The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-01
STORIES OF VERNON
Young Man of Village Goes
To Corps Camp
PLANS FARMER PICNIC
Chautauqua Dates Are June ~,
July 2; News Notes of
The Town

Vernon Center. June 25.-Lawrence
Warren, who entered the university
last year where he enrolled III the
electrical engineering department
and is also taking up signal corp
work al the military department, Will
spend six weeks of his vacation at the
signal corps camp al Camp Vail. n. j.
He went to Minneapolis Saturday ana
Sundat evening left in a special car
made No of boys from the universe
Nv and other colleges and schools.
Prof, Shepherd, head of the electrl-
cal engineering department, is IN
charge of the party and has MADE ar
rangements for the Minnesota poyS
to visit several large electrical ilsdus-
tries in Chicago. On Monday they
will spend the whole day at, Haw-
thorne, just out of Chicago, where
the Western Electric manufacturing
plant is located. This is one OF the
largest electrical manufacturing
plants in the world. After spending
Several days in Chicago they will
leave for Pittsburgh, Pa. Here they
will be shown through the Westing-
house Electric Manufacturing COM
pany where the company Will enter
tain the boys at lunch. They Will al
so visit the Carnege Steel mills In
ed to arrive at Camp Vail yesterday,
June %. All are very proud to nave
a Vernon Center boy guest or the
United States for the coming six
weeks. and are assured that Lawrence
will make good 1t is expected some
interesting letters will be received,
which we shall share with Free Press
readers. Arriving at Camp van eacn
bow will be issued the following cloth
ing. One hat with hat cord: one uni
form coat; two pair uniform breeches.
two olive drab shirts: one waist belt;
one pair leggings; two pairs shoes;
cot. blankets, mattress, sheets, pill
lows and cases; barrack bag and mo-
squito bar. Duties: The boys are
given outdoor practical instruction in
electrical communication work and
military instruction five days in the
week; Saturday morning each COM
parry holds an inspection; Wednes-
day afternoons are devoted to athle-
tic events or trips to the beach for
swimming. The. finest ocean bathing
in the world is on the NSw Jersey
beaches, two miles from Camp Vail.
Transportation is furnished free sew
eral times weekly. New York City
and Atlantic City can be reached by
train in less than two hours. Out
line of subjects taken up during the
camp: Signal corps drill and physi
cal training; practice marches; PTS
toll instruction and target practice;
mass athletics and exercises; field
manouvers; tactical lectures; applied
signal communications; radio proce-
dure; signal corps equipment; use of
carrier pigeons; military courtesy;
infantry pack, shelter tent pitching,
camD sanitation
Next Tuesday, June %, is the date
of the Blue Earth Valley Farmers
club picnic, which will be held at the
DR.. Paul Barney farm, two miles
west of Good Thunder. The club will
furnish coffee, sugar and cream free.
Everybody is cordially invited to
come. Following picnic dinner the
afternoon will be taken up with a
program which starts at one o'clock
Prof. N. E. Chadmap of the state uni
versity extension and County Agent
Mcmillan will give addresses. The
Blue Earth Valley and the Watonwan
teams will cross bats. Other sports
have been arranged and good time
is assured everybody. So plan to at
tend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franc Stonep and
daughters Geneyieve and Dorothy re-
turned late Thursday afternoon from
Welcome where they enjoyed short
visit with relatives of Mrs. Stoner's
and attended the annual picnic of
Martin county farmers held at Fox
Lake.
Little Gertrude Morris is carrying
her arm in a sling, having broken
some of the small bones last Satur-
day while playing.
Martin Halverson returned from the
cities Monday where he had attended
the annual session of employees Of
the Omaha railroad, who has been in
the service thirty years or more. The
banquet was served at the West Ho-
tel. Mr.. Halverson is one of the
veterans of the road in regard to
years of service. Several years be-
fore the world war he was retired on
a substantial salary because of
the call of the younger men to The
colors and the scarcity of help in all
lines Of business, Mr.. Halverson
promptly offered his services and the
road promptly put him back at his
old job OF foreman on the branch, con-
tinuing until the close of war.
Miss Roxy Champlin on Friday
celebrated her ninetieth birthday Her
niece. Mrs. Lewis Brown entertained
the clans of the Champlin family at
six o'clock dinner. Miss Champ
lin received the congratulations of
her friends in the form of a post
card shower
Guests at the Fred Annis home
during the past week included Mrs
Kapernick, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bouska
and two daughters, all of whom live
in st. Paul and the trip was made via
the auto trail Mrs. Kapernick is
sister of Mrs. Annis and was former
resident in this community.
Fred Annis, who underwent an OPP
GRAFTON in one of the Mankato hospi-
tails about six weeks ago, has made a
good recovery. Mr.. Annis is substi-