The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-05-23
EVENTS AT SAINT CLAIR
FAREWELL PARTY is GIVEN TO
REV. AND MRS. ZElSKE
Personal News, Notes and Short
Stories Gathered BY
Reporter :.
Especial to The Free Press

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st. Clair, May Inn. anu Mrs.
Tom Hall of Albert Lea are visiting
at the home of the latters sisters,
Mrs. Edith Chase and Mrs. Wolcott.
Mrs. Grignon was a passenger to
Mankato Tuesday morning enroute
to Minneapolis where she will spend
the summer with her daughter, Mrs.
Helm.
r. Lachet purchased the home and
adjoining property of Mrs. Chris
Grams at the auction Friday of last
week for the sum of $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schallow who
recently moved to Minneapolis were
business callers in the village the
first of the week. While here they
visited at the home of their daugh-
ter. Mrs. Dumbeck and son,
Charley Schallow.
Harry Fields and Arthur Cords
were passengers to Mankato the first
il their find suitable employment they
they will remain this summer.
Will Hussey, who has proved to
be very efficient in repairing auto
mobiles in this village is now en-
ployed at a garage in Vernon Center,
All are pleased to see the home boys
make good at various positions in
the nearby towns, but regret that
st. Clair is unable to furnish EN- :
ployment to its own young people
SO that they might remain at home
instead of seeking other fields.
A pleasant and social event took
place at the Evangelical parsonage
Friday evening of last week, II
being in the order of farwell party
given in honor of Rev. and Mrs
Zeiske by the members of the con
gregation. Rev. and Mrs. Zeiske and
family left Tuesday for Marshall for
their new field of labor. Miss Zeiske,
who has been staying at the home
Of her uncle, Rev. Zeiske, during the
school year, will board with Mrs.
Henzie the remaining three weeks of
school,
The w. c. T. u. meeting held at
the home of Mrs. Frank Chase Fri
day was well attended. 1t being the
last meeting that Mrs Zeiske would
be here to attend, the ladies pre-
as a token of friendship. Mrs. Edith
Chase was chosen as a delegate to
w. C. T. U. meeting which will be
held in Mankato May 25 and 26.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Westby of Her.
on Lake visited with their son Harry
Westby and family from Saturday
until Monday.
Alvin Brands hauled out twenty
one loads of lumber for his large
uodsvy 1arn to ne erected on his
farm east Of town Thursday of last
week. The Botsford Lumber com
pany sold the material and there was
considerable comment on the fine
quality of material on it's passing
through the village streets. Moral:
See Harry If you wish some of the
same kind for your contemplated
building.
Henry Lubke is enjoying the
pleasure of a Ford car which he
purchased last week of Mr.. n. Phil
lips. Oscar Lubke while trying to
crank the car broke one of the bones
in his wrist.
Morris O'Connor is now staying
with Mr.. and Mrs. Joyce near James
Vile. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kenward and
children, Misses Kenward and Smith
of Minnesota Lake, Mrs. Anna Hem
shrot and children and Albert Geke-
Ter were guests at the home /of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Gekeler Sunday. Mr.
Kenward reported heavy rain al
Minnesota Lake Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Westby of this
place enjoyed pleasant visit from
Saturday to Monday from the for
mer's brother. Carl o. Westby
bugler in Company A, Twenty ninth
Engineers, who recently returned
from France. Mr.. Westby volunteer
ed for service three different times
shortly after the outbreak of the
war but was rejected on account OF
his eyesight. He was indicted into
the army in March, 1918, serving at
Camp Dodge, Devens and Washing
ton Barracks, Washington, ID. c..
embarking from France from New
port News in, August 1918. He serv-
ed at Langres, France, during his
entire stay in France with the
Twenty ninth Engineers, typograph-
ical division of the army, which made
the maps that the boys in the front
lines were guided by. Mr.. Westby
during his stay in France made a
trip to Mention, France, on the Med
iterranean sea, the most southerly
point of France, also Monte Carlo,
the little county of Monaco and over
into Italy. He sailed from Bordeaux,
France, April II, and arrived at
Hoboken, N. J., from where he went
to Camp Dodge where he received his
discharge.
The many friends of Mrs. Amberg
will be pleased to learn that she is
improving from the operation she had
performed at St Joseph's hospital
Friday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hilton Wis
tied the formers mother Sunday.
After the regular morning service
of the Evangelical church Sunday
Rev. Zeiske baptized Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Hubner's baby, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Rewards baby, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Juliar's baby and MIR. and
Mrs. John Juliar's baby.
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