The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-23
Fifty Machines In Line; Visitors
Given Greeting
BROUGHT Band WITH THEM
Served With Lemonade BY Committee
From Mankato Organization; Those
In The Party

cession. brought into Mankato jolly
crowd of visitors from Vernon Center
and Garden City shortly before noon
today. Before reaching Sibley park
the guests we're hailed with the
greetings of the Mankato Automobile
club, by four representatives. John ii.
Holman, the president; NJ. d. Fritz.
Fred Otto and ]. J. Flachsenhar who
came i'm an auto to meet the process
sion. II anything further could have
been needed to convince the most
casual observer that II was a socia :
bility tour. the want was abundantly
supplied by the presence of the Yer
non Center band.
This band consisted OF ten pieces.
The players were Clifford Mead, Har-
old Cox, Wayne Quiggle, Roy Conk-
lin, Al Jonker. Orie Klingaman, VIII
liam PAIL, Albert HunholtZ, Lyle
Cooper and Elmer Robson. The pro-
cession included hospital car I'm the
charge of Bowen q Son, ready for
any emergencies.
The tour started this morning from
forty cars. At Garden City ten cars
joined. The procession next made
its way to Rapidan dam, thence to
Sibley park and to the Elks' club.
Here a stop was made. The band
played and the guests alighted. They
were served with sweet waters and
lemonade Then the tour was con-
tinued by way of Eagle Lake to Madi-
son Lake, where the tourists were TO
have dinner.
| The committee in charge OF the
tour consisted of Lester Fleming, j.
X. Mobiles, w. ]. Richter, +. III. Barnes
and l.. G.. Rev.
These Were in the Party.
The following were I'm the party
when Il left Vernon Center:
]. l.. Halvorson and wife. George
Seawright and mother, Mrs. Sarah
Franklin and son and daughter, ID. G.
Cornish and wife, VIII Stelter, Fred
Iker and wife. Bert Straitor and wife,
George Gray and wife, George Brown
and wife, Will Muske, Ed Barnes and
family, Mrs. T. G. Clement. G. F..
Force and family, William PAIL and
wife, Arthur Madison and wife, Ray
Conklin, Miss Lille Halverson, Frank
Clague, Miles Porter and party, j.
1 r. Mobiles and family, John Bowen
and family. Mrs. Lula Austin, +. Fl.
Barnes and family, A. c. Gray and
wife. Miss Blance Randall, Miss Eel
ma Petrich, Clinton Ferneld and
family. Miss Dora Ferneld. A. NJ.
Felma and family, Ed Barnes
and family, Mrs. DR.. Clement.
r. c. Wendt and family, Mrs. Chris
tina Kietzer and family, J. r. Mobiles
| and family, Emil Kietzer and family,
Gust wollschlager and family, Lloyd
: Cooling and his father, George Cool
ing. Albert and August PAIL. ]. A.
Spence and family, Charles Starbuck
and family, Albert Helverson and
family, John Armenian and family.
George Mertesdorf, Ed Mertesdorf,
Miss Ruth Cornish, Charles Brown
and family. w. ]. Richter and fam
lily, Will Rambo and family, Dwight
son and daughter, Mrs. George Brown,
with the latter's husband, c. F. Force
and family, Mrs. Myron Randall, Mr..
and Mrs. l.. c. Rev and family, ID.
l.. Bowen, Lester Fleming and FAM
lily, F. C. WILDER and family, Albert
Spence and family, T. ]. Spence and
family.
Those who joined the procession ut
Garden City included Fillmore Mills
and family, Grant Ward and family,
Ed Ward, E. w. Gates, George John.
Byron Thompson, ]. X. Osgood, III. III.
Buck. NJ. +. Crane and family and
others.
Headed BY L. c. Rev.
The tour was headed by l.. G. Rev,
the hustling real estate man, and mar
shalled by Bert Barnes, the live wire
who has put Vernon Center on the
map. and Is keeping 1t in the fore
front of the wide awake good towns OF
Blue Earth county.
At the Elks' club the visitors were
met by John III. Hohmann. NJ. ID. Fritz.
Fred Otto, J. ]. Flachsenhar, A. ].
veigel. A L. Quimby and by many for
mer residents of Vernon Center The
visitors were escorted about the city.
Mr.. Hohmann. Mr.. Quimby and Mr..
! Flachsenhar accompanied them to
Madison Lake. where they had their
mid day meal.