The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
Knights Of Pythias
Held Their Service
From MONDAYS Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Memorial services OF. the Knights
of Pythias we're held last evening in
the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist
church, Rev. w. e. Evans, pastor
of the church, preached the sermon
The church was. decorated for 2e
occasion with palms and cut flowers
Most of the, members of the local
lodge met at the lodge ball, at the
corner of Jackson and Second streets,
and attended the service in body.
The front section of the church was
reserved for the knights. Besides
the lodge members that attended,
great many friends of the members
were present, SO that the church
was we'll filled. A choir composed
of u. NJ. Jones, /. n. Griffith, Miss
Eunice Hughes and Miss Mary Lloyd
sang several selections appropriate
to the occasion and d. NJ Jones ren-
dered a solo. Miss Olwein Evans
presided at the organ.
Twenty Called BY Death.
Rev. W. T.. Evans. VINO then de-
liyered the sermon, took for his
thought, the parable of The Good
samarital. Gr. Evans referred to
the long period of time that had
elapsed since the foundation of the
lodge in this city, saying that in the
! time that had gone between then
and the present; that twenty of the
lodge members had been called by
death ana 1t was his intention to
make the meeting such, one, as
would commemorate the departed
ones.
! Commenting on the subject Of
our neighbors." Mr.. Evans said that
any man "is our neighbor and he is
such, irrespective of color or ma
| tionality. He Illustrated this by tell
| ing of the different men that passed
the robbed man before the Samaritan
came and took compassion upon the
| unfortunate man. '
Live Up to the Truth.
The speaker urged that men be
not satisfied with the mere knowl-
edge of the truth, but that they
make an effort to live up to it. He
felt that in this age that there were
too many men that were twisting
the truth In order to suit their
| needs.
Mr.. Evans said that the personality
of man reaches beyond the grave
and he did not believe that the
quotation that relates about the evil
living after death and the good dy-
| ing, was a. quotation that could be
accepted as the truth, for personally,
he felt that in many other cases,
! the reverse was true. Despite the
wall of the pessimist he believed
that good is on the increase and that
the world is growing better.
In closing his sermon. Mr.. Evans
urged the members of the lodge to
work to high standards and high
ideals, keeping always in mind the
thought, that the personality we
make in this way, Is the thing that
we will leave behind, as a memory
i and as an example TO the ones that
follow.
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day has this TO say of gentleman
who is well-known in Mankato: ~
telephone message brings a startling
report of the serious illness of
Beecher Ii. Ward, well known to
all Fairmont.
i "lfr. Ward was at a town near
Mitchell, S. D., when he was sud
/ denly stricken by the breaking of an
intestinal abscess. Intense pain fol-
lowed, which attending physicians and
4 nurses have been unable TO relieve.
Report further says that hi
body has turned black and blue and
that his condition is such that he
cannot be removed. Mrs. Ward
rushed to his bedside by the first
train and all that human aid can do
TO mitigate bis sufferings is being
done
The latest report is that NJ.
Wards condition is extremely criti-
CAL ~.
Ulysses Pfifner left this afternoon
20 be at the bedside Of the sufferer
as quick as train and automobile
can get him there
The attending physician stated to-
daV that Mr.. Ward has one chance
in dozen of recovering. Can
creme of the bowels has set in.
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At meeting of the teachers Of
! the public and normal schools in
I, Winona the organization of the Win
ona Teachers Retirement Fund asso-
; citation, branch of the state associa-
ton. was perfected. Following are
the officers: President. j. V. Voor-
bees; vice president, ]. NJ. Hol-
ginger; secretary, Mrs. A. r. Wheel
, err; treasurer, Miss Ella Johnson.
Miss Jennie Bramner read the
report of the special committee APP
4 pointed to revise the teachers retire
ment fund bill which will be brought
before the next session of the state
i legislature in January, 1915.
The special committee, composed
of Miss Brammer, Miss Alhambra
G. Deming. Miss Frances Smith and
Miss Harriet Gillette rendered its re-
port An outline of the bill as it
stands revised was read before the
gathering and discussed at length.
This committee was appointed to re-
wise the bill and TO communicate