The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-04-11
STORIES FROM VERNON
MEETING OF CREAMERY PAT
s., RONS HELD WEDNESDAY
Considerable Business. Trans.
acted; Directors Chosen;
Village Notes
Especial to Free Press.I

Vernon Center, April 5.-Nearly ev-
cry patron of the Vernon Center
creamery was present at the opera
house Wednesday at eleven o'clock
when President Albert PAIL called
the meeting to order. The first bus
mess to come before the meeting was
engaging a buttermaker. The pres
ent incumbent Mr.. Toul, was retained
with a $40 raise in his monthly salary
which is $50 per month by the year.
The pasteurizer which Mr.. Toul finds
impractible will be exchanged for
larger vat. BY ballot vote the Yer
non Center State bank will retain the
money of the association as II has
done in all the previous years. With
a slight revision the creamery liter
allure which was printed after the an
nuai meeting held in March will be
used. thus eliminating the expense OF
new check books and deposit blanks.
&c. wIlbar, who was elected mana
ger at the annual meeting, handed in
his resignation as likewise did the
four directors, Messrs. Gus Wool
schager. Fred Bergerman, Ed Annis
and Herbert KeitZer. Their resigna-
tions were accepted and the following
gentlemen were elected to fill the va
cancies: Manager, Henry Good: di-
rectors, Charles Flemming. Gene Fran
els, A. j. Spence and Will Rambo;
secretary. Herman Wilde was given a
substantial raise in salary which he
surely deserves as il is no small job
to look after this end OF the increas-
ing business of q cooperative cream
cry.
Mrs. Ellen Robinson. who has spent
the past winter with her daughter in
Mankato, has returned to the village
and will occupy her cottage in the
western part of the village for the
next eight months. We are all glad
to have her with us again.
Kenneth Francis has purchased 4
new Ford runabout which no doubt he
will enjoy TO the limit as soon as the
roads are in fit shape for travel.
Joseph Tallman, the first Of the
week made his first visit to his old
home town since his return from army
life. Joseph is product of Vernon
Center and we are all proud of this
splendid young man who is held in
sumed his work at the Commercial
college at Mankato which place he
left to enlist at the country's call.
Mrs. Liefie Warren received word
of the arrival on Sunday last of a
great nenhew who had arrived at the
nome OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Ward of
Hanley. Sask. Mrs. Ward is nephew
OF Mrs. Henry Good, and Mrs. Ward,
nee Lucy Gates of Garden City, is
niece of Mrs. Warren.
Eighth grade state examinations are
being held here Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Harry Shelby of Grand Fords
N. d., who was called here by the
death of her father, did not arrive
until after the funeral. She talked
with her mother for a few minutes
through en- open bed room window.
The doctor did not think it best for
her to enter the house and run the
risk of getting sick. She returned to
Mankato where she will remain until
all danger of contagion is past when
she will return and stay with her
mother several weeks.
Will Muske has bought the house
on what is known as the old Westover
farm and will move. the same onto his
beautiful lot in the western part of
the village. He will remodel it,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lowell cele-
brated their fifth wedding anniversary
last Sunday, March 80. They had a
few friends as guests for dinner,
among them were Mr. and Mrs. Lucas
Crane of Garden City. Mr.. Crane and
Mr.. Lowell were classmates at the uni
versity and have been close friends
ever since.
Hon. Judge James Lowell took a
respite from the arduous duties OF
managing his fathers large farm adj
joining the village Friday and spent
the day at the city hall attending the
municipal court where the case of
Frank Schwan VS. We're Flemming was
tried. Others called on this case were
Messrs. Frank Shelby, Fred Iker and
Adolph Wagner.
kato Thursday on business pertaining
to the above suit.
Tavern Casper, a returned soldier
boy, who before the war owned and
conducted a garage at Madison Lake,
began work April l at the Bowan gar
age. Mr.. Casper is a splendid ma
cuiHlSt anu MI. bTOWH anu son are
indeed fortunate in securing his serv-
ices and will prove his efficiency in
their fact increasing and growing bus
mess.
Jim Neill of Albert Lea spent few
days with his wife and family in the
village the first of the week We un-
derstand that Mr.. Neill no longer
works in the packing house at Albert
Lea but will 60 back to his old bus
mess of thing where he secured a
large contract in the vicinity of AL
bert Lea.
Mrs. Chef Frances was up from
Mankato this week visiting in the
Hugh Frances home in West Vernon
and other relatives in Ceresco.
Horatio and Kenneth Frances, two
more of the popular boys, have re-
ceived honorable discharges from the
army at Camp Dodge and returned to
their home In North Vernon last week
The boys were the honor guests at
party last Friday evening at the
home of their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. j. l.. Robinson in the village
which the younger set in the village
thoroughly enjoyed.
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