The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-11-10
NEWS FROM GOOD
THUNDER IS LISTED
Cable Mill Bridge Over Blue
Earth To Be Repaired
STORIES OF THEVILkAGE
Lyra Has Ladies Unit That Is
Taking On Demonstration
Work

Good Thunder. November 9.-Arth-
ur and Wayne McGrew are hauling
the material needed in repairing
the Cable Mill bridge over the Blue
Earth river. The brid. MS in a poor
condition and needs u :. De replank'
ed badly. Bids for the repair work
will be received by the Lyra town
board on Thursday at noon. I'm
mediateiy after this work will begin.
Miss Frieda Rosin enjoyed q
weeks vacation from her duties al
the Boettcher cafe.
Halloween eve passed by and the
town found itself none the worse
as no disturbances were made. the
weather being wet all youths found
the best place to be was in the
house. Even the little folks dir +.
get out to scare folks with their
glaring JACKIE lanterns.
Miss Ida Possin was a Mankato
caller on Friday afternoon.
The Young Peoples society OF s.,
Johns Lutheran church met at the
club rooms Thursday evening. Fifty
seven were present The following
splendid program was given.
Story of Attack, male quartet, Dr.
A. ]. Schuldt. Ben Luedtke. Will
Beschnett and Louis Stuemke.
Reading. Whose Girl Am T. Cor
nelia Pautsch-
Violin selection, Victor Sperra,
accompanied by Lulu Darge.
Dialogue, Ny First Five O'CLOCK
Tea, Esther Lachmiller, Frieda Ros-
in, Elsa WTucke and Sophia Wrucke.
Rev. A, c. Bode gave a scripture
reading. Games were enjoyed after
the program. Luncheon was served.
Those on the committee were Meta
Sperlich, Sophia Wrucke, Walter
Sohre and Louis Stuemke. The next
meeting vii be held December Z,
which will be the annual meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Packer were
Mankato callers between trains on
Saturday evening.
Misses Madeline McCarty and
Mildred Schneiderhan, who are
students at Good Counsel academy,
Mankato, spent the week end with
their parents.
Mrs. Emma Wrlcke and son Wal
ter. Mrs. Louis Wrucke and SON
Lawrence and daughter Sophia mo-
tored to Faribault Sunday afternoon
and visited at the Robert and Bar
ney Kalow homes.
Miss Emily Pommeranke, who at
tends college in St Paul, spent the
week end with her mother, Mrs. A.
Pommeranke.
DR. and Mrs. George Schlesselman
visited with relatives at Mankato
Fri6ay afternoon
Miss Elsa Sohre and roommate
Miss Lorena Comstock Of Mankato
spent the week end here at the
home OF Mrs. Sophia Sohre.
Miss Madeline Mountain visited
Saturday night between trains with
her sister Theresa at Mankato, who
attends the State Teachers college
there
Ferd BenzeI, who has employment
at Faribault, spent Sunday with h.
family here. II
Otto and Elda lBaumgard of Vernon
Center were callers in town Friday
Wallace Morlock attended the
Minnesota Wisconsin foot ball game
in the cities on Saturday. He also
visited with his sisters Marie and
Gertrude.
Yiss Henrietta Redemske left Fri
day for her home at South Sheiu
s. D., after spending three weeks
here visiting with relatives.
charge of the Standard Oil ware
house here, resigned his position
and bought the dray line at Maple
ton. He will soon move his family
there and begin work. Fred Meyer
purchased new Ford truck and will
lake charge of the warehouse and
deliver the products in this com =
munity..
Rev. A. Meyer Of Lakefeld drove
to this place Sunday afternoon and
conducted the services at St Johns
Lutheran church Sunday evening,
His topic was the Church and
Church School" In the forenoon
services were conducted by the To-
Z cal pastor, Rev. A. c. Bode in the
American language.
Louis Bunde purchased the Inter-
national truck of Otto Possin last
week and will do trucking any
where. Mr.. Possin who Formerly did
the trucking is going to move back
onto his farm north of the village on
the state road.
Mrs. William NARROW is having
her house remodeled and redecorat-
ed. Work will be completed in a few
weeks. DR.. and Mrs. George Sches-
selman will occupy 1t.
Harold Packer, who had charge OF
the Milwaukee depot for the past
six mnoths, left for Junice, S d..
Tuesday, where he will have charge
of the depot. Mrs. Packer and
daughters will stay here until suit
able arrangements can be made al
the new location.
Lyra has a unit of ladies, who are
taking home demonstration work
under the leadership of Miss Susan
Hough, home demonstration agent
The unit met with Mrs. Dick Arm
strong last week. This course will
extend into January. Those in the
unit are Mrs. Dick Armstrong, Mrs
L. Cox, Mrs. Aldo Phelps, Mrs. Will
liam Bryson, Mrs. Coral Barnard
Mrs. Lee Cox, Mrs. II. Franklin. Mr."
Boyd Forrey, Mrs. Frank Case
Mrs. Julia Fleming, Mrs. S. john
son, and Mrs. e. ZumwaN When
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