The Mankato free press., 1919-05-02
STORIES FROM VERNON
SCOUT CLUBS WERE ENTER.
TANNED VERY NICELY
Mrs. Robert Sewers Hostess At
Party; News Notes of
Village
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Vernon Center, Apri. 24.-Mrs.
Robert Sewers entertained Tie Boys
and Girls Scout clubs Monday after
noon at her home two miles south of
the village. The boys and girls met
at the Halverson restaurant and H.
r. Halverson, the boys scoutmaster
gave instructions and mode of pro-
cedure and with patrol leaders, Ed
mond Good and Lawrence. Warren,
twenty five boys and girls started
happily on the hike" covering the
distance in forty minutes. They re-
received a hearty welcome from the
four little scouts, Sumner, Irene,
Leila and Gage Sewers. Soon after
kinds made the afternoon pass all
too quickly. At five o'clock they
were called in from their play to en-
joy two course luncheon which
Mrs. Sewers assisted by Mrs. Rev
served to the delighted boys and
girls. The dining room was prettily
decorated in Easter novelties and the
long table with plates laid for twen-
ty-nine was pretty in its decorations.
The favors were small baskets con-
tanning candy Easter eggs. After
eating their fill of the good things
they read their fortunes which were
tied by ribbon around the necks of
small papermache rabbits. 1t leaked
out some way that Sumner had a
birthday the day before and he was
very much surprised when he was
presented with several nice presents,
among which were a ball and bat.
Mr.. Sewers hitched big farm team
to lumber wagon and brought the
children back to the village. Several
of the boy scouts scorned the idea of
riding and hiked home -'
c. NJ. Warren, chairman of the
Victory loan compaign and his as
sistants, G. c. Cornish and George
r. Cray have completed the work of
mailing to the various committees
the allotments of the persons residing
in the districts. They are to cover
Vernon township and village. The
allotment is $51 900. AS many of the
solicitors are farmers and no seeding
done as yet the chairman instructed
them to make the drive at their leis-
ure, either evening or at any old
time when it would not interfere
with field work. There is no come
push element as there is three weeks
in which to do the work. Messrs. A..
c. WILDER and L. S. Terry were the
first in the village to invest the Vic
tory bonds, each going over the top
by subscribing more than their quotas
Emil Pervis was the first Victory
bond purchaser from the township.
The boy scouts will canvass the vii
lage for the Victory sale They will
De under the supervision of the
scoutmaster, Fl. r. Halverson.
Saturday afternoon Mesdames
Washburn, Stoner, Nelson, Arm
strong, Cooper and Miss S. May
Robinson met at the home of Mrs.
Mary Cornish and packed $50 pounds
of splendid clothing and shipped it
to the eastern terminal to be sent
, across the esas for the refugees of
i. Belgium and France and other needy
persons. 1t is regretted that so few
OF our Red Cross members contribut-
ed to this most worthy cause. We
believe there were less than a dozen
VINO contributed clothing for the
shipment.
Will Butler, head man on the Mil
lard Busby tiling job, arrived from
webster City. also Mr. and Mrs.
Beal OF the same place aDd on Mon
day went out to IL. Busby's big
farm four miles west of town and
made arrangements to begin work
this morning. Three more men will
arrive this evening which will com
plete the crew. Mrs. Beal will cook
for the men. The farm garage has
been converted into a modern kitchen
where the cooking and meals will be
served Their sleeping apartments
will be in the house which is a very
commodious building. 1t will take
about a month to finish this Job.
When completed Mr.. Busby will have
the best tiled farm in this section
and the benefit of systematic tiling
is seen in the immense crops bar-
vested from this farm of 800 acres.
Every foot OF, land is tillable.
lvor Nelson, who was in active
service overseas and participated in
some fierce battles, arrived at New
port News last week and departed
Tor Camp Funston where he will re
,ceive his discharge.
Mrs. H. C.. Kraus, has been con-
lined to her room for the past few
days with a cold and sore throat.
Mrs. Phillip Wood of Bloomington
ILL.,, and Mrs. II. C. Lowry of Man
kato were most welcome guests at
the Millard Busby home in the vii
lage the first of the week. Mrs.
Wood coming from the old home
town of the Busbys seemed to bring
greeting from all their former ac-
quaintances in recounting and recall :
ling events that have transpired in
the intervening years.