The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-10

rlediately called. On examination he
sound her right arm broken near the
shoulder and with the assistance OF
the trained nurse. Mrs. Newell, re-
ed the fracture, putting the arm
in a cast and making the patient as
comfortable as possible under the
circumstances. Miss Champlin, who
Is almost ninety years old, is GER
tainly very wonderful woman and
broken arm heroically. Having
lost none OF her usual optimism rhe
is very thankful that It Is no worse
IMAM IL is. and Is greeting her many
friends who call to express their
sympathy and hopes for q rapid re
coyery with CHEEKY word and smile
In her grand way she rem>rked to
caller. Even churchgoers are liable
to a fall when they least expect it.
all hail to Aunt Roxa and all other
people who have the happy faculty o1
finding the pot at the foot of the
rainbow" running over with the pure
gold or perfect contentment and see
the silver lining In the darkest cloud
The exodus Of large number OF
young ladies who will teach in varf-
GUS parts of the state and elsewhere
and the boys and girls who left for
high school. college or university aft
or spending their summer vacation In
this locality make the Ola town seem
rather forlorn and deserted, but we
all take a pardonable pride in the
splendid corps of teachers and bright
boys and girls that 60 from this To-
cnlity and that they all Will make
good whether In the capacity of teach
er or pupil Ia foregone conclusion
Among them are Mrs v. @. Armstrong
who has accepted the principalship
OF the Amboy high school. Miss Ida
Bowen intermediate grade In the
Cleveland school; Cecilia Russell,
Slayton; Marie Brown, Chaska; Alice
Weir and her cousin Lucy Weir will
teach IN the rural school, the former
in the Ridge district and the latter In
the Mertersdorf district. Luells
Mountain, former Vernon girl, who
now lives with her parents at Man
kato, has accepted q position in the
government school In the Canal zone
Panama. Miss Mountain was a GLASS
mate Of Mrs. Ruth Cornish Belland at
the University Of Minnesota. AS the
Belands live In the canal zone Miss
Mountain Is expecting to enjoy her
work there to the limit. Lawrence
Warren will enter the university, talk
ing the electrical engineering course
oiiA IOts1A DaA aOo MA OO1llploI0 tuO
same course at the q this year
Charles Kraus viii complete high
school course In the government
school In Panama Dorothea Brown
and Melvin Griffith will attend Park
er college, Catherine Russell goes to
Graceville; Era Griffith, Carleton col-
lege, Nofthfeld; Walter Brown, Lake
Crystal; Alberta Weir and Helen Ca
ven, Good Counsel academy. Mankato
Elizabeth Weir. Amboy high school;
Lavina Block, West high, Minneapo-
lis; Hulda Block. Mankato high
school.
w. w. Griffith is In Hirkley this
week looking after his farming inter-
ests in that locality.
The Misses Malcomson and Miller
are nicely located at the J. H Robin
son home where they VIII room and
board during this year. Miss Watts
will room at the Henderson homo and
get her meals for the present at the
J. H. Robinson home. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Henderson took the three lady
teachers motoring Sunday. They
visited Rapidan Dam and other places
Of interest.