The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-09-22
FESTIVAL At VERNON
OCCASION IS SUCCESS
Event Of the Lutheran Church
Carried Out There
MANY were PRESENT
Society Affairs and Personal
Notes; News Gathered in
That Village

iHot SIIioyC
Vernon Center, September 49,
The annual mission festival of the
Lutheran church was held Sunday
1t was an all day affair and largely
attended, especially the afternoon
and evening sessions. The church
was handsomely decorated with
autumn flowers and foliage. The
regular church choir furnished speci-
al and appropriate music. In the
forenoon Rev. BOhnhom of Pipestone
gave the address and Mr.. Rhinehart,
the resident pastor, in the afternoon
The evening services were in Eng
lish and a most eloquent sermon
was delivered by Rev. Koenig of
Truman and greatly enjoyed by the
large number of English speaking
people present. Many from the
neighboring village were present
Will Withrow, the buttermaker, is
taking a weeks vacation from his
duties at the creamery and with his
wife and two children went to Man
kato, where they will leave the chill
will visit relatives in the cities for
a couple of days and from there
they will go to Wisconsin.
Henry Iker of Lewisville, a Saxon
car demonstration, was in town over
Saturday night and Sunday inter-
viewing and showing the merits of
this splendid car to two prospective
buyers. While in town Mr.. Iker was
a guest of Hobert Petrich.
A. c. Gray with a crew of men be-
gan Monday morning remodeling and
repainting the buildings on his farm
three and a half miles northwest Of
town.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Rambo were
most pleasantly surprised in rather
unusuay way Sunday noon on return
ing home from church to find that
an auto party of old neighbors from
Kasota had taken possession of their
house and the banquet board all
spread and loaded with the most
appetizing viands which the guests
had brought with them. Covers were
laid for twelve. The dinner was a
most delightful one to be remem-
bered. The party consisted of Mr.
and Mrs. David Turrittin and two
children, Mrs. John Adams and chill
dren and Mr. Merle Livingston of
Kasota and Miss Emma Williams Of
Minneapolis. They left in time to
reach Mankato so that Miss Will
liamS, who is teacher in the
Minneapolis school, could take the
five o'clock train for the cities. On
their way home they made short
stop at the Hays farm. Mrs. Turrit-
tin is cousin of Tom and Ella
Hays.
Fred Hemingway spent the past
week in Hayward, Wis, looking aft
er his farming interests in that To-
cality.
Ed Mertersdorf of North Vernon
is erecting a wood silo on. the old
farm place that he purchased a
couple of years ago.
The Misses Marie Fleming and
Lydia Annis, who are attending high
school at Mapleton were at home
over Sunday.
Herman King was a business visit
or in Mankato Saturday forenoon.
Messrs.. George Gray and Fred
wives motored to Mankato Satur-
day. The gentlemen went on bust
ness pertaining to the hiring Of a
teacher for their district.
The threatening weather which
prevailed during the Mankato fair
days, kept many who had planned to
go, away but those who went spoke
well of the big show.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Mead early Saturday evening a nine
pound baby boy ID
Mrs. Ezra Gates and her daughter,
Mrs. Frank Thurston, accompanied
by the Misses Liza Wilson and Lois
ClOugh made up an auto party with
autOed to Vernon Saturday, enjoying
a twelve o'clock dinner and an aft
ernoon visit with Mrs. C. NJ. War
rem.
Fur coats and heavy wraps were
much in evidence Saturday evening
in the village an unusually large
crowd being in town, coming in for
the movies or returning from the
Mankato fair by autos and report
exceedingly cold drives. A killing
frost ice forming in many places to
the depth of one-fourth inch, must
surely have dealt the unmatured
corn killing blow. Fortunately
much of the corn in this vicinity
was past the frost danger and a
fairly good crop is assured.
Silo filling began on the F. c.
Wilbur farm Saturday afternoon, as
there are two large silos on this
farm. This is long job, as the cut
ting of corn is made more difficult
since the recent heavy rains.
Claude Meixell has completed the
wiring of the Methodist parsonage
and the pastors home is now much
more convenient and pleasant. They
were made possible through the
efforts of the Methodist Aid society.
Miss Margaret S nider, former
teacher in the Mertersdorf district,
stopped off on her way to Indiana
where she will attend school, for a
short visit with Mrs. Nettie Annis.
DR.. and Mrs. T. G. Clement were
Mankato visitors Saturday afternoon
as were also w. j. Richter, Jack
Williams and H. G. Kraus
An ecru crocheted cap lined with
blue satin was lost somewhere in the
village last Saturday evening. Will