Alexandria Willmar High Schools Debate Over Government Ownership
The first city debate in years at the courthouse pitted Alexandria and Willmar high schools on whether telephone and telegraph lines should be government owned. Judges and chairs praised both teams, with Willmar led by Amy Severinson, Walker Kendall, and Edna Johnson while Alexandria featured Anna Olson Clayton Parks and Frederick McCrea. The event included a sixth grade Christmas play and a high school glee club recital, followed by a banquet at the Domestic Science building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Willmar
Amy Severinson
Walker Kendall
Edna Johnson
Anna Olson
Clayton Parks
Frederick McCrea
Witlmar
Acc
Supt
Mandeville
Delano
Gurlickson
Atwater
Kane
Benson
R. W. Stanford
Germany
Manitoba
Can
Tate
Dassel Triumph Over Local Team in Easy Win
A Dassel high school basketball game at the local gym last Saturday ended 45 to 1 in favor of the home team. Severinson scored 10 field baskets, Erickson 4, Holt 3, with Norden and Sather also contributing. Wreisner led the visitors with four baskets. fouls listed for several players. Referee Johnson and umpire McEnroe officiated. A separate docket notes a petition for a long judicial ditch in Kandiyoh and Meeker counties, with survey and hearings planned. John Norgaard named surveyor. The Maseronic Building Association elected officers: Wellin as president, Bandy VP, Otterness secretary, Spicer treasurer, and a board including H. S. Peterson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dassel
Severinson
Norden
Holt
Erickson
Willmar
Yarrow
Sather
Johnston
Hedberg
Wreisner
Willmar Daniel Sather
Csecses
Norden Severinson RF
Wreisner Erickson
C. Sisson Holt Oi
LG Damuth
Brown
Baskets
Sisson
Johnson
McEnroe
Kandiyoht
Meeker
John Norgaard
Granite Falls
J’ Sexton
Litchfield
R. W. Stanford
Chas. Johnson
T. C. Gilbert
Norwegian Lutheran Synod
Vinie
J. N. Andersen
Trensurer
A. A. Anderson
Jos. O. Estrem
L. A. Tresvold
J. L. Johnson
A. Strutness
A. C. Pederson
Norman H. Tallakson
L. A. Tijosvold
P. Balke
Albert Struxness
Ushera
L. A. Tjosvold
Edw. Gredeson
Death by own action at GE Nels B Nelson ends life on farm
Nels B Nelson a Litchfield resident visiting Tennessee reportedly hanged himself on Andrew E Anderson’s farm near the town of Tennessee last Saturday evening. His body was found next morning under a wire fence, face down in snow, suspended by suspenders. Coroner Branton ruled suicide. Nelson had been janitor at Litchfield schools and was married with no children. Authorities note possible mental derangement and a prior suicide attempt by shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels B. Nelson
Litchfield
Andrew E. Anderson
Tennessee
Nelson
Branton
Religious meetings and notices in Willmar churches
Church schedule including Lutheran Free, Swedish Mission, Norwestand and Bethel Lutheran services. Events cover prayer meetings, Sunday schools, youth society meetings, and ladies’ aid sessions with dates in January. Also notes on First Church of Christ Scientist Life service and Salvation Army events, plus local society announcements and community visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B
Ladies’ Aid
Mesdames
C. A. Brown
Aug. Hultberg
Epworth League
Aes
Bethel Lutheran
Young People’s Society
Ry First Church OF Christ Scientist
Kan dyohl County Fair appoints 1915 superintendents
The Board of Managers met at the Commercial Club room last Monday and named the 1915 fair superintendents for multiple departments including C. O. Bergquist in Horse, J. S. Anderson in Cattle Swine and Sheep, Harold Heanings in Poultry, John Wiklund in Fruit and Butter, John Ahstrom in Vegetables Corn and Grains, Peter Bonde in Flowers, Mrs. J. Sanderson in Domestic Cooking, Mrs. M. Sandbo in Needlework and Fancy Articles, and P. M. Burns as Speedway superintendent. They will meet February 2 to set premium levels. admission fees remain unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kandiyohl County Fair
J. 5. Sanderson
M. T. Sandbo
Speedway
P. M. Burns
Board of Managers
Annual Meetings of Logal Churches In Willmar Area
Three Willmar church groups held annual meetings with new officers elected. Bethel chose Erick Oheberg as deacon for three years and M W Blomquist as trustee. Esther Hegstrom became organist. several delegates and a bazaar building committee were named. Other congregations reported steady finances and officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willmar
Bethel
Erick Oheberg
M.W. Blomquist
Samuel Nelson
Esther Hegstrom
August Johnson
Chas ‘Wallin
E. P. Bjornberg
Charles Johnson
O. A. Norman
V. E. Lawson
8. B. Carlson
Erick Ohsberg
Lutheran Free Church
C. C. Birkeland
P. P. Lillegaarden
Nils Pedersen
Descena
Leak J. Barsebo
Halvor Shipstead
OQ. N. Elgeroas
Sivert Johnson
P. P. Lilligearden
Albert J. Johnson
Peter Bassebo
Holt
S. A. Rasmussen
A. Jacobsen
Gilbert O. Sand
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rural Teachers’ Club
Prosram
Murdock
Mary Patrick
Minnie Gustafson
Bertha Anderson
Veaee
Misa
Stella Holt
Julia Peterson
Majestic Bookings
Mark Carey
Marie Dressler
Tillie
Marie Dresgler
Chas. Chaplin
Mabel Normand
Alice Brady
Clara Kimball Young
Women’s History Club
Women's History Club
W. M. Chase
Magazine
Review
Cleveland Moffett
J. A. Curran
Bethel Ladies’ Aid
Ladies’ Aid Society
Bethel Lutheran Church
N. O. Nelson
John Sandeen
John Peterson
Hilda Broman
Needlework Guild
Commercial Club
Jessie Moore
Geo. E. Thomas
Synod Y. P
Young People's Society of the
Synod Church
Bothen
M. O. Thorpe
N. W. Greenings
John Ahlstrom
Elmhurst
Minnesota
H. M. Stanford
Chicago
E. M. Stanford
Gotthard Lindholm
Erick Glad
Francis Kielty
DeGratt
Albert Peterson
Grove City
Henry G. Albrecht
Ed. Woodcock
Tom Kavanaugh
B. F. Porter
Minneapolis
C. G. Sandberg
Stillwater
Martin Olson
James Sanderson
Harker
Clara City
W. J. Ruddy
Charles Sullivan
Baby
Maynard
Nora Estrem
Fergus Falls
Ow. R. Loney
Fargo
North Dakota
Lewis Rossum
Pennock
Thomas Scotton
Francis Higgins
Oscar Hongberg
Spicer
Cyrus Sullivan
Esther Satterlee
Montevideo
Wittmar Seminary
John Berg
Ed. Johneonsmear
Grover Krumsiek
Anna
Godfrey Holzinger
G. A. Holsinger
Kerkhoven
Edith Estrem
Alma Syvgertson
Red Wing
Ladies’ Seminary
James A. Curran
New York City
Central Minnesota Produce Co
Misa Martha Haley
W. B. Crosby
Ottie Tallakson
Glenwood
Cite
William Olson
Joe Gerlack
F. J. Handy
Swan Lake
Mamre
Willmar Seminary
Kandiyohi
N.B. Carlson
Peter Rasmussen
Cut Bank
Mont
Wm. Lundbergs
J. Otterness
Dovre
Hey
W. E. Pearson
George Johnson
Clara Allen
H. P. Johnson
A. T. Lear
Casselton
N. D
C. Dabibetm
Minneapolia
James Condon
Winnipeg
Phillip Haley
Miay Thora Volkholm
George Sanderson
Winifred Sherwood
Stumley
N. Dak
Askil Halvorson
Iowa
Martina Berg
Albin Carlson
Benton
Thin Rity
Henry Stenson
Colfax
Arthur Limperich
Velty
Gus Thunstedt
John Feig
Adeline
H. C. Feig
Raymond
Oscar Melander
Edith Thorson
Charles Dalheim
Roulston
Presbyterian
Sivert Osmundson
Mininneapolia
Minnesota State Poultry Association
Arnold Anderson
Holt's
Priam Ladies’ Society
Wenstrand
Salem Mission Church
Norw. Luth
SYNOD
Norwestand
Edw. Tallakson
Parlora
M. 0
Thorpe
Salvation Army
Anns Rokke
Ensign
Lindberg
Edith Lindberg
Baptist Church
Tullus Anderson
Medelia
Chas. Sullivan and Son
Barber
Eben Lawson
Emme
Ida Johnson
Lydia
Maris Erlandson
Kandlyoht
Patrick Lawler
Alice
D. W. Haley
Lake Elizabeth
Mra
Kruge
Extension
The
State University
Ee Theatre We the Hig
Walls of Jericho
Ben
Becker Ave
Jane McDonald
Diecuss
Carlson Hall
Misa Jennie Swenson
Henrietta Mickelson
Ida Sanderson
Norman Tallakson
Albert Nordstrom
Seminary
Delano Town
Diedrichs
Presbyterian Church
Jane
St Louis
Corrinna Brown
Ruth Harris
Leo Fristrom
Eagle Lake
M. B. Michaelson
Mark H. Carey
Che. Wask
Courier Neaa
Andrew Larsen L. C. Tharpe
B. N. Tallman
Mierd J
Estrem
Logal Churches
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