The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-18
GOOD THUNDER Events
PALM SUNDAY OBSERVED IN
VILLAGE CHURCHES
Several Classes Confirmed BY
Pastors; Notes and News
Of the Town
Especial to Free Press. ]

| uoou IHuHueT, April l0.-ouHud.
| being Palm Sunday the usual custom
of confirmation was conducted in the
st. Johns Lutheran church. The
church was beautifully decorated with
| ferns and flowers. A class of clever
were confirmed by Rev. A. C. Bode
They are as follows: Elsa Wrucke
Meta Heitner, Leonora Malzahn
| George Speck, Leonard Peters, Ar.
thur Preis, Frank Rosin, Herolf
! Schlesselman, Martin Radke, Herbert
Marks and Oscar Hitler.
| AT the Emmanuel Lutheran church
a class of ten were confirmed by Rev
! j. j. Schneider, as follows: Lilliar
Sonnabend, Frieda HerZberg, Laura
! Birr, Alfred Sonnabend, Arnold
+ BrunZ, Joseph Birr, George Young
| Oscar Birr, Clarence Dehn and Al.
/ fred Fischer.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Heitnel
and baby and Mr.. and Mrs. E. Fratzke
of Mankato spent Sunday at the
Gottlieb Heitner home.
! Miss Selma DEWITT spent Sunday
with her sister, Elsa in Minneapolis
| Mrs. Otto Voecks returned Nome
from Minneapolis Wednesday after
spending few days with friends.
Joseph Kreuer spent Tuesday al
Mapleton looking over the site foI
his mill which he will move there
some time this spring.
Walter Sohre, Roy Case, Hilliard
Barnard, James Thompson, Wallace
and Gertrude Morlock and Selma De-
WITT attended the Boys and Girls
short course at the university last
week. The boys and girls learned
many new and interesting facts which
will help make the best better
their club motto.
/ will give a card party at the hall
Easter Monday
Arnold Graf returned Wednesday
from Minneapolis where he visited
with his mother, Mrs. Amelia Graf
and sister, Mrs. Orville Terry.
Mrs. August Deciding and Mrs.
Emil Resin were Mankato callers
! Monday.
Mrs. Otto Possin was taken e
Mankato Wednesday where she will
receive treatments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Weir, Jr, and
children of Mortified are visiting al
the Frank Weir home here.
Mrs. John Schneiderhan and Al
fred were Mankato callers Satur-
day.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Freid
baby boy, Wednesday morning.
of q
came Saturday afternoon to spend
Sunday with the Polchow and Tyson
families.
The girls of the Liberty club have
organized for the bread making con
test. So far eleven girls have en-
rolled. We are looking forward to 4
! treat of some real tasty bread.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dietman Went
to Mankato Friday where Mrs. Diet
man will receive optical treatments
as her eye sight mas been very poor
for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Muske drove over
from Vernon Sunday and spent the
day with relatives here.
The operative Creamery asso-
citation received a carload of bulk
salt. Farmers were busy getting
their supply Saturday. AS the roads
are in a bad condition small loads
! could only be taken and thus some
| farmers had to mbake several trips.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Gustav Lemphul ano
son Carl were callers at the county
| seat Saturday.
Gertrude Sombke, the little foul
year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
! Albert Sombke was taken to the I'm
manuel hospital at Mankato last
week. A serious operation on the
ear was performed.
JOSEF !, Frank and Thomas Well
transacted business in Mankato Sat
J urday.
MIR. and Mrs, Charles Zastrow are
the proud parents of a baby boy, borr
April II.
| Paul lander returned Saturday ev'
ening from Canada where he visited
with relatives.
Mrs. Paul Kunkel of Rapidan spen
Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Rober
| Speck.
John Polchow. who runs a res
Itaurant in ST. Peter, spent Sunda!
with his wife here.
| Mrs. Herman Hitler attended th'
funeral of her aunt Miss Nichol
Wednesday at Mapleton
] Many from here went to Mankat'
Monday to see the war tank exhibi
ton
Martin Malzahn was a Mankatt
caller Saturday.
Several trees have been planted OF
the lawn at the pumping station b.
the street commissioner, Louis Wan
/ dersee. If the place were larger |
would make an ideal little park. Sug
gestions have been made that TIT
lots owned by the Catholic church b.
purchased for a public park as
memorial for our boys, who were Il
service during the war.
Postmaster Frank H. Griffin an
Ralph j. Schneiderhan went to Maple
ton Tuesday afternoon to look owe
matters pertaining to the improve
ment to be made on the electrl
power line.