The Mankato free press., 1916-03-17
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEET
WAS GREAT SUCCESS
Session Held At Vernon Center
During Last Week


celebrated their fifty-frst wedding
anniversary Thursday in their pleas
ant cosy home in the village with
, their son and his family as guests
for dinner. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
are enjoying their usual good health,
although being confined quite closely
to their own home during the winter
months. Their friends extend hearty
congratulations to this worthy couple
who have travelled together, life's
rugged way for fifty-one years and
hand in hand are facing the sunset
land, with the same hopefulness and
courage as they started their honey
moon days. 49,.
"When the darker days come, and no
sun will shine,
Thou shalt dry my tears, lass, and
I'll dry thine. - ,.s ..s
It's we two, it's we two, while all the
worlds away, ..r .s...
| Sitting by the golden sheaves on our
wedding day.
T. D. Hays has returned from his
stay in Minneapolis.
Mrs. Oliver Randall is very sick
with an attack of gall stones. She has
| long been sufferer of this serious
| malady and as soon as she can stand
the trip she will go to Rochester and
| submit to an operation in the hopes
of getting relief of this almost con-
| stant suffering in a greater or lese
degree.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larson who recently
moved here from Forest City, Iowa, to
make their home with their daughter
Mrs. Will Griffith, are both confined
/ to their beds with illness, owing to
their advanced ages Mr.. Larson be-
| ing seventy eight and his wife sew
enty-four, and being rather feeble,
their children and friends feel very
anxious over the outcome, but all hope
! that MinneSOtas bracing air and
climate may renew their youth and
restore their health.
Mrs. Hannah Waite of Lake
! Crystal is visiting at the home of F.
H. Mertersdorf this week.
| Vernon Center, March 11.-The
| district Sunday school convention
held in the Baptist church Wednes-
day afternoon and evening was a
success. The program was carried
out as advertised with the exception
! of one paper, Mr.. Robinson being
| detained at home by illness. DR.. R
| w. Bowden of st. Paul, state super
intendent of secondary division Of
Sunday schools, and Rev. Jones oil
Amboy gave addresses which were
| timely, instructive and well received
Rev. j. G. Olmsted assisted in the
/ singing. The second largest organized
i class in the Methodist Sunday school
| which is taught by Rev. w. R
Palmer, created quite a sensation
| Wednesday by going to the church il
body and marching in single file, te
seats reserved for them There were
! twenty-siX of the class present, anG
! the president of the class, James
Lowell, marched first carrying a ban
ners," engraved in the class colors
Or. Bowden was much pleased with
the enthusiasm displayed by the
class of young people. All are proud
of this class and easily holds SECOND
place in school. c.. M. Warren's
class composed of fifty of the mid
dle-aged married people is the
banner class. r."
= Wayne Masters, an employee of +
G.. Wilbur for the past two years, ha!
rented a farm near Elmore, and thf.
week loaded car of household
goods, stock and farm machinery, an(
expects to be nicely settled in theil
new home by the middle of the
coming week. Mr.. and Mrs, Master!
take with them the best wishes of tn,
community.
G.. H. Bates, Bert Stratton, George
Land Ed Mertersdorf, are among those
from this place who departed from
Mankato on special excursion trail
last Tuesday for Texas with a view
of investing in real estate. Mrs
Bates is taking advantage of he
i husbands absence to visit their. son
Chet and family of Sioux Falls, S. D
Mrs. E. w. Washburn entertained
.. the members of the Methodist Ait
society Thursday afternoon in homo
of her sister-in-law Mrs. Jenni,
Webster of Los Angeles, Cal Abou
fifty ladies were present and yer,
pleasant afternoon was enjoyed
Very nice refreshments were served
by the hostess.
Mrs. Lillian Barnes. is over from
Mapleton visiting at the home of he
nephew, A. c.. Gray and family.
Mrs. Clinton Furnald has returned
from quite an extended visit with he
sisters in Walnut Grove.
Thursday afternoon from two tt
five Mesdames Mable Halvorson
Amelia Johnson, Alice Meixell, Ev;
Halvorson, Nora Lowell and Mis-
! Lille Haversen were hostesses to
charming Queen Esther" birthda,
lparty, each member of the "Queel
Esther Circle" had the privilege O
. inviting a friend, so at the appointe,
hour thirty-two ladies wended thei
way to the home of Mrs. Mabel Hal
vorson. The house was prettily dec
torated in green in honor of tn
patron saints birthday, shamrocl
being much in evidence. The host
esses looked very demure and quain
in their black dresses, with apron
decorated with shamrock, as the,
pinned to the guests dress a greer
ribbon bow. The afternoons froli
began with very pleasing piano sol