The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-05-19
Students in Napoleon High Give
Nice Reception
GIRLS FURNISH MUSIC
Fine Banquet and 0ratorY Help
To Make the Hours All the
More Pleasant
Especial to The Free Press.l

Especial to The Free Press.1
Mapleton, May 13.-The second
great event of the senior year occur
red last evening at the high school
building in the shape OF a reception
for the seniors and faculty by the
JUNIORS. About fifty were present and
the evening was one OF continued en-
joyment. The rooms were decorated
in the class colors, purple and gold,
the labratory being used as the
amusement room was decorated with
pennants, flowers and streamers in
the class colOrs. The junior girls
orchestra, improvised for the event,
rendered sweet music, TO the delight
of ALL while the seniors were obliged
to do stunts which were as a final
test as to their ability to cope with
this cold, cold world into which they
are so soon to enter. About $3.50 a
delicious four course banquet was
served in the domestic science room,
which had been converted into din
ing room and made beautiful by the
use OF purple and gold streamers and
remnants. The long tables at which
the whole company were seated were
decorated with the violets and
streamers in appropriate colers Ros-
cOe Healy acted as tOaStmaster and
with a few chosen remarks intro
duced the following, who responded
to toasts suited to the occasion: Har-
ry Drews, Lester Mccarthy, Florence
Lang, Alice Bomberger and Superin-
fNfl IN nyl11
was served:
Fruit Cocktail Waters
Chicken Salad Lettuce Sandwiches
Olives Pickles
Brick Ice Cream Angel Food
Coffee
John Mcnamara Of MankatO was
renewing old acquantances here yes
terday.
The dance at the opera house last
night was we'll attended The Prin-
cess orchestra Of Wells furnished the
music to the delight Of all.
Frank Hotaling Of Mankato was 4
business visitor Thursday.
William Krengle returned to the
hospital at st. Paul for further treat
ment.
The Grapeland W. c. T. U. contest
will be held at the Baptist church
this evening at eight o'clock. There
will be special music.
The creamery board spoken of in
the items yesterday composed OF O..
W. Keller H. K Wishart, E. Cramer,
H. Wick, William Schultz, Jr., c. E..
Whitney, NJ. NJ. Coggershall, secre-
tary, will meet with the village
council Saturday, May IS. AS secre-
tary, Mr.. Coggershall has been cor
responding with numerous creameries
for information upon the subject OF
septic tanks, the council will also in
vestigate before deciding and VIII
have committee visit various
plants on May 16 for this purpose
they will then report at joint
meeting of creamery beard and
council when the vital question Will
lin all, probability be decided. The
council purchased lot in Cranes ad-
dition of Jacob McKinnon, short
time ago ON which to erect such a
tank, the bids for which will be
|opened May %.
Each one of the young people TAX
ing part in the class play last Friday
'evening will be member OF the
graduating class which is gratifying
news to all their friends, who are
many. The class numbers eight girls
and nine boys, who will receive their
diplomas Friday evening, June at
the opera house, at which time the
following program will be carried out:
Overture, orchestra.
Invocation, Rev. Edmund Larke.
Springtime, Mapleton choral club.
Salutatory, Leona Keller.
Piano Solo, Gerlad Greeley.
Address, 1.-THE True American"
DR.. A. e. Jenk.
Clarinet Solo, George Rice.
Valedictory, Alice Bomberger.
Presentation CT Diplomas, Presi-
ldent U. G. Argetsinger
Benediction, Rev. c. S. MarstOn.
The members of the class are, Alta
lAckerman, Alice BCmberger, Oscar
Borchert, Letha Cooper, Carroll Con-
rad, Lawrence Arnell, Margaret
Dobie, Harry Dobie, Harry Drews,
Gerald Greeley, Roy Hanson, Bernice
Hislop, Leona Keller, Earl O'Brien.
Ruth Schweer, Naomi Trafzer, Harold
Wick.
John Kelley, who SO recently re-
turned from his visit TO York state
! took dinner with the writer Thursday.
Mr.. Kelley spoke very interestingly
iof the maple sugar industry OF that
state, this year not being year
| favorable for a large output of that
PARTICLE He spoke of the wonderful
ichange made in the manufacture OF
THAT sweet, which in former years
was cooked in large kettles until it
sugared when tried on snow. The
modern sanitary way is by having it
flow over heated corrugated y pans,
when it reaches a certain temperature
it is syrup and at a still higher tenn
perature it is sugar. A spoonfui o.
sweet cream is put into the mixture
| if it rises up as if to boil over. This
modern maple sugar is light brown
and good to look upon.
Mrs. Edmund Larke entertained the