The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
STORIES OF VERNON
LISTED FOR READERS
FORMER RESIDENT VILLAGE
TO CO. TO FRANCE
Miss Esther Wyman Will Become
Nurse to Soldiers; the
Town Talks
Especial to Free Press.l

AVarlu Oh spokane, WaSn., VINO HAS
been spending the past summer at the
F. S.Hemingway home in North Vernon
as a guest of Mrs. Clara Hemingway
Guppy, left Monday for Rochester
for consultation with the Mayos in
regard to a complication Of ailments
due to ulcers of the stomach of which
she has long been a sufferer
Commissioner II. G. KrauS is eX-
pected home this evening from two
days business session of the COM
missioners at the county seat.
The Vernon Center Red Cross
branch has been allotted fifty COM
fort kits to be made for our Italian
soldiers. The material will be on
hand from headquarters within. a
few days and as these bags are ur-
gently needed we hope to see good
turn out at the Red Cross rooms
next week.
The linen shower box for the
French hospitals is to be packed for
the four o'clock train Saturday after
noon. Let everyone be sure to have
their articles on hand.
Rev. and Mrs. E. Reed of Hancock,
Mimi, are in town on visit to rela-
tives at the ]. Robinson home and
old time neighbors and friends. Mr..
Reed is brother of Mrs. Joseph
Robinson.
Mrs. Minnie Thompson of Mankato
and daughter, Mrs. B. o. Mark, spent
Saturday between trains at the F. H.
Barnes home. Mrs. Mark has been
with her husband, Lieutenant Mark
in several training camps in the south
and we understand that he will soon
embark for overseas work. Mrs.
Mark will stay with her mother un
til the war is over.
Eugene Roberts and sister Miss
Gussie,. Mr. and Mrs. William Hall
and Mrs. julius Borchert and Billie
motored to Vernon yesterday where
they spent the day with relatives on
Strawberry Point. Mr.. and Mrs. Hall,
who have spent the past summer
with their brothers and sisters at
Mapleton, expect on Saturday to
leave for their home in St. Cloud,
Fla.
A phone message from Rochester
received by Mrs. Bowen says that
her son has a slight attack of
pneumonia but that he was holding
his own.
d. H. Thew received a telegram
Monday from Enterprise, Ore, tell
ing of the passing away of Mr.. Lawr-
ence Kimble. Mrs. Kimble and Mrs.
Thew are sisters and the family form
erly lived in the village and have
many friends who will be grieved to
hear this sad news. The TheWs re-
ceived letter from them less than
a week ago and no mention was
made of any sickness in the family.
Mrs. Frank Grannis received a
letter last Thursday from her young
est son Russell who is in training at
Camp Dodge. He said he was well
but the camp was to be put under
quarantine that day for influenza and
that in all probability he wouldn't
have chance to- write again until
the quarantine was lifted.
Howard Frances, who enlisted
sometime ago, received orders Sat
urday to report Tuesday at the state
university where he will receive
mechanical training. Joda Bowen is
also receiving training at the state
college for service in the United
States army.
Q. J. Randall is again very serious
ly<ll and it is believed that he cannot
leakage of the heart and has been
failing for the past several months.
MI. Randall has long been a resi-
dent of the village and is held in the
highest respect by all the villagers
who are hoping against hope that
he may recover.
An item of news reaches the CORES
pondent's desk this morning from
Juneau, Wis, which will be of inter
est to Vernon Center residents
especially. 1t relates to young
lady, Miss Esther Wyman, who was
born and grew to young womanhood
in this village where she lived until
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. Wy
man, moved to Wisconsin. 1t says
Miss Esther Wyman, who graduated
from the nurses department in
Marquette college, has the honor of
being the first young lady to offer her
service to her country and be ac-
cepted as a Red Cross War nurse
from juneau county. She has been
sent to Birmingham, Ala, where she
will operate an X-ray machine in the
government laboratory in that city
for which she will receive salary
of 500 per month.
The ladies of the Methodist Epis-
copal aid have plans completed for
a gathering at the church Wednesday
evening which is to be given in honor
of Rev and Mrs B. r. Koch and
family who are leaving this pastorate
where they have labored and been
potent factors not only in the upbuild
ing of the church but the whole COM
munity. Mr.. Koch has been the pas
tor here for nearly three years, also
at Ceresco and for the past year has
held services every Sunday afternoon
in Garden City. He has Unidentified
himself with every movement for the
betterment of mankind and in the
civic and social affairs of the village.
He organized the Boy Scout company
and has been the scout master since
the organization and these true scouts
as we'll as the whole community
sincerely regret the departure of him
and his estimable family who will
move to Albert Lea where he has
been assigned to the Methodist church.
On this evening we will also well
come our new pastor, Rev. w. w.
Jones and family who were formerly
in charge of the Methodist parish at