Willmar tribune., 1920-02-25
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young folks, an all afternoons sleigh
ride on Sunday.
Peter Ogren is spending a few days in
the Twin Cities.
The Greenfield auction set the pace
for potato prices to date in our neigh
| borhood They sold for 81 per bushel.
DR.. Cramer has removedlto Worthing
| ton instead of CrQokston, his first an
| nounced location.
| John Nyberg is now recovering from
| weeks siege OF flu.
Miss Lydia Muller came over from
Belview on Saturday to visit friends
here until Monday. Miss Muller was
our primary teacher two years ago.
Miss Ann Batterberry has been off
| duty at the big Store'' having been i'll
| a few days at her home.
| On Saturday another Iowa farmer ar
| rived at this point with his car of stock
! and household effects, to assume posses
| sion Of his new home, the former Frans
Soderlund farm.
On Friday afternoon Mrs. C. E. Mon
| son gave a farewell reception to a large
| gathering of ladies to honor Mrs. r.
| Gates who is this week to leave for
| her new home at Albany.
| Miss Alice Lund is among the March
graduates at the ST. Cloud Normal and
has secured a teachers position for the
remainder Of the school year at Duluth
Mrs. Clara Walters and daughter
Inez arried last week from St. Paul to
spend some time with Mrs. Walter
father X. c. Holland. Inez Walters will
enroll in our school for the remainder
| of the school year.
| The third and fourth grade pupils
gave a Washington birthday program
| of drills and songs on Monday, at which
| the parents concerned were special
! guests. The program reflects credit on
Miss Anderson, the teacher, to whom
the little folks are most responsive and
devoted.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Harley James have re-
turned lately from a two weeks visit
! at Mrs. James parental home at Man
tor
The y. w c. A. drive met with much
| success, in as much as the once popular
"drive' for funds of all kinds, is now
| become quite the unpopular way Of soil
| citing. The allotment for our town
was $50 and it will be over subscribed
the school contributing most generously
| of all.
On Saturday, little Leslie Johnson
| about seven years old, met with a near
serious accident while playing on the
| lake, near where her father was cutting
ice. He slid directly into the open wa
ter while the sled at once went out OF
sight, the little fellow himself, fo,
some reason. kept af1oat. tho not swim
mer The father was close at hand anC
rescued his boy who is now none the
worse for the experience.
The Young Peoples Society of the
Norwegian Lutheran church will mee
at the church Friday, Feb. 27, at 1880
A program has been arranged and re-
freshments will be served after the pro
gram.
DR.. Christian Johnson of Willma1
made professional visit to New. Lon
don on Monday returning Tuesday.
Mrs. NJ. Butala has returned from {
visit at her parental home atHMe1rose
She was accompanied on her return by
her sister, Christine Mosher, who viii
visit here for a short time
August Gustafson went to South st
raul today with two carloads of stool
tor the Farmers Store
Editor Frank Covell is again able +,
be about town and at his duties afte]
lons and painful experience will
rheumatism.
The Aurora Literary Society of tn,
New London High School will meet i,
the assembly room on Thursday Marcl
4. The following program will be rem
dered:
Piano Solo-Ella Hanson
Paper-Ste1la Anderson.
Reading-Alice Rapp.
Vocal Duet-Mildred and Ruth Olson
High School Paper-Edith Carlson an,
Elenor Olson.
Reading-Clarice Thorson.
song-Boys' Chorus.
Anton Stenbakken, C. E. Monson. Et
Gustafson, Elias Johnson and l.. E
Cove1l were in Willmar Thursday ant
Friday TO appear before the county com