The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-02-19
LambertOn

The Lamberton Reading Club helt
very interesting meeting Monday
evening at the home of Mrs. l.. H
Grimm. Collect was read by Mrs. A
G. Einen and splendid program Civ.
en- by Mrs. Claude De Courcey on the
lives of Grace and Calvin Coolidge
Miss Louise Fering on PHYSIOLOGY
and Mrs. A. G. Einen on Musica
America. Mesdames c. R. Carlson
H. Sievers and A. j. Praxel were
elected on the program committee fol
1880 and 1881 and suggestions fol
next years program was the subject
of Roll Call. The Rest Room Com
mittee reported curtains made and
hung and the need for minor items
there. Mrs. H. Sievers, chairman of
Banquet Committee, announced that
the dinner would be served at the
home of Mrs. Guy Van Duzee Mon
day evening, February "a. Mrs. R.
o. Storberg was elected a member
of the club.
The Declamatory contest was as
usual an event of more than passing
interest as the large attendance at
the high school auditorium Monday
evening testified. William Gerhard,
president of the Senior class, presid-
ed and the Glee Club made it's first
appearance and was much appreciat-
ed, the result of faithful attendance
to practice on the part of members
and their instructor, Miss Honaas.
In oratory Ralph Anderson giving
'Emmets Vindication" and Ellsworth
Bakken in "a Fathers Plea for His
Son" did particularly we'll for a first
attempt. There were five entrants
in Dramatics, drilled faithfully and
well by Miss Morgan. Public opinion
was divided but the judges gave first
place to Adele Jhunke in "Laddie,"
second Little Mother" by Carma
Stonebraker and third to Marvel Bak-
ken in "God Remembers" Others
particularly mentioned were Vera
Leopold and Marinne Harrington.
Olive Woody and Mildred Jeckyll
were also good. Miss Goughan coach
ed those giving the Humorous selec-
tons and right well she too, did her
job. Here too, public opinion was.
divided between Camilla Hess and
Harold Coulter, the latter carrying
off first place and Miss Hess second.
Lila Block also gave a splendid ac-
count of herself. ''De World Serial
was that chosen by Harold Coulter
and minnie at the Roller Skating
Rink" by Miss Hess. Altogether the
contest was very good. The judges
were Superintendent Gibson, Miss
Miller and Miss Gilbert, all of Wabas-
SO.
Mrs. West living on the Mrs. A. W..
Osher place, just outside of the city
limits, fell while going into the cellar
Tuesday, injuring her back severely.
1t was some time before she could
get upstairs and send the children
for help. 1t was found that she had
struck a brick on the cellar floor.
The family are in dire circumstances.
A novel plan for social contact and
the raising of funds for the church
is to be carried out by the Ladies Aid
of the Methodist church. The plan
is called Vanishing Tea. Friday
has been chosen for luncheon at the
church parlors to which the visiting
speakers to the Agricultural meeting
will be guests. Mrs. E. M. McKibben,
president of the Ladies Aid and Mrs.
c. w. Hamlon who introduced the
plan here have invited eight ladies,
Mesdames John Stonebraker, J. H.
WOolley, Joseph Coulter, E. l.. Ander-
son, Guy Van Duzee, C. w. Reed, c..
H. Halvarson and Walter Nelson
with their husbands to be their
guests. In turn four of these ladies,
Mines. Stonebraker, Coulter, Reed
and Anderson have each invited four
others with their husbands to the
luncheon. The other four ladies will
entertain four each at their homes
and all of the guests of the original
eight ladies will in turn each enter
tain two others at their homes some
time during the month of February.