The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-07-22
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING.
Vernon Cen'erites Take Great In
terest in Their School.

Vernon Center, July l9.-At the an
nual meeting of the board of educa-
ton held Saturday night Carlos NJ
Warren was elected member of the board
to fill the expired term of Mrs. Thorn
son.
The sum of $1,000 was voted for gen.
eral expense for the coming school year.
The board also decided to purchase a
new organ for the high school, and to
have the high school building fitted with
storm windows throughout.
The prospects for a very successful
year never were better and the citizens
of this village have good cause to feel
proud of the school system as managed
at present.
To show the quality of work done by
the students the past term, it will suffice
to say that out of seventy seven eXami-
nation papers sent to the state examin-
ing board sixty were passed. Pro-
fessor Oliver, the newly elected principal
is a graduate of the university of Wis
consin and Waupun college, and comes
highly recommended to the board as an
| instructor.
! Fac Slower accompanied her grand
mother to Winnebago last Saturday and
will visit friends week.
E. G. Mairs is enjoying a visit from his
! brothers of Sioux Falls and Mankato
Mrs. A. B. Mares of Mankato left fol
Heron Lake Saturday after weeks
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Mares.
Mrs. P. L. Wyman, who has been
critically ill the past few days, is i'm.
proving slowly.
l Miss johnson of Lake Crystal has
been looking over the field with a view
of opening dressmaking parlor in Yer,
non.
Word was received here last week OF
the birth of baby boy to Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Kraus at Haasee, n. d. Mrs
Kraus was formerly Katherine Cornish.
/ An ordinance passed by the council
last week prohibiting push carts, etc.
from using the walks, has started a
"rag chewing contest that is worth more
than a good vaudeville performance.
Let the good work go on. 1--WE don't
mean the st CO
| Mr.. and Mrs. P. L. Wyman mourn
the loss of their infant child which pass
ed away on Friday last.
/ A. E. Quimby and wife took an auto
trip to Garden City Sunday. They were
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Quinn
by.
Charles Pepper, for the past three
years employed in the office of the Pull,
man company at Chicago, has resigned
and accepted similar position with the
International Harvester company at
Mankato.
! Prof. R. Fl. Brown spent Sunday with
his family, returning to his duties at
the normal, on the early train Monday
! T. w. Hart, the jolly Mankato shoe
man and candidate for county treasurer
was in Vernon looking after his interests
Monday. Tom has many friends in Yer
non who will no doubt remember him at
the primaries.
Stella Rasdall of st. Clair is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Robert Brown.
The farmers in this vicinity are excep-
tionally busy at present, and from all
reports, all kinds of crops will yield bet
ter than average years, with good wea-
Their from now on.
The handsome new residence OF f.
w. Washburn is fast nearing compile
ton, and when finished will be one of the
most modern and up to date homes in
this part of the country.
Magnus Anderson and family will
leave the first of the week for Cumber-
land, Wis, where they will reside in the
future.
/ Mrs. ]. w. Stebbins, who has been
quite seriously i'll for some weeks past,
at the home of Rev. Cowgirl at Manka-
to, was brought to her home Saturday
last and is getting along nicely at pres
ent.
Today is the big ball game at Lake
Crystal, and quite crowd has gone
from Vernon.