The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-18
LECTURE FOR BELGRADE
ADDRESS ON CHINA ON
FRIDAY EVENING
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Shouts
Entertained Dancing Party;
News Notes


Kerns, March 16.-Friday evening
there will be an illustrated lecture on
China" at the Belgrade church and
the Sunday school session will be
held as usual Sunday morning. At
Cambria the quarterly meeting of the
Sunday school in Cambria and vic1n-
ity will be held at the Salem Congre-
gational church. There will be three
meetings; one at 10:45 a. m. another
at 2 D. m. and the other at 1880. The
evening topic will be the relationship
of the Sunday school to the church.
There will be special service at the
Belgrade church for Good Friday
evening. An Easter service will be
held Sunday morning at the Belgrade
church and at Cambria in the even
ing. From Easter on the old order
of service of year ago will be fol-
lowed out when Rev. Field will preach
at Degrade church in the morning and
at Cambria in the evening and the
next Sunday at Cambria in the morn
ing and Belgrade in the evening.
Mrs. George E. Field returned from
Hampton, Iowa, Saturday and has
been sick in bed ever since with
throat trouble and grippe.
Mrs. Oscar Door and daughter Mar
jorie called on Mrs. G. H. Loucks
Saturday afternoon.
The Aid society met with Mrs. G..
w. Johnson and daughter Cora last
Thursday and a large crowd was
served. ....-
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Shouts enter
tanned about seventy friends at a
dancing party Saturday evening. A
number of people were out from
Mankato.
Ned Rist, C. H. Loucks, G.. L. Will
son, John Lind, L. Burrill, Archie
Burrill and Jesse Keene, old friends
of w. G. Clark were among those
from Mankato who attended the
Clark auction Friday.
Mrs. H. Currier OF Massachusetts,
and Mrs. Jesse Keene of Mankato
took dinner with Mrs. Oscar Door
Friday.
Mr.: and Mrs. L. B. Steel of North
Mankato attended the Aid society
meeting Thursday.
Delmar Keene of Minneapolis visited
at the homes of Lorenzo Rist near
Kerns and Ned Rist in Mankato last
week.
Mrs. Joe Grice and Mrs. Carrie
Keene of North Mankato spent last
week Wednesday with Mrs. Henry
Goodridge and helped her celebrate
her birthday. ~......:
Mrs. w. Sharp, Edna Sharp and
Evelyn Budde took supper with Mr..
and Mrs. C. H. Loucks Sunday even
ing.
John Lind and Ned Rist helped
Ray Rist bale straw Saturday.
Una Ogen of Mapleton and Agnes
Donahue of Owatonna spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. e. I. Hite.
Tom Waterbury drove two carloads
|of fat steers to MankatO on Saturday
and shipped them to Chicago. He
went along to see to selling them.
Florence Hanson saw robin Tues :
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Walker spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Johnson.
H. A. Hanson drove to st. Peter
last week Tuesday evening and at
tended a meeting of the fair board
and live stock breeders association.
The plans are to erect two new hog
barns at the Nicollet county fair
grounds in June. The estimated cost
of the two is $4,000 and the barns will
accommodate two hundred hogs.
Herman Heise has bills out for an
auction sale March %. r
A house warming was given Mr..
and Mrs. Claude Buick last week
Tuesday evening at their new home
near Oshawa. A large number from
this neighborhood attended the party.
Mrs. Archie Burrill and little
daughter Louise of Mankato spent
Friday with Mrs. F. E. Jefferson.
County Agent o. o. Horlamus Of
st. Peter spoke to about forty men at
the school house in district No. 8
Friday evening. The subject under
discussion was the grain selling pro-
position, After the meeting Mr.. Hor-
son. Mr. and Mrs. Langren and Esth-
er Gustafson were also entertained
for lunch at the Hanson home after
the meeting. . .-
Eli Michels was a business caller
in Mankato Monday.
F. E. Jefferson is busy making
maple syrup. ..e
Ida En- and Alfred Wye were
married last week.
Herbert Eldred returned to Manka-
to Saturday evening after spendlT
the week at the Jefferson home.
Much interest was taken in election
last week and number of women
voted. The following men were elect
clerk, Fred o. Johnson, treasurer,
August Peterson, assessor, George NJ
Cole; justices of the peace, Fred
Passwalk and Walter Johnson; con-
stable, Charles o. High. The sum of
$31, 900 was set aside for a road and
bride fund. 1t was also decided to
levy tax of 25 cents on each 81 Of
real. estate and personal property for
a road tax. s.r.