The Mankato free press., 1922-06-16
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YEARS-AGO TALES
OLD SETTLERS ENJOYED
OUTING YESTERDAY
ADDRESS EX-GOVERNOR
Five Thousand People Were As
sembled In Cornell Grove
Near Mapleton.

sembled In Cornell Grove
Near Mapleton.
Gathered from all parts of Blue
Earth county at Judd Cornelrs
grove, near Mapleton yesterday,
over five thousand people attended
the annual picnic OF the Mapleton-
Sterling Old Settlers association.
The day was an ideal one, and the
vast throng assembled enjoyed a
bounteous picnic dinner beneath
the shade of the beautiful forest
trees which grow in abundance in
the grove. A program of speaking,
music and athletic sports was car
ried out. Among the speakers of
the day were: Governor J. A. O..
Preus, George NJ. Palmer of this
and Rev. Father W. F. Griffin, pas
tor of the Catholic church of Ma
pleton. President William Mead of
Amboy presided at the meeting and
introduced the speakers Of the day.
The address of welcome was de-
livered by B. F. McGregor of Ma
yesterday was time that dull care
should be thrown to the four winds,
and every one enjoy himself. The
speaker in welcoming the vast num-
bers present said that it is fitting
and proper to form new friends by
meeting and greeting each other
as people did yesterday. No one
knows what good may grow out OF
those friendships in after life. Mr..
McGregor closed his short address
by urging that a spirit Of sunshine
hnrnn
day.
George M. Palmer Of this city, in
making the response to the address
of welcome, said that the poet
knew what he was saying when he
said What is so rare as day
in June. Yesterday was one of
the fatrest Of the fair June days. 1t
was a fair day in the fairest state
and county in the union. The
speaker liked the idea of assem-
blages like the one held yesterday
He said that it resulted in better
feeling and understanding. of the
problems of the community. In
the course Of his address Mr.. Pal
mer told a number of good stories
which enlivened the occasion.
Among the very pleasing features
of the day was the singing by the
girls chorus, consisting of a num-
Der of young ladies. and the Woods
quartette consisting of Mr.. and
Mrs George John Of Garden City,
Mrs. B. l. Miller Of Mankato and
H. E. Woods of ST. Paul. Through
out the day the Mapleton band
rendered good music. This organ
ization was under the leadership OF
Ralph Townsend of Minnesota Lake
and consisted of twenty pieces.
The opening song OF the meeting
was America, which was sung by
the entire assemblage, followed by
the invocation asked by Rev. U.
Melby
Miss Laura Chase. one of the
teachers in the Mapleton schools.
delivered the memorial to the de-
parted old settlers of the associa
The speaker said that some of the
old settlers have made their exists
from the stage of this live and have
gone to the great beyond. Among
these were pioneers and boys IN
blue and khaki.
Alex LaTourell had passed away
on July 1921. He was born in Can
ada on March 7, 1886 and was a
member of Company B First Min
nesota Cavalry. John G. Graham,
many years postmaster passeo passes
Hadiet had died September 19, 1921.
l. P. Hunt and A. NJ Morrison, W no
were for many years prominent in
newspaper work in Mankato were
among those who had recently pass
ed away. Others to whose memory
tribute was paid were:
Robert Willie, Mrs. Fred LuskoW,
M. A. Gilmore, Fred Meeske, JACOB
McKennon, Mrs. Timothy Sullivan,
Mrs. Frank Roberts, Mrs. Jane Ras-
dali, Ed Annis, Herman Borchert,
Mrs. Mary E. Tenney, PATRICK
Leary, Mrs. ]. w. Hardtkee, Mrs. n.
F. Bolton. George G.. Alderman,
Mrs. Frank Atcherson, Mrs. Ermine
Merickel, S. ]. Mace, Mrs Lyala
Alverson, Mrs. John Drews, Catn-
Anna sonve, william C. Keller, J..
E., Diamond, w. A. Plymat. H. s.
Robinson, Mrs. William Kruger,
Robert Beck, Jane WaddeH Treanor;
John T. knight, H. Rulof, VIII
Kruger, Mrs. Will Cummings, Mrs.
G. Todd, R. Proell. Mrs. ]. Laurisch,
n Foisy, Mabel H. Farnsworth, j.
Bestman, Mrs. D. L. Clements, Mrs.
n petersen. Mrs. e. Webb, Mrs.
G. Grignon, James Emmerson. MRS.
s w. Cornell, Ezra Cooper, Mrs, l..
Tamrn. Mrs. William Minkel, Mrs.
A. Paegel, Julius Borchert, Mrs. Ro,
bert .Faley. Mrs. A. Douglas AND
John Hacker.
Address BY Governor.
Governor ]. A. o. Preus in his
address compared the state OF MIN
nesota to maiden, whose skirts
are the green field and corps, her
torso the iron mines and her eyes
the sparkling gems of the ten thou
sand lakes. He said that Minneso-
tians had received a great heritage
from their pioneer forefathers, who
had braved the wilds of this region
and had laid the foundation for this
great commonwealth. He was al
Ways pleased to address pioneers,
for his parents had been pioneers
of the state of Wisconsin. He had
known what it was to work on the
farm milking cows. before the day
of the modern milking machine.
The speaker lauded the brave men
and women who had the courage TO
come out into the wilderness and
hew out the forest and transform
the country into the rich region OF
today so that their posterity might
live at a greater ease and comfort
than they did.
The governor urged co operation
in all lines, and especially in dairy
ing and the marketing of the fsgm
products and livestock. He also
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