The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-01-28
Congregational Church Folks
Elected Their Officers
from Fridays 9aiIv.

from fridays 9siIv.
The annual meeting Of the Congre-
gational church was held last night,
being we'll attended and of an en-
thusiastic character. After bounti-
full supper served by the ladies the
usual yearly business was attended to
and dispatched with promptitude,
while interesting discussions were
carried on relative to the work for
the year ahead. A record of the
years doings was presented by the
recording secretary and reports were
received from the trustees and treas
urers, the Ladies' society, the Sun
lay school, the Christian Endeavor
society and the missionary circles.
These reports were cheerfully acted
upon, for they made clear the good
work which had been done and mani
tested an encouraging outlook. One
very pleasing item was the word
which came from the ladies that they
had paid the final installment OF the
loan made by the church building So
ciety upon the house of worship. The
spirit of the meeting made it evident
that the free and democratic church
life of Congregationalism has work
TO do in the city and that it was
prepared with other churches to do
its share in seeking to meet the re-
'igious and social needs of the COM
munity.
In course of the evening the fol-
| owing officers and committees were
| chosen:
Deacon. Thomas Hughes.
Recording secretary, Mrs. T.
| hughes.
Corresponding secretary, Miss
Alice Thomas.
Trustees. Evan Hughes, F. o. True
md J. A. E. Johnson.
Church committee. John L. Harris
md Mrs. r. D. Smith.
Church Missionary Committee, Mrs.
Hughes, Mrs. George Pass, Jr., Miss
A. Thomas, Ivyl Bedwell and H. F.
| Blomquist.
Treasurer, Mr. H. r. Blomquist
Benevolence treasurer, Mrs. Blom-
quist.
Sunday school officers, Superin-
tendent, Thomas Hughes; assistant,
! George Pass, Jr.; secretary, Miss
Mary Harris and superintendent of
cradle roll, Mrs. Hattie Barnum.
Ushers, Arthur Fletcher, Ivyl Bed
well. w. Crawford and A. w. Ran
dolph
choir director, Evan Hughes.
SUPERINTENDENT of buildings, David
arris.
Committee on Mems Work: c. Bar
mum, L. A. Radcliff. J. L. Harris, M.
Farter, W. Fisher, H. Wildes and II.
'. Armstrong.
The meeting closed with an ex-
preston of thanks to the various Of
GERS for the service they had rem
dered and with prayer offered by the
pastor, Edward Constant.
John Janda, an old and respected
resident Of this city, passed away at
his home, 704 North Second street
Yesterday. death being caused by
grippe and complications. He was
born in Krummau, Austria, and was
sixty -four years of age on the Iour-
teenth of last August About forty
three years ago he came to America,
and journeyed directly to Mankato,
where he has made his home ever
since Twenty-six years ago he was
united in marriage to Miss Mary
Borgmeier of this city. Mr.. Janda
was an industrious and worthy man, :
shoemaker by trade, and up to
short time before his death was in
the employ of Sullivan Smith COM
pany. The surviving relatives are the
widow, che daughter, Matilda, at the
Mother House, son, Albert, attend
ing college at Prairie du Chiene, Wis,
brother, Louis Janda, and an aunt,
Mrs. Thresa Pihale, of this city, a
sister, Sister Nothburga in the con-
vent at Milwaukee. Funeral serv
ices will be held Saturday morning at
nine o'clock in the German Catholic
church, and interment will be made in
Calvary cemetery.
Gerlich & Barker, the Wei known
breeders of registered Polar q China
hogs, will hold a big auction 80 on
their farm northeast of the city on
February H. They held similar sale
about year ago, but at the sale this
year will offer 100 head OF bred sows
at auction. II. o. Teller of Farm
ington will be the auctioneer, and
among the prominent men to be pres
ent are w. w. MacFadden of Chi
cago, secretary of the Record associa-
ton, and Dan Wallace, editor of "The
Farmer" of St. Paul. Gerlich & Bar
ker plan on having big supper for
those who attend the sale, which
promises to 10 o~e of the biggest
events = g. I'D eve" X IN this
= >;r it,.
Perrin, Ger any. January 21.-Col-
cnel House President Wilson's spe-