The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-14
STORIES FROM vernon
HEALTH TOPICS WERE TAKEN
UP AT MASS MEETING
Proposed That School Pupils
Will Be Given An 0pportl-
nifty For Recreation
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Vernon Center, February 12.-Lu
cious Ashley OF West Vernon left
Monday to attend the sale circuit of
Poland China hogs in Northwestern
Iowa. He expects to. land three or
four of the good ones before he re-
turns.
The personal property of the late
julius E. Arndt estate consisting APP
proximately of $4,000 will be sold at
public auction Monday, February II,
on the Charles Russell farm seven
miles west of Vernon. Horses, cat
tie, sheep. hogs, chickens, and all
farm machinery used on a four hun
dred acre farm will be sold. This
will be one of the largest sales ever
neld in the western part of the
county.
Miss Frances Pepper is up from
Mankato spending the week with her
sister, Mrs. L. c. Rev. Miss Pepper
has evidently fully recovered from a
severe attack OF the flu. Her friends
are glad to see her looking so well
again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Henderson re-
ceived a letter from their son Robert.
who at present is in Germany with
what is left of his company. Robert
has been in the hospital in France
since October IL, having been Sc
verely gassed He thinks he is o. K,
10 tolls IF DRILLING
in the morning from $3.50 until 1880
then sometime is spent in school.
The rest of the day is theirs. He and
others think the Germans treat them
well. Robert with three others are
staying in a German home nights
and he says is seems queer to be do
ing so after what they have all gone
through. He thinks the country just
fine. Robert thinks they won't be
returned TO the United States until.
8 He = with the army.
Steers wnicn they mad been Feeding
for the past three months. to II. c..
Kraus. They sure feel like others,
who have been feeding cattle for
market this winter, that they have
not labored in vain, for after deduct
ing all expenses they find that they
have gone way over the top in the
profits. Rob Sewers accompanied III.
G. Kraus with the shipment of sew
eral carloads of No. 1. cattle to st.
Paul Thursday, returning Saturday.
The meeting held last Friday eve-
ming in the high school assembly
room for the purpose of acquainting
the parents with the health tourna-
ment which beginS this morning
Monday and continues for eight
weeks, was largely attended and
very interesting. Four minute
speeches on health and recreation
topics were given by several. These
speechs were followed by lively dis
cussions on the subject. "Play-
ground" Equipments seemed to be
foremost in the thoughts of all and
it was unanimously voted to equip
the school ground with facilities for
healthful and sane sports as soon as
possible Very little can be done
along these lines until spring. There
is a possibility OF converting the
northwest part Of the ground into
skating pond by flooding the ground.
This could be accomplished with but
little expense and would solve the
problem of winter sport for the chill
dren in the best and most enjoyable
way. This meeting proved such a
happy get to- gether affair and so
well attended by interesting people
from surrounding districts who had
made special efforts to be present,
that 1t was very evident that the
time was ripe for organizing Parent
Teacher club. On coming to vote it
was unanimously carried to organize
the club, the main goal to have
consolidated school for Vernon Cen
ter in two years. The following Off
GERS and committees were appointed.
President, Mrs. Lucious Ashley, vice
president, Mrs. Robert Fate; secre-
tary, T. r. Newell; treasurer, w. W.
Brown; committee of constitution
and by laws, Mesdames F. r. Lowell,
Rob Sewers and w. w. Brown;
committee on school ground equip
ment. the school board. Messrs. d. II.
Thew, A. c.. Gray, r. e. Fate, Mes
danes III. c. Kraus, l.. c. Rev and
H. r. Halverson and w. w. Griffiths
A big mass meeting will be held
Friday evening, February IA to COM
plete arrangements ana enrolment
A meeting of the representative
men in the surrounding districts is
being held to date at the Farmers
bank to talk and plan consolidation
The Misses Selma Petrich, who is
attending the normal, Lydia Annis
the Commercial college at Markato,
and Era Griffith of Parker college,
spent the week end holiday with the
home folks, returning to their stud
les Monday.
Mrs. Matt Weir of West Vernon
spent the week end and over Sunday
with her daughter, Miss Alberta, in
Mankato, who is attending the acad-
envy of Good Counsel.
w. w. Griffith has during the past
week added to his real estate hold
ings by purchasing the Horace
Bunce farm of $50 acres, considera-
ton, $4,000. Mr. Bunce it is under
stood, will buy the Dwight Cornish
farm and will pay ,$154 per acre
Mr.. Cornish, who has just returned
from a visit with his father, Wells
Cornish of San Diego, CAL, was
oraafIv taken nm with California and