The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-11-28
Sale of Garage Business
Event of the Week
W. R. G. HELD MEETING
An Impressive Baptismal Service
At Methodist Church Sun
day Morning

'ohS SbohSi hdS sOlu Sut MS garage
business TO Gerde and James of Min
neapolis and gives possession of same
this week. Mr.. Stoner has enjoyed a
splendid business during the past year
and no doubt the new firm will re-
cetve very liberal patronage. Mr..
Stoner viii work for the firm, doing
the repair work at which he is
capital hand.
Mrs. Ann Mattingly is enjoying
visit from her granddaughter, Miss
Bessie Ware. of Winnebago. Miss
about two weeks.
Mrs. Helen Gerde or Minneapolis is
II the village, guest of her brother
n-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Morris.
Among the week END shoppers in
Hankato we note Mr. and Mrs. r. G.
Champlin and Mrs. f. T. Champlin,
Mesdames Ed Lee and II. L. Patter-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Rambo and
son. Allan.
John Slater, Jr., of Napoleon spent
part of the past week with his uncle,
ID. 4. Slater and cousin, Doris.
Mayor II. c. Kraus was in the vici-
nifty of New Ulm the most Of the past
week, viewing the route of proposed
county ditch. He will finish the work
in Mankato, going down TO the city
SUNDAY afternoon.
Sunday afternoon Constable Bates
took q young man to Mankato. who
had confessed to having taken the
Andy Pfefier Ger the night of the
hnpNn- Thara oro ofhar.
nected nf having had a hand in the
theft. The coats were found covered
with dirt near telephone post.
They were shown the place by the
Young man taken into custody yester-
dav.
Horatio Frances arrived from Lam
try. y. D., Friday evening for a short
vi"it with bis parents, NJ. and Mrs.
Gene Frances in North Vernon. On
THANKSGIVING day at high noon he
will be united in marriage with Miss
Clara Hoverson. The ceremony will
take place at the home of the bride,
parents in GAINESVILLE. in the presence
of the immediate families. Those
Who will attend from here are the
eroom's parents and his brothers and
sisters. also his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Robinson, and his aunt
Miss May Robinson. Horatio Is
splendid Young man and enjoys the
esteem and respect of the whole COM
munity where he was born and grew
to manhood. Miss Hoverson is a
charming girl, well known in this To-
cality where she taught in the rural
schools for several years. She also
nri f-Nn ~ To-, oh, H.,
the village school two years ago.
Quite number of w. r. c. ladies
and their invited guests met at the
home of the 'esident, Mrs. Nettie
Henderson, Friday afternoon for q
social time. This was the first of a
series of social afternoons which will
Re enjoyed during the winter months.
Nn"v nice refreshments We're served
?nd this getting together was a most
happy occasion. The assisting hos
tesres were Mesdames Joe Robinson.
Gust Nelson, Gardie Mead and Charles
Bates. The next meetinp of the corps
will be November 26. After the regu-
lar business meeting a short Thanks
giving program in charge of Mrs. Lau-
IA Mead viii be given and a social
hour will follow.
Mrs. George Brown received a post
r1rd this morning from Mrs. Viola
Swarts. who in company with two
friends, Mesdames Holy and Mapes,
left last Wednesday for Long Beach
Cal, TO spend the winter The card
vas pcstmarked Denver and the Ia
dies were well and enjoying the trip.
Tom and Ella Hays motored to st.
Peter where they spent Sunday with
their aunt, Mrs. Emma Meyers.
The Achievement day program to be
given by the Boys and Girls club
n"xt Wednesday afternoon. November
&c, at the high school will consist of
parade, Rotations. songs, playlets,
achievement stories and demonstra
items by the bread team and canning
team. There will be an exhibit of
garden, canning. baking and sewing
products. which will be augmented bv
a display Of the regular school work.
County club leader, NJ Coe, and coun-
~ superintendent will be nresent and
possibly one of the state club leaders.
Although the bread team won in the
Southern Minnesota demonstration
end has demonstrated at the county.
Nankato and state fair last fall. AT
Blue Earth and before the teachers AT
Mankato, there are a great MANY in
the village and township who have
never seen this splendid team nut on
demonstration. Show your interest
End observe the demonstration next
Wednesday. You sure will be proud
Of these three bright girls. Eleanor,
Mack, Alice Warren and Lillian Mel
son.
The Methodist church was filed to
almost an overflow last Sunday even
inc. Evarvone in radius of several
miles adjoining the village turned
cut en- masse TO hear and learn about
the Red Cross Christmas Seal cam.
paign. which starts December 1. A
sing fest lasting about twenty min
, uies whiled awav the time varv Meas
ant'v while waiting for several loads
Of Mankato people who were coming
IN with Mrs. H A. Patterson, county
chairman of the drive, who were de-
layed bv an accident TO one of the
cars. On arriving at about eight
o'"lo"'- the program opened with an
annrorriate scripture reading by Rev.
Brown. Rev. Eastman offered PRAYER,
Mr.. Shoemaker rendered a sacred solo
rnOSt beautifully Mrs pattar.o,, t,ord