The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-07-23
STORIES FROM vernon.
WATER SUPPLY WAS OFF
FOR NEARLY WEEK
Closing of the Wasserman Store
Has Caused Some Comment
In Village

Mimi, have enjoyed the most Of the
week visiting the formers sister,
Mrs. Mary Louer and among their
numerous friends in this, the old
home town. Father Time is dealing
gently with the Goodfenows and to
all appearance they are as young and
happy and gay as in days of yore.
There will be no services tomor-
row In st. Peters Lutheran church at
this place. Rev. Paul Walther and
congregation will help the Good
Thunder congregation celebrate its
golden jubilee and the twenty fifth
Besides the congregation many
others are planning on driving over
In the afternoon to attend the exer-
cises.
John Morrow of Minneapolis spent
Monday between train with his cou
sin Jim Morrow and family. Mr.. Nor
row formerly lived here and although
in town only a few hours met many
OF his old time friends who have al
ways retained a warm place in their
hearts for Long john" the sobriquet
of boyhood days.
Like Finnegan the water supply
has been of agin, on agin, gone
agin' for nearly week. The last
trouble was a break in the pump.
Anil Rosenow and Ed. Ziegler OF
Good Thunder were here Tuesday
and late in the afternoon the WORK
was completed and pumping began
and soon everybody was in a more
tranquil frame of mind for fires seem
to have a knack Of breaking out
when the water supply is low. Fred
Annis. who has been in charge OF
the pumping station for many years.
resigned the position last week. Ed.
TO- hnI Inr %
perience along this line Of work, has
been hired.
Mrs, Clifford Mead and her son re-
turned Tuesday evening from Lucan,
Mimi, where she had been visiting
relatives for the past ten days.
Mrs. Anil LANCER and three chill
dren Marion. Francis and Alice OF
Madina, y. D.. are in town visiting
for a few weeks with Mrs. LANCER s
father, E. W. Washburn and wife and
other relatives in the village.
Mrs. o. T. heel and Eugene
are spending days in Ceresco
at the home c. .ie formers sister,
Mrs. Joseph Russell.
Tom Hays returned by the auto
route from Minneapolis Monday eve
ming where he had been enjoying
Thomas came home with him and Will
CT. nd his summer vacation on the
Mrs. Mary Wagon Of Mankato and
her granddaughter Alice Burr Wagon
OF Palm Beach. Fla, are spending
the week at the home Of the formers
brothers Lou and Henry Kraus.
rfr. and Mrs. F. l.. Cooper and Mr..
and Mrs. Chris Hansen and children
motored to Amboy Sunday afternoon
and enjoyed several hours very
pleasantly at the c. J. Louer and N.
A. RULER homes. At the formers
place your correspondent had the
pleasure of meeting n s. Brace OF
Pasadena. Cal, who is spending part
of the summer with her daughter and
renewing old friendships in this 10,
cality where she had always lived
until about ten yeas ago. Although
Ms. Brace is past eighty two years.
she appears TO be in the prime OF
life ard is as active as woman OF
sixty. She made the trip alone as
far es Kansas City where she met
her daughter in law, Mrs. chester
, Brace and together they came to
grandSaughter Carribel Louer.
Mrs. Mary Cornish and daughter
Mrs. V. c. Armstrong, who have been
visiting relatives in Oshkosh. WIS.
for few weeks. returned home
Thursday evening.
Mrs. r. r. Newell is entertaining a
house party of friends from Cloquet
MINI. The party includes MIS-; Z, ~;
Clifford and Mrs. Alice Scott.
Mr. and Mrs H. E. Roberts and
two children Lyle and Robert, Miss
Gussie Roberts of Mankato and Mr..
and Mrs. William Hall of ST. Cloud,
Fla, motored to Vernon, Thursday,
spending the day at the F. l.. Cooper
home. ,u..5
with his parents and brother and
sister for a few hours Thursday. His
mother. Mrs. E. T. Champlin accom-
panied him on his return home as far
as Lake Crystal where she will re-
main over the week end with her son
Attorney G. w. Champlin- and family.
Mrs. George Gray, was a business
visitor In town Thursday between
trains. Everybody is sorry to learn
that her husband is still very poorly:
Mr.. and Mrs. Gray and Douglas Will
returned in September to California
where they expect to make thelr ~
ture home.
holtz families with Mrs. Lois Warren
and Mrs. H. R. Halverson and httle
daughter Irma as their guests en- +,
ioved a pleasant outing at beautiful
interlaken Wednesday. The day was
superb, the roads fine and all the joys
which should always accompany
motor trip and picnic were theirs;
Friday afternoon in honor OF Miss
Florence Whipple, county health
nurse. who has been instructing a
class of twenty in hygiene and nurs :.
ing. planned and carried out most
ENJOYABLE affair in the shape of last
day of school" Autoes conveyed the
twenty scholars and several guests
who are visiting in the various homes
70 the beautiful farm ground of Mr..
and Mrs. Rob. Sewers and when
teacher" arrived from her class at
Beaufort at 4:30 were all lined up TO
welcome her Games suitable to the
time and occasion were enjoyed dur. .
ing the afternoon, closing with a most
bountiful appetizing picnic supper.
This class which completed Its course
last week and received diplomas,
was among the A zones" and was
more than self supporting and after
expenses are all paid they find they
have a neat little sum left which they
have decided to turn over to the Red
Cross to be used as a nucleus for a
loan closet which will be established
by the executive officers of the Yer
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