The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-09
SAINT CLAIR LADIES
MADE fine Showing
Red Cross Unit There Does
Very Excellent Work
REPORT WAS SUBMITTED
News and Gossip; Personal and
Social DOings In That
Village
From Saturdays Daily.
Especial to Free Press

From Saturdays Daily.
Especial to Free Press.1
st. Clair, August 3.-Mr. Luedtke
made business trip to Odessa Tues
day.
Mr.. Precht is spending the time
that he is not needed at the cream-
cry helping Mr.. Penn in the harvest
field.
Mr.. Kuske is assisting Mr.. Dumbeck
during harvest.
Mr.. Johnson of Oregon is visiting
his sister, Mr.. Nels Johnson at this
place.
Nels Johnson ha had two light op-
erations at the hospital at Minneapo-
lis and is doing well, and as soon as
he is strong enough he will have the
third operation which will be very
serious one.
Mr.. Gekeler is assisting his sons
during harvest.
John Crowley accompanied Ralph
Hilton to his country home Sunday to
help during harvest
Nelson and Lottie Bennett of IT.
wolf were guests at the Hilton home
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pagenkopf
and daughter of Pemberton visited at
the Pagenkopf home Tuesday.
Mrs. Hall of Albert Lea is visit
ing relatives in this place.
Mrs. Schultz enjoyed pleasant
visit from her sister. Mrs. Scheerz
and daughters Bernice and Florence,
and son Ernest of Wells from Sun
day to Wednesday.
Mr. Boetcher, who has been visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Miller at this
place, returned to his home Thurs
day.
The local Red Cross auxiliary ac-
cepted the offer of the Mankato Red
Cross chapter to send a speaker to
this place to interest the people in
behalf of the Red Cross nurse cause.
The date for the meeting was set for
Monday evening, August 5.
The Junior Red Cross society en-
joyed good attendance at their lawn
social Saturday evening. The young
hostesses' adorned with Red Cross
caps made very pleasing and atten-
tive walters. Electric lights suspend
shed a radiance on the neatly laid
tables enticing many passerby to
stop and enjoy the refreshments and
a social time. The proceeds for the
evening were $40 .65, netting the
league the sum of $2174.
The annual meeting of the local
Red Cross society was attended by
about forty-two members. The meet
ing was opened by the president
Father O'Connor. After the general
routine of work the following reports
were submitted, showing the great
success we have met with in the past
year which is mostly due to our
worthy president, who has not spar
ed himself or time to bring our So
ciety to the high standard we have
reached. The treasurer reports our
financial standing as follows:
Received from membership and -
nations, $410.30; received g ice
cream social, SIS o.; : 1eived from
box social, 1886 So; received from
community sale, $134S "a; Minneso-
ia Lake play donation. $32 50; re-
ceived from Mankato chapter our
portion Of membership money
S127.75, total, $2O74. so.
Paid Mankato chapter of Red Cross
for membership dues, $266. 90; paid
for supplies and miscellaneous eX-
penses, $941. 10. Total $1207. 10.
This leaves cash on hand to the
amount of $S67 81.
Mrs. Juliar reported that we had
made and delivered to Mankato chap
ter the following articles, Ninety
pairs pajamas, IA socks, 10 scarfs
IA wristlets, SO sweaters, helmets
8 comfort pillows, 9 wash rags, Is
bandages, II child's night gowns, {
child's skirts, underskirts an(
drawers, IL sheets, So pillow cases
10 hot water bottle covers, 500 mouth
swabs, IS bed sheets, 81 napkins, 90(
gun cleaners, 134 towels, piece(
quilt, 1 knitted quilt, 10 comfort kit!
filed. s layettes for Belgian children
pair of feather pillows have beer
donated, Mrs. Fred Byserdorf 2 pair
and Mrs. Goebel 1 pair. Our allot
ment of stockings for the month ar,
fifty pair and that number will b,
ment Saturday.
The secretary's report shows c.la
we had fOrty-two members a yea
dSO anu plCocHJ 6uTOllInGQC
.67. The old officers will serve TO
another year except the president
Father O'Connor, who withdrew, MI
Thielman was put in his place.
Messrs. Bestman and Wingen az
assisting John Bestman in the har
vest field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schultz were given
pleasant surprise Thursday of las
week by a visit from the latter
mother, Mrs. Kuehne and daughter
Earnest Kuehne and wife and daugh
ter Ruth of Mankato, and Mrs. A
Kuehne and two daughters of Mime
apolis. A picnic supper was planne
to he held at Minneopa park i
which Mr.. and Mrs Dick Schultz an
Mr.. and Mrs. Frantz of this plac
were, to join but the weather man in
terfered and part of the picnicker
en- route to Mankato accented shell
ter at the home of Mr.. Cate at Two
Until the storm passed over. Mr.. an
Mrs., Schultz then returned to thej
home at this place. Mr.. and Mrs
Frantz with their well filled Iunc
basket enjoyed the rain at home.
Willis Hussey had the misfortun
while making sausage to get one {
his fingers caught in the sausag
grinders. crushing the bone and tear
ing the flesh in such a manner ths