The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-07
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Or. and Mrs. John Williams peport
For Home In California

For Home In California
Lake Crystal, October 1.-Dr. and
Mrs. John Williams and Leslie Gut
tersen left late Friday afternoon on
their long trip to California. They
drove as far as Fairmont Friday, and
expect II everything goes well to be
in Omaha sometime Sunday. Leslie
Guttefsen will assist DR.. Williams in
driving and care Of the car. DR.. VIII
liams has always been q busy man
and 1t was hard for him to lay aside
his business after having been In the
harness for so many years. 1t Is
said that patients came to see him
up to the last minute before his de-
parture, and the last thing that he
did before getting into the car was
to write several prescriptions.
was caller in the city Wednesday.
Mr.. Thomas was formerly in the liy-
cry business here
The Eastern Star Lodge had a
special meeting Thursday evening:
Miss Eleanor Jones was accepted
as a full member Of the lodge. Miss
Jones, a Lake Crystal girl, Is at pres
ent nurse at one Of the Mayo hos
pitfalls in Rochester.
The w. C. T. u, meeting and sill
yer medal contest at Carmel church
Friday evening had small but In
terested audience. Mrs. e. j. Davis
meeting with Rev. Daniel Roberts in
charge of the devotionals. The CON
test for class number one of little
tchildren was under the charge o!
Rev. Daniel Roberts of Carmel. The
children spoke very well. The judges
awarded the silver medal for TIL!
class to Hannah Griffiths Of Carmel
While the judges were deciding thl!
contest the audience had commun
ity sing, also injoyed a song by tht
Male sextette Of Carmel, accompan'
ley. At first several members OF thi!
lsextette tried to be excused from
singing pleading that they had COLI
and couldn't sing, but through The
efforts of their accompanist they d
nally did consent to sing. When the!
had taken their places and started t
Il sing 1t appears that they forgot al
about their colds as they sang yer!
well indeed. These boys have TIT
talent and if they only take an in
terest to develop that talent Carme
tette to be proud OF.
Contesting class number two, Yer
ma Williams, Vernice Heizerman
Evelyn Baker, Laura Jones, and Lau
ra Jones, and Laura Owens Of LAX,
DCrsytal, anil Elsie Evans Of Carmel
THESE young ladies represented al
: advanced class in. the series Of con
tests given by the w. c. T. U. Ever.
contestant in this class entered TIT
spirit of her piece in a remarkabl,
way. Their good delivery, and wei
4 chosen expressions showed that the!
had given their work long, hard ant
careful thought. 1t can be safely sail
that the speaking of these six youni
ladies equaled any speaking that hal
lever been heard In this commumt.
before, and it brought out the hes
that was in the judges In makini
their decisions there being so httl
I difference between the speakers. Tn
4 judges awarded the medal to Vernic
Heizerman of Lake Crystal.
The audience enjoyed some NOR
community singing after which tn
chairman, Mrs e. ]. Davis, extende'
an invitation to the people of Carme
church to Join the w. c. T. u. tn
Injecting closed with singing Of tn,
Doxology and Rev. Daniel Robert
lpronouncing the benediction.