The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-27
STORIES FROM VERNON
FRED CROSS DRIVE Is NOW
! PROGRESSING NICELY
Number of Events Are Taking
Place In That Pretty
Village
Especial to Free Press.1


Misses Selma Petrich, Sylvia Dor
weller and Julia Nelson, three of the
most popular and patriotic girls, are
busy canvassing the village for the
Christmas Red Cross membership
drive and are meeting with splendid
success. With an eye single to the
cause, and with the business sagacity
of McAdoo, two of the young ladies
guarded the two entrances to the
creamery Friday, giving the two
hundred or more patrons the oppor-
tunity of investing one dollar in the
greatest ard best paying enterprise
the world has ever known. You are
sure to have life long regret if you
90 not invest.
The same gloomy, rheumatic.
grouchy weather still continues.
There evidently seems to be no pros
pect for anything better for sometime
"Yet few days, and the all beholding
sun may be seen again" But in all
probability you won't. The roads are
something terrible ruraI mail car
riers are on their jobs from early
morning until long past dark. DR.. J.
E. Merrill, astride "Old Dobbin" Is
making his daily rounds visiting his
numerous patients. The doctors fine
physique and military bearing is in
tensified in his equestrian garb, a
veritable modern Lochenvar by day,
and when he pulls off one Of the
nightly stunts the famous Midnight
Ride of Paul Revere" is beaten to a
FRAGILE.
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Lowell will leave
Saturday for Minneapolis where they
will spend few days with their
daughter, Mrs. Miles Porter and
family. From there they will proceed
to Wisconsin where they will spend
TIE holidays with relatives at Hart
ford and Juneau.
Mayor L. L. Champlin of Mankato
visited his home folks in the village
the first of the week. All are glad to
note that bis mother, Mrs. E. T.
Champlin is making a good recovery
from her recent illness. Miss Hulda
Block is assisting in the household
duties at the Champlin home. She
will stay until the Madelia high
school reopens when she will resume
her studies.
The sale at the Matson, Jacobs,
Johnson. Husebo store, like Finnegan
This time / guess for good, for bona
fide purchaser has bought the stock
and will move his family here from
the cities and The village will soon
have two substantial general stores
again.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Anil Keitzer of West Vernon is quite
i'll with the prevailing flu. AS yet she
is the only one on the family ailing.
DR.. j. E. Merrill has the case and al
though both lungs are affected, it is
expected she will make a good re-
covery.
The Aid society OF the Methodist
Episcopal church met Wednesday aft
ernoon at the parsonage, home of
Mrs. w. w. Brown. A good attend
ance was present. The song, scrip
ture lesson, prayer and responses to
roll call were in commemmoration and
thankfulness to the prince of peace
whose birthday is celebrated at Yule-
tide by the whole Christian world.
The guests greatly enjoyed tea and
cake which the hostess daintily
served.
G. c. Cornish was delegate to the
state insurance convention which
convened in st. Paul the first of the
week.
Mr.. ard Mrs T. H. Dredge of Lake
Crystal are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. F. H. Barnes.
Chef Bates was down this week
from Sioux Falls. S. D., on a visit
to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. H
Bates.
Thursday afternoon the W. r. G.. of
Vernon Center had the honor of en-
tertaining Mrs. Moran of Minneapolis.
president of the state w. r. C.. solicit
ing department, and Mrs Kalor of LIE
.Sueur, w. r. G.. state counselor.
Mesdames Moran ard Kalor's visit
was for the purpose of Strengthening
out some little difficulties in the
lodge of several months standing.
Their mission was a most successful
one. The organization passes its
second milestone with flying colors.
Exit the past, bury it in deepest obliv-
ion, the curtain falls to rise again in
purified atmosphere. MAY the new
scroll pages remain unsullied, cement
ed together by the true loyalty and
with the love of home and state and
native land overlooking from the
aCdl 70 vi ITO every IutlIlU6T.
The following are the names of
members of the Vernon Center Red
Cross who are in lire for recognition
from the National Red Cross head
Quarters for work reformed since its
organization, possibly there may be
others who belong to this list, if so
their names will be published later.
Ladies' Study club: Mrs. Ella Ashley,
Mrs. Vesta Armstrong, Mrs. Alice
Bates, Mrs. Jessie Barnes, Miss Roxy
Champlin, Mrs. Mary Cornish, Mrs.
Alice Cooper, Mrs. Emma Cornish.
Mrs. Alene Halverson, Mrs. Mabel
Halverson, Mrs. Kate Kraus, Mrs
Clemmie Lowell, Mrs. Laura Mead
Mrs. Pauline Nelson. Mrs. Thomas
Johnson, Mrs. A. w. Petrich, Mrs
Johanna Robinson, Mrs. julius Reinke,
Mrs. Pearl Rev, Mrs Ella Stoner
Mrs. Hattie Washburn.
The Misses Sylvia Dorweiller and
Alberta Weir of the Academy of Good
Council and Selma Petrick and Julia
Nelson from the state normal at Man.
kato, are home enjoying the Yuletide
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Baumgartner of
South Vernon are anxiously awaiting
news from their youngest son George,
who is in Uncle Sans army overseas
They have received no word from him
Tor almost eight weeks.
Rev. B. F. Koch of Albert Lea spent
few hours in Vernon Thursday and