The Mankato free press., 1923-10-19
STORIES FROM KERNS
Ladies' Aid Society To Give 1t
Annual Chicken Dinner

LADIES' Ala society TO SiNe itS
Annual Chicken Dinner
Kerns, October II The Ladies'
Aid society will give its annual
chicken supper at the parsonage
this week Friday evening. The band
will furnish music at the church
during the entire evening. The lad
Il les will serve fried chicken for this
supper and with the chicken will
go the necessary things, to make up
dinner. Everyone is cordially in
vited to attend. Supper will be ser
we'd from six o'clock until late IN
Mr. Miller of st. Paul spoke at
the church Sunday for the anti
saloon league.
Rev. w. A. Waller, a former pas
tor of the Kerns church spoke at
the Swedish congregational church
in North Mankato Sunday. E.
Last Thursday evening a sur
prise party was given Mrs. Tom
| Waterbury, in honor Of her birth
day. There, were about sixty
guests present. The evening was
spent in dancing and delic-
ious lunch was served. Mrs. Shan
non and Isabel Nourie carried in a
i
of lighted candles on 1t. Mrs. Wa
terbury was presented with a linen
table cloth and napkins to match.
also a purse of money from the
friends present. F. E. Jefferson
made the presentation speech.
Irene Anderson is spending a
couple of weeks with friends IN
Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Piper of Crooks
ton. Mimi, who had been visiting
| in Illinois, were on their way home
and spent SUNDAY night with Mr..
and Mrs. Bulge Hite.
Clarence Grice took dinner with
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Sharp Sunday
and in the afternoon they and Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Grice took ride
around by Nicollet and Oshawa.
Mrs. Couley will start a nursery
at the parsonage Sunday and Will
take care Of small children and
babies allowing the mothers to at
tend church.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Williams OF North
Mankato, spent Thursday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hoop:
Amy and Leonard Lindsy and
Ruth and Harold Chipman hiked to
Mankato Sunday. Late in the af-
ternoon Mr.. and Mrs. Jefferson met
them and took them home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Anderson were
called to Iowa on account OF SICK
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hopp spent sun
| dav with Mr.. and Mrs. August FTel-
| tag.
Humphrey Parry snent SundaO
with his parents at Judsop. Mr.. and
| Mrs. Harvey Parsons Of Norseland
were also guests at the Parry
Mr. and Mrs. Brdoe Hite and
daughter Bernice visited relatives
at Jackson from Friday until Sun
| dav morning.
attends High school at Mankato
spent the week end at their nome
| MarceIla Parsons snent last week
Wednesday at st. Peter.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. PnzicE went tr y,
Webster City Iowa, the latter nar'
of the week with Mr.. and Mrs
Mullen of Mankato. Thev all visit
Ned relatives at Webster City.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Will Carter enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Water
bury and Mr.. and Mrs. Shannon
for supper Sunday evening.
Bertha Grunst of Alpha. Minu.
is spending the week with Mrs
| Bulge Hite.
| Mrs. w. Sharn received a letter
from her daughter, Mrs. George
Rash of Kinesdale, Minn. In the
letter Mrs. Rash said the forest
fires had been within half mile
of their home and they could see
the flames shoot Ilp above the trees
Late Thursday night there was a
heavy rain, the first since Septem
ber 20. The ramp the fires out
Women and children had been help
| ing fight the fires. ..