The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-25
LADY WAS
THE HONOR GUEST.
BRmE-To-BE Is RENDERED
NUMBER OF AFFAIRS
SHOWERS WERE GIVEN
Miss Gladys Cooper Compliment
ed; News Of the Village;
Personal Gossip

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Vernon Center. August, 21.-A
compliment to her approaching
wedding Miss Gladys Cooper has
been honor guest to several very
pretty affairs during the past two
weeks. Last Friday Mrs. Bert Cole
prettily appointed luncheon in her
honor. The guests were ten girl
friends, who presented her with
beautiful tokens expressing their
friendship and well wishes The
Degree OF Honor lodge Of Lake Cry
stall gave a pleasant affair for Miss
Cooper at their lodge rooms Friday
evening. She was the recipient Of
q half dozen cut glass sherbert
cubs. Miss Cooper has had large
classes In music at Amboy, Lake
Crystal and In her home town, and
each have Wed in making the days
during the betrothal very happy
ones. One Of the largest and hap
piest affairs given for this popular
girl was a bride shower"
At the R. S. Sow ers home in
South Vernon, Wednesday evening,
guests to this commodious~ farm
home, which had been gaily decor,
ated with late garden flowers OF
many hues and white wedding
bells" The hostesses were Mes
DANES R S. Sewers, r. G: Champlin
and the Misses May Robinson, Alice
Marie Brown and Nine Rosenberger.
who received the guests on the
porch and directed them to the
large living room, where a hand
some vision met their eyes. Across
the farther corner of this room ex-
tended a brilliant rainbow and at
the end of the bow hung the proven
bal "pot of gold" into which the
guests dropped their gifts, then
greeted the bride to- be. who was
seated in large wicker chair gaily
decorated with rainbow colored
crepe paper. After all had arrived
an hour Of merriment followed, sup
plemented by vocal and instrument
tai music by Mrs. H., G. Thul and
Miss Julia Nelson, after which Miss
Cooper opened the parcels and ad-
mired the beautiful gifts, passing
them on for inspection by the guests
who were seated in a circle around
the living room and adjoining ROOMS
As the gifts made the circle and
returned, to Miss Cooper, she re:
placed them in their receptical and
in her most charming manner ex-
pressed her thanks for the beauti-
full, useful and appropriate gifts,
which she will always prize. not
for their intrinsic value alone, tut
for the sentiment expressed in the
giving and assured all that the
latch string on her new home would
always hang on the outside for her
friends and she hoped all would
"a - :. - IL thai orfffa IN her new
home IA the very near future. At
ter the serving Of delicious refresh
ments, by request Mrs. Lille Wash
burn LANCER of Madina, N D., sang
most beautifully "The End of a
Perfect Day" and in the, hush that
accompanied the song as We glanc-
ed at the BRIDE to be, we Yisioned
her in the far-off distant future,
recalling in grand daughter on
another wedding eve the memories
of this happy time. Perhaps she
too saw the vision and her fancy
ran thus:
In time to come, il perchance
Should call the past back, with
OF this occasion I could say
Twas the end OF a Perfect Day,
Mrs. Vesta C. Armstrong left to-
day for Winona for a short vacation
before resuming her school duties
for the year. She will have charge
of the Normal training department
at Dodge Center, where the student
teachers, who are training for serv-
ice in the rural schools, practice m
the rural schools themselves and
Mrs. Armstrong will drive about in
a car to observe them in the work:
The state department speaks OF
Dodge Center, where this work has
been recently established, as
place of great possibilities, there
being such splendid CO. operation
between the town and the country.
Mr. and Mrs. r: J. O,Reiny are
rejoicing over the arrival of
16. She has already become an
important personage in the family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Rosenberger
and their son in law and daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Leiske of Hen
derson, also Miss Nina Rosenberger
who had been enjoying the latter
part of her vacation with the home
folks, made up a party and motored
to Ceresco Sunday morning. where
they were dinner guests at the J..
r. Mobiles home. Mrs. May
who was among the other guests
present, remained for a longer visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Warren and
their two children Lawrence and
Alice accompanied by Mrs. II. r.
Halverson and little daughter Err
ma left overland early Monday
morning for Grove Lake, where
they will pitch their tents and en-
10y a weeks vacation.
Miss Elsie Thew of Old Town is
enjoying a week In Mankato as a
guest of her cousin at the M. Thew
home.
Messrs. H. C. Kraus, A. j. BE
land, T. Rooney and Edwin Kraus
returned late Saturday evening
from a motor vacation through the
Dakotas. They made the trip in the
formers Nash car, travelling about
1000 miles. North and South Da-
they have had for twenty yearsetai
kota have the best crop prospects
they have had for twenty years.
Last Saturday William Miller Of
West Vernon was thrown from a
horse he was riding and sustained
several bruises and broken arm.
DR.. J. e. Arnold reduced the frac-
ture and he is getting along in fine
shape, but it will be some time be-
fore he can resume farm work
&C. Cornish was in Rapidan for
several days the first OF the week
attending to the threshing of grain
on his big farm, which is rented to
Lyman Robinson
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Brown and
daughter Florence returned Tuesday