The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-11-21
Was Selected at Meeting
Held Last Evening
ENTHUSE OvERBIC EVENT
Week of Fun-Making Will Be On
Program; Everybody
Interested

Fred" Hoerr will be king of the
Mankato Winter Carnival. BY unan.
imousc and enthusiastic rising vote
Mr.. Hoerr was elected to this position
last evening at the booster meeting
10 get plans for the winter carnival
on foot. King Hoerr was nominated
by c. w. Fisher and as there were
no other candidates in the field his
election was unanimous.
Numerous matters of importance
were agreed upon at the meeting last
evening. One was definitely choos-
ing the name as the Mankato Winter
Carnival. Several other names were
suggested as the midwinter fete,
midwinter carnival and winter festi-
val but it was felt the name chosen
was short and was the term which
people would commonly use in des-
cribing the event
Week Of Carnival.
Mayor Waters asked whether the
carnival should be continued for a
full week or for four days only. A
majority of those present agreed
- with the mayor that the fun festival
should go on for a week to guard
against possible bad weather and
days it could not be held. II was
also the general opinion that the fun
should not end with the carnival but
that the committee should continue
in power through the winter to have
winter sports at various intervals.
Mayor Waters named the MEM
harc Of axnpfttivn milf to-
chosen TO have complete charge of
the event. They are r. r. Brown,
c. w. Fisher, j. Z. Brett, Albert
SLIDER, F. j. Mahowald, and Ted
Karp. r. E. Brown asked il the plans
had been all arranged cut and dried
or II the executive committee was
TO have charge and the mayor replied
that the committee had power to ar
range all plans. change anything
agreed upon and TO conduct the
whole matter as they saw it
Dates p Executive connIttes.
carnival wiz be held viii BIZ decided |
upon by the executive committees and
will be announced later. The names |
of other committees that are to have
charge of the various departments Of
the winters sports will also be an
nounced sbg the executive committee.
Il thinkiwe should say the same in
regard TO this as President Snow said
of the Commercial club" stated r. =. |
Brown, every, twenty-five feet in
the business section of Mankato must
be represented
o. NJ. Jerue addressed the club to
some length, explaining the plans he
had mapped out for the carnival and
urging the co cooperation of every
business man in the city. He stated
that as soon as possible businessmen
should start wearing their suits. |
Suits could be made, as in st Paul, he
stated, of blankets, brightly colored.
In case the color sought could not be
obtained he stated it would be pos
sible to have the blankets dyed.
Objection TO Red,
81 woufd IKE to suggest in that
connection" stated Wally Andersen,
chat il w5iiia be the best advertising
plan thessNy could adopt to bar the
bright rea! ffron, any costume. It'll
would shoiFT Mankato. was patriotic |
and had no interest in the "redsS"
r. f. Brown Immediately objected.
saying that red was one Of the best
and mostn attractive neolors for a
costume s-cT o .vi baiUchs IN"
Mr.. Jerue declared that some peo-
pie were still under the impression
that someone Is holding the bag"
for the carnival and that someone
promoting IL is going to reap harv-
est. He assured those present that
his own time and efforts were given
free and that the money collected
was to be used only for the making
of bigger and better carnival, not
one Of those in charge to receive a
cent.
Headquarters at Saulpaugh.
Through the courtesy and CO. oper-
alton of Ted Karp of the Saulpaugh
hotel, Mr.. Jerue stated booth had
been donated in the lobby there for
carnival headquarters and hereafter
all meetings of committees will be
held there and the work of carrying
cut all plans will take place at head
quarters. z. O.,
At the. close of the meeting Mr.
Jerus urged all present, women and
others to aid in selling the Booster
tickets 1t is hoped that every
businessman will take several of the
tickets as these and the votes sold
for the carnival queen are the means
Of securing funds to carry out the
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