Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-09-25
NEW LONDON

New London, Sept. I23rd.- Rev. Sea-
strand of Beckville is the guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Ecklund.
Carsten Amundson of Willmar visit
ed home folks here Tuesday night.
Miss Della Olson Of Osakis visited
at the J. P. Olson home last week.
John Gunderson, the mail carrier on
route 2, is taking vacation, his bro
Their Carl carrying the mail in his
stead.
Miss Verdna Monsoon was in Willmar |
Friday and Saturday.
Miss Eunice BrOberg was In Will. |
mar last week in attendance at the |
Hubbard lecture.
Sidney Strand visited at the county
seat Friday.
E. w. Hendrickson of Willmar spent
Sunday with friends in New London.
The Misses Maude and Blanche Bar
Der went to Spicer the last of the week
for a visit with Mrs. Clark.
M. F. Lundquist and daughter Miss
Ruth departed for the cities Thursday
night to return the first part Of the
following week. Miss Ethel Eckman
was substitute teacher in the Primary
Room during Miss Lundquist's alb
sence.
Mrs. A. F. Almer and son Richard
returned Monday from Forest Lake,
after having accompanied Rev. Almer
to- that city.
Elmer Thorne and family and Mrs.
Albert Thorne and children autoed
to Appleton to visit over Sunday at
the John Thorne home.
John Berslein returned to New Lon
don from Spicer the last of the week.
The Misses Olga and Stella Qvale
and Mrs. E. A. Qvale and daughter
Roxie of Willmar autoed over Tuesday
morning to spend the day at the John
Amundson home.
Mrs. Henry Stromme of Irving and
Mrs. Ingvah Olson and infant son
were dismissed from Sunnyside Hos
pital the past week.
| splendid hospitality at Interlachen
Monday evening to the N. L. Red
| Cross Branch at a supper served cafe
terra style. Free auto services enab-
led everybody to attend and New Lon.
don and vicinity was surely all there.
The receipts for the evening were
$95 for the local treasury. Thanks
to our popular president whose home
was so generously opened for us, and
also to car owners who made many
extra trips for the cause.
County Agent Rodegeb and Miss
Arnold of the Domestic Science De-
partment of Willmar were judges
Tuesday at the local Agricultural ex-
hibit here.
L. E. Covell has sold the residence
property south of the Emil Thimell
home. The A. S. Rapp family, who
have been living there, will move in
to the Miss Urhus residence.
A big fifty horsepower gasoline en-.
CINE arrived here last week. It will
be used to run the smaller ditching
machine at COlfax.
Ole Strand and Ernest Silver autoed
to Willmar, Saturday.
George johnson returned from the
Dawson Hospital at Willmar on Fri
day.
The. Yellow Cab will discontinue
business this week, the lake season
having closed.
The Misses Gertie and Olive Thomp
son and Marie Skeie went to Spicel
Saturday to visit with friends.
Carter SEVERED and Charles Nc
Louth enrolled in the high school il
New London, Monday.
Misses Lucille Nobel and Winnifred
Thompson went to Minneapolis Friday
and returned by auto to New London
Saturday accompanied by the formers
parents and brother.
Mrs. J. P. Olson and daughters Mis-
ses Griselda and Harriet went to Osa
kis Monday to attend the funeral Of
a friend.
There will be service flag dedi
cation at the Presbyterian church next
Sunday evening, Sept 10Th at the reg
ular evening service.
The home bakery has been closed
indefinitely. Mrs. L. Christopherso1
was assisting last week as cook at the
Willmar Savoy.
Eric Paulson attended the county
fair last week and incidentally enjoy
ed family reunion there with his
brother Sam and daughter Selma and
families.
Miss Lucille Noble is trying out the
High School applicants for member
ship in a Dramatic Club which will
begin work at once in two modern
plays to be staged soon.
Orrin Strand left for st. Olaf Col
lege, Monday to begin special military
training. He was a member of the
1917 graduating class of the New Lon
don high school and one of our boys
who will make good. A party was
given in his honor by the Junior and
Senior classes of the High School
Thursday night.
Emil Thimen and Charley Erick
son have bought and installed shoe
| polishing and edging machine in the
Eric Olson building. They intend tt
begin their shoe repairing business
this week.
i Mr.. Henry Stoer and Mr.. and Mrs
Kettwich of Titonka, Iowa spent last
week visiting at the Hans H. Bril-
home, north of New London. Saturday
Messrs. Brix and Stoer took the trai1
for Milaca for two days visit at the
Martin Gilbertson home.
Among those from here who were
at the county fair last week were thu
Misses Ella Hanson, Orletta Larson
Elmer and Bernice Olson, Gervaise
Covell, Magda Lundgren, Rhoda Mon
son, Mabel Simonson and the G. q
Monson family, Mrs. L. CHRISTOPHER
son and daughter Bernice, Mrs. M. F
Lundquist and son Harlow.
The Gausdal congregation gave its
pastor, Rev. D., M. Hanson. at New Lon
don delightful surprise last Thurs
day evening. Practically the entire
congregation was present. Music and
refreshments furnished the evenings
program. Mr.. Halvorson, on behalf
OF the congregation, presented the
pastor with sum Of money, a case OF