The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-04
Vernon Center
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
There were no services in the Bap-
fist church last Sunday evening. Rev.
&C. A. Eastman and his congregation
were invited to the Methodist Episco-
pal church, where the sermon hour,
was devoted to report of the State
Union Sunday School convention, by
the delegate Mrs. Mabel Halverson.
who gave most splendid comprehen-
sive account of this great convention.
Mrs. Robinson who makes her
home with her daughter, Mrs. Harry
Bailey was quite poorly last week, but
is on the gain again this week.
The Baptist and the Methodist
Sunday schools have under advise
ment the changing of the Sunday
school hour. 1t is proposed to have
Sunday school at ten o'clock before
services at eleven o'clock. The ques-
ton will be decided by the Methodist
school next Sunday at the conclusion
of Sunday school. Every member of
the Sunday school is expected to be
present and vote one way or the other.
Vernon Center will observe Baby
week, with an infant welfare program
to be given in the Methodist Episcopal
church Thursday afternoon, May tenth
About half a dozen papers on differ
ent things pertaining to infants and
mothers welfare are being pre-
pared by members of the Study club,
Altar society of the Matthews church,
w. C. T. U. and the Baptist and
Methodist Aids. The papers will be
followed by general discussion. Epeci-
al music both instrumental and vocal
will add to the pleasure of the oc-
casion. The meeting is under the
auspices of the Study club, who will
serve refreshments in the class room
of the church. t..
A. G. Halvorson left on the early
train Monday for Minneapolis, where
he will attend the Woodmen conven-
ton, as a delegate from the local
Woodman lodge.
Mrs. Katherine Kraus will return
tonight from Minneapolis where she
has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
McElmeel since the previous Friday.
The boy scouts held their first "get
together, since they organized, Satur-
day afternoon, and enjoyed a ball
game on the school ground. Friday
evenings are devoted to the duties and
pleasure of the boy scouts, which have
membership of seventeen and are
divided into two patrols. The Eagles
and Foxes, Avison Koch, Lawrence
Warren, Edward Tyrell, Lyle Annis,
Melvin Griffith, Charles Kraus, Lyle
Koch, Virgil Griffith, Gordon Ward,
from the Eagle Patrol and Kenneth
Koch, Russell Annis, Raymond Jens,
Earl Carpenter, Herbert Brown,
Robert Gray, Edwin Good, and Howard
Tyrell the Fox Patrol. Their suits
which were ordered last week will be
here today. The rules in regard to
wearing the uniforms are rather
strenuous and strict and can only be
worn at times designated, scout
master, Rev. B. F. Koch. The boy
scout movement is good one, es-
pecially in these stirring times and
these patrols are composed of bunch
of fine, manly, wide awake boys. We
predict that these self same boys who
today are receiving this splendid dis
cipline and training and are so thor
Ough in all the duties involved upon
them, will develop into splendid men,
who will fill important positions in the
state. -
Henry Kraus phoned from Mime
apolis Tuesday morning, stating that
he was leaving on a business trip to
Montana. He will be gone about a
week. ....
Mrs. Emma Riley has returned to
her home in Oshkosh, Wis, after
| spending some time visiting rela-
| tives in this vicinity.
H. C. Kraus has just completed his
cattle barn which was started last fall
| 1t is constructed on most approved
sanitary plans, each stall being
| equipped with running city water. The
building is made of cement.
! Daily reports from Rochester con-
tinue very favorable in regard to Mrs
Albert Halverson's condition. Mrs
Halverson has been in Rochester fo1
over a week, and has had several ex-
aminations by the Mayos staff, the
final examination will be next Tues
day, when it will be known whether OF
not she will have to submit to an OPP
Grafton. All hope that it will be found
that her condition is not as bad as il
now seems, her little daughter is be-
ling cared for by her grandmother
Mrs. M. B. Randall.
| Miss Hulda Block went to Mankato
last Friday, where she will spend a
few weeks at the Miles Porter home.
Mrs. Ellen Porter is spending a few
weeks with her daughter at Redwood
Falls.
Harold Cox and Harold Bowen went
to lMankato on the early train Monday
to offer their services to Uncle Sam
The former will enter the motorcycle
squad, and the latter would like tc
enter the officers training camp al
Fort Smelling. To enter this requires
pretty rigid examination but fee