The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-23
Belgrade Club Will Hold Nice
Session Next Week
From Wednesdays Daily.


The first regular meeting of the
Farmers club OF Belgrade will be
held ut the home of G. II. Trask,
I'm Kerns, on Wednesday evening,
January 2S. This meeting will also
mark the close OF the membership con-
test and all prospective members
should be present TO hear the reading
of the constitution and TO sign il. The
following program will be given: Music
Kerns orchestra; talk, Alfalfa. ;"
w. VI. Strader; discussion; reading,
Miss sigma Johnson; music, Kerns
orchestra: talk. "Silos and Ensilage
Feeding" G. II. Shumway; discus
sion: announcements.
There was very satisfactory at
tendance at church meeting Sunday
afternoon. All branches of the
church are doing well at present. The
Christian Endeavor society is getting
along better than II has for some
time past. New song books have
been ordered by the society. The
Sunday school also is having very
good attendance and everyone i'm the
nelghborhood knows that the Ladies'
Aid society does well both finan-
cially and socially. The church sery-
ices are interesting and the congre-
cation Is growing In numbers. The
following officers have been elected
for the coming year: Deacons, w.
G.. Clark, c. ID. Steel and +. +.
Jefferson; trustees. +. +. Jefferson,
reelected; clerk. Mrs. +. Il. Jeffer-
son: treasurer. Mrs. c. II. Loucks;
church board. A. Evenson and Mrs.
H. ID. Trask; Sunday school superin-
tendent, w. G. Clark. reelected.
chorister. Mrs. F.. T.. Jefferson; or
ganist, Mrs. Lindsay: assistant or
ganist, Naomi Randall; collector, c.
ID. Steel; ushers, John Brown, Arthur
Sharp, Willis Randall and c. ID.
Steel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Rist. who
left for Sutherland, Oregon, October
s. returned home Saturday. They
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin
while away and had delightful
trip. On Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Rist, assisted by Mr.. and Mrs. Ned
Rist. gave reception and dinner to
about forty relatives and friends at
the home place. Those present had
very pleasant time.
Mr.. Alexander, who has been
spending several months with Mr..
and Mrs. Strader, left for his home
in Michigan City last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus. r. Peterson
have moved to the farm purchased
from VI. NJ Cram some time ago.
They will improve the buildings.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. B. Steel of North
Mankato spent Thursday with Rev.
George Brown and Mrs. Brown at
the parsonage.
w. L. Johnson assisted by some
OF his neighbors delivered FIVE loads
Of hogs to ]. n. Lang i'm Mankato
last week
F. Il. Budde returned the later part
OF last week from Illinois where he
visited for several weeks.
[ Henry Otto. Miss Lillian Otto. and
Miss Lorenzo visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hopp Monday.
Fred Forsberg is at the Emmanuel
hospital where he had an operation
for appendicitis.
I. A. oelton OF Mankato visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Rist Monday
4 c. III. Loucks delivered cattle 10
Mr.. Thurston in Judson Saturday.
1 Mr.. and Mrs. Len BurrilI spent
Il the weekend in Mankato.
NJ. NJ. Cram started saving at the
H mill Tuesday.
H c. Busby spent Friday In Amboy
\ From Wednssdsy's Daily.
IT, f. Hinton received the sad
4 news yesterday OF the death of his
sister Mrs. Enie Girard Of Seattle