The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-05-02
STORIES FROM VERNON
BOY SCOUTS TAKE PART IN BIG
JOB IN THE VILLAGE
w. r. c. Draped Charter In
Memory Of Late Mrs. Cora
]. Fritz
Especial to The Free Pfess.l

Charles Brown received cablegram
Wednesday from Rolly Brown, who
is stationed at st. Argonne. France,
in response to the cable he had just
received telling of his fathers death.
He is very anxious to return home,
but before he can get his discharge
an application must be properly exc
cuted, signed and then forwarded to
Washington. F. C. WILDER is attend
ing to the matter for Mrs. Brown,
but it will be long time before Roll
iy can be returned to civil life. Previ-
Gus to his enlistment nearly two years
ago he had spent his entire life on
the old homestead assisting his faith
er in carrying on his big farm, taking
many of the heavy burdens from his
fathers shoulders. Mr. Brown never
seemed the same after his son left
him. He seemed to lose his grip and
courage. The relationship between
father and son was a most happy one
a sad blow to this soldier boy in far
off France.
Miss Doris Slater is visiting rela-
tives in Madelia this week.
Mrs. Sadie Barnes returned the
first of the week from a visit to her
daughter. Miss Dorothy, who is a
teacher in the schools 1T Eveleth.
Mrs. Barnes also visited relatives in
Duluth on her return trip.
Mrs. Gus Nelson was a business
visitor in Mankato Thursday where
she also spent few hours with her
daughter, Miss Julia, who is attend
ing the normal.
The Boy Scouts certainly know how
to tackle a big job and go to it so
as to get results. They were noti-
fed the first of the week that they
were to have part in soliciting for
the Victory Loan bond sale and were
given permission to raise the village
quota, $4,000. Wednesday after
school was decided as the time when
they would start the drive. School
was dismissed at three o'clock on said
day and the teachers and pupils as
sembled on the school grounds and
were formed in line and given Vic
tory flags. banners. remnants, ETC.
The scouts in uniforms heading the
procession, marched from the grounds
and with warlike precision paraded
the village streets. The villagers
lethargy and began to sit I'D and
take notice and to wonder what was
coming next. At $3.50 an order was
given to break ranks and the scouts
were away like the wind determined
to go way over the top in double quick
time. Just thirty minutes after the
drive started Scoutmaster III. r. Hal
version gave ont the first report that
$4,000 worth of bonds had been sold
or one third Of the quota. Everybody
vas csal-r siastic, not Stacker found
I'D tize zAys thoroughly enjoyed the
work When time was called in the
early evening nearly $4,000 worth of
bonds had been sold and the scouts
went to their various homes in a
very happy frame of mind. They fin
ished the canvass the next afternoon
after school hours and Chairman C..
M. Warren stated that S21 400 worth
of Victory bonds had been sold in
the village, going over their quota
$3,400. No canvass has yet been
made in the township, owing r. IT,
fact that everybody is too busy seed
ing. The scouts VII assist in the
township drive and devote as much
of their time after school hours as
possible to the work
Arbor and Bird day was observed
Friday afternoon. The first half of
the afternoon was spent in cleaning
and raking up the yards and play
grounds and at three o'clock the pri-
mary and intermediate rooms gave a
pleasing program out of doors This
was followed by the planting of a
Victory Elm tree.
Lester Schwartz isN~out of school
this week. A hard cold developed in :
to pneumonia and he is a pretty sick
boy. All hope that he may very soon
improve and be back in school again.
Dorothy Brown is also ill and out of
school suffering with a cold and sore
throat
Miss Veronica Good, who teaches
school in the Pegur district has been
obliged to close school owing to the flu
which many of the pupils are having.
Ivor Nelson, who arrived from over
seas about two weeks ago, received his
discharge from Camp Dodge Thurs
day and arrived in Mankato Friday
noon and came up to Vernon in the
afternoon with H. c. Kraus by auto.
Ivor is looking and feeling fine. He
is glad to be back in the old home
town and everybody is sure glad to
see him. ="
Wool ought to drop in price by an.
other year if the lamb crop elsewhere
is as big as it is in this section. H. C..
kraus has fine flock of sheep and
every sheep has from one to three
lambs. The latest count revealed 127
line brisky lambs. H. c. is stepping
around somewhat lively.
The Woman's Relief corps at their
regular meeting Wednesday evening
initiated a large class of ten into the
order. The beautiful impressive
ceremony made deep impression
upon the candidates and they feel il
is great honor to belong to this great
patriotic order and each took the
solemn vows realizing that by LIVING
up to the preceptT and It's principals
you are lettering your life and doine
your bit for the betterment of man
Kind. Mrs. Henderson, the efficient
and capable president presided and
each one went through her part of the
ceremony very nicely One of the
prettiest and impressive ceremonies
OF the evening was the draping of the
charter in memory Of Mrs. Cora J
Fritz, the past department president
Mrs. Fritz took special interest in