The Mankato free press., 1921-12-23
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EVENTS IN VERNON
RELATED BY SCRIBE
Variety of News Is Told BY
The Correspondent
LETTER OF MRS. CLAGUE
Wife Of Congressman Describes
Scenes Taking Place In
- Washington
Especial to The Free Press.I

Especial to The Free Press.]
Vernon Center. December 21.-Mr
and Mrs. Gene Eyer of Madelia, ac-
companied by Mrs. Kate Johnston of
st. James, motored to the village
Saturday afternoon to. spend the
week end and over Sunday as guests
at the Bates home.
Ed Meixell and son Irwin of Waton-
wan visited the formers mother,
Mrs. Mary Meixell, who makes her
home with her daughter. Mrs: Alice
Bates. l am glad to note that Grand i.
ma Meixell is in her usual good
health.
Peter Froling is up from Webster
City to spend the holidays with his
old neighbors and friends. Messrs,
Millard and Edward Busby in South
Vernon. The three gentlemen took
the noon train for Winnebago to visit
Charles Busby and family.
Miss Velma Frances, who is teach
ing at Vesta, Mimi, arrived home
Saturday evening to spend the holi-
days with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gene Frances in North Vernon.
Vernonite, who for the PAST several
years has been a resident of Cedar,
Mimi, is back to her old home, visit
ing her brother D. H. Thew and fam
lily in Old Town and other relatives
in the vicinity. Mrs. Robinson re-
ports her family well, and enjoy their
new home and are doing well.
Martin Halverson left Monday for
Albert Lea to spend few days with
his son Albert and family.
weeks with his brothers Nick and
Henry Thul and families, has return
ed to his home in Shakopee.
Mrs. We're Fleming of North Yer
non spent the week end and over
Sunday with her <nother in Man
kato. -. ....
Among the farmers in this locality
to go to Mankato Monday to attend
the ditch hearing were Messrs
Wendlandt, Fred Wilbur. George and
Brown, Herman Wilde, Charles Star
buck, L. C. Rev and H. C. Kraus.
Mrs. w. W. Brown spent Tuesday
afternoon at the lakes. After visit
ing the dental parlors the remainder
of her time was spent calling on
friends.
Mrs. F. R. Cooper will arrive this
evening from st. Paul to remain
through the holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. e. Cooper Her
husband, who is a travelling man, ex-
night.
Earl and Edward Carpenter left
this morning for Northern Wisconsin
where they will spend the holidays
with their brother Charles and fam
| lily.
George Stoner of Springfield, Mimi,
spent Monday afternoon between
trains with his son Franc and family
Mr.. Stoner was called here by the
I0nf 4Q ~ al cd t.
Doge of st. Paul. The remains were
brought to Winnebago on the late
train Monday evening for burial be-
side her husband, who passed away
several years ago.
The Misses Selma Petrich of .Du-
luth, Marie Brown of Cbaska and
Margaret Denison of Lamberton are
among the Vernon girls. who are
home to spend a two weeks vacation
with the home folks. .s..
Mrs. e. T. Champlin spent several
days the latter part of the past week
in Mankato, the guest of her son and
daughter in law, Mr.. and Mrs. L. L.
Champlin. o.
Fred Wilbur is driving a fine new
WHY'S knight sedan. =
At the regular meeting of the
Knights of Pythias, held in Masonic
hall Monday evening, the following
were elected officers for the coming
year George M4ertersdorf, G; c.;
mis-, prelate; F. R. Lowell, K. S.;
Henry Halverson, M. F.; Herman
King, lEx.; Gust Nelson, NJ. W.; Jack
Remfrey, inside guard: James Neill,
outside guard: Clifford Mead, M. A.
No. 800 Clifton Terrace South,
Washington. D. c., December 1S, 1921
Dear Friends: To continue my form
er letter. congress. last March ap-
ment in the United States of the un-
known American soldier and /Presi-
dent Harding personally charged the
secretaries of war and navy with the
execution of this law. All that is
known of the body inferred at Ar
lington November II, in memory of
all our American boys, who made
the supreme sacrifice. is that he was
a private soldier of the American
army. He may have come from any
one of our states and belonged to any
the Somme, Belleau Woods, ST. Mihiel
or the Argonne. The body was sell
ected by chance from among 2,079
unidentified dead buried on battle !
fields where they had fought their
last fight and made in such way
that his identity and even the battle
field where he fell can never be
known. The actual selection being
made last October "a, on the first
floor of Chalons Sur Marne by Ser
geant Edward F. Younger of Chica-
go. -Four earth stained coffins were
placed side by side in this flag drap-
ed apartment. These four coffins
contained the bodies of four unidenti-
fed soldiers taken from four differ
ent American cemeteries. but with
out any symbol of any kind to show
from which cemetery they were tax
en-. In accordance with American
wishes all was done quietly. The
French officers and troops stood
guard and a French military band,
unseen by the crowd, played on muf-
fled trumpets the music of Chopin,
Jas Sergeant Younger walked slowly
past the honored row, bunch Of
white roses in his right hand. Pas
sing by the row Sergeant Younger
turned and passed them again. Twice
he made the turn and then gently
placed the roses on the coffin at the
extreme right as he had entered the
room. Immediately this coffin was
removed to another chamber, where
il was placed within the metal cas-
ket covered with black cloth with
trimmings of silver, which had been
provided by the United States and
bore these words. "An Unknown