The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-11-25
GARDEN CITY FOLK
Will GIVE THANKS
Services Are To Be Held In
Churches There
NEWS GIVEN OF TOWN
Ernest E. Norton Is Paying Visit
To His Old Home And
Neighbors
Especial to The Free Press. 7


Gasden City. November H.
Thanksgiving services will be held
in the Christian church at 1880 q.
M, on Thursday, November "a. The
whole community Is urged to, he
present.
Pierce Roberts Of st. Paul, accom-
panied by Miss Madelyn Wilcox Of
Mankato were guests at the hone Of
tae formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Roberts over Sunday.
Ernest e. Norton of Grand View.
Wash, was an over Sunday guest in
Garden City, calling on ali his old
friends. Mr.. Norton was former res
ident and ran general store and
,osIoffce very successfully for many
years, selling out to go to Washing
ton. He now has fruit ranch. His
.slness to Minnesota and Wisconsin
now Is to dispose OF several carloads
Of apples, raised on his ranch
The ladies OF the Christian church
will hold bazaar and dinner In the
Christian church Saturday, December
SAFE 70 begin at one o'clock.
Floyd Wilson, who has been having
the grippe, Is recovering rapidly.
l am pleased to state that Claude
Granger, who has been 30 seriously
Ill with pneumonia and con- plea
lions, is slowly but surely recovering
and should nothing else set in viii
soon be around.
Mrs. John CroswelI 1ho has been
visiting in this vicinity for several
days, has returned today to her
home in Mankato.
The chicken pie dinner served by
the Baptist ladies in their church
Saturday. November 10, was the best
ever, and they realized nice sum
from the sale and dinner. When
you stop to consider, 1t takes al
most two bushels OF corn to buy a
There were seventeen ladies of
the->Royal Neighbor lodge who ac-
eepted the invitation extended by
the Lake Crystal lodge to meet with
them Saturday at their hall. They
went in one OF the school buses,
driven by John Eaton, leaving the
!. garage at II o'clock. There were
twenty i've, ladies from Mankato
the Lake Crystal lodge. At noon they
were all seated at two long tables,
linen and lovely china Srn s All pr gnias
We're served with chicken pie, masi-
ca potatoes, gravy, parkerhouse rolls
pickles, celery, pumpkin pie, cheese
and coffee. During the dinner. Mrs.
Stanley Jones presided at the spiano
playing and singing After dinner
while the tables were being cleared
away and things gotten ready for
lodge work, the friends visited. At
one o'clock lodge was called to or
der and the state supervisor, Mrs
Luella Ives was introduced, she hav-
Ing come TO instruct In the work.
Miss Lizzie Mary Williams In q few
We'll chosen words bid all welcome.
Tie response was given by Della
Stevens. Mrs. Stanley Jones then sang
q selection. At this tine q deleea-
ton OF ladies from the Madelia lodge
were announced. There were thirty
five In the 2rty. Mankato lodge rs1t
on the Initiation and Garden City the
floor work. The Madelia ladies put
on the password drill. Mrs. Ives
spoke during the afternoon and It
was voted chat q school Of instr,lc-
ton bs organized. Madelia then ex.
tended an invitation to meet there
The time is not set but It will be
some time next fall. Mrs. Love'ett
OF Made'ia was elected president:
Mrs. Haycraft Stevens and Mrs VIII
liams were elected vice presidents.
Lodge closed Undue form and the bus
being there the Garden CITY ladies'
derarted. declaring the ladies' OF
Wild Rose camp roval entertainers.
The Mankato ladies left at about the
game time on the NO. 8 train. The
Made'ia ladies stayed until the even
ing train.