The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-25
OUTING FOR LITTLE
FOLKS is ENJOYED
Teacher Gave Pupils Drive
About the Country
VIEW MINNEOPA FALLS
Picnic Dinner At SibIey Park;
News and Personal Gossip
From Vernon
Especial to Free Press.]
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Vernon Center, May 22.-Miss Va
ronica Good closed a very successful
term of school in the Sewers district
last Friday The closing exercises
and afforded big time for her seven
little pupils, who comprise the school.
Miss Good chartered her fathers big
Studebaker car, with Harold Bowen
as chauffeur, and early in the morn
ing loaded the excited children into
the car and started out for long day
of pleasure. Their first stop was at
MinneOpa park which they explored
and enjoyed to their hearts content,
then on to beautiful Sibley where the
children enjoyed the many at
of that place. Everyone was ready for
picnic dinner, after which they drove
around the city, and later in the aft
ernoon enjoyed the movies. Owing to
the rain the trip home was made via
of Good Thunder. finding the roads
all right over the ElWell system.
From Good Thunder to Vernon the
roads were heavy and slippery, but
Mr. Bowen is a very careful driver.
The party arrived safely into town
about $3.50 o'clock, the children de-
claring it was the best time they have
had in their lives.
Miss Lucy Weir of West Lyra has
been obliged, owing to illness, to give
up her teaching in the Hays district.
Her cousins, Alice and Cecilia Weir,
finished out the months for her last
Friday. Owing to the humps, measles
and whooping cough that have put in
their appearances among the one-hal
dozen pupils Of the district, the school
is closed for the rest of the term.
Pfefferle & Bill of Madelia will open
first class drug store in Vernon about
the first of June. and long felt want
will then be filled.
Mrs. B. F. Koch and Mrs. Godfrey
Wendlandt were delegates from Vern-
on Center to the Mankato. district of
the Minnesota conference Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church in North Nan-
kato. They report very splendid
meeting. Mrs Wendlandt visited her
friend Mrs. Tallman in Mankato be-
fore returning.
w. L. Zumwalt is confined to his
bed with measles. The whole family
have taken their turns having r.o'H
he being the last. They have been co.,
fined to their home for the past me :
but by the end of the week. it is
thought that they will be pursuing
their former occupations.
Mrs. Alice Patterson of Collins. IA.
is visiting her son, NJ. L. Patterson
and family, in. West Vernon
DR.. T. G. Clement was called to the
Charles Travers home in North Vernon
Sunday evening to see their son
ROval, who was suddenly taken sic'r
with an acute attack of appendicitis.
The case being so critical he was ta'-
en- at once to Mankato where he I'M
derwent successful operation in the
Emmanuel hospital at one O'clock S~-
day night. Mr.. and Mrs. Traverse ac-
companied their son. and DR.. Cler-
ent to Mankato, and remained unt''
after the operation, A telephone r'"c
sage just received informs the peo-
pie that the boy is resting easilv en-
doing fine, which everyone will be
glad to know.
Tuesday, June 5. is designated asi
registration day. A. G. Halvorson has
been appointed as the registrar for
the selective draft in the village, and
F! C. Wilbur is the registrar for the
township. Sheriff Osten made the ap-
pojntments. y,
Tom Caven, who has had the mumps
and beea very sick for the past two
weeks or more. is threatened wit''
tvDhoii fever. DR.. Clement calIAd m
Williams of Lake CRYSTAL in council
last Saturday. A trained nurse from
Mankato is in attendance. II is re-
ported that he, is a very little better
today
The Methodist Episcopal congrega-
ton received an invitation for COM
mencement exercises of Parker col
lege. Bishop Mitchell will give the adj
dress on Thursday afternoon, May 81,
and it will be a fine opportunity to
hear this most eloquent man, and
many are making arrangements tosbe
present. Paul Thew of Old Town is
one of the graduates.
Commissioner H. C. Kraus returned
on the evening train Saturday from
Mankato. He had a fatiguing business
trip pertaining to company affairs. He
was just doing off to pleasant dream
land. when he was awakened by a call
to help suppress the bad effect IF Mon
kato booze, which return visitors from
that CITY had been filled up on Judge
James Lovell's presence was also re-
duired to sunress the disturbance.
Such disgraceful affairs are too dis
gushing and it seems as if there should
be remedv whereby the fair name
of this little village should not h
stained by such debaucheries which
occur almost nightly after the ara
rival of the late train from the county
seat.