Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-02-20

New London, Feb. l8-M. r. LunQ-
quist spent Thursday with friends in
Willmar.
Sheriff Bonde was in town enroute
to Burbank on official business, Fri
day.
Mrs. M. o. Oppegaard returned on
Wednesday from visit with her moth
er in Flandreau, S. D.
The remains of Miss Mabel Sven
son of St. Paul arrived at New London
on Monday and were inferred in the
Norway Lake cemetery on Friday,
Rev. Mons Sotendahl officiating.
Miss Helen Fink gave her class
mates, the seventh grade girls, a val.
entine party on Friday evening.
John Borgeson is busy with inter
ior painting at his residence, prepar.
atory to leasing the same to the A. T
Thorne family.
Mrs. Peter Rose is reported to be re-
covering very slowly.
Mrs. S. H. Adams of Green Lake was
business caller in town Friday.
E. E. Lawson of Willmar was here
the first of last week arranging fol
the building improvements on the old
farm west of town.
The Peter Broberg young folks en-
JOyed walk out to the R. B. Batter
berry place for visit on Sunday last
N. =. Johnson, chairman OF the
Board OF County Commissioners, was
in town Saturday.
Miss Ruth LundQuist has returned
from months visit IN Nevis with bel
sister, Mrs. q. H. Olson.
/ At this writing, the three nurses al
the Sunnyside hospital have in charge
twelve patients. DIR. Oppegaard lind.
it difficult at this time to secure as
slstance as the government draws 81
heavily on the medical profession FOL
army purposes.
There was excitement in the chem
lstry laboratory Tuesday, due to {
phosphorus explosion. An instructor
and one OF the students were slightly
burned.
Wednesday, the Farmers club helt
meeting at the schoolhouse. Prof
w. A. Dawson made a talk on poultry
Dr. E. G. DeMots favored the club will
a splendid address on the War. DR.
DeMots and Mrs. j. O. Nyberg wer,
made mem bers of the club at thi,
| AA>SSAA6. AeOAA OSAM0uLS were served
to a fair sized crowd
Carl Carlson of Colfax was in New
London on Wednesday.
Thor Nicholson, an old settler anf
very highly respected former citize1
OF the town of Colfax, died at his HON.
in Belgrade last Friday. The funera
was conducted by Rev. H. o. Svare a.
the Crow River church and intermen
made in the Grow River cemetery
Mr. Nicholson was the father of ou]
toWnsman, A. N. Nicholson, cashier O.
the State Bank of New London. Thu
sympathy of the community is extend
ed to Mr.. Nicholson.
A party of fish seiners arrived II
New London on Saturday enroute t.
Norway Lake where they will seine
Tor rough fish under supervision Of
deputy game warden Olson of Will
mar
ernest johnson, son Of Mr.. Emf
Johnson, while coasting on Burbanb
nil, broke of the crown Of a tooth in
an accidental "mixup."
Miss Henrietta Nicholson of Will
mar passed through here SATURDAY. en-
route to Belgrade where she was call
ed by the death of her father.
Thursday evening, the high school
Literary society furnished a program
to good sized audience. In the de-
bate on permanent government price
control, the judges awarded the decis.
ion to the negative.
Arthur Hookum returned to New
London on Saturday,
Misses Mary and Martha Green On.
tertained twelve Of their friends at a
dinner party Wednesday, night. Mrs.
John Ostlund of Pennock was an out
Of town guest. <z,s .s s %sz
The Primary department lost out
it's thrift score for tho weak to the
seventh and eighth grads room, who
tally up ifty-three End one-third per-
cent. The sixth and seventh Grade