The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-05-19
TEAM FROM GOOD
THUNDER WINNERS
DEFEAT FOR AMBoY vISI-
TORS; SCORE Q TO 5.
STUDY CLUB SESSIONS
Poppies Will Be Sold On Mem
orial Day; Personal And
Social News.

Good Thunder, May 1s.-Friday
afternoon Amboy high school base
ball nine and large number OF
high school girls came over and
played the local high school team
on the diamond. The weather be-
ing coil was much in favor for a
lively game, which no doubt was
played. The score was 8 to 5 in
favor of the home team. Good
Thunder made four scores in the
first inning. Amboy did not get IN
score until the third inning. The
batteries for Amboy were Void and
Day; for the local team, Sperra
and Morlock. Paul Gender and
Lawrence Wrucke were the umpires.
The boys are in excellent playing
condition and hope TO play several
more games if the weather permits
before school closes.
School closed in the old Dyer dis
trict No. 121 Friday afternoon. The
pupils, their teacher, Miss Agnes
Ntzsimmons and nearly all in the
district enjoyed a picnic at Sibley
park Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Knoll and chill
dren of st. Clair visited on Sunday
at the home of Mrs. Kroll's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John RoeSig and broth,
er Otto Roerig and family. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Roerig returned with
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Rosin and
daughter Selma and Miss Frieda
Mielke motored to Stony Point on
Loon Lake near Lake Crystal Sun
day afternoon. A large new sum-
mer hotel conducted by c. Moses,
held its formal opening on Sunday.
Stony Point is an ideal place for a
bathing beach and camping grounds.
Fishing is very good at this point.
The Maple River Ladies Study
club met with Mrs. c. d. Robinson
Friday evening at her home. Cur
rent events were taken up and dis
cussed. Plans were made for Me-
mortal Day. 1t was decided by the
club TO sell copies on Memorial day
for the benefit of the soldiers, who
are in the hospitals.
Mrs. Walter Herzberg and little
daughter Marian went to Ashipun,
Wis, Monday afternoon for short
visit with her mother and other
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Graf of Lewis
vile spent Sunday with their daugh.
..
Many of the local sportsmen were
out catching species of the finny
tribe Monday, the first day for law
full catching at Lura, Loon and Rapi-
dan lakes. Long strings OF fish
were brought home, which aroused
the spirit in others who could not
resist going angling.
Misses Tfessie and Elizabeth Nor
raj drove to Mankato Friday to do
some shopping and called on
friends
Possin Brothers moved their large
log saving outfit out to the John
Gnadke yard on Monday morning
and started to saw on Wednesday.
They have large yard there,
which will take a considerable time
to cut the logs into dimension lum-
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Harry and
little daughter and Mary DALEY of
Mankato were Sunday visitors at the
Frank Weir home.
R. l. Houk was a business caller
at Mankato Saturday.
ing with her mother at Waseca
while her husband went on land
trip to Montana.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. V. Fried and
little 70 son motored to Litchfield
Sunday on business. r.
Mr.. and Mrs. HHman Bruss and
Mrs. Fred Bruss and son Oscar of
Mankato visited at the Will Bruss
hor,e over Sunday. While here
they made a trip to Pemberton in
Mr.. Bruss' car and called on Carl
Bruss and wife.
A. w. Schwan, r. j. Schneider
han, w. o. Pommeranke and H. C..
Mielker, cashier of the First Ma
tioral bank, left Tuesday morning
for Poison, Mont From the cities
they left in a special coach provided
by a land company, which is taking
a large number of land seekers out
west and showing them the big
possibilities of the plains of Mon
tana. They expect to be gone ten
days. ~. .. r ~,