The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-07-06
Vernon Center
From Fridays Daily.

In compliment to Mr.. and Mrs.
Mahlon Cash of Spokane, pleasant
picnic party was enjoyed at the State
park at Minneopa, the party going
down on the afternoon four o'clock
train and returning on the 9:15 in
the evening.
All are sorry that Grandma Krans
is not enjoying the best of health at
the present time. She has been con-
fined to her home and has been m-
der the doctors care since last Sun
day, with neuralgia. Her daughter,
Mrs. Mary Wigen, is up from Man
kato, and it is hoped that grandma
will soon be up and enjoying good
health.
Patrons of the Vernon Center
creamery received forty-six cents per
pound for butterfat for May.
" Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rich and
youngest son, Merton, of Willow City,
N. D., arrived in Vernon Thursday, on
their way home from Baltimore,
where they had been to see their
son, Lyle, before he sailed for France.
Lyle completed three years course
IN surgery in the Johns Hopkins hos
pital in June, he enlisted in the Med
ical corps, and nearly three weeks
ago sailed on the S. s. Finland from
New York City. The Finland is a
large boat and on it were 1000 troops.
There were sixty of his class and
thirty nurses from Johns Hopkins
university. Thirty of the best sur
geons and doctors, were chosen from
Johns Hopkins hospital, Lyle being
one of the thirty. The president Of
the university, in bidding these splen-
did young doctors goodbye compli-
mented them on their good luck in
being selected for this great work
II the war continues another year
these young men will receive their
degree, the same as though they were
at the university. The president told
them that the one years work before
them was worth more than dozens
in the regular doctors course. Yer
non feels justly proud to know that
this high honor has come to for
mer Vernon Center boy and his
friends predict he will be heard from
in the medical world. Lyle is a
bright young man of twenty i've
years and has splendid habits. He
has in his makeup something that in
spires the confidence of ALL After
completing the high school course at
Willow, he entered the university at
Grand Forks, N. D., where he gradu-
ated with honors three years ago.
Since then he has been in Baltimore
and has fine record at Johns Hop
kins. Vernon friends will watch the
future work of this young man with
much interest. -.--..
Lyman Babcock of Sisseton, N. D.,
arrived in Vernon Saturday evening
for a short visit with his many friends
in his old home town. Mr. Babcock
and his splendid family moved to
Dakota about fifteen years ago, where
they have been doing we'll. Mr. and
Mrs. Babcock are superintendent and
matron of the county poor farm,
which positions they have held and
oiled with satisfaction to the county
and inmates of the institution. Mr..
Babcock has gone to Medo, where he
will visit relatives.
Mrs. Albert Halverson returned to
the Mayo's clinic Monday, where she
goes once a month for examinations
and treatments.
Mrs. T. D. Hays, one of Minneapo-
lis prominent teachers, and son, will
spend the summer vacation with her
husband on the farm
Next best to seeing the real thing
is to hear Mr. and Mrs. Rich tell of
the interesting places they visited on
their recent trip east They spent
nine days in Baltimore, eight days in
Washington, D. c., went by boat from
Baltimore to Annapolis, and visited
the naval academy; also went by
boat from Baltimore to Norfolk, and
from there to the Natural bridge,
Virginia, which is one of the wonders
of the world. One day was spent
sightseeing in Cincinnati, and other
shorter stops were made in many
other cities en- route home Mr.. Rich
received word from the Johns Hopkins,
saying cablegram was received from
France telling of the safe arrival in
port of the Finland, thus relieving
the suspense of the past three weeks,
as to the fate of the ship on which
their son sailed.
g. c. Cornish and Harold Bowen
transacted business at the lakes
Monday.
Mrs. c.. NJ Warren and Alice re-
turned Monday evening from Roches-
ter, where they had been since the
previous Tuesday, without accom-