The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-02
FEAST IS BOOKED
SEASON OF CHEER
Civic and Commercially
Prepares Program
NIGHT OF NOV. 9Th
Activities Mark Organization !;
Orchestra Coming Here
Next Week

Membership meetings of the Civic
and Commerce association will be
resumed on Tuesday, November s.
This will be in the form Of a COM
plimentary banquet for members and
their wives. Notices will be mailed
to all association members, who will
be asked to make reservations for
the supper. A series Of six or seven
meetings will be held. one each
month, beginning with the November
meeting. The meetings held last
year were very successful
An advance sale of tickets for the
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
concert, which is to be given at the
Mankato Armory, next Tuesday
evening, has been made by commit
tees selected by the Armory Seating
Committee Of the Civic and Com
merce association. The nrcreeds OF
this concert is to be applied against
the indebtedness incurred through
the purchase Of the seats for the
Armory. The orchestra, consisting OF
eighty five pieces, will come to Man
kato in a Special train. The enter
tainment will be a rare treat and 1t
win be worth ones while to attend.
Mankato Buyers Prize Week which
Is to be conducted November 10-17,
under the auspices Of the Advertis
ing Forum Of the Civic and Com
merce Association, is fairly "hum-
ming" along. The business men have
raised $2,280 to finance the PROPOSE.
ton. An extensive publicity cam
paign will be put under way next
week. The various committees that
Ing meetings daily, so the entire mat
ter Is receiving constant attention.
200 business houses are CO. operating
on Buyers Prize Week.
The board Of directors Of the Civic
and Commerce association held a
meeting on Tuesday afternoon Of
this week.
All members Of the Civic and Com.
merce association, who are in good
standing, will soon be provided with
framed membership certificates.
These certificates will be issued
whenever a member makes a pay
date Of which the dues are paid will
be shown on the certificate.
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Colonel w. S. Fulton, L. E. Ffero Of
C.>M. & L. e. Fiero, ]. A. Mclaughlin
Of ]. S. Mclaughlin & Sons, and G..
H. WILCOX and B. H. Chesley Of the
Oakland Perrin Company, were elect
ed to membership at this weeks
board meeting. A. F. MCGOWAN has
made application for membership.
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President Charles X. Mayer was
authorized to appoint a committee to
arrange for a big pageant to be stag
ed on July 4, S. and s, next. The
object Of this affair will be to raise
money to apply against the Armory
seating indebtedness.
The label Getty Manufacturing
company, makers Of the q. & G.
potato picking machine. an industry
recentlv brought to Mankato by the
Industrial Committee of the Civic and
Commerce association, is apparently
eetting established on a firm basis
Twenty Of their machines were
placed in operation in big CONNER
cial potato fields OF the Red River
VALLEY this fall. and did work that
was highly satisfa Glory to the manu-
facturers and to the potato raisers.
In a recent five day membership
campaign. the Salt Lake City Cham
Der Of Commerce. secured over 500
new members, with dues at $50 per
year. Dues in the Mankato Civic and
Commerce Association are only $25
a year, or less than one half Of thar
Of the Salt Lake CITY organization
II is not uncommon for civic COM
mercial ORGANIZATIONS TO place their
membership dues at $50 or more
wear. The Civic ard Commerce AS
ISOLATION is a worthy organization
and 1t Is distinct credit to a man
or Woman to hold membership there
in. Now is the time to Join.