The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-04-19
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There was large congregation
present for church Sunday afternoon.
The pupils of district No. s joined
| the Junior Red Cross with hundred
per cent membership and received
their Red Cross certificate and honor
roll.
The county superintendent from St
Peter visited school district No. 8
| Wednesday of last week. He was very
| much interested in the manual train
ing done by the boys with ordinary
| jack knives, small saw and sand
paper. They have made a miniature
| dining table and chairs, also thread
| winders, match boxes, calendar backs
key racks, puzzles, bird houses and
| jumping jack Santa Clauses. These
are to be exhibited at the county fair.
| The girls of district No. 8 have sent
| in to the Red Cross 575 mouth swabs,
eleven hemme0 and laiAndered towels,
six knitted squares, ten hot water bot
tie covers since the society organized.
| The work has been praised for its
neatness This work along with the
ordinary school work has all been
| well done and gives a great amount
of credit to the teacher, Miss Emma
Mork. School will close April 81.
There will be a box social at the
home of c. J. Johnson Friday evening
of this week. The proceeds will go for
the benefit of the Swedish church.
| Everyone is invited to attend.
Mr.: and Mrs. A. Evenson enter
tanned about seventy friends Satur-
day evening in honor of the birthday
| anniversary Of their son Harvey who
expects to be called away very soon
| The party was surprise to the young
man.. He was presented with wrist
| watch.
A number of the school children at
tended the Red Cross auction in
North Mankato last Wednesday.
Melvin Purrier of Owen, Mimi.
| visited with Chester Purrier last
| week
Luella Johnson has been on the
sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs F. E. Jefferson were
| business callers in ST. Peter Wednes-
day of last week.
George Cole and son Floys have
been trapping near st. Peter.
J. Hoeffner of Nevada, Iowa, visited
at the Busby home last week.
Myrtle and Sygne Nordgren have
been sick with pneumonia.
Cora Johnson attended a box social
at the Indian Lake school house a
short time ago and was the guest of
Editor True.
Clayton Parsons who was very sick
at Camp Cody, Deming, New Mexico,
is having a thirty day furlough and
he and his wife have been visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson.
Jol Dackins put lightning rods
on ii e Charlie Severance barn last
| week.
Last week Wednesday Mrs. w. H.
Sharp Of North Mankato entertained
for dinner Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sharp
and children, Paul Sharp and Amy
and Leonard Lindsay who went to
attend the Red Cross auction.
Mabel Neuman, Harold Peterson
and Harold and Lester Carlstrom at
tended the Evenson party Saturday
evening and were guests at the home
for Sunday.
Ed Hopp is drawing material and
preparing to remodel his home. Sew
eral changes will be made in the
house and furnace put in.
Harry Busby was kicked by a horse
a few days ago and is quite lame.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Parsons and
children visited with Will Heise and
family near CORTLAND Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Koehner and children
of North Mankato visited Mrs. Ed
Hopp last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Johnson, Mr..
| and Mrs. Clayton Parsons and Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Parsons visited in
West Mankato Sunday evening. They
were entertained at the Gustafson
home. A large number of friends met
and surprised Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
Parsons. Nice refreshments were
served.
Miss Emma Mork has received a
| letter from her brother Harold saying
| that he landed in France short time
ago. He is at present sergeant of the
First Battalion headquarters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reich and son and
Paul Schlick of Madison Lake visited
at the Heise home Sunday.
Reuben Johnson and Henry Piepho
were called to st. Peter for examina
ton Tuesday.
Adolph Heise and Harry Evenson
| went to st. Peter for examination
Wednesday.
o. H. Loucks and son George spent
Sunday forenoon with Frank Loucks
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Rist visited Mr..
and Mrs. George McCargar Sunday.
David Purrier is home from Man
| kato where he spent a few days at a
| hospital. He is getting along nicely
now
Ira Budde was sick with tonsilitis
| last week
Little William George Sharp has
been very sick with cold and lung
trouble. He was reported better Tues
day.
Mrs. F. E. Jefferson has received
letter from her daughter, Mrs. Will
Carter of ST. Paul saying that the
three little children were sick with
the whooping cough.
The committee for Liberty loans
were out carly Monday and report fine
success. The men in the committee
were F. E. Jefferson, Elmer Evenson,
H. A. Hanson, Fred Johnson, c. c..
Busby and Ray Rist.
George Cole and sons Archie and
Floyd and Chester Steel visited How
ard Cole and family near Rapidan