The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-02
Legion AT GAINESVILLE
Were the Fine Hosts
Post Kept Open House For
Business Men; News of
Village
Especial To The Free Press

Post No Isl were hosts to the busi-
ness men of this city. All the bust
ness men Of the city were invited
and practically all were present.
The utmost freedom prevailed at
this meeting, the discussions were
frank and covered all shades of
opinion as they were voiced on the
various matters that were brought
up. The question Of reorganiZing
was brought up and after going over
the situation with respect to tais
hold another meeting later on at
which in all probability the ma
chinery OF organization will be per-
fected. Undoubtedly the most i'm
portant action taken at this meeting
was the pledge by those present of
1925 towards the rehabilitation OF
the band a musical organization
that this community cannot afford
to be without. A committee was
appoined to go out and solicit ad-
ditional contributions and 1t is ex-
pected that the amount will rise to
the neighborhood of $500 by the
time the labors of the committee
are finised. The meeting voted to
hold a community Cristmas tree,
the first event Of this nature ever to
be held in this place, and a commit
tee was appointed to arrange the de-
tails of the plans for this affair
which promises to please the young
folks Of this place. The matter of
bargain days was brought up and
after considerable discussion the
general view seemed to be that no
til the first Of the year. The rush of
nNnfrnnfC
business men at the present time
and it was felt that this would make
lively enough conditions without
venturing upon the project of bar
gain days until the holiday season
Is past. Another project that was
brought up and that found generally
favorable approvable was the mat
ter of having the rifles that the To-
cal post secured from the war de-
partment two years ago. distributed
among the members of the post and
retained in their houses where they
will be available in case OF sudden
emergency such as a robbery. I'M
mediately upon an alarm that band
its are active in the community the
members Of the legion most will take
their rifles hurry to the sDot and
assist the authorities in the en-
deavors to capture the bandits. 1t
was argued that this is being done
in many parts of the country In ac-
cordance with the wish of the Fed
eral Government. It is said that
this will be effectual, to prevent
from the communities where the
military rifles are so disposed. All
who attended this meeting feel par
ticu1arlv pleased at the coneenial
hospitality Of the members OF the
legion who entertained them and
, supplied SMOKES and refreshments
and they are disnosed to permit the
war veterans to take an active lead
in all the a~airs Of the ctrb and
the community. commercially So
riaIlv and otherwise The success
Of the meeting in getting the COM
mittees apointed and started on
their work without having organiz-
ed, shows the zeal and enthusiasm
that characterized the sentiment
at this meeting.
In the work of tearing out the
foundation Of st. Annes Catholic
church which is being reconstruct
| ed, workmen on Tuesday removed
the old corner stone which was lad
when the building was built In 1877.
| The tin box contained in the corner
stone was opened and. some inter-
esting relics were found. One paper
! in writing contained piece which
was a history of the church from
the time the first priest came out
! from Mankato in 1853 to administer
mass to the few settlers that lived
! in this region in that early day.
There was also an Argus and a
Catholic Chronicle Of June 1877, the
time the corner stone was laid.
An important business meeting OF
the Methodist Episcopal Ladies' Aid
was held Friday afternoon at the
| home of Mrs. F. H. Uhlman.
The Ladies of ST. Anne's Catholic
church served supper Thursday eT-
ening at the Odd Fellows Hall.
DR.. T. M. Joyce and ]. A. Henry,
drove to st. Paul Wednesday after
noon. Mr. Henry returned Thursday
afternoon and the doctor remained
over until Saturday or Sunday,
chiefly to attend a prize tigh: Thurs
day night.
J. M. Gordon and ]. A. Henry
drove to Waseca Thursday after
noon and attended the funeral OF j.
W. Aughanbaugh.
Bert Rich, who has been visiting
his nephew ]. B. Hubbard of this
city and other relatives, returned to
I his home in Buffalo, N. Y, Thursday
afternoon.
The GAINESVILLE Dramatic club has
selected the Regeneration Of Aunt
Mary as the home talent play
which they will put on Thursday
and Friday evenings November 8
and 9. They are working with con:
spicious energy under the detailed
direction Of Mrs. Eugene Cahill, to
make this play a TREMENDOUS success.
Mrs. Mable Nyquist and other Ia
dies gave a reception to the teach
ers and a number of invited guests
In the Odd Fellows hall Tuesday
evening. 1t was one OF the incest
social functions Of the season and
wa sfeatu ermhtiwduc
! was featured with much that tenn
ed with unusual pleasure. Games
and dancing were INDUCED in.
John Wagner, a resident OF this
city and vicinity for many years a
: veteran of the Civil war who has
held many political offices of trust
in local affairs voices the timely
sentiment when he came out and
advocated a new school building for
GAINESVILLE. His wish is that all or
, the outlying districts should consol-
+, idate and tooether with the city,
contruct a most modern and upto-
date building equipped with the lat
est facilities for the carrying on OF
the educational work. The present
building is greatly over crowded
and a new building would be equip
ped for relieving these conditions