The Mankato free press., 1922-01-20
NeWs of st. Clair
Pick ed By the Scribe
Parties, SociaIs and Variety OF
Notes Collected In the
Village
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Schroeder, who has been staying at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Zimmerman and attending the local
school, spent the holiday vacation
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Aug
ust Schroeder.
Arthur O'Connor spent the week
end at his home here. Mr.. O'Connor
is working at the gravel pit near
Pemberton.
A number from this vicinity at
tended service at Tivoli Sunday af
ternoon, where they had the pleasure
Of hearing a very interesting sermon,
given by DR.. Frank Doran.
Mr.. Boutwell, Of Kasota was a guest
at the home of Mr.. Hoagland Wed
nesday of last week. He was accom-
panied from Kasota by Belle Thayer,
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Frances Boutwell, for a week. Mary
Hoagland returned to Kasota with
Mr.. Boutwell,. where she will stay
with her aunt Mrs. Boutwell, and az
tend school.
bers of the Evangelical Sunday
school at the church Friday evening
in honor of the junior boys. who were
successful in teing the first class to
reach the second station in the auto
contest The evening was spent in a
social manner and various games
were enjoyed by the younger mem
bers. A lap supper was served, con-
sisting of creamed potatoes. sand
present except the members of the
junior boys class. who had the honor
of being at a table appropriately de-
corated for the occasion and in ad-
dition to the regular menu they were
served a dessert, consisting OF pine
apple fluff and fruit.
Laura Juliar, who was home for
the holidays, has returned to her
work at Mankato State Teachers
college.
Members of the village council last
summer. so 90. ~. rn"ka the water
rates more evenly divided for
consumer, decided t. put in water
meters. The work was at once com.
menced, but was not completed last
year, so the regular fat rates have
been in vogue until the beginning OF
this year. Ed -O'Connor is now at
work putting in the remainder Of
few days all those that obtain their
supply of water from the village well
will be under the meter system.
Will Godeman shipped two car
loads of hogs Tuesday and Mr.. Bur
CESS a carload of stock Saturday from
the local station.
Ernestine Frank will resume her
trict Monday after a vacation of two
weeks - ..ss..-..
Messrs John Cords and Robert
Sodamen are busy at the present
time gathering in the ice crop. The
ice house at the local creamery has
been filled, also several private Ice
houses throughout the village, and
station to be shipped to Pemberton
and Waldorf. Messrs Elmo Nyquist,
John Fields. Leo Frank and Arthur
Cords are hauling the ice and John
Beck is packing.
Quarterly meetings will be held at
the Evangelical church next Sunday,
January Is.
A meeting was held at the Luther
an church Sunday afternoon for the
PIES meeting. About thirty FIVE
were present and much interest and
enthusiasm was manifested. A con-
stitution and bylaws were drawn up
and adopted and the following off
GERS were elected. Otto Froelich,
president; Miss Emma Godeman, vice
president; Mrs. Harold Swartz, re-
CoTulnS SeCIeIAIy, MlSS EaLHCSIihc
Frank, financial secretary; Theodore
Penn, treasurer. 1t was decided to
hold these meetings once month,
but at the present no exact date has
been decided upon.
| Jack Sanborn, the local manager
of the Bostford Lumber yard, has
gone to Mankato, where he will un-
dergo an operation Wednesday for
appendicitis. The company has. file"
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to return to his work. Mrs. San,
born's father will remain with her
while Mr.. Sanborn is at the hospital.
Sydney Filtzloff, who Is visiting
friends in this vicinity. autoed to
Mapleton Tuesday afternoon.
All the teachers of the local school
have returned to the village after a
two weeks vacation, and have resum-
ed their school duties except Miss
unable to return until Tuesday on
account of the death of her grand
father at Good Thunder. Alice aJuliar
substituted for Miss Gerlach Monday.
Mrs. Paul Phillips, who resides in
this vicinity, is a daughter of the
late Mr.. Gerlach, who passed, away
at his home at Good Thunder Friday.
day. - - -
Mrs. Jerry Lynch has been confin-
ed to her home for few days with
the grippe. ,... - o. =.
A meeting was held in the council
rooms Tuesday afternoon for the
purpose of voting on bonds for the
! school. Messrs Jake Chase, Henry
Ludke and Albert Juliar presided
over the election. Mr.. Ludke acted
as recording secretary. Polls Were
opened from one to four o'clock. Two
hundred and seven votes were cast.
OF these one hundred and thirty six
were for bonds and seventy one
The four year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Anderson has been
very i'll the past week. Friday there
seemed very little hopes for ner re-
| covery, as she was SO weak from
hemorrhages. Infusion of the blood
was restored to, which was obtaineH
| from her father, and at the present
time she seems to be improving.
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