The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-06-06
STORIES FROM VERNON
BABY CLINIC THERE ATTRACT.
ING MUCH ATTENTION
Banks Offering Prizes; News
Notes, Personals From
Village
Especial to The Free Press,l

| Vernon Center, June An last
Wednesdays notes in stating the
plans and announcement for the Ba-
by clinic which will be held in the
village Saturday, June Z, an error
was made in regard to the $40 prize
which is offered for the best baby.
1t should have read the-Vernon Cen
ter State bank instead Of the Farm
ers' State bank offers prize of $40,
etc.
Miss Blanch Randall left Saturday
afternoon on two weeks visit with
Mrs. Alfred Halverson of Sherburn
and Mrs. Claude Meixell at Albert
! Lea.
Miss Louise Award, who has been
living at Blooming Prairie for the
past six months, has returned. She
is staying for few weeks with her
| friend, Mrs. Emma Brown in West
| Vernon. She is having her residence
in the village repainted and papered
which she will occupy as soon as the
work is completed Her sister Lib
bic expects to spend the summer with
her.
Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Brown
received letteNs from their sons, who
are Still in service across the seas
Robert Henderson is with the fourth
division which took the place of the
forty second when the division sail
ed for home, is with the Army of
! Occupation. He has no idea as to
when the fourth division will be
home. Rolly Brown is still at st.
A Itrnr, &c ole 0Il
| Cox. They are in line for transpor-
tation to the United States, but the
lime for embarkment is very hazy.
1t is conjectured that they will cele-
brate the glorious Fourth on United
States soil though not in the old
| home town.
Mrs. Gardner is down from st.
Francis, Mimi, and is visiting for a
few days with her former neighbors,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Robinson and num-
erous other old friends in and around
the village.
! The w. R. C. will CO. operate with
the Boy Scouts in celebrating Flag
Day June IA. JH
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hartwick and
little boy drove to Waterville Thurs
day evening to spend Memorial Day
with relatives in that little city. Mr..
Hartwick, who is cashier of the Ver-
non Center State bank, got back to
j his home at late hour Sunday night.
the heavy rains made autoing a dar-
ing and dangerous fete.
/ There were ten boys in Blue and
ten in Khaki present at the Memori-
al Day exercises and occupied seats
of honor in front of the platform.
The w. r. C. presented each soldier
with buttonaire bouquet and on
their return from the cemetery where
they had placed flags and wreathes
on the graves pr old comrades, they
returned to the hall where they spent
a social hour and enjoyed luncheon
| of coffee, sandwiches and cake. served
by the corps.
The Boy Scouts band made it's
hrst public appearance Decoration
Day and surely did fine.
Frank PETER, who has been in I'm
Gle Sans army over seas for over
a year and who landed at Newport
News, Va, couph of weeks ago.
yesterday arrived n his old home
town where he viii remain until
September with nil brothers, Andy
and Will and his sister, Mrs. Tom
CaVen. Frank received his discharge
from the army at 4 camp in Wyom-
ing. His brother Nike, whose home
IS at Great Falls, rturned with him
for short visit.
The Farmers Site bank has of.
Iered prize of $1Qfor the best ba-
bies. Twenty dollas in cash prizes
from the two bank ought to make
1t worth while for ii babies eligible
10 compete. The emile sfor the priz-
es oHered by the Vernon Center
State bank will bebabies from sly
months to eighteemmonths Entries
for the prizes offerekb y the Farmers,
State bank, babies from one and
half to three years. A condition of
entry will be that te child has been
examined at the Glide as the record
CARDS are to be usd in determining
points. The judges will be DR.. J. q.
Merrill of Amboy, Ms. It. r. Newell
Il. N, and Mrs. Luf Austin of Yer
non Center. The ontest will be
heid from to 5 pa. Saturday and
prizes will be awafded for the most
perfect babies phytially.
mrs. Mary A. Cornish received
word Yesterday ffon her daughter.
MISS May Cornish Etha she was leav-
ing France, whers sc is stationed
win. Base hospital No 81, for fur
! Iousn In Ireland. White there she
VIII visit the home OF her forefath-
ers at LANE near DubTn. Mrs. Cor
nlsh is also in receipt of news re-
Gently from her nephey Robert Pew
~ho has been in the ali service over
seas and who is now nducting of
!. noers Dy motor car 81 htseeing in
Tie devastated regions. He writes: |
mo terms, however hash, can be |
700 hard for the Huns. One has but
70 see the wanton, crud devastation
"iuusht TO feel that il shis inmost
Soul. / have driven torists to seel
me ruins of the beautiful Rheims
catnedral; then we have fiewed the |
cathedral of Cologne, no1ess beau
lilui' safe and unharmd and it ]
makes my blood boil" Il thinks it |
pity the allies could mol have fore
ea their way on to Bel before
peace came to halt thet on their
march there.
+, Miss Rosetta NJ Loo,ei, one of !
our local. teachers. left fqesday aft
erhoon for her home a, 1bnona, Ia,
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