New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-15
LOCAL NOTES.

LOCAL NOTES.
Miss Ina Juni, who is librarian
at the High School has been checking
up the attendance of the children of
school age in the city to find what
youngsters may not be attending any
of the local schools and when her list
is complete it will be turned over to
the Truant officer to compel attendance
at one school or the other.
Monday afternoon the Elisabeth
/ Society held their annual election with
the following result: Pres, Mrs. Chas.
Engelbert; Vice. Pres, Mrs. Peter Spren-
ger; Cor. Secy., Mrs. Theo Scheiderich;
Fin. Secy., Mrs. Theo. Schwendinger;
Treas, Mrs. William Lieb; Marshalls,
Miss Margaret Willinger and Mrs. Chas.
Ries.
Gust Kleinschmidt who has for some
months been the manager of G. A. Otto
meyers Ready-to Wear and Dry Goods
Store will soon leave for Fairmont where
he will be in charge Of the window de-
corating and advertising in the store of
Wolf, Habein & Co. Prior to coming here
here he was in the employ of Richards
Bros. in Mankato. Mr.. Kleinschmidt is
hustler and will certainly make good
in his new position. Before entering
upon his new duties he will 60 to Chicago
/. where he will take short course in win
dow trimming and advertising.
Miss Carrie Backer, teacher in the
lavender District near CORTLAND is
arranging for a Christmas Tree and
Program to be given at. the schoolhouse
the 22nd of December. A box social
will follow the program and the auction
eer will be Paddy Baltrusch. Paddy is
quite in demand in this line, we under
stand, as he has an engagement for the
previous night 1T Miss Elda Schrader's
school in Milford where he will perform
a like service after the Christmas pro-
gram has been given, and he has two
other jobs of the same sort for Monday
and Thursday evenings. The young
ladies both invite their friends in New
Ulm and vicinity to be present at their
programs.
At the annual meeting of Hecker Post
recently held the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Com
mander, Jacob Klossner, Jr. Senior Vice
Commander, B. Marschner: Junior Vice
Commander, Frank Grebe; Officer Of
Day, John Schlumpberger; Quarter
master, William Frank; Officer Of the
Guard, Richard Pfeherle; Adjutant,
John Laudon; Chaplain, Peter Penning.
B. Marschner was elected as delegate
and R. Pfefferle as alternate to the state
encampment which will be held in
Minneapolis next June. At this meeting
it was also decided to remove their
quarters from Turner He'll to the new
Armory and the transfer will be made
January LIST.
Quite little stir at the Overall Fac
tory. was occasioned by the receipt of a
notice by THE foreman that a number
;sof the girls employed were under age
/! and in order to save the factory employers
! fine he was obliged to send about eight
of the girls home. The parents OF these
girls all claim that they are in dire
need of the money the girls can earn
and they took the matter up with the
Superintendent of Schools to see if
he could not give them labor permits.
Supt. Hess took the matter up with
the Labor Commissioner and will en-
deavor to arrange to have the girls
attend school half days and work the
other half days and Saturday. This
has been done in other instances.
/ Friday evening of this week the first
of the interscholastic debates OF the
season will take place. A team from
Sleepy Eye will debate the question here
against the Affirmative team of the New
! Ulm High School and the Negative team
will 60 to Red Wood Falls to debate the
same question against the Affirmative
team of that place. The question is:
! Resolved that the Army and Navy of
I, United States should Be Materially In
creased. The debate here will be in
! charge of Prin. Hutson and Supt. and
Mrs. Hess will go to Red Wood Falls
with the other team. Judge Olsen will
! preside at the New Ulm debate. The Al
firmative team which will debate at
home consists of Ludwig Hofmeister,
| Henry Schnobrich, and Armin Koehler
and the Negative teamR members are
Anna Wager, Walter Wiedenmann and
/ Victor REIN.
Arthur Meerfeld of Springfield and