The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-17
Meeting of Creamery
Association Is Called
Vernon Center Organization
Will Hold Session Saturday,
February 10.
Especial to The Free Press.

Vernon Center, February 15.-The
annual meeting of the Vernon Center
Creamery association will be held at
the opera house Saturday, February
IS, at one o'clock sharp. All patrons
are urged to be present. The regular
business of the annual meeting will
be transacted as well as any other
business that may come before It.
AS usual the butermilk will be sold
to the highest bidder. II. J. Good, Sec
rotary and manager. AT the close OF
the creamery meeting the Farm Bur
eau will elect officers for the coming
wear and transact any other business
that may come before il. Lucius Ash
ley, president: Carl Warren, secre-
tary.
Edward Bailey, who had the con
tract TO. grayeling the road Leading
east from the state road into the
Union cemetery, completed the work
Saturday night. -,
Little Eleanor Lowell is quite ill
and under the care of DR.. O'Connor or
Amboy.
Among those to attend the Schmitt
hog sale in Mankato Saturday were
Lewis Brown, John kienhoz, Luclus
Ashley, Henry Kraus and Arthur Be-
land.
Peter Froling of Webster City,
Iowa, who last week visited the
Busby family in South Vernon, re-
turned home the first Of the week to
make arrangements for / trip to Nor
way. Mr.. Froling is booking for trans
portation next month and hopes TO be
able to start the latter part of March.
He is looking forward in happy anti
cipation to this visit to the land or
his birth, and with his two sisters and
their families, after a separation OF
over thirty six years.
Miss Julia Nelson. teacher in the
Elmore schools, enjoyed an all day
visit Saturday with her parents, Nh.
and Mrs. Gust Nelson and sister LII
liam.
Miss Stella Winters returned to her
home in South Vernon Sunday even
ing from Pemberton, where she had
been a guest of her sister for the past
several weeks.
Jens Peterson of Northwest Yer
non received a phone message from
Rex, Iowa, yesterday morning, IN
forming him that he is :he father or a
fine nine and half pound baby boy.
Mrs. Peterson had been visiting her
parents in that city for the past few
weeks. Mr.. Peterson is passing out
cigars with a lavish hand in commem-
Grating the arrival of his new boy.
Mesdames Emma Cornish and Viola
Swartz were all day. visitors in Man
kato Tuesday.
Frances Willard memorial services
will this year be held in the Baptist
church next Sunday evening, Febru-
airy 10, at eight o'clock. Special mu-
sic, recitations and short sketches on
temperance will make up a program,
to which the public is cordially in
vited.
The Vernon Center Federated
Study club met with Mrs. r. B. Cham
plin Friday afternoon. Twenty ladies
were present. The club has taken UP
the study of South America. Mrs.
Wendlaldt prepared a splendid paper
on the explorations of South America
and a few other facts. Of the first set
tiers of the continent, which she gave
in her usual excellent form. Follow
ing this Mrs. Mabel Halverson To-
Gated some of the large rivers, noun
tains and cities, using the map OF
South America. She told of the rub
Der industry at Manaos anu Para,
which are supplying half the amount
of rubber required In the world. Mrs.
Halverson's talk was very instructive
and interesting, and showed very
careful preparation. The study of this
wonderful South American continent
Is proving very interesting and will
be continued through the year. A de-
delicious luncheon was served by the
hostess, after which the company ad-
journed to meet with Mrs. Mabel
Halverson the next time.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bailey return
ed Saturday evening from Rochester.
Mr.. Bailey, who was to have submit
ted to an operation for gallstones Fri
day, came down with a bad cold
Thursday, hence the operation had to
be postponed indefinitely TO the regret
of Mr.. Bailey, who had been at the
having a thorough examination to de-
termine his ailments.
Mrs. Joseph Robinson, who has been
confined to her room fer amest two
weeks with severe attack of heart
and stomach trouble, is not improv-
ing as fast as her friends would wish.
She put in a very bad night and early
this morning phone message was
sent to DR.. Hugh Williams of Lake
Crystal
Landowners, was taken suddenly Ill
last Saturday afternoon. His father
F. E. Cooper, on receipt of phone
message, left at once for Mankato.
LYLE was taken to one of the local
hospitals, where early Sunday morn
ing he underwent an operation for
appendicitis. Mr. Cooper returned
/ home Monday noon and reports that
Lyle's condition is satisfactory and
J everything favorable so far.