The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-09-07
bird ISLAND BOY,
3, NEARLY BROWNS
lin WATER BARREL
GRANDSON OF BECHYN
PEOPLE UNCONSCIOUS
WHEN DISCOVERED
BY Lydia Kodet

BY Lydia Kodet
Bechyn - Leonard, three year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Goblirsch of Bird Island, nearly
drowned Saturday when he fell
in a barrel containing some water.
Apparently he reached into the
barrel and lost his balance. His
mother found him unconscious
and called a physician who re-
vived him. He is the grandson of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Frank of
Bechyn.
Mary Dolezal who is staying in
Bird Island spent Friday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Dole
Zal and family.
Elliert Larsen of Minneapolis
spent Saturday and Sunday at the
John Macholda home. His daugh-
tiers Audrey and Ardella returned
with him Monday after spending
the summer here.
Angelina Kodet has returned
home after being employed for
four weeks at the John Kelly
home near Olivia.
Among those who attended the
st. Mary's church picnic were:
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Kodet, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Swoboda, Mr.. and
Mrs, Glenn Jennings and DIR. Cep-
lecha of Redwood Falls, DR.. j. A.
Cosgriff and family, Gordon Kelly
and family, George Halliday and
family, Barney Jansen and fam
lily, Mrs. John Comford and
Eileen, Mr.. and Mrs. John Serbus
and Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Corn
well of Olivia, Mr.. and Mrs. OS-
car Dahmes of Morgan, George
Goldfish and family of Vesta, Rita,
Rose and Florence Kahnke of
Delhi, Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Tomek
and son, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Picha, Mrs. Krika, Leonella
Simek, Myles Bartusek and Joe
Kucera of New Prague.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Kojetin
visited Sunday with their son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Wertish and family who
live near Bird Island.
Mrs. John Serbus of Olivia was
a dinner guest Saturday of her
daughter, Mrs. Anna Frank and
family.
Marietta Kodet, a bride to be,
was honored at linen shower at
the w. c. Kodet home Thursday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Goblir-
sch, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Nemitz,
Mrs. Henry P. Frank, Mrs. John
A. Kodet, Mrs. William J. Kelly,
Mrs. Mary Horejsi, Bernice Zetah,
Joseph Dolezal and Peter Swo-
boda went to Winona Wednesday
and returned Thursday evening.
Lillian Wohnoutka spent last
week at the William Davis home
in Stewart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Kubesh of
Olivia and Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Ridl and son motored to New Ulm
Sunday to visit Mr.. Ridls mother
who is a patient at hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry P. Frank
and family, Philothea and Mary
Kodet and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Wohnoutka were Sunday dinner
guests at the Joseph j. Wohnoutka
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. SWoboda
of Redwood Falls and daughter
Angela of Toledo, Ohio spent
Tuesday evening at the Frank T.
Kodet home.
Mary Dolezal attended the state
fair Saturday with Mrs. Boushard
Of Bird Island.
Dr.. j. A. Cosgriff and family of
Olivia were callers at the Alois E.
Kodet home Sunday afternoon.
Dale Haney of Fairfax, S. D.
is employed at the w. E. Kojetin
home.
Mrs. Anna Wertish and family
and Mrs. Mary Trochlil went to
New Prague and Montgomery
Sunday to visit relatives.
Alice Zetah of st. Paul spent
Sunday and Monday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Zetah and family.
Joseph Serbus, who was a pat
lent at New Ulm hospital re-
turned home Thursday.
State fair visitors from here in
~eluded Mr.. and Mrs. George Woh-
noutka, Agnes Hennegref, Milo
Frank, Miloyd Wohnoutka, Alois
and Irving Zetah, David and Ed
ward Frank, Frank Zetah and son
Raymond.