The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-04-26
Miss May Cornish Is Going TO
France AS Nurse
SHE'S GLAD TO RESPOND
Many News Notes and Personal
Gossip Gathered From the
Village
Especial to Free Press
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
I, Vernon Center April 20-As d pre-
lude to the big Red Cross auction
which was to. have been held at the
Ceresco town hall Friday, but which
has been postponed on account of the
bad weather, program and box So
, cial was held at the Russell school
house Tuesday evening. The pro-
gram was in charge Of Miss Marcella
Rooney and was certainly fine and
greatly enjoyed by the large attend
ance present. A. G.. Gray, cashier of
the Farmers Bank, auctioned off the
, boxes. The proceeds amounted to
$143.50. G. c.. Cornish, secretary of
Vernon Center Red Cross, today re-
ceived a check for that amount
The government at Washington
last week sent in an emergency call
for twelve Red Cross nurses not be-
longing to the Minnesota university
unit Miss May Cornish who with :
drew last fall from this unit as she
thought she would have no chance
in going to France. volunteered and
! she was accepted at once and is pre-
notice. Miss Cornish is iubilant in
getting her hearts desire. A letter re-
ceived by her mother, Mrs. Mary
Cornish, who is stationed at Camp
Taylor Kentucky, is sending most
Of her clothing home as the govern
ment furnishes nearly the entire
nurses outfit and only a small steam
er trunk will be allowed for their
luggage Miss Cornish is a produc-
ton of Vernon Center township and
! everybody is greatly interested and
proud of the fact and know she will
make good in whatever place she be
or what her work. Miss Cornish
writes that there is a possibility that
she may be ordered to New Jersey to
: fill out the Minnesota university unit
that will embark as soon as the unit
is filed. and if SO she will be with a
girl friend who graduated with her.
The unit will be located in southern
France OF, Italy Here's to the hoping
for our dear friend safe trip across
the rond, Health, strength and cour-
age for the work before her, a JOY
Gus comeback when the last foe to
democracy has been annihilated
and Kaiser Bill safely transported 10
his future home in Hados.
Mesdames Emma Schwan, Mamie
Sewers, Kate Kraus and Frances
Champlin, some of the big guns in
the w R. C. of Vernon Center are
attending q meeting of the corps in
Lake CRYSTAL today.
Mrs Ellen Robinson and daughter
are in town. Mrs. Robinson has de-
cided to return to Vernon and is busy
getting settled. Mr.. Gossard and
family who have been living in her
house, have moved back into old
town.
Miss Effie Thew of Mankato is
spending few days with Miss Dora
Furnald in old town.
I Lester Henderson. who has been
the very efficient helper at the Omaha
depot for q number of years, severed
the position this week. Mrs. Lassick,
the wife OF the depot agent, will take
Mr.. Henderson's place so we are in
formed
: Why can't the Weather man do his
bit by substituting sunshine and
warmth in the place of the stuff he's
been handing us during April. 1t is
up to old Sol now to produce the
stuff necessary for bountiful harv-
vest
! Mrs Frank Hartwick and little
| Roger Frank are spending a couple
of weeks with relatives at Waterville.
/ Lester Henderson has accepted q
position in the depot at Shakopee,
beginning work Wednesday morning
/ Sympathy of the entire community
. is extended 20 Mrs. Marion Selby in
the great loss she sustained last
week in the passing away of her faith :
! er, Mr.. Tooker, at his home in Ely
sian.
/ Summer Sewers is out of school
/ this week tusseling with the German
measles
j Miss Veronica Good, teacher in the
Sterling Center school, was obliged to
take a three. days vacation while en-
PERTAINING the Liberty measles. We
wonder if this community will ever
get rid OF this pesky disease.
/ An unusual amount of sickness is
! prevalent among the school children
at the present time. Lawrence War
rem, Avision, Lvle and Florence Koch
who are attending Amboy high schoo;
are all out of school today on ac-
count Of illness.
I Vernon township and village have
raised their allotment and gone over
! to the amount of $4,000 and few
cid slackers to round uD and be made
TO come across yet to the amount OF
several thousand dollars. up to $50,
800 worth of bonds was bought in the
township and $1S,700 in the village
It is said of certain old Stacker in
the village that he could almost buy
bond with the shoe leather he is
wearing out as he walks from one
street corner to the other. The cyno-
sure of all eyes for everybody has
"his number" and the carfare he has
:! spent in going to Mankato to con-
suit certain lawyer who he SAYS
! told him he didn't have to buy bonds
| The Vernon Center Junior Red
/ Cross bids fair to rival the Vernon
Center branch in membership and il
raising funds to carry on its work
/, The Misses Ida Bowen, Cecilia Rus
) sell and Fred Wingen and ]. R. Cross
executive committee, report all aux
iliaries flourishing and interest in
/ creasing daily The primary and in
termadiate pupils of our village schoo
. are certainly hustling, they are gen
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