The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-06-08
ORGANIZE At NAPLETON
MEMORIAL DAY BODY
G. N. Alderman Was Elected
Head Of Organization
PROGRAM CARRIED OUT
Address Was Delivered BY Rev.
T. R. Paden; High School
Commencement

Commencement
From Saturdays Daily.
Mapleton, June Rev T. r. Pa
den, pastor of the Presbyterian church
in Mankato, delivered the Memorial
day address in this village. 1t was
filled with patriotic sentiments and
was much appreciated by the large
audience that listened to it.
AT the close of the address H. G.
Hotaling made motion that a per-
manent Memorial day Organization
be perfected and nominated G. N. Ack-
erman as president After being
elected, Mr.. Alderman took the floor
and in few minutes the following
officers were elected and the organ
iaation formed which is to perpetuate
the Memorial day in our community.
President, G. N. Alderman; vice
president, H. C. Hotaling; secretary,
T. M. Hamp; treasurer, c.. e. Whit
ney; executive committee, j. ii :.
Dobie, w. G. Schulz, A. B. Borchert.
The rain of the morning prevented
the program at the cemeteries from
being carried out The graves were
decorated by the committees in
charge of that work. r...m.-.s
Although the roads were in a ter
rible condition and the rain still fell
the Pastime theatre was filed by 2
p. m, when the exercises were begun
by the song, sleep Peacefully, Sleep"
by the double quartet composed Of
Misses Dietz and Greiner. Mesdames
Busse and Schwietzer and Messrs.
Fettermen, Saxon and Berry.
J. II. Dobie presided over the fol-
lowing program:
Invocation ..............R n. E. Larke
Solo, All Hail ...... Lloyd Morrow
Lincoln at Gettysburg. C. E. Whitney
That Little Brown Button.
Mary Hotaling
Scatter the Flowers of May.
Double Quartet.
Address IT. Ross Paden
Seated upon the front row facing
the speaker were the gray haired
veterans of sixty-five, now few in
number w. D. Sprague, John Hussey,
u. w. AICllClSOu, u !" OPP d6uC, Cohi
Taylor, N. A. Ferris, ]. H. Cornell,
Alex Latourel. NJ. M. Pratt and w.
Ward were unable to attend on &C
count of the weather
1t is only as we realize the sublim-
ity of yesterday can we gain in the
future.
The eighth grade graduation exer-
cises were held Thursday evening in
the tent on the school ground. The
class is composed of eleven girls and
Ave boys, who have completed the
course and will enter the high school
next year. ~
The stage was beautifully decorated
in the class colors, lavender and
cream, the lilac being the class flow
or, large bouquets of which were ar
ranged across the front of the stage
back of which the class was seated in
a semi circle. They were the follow
ing: Louise Borchert, Dorothy Arget-
singer, Shirley Bressler, Phern
Lownes, Marie Wick, Alice Farms
worth, Thusnelda Benz, Lillian Balzer,
Nayse1 Bowman, Gertrude Johnston,
John Simon, Helen Pomroy, James
Hmmerson, George Rice.
The following was the program:
instrumental Duet ................
Helen Pomroy and Phern Lownes
Class History {
Marie Wick and Lillian Bal2er
Clarinet Solo ........... George Rice
Glass Poem
Thusnelda Benz and Shirley Bressler
Class Prophecy .............,....
Maysel Bowman, Gertrude john
ston and Louise Borchert.
Song BY Glass
Presentation of diplomas.
Mrs. NJ A. Gilmore is at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Jensen
of Little Falls, Mimi.
Miss Cretre Gilmore. who has been
a member OF the Brainerd faculty for
the past year leaves Little Falls, June
I, for Canada, where she will teach
during the summer.
Mrs. Elsie Sherman and children of
Pipestone are the guests OF Jasper
Bowman this week.
w. Otte of Pine City, Mimi, was at
the home of his father-in-l j. E..
Hickert this week.
Arrangements have been made for
a Red Cross meeting to be held at the
Pastime theatre, Saturday p. m. at four
o'clock to which all ladies of Mapleton
and surrounding communities are in
vited. Judge Loren Cray, Senator j.
w. Andrews and Miss May Fletcher
will be the speakers.
The eighth grade students expect
to picnic at Lura lake Saturday. Miss
Mary Cardle their teacher will chap
erOn g.