The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-23
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home. The Villagers exIenu heart.
welcome to them.
| Mr. and Mrs. e. E. Burdick ant
two little daughters of Ocewein
Iowa, are spending their vacation OF
a few weeks visiting their brother
Harold Burdick and family.
/ Mrs. Albert Halverson and little
daughter Petra came down from
Sherburn today to Iemain for the re-
mainder of the month with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. M! B. Randall and
her husbands father, Martin Halver-
son and family.
Mrs. John Moore and little daugh-
ter arrived last evening from their
home in Davenport, Iowa, for theil
annual visit with the formers par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G.. Wilbur and
their son Fred and family.
Walter Cox, who has been working
in the Bowen garage, left Wednes-
day morning for Webster City where
he will take charge of his uncle's
farm. i Haby 5.a5
Mrs. Ellen Robinson is enjoying a
visit from her two daughters, Mrs
Floyd Robinson of Mankato and Mrs.
GRANGE Temple and baby daughter
of Kansas. ica
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Miller of
Pardeeyille, Wis, are visiting at the
homes of Charles Force, AxeT Hal
version and A. c. Gray Mrs. Miller
is niece of Mr.. Force and cousin
of Mesdames Halverson and Gray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Picket, who have been
residents of Vernon Center for the
past six years and who have oc-
cupied the Grannis cottage, have
packed up their household goods
preparatory to returning to their old
southern home in Nashville, Tenn.
Mr.. Picket is carpenter and re-
turns to Nashville to accept a gov
eminent position as carpenter in the
big powder plant buildings which
Uncle Sam is erecting. Mrs. Picket
is an ardent Red Cross worker and
"a prominent member of the knitting
brigade. Mr.. and Mrs. Picket have
made many friends since coming
here who are loath to have them
leave the community, but wish them
to their old home in the Sunny South.
They will leave the coming week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hobert Petrich will
move into the cottage which the
Pickets vacate and will go to house
keeping. They have purchased the
fine garden which the Pickets were
SO proud of. Mr. and Mrs. Petrich
have been living with the formers
parents since their marriage last
December.
The Methodist Episcopal Aid held
IA very interesting session Wednesday
afternoon at the pleasant suburban
home of Mrs. Leafie Warren. The
meeting was held on the spacious
porch which was made very attrac-
tive with an abundance of garden
flowers and ferns. A short business
meeting preceded the program which
opened by singing the Battle Hymn
of the Republic" by all present. Mrs
Ed Mertersdorf presided at the piano.
Mrs. Lowell read the scripture les
son followed by the universal prayer
Members and visitors responded to
roll call with short sketch about
prominent people they had seen,
heard or read about which proved very
interesting and instructive. Some of
the most interesting sketches were
about Roosevelt, Francis Willard,
Julia Ward Howe, Edna Farber, King
George, Archbishop Ireland, Michael
bowling, Petrova, Prof Maria San
ford. All these celebrities had been
met, seen or heard by some one pres
'ent. One lady who was travelling in
Europe was in England during the
coronation and had a splendid view
of King George, Queen Mary, the
crown prince and Princess Mary.
The royal family headed the gor-
'geous procession that passed through
the streets of London at the close OF
the coronation festivities. One lady
present had had nc honor of hear
ing " Ward Howe read her cele-
ated poem when the poet was
eighty two years old. Frances Will
lard, Colonel Roosevelt and Arch
bishop John Ireland had been seen
and heard speak by several. Of all
the interesting people who were dis
cussed and their lives sketched, none
touched our lives so closely or SEEM
ed so wholly belonging to each in
dividual present as did that of Prof.
Maria Sanford, Minnesota's grand,
noble woman, who is revered and
honored all over the United States.
A sketch of her life was given, telling
of her early years of poverty, hard
ship, her struggles to gain an edu-
cation and her rise step by step
through faithful adherence to the high
ideals she had set before her to the
eminence which she occupies today.
Her message to the gathering was
given. "Tell them the lesson of my.
life is work, work and then work
some more. Work for some good be
it ever so slowly. Be interested in,
whatever will make others better or.
happier and so forget your own
troubles" The program closed with
the singing of America.
A certain lady in this town whose
hair is silvered with the flight of
years, but whose brown eyes sparkle
with the spirit of youth, spends all
her spare hours making buttonholes
in the hospital garments for the Red
Cross. She tells how whenever she.
finds chosen bit of humor in the.
daily press she cuts it out and slyly
tucks it into pocket before she
folds the garment for packing. "Just
to cheer the laddie up a bit when he
makes the discovery" she says, with