The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-07-28
Stories of Vernon
Related By Reporter
Interesting Narratives Collected
By The Free Press
Correspondent

Vernon Center, July 26.-Mr. and
Mrs. +. z. Cooper and their son
Lyle motored to Fatrmont Sunday.
where they enjoyed the day with
the formers brother. Attorney Paul
Cooper and family. Other Vernon
people who motored to Fairmont
and spent the day with relatives
were Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Stoner and
two daughters and Mr.. and Mrs,
John Bowen and Elaine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Brown and
daughter, Mrs. Emma Brown and
Family, Mrs, Hiram Brown and
daughter, Mrs. Myrtle johnson OF
Portland, Ore, and MI. and Mrs. G.
w. Champiin and children Of Lake
Crystal in company with MIR. and
Mrs. Lee Champlin Of Mankato
and Mr.. and Mrs. Dedra and SON OF
Waseca enjoyed a Sunday get-t
gether picnic at Stbley park.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Oredge and
William Jr., and Marion Dredge OF
Los Angeles, Calf, accompanied
by Miss Lillian Dredge Of Green
week of the formers aunt, Mrs. A.
]. Partridge and family left Satnr-
day morning. They are making
the trip overland in their car and
are greatly enjoying themselves.
On their homeWard route they will
go through Yellow Stone park and
also take in the sights and scenes
in and around Salt Lake City.
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Christie OF
the county fair town were guests of
Mrs. Christie's mother, Mrs. Ellen
Robinson on Sunday.
Miss Irene Kietzer one of the eff
cient clerks at the George E. Brett
store, Mankato, Is spending a part
of her vacation at the beautiful
country home of Mrs. Fred Kietzer
In West Vernon.
Rev. and Mrs. B. F. Koch of Al
bert Lea motored on Saturday,
where they called on few of their
old friends in the village They
returned home in the evening.
Florence and Maud for a longer
visit among their girl friends in
+. l. Cooper, accompanied by MI.
and Mrs. E w. Washburn and Mrs.
j. E Barnes spent a few hours
Monday afternoon at Lake Crystal,
going and coming by auto.
Station Agent G. w. Lasseck
states that the train service on this
branch is almost demoralized- Be-
ginning Wednesday the Z a. m and
the 9 p. m. trains will be taken of,
leaving only two mail trains, the
noon going south and the p. m.
going north.
The annual get together" Of the
Iowa people, who are now residents
in this locality, was held at Sibley
park last Sunday. About forty were
present, which included the Ashley,
keinhoitz, Swanson, Zumwalt, Yam
kies and Cox families. The day
was ideal and all present enjoyed
the occasion to the fullest extent.
h. c. Kraus and youngest son Ed
mund and A. ]. Beland struck the
trail early this morning for a mo-
tor trip through the Dakotas. They
expect ~ pick up about a dozen
carloads of cattle from the ranges
and ship them here to feed. They
have a complete camping outfit and
they expect to cook their own food
ana sleep in the open
Mr. and Mrs. r. G. Champlin and
two little boys Robert and Eugene
are enjoying several weeks visit
with Mrs. Champlin's brother and
sister, John McMichael and Mrs.
Carl Halverson and their families
in Minneapolis.
Miss Ida Bowen will spend the
rest of her vacation with her broth
er Harold Bowen who holds an i'm
pQrtant position with the crew who
is making a state road from Maple
ton state highway to the Daniel
Boone state road that passes
through Sterling Center and Am
boy.
Among the Vernon folks who
visited Mankato Saturday were
Mrs. Mabel Gray and youngest son
Douglas of North Vernon, Mrs.
Gust Nelson and her daughter Miss
Lillian, Mrs. Frank Nickerson and
son and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gran
mis- went down to attend to bust
ness connected with probatipg the
estate of their father. the late L. S.
Terry.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hall and
Miss C. A. Roberts returned Sun
day to Mankato after a weeks Wis
II tho Tnnnor howe