The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-12-05
Vernon Center

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Martin Halvorsen is visiting rela-
tives in Colman, n. ID.
Rev. Palmer spent Tuesday call
ing on his parishioners in Garden
City.
F. r. Lowell is serving as petit
juror on the November term of
court
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Barnes spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Barnes
parents in Lake Crystal.
Misses Josephine and May Cornish
were Sunday guests of Mrs Thorn
as Caven Of West Lyra.
Harry Wrightson was down from
Blue Earth part of last week on a
short visit to old friends
The ladies of the Methodist church
realized $6i.S5 from their chicken
pie supper last Wednesday.
Claude Randall has installed light
ing plants in the Methodist church
and in the homes of f. r. Lowell
and George Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Roberts and
brother and sister, also H. S. Rob-
erts of Milbank, S. D., spent Sunday
with Vernon relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baumgartner went
to Rochester last Saturday, where
Mr.. Baumgartner will have his
throat operated upon.
Miss Frances Palmer spent the
weekend with her parents at the
parsonage, returning to her studies
at CARLTON Monday morning.
Hon. Miles Porter and family and
Mrs. Frank Clague of Redwood Falls
are here to spend Thanksgiving
with the Porter and Lowell families.
Union Thanksgiving services will
be held in the Methodist church
this evening. Rev. Palmer will de-
liver the sermon and the Baptist
choir will sing.
Mesdames Violet Thurston, Lulu
Gates and Misses Liza Wilson. Lois
Clongh and Lucy Gates of Garden
City spent Sunday with Mrs. c.. NJ.
Warren, making the trip in the
formers car
Mr.. and Mrs. Beryl Clement and
little daughter Of Redwood Falls
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Force and
baby Of Clear Lake, and Harry Gle.
ment of Yamaki, Wash, arrived this
week to spend Thanksgiving with
their parents, Rev. and Mrs. w. II.
Clement.
Among the Vernon people who
! were in Mankato Thursday, either
| on business or pleasure were Hugh
, and Gene Francis, Otto Peterson,
Jim Weir, Claude Meixell, George
Grey, Howard Francis, Myron Ran
dali, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs Cooper and
Miss Blanch Randall.
! Temperance Sunday will be OBJ
served in the Methodist church next
Sunday evening. A short address
by Rev. Palmer, special music and
several readings will make up the
program, which no one can afford
to miss. The meeting will be in
charge of the local w. C. T. U.
st. Mathews church was the scene
of a very pretty wedding Wednesday
| morning at ten o'clock when Miss
Jennie, the eldest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Weir, became the
bride of Mr.. William Pfeffer of
Vernon. Rev. Father Colbert per-
formed the ceremony in the pres
ence of number of relatives and
intimates friends. The church was
prettily decorated with ferns and
white carnations. Mrs Thomas Ca
sin of the bride and Mr. Frank Pfef-
the Lohengren bridal chorus for the
procession. The bridal couple was
a-tended by Miss Celia Weir, cou-
sin Of the bride and Mr. Frank Pfc
fer, brother of the groom. The
brides maids dress was of pale
blue silk wolfe trimmed with lace
medallions. She wore a white hat
and carried a rosary. The bride
looked charming in a gown of white
chiffon over white silk. The over
drape was piped in pale blue. with
sash and girdle to match. She wore
white beaver hat with white
plumes, and carried her rosary. I'M
mediately after high mass, which
was followed by the marriage cere-
mony, the bridal couple, accompan.
! led by the immediate families, drove
to the home of the brides parents,
for the wedding breakfast Congrat-
ulation of many friends are extend
ed to the young couple, who will
be at home on the groom's farm
five miles north of town after De.
cember i. Mr.. and Mrs Pfaffer have
the distinction of being the first
couple married in st. Mathews
church. August Pfeffer, the young.
est brother of the groom. who is
attending school in Prairie Du Chen
Wis, was home for the wedding.