The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31
HONE COMING event
DATED UP FOR VERNON
from Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
"Home Coming!" Those two
homely words contain whole world
full of the most sacred emotions, and
awaken tenderest memories in every
individual heart, no matter how
hardened by trials and cares Of the
busy workaday world.
Vernon Center, the pretty and en-
terprising town, which is near, and
important neighbor of Mankato, and
within comfortable and pleasant
automobile drive of about twenty
miles from the city, will celebrate at
a Home Coming" for all Vernon
Center people, and former Vernon
Center residents the first of next
June, and prospects are bright for
one of the biggest events in the his
tory of the town. The affair is the
outcome of a meeting of Vernon Cen
ter people held in Sibley Park, this
city, during the summer of 1915, when
Attorney Miles Porter made prop
osition to form an organization to
promote a big Homecoming celebra-
tion for 1916. The project met with
instant favor, the Vernon Center
Homecoming association was organ
lied and f. H. Barnes of Vernon
Center was elected president, and l..
l.. Champlin of this city was elected
secretary of the association.
Plans are now well under way, and
letters of invitation are being mailed
to every former resident of Vernon
Center. During the work of looking
up the people who had once made
their home there it was found that
about five hundred have moved away,
and are living in various parts of the
United States and Canada. Letters
have already been received in re-
Spouse to a number of the invitations
sent out signifying the intention of
ing their pleasure in accepting, and in
anticipating meetings with old friends
and neighbors.
Committees Are Named.
The following committees on ar
rangements have just been appointed
by President Barnes and Secretary
Champlin:
Finance: A. E. Quimby, Fl. C.
Kraus, F. e. Cooper, A. C. Gray,
Frank Hartwich.
Entertainment: Mrs. Washburn,
Mrs. F. R, Lowell, F. L. Cooper, L. C.
Rev, G. Meade.
Program: Dr. T. G. Clement, G. w.
Champlin, Carlos Warren, Mrs. r.
Fate, Mrs. w. L. Tallman. flH
Dance: H. Halverson, H. Petrich,
C. Meade.
Field Sports: Hugh Francis, Fred
Morrow, Miles Porter, Walter Rich
ter, Will DEMON.
Grounds: Joe Tallman, R. G.
Champlin, Gus Nelson, Chris Hanson,
j. ]. Flachsenhar.
Publicity: H. Burdick, A. Mattson,
Mrs. F. L. Cooper, Mrs. 7. Tompson,
Mrs. S. Butler.
Decorations: Mrs A. HaIverson,
Mrs. R. Just, Mrs. A. Dorweiler, Mrs.
J. Lowell, Mrs. H, Bates, Mrs. T. G.
Clement, Miss Blanche Randall, Miss
Faye Stoner, Miss Ida Bowen.
Automobiles: C. H. Bates, ID. A.
Wyman, John Bowen, Charles Brown,
Charles Grannis, John Halverson
MINI. & st. Paul depot: d. A.
Reed, A. Coffffian, w. Lindsey, C.
Halverson, Will Farmer.
Celebration Will Be Held.
The celebration will be held either
the first or second week in June and
will continue for two days. A big
tent will be erected, and the opera
house engaged, the programs to be at
these places. The afternoons OF each
day will be given to speaking, mu-
sicales, and field sports, and the
evenings to various kinds of enter
tainments, such as theatricals, balls,
banquets, etc. The forenoons of each
day will be spent in visiting and
greeting old friends. The home
coming is arousing considerable in
terest, and the affair will undoubtedly
prove a great success A historian
will be on the scene to make a rec
ord of the two day festivities, which
will be printed in pamphlet form and
mailed to former residents who are