The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-07-28
RELlCSzzC0LLECTED
FOR MORGAN FETE
SPECIAL ELECTION TO
VOTE SCHOOL BONDS
SLATED AUGUST )
By Mrs. F. S. Pollard

BY Mrs. F. S. Pollard
Morgan-The sixtieth anniver-
sary celebration ard home COM
ing here August and promises
to be a big event in the history of
Morgan. Several committees are
hard at work and one collecting
articles Of historic value finds its
work particularly interesting.
Several parties have offered ar
ticles, such as spinning wheels,
cooking utensils and wearing ap-
parel which belong to eight or
nine decades ago.
There are many articles hidden
away in the attiCS of homes, that
bring back fond memories. The
writer has a photograph of the
members of the first Aid society
of the Presbyterian church. Of
the SO women in the group only
two, Mrs. Mary George and Mrs.
Chris SOrenSon are living in or
near the village today.
Mrs. Ferdinand Dittbenner pur-
chased the Genevieve Huschke
residence last Thursday. The
house was built nearly SO years
ago by the late G.. w. Ellison and
later became the home of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Huschke Mrs.
Dittbenner and her mother will
take possession as soon as some
improvements are made.
DOrOthea johnson of Aberdeen.
S. D. is spending the week with
Mrs. Gerald Cox, girlhood
friend.
George Green and three sons
have purchased a combine, trad
ing in the handsome house trail
er which was built by Herbert
Green, eldest son of Mr.. Green.
ThreShing of grain is at full
swing now. The rye crop on the
Herman Kohl farm averaged 40
bushels to the acre.
The special school meeting to
vote on the question of issuing
bonds for an addition to the
school building here has been
called for Friday, August 5.
Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Potthoff
are expecting their son, Rev. Har-
Vey Potthoff, pastor of Denver
church, to visit them in August.
Esther Bickhardt, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Bickhardt, is
employed as nurse at the Red
wood Falls hospital.
J. A. Shank returned Saturday
from Mapleton where he has been
repairing buildings on a farm
WHICH he owns there
Friends and relatives surprised
Mrs. John Kleinschmidt at her
home Friday evening, on her
birthday.
Marion Paulson of Vermillion,
S. D. was the guest of Au Della
and Hazel Tompkins last week.
The girls were neighbors and
playmateS and had not seen each
other for Is years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raleigh Jennings
Emma Banker) and MIR. and
Mrs. Cyrus Jennings, parents of
the former, all of Long Beach,
Calf. visited at the G. B. Root
home last week. They were &C
companied here by Mrs. George
Root of Redwood Falls. Early
settlers here recall the photo
graph studio operated by Mr..
Jennings in the gay nineties." 1t
was destroyed by fire and the
family moved to California where
Mr.. Jennings is employed in a
bank. One of the two daughters
born to the Jennings lives in ST.
Paul and the party will visit there
be fore returning to California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer FiXsen of
Minneapolis were overnight
guests at the parental Will Fix
sen home Sunday. Monday NOR
ming Mr.. and Mrs. Will Fixsen
went to the Twin Cities for a few
days visit with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Scarlet with DR..
and Mrs. John Hoff of Marshall
were entertained at Sunday din
ner at the Glenn Seimer home.
Fern Kramer of Seaforth is
spending the week with her aunt
Mrs. Raymond Reding.
Mrs. Herman Lueken has re-
turned from New Ulm hospital
and is making a good recovery
following a gall bladder opera
ton.
Mrs. w. w. Garlic had as her
guests Thursday her four sisters,
Mrs. Elsie Gloden of Excelsior,
Mrs. Hattie GWinn of near Frank
lin and Anna and Lillian Wedur-
ath, both of Minneapolis.
Lyle Steele, Freeborn county
superintendent of schools, spent
the weekend with his parents
Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Steele. Sum-
day evening Mrs. Steele accom-
panied him to Duluth by car to
spend a few days with Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Swenson (Ethel
Steele).
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