The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-02
STORIES OF VERNON
LISTED FOR READERS
Willard Meyers, Former Resi-
dent, Died In Erie, Pa.
News and Notes Picked Up BY
Reporter of The Mankato
Free Press
Especial to Free Press.l

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Vernon Center, July 31.-Miss
Blanche Burdick of Maynard, Iowa,
arrived last Saturday evening for an
extended stay with her brother and
sister, Editor and Mrs. Harold Bur-
dick of The Vernon Center News. Miss
Burdiek was assistant editor for sew
eral years and her many friends are
glad to have her back on the force
again.
Mrs. Eta Tallman of Mankato and
Miss Nettie Babcock of Minneapolis
who have been enjoying short vaca-
ton with former Vernon friends, left
last evening for their respective
homes.
F. H. Barnes received telegram
Yesterday from Erie, Pa, announcing
the death of Willard Meyers, former
Vernon Center resident. The body is
expected to arrive in Vernon Tues
day Mr.. Meyers was working in the
power house and in some way came
in contact with live wire and was
e1ectrccuted. He and his family had
recently moved from the farm into
Erie where he held position which
cost him his life He leaves his wife,
who was formerly Miss Josie Hollis
ter of this place. and eleven children.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Rich are spend
ing the week with their niece, Mrs.
Charles Proehl CT Mapleton.
Mrs. Lorenzo Carpenter is visiting
at the Hadley home in Mapleton.
Margaret Quimby returned this
morning to her home in Minneapolis
after enjoying a two weeks vacation
with her cousins, Lois and Grace Pew.
Helen and Agnes Schwartz of Am
how and Misses Hattie Wojohn and
Selma Petrich made up an auto par
ty and motored to OwatonDa yester-
day where they will visit friends for
a short time.
Mrs. R. e. Howard and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Sasser, of Austin spent
few days the first of the week at the
D. A. Slater home.
Ross Annis. eldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Annis of North Vernon and
Miss Frances Terryl were quietly
married in Mankato Saturday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs Rich and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Washburn and Mr. and Mrs. Wend
Iandt were among those from here
who attended the funeral services of
Mrs. Seawright in Garden City Sun
day
Mr. and Mrs. f. L. Cooper and Mrs.
". G. Armstrong and Miss Ida Bowen
were the only ones from Vernon Cen
ter to attend the Red Cross confer
ence in Mankato Sunday afternoon
The meeting was held at the Y. M. c..
A. and was largely attended and very
interesting
Rev. and Mrs. B. F. Koch have had
for their guests this week Mr.. ard
Mrs. c. P. Carpenter and daughter,
Miss Delphine, of Mortified and Mr.
and Mrs Clifford Ward and son and
daughter of Minneapolis. Mrs Car
penter is sister of Mrs. Koch.
Beautiful harvest weather. The far
inner and likewise his better half are
working early and late gathering the
bCuntiful crop before any disaster
overtakes it.
John Halverson, the obliging clerk
at the Corner store is enjoying short
vacation this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rob Fleming motored
up from Mankato Sunday afternoon
for a short visit with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fleming of
North Vernon.
Miss Stone of MINNEAPOLIS is
guest this week of Mrs. John Bowen
Mr.. and Mrs. W. 7. Richter and
son, j., of Forbes, N D., who are en-
joying a motor trip vacation, were
calling on Vernon friends Tuesday
Mr.. Richter was for several years
cashier of the Vernon Center State
bank, but the last two years has held
o like position in the State bank at
Forbes. Mr.. and Mrs. Richter are
much taken up with their new home
in the west and are evidently enjoy
ing life and prospecting.
Rev. Paul Walthers, the very pop
ular young pastor of the Emmanuel
Lutheran church, is doing his bit for
u. S. A. in the harvest field. Begin
ming as shocker he found the in
tensive heat and heavy grain little
too much for an inexperienced man so
was obliged to give up that job for
driving the harvester.