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 592 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY Bank building were secured. There are now about 175 active members and the present officers are : Jens K. Grondahl, presi- dent; J. L. Silvernale, vice president; 0. A. Ulvin, treasurer; J. F. Merrill, secretary; C. F. Hjermstad, J. E. Kyllo and N. A. Peterson, directors. At the first meeting, held in the office of A. P. Pierce, October 23, 1894, the following business men were present : John H. Rich, S. B. Foot, J. H. Webster, E. H. Blodgett, Hiram Howe, E. A. Pratt, C. W. Barber, J. S. Brenneman, E. S. Hoyt, George D. AVilliston, D. M. Baldwin, Edwin Foot, J. V. Anderson, F. M. Parker, J. W. Brown, Frank Sherman, John D. Warner, E. H. Hoard, P. Jorgenson, H. L. Hjermstad, W. C. Krise, C. Beckman, T. B. Sheldon, L. J. Boynton, Joseph S. Wing, G. W. Hauenstein, L. F. Hubbard and A. P. Pierce. The first officers were : President, John H. Rich ; vice-president, T. B. Sheldon ; secretary, A. P. Pierce ; treasurer, Hiram Howe ; direc- tors, E. H. Blodgett, ('. AY. Barber, C. A. Betcher, R. A. Pratt and E. H. Hoard. Mr. Rich has been followed as president by C. A. Rasmussen, C. W. Barber, A. P. Pierce, C. A. Betcher, J. S. Pardee, AY. S. Vent, D. M. Neill, E. H. Foot, AY. P. Putnam, E. H. Foot and H. J. Hjermstad. The Young Men's Christian Association was organized April 23, 1868, with seventy members. The following year the officers were: President, D. C. Hill; first vice president, J. F. Pingrey; second vice-president, 0. A. Insefh; recording secretary, B. B. Herbert; corresponding secretary, Joseph Lockey; librarian, T. B. McCord; treasurer, F. A. Cole; Rooms were rented and for a time the association flourished. It finally went out of existence. In February, 1909, the state convention met in Red Wing and much interest was aroused in again starting an association here. In the summer of 1909 came the announcement that James Law- ther, whose name was already perpetuated in the Carnegie-Law- ther library, had donated $50,000 for the erection of a building in Red Wing. A site at the corner of Broadway and Main streets was selected and purchased. The new building, complete with all the modern features of a city Young Men's Christian Associa- tion, will probably be completed in the fall of 1910. OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION. January 26, 1869, a meeting was called in Red AVing for the purpose of organizing an "Old Settlers Association." It was held in the Board of Trade rooms at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and those present were: J. C. Weatherby, John Day, William W. Sweney, David Hancock, H. S. Bevans, W. W. DeKay, H. C. Hoffman, J. C. Pierce, A. W. Pratt, S. J. Willard, T. J. Clark,