The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-08
Vernon Center

Crystal entertained house party of
relatives from Saturday until the
| following Monday at their beautiful
new home. In the party were Mr.
and Mrs. G.. c. Mead of this place and
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Eager of Made
| liza, Earl Mead, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gene Mead, who enlisted about three
weeks ago in the aviation corps and
| is stationed at Jefferson Barracks,
Mo. He says he is enjoying his work
greatly, his tent being just across the
street from Joseph Tallman, whom he
sees every day.
Vernon Center Creamery company
paid it's patrons fifty-nine cents for
| December butter fat.
| Mrs. F.. S. Hemingway and Mrs.
Harry Bailey made their usual week.
| ly trip to MankatO, where they are
receiving treatments for their all
ments.
| Walter Cox of Garden City is
spending few weeks assisting T. D.
Hays in getting up his years wood.
The Misses Erickson, Russell, Bow
en- and Davis. teachers in the vii
lage school were most delightfully."-
entertained over the weekend at
the country home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rob Sewers.
All the business places coming
under government fuel restriction,
were closed again on Monday, of
course we are not kicking at all but
why didn't the boss select Tuesday
instead of Monday, or didn't he
know that there are a few cream
cries in the United States and that
| Monday is the big cream day of the
week, and more farmers are in towr
on this day than any other and are
put to great inconvenience, in not be-
ing able to get many articles they are
in need Of
| Vernon Center has just completed
it's Christmas drive for new members
for the Red Cross and we believe we
still are the largest branch in the
county, with a membership of 571
We also received some splendid do.
| nations, Mrs. S. j. Minis made III
happy at our last Thursdays meet
ing by sending a check of SIS. One
of our most largely attended worl
sessions was last Thursday, which wa.
given over to the making of Hospital
pillows, our allotment being twenty
five and large amount of work was
accomplished, but at the CLOSING
hour, we found we had only complet-
ed nine pillows, so it was decided tc
return in the evening to finish the
: work. At 1880 o'clock fifty strons
! were at work shipping, shipping, with
! grim determination to finish tn,
job If it took all night. AS we shipped
. we talked, our mind did not need tt
: be on our work, as is required a
other Red Cross work, so we were
Jolly bunch" and all good sports
and the evening was passed quickl,
and pleasantly and by eleven o'clocl
the work was completed. Mrs. O.. j
, Randall sent in fine lot of holders
/ which were readily disposed of, an,
neat little sum was raised, enougl
| to express the pillows to headquart
erS.
! Mrs. Ella StOner returned the lat
ter part of the week from Blue EartI
! where she had been visiting Mr. an
!, Mrs. Harry Wrightson, and othe
, friends. Lucille Brush of AmLoy re
turned with her for an over Sunda
! visit with cousins.
Y Miss Ethel Mobiles returned to he
: studies at the Mankato normal, Mon
day evening, after spending the wee
5 end and Sunday at the G.. A. Corn
. ish home in the village, and with he
parents in Ceresco.
: H. G. Kraus returned from Ro
/ chester Sunday afternoon, where h
!. had been since the previous Frida
4 with his nephew, Charles Wagon {
d Mankato, who submitted to an on
r GRAFTON that morning, from which b
is making splendid recovery.
|, Mrs. Frank Cooper was on the sic
list last week, necessitating a Wis
e from DR.. Merrill of Amboy. We al
: glad to report her much improved
e this writing. t
IS The following directors were cleo
ed at a recent meeting of the stocl
: holders of the Vernon Center Sta
S bank: F. H. Barnes, E. w. Wasl
: burn, Frank Hartwick, J. E. Swart
Last week Mrs. Florence Lee, Il
: public health nurse for Blue Ear
county visited the village school al
examined the pupils, later she mat
a personal visit at the homes Of Il
: parents whose children were -four
who needed medical attention.
. the rural schools, the parents me,
u Mrs. Lee at the school house and a
>. present at the examination of tt
children.