The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-02-11
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Mr.. and Mrs. Clemens Hess are
the parents of boy born Tues
day, February 2.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Lund were
Monday evening dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Tyson.
David Feigal who spent several
days in Minneapolis returned
home Saturday morning.
c. H. Burmeister and Franz
Muetzel motored to Minneapolis
Monday morning on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Melges
and Fred Pfeiffer were Friday
evening dinner guests of MIR. and
Mrs. Tom Tyson.
The Ladies Aid of the Metho-
dist church will meet this after
noon at the home of Mrs. o. G.
AuStbo.
Miss Hulda DruSch returned to
her home at Morgan Saturday af-
ter a weeks visit with Miss Flor
ence Hammond
The Kun Join Us Class of the
Methodist church will meet We'd
lICSSdy, L COI OdI - at lllC lloillC
of Mrs. N. H. Bovee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Reynolds
and Miss Mary Finn were guests
when Mrs. George Matson enter
tanned at dinner Sunday in honor
of the birthday of Mr.. Matson.
John Zwach and Clancy Keefe
arrived Friday afternoon from st.
Paul to spend the weekend here.
They were accompanied by Miss
Mercedes Lauterbach who was a
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mike Lauterbach. The party re-
turned Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Rex Clay arrived here Fri
day from Wood Lake where she
had been visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. L. P. Larson. She will
spend week with her sister, Mrs.
c. H. Burmeister before going to
her new home at Portage, Wis
cOnSin.
Mrs. J. F. Franklin was hostess
to the u. H. M. Federated Club at
her home at North Redwood last
Wednesday afternoon. A potluck
lunch was served. Attending
from here were Mrs. Edith Stein
kamD. Mrs. Lester Prodoehl. Mrs.
Harold Melges. Mrs. Tom Tyson
and daughter, Jean Alec.
There was a good attendance of
members at the meeting of the
Methodist Missionary society held
last Thursday afternoon at the
home of its president, Mrs. O. G.
Austbo. During the business
meeting, Mrs. Austbo who had re-
presented the society at a meet
ing held January 13 in Minneapo-
lis, reported on that gathering and
spoke particularly on the talk
given by missionary who had
seen service both in China and
India. Because of the caste sys-
tenn in the latter country, and the
tolerance of the Christian presi-
dent of China, China has the
more hopeful outlook. Mrs. A. j..
White using the topic, "The Way
of Life was in charge of the de-
votional service. Mrs J. L. Par
son outlined the high lights of the
study lesson which was presented
by Miss M. Alice Ide. Her subject
based on the home missionary
study, ''The Negroes of America"
was THE Contribution of the Ne
grOes to the Cultural life of Am
erica" Listing those contribu-
tions under six heads. Music, La
Dor, Folk lore Humor, Religion and
Art and Literature, Miss Ide dis
cussed the importance of negro
spirituals and illustrated them
with the use of a victrola The
Fiske Jubilee Singers, Paul Rob-
inson and Roland Hayes were also
spoken of as outstanding in the
field of music. The Uncle Remus
stories were claSSed as a distinct
gift to the folk lore of the country
and the play Green Pastures" was
another example of the simple be-
liefs of the negro. Two of Paul
Lawrence Dunbar's poems "The
Little Brown Baby" and "a Banjo
Song" were read as examples of
the art of the black race and the
story, "Eneas Africanus" by Har-
ry Stillwell Edwards. a part of
which appeared in the January
Readers Digest is another illus
tration of the possibilities of the
negro. The closing rumber was a
reading ''The Swan Song" by
Lorraine Martin. Refreshments
were served by Mrs. Austbo, Mrs.
B. H. Clark. Mrs. D. w. Gold and
Mrs. A. w. Park.