The Mankato free press., 1921-09-23
LAKE CRYSTAL NEWS
Frances Willard Day Is To
Be Observed
PARTY FOR NEWLY LYWEDS
Reception Was rendered BY
Party of joyful Young
Folks

Folks
Lake Crystal, September 21.-
Through the efforts OF tine Minnesota
Woman's Christian Temperance
union, the Minnesota legislature,
during its last session, enacted d
law making September 2S, OF each
year FRANCES wizard Day. This act
provides that the twenty eighth day
OF September OF each year be set
apart and designated as Frances
Willard Day. On this day approx
mateIy one and one half hours should
be devoted in the schools of the
state for instruction and appropriate
exercises relatiVe to the life OF
FRANCES Willard and to the ideals
and principals she tostered. 1t also
provides that in any year when the
2Sth day OF September shall tall
upon day which is not school
day, the hrst school day following
sucn date shall be Frances Willard
Day instead Of September %. This
act was approved by the Legislature
April 20, 1921. Frances Willard was
born near Rochester N. Y, on Sep
tember 28, 1883 and throughout her
life was faithful and earnest work
er for the. temperance cause. In
mans Christian Temperance union
and was made president of its first
convention held in Boston in 1891.
! Before this she was corresponding
secretary for the National Woman's
Christian Temperance union in 1874
and was made President of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance union
OF Illinois in 1878. From 1879 to
1897 she was president of the Ma
ton Woman's Christian Temperance
union. Frances Willard was not
ance cause, but she was a writer
and had charge of several papers
that have figured high in the Tenn
perance cause. Before entering on
her work for Woman's, Christian
Temperance Union Frances Willard
had held the high position of Profes-
sor in several colleges for women
In order to pay lasting tribute to
Frances Willard for the work she had
ed for the cause of Temperance it
is the purpose of the Minnesota Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
to place this matter before the
schools of the state and to encourage
the observance of the day. Those
who may wish to, observe the day,
may have programs and suitable
material by communicating with
Mrs. Ethel H. Turner State Super
Instruction at Worthington, Mimi,
or Mrs. Mary Davis, Secretary of
district number 81 of the w. c. T. u.
at Lake Crystal, MINI. Mrs. Davis,
secretary of this district urges that
all teachers arrange for proper OBJ
servation of this day at their schools.
Mrs. Walden Hunt is seriously i'll
at her home in this place.
Evan ]. Davis and George w.
Owens were in Mankato on business
Tuesday morning.
Edwin Griffiths of the Griffiths
Garage transacted business in Man
kato Monday afternoon.
tuesday morning Fred Bates the
Standard Oil man, while turning
around on Front street, backed up
the driveway of the Griffiths Garage,
hitting one side of the doorway with
the rear of his truck. The concrete
wall of the garage was none the
worse, but the large wooden case
Bates truck was damaged quite bad.
ALI the garage hands and others
who saw the accident are wondering
what attracted Mr.. Bates attention
to make him take his mind off his
work.
Sanford Christensen and Miss Nell
lie Person shopped in Mankato Tues
day.
Cambria visited here Tuesday.
Mr.. <Edmor Shaw is visiting his
father Eric. Shaw of Butternut who
is seriously sick.
VIM. J. Evans, Jr., Of Mankato
transacted business here Tuesday.
Monday evening a number of the
young people hunted up all the old
pans, circular saws, horns and in
fact anything that might serve the
purpose of noise maker and sailed
newly married couples in this COM
munity. They chooseoMr. and Mrs.
Lee Norman as their first audience,
and went to their farm just outside
the city limits. Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
no doubt enjoyed the music of the
serenaders as they made them per-
form for some time before they
made their appearance at the door.
The young couple treated the sere
naders royalty for their efforts and
after the customary greetings the
merry makers departed well pleased
with their warm welcome and wish
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Norman many
years of happiness. The fact that
they had been so royalty treated
here gave the serenaders first cour-
age as they went to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Clayton Jones, another
young couple who live within the
city limits, and repeated their pro
gram which they duplicated with
but little change, although it is
thought that the program lasted a
little longer here than at Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman, before Mr.. and Mrs
Jones made their appearance at the
door, owing to the late hour. Mr.
and Mrs. Jones, when they finely
made their appearance extended
the serenaden the same warm and
royal. welcome they had received
just short time before. With all
the wishes appropriate for the oc-
casion the serenaders departed high
ly pleased with the royal welcome
they had received from both young
couples, and after short consulta
ton amongst themselves, they left
for their various homes, some to
dream of the time they themselves
may be the ones to receive the sere-
naders.