a
series of sermons TO the children and
the evening service was discontinued
for the summer.
June GA chldren's day program
took tie place of the morning ser
vice.
In July the pastor took his annual
vacation and the Christian church
united with us in the morning service
and in the midweek prayer meeting.
Mr. Osgood preaching at our church
and we going there for the midweek
Injecting.
In August the order was reversed
land Mr.. leermance preached at the
Christian church.
Members of the church kept ZIP the
outstation work at kennedy's Bridge
Aug. 20-Rev. Thomas of Cambria
and Mr. Heermance exchanged pulpits
| Sept. 5-Occurred the funeral OF
George NJ Keenan,, an old and re-
spected citizen and member of our
constituency.
Sent l2-Evenin~ services were re-