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Kerns, ! July 14.-BeJgrade Con.
gregational church, Sunday school
and services at 10:45 a. m. Cambria:
Sunday school at 10:45 a. m. Preach
ing services at eight o'clock. The
Sunday school of Kerns is planning tc
have community picnic some time
soon. Choir rehearsal is held at the
church every Wednesday evening.
The ball game Sunday at Kerns was
between West Mankato and Kerns
The score was Is to 13 in favor Of
Kerns.
MI. and Mrs. Ed Nordgren and
children were entertained at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Oscar Anderson
in Mankato Sunday.
C. r. Gosslee and I. Gosslee and
daughter of North Mankato, Mrs
Todd Of Minneapolis and A. Powell
of Colorado spent an hour visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Jefferson
Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. McLaury and children
of Des Moines who were visiting Mrs
McLaury's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ned
Rist, returned to Des Moines last
Tuesday. The Rist and McLaury
families had a cottage at Lake Bal
lentyne for a week and had a nice
time. While there they entertained
Grandpa Rist and Ray Rist and fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Currier of Bur-
bank, Calf, visited at the Steel Sharp
Cram and Peter Betz homes last week
DR.. Rogers, wife and children and
Margaret Cross of st. Paul spent
Saturday night and Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Will Carter. Jefferson Car
ter, who had spent two weeks in St
Paul, came home with them.
Mrs. L. A. Chapman, daughter Ruth
and daughter Mrs. Kindred, have gone
week. Mrs. Chapman will return to
Kerns and her son Arthur will go tc
Webster City and from here tc
Denver with his sister. Mrs. Kindred
Edna Sharp went to St. Paul Sat-
urday morning to attend the state
Epworth league meeting.
The Carter, Rogers and Jefferson
families enjoyed picnic at Minneopa
Sunday.
E. /. Hite is cutting is grain with
tractor.
Professor Milton Melvin will take
his nieces, Irene and Minnie Melvin
to st. Peter Friday evening to attend
the county graduation exercises. The
girls will receive their diplomas for
eighth grade work. Arts Melvin and
Sylvia Smith will accompany them.
Mrs. Lincoln Cass of Princeton, Ill.
is spending the week with Mrs. E.
Hite. .-
Mr.. and Mrs. Kehner of Mankato
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Hopp.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Hilmar and daugh.
ter Celeste have gone to Illinois to
visit. They will return in September
Ray Davis and Marion Hite and a
party of friends enjoyed a picnic
supper at one of the lakes Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Burrill of Man
kato took supper with Mr.. and Mrs
Ray Rist Friday evening.
Mrs. w. Sharp and daughters Edna
and Hazel and Mr.. and Mrs. Pete
Purrier spent Friday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Fillmore Mills at Garden City.
Henry Goodridge is helping Ned
Rist put up hay on the hay land
a seven ton stack of timothy. The
hay crop is not very good this year.
Rev. Field, wife and little daught-
ers are spending Wednesday Of this
week at Cambria.
Sunday the Lind families had a re-
union at the old home now owned by
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Johnson who en-
tertained. Each family carried a
large basket of lunch and everyone
had fine time. There were forty
present. Those who were there
were Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Lind, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Currier and family
Me. and Mrs. Earl Currier and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Lind and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Larson and
family of New Sweden, Mr.. and Mrs
A. P. Anderson and family and Anton
Lind of Nicollet and Mr.. and Mrs. c.
J. Johnson and family of Belgrade.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Gleason of
Swan Lake visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Rist Sunday.
Last week Tuesday morning F. E.
Jefferson began to cut winter wheat
on ten acre piece. The grain was cut
and threshed and averaged thirteen
bushels to an acre. Then Mr. Jeffer-
son plowed with the tractor and Tues
day evening of this week the ten
acres will be planted to fodder corn.
Pretty lively work for this hot wealth
er.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Randall spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Johnson.
Marjorie Door and Lizzie Parry from
the Judson school were two of the
fortunate giria, who, won prizes on
bread last week. They will receive
railroad fare to the state fair. -