The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-10
mrs. BRUCE JARVIS
QUEEN OF HONOR
Carter Home In Kerns Is
Scene Pleasant Affair
Is GOING TO JAPAN
Former County Super intend
ent of Schools Pettijohn
Sharp Ho me ~
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Kerns, August 8.-A very enjoy
able gathering of friends and rela-
tlves was held Sunday, August 5, at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. l..
Carter, in honor of Mr.. Carter's sis
ter, Mrs. Bruce Jarvis of st. Paul.
Dr. and Mrs. Jarvis and SON are go
ing to Pekin, China as missionaries,
under the auspices OF the Methodist
board and san from San Francisco,
| November ]. Those present al the
| gathering were DR.. and Mrs. Fred
rogers, Mildred Rogers, Drake hog
| erS, Mr.. and Mrs. William Cross ana
daughter Margaret, MRS. Bruce Jarvis
and son Wilbur, all from st. Paul;
Mr., Caleb tOote, MI. Cnnton t'ooLe,
Miss Marie Bauer, Miss Lylah WI
hams and Kenneth Eidred OF Man
kato: Mr.. and MIS-. Frank Jefferson
| and baby and Miss Afy Lindsay OF
hernS. including the Carter family
| there were twenty -tive present A
tine dinner was served to the' st.
Paul guests at noon, the other guests
arriving for the afternoon. Pictures
OF the different family groups were
taken by MRS. Jarvis as Keep sakes.
The remainder Of the afternoon was
spent in social intercourse and with
music, after which forty pound
LroSs. All departed Tor their various
homes, wishing Mrs. Jarvis safe
| journey and a speedy return.
Religious services were held at the
scnooi house in District 81, Sunday
evening.
Last week Tuesday afternoon Dick
PettiJohn, a former resident Of st.
Peter, but now. of Wlnterhaven,
Florida, drove through on the state
| road, from NicoIlet to North Man
kato and called at the Charp home.
| Mr.. Pettljohn was at one time county
superintendent. lie also taught
scnool in this district, when school
was held in the old log school house.
| MI. Pettijohn is visiting in ST. Peter
this summer. He still remembers
most OF the people he knew so many
years ago. So
The ladies aid society met with
Mrs. e. Coggershall last Thursday
afternoon. There was large crowd
present and an interesting program
was given. 4 ..l
Mrs. George Culp and Mrs. Hol-
land of North Mankato called on
Mrs. Charlie Smith Sunday after
noon.
Thursday forenoon Rev. and Mrs.
Willis Warren and daughter Persis
OF Plainville, Ohio, who are visiting
relatives at Vernon Center, called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jefferson. Rev.
Warren preached In this neighbor-
hood thirty three years ago and still
remembered the different families
who were in the neighborhod at that
time. In the afternoon, Rev. War
rem and family called in North Man
kato on some people who had moved
there from this neighborhood. They
called at the Sharp, Trask and Ran
dali homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Page entertain
ed about forty relatives and friends
at a picnic dinner at their farm
Sunday. Members of the Will, John,
Ben, and Ralph Page, George Culp
and the Holland families were pres
emit. # :S.E.E
Sylvia Smith returned from St
Paul Saturday evening. 80
| Mrs. Minnie LAPEL, who has spent
three weeks with her mother, Mrs.
Kimmitz left for her home in Tulsa,
Ok. the latter part of the week.
| Last week Wednesday Mrs. w.
Sharp and daughter Edna drove to
Garden City and spent the day with
their relatives, the T. F. Mills fam
lily. q.
George Smith, Jr. and Louie John
SON have gone to Tracy to work
during harvest.
Mrs. Alfred Peterson and sons.
Gus and William drove to Staples,
Mimi, last week to visit the Ole Lar
son family. - :.
Last Saturday evening, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Miller Of st. Peter, Mrs. w.
Sharp and daughter Edna, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Paul Sharp and children, Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Grice and Miss Goodban
| OF North Mankato drove out on the
river road and had a fine picnic sup
per and roasted corn.
The Arthur Buick. Claude Buick,
L. Chapman, Blk, Baker and Otto
mic at Sibley Park Sunday, held for
the Iowa people. -
Jay Davis took dinner at the JEFF
ferson home Monday.
| Julia and Helen Loucks helped
Mrs. F. A. Day with the threshing
Monday. 80
Roy Anderson is helping Ned Rist
.dring the haying season.
ames Loucks and sister Julia and
Helen and their friend Verna Mann
We're entertained for supper Sunday
evening at the Pew home.
| Mrs. Henry Goodridge spent We'd
nesday afternoon of last week with
Mrs. Paul Sharp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Currier of
Nicollet spent Friday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ned Rist at the farm home.
Naomi Randall OF Little Falls is
spending her vacation at her home in
North Mankato.
Mrs. Paul Sharp and children.
Douglas and Waneta, Mrs. Joe Grice
and Delta and Orval Goodbau of
North Mankato,S drove out into the
country last week Wednesday after
noon and enjoyed a picnic by the
kerns school house.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Smith and
children visited relatives in North
Mankato Sunday evening.
| Walter Johnson, who lives on the
river road lost cow, struck by
lightning one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Melvin, Mrs.
Ards Melvin and Minnie Melvin, left
last week for Artigo, Wis, where
they will visit relatives Of Mrs. Mel
win and will also spend some time
picking blue berries.
A great deal Of threshing is finish
ed along the state road. but north of
ie store the grain is still In shocks
and farmers are anxious to get
machine to thresh and hurry the
work along.
| Mr.. Meyer and sister Beulah, who
live In the old Goodridge place. are
entertaining their parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. II. M. Meyer of Laurel, Neb.,
Mrs: Oyel and daughter Mabel of