The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-30
Jas. Aiken Writes of The Wiltshire
and Nook Families And The
Changes Therein
MILDRED AIKEN RECEIVES B. A.
Rev. C. Stanley Nook Resigns Rec
torate To Take Up Long Planned
Work as Sunday-SchoOl Trainer
Dear Gazette:

The receipt of papers
relating to the recent semi-centennial
anniversary almost produced home
sick feeling in our family, as it doubt
less did in scores OF families to whom
The Gazette has been going for many
years, beyond the confines Of the grert
bread and butter state.
With the golden rule as my ex-use,
! venture to 1ard sort of postscript
to my last communication for the
benefit of these rme absen. ees, about
a few former Redwood Falls citizens
not mentioned " your correspo1
dents, so far as | recall.
Meets the Wiltshires
While at Highland, where l labored
from January to May of this year.
I revived acquaintance with men,
bers of the family of the late Char
les Wiltshire. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilt
shire came to Redwood Falls in the
late sixties, l think. Mr.. Wiltshire
was engaged in merchandising for a
time, and later as carpenter and
builder, his house being situated on
the ground now occupied by the brick
block extending from the Asleson
jewelry store to the Philbrick stores.
The family left Redwood in 1886,
for California, locating on small
ranch in the beautiful valley east of
San Bernardino, where they expert
enced some of the vicissitudes of pio-
neering under new farming conditions.
Their daughters, Clara and Grace,
have for several years held respon-
sible positions in business and edu-
cational lines, the former in the count
ing room of the State Bank of San
Barnardino, and Miss Grace as as
sistant principal at Marlborough
school, the leading private school for
young women in Los Angeles.
Charles Wiltshire passed to the
/ beyond several years ago, at an adj
vanced age, but Mrs. Wiltshire pre-
sides over a comfortable home in San
Bernardino, which they have had
built for them since disposing of their
ranch few years ago. Howard
Wiltshire is engaged in mining in the
mountains, east Of San Bernardino,
and is away from home most of the
time. Mrs. Wiltshire and her two
daughters helped the writer to while
away a delightful Sunday afternoon,
nearly Cwo months ago, when he
dined with the family and talked
about Redwood Falls and our mutual
friends who lived there in the eigh-
ties. Incidentally, learned that Miss
Grace, who was at home for brief
vacation, mediated visit to Rel
wood Falls next autumn, in connec-
ton with an eastern trip to various
) places on the other side of the con.
tinent-her first return to her birth
place since leaving there.
Rev. Nook Resigns
Since last writing, Rev. c. S. Mool
: has resigned his rectorate here tt
realize plan long mediated by him
self and other leading spirits of thi:
diocese, for fitting up colony or.
ganization where the work of inter
!. esting the young people in church
and Sunday School activities coulC
be combined with vacation life OF
the one hand, and normal training
for Sunday School teachers and work
ers on the other.
Redwood Falls people who recall
Mr.. Mook's interest in school athle
tics and welfare work for young PEG
L pie will recognize his natural fitness
q for working out his ideals on larg,
e scale.
Several hundred acres fronting tn,
4 Pacific from considerable elevation
near Newport Beach, and command
ing fine view of Huntington Beacl
have been purchased for the colony
+ and the advance guard is on tn
ground this month to combine a sea
side outing with the work of layin;
out plans for what promises to b,
10 an important advance in church AM
m Sunday School efficiency. last saw
m Mr. Nook, few weeks ago, in com
pany with Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Thomp
= son, who brought him home from
Los Angeles in their auto.
Mrs. Nook Wins Prize
Mrs. Nook was last week awarde
a prize by the Whittier Woman's Gu
for letter advocating the trade a
v home and do not roam idea as an
! piled to shopping. Here 1s in 81
burban town near the twin cities
merchants are handicapped by tn
tremendous flow of trade to the neaI
by center for shopping. With goo