The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-05-12
AT VERNON
PENNED BY SCRIBE
LADIES' SOCIETY GAVE AN
INTERESTING PROGRAM
STORY WAS OF BOSTON
E. N. Leavens Corps In Village
Celebrated Anniversary of
U. S. Grant.

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Celebrated Anniversary of
U. s. Grant.
Veron Center, May 6-Mrs. Alice
Bates spent the weekend over Sun
day with relatives at st. James
Her sister, Mrs. Kate johnson &C
I companied her home Monday even
| ing and will spend rev weeks
| visiting among her relatives. Mrs
Johnson has Just recently returned
from Rochester where the under
went very serious operation. She
is fast regaining her health.
| Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Halverson
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. E. W.
Washburn, enjoyed a motor trip to
Lake Crystal Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Washburn made short call at
the Dredge home and found Mr.
Dredge about the same. His daugh-
ter, Mrs. j. E Barnes of this place
is assisting in taking care OF her
father.
T. R. Newell has sold a small
building which was formerly a
woodshed. The building was sold
to the Catholic Cemetery associa-
ton and will be moved to the GENE
eled into a Toulouse. ]. H. Robin
son will do the work.
| Ivor Nelson is now rooming at
the Lee home in the east part OF
the village.
Mrs. Walter Christie has return
ed to her home at Mankato after
spending a week with her grand
mother, Mrs, Ellen Robinson and
other relatives in and near the vii
lage.
II. R. Halverson spent Tuesday
forenoon between trains in Mankato
attending to business matters. His
little daughter Erma, accompanied
c. E. Fleming of Minneapolis is
here on a visit to his nephew
Charles and Fred, and families OF
North Vernon.
thirteen little girls and boys Mon
tile daughter Elaine, who vas two
| years old that day. The table around
which the little folks sat was pref
tily decorated. Each cover had a
small basket of candy, also little
cake frosted in white, on which
stood small candy doll. The birth
| day cake was an angel food cake
with two tall pink candles on 1t.
The children Toasted on ice cream,
waters and cake Mrs. Bowen was
assisted in entertaining the little
| folks by Mrs. Harold Bowen OF
Mankato and Mrs. Franc Stoner.
! Several mothers of the smaller
children were present and enjoyed
the festivities. Elaine received
many pretty gifts from her little
playmates.
Mr.. and ]. F, Russell have decid-
at San Francisco, and are disposing
| of most of their household goods,
preparatory to starting about the
middle of this month.
The Methodist Episcopal Ladies'
Aid society met with Mrs. Wend :.
landt, wednesday Afternoon. About
thirty were present. The leader
was Mrs. Lois Warren. Prayer y as
| led by Mrs. Washburn. The lesson
was about Boston and the historic
ride of Paul Revere. In its infancy
Boston was called Trimountaln be
cause of it's location on three hills.
She had. postcard of Boston when
| it started as a cowpath IN 1851.
| later on crooked street with ousl.
ness blocks and the state house and
street cars. Boston celebrated Pa
| triot's Day by uniting the observ-
ance Of the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the Incorporation of the city
with the commenoration of the
battles in Lexington and Concord
and the historic ride of Paul Revere
Sergeant Leon Gayer William
Dawse. Sergeant Harry G. Lambert
| on horseback, and costumed as
ere the men who figured in the
history of IT'S. This ride has been
taken a number of years from Bos-
ton to Lexington and attract great
crowds of spectators all along the
route. Stops were made at every
town and city along the way. A
modern touch was given the cele-
bration by the appearance OF an
aeroplane overhead that followed
the course of the riders. At Lex,
ington where the day was usherea
in with the roar of cannon and
with the pealing of church bells.
the riders were received with
wild outburst of enthusiasm by the
town officials and people assembled
on the green, where the first blood
in the cause of American freedom
was shed. Several articles were
read on the subject by Mrs. Leslie
Cooper who read Longfellow's.
paul Revere's Ride" Mrs. Warren
spoke of her visit to Boston three
years ago of haying been in the old
North church. II is now used as
museum. When she was in Cam
bridge the guide told them that
Paul Revere was a worker in brass.
and showed them a church with.
weather vane on the steeple, the
roster which was made by Paul
Revere. This is the second church
the vane has been on. Paul Revere
was twice married and had sixteen
children. He is buried in the Ora
merry cemetery, Boston, a nag flying
over his head The cemetery lies
in the heart Of the city. Postcards
of Boston were shown at the close
of the meeting. A business meet
ing followed. Mrs. Wendlandt serv-
ed nice home made candy.
Martin Halverson is feeling quite
like himself again, and takes adj
vantage of every sunshiney after
noon to come uptown for a chat
with his friends.
"Wednesday a. large number OF
Vernonites motored to Mankato for
various purposes. The men were
interested in the road leading east
of the village. Some of those who
went To Mankato were w, w Grit