The Mankato free press., 1919-05-09
Events IN SAINT CLAIR
W. CT. U. MEETING CALLED
= FOR NEXT FRIDAY
People Are Very Much Pleased
Over Success of Victory
Loan Drive
Especial to The Free Press

st. Clair, May 2.-The date for the
regular meeting of the w. C. T. u.
will be next Friday afternoon. The
meeting will be held at the pleasant
farm home of Mrs. Frank Chaos.
Anna Kelly of Mankato visited at
the home of her aunt, Mrs. Shields at
this place Monday evening.
The Ladies' Aid of the Lutheran
church which was to have met
Thursday of this week at the home
of Mrs. Will Frank will be held
Thusday afternoon of next week.
May 8.
Misses Zeiskes and Miss Ferguson
were Mankato visitors Saturday.
Pearl Buchholtz is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. John Crowey at Tivoli this
week
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lynch visited
Mrs. Guy Lynch at the hospital at
Mankato Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Crowley, former
residents of this place, are now Aiv-
ing in their new home and will be
ready to welcome their friends after
May l.
Arthur O'Connor and son Fergus
were passengers to Mankato We'd
nesday afternoon enroute to Canada
where Fergus expects to make his
home with Mr.. and, Mrs. George
O'Connor. Mrs. Stsfhen Murphy ac-,
companied them as far as Mankato. n
Mrs. Fannie Andrews was the
guest of Mace Rowl Tuesday.
Mrs. Christ Grams will sell at
public auction her. household goods
and property in the village which is
located west of the Evangelical
church Friday, May 9. Mr.. Juliar will
be the auctioneer. Mrs. Grams will
make her home with Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Grams who are now residents
of this village, recently moving into
their new home which they purchas-
ed of Henry Schallow, Sr.
Rev. Zeiske was passenger to
Mankato Monday morning enroute to
Paynesville to attend the annual
conference.
Louis Henzie has purchased of
George Hubner two lots along the
railroad track located east of Mr..
Kuske
Albert Schostag with bis four
horses has been assisting with the
work on DR.. Smiths farm near Eagle
Lake the past week
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Of Mankato
were guests of the latter's sister,
Mrs. Henry Lubke Sunday. Mrs.
Lubke and daughter Odella accom-
panied Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon on their
return to Mankato in the evening.
( st. Clair has gone way over = the
top in the Victory Liberty loan. The
quota for this village was $4,000
Henry Thielman, chairman of the
Victory loan for st. Clair and his as
sistants completed the work of
mailing to the citizens of this village
their allotments the first of the last
week. A goodly number readily re-
sponded, several taking more than
their allotment Wednesday morning
Harry Fields, Earl Pagenkopf and
John Fitzloff, Jr., made a personal
visit to the few delinquent ones,
meeting with good SUCCESS.
The local bank has received it's
first allotment of the Victory Liberty
loan notes. but which cannot be given
out until May 20. Anyone wishing to
see these notes as they are somewhat
different than the previous bonds,
may do so by calling now at the bank
any time during the banking hours.
Mrs. Arthur Dickey went to Man
kato to meet her brother, Bert Smith,
who was enroute home from Roches.
ter where he underwent an operation
for appendicitis.
Charley Block is having the inter-
ior of his house painted. Claude Nc
Comb is doing the work.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Campbell and
sons Arlie and Neal of Mankato spent
the week end with relatives at this
place. ~
Mrs. Edith Chase was the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Campbell at Man.
kato the first of the week.
Mrs. Guy Lynch. who has been
seriously ill at the st. Joseph's hospi-
tai at Mankato, is much, improved.
1t will be sometime though before
she will be able to return home to
her household duties. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Bowe visited
their daughter, Mrs. Guy Lynch at
the nOSpltai at MdnkdtO SuHudy.
The town board of Mcpherson will
meet May 1 to look over and decide
in regard to new road extending
straight north from Pemberton.
Mrs Roerig was on the sick list
the first of the week.
Mr.. Hassey is now buying eggs for
which he will pay you cash. I'm con-
nection with his full line of meats he
is carrying sugar and Coffee