The Redwood gazette., 1919-12-03

q guest last week at the home of her
brother G. E Gales.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Warner of Connel, Wash
] ingtOn, November IA.
On account Of cold weather the
soldiers home coming at Danube was
not very well attended last Sunday.
Misses Celia Schmidt and Amanda
O to went out to the home Of Miss
Schmidt parents in Renville County to
visit for week.
The Sewing Circle Of the 0lusch
of st. Catherine announces Saturday
December 6, as the date of the an
nual apron and food sale which will
be held in the basement of the church.
The sale viii start at two-thirty o.
clock. 20-1t-
The Minnesota State Board cf
Health announces that Dr. Charles E.
Smith, Jr., has been elected as secre-
tary and executive officer of the so
ciety. Mr.. Smith takes The place of
DR.. II. NJ. Bracken who resigned sever
al months ago.
Mrs. Dittbenner Of Echo and her
children were Thanksgiving guests at
the home of her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
A. F.. Seebeck. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Barnes and children of North Redwood
were also members of the Thanksgiv-.
ing party at the Seebeck home, g
Miss Alice Putnam of the Morton
high school and George A. Barnes
drove to Blue Earth Wednesday to
spend Thanksgiving at the home Of
Senator and Mrs. Putnam. Mr.. Barnes
spent Friday and Saturday at his
home at Wells. They returned to
:. Redwood Falls Sunday.
The members of the Twentieth
Century Club and Of the Women's
Club will be hostesses at an informal
party given at the parish house Fri
day evening, December 5. The guests
! of the occasions are the members of
the. high school faculty and the teach
ers Of the grade schools.
Quite number of farmers from the
vicinity OF Vesta, went to Marshall
first Of the week to attend a ditch
hearing. The proposed ditch runs
!, through central Redwood county is
about twenty miles long and will emp
ty into the Sleepy Eye creek near
Sanborn. It is claimed the ditch viii
, cost over million dollars and will
take more than two years to con-
struct it-Vesta Censor.
The, card party and basket social
! at the Church of ST. Catherine las
Tuesday evening was very successful
financially and was also the source OF
; a very good time for those attending.
The net proceeds for the evening were
$235. The ladies IN charge feel that
much of the success is due to the eff
forts of j. M. Stewart who acted as
auctioneer. eA
Mrs. Marite Laird was rendered q
surprise party by the members OF the
Pythian Sisters Lodge ct tie home OF
Mrs III. M. Aune last Friday evening
The evening was spent in playing
cards and light refreshments were
served. Mrs. Laird was presented by
the ladies with gift Of several toiic;
articles. She left Saturday for Twin
Valley, N. D., where she will spend the
winter with her daughter, Mrs. sheir-
ing.
Joe Corbett was called to Minnea
polls Sunday night by the death OF
his father who passed away Sunday,
Funeral services were held at the
! ST. Stephens Church Tuesday morn
ing at nine o'clock and interment
J made in st. Mary's cemetery. Mr..
Corbett was born in 1876 and had
I lived in Minneapolis since 1879. Be
side his son he is. survived by one
!. daughter, Miss Nellie who lived
with her father in Minneapolis
December 19 has been set as the
date when the state supreme court
hear the appeal IN the test case on
. the soldier bonus law. The litigation
!. has delayed the payment of the bonus.
A decision will likely be made before
january ], and if the act is held con-
stitutional and valid the matter Of
selling the Certificates of Indebted
ness and payment of claims will be
handled as expediently as possible In
case the act in upheld it is likely to be
about February 1st before bonus pay
mems can be made
F. r. Smith, of the Straus Brothers
Company, recently visited Redwood
Falls coming here from Minneapolis
where he met Mr.. and Mrs. J. L.
q Knapp expecting to be with Mr.. Knapp
llwhile he underwent a serious surgical
operation The contemplated opera
tion was to have removed bone from
the lower limb Of Mr.. Knapp, inser
t ing this bone in the arm in place Of
i the bone which was so seriously in
! hured by his accident Of many months
d ago. Mr.. Smith states that the oper
alton was found to be unnecessary, the
surgeon and bone specialist assur
ing Mr.. Knapp that his arm bone Rad
started to mend nicely and although
/ the process would be long one he
would eventually regain much of the
luse of his arm.