The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-10
STEPPED FROM SCHOOL
CLOSING EXERCISES HELD
AT PEMBERTON
One-Sided Ball Game Pulled OFF
In Village; News Stories
Gathered

Pemberton. June 6.-School closed
Friday, June 8. On the afternoon of
that date the pupils of the high
school department went to Minneopa
Park for an outing and picnic. On
Thursday afternoon the primary
grades had a picnic in the N. T.
Oftedahl woods west of town. On
the same evening the intermediate
grades held their party in the school
auditorium.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. R. Hammer and
son, Harold, motored to Rochester
where they spent several days COM
bined with business and pleasure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cragun and children
spent the decoration day vacation
with Mrs. Cragun's parents at Jor-
dan. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Cox are the
proud possessors of a baby girl
which the stork brought the morning
Of May 81.
The Knutson family Of Cotton.
wood spent the decoration day vaca-
ton with friends and relatives OF
Pemberton.~
Mrs. Roche spent a few days at
Rochester the past week, returning
Neweil Nelson made a business trip
to Napoleon Friday.
Mrs. Henry Pickle entertained the
Norwegian ladies' aid on Thursday
afternoon of this week
The rain some what interfered with
decoration day services at Pembe,-
ton.
The ball game between Mattawan
and Pemberton last Sunday was ra-
ther one sided affair. Pemberton
lost with a score of 16 to 2. The
s Or, boys were the battery works
effective. Billy Groll striking out
seventeen men during the game.
The Pemberton support is what lost
them the game by such a wide mar
gin.
1t is rumored that r. A. Blaisdell
and family will start for the west
in the near future Mr.. Blaisdell
may make the trip in his Chevrolet
car.
The musical entertainment given
in the Norwegian church decoration
day evening was well attended and
the program was pronounced excel
lent,
Henry Wilson was in Waseca on
business the latter part of the week.
With the exception Of Miss Dom
nell all the teachers departed a.,
their homes. Miss Donnell will leave
in few days.
Mr.. McKibben is moving in to his
new restaurant apartments this week.
1t is rumored that a man. from
Janesville will start a barber shop
In the building vacated by Mr.
McKibben.
The rise in wheat and corn has
brought some of those products to
the Pemberton market in the last
few days.
Urcill Davis. the seven year old SOB
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Davis, met with
q serious accident last week White
playing ball with some of the small
boys in his class he was accidenttIy
hit In the mouth with the ball bat.
bursting both lips. The wound is
healing nicely and no scar will be
The Norwegian people will open a
school for religious instructions in
the old school building south and
west OF town. 1t will begin on June
Sanford Barentson Will soon have
addition TO that part of the village
and he will have nice home.
, Simon Barentson is giving his
house a new coat of paint.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Thompson were
entertained in the H. e. Barrett home
at Mankato last Sunday.
Mrs. Elias Nelson sustained a seri-
GUS injury the fore part of the
week. She has not been feeling very
well throughout the day and that
evening after she had returned she
felt i'll and arose. She tainted and
fell striking her side against the
corner of the window bruising the
flesh and muscles She has been
confined to her bed for the past few
DAYS but very much improved at this
writing.
Remember the< chautauqua course
at Pemberton beginning on June Is.