The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-09-05
STORIES FROM VERNON
VILLAGE JUBILANT OVER BIG
SUCCESS AT FAIR
Events of Week In That Village
Collected BY the
Scribe
Especial to Free Press.l

short visit with her sister, Mrs. Fred
WILDER and family in North Vernon.
Mrs. Farmer attended the Garden
City fair where she met many of
her former friends in her old home
town, all of whom were more than
glad to see that she had fully gained
her health, which for several years
was very poor.
Mrs. Bessie Long -McMurray of
Great Falls, Mont, is visiting her
sister. Mrs. Fred Fleming and family
in North Vernon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Mobiles of Cere-
SEQ. in company with Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Waite of Fairmont, left last
Saturday on two weeks motor trip
through the lake regions of Northern
Minnesota, stopping on the homeward
trip at Duluth where they will visit
relatives for a few days.
Miss Jessie Patch of Patch Grove,
Wis, is in the village for weeks
visit with Misses Libbie and Louise
Award! Miss Patch is at the head
of the normal training department of
the city school in Red Wing and left
for that city this morning to be in
readiness for the opening of the
schools September s. Miss Libbie
Award accompanied her and will re-
sumo her old position.
Mrs. Will Dennison is recovering
quite rapidly from an operation per-
formed in st. yJoseph's hospital last
Saturday
Mrs. Wasserman, who has been
spending the past two weeks in
Minneapolis, returned the first of the
week. Her husband droye to the city
ON, Saturday to attend the wedding on
Sunday of his wife's sister.
Mrs. L. c. Rev has returned from
Minneapolis where she spent a few
days with her sister, Mrs. Winifred
Quimby.
Mrs Ella Avarill, who is staying
with her friend, Mrs. Guppy, has been
on the sick list for nearly two weeks.
She is now improving.
Mrs. Anna Weber and Miss Luella
Chessy of Peoria, H., are spending a
happy vacation with their cousins,
Charles Starbuck and family in North
Vernon and Mrs. Ed. Lee and family
in the village.
F. r. Lowell, who is administrator
of the Miles Porter estate, has re-
turned from Minneapolis where he
visited his daughter while looking
after business pertaining to the es-
tate
Miss Eva Griffith is number two of
the Griffith family to have the pumps
tits fortunate for her to have them
now than little later as Miss Grit
nth, who completed her high school
at Parker college last June, will enter
Carleton college, which opens its
school year September 8.
Mrs. Myrtle Kelly and children
spent the week end and over Sunday
with the formers sister, Mrs. Ida
Marston and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl REEVES and three
little boys left by the auto route for
their home in Wheaton, Mimi, after
with the formers brother, Herman
Reeves in North Vernon, and his par
ents and family in Ceresco.
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Ashley and
little son Raymond and Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. H. Thew of Old Town enjoyed a
motor trip Sunday afternoon through
Mapleton, Beauford, Lyra, Good
farms and beautiful homes that that
section is noted for.
Lawrence Butler who is working in
the barber shop in Lewisville, spent
the week end and over Sunday with
his mother, Mrs. Sarah Butler. In
the shop where he works they have
two chairs, four pool tables, soda
fountain, cigars and candy counter.
All are well patronized and the two
men are busy all the time. Lewis
Vile has a nice little hotel where
Lawrence rooms and boards, paying
So per week.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry ,Hohenstein or
West Vernon are the proud parents
of brand new baby boy, who tipped
the scales at ten and half pounds.
The little chap arrived Tuesday
morning. DR.. Crimes of Madelia is
in attendance.
Mrs. George Harding of New York
City visited recently with her cousins
and brother, Don at the F. E. Cooper
home. Mrs. Harding, nee Maud
Cooper, lived in Amboy and has many
friends here who were glad, to see
her. She has three little boys. While
here she had the pleasure of seeing
May Wilbur Mood, a former girl friend
Of Madison, Wis, who is back to the
old home, visiting her parents.
Mrs. F. Ray Cooper is spending two
weeks with her husbands parents in
the. village and sisters in Truman.
Miss Mary Brockway of Rolling
stone: Mimi, is in the village,
guest of Miss May Cornish. The girls
are cure having a good time. which
theyscertainly are entitled to, as
both shave been doing Red ross nurs-
ing. for over one and a half years,
first In cantonments in the United
States and later in France with Uni
versity Unit No. 26. The girls were
not always nursing in the same hos
pitfalls, fut were together in Allery
where they were room mates. Miss
Brockway returned with the 18th
division the first of the year and Miss
Cornish, signing up for longer serv-
ice, has just recently returned. Both
girls spent the whole of Wednesday
assisting at the baby clinic
Ed. Dollard of San Francisco. who
attended the National Credit Mems
convention in ST. Paul last week.
came to Vernon on the late train
Saturday for |. short visit With he.