The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-01-02
PICKED UP AT kASOTA
HAPPENINGS IN TOWN
PAST FEW DAYS
Fine Christmas Program Given
BY Presbyterian Sunday
School
Especial TO Free Press. ]


! l-.sota, December 26.-Miss Clara
:, lei of River Falls. Wis, is expect
ed to arrive Saturday for few days
! visit with Miss Ruth Johnson and
other friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. ID. Fawcett of st.
Paul were guests at the Buell. home
over Christmas.
Miss Esther Rud of Mankato was
guest at the Nelson home over
Sunday.
Mrs. Erna Benjamin of Shakopee
is spending the holidays at her home
There.
i Miss Judith Clans, who is teaching
at Slayton, is at home for her Christ
mas vacation.
| ter equal to the best of those found
in the cities. Checking up at the
close of the program the schools felt
well rewarded for the efforts as the
campaign Melted them the sum of
$50. 25 or seventy-five cents for each
pupil enrolled.
Mrs Sarah Butler recently received a
letter from her son Lawrence who
has a position at Bert, Iowa; saying
that their town had been hard hit by
the coal shortage All places of
amusements had been shut up and
the business places opened only from
| 10 a. m. to p. IN.
| Miss Emma Arndt is now night
operator at central, taking Miss
Martha Kreuger's place, who is trans
ferred to day work. Miss Kruger is
staying with her aunt, Mrs. Ed.
Muske when off duty
Mrs. Frye of Garden City has ac-
cepted a position as clerk in the Was
serman general store which Mrs. EN-
ma Robinson resigned to accept a like
position at the corner store of the
Halverson brothers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bates are the
proud parents of a baby hoy, born to
them December Is. The arrival of the
little chap brought happiness not only
to papa and mama but to clans of the
Youngs and Bates.
Mrs. Nellie Ramboy spent the week
end and over Sunday with Mrs Mary
Eornish in the village
| Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Borchert of
South Lyra Sundayed at the F. l..
Cooper home. The Borcherts will
move in few weeks to Mankato
where they have bought a nice home.
| Mrs. Clinton spent yesterday shop
ping and calling on friends in Man
kato.
Mrs. Arthur Tibbits of Harvard,
Idaho, is spending the winter with
| her mother, Mrs. Sarah Minis anu re-.
newing acquaiatances among her foi :
mer friends in this, her old home
town.
Slater went to Rochester where he
submitted to an operation which was
very. successful He was suffering
with ulcer of the stomach instead of
cancer. He was able to return to his
home the first of the week and last
night he talked over the phone with
| his brother here and said he was feel
| ing fine. This will certainly be good
news for his many friends in this
vicinity.
A phone message received this
morning from Sterling says that the
stork had visited the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Annis, leaving a
bouncing baby boy. Mr. and Mrs.
Annis were residents OF Vernon Cen
ter until few months ago. and their
friends here will hear of the arrival
cf scnry boy number two with pleas
IRE.
Paul Thew. who has accepted
position as bookkeeper in the John
SON Boman furniture store in Man
kato. will submit to an operation to-
day on his foot on account of an in
jury accused by wearing shoes while
in the army that did not fit Mr..
Thew was with the army of occupa-
ton after the armistice was signed
until few months ago. His foot
was causing him trouble then. but he
would not mention the fact for fear
that he would be kept indefinitely at
the camp.
ID. A. Slater reports that his brother
John of Mapleton who has been very
seriously i'll for the past two months.
is now on the road to complete re-
covery. About three weeks ago Mr..