The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-03-08
Splendid Work Of Red Cross
In That Village
SCHOOL PLANS J0L.TfD
Resignation, Sickness and Other
Unpleasant Things Interferred
With Operations
Especial to Free Press. ]
From Tuesdays Daily.

| The February shipment from Yer
non Center branch to headquarters
numbered 3O2 finished articles and
/ included &c sweaters, "a socks, IA
wristlets, 25 fracture pillows, 81 pa
jamas, 26 hospital shirts, 1 muffler, 1
| helmet, 3 wash cloths. Hereafter the
branch will ship directly to the north
ern division at Minneapolis instead CT
| the chapter at Mankato. We will al
SO purchase our yarn from the same
place. The branch will purchase out
ing hannal for pajamas and material
for hospital shirts of our home mer-
chants and do our own cutting of
, these. Mesdames Mead, Petrick and
Nelson will cut the pajamas and
| Mesdames Rev, Johnson and Warren
the shirts. By making these changes
the Mankato chapter will be relieved
of much work and responsibility. 1t
has been a joy to have our work in
; spected by the Mankato chapter who
have willingly helped us out in our
many perplexities of organizing and
putting in motion the biggest branch
/ in the county, 5SS members, and we
sever this pleasant relationship with
regret.
! Mrs. Kate Johnston is down from
Made.ia for an over Sunday visit with
her mother, Mrs. Mary Meixell and
other relatives lit the village.
/ Frank Barney who has been guest
at the H. c. Kraus home this week
left Saturday afternoon for his home
in New York
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Champlin were
in Mankato yesterday. the former
transacting banking business, the
latter visiting dental parlors and also
made short visit and took supper
with Mayor l.. l.. Champlin and wife.
/ Mrs. Hugh Francis was a passen-
ger on the Friday morning train for
! Mankato where she spent the day
with Mrs. Chef. Frances who is
| slowly recovering from pneumonia.
| Miss Fowler is substituting as prin-
cipal of the village school during the
! illness of Miss Ericsson who is still
very i'll. The pupils of the high school
sent her a big box of roses which
came from the green house in Man
kato Saturday evening. Miss Ericsson
T, is reported about the same today, the
/, erysipelas has cleared from her face
and the swelling has left so she can
now open her eyes, but the disease is
spreading over her body and she is
very weak being unable to take very
/ little nourishment
| Ed. Annis, who has been very sick,
| is able to be up and around the house
and although very weak from the eff
fects OF pneumonia, expects to be in
the usual good health in a week or
! ten days, he also had the German
measles
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bailey returned
! Saturday from a ten day stay in Ro-
chester where Mr.. Bailey went for
consultation at the Mayos clinic. We
are glad to know that they decided
/ that no operation was needed at the
present time and it was probable
that the treatments they are giving
him may restore him to the usual
splendid health.
! Never before has the village school
been up against it in trying to keep
going as it has this year. The resig-
nation of Mrs. Clement was the first
break. The school board had time
in securing a substitute and were
/
son who took up the work and quick
ly gained the admiration of pupil and
parent for her splendid work in the
school, for the last two weeks she
has been i'll. Miss Fowler of Winnie
bago is substituting. Misses Davis
and Russell have been out of school
several times with illness, some have
been called home by serious illness
of some of the home folks. German.
measles has been the cause and some
of much absence of, pupils in all the
rooms and some of the teachers. Miss
MAY Robinson is substituting for Miss
Davis this week while she is being so
unpatriotic as to enter the German
measles. Miss Ericsson is still very
sick and reported not quite so we'll
this morning as yesterday. Miss Ida
Bowen, intermediate teacher. has the
distinction of being the only teacher
who has been on the job every day
since the opening of school in Sep
TENDER.
T. D. Hays returned Wednesday
from three-week stay with his wife
and family in Minneapolis. Mrs. Hays
who is public school teacher in that
Y City Ids UctIl very SICK Will pleuIISy.
She has almost recovered and will
resume her teaching soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rob Sewers went to
Lake Crystal Thursday where. the
former consulted a physician in re-
gard to his health which has been
very poor of late.
| The Vernon Center school is trying
to show it's patriotism by organizing
Junior Red Cross. Miss Bowen has
charge of the work and with the CO.
operation of Miss Russell and Miss
Davis, an endeavor was made to or
ganiZe enc but the required amount
!, of money was not obtained Mrs. E.
| A. Barnes came to the rescue with fl F.
nancial aid and the auxiliary is now or
ganized with an enrolment of eighty
five, being a 100 per cent membership.
The Junior Red Cross is an auxiliary
!, of the Red Cross and the children of
the allies. We bespeak the hearty CO.
operation of all patriotic citizens in
helping Vernon Center Junior Red
Gross to obtain working material and
encouraging the children in their eff
forts to do their bit.
F. I. Cooper purchased horse