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 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNT? 1-1 tary, Roy Hopkins; treasurer, Esther Pehrson. The officers of the Young People's Society are: President, Ingvar Juhlin ; vice- president, Edith Lindberg; secretary, Charles Krantz; treasurer, Fred Johnson, Jr. The officers of the Ladies ' Aid Society are : President, Mrs. Hannah Dahl, treasurer, Mrs. G. Gustafson. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. Christian Science in Red Wing has had a history parallel to that in most places. On April j 5, 1905, a few Christian Scientists met and held services at a private residence, Ida G. Beauford acting as first reader. On March 14, 1906, they organized tem- porarily, to be enabled to transact business. In the same month two rooms were rented in the Gladstone building, in which to hold services and open a reading room. Services were held in these rooms from March 25 until July, when, larger quarters being needed, Fraternal hall was rented for the Sunday services, the Wednesday evening meetings being held in the reading rooms. In August, 1907, Miss Beauford decided to make her home in Chicago, and Mrs. Sara E. Myers, of Ripon, Wis., was invited to read. In November, 1908, Mrs. Myers withdrew from the so- ciety and Mrs. Clara M. Palmer w;is elected to fill the vacancy. In March, 1909, the society was organized in conformity with the rules and by-laws of the church manual of the First Church of Christ Scientist, in Boston, Mass., with twelve charter mem- bers, as follows : Miss Grace Thoburn, first reader ; Mrs. Laura Etta Purdy, second reader; Mrs. Ellen M. Schuetz, president; Mrs. Clara M. Palmer, treasurer ; Gena Thoburn, secretary ; G. W. Allison, director; Amos Staples, director; Sybil McConnell, Mrs. Nellie Velander, Mrs. Mary Staples, Mrs. Dora Buel, Jennie Erickson. The Sunday services at Christian Science churches consist of similar services to that of other church denominations, aside from the sermon, which in Christian Science churches con- sist in reading from the Bible and the Christian Science text book, "Science and Health, with key to the Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy, and the lesson sermon is uniform throughout the world. At the reading rooms in the Gladstone building the pub- lic are always welcome.