The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-17
Party Given For Miss Ruth
Cornish, Coming Bride
WAS VERY NICE AFFAIR
w. C. T. U. Elected Officers;
Number Interesting Events
Are ChronicIed
/. Especial to Free Press

Vernon Center, August 14.-Mrs.
Ellen Porter, assisted by her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Stella Clague of Redwood
Falls, was hostess at a very prettily
appointed six o'clock dinner Thurs
day in honor of Miss Ruth Cornish,
an August bride elect The table
color scheme was carried out in
pink and white. A large bowl of pink
and white cosmos was the center
piece and a corsage bouquet Of
white sweet peas tied with pink rib
bon marked the, places of the honor
guests The other guests found their
| places at the table by small white
cards bearing their names. Before
being seated at the table each guest
! read the names found on the card.
The guest of honor reading last and
very demurely, Miss Ruth Cornish
] Beland- soon be-" which seemed
the nectar for this very happy occa-
sion. The brides cake was decorated
with white icing with a wreath Of
sweet peas at the base. Miss Cornish
cut the brides cake, which marked
the last course to the dinner and
which had been so enjoyable to the
eight ladies present. In compliment
to Miss Ruth Cornish and her fiance,
| Arthur Beland, of Balboa Heights,
Panama Mr.. and Mrs. F. Leslie
Cooper entertained at dinner last
| Sunday at their home at Strawberry
Point. There were eight guests
present.
The Misses Zelma Petrich, Mary
King and Blanche Randall in honor
of Miss Ruth Cornish, have issued
the following poem:
Sweet lady wilt thou sup with me
In honor of We bride to be
On Wednesday next, and for that she
So greatly liketh linen wear.
A token nest wilt thou prepare
And fetch 1t for we maiden fair
Mrs. H. C.. Good and eldest SON,
Edmund, were visitors in Mankato,
Thursday.
| Miss Lille Halverson and her
cousin, Mrs. Paul of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
who is spending the summer with her
partnts, Mr.. and Mrs. T. Johnson in
the village, have been visiting rela-
tives in Mankato this week.
Mrs. Albert Halverson entertained
picnic party of little girls in COM
pliment to her two nieces, Ruth and
L =
| who are spending couple of weeks
with relatives in the village. !.
Mrs Snider and daughter, Miss
Faye, who have been visiting friends
| in Mankato and Vernon Center have
and are busy packing UP their house,
hold goods preparatory to going TO
Minneapolis to make their future
home. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Schwan left
this morning on ten days motor
vacation trip to the northern part OF
the state. They will go via New Ulm
over the Yellow Trail and return via
| the cities where they will spend a
few days at nearby lake resorts. They
will visit Mr.. Schwan's brother, Ed.
and family at Maynard, before re-
turning.
Red Cross weekly work meetings
are largely attended. Everyone is
working with vim. There are no
'slackers" on the job, and a large
amount of excellent work is done
during the three hours session.
Thursday afternoon fifteen new mem
bers joined the auxiliary. This brings
the membership up to 3S3. Mr.. and
Mrs. E.. w. Washburn most generous
ly gave $25 donation for the local
work.
Miss Elizabeth Weir and her two
nieces, the Misses Celia and Alice,
were in Mankato three days this
week attending the annual retreat at
the Mother House of the Good Coun-
Gil academy.
House guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Annis during the past week have in
Guided Mr.. and Mrs. George Derby
and son, Professor Paul Derby of the
Agriculture college and wife of Red
wing. Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Eldridge
and M. C. Shannon and wife and two
daughters of Winnebago.
Mrs. Clarence Howe is enjoying
visit with her two brothers, Jeffer-
son and Clay Webb, who arrived
last Monday from Oklahoma City,
Mo- The, boys will remain for the
rest of the summer.
In the local exemption board call
for 200 the following Vernon Center
boys are among the first one hundred
who must appear next Monday for
examinations, John Siebold, Rolly
Brown, Otto Klatt, Henry Zoellmer.
Charles PAIL and liver Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Proehl and
son of Mapleton were callers In town
Thursday evening, motoring over
from Mapleton.
Mrs. Margaret LaRue. after an ex-
tended visit with relatives in the
village, was called back to La Mars,
Ia, Thursday to attend to business
matters.
Mrs. Stella Clague returned to her
home at Redwood Falls Friday.
The August meeting of the local
w. C. T. u. was held at the home OF
Mrs. A. c.. Wilbur Friday afternoon.
The following ladies are the officers
elected at their annual meeting:
President, Mrs Leafie Warren; vice
president, Mabel Helverson; secre-
tary, Louise Zumwalt; treasurer.
Martha Cookston. Vice president for
the Catholic church is Mrs. Mary
Cornish; vice president fir the Metho-
dist church is Mrs. Clemmie Lowell;
vice president for the. Baptist church
is Mrs Emma Schwan. -.
Miles Porter is a daily visitor In
Vernon driving up from Mankato
each morning looking after harvest
operations on his farms in this To-
cality. Friday Mrs. Porter and daugh-
tiers accompanied him and spent the
day with her parents, Mr.. and Mira.
F. r. Lowell. &