The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-05
Formal Opening of Seal
Sales In msnkato
MEETING LAST EVENING
Address BY ProfessorR. C. Puck
EFT of the High School
Faculty


campaign of the public health scrv-
ice was opened by Red Cross Christ
mas Seal and public health service
held at the Presbyterian church last
evening, at which tiTne Professor II.
e. Pickett OF the Mankato high school
gave the principal address urging the
sale of seals. The Evenings program
opened with an organ prelude b. Mrs.
Mamie Siluse Gerlach. organist.. fol-
lowing which the con gregation TONED
in the singing Of the hyrln Come
Thou Mighty Kind Rev. 9. A. Ca
hoon of tho Methodist church pro-
nounced Tho Invocation and mixed
double quartette composed OF Mrs Al
Fl. Lilligren, Mrs H. j. Lloyd, Miss
Nancy Williams. Miss Ruth Ginsles
and Messrs. Fl. j. Lloyd, j. G. Kendall.
l.. l.. -Champlin and /. n Griffith beau
tifully sang the anthem Festival TIE
Deum by Dudley Buck.
Rev. T.. r. Paden spoke few words
Of the reason for calling the meeting
which was to give the Christmas Seal
drive a start and then introduced Pro-
fessor Il. c. Puckett. Mr.. Pickett
spoke OF the many transports which
arrive at Newport News carrying re-
| turned soldiers from the battlefelds
Of the war countries and of the large
number from among these returning
soldiers who were disabled IN some
manner in making their sacrifices for
their country. and unless the peopie OF
the United States lend their hearty
and unstinted support TO every worthy
cause they cannot walk up TO these
soldiers and say 81 too have sacri-
feed"
Z Twelve Deaths in man.ato
] III. Puckett spoke OF the tremen-
/ Gou3 death rate in the United States
and pointed sat that it IS the duty of
every loyal American citizen to help
/. educate the people in the care and
prevention of tuberculosis. eat any
+, time a person becomes underfed, and
/ over worked then there is a death"
Last year in the city OF Mankato
twelve people died of tuberculosis"
said NJ. Pickett
| He then told of the great work
| which was done in the army for the
| royentior and cure OF the great white
/ plague" where The death rate was
istrprisiRgly low and OF the little work
+, which is done in the United States
where the death rate Is so high. "Un-
! less we get busy 10000 people will
die in one year." said Mr.. Pickett.
I'VE must get busy and the purpose
of the drive is to get this work which
| is, so vitality important started. We
must spread information about tuber-
culcsis and we must employ more
nurses." Eighty five percent of the
money taken in during the drive re-9
mains in Blue Earth county, the re-
naming fifteen per cent going 20 pay
/ the overhead expenses.
THE drive starts tomorrow and we
must chew that we are 100 per cent
Americans and that we appreciate
cur rcsponsibilities. said Mr. Pickett
as he closed his address.
A double quartette composed of H.
| J. Lloyd. j. C.. Kendall, c. N Weyer
NJ. A. Nichols, l.. j. Carney, Glenn
Shoemaker. ]. N. Griffith and L. L.
Champlin then rendered Lead Kind
ly Light" and Mrs. A. H., Lilligren
rendered beautiful solo 1.-The. Publ
can" By Van De Water.
Rev T. r. Paden then introduced
Rev. r. A. Jenson of the First Bap-
| list church who gave the sermon us
ing rs his text the words, "For none
lof us liveth unto himself"
Physical Unity OF People.
Rev. Ralph Jensen spoke of the ply
steal unity of all people and brought
out the fact that we. are all depen-
dent upon each other. There is a
Christian way and non Christian
way TO accomplish sood. the speaker
pointed out. "AlI of orr social res
form must be based on selflessness
rather than selishness If we hope to
succeed" stated Rev Jensen.
He then spoke of the large num-
Der of deaths caused each year by pre-
ventatiye diseases. and nointed out
that the Public Health association is
voluntary health association which
has no connection with the state.
Our problem in meeting the uues-
ton of tuberculosis and its proven
tion and care is not one Of ignorance
but zone of education about the dis
ease"
The program closed with HYMN
God Be With You" by the congrega-
ton and the pronunciation of the
benediction.