The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-05-12
Vernon Center
From. THURSDAYS Daily.

noon for a few days visit with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Cooper
They returned home Monday even
/ ing by train, the heavy rain of Satur-
, day put travelling via the auto out OF
commission.
The entertainment committee OF
Vernon Center's Home Coming met
at the Rev & Champlin land office
Monday evening, and outlined their
, work. The various other committees
, having met during the past week, all
| is in readiness for the general round
up. The business meeting on We'd
'nesday afternoon will be held at the
home of F. H. Barnes, who is the
president of the Home Coming asso-
, citation
!. Miss Cathrine Caven, who conducts
: a millinery store in Sherburn, and
who has been home for some little
time on account of illness, was able
to return to her work today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Barnes went to
Lake Crystal Monday to open the
house and get dinner for the Mr.. and
MIS- Dredge, who have spent the
winter months in Minneapolis.
Hammond memorial day has come
and gone and as far as Vernon is
concerned There was othing doing,
so to speak At three o'clock the pu-
pills of the village school with their
teachers marched to the opera house.
where they found less than dozen
persons. Rev. w. r. Palmer gave a
short but interesting talk to the chill
dren.
Rev. j. M. Balm, Presbyterian mis-
sionary of Mankato was guest at
the home of Lee Cox in South Yer
non Saturday, going from here to
Ceresco Sunday, where he had ser
vices in the school house in district
No. 49, Mr.. Balm is delegate to the
general assembly of the Presbytery
which convenes May Is, in Atlantic
City, N. J.
Vernon Center w. C.. T. U. have
their plans well under way and all
are working tremendously and faith
| fully to make the district convention,
which will be held here May II ana
IS, the best ever. State president,
Miss Hendrix, will be present and a
pleasant and profitable time is in
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present. The executive committee
consisting of Sinia WILDER, president;
Nellie Cox, secretary; Leafe War
rem, vice president are in session this
afternoon to complete arrangements.
A number of the little boys in the
village were invited out to the G. R.
Gray farm Saturday afternoon to
help Master Duglass celebrate his
seventh birthday. The youngsters
had all kinds of fun and Duglass re-
ceived many pretty gifts from his
! little playmates. The climax of the
Afternoon enjoyment for the young
sters was a big feed of all the good
things dear to boys heart, but bad
| for their stomachs.
| Miss Elizabeth Blaskey, who has
heen head trimmer in Miss Weir's
millinery store for the past six weeks
left on the early train Tuesday morn
| ing for her home in Tomah, Wis.
Miss Blaskey during her short stay
among us has made many friends
and all hope she will return next fall.
| Miss Ida Possine drove over to
Good Thunder Sunday for short
visit with the home folks and to see
her father, who is in rather poor
health.
Mrs Ed Annis entertained party
of twenty Saturday afternoon in hon
or of her mothers seventy fifth birth
day. The afternoon passed most
pleasantly, closing with a splendid
course supper The birthday cake
made an attractive centerpiece, it
being prettily decorated in white,
containing the number seventy five
in colors. The guests on departing
for their homes, wished Mrs, Keith
many happy returns of her natal day.
! Ed Annis received a phone mes
sage from Sterling late Sunday after
noon informing him that his brother
in-law, George Keith, who has been
very sick for several weeks, had a
relapse and was very much worse.
Mrs. Keith started Monday morn
! ing expecting to take the noon train
for Amboy, and on getting to town,
stopped at the home of Fred Annis,
was taken sick and was unable to
reach her sons bedside.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Flemming
spent Sunday in Garden City as guests
at the home of Grant Ward. Mrs. Ed
Terry returned with them for a visit
with them and other friends in the
neighborhood
| Mrs. Olene Halverson has sold her
residence in the south part of the
village to julius Ranska. Considera
ton $1,000. Mrs. Halverson vacates
the house by May Is, and will buy
another house nearer the center of
the village as there are several de-
sirable cottages for sale. She no
doubt will make a selection in few
days. The villagers are glad indeed
that Mr.. and Mrs. Ranska have de-
cided on locating in Vernon and ex-
tend to them a hearty welcome.
| The Misses Mary King and Carrie
Thaw returned from Austin on the
noon train Monday, where they had
/ been in attendance to the state Sun
day school convention, since the pre-
vious Wednesday. 1t was big con-
vention and the young ladies are more
enthusiastic than ever in this great
work of Sunday school, All are look
ing forward and anticipating very
comprehensive report of every ses.