The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-20
Vernon Center News
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Vernon Center, October 14.-J. L.
Washburn and family OF Duluth
made a iting visit Sunday to the
home of his brother L. w. Washburn
They came by auto and were on a
return trip from Rochester. He said
the roads from ManRato to Vernon
were the best he had found on the
entire trip.
The Misses Lois Rev, Marie Pc
trich and Jane Well and Messrs.
Robert Gray and Herbert Broyn at
tended the Iirst Lyceum course num-
Der at Garden City Thursday of
last week.
The Misses Elsie Robinson and
Jessie Felix were week end guests OF
Vernon friends.
C.lM. Warren drove to st. Peter
Saturday last and, took a load OF
Parker college girls to witness the
football battle between Gustavus
tAdolphus and Parker. He reported
good game ending with a score OF
s to 6.
The correspondent was in Man
kato Wednesday and among the
home folks encountered there were
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Mertcrsdorf, Mr..
and Mis-. George Mertersdorf, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Yahnke, MIR. and
Mrs. Leonard Zumwalt, MI. and Mrs.
swanson. Mr.. and Mrs. AL Cother-
man, Mr.. and, Mrs. John Kienholtz,
Mrs. Jessie Barnes, Matt Henry, Sr..
Henry and James Wier, c. NJ War
len and William Griffith.
John Lowell of Fairmont was a
caller at the parental home Thurs
day.
The Henry Yohnke. Zumwalt and
kienholtz families enjoyed wiener
roast in the Kienhoitz woods Satur-
day evening.
Miss Ruth Haynes and Robert
Dobson, Parker college students,
were over Sunday guests at the G..
N. Warren home.
Mrs. George Robinson leaves the
latter part of this week for Stan
berry, Wis. where she will spend the
winter with her son.
Little Charlotte Brown was oper-
ated on Thursday by DR.. " l. Miller
Of Mankato for the removal of her
tonsils and adenoids.
A delegation of Vernon and Good
Thunder men went before the county
commissioners Wednesday with a
petition asking that the stretch OF
road between Vernon and Good
Thunder by way of the Henry Yahn-
he and Frank Schwan farms be des-
ignated as a state road. The com
missioners talked favorably stating
II would be considered as soon as
the funds for bodybuilding will per-
init. This is busy thoroughfare
and one OF the most direct routes
between the two villages. and is al
ready well drained by tile bitches.
Quite a number from here at
tended the Macbeth Orpheus club
concert in Mankato. Among the
number were Mr.. and Mrs Ed.
Bailey, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Bailey, Mr..
sic Barnes, the Miss Nina Rosenber-
ger and Valeria Petrich, Paul Thew
and c. NJ Warren. .
II is understood the Robert Sewer
family will occupy the F. l.. Cooper
residence during Mr.. and Mrs. Coop
er's absence in Florida.
Z. A. Barnes and c. F. Force de-
ported Thursday for Long Beach,
Calf. Mr.. Barnes has been. in this
vicinity since May looking after his
farming interests. This is the third
successive winter Mr.. Force has
spent in California He seems to
greatly prefer its mild climate TO
our invigorating winters.
A letter, from Mrs. Lulu Austin at
Nogales, Mexico, informs their
friends that her mother and she
made the trip with no mishap and
their baggage had also come through
nicely. They were planning on a
week of camping out on their ranch
while the crop is being put in.
i The marriage of Miss Martha
Mangelson and Chris Karel was
solemniZed at the Lutheran church
last Monday. We are sorry we have
been unable to get the particulars of
the happy event but join their
friends in wishing the young people
a happy married life.
The Henry Thul family are NOV
ing into the Henry Muske residence.
The burial of Mrs. Laura Anderson
took place in the Vernon cemetery
October 9. Mrs. Anderson was better
known to the people of this vicinity
as Laura Day. She was a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Eugene Day and grew to
womanhood in this locality. After
her marriage her husband and she
moved to a farm near FafibaIlt,
where they were living at the time
of her death. Death was caused by
cancer of the intestines. Deceased
leaves a husband, little child and
numerous other relatives to mourn
her passing.
Mrs. G.. F. Grannis received a card
from Mrs. F. I. Cooper written Wed
nesday evening and mailed from Au-
rora, ILL.,. saying all was well thus
far on their journey.
Mr.. and Mrs: L. {. Rev leaves
Saturday for an auto trip to Hill City
and Grand Rapids. They viii! be
Thurston and wife. The party plans
to be gone a week.
Charles Starbuck and family will
move onto their farm the first of the
week.