The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-18
SPRING SEASON
NUPT|AL Event
Pretty Wedding Celebrated
AT Vernon Center
NOTES OF VILLAGE
Funeral Held of Former Well.
Known Resident; Town
Personalities

Vernon Center, May ia pretty
nuptial event of the spring season
took place at $50 Tuesday morning,
May 10, in the Catholic caurcn OF
the village, when Miss Lucy Weir
became the bride OF :,ir. zaviu
Mountain OF Good Thunder TO the
beautiful strains OF Mendelssohn s
Wedding March played by Miss Cece-
la Wear, cousin OF the bride, the
bridal party entered the church.
FIRST came the bride with the best
man, William Mountain of Mankato,
brother of the groom. Then tol :
lowed the groom and maid Of hon =
or, Miss Alice Weir cousin Of the
bride. The bridal party assembled
before the altar where they plighteu
their troth- Rev. Father Britt read
the beautiful nuptiai service using
the impressive ring ceremony. AS
the offeftory during the mass Ave
Maria was sung by Mrs. Henry
Thul. Father Murphy accompanied
| her on the organ. Father Murphy
sang 20 What Could My Jesus Do
More" during communion. Several
other hymns were sung during the
ceremony. Francis and Harry Weir,
a nephew and cousin of the bride.
served at the altar. Following the
nupttals two course wedding
! breakfast was served in the bride S
home to the near relatives of the
bridal couple. The bride was mar
ried in tailored travelling suite or
navy blue twill cord, with accessor-
les to match. Immediately follow
ing the breakfast the happy couple
left by car for the twin cities and
Duluth where they will spend theii
honeymoon after which they will
begin housekeeping and homemak-
ing on the groom's farm near Good
Thunder the many friends Of Mr..
and Mrs. Mountain extend to them
happy congratulations and best
| wishes for d long and prosperous
life. The bride was the recipient OF
many beautiful and useful gifts,
which will be used in her new home
as a constant reminder of her we'd
ding day and the happy pre- nuptial
affairs which her friends had gwen
her Miss Gertrude Mountain. a
trained nurse and sister OF the
groom, was among the out of town
guests.
L. c. Rev and R. G.. Champlin re-
turned last evening from a business
trip to the twin cities.
Nj. and Mrs. James Pepper and
daughter Miss Frances and two sons
Charles and Earl Pepper and fami-
lies were Sunday guests of the for
mer's daughter Mrs. Len Rev and
family.
Henry Thul has the contract for
painting the outside of the Metho.
dist church and began work Monday
afternoon.
DR.. and Mrs. NJ. S. Cornish arriv-
ed on the late train Saturday even
ing from Long Beach Calf. with the
remains Of Their father. The funeral
was held Sunday afternoon at 2:3O
O'Clock from the home of the de-
ceased's brother G.. c. Cornish,
where assembled many old friends
and neighbors. who came to pay
their last respects to the memory of
one who for many years had been
identified with the best interests of
the community. Rev: Illingworth of
the Methodist church conducted
short services and the regular
church choir furnished the music.
The pallbearers were Messrs Charles
Force, d. A. Slater, Frank Cooper,
Charles Redfield, Lon Wyman and
Lewis Brown. He was laid TO rest
beside his wife in the beautiful IN
ion cemetary south of town. Wells
Edison Cornish, son of Sanford and
Elizabeth Cornish, was born on Jan
luary "a, 1889, at Bangor, Franklin
county, New York, and died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. George
Z. Brown, 1925 East Second street,
Long Beach, Calf, on the morning
of March 5, 1928, being eighty four
years, one month and eleven days
Cid. He was one of family of fif-
teen all of whom grew to manhood
and womanhood. His early life was
spent in his native state. the family
moving to Winnebago county, Wis,
in 1854. In 1864 he with his wife and
family emmigrated to Vernon Cen
ter, Blue Earth county, Minnesota,
where he established a home and
lived until the death of his wife in
June, 1911. For several years he and
his wife spent their winters in Long
Beach, Calf, returning to their
home at Vernon for the summer
months. Going into new country
when it was a vast prairie he endur-
ed the hardships and privations Incl
dent to settlement in a new country
and by his inJomitable will, helped
to blaze the trail for future genera
tions to enjoy the fruitfulness and
prosperity Of the land. With perse-
NcfduCS anu COut dSc Nc HUI only
helped to lay a foundation for others
to build upon. OF family of nine
children, there remain three daugn-
| tiers and two sons, Mrs. Isabelle
Jewett of Carnduff, Canada; Dr. M.
s. Cornish of Waterloo, Iowa; Mrs.
Josephine Stockdill, Dwight C. Cor
nish and Mrs Nellie c. Brown VI
Long Beach. He was a member of
Tolmans Bible class, the largest
class in the world, having over 1000
members.
The funeral services for Miss
Margaret Caven were held at st.
Matthews Catholic church in Vernon
Center Monday morning at ten
o'clock. Requiem high mass was read
by Father Britt of Winnebago. The
church choir was assisted by Father
Murphy Of Detroit. Mich, who sang
feelingly at the offertoTy, 81 cannot
Always Trace the Way" The church
was filled with relatives and friends
of the sorrowing family, who had
gathered to pay their last tribute to
a good and splendid woman, whose
life had been one of kindly deeds
and self sacrifice for loved ones,
both outside and in the home. Her
untiring devotion for many years to
an invalid mother, who passed
away a year ago in April, was a no.
BILE example of filial love and obedi
ance to duty Miss Cayen was a de-