The Mankato free press., 1923-10-12
AT VERNON
RESIDENT THERE SOLD AP-
PIES IN BRAINERD
Whooping Cough Is Going the
Rounds of the Village Per-
sonal Gossip

grown in this vicinity. He will take
another load the latter part of the
month. Ole Stoner did the hauling
in his truck. Mr.. Partridge bought
fifty bushels Of rotaDagas, bringing
home seventeen bushels which he Is
selling to private customers at foul
cents per pound. Rotabages are a
short crop this year, on account OF
dry weather and fifty bushels Is all
hex was able to get.
Mrs. Dorothy Kramer arrived this
afternoon from her home in Welcome
to visit her daughter, Mrs. Frances
Stoner and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Halverson and
two sons Harold and Duane, left
this morning over the auto trail Tor
the cities where they will visit un
til next Monday with relatives and
friends.
Whooping cough is going the
rounds in the village. This Is q bad
time of the year for children to con
tract this disease as they are apt
to cough all winter. There are now
ABOUT seven cases in about the same
number of homes.
Russell Grannis is expected to ar :
rive this evening with a carload OF
high grade Guernsey cows and heif-
ers, which he and III. j. Good pur-
chased last week in Kennebec coun :
ty.
Sumner Frances, who is attending
Mankato high school, came nome
Wednesday evening to spend the re-
mainder of the week and over Sun :
day with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs:
Chet Frances in West Vernon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Peters OF Alex :
andria. Iowa, have returned to their
home, after a pleasant visit iwth old
friends and former nelghbors, MI.
and Mrs. Lucius Ashley and son In
West Vernon. Mr.. Peters is one OF
the big stock farmers in that Vlcl,
nifty, making a specially OF pure pred
cattle and hogs. This is the four
teenth consecutive year that MT
Peters has bought of big type 70
land China Male hogs to head MS
herd.
Lester Schwartz, eldest son OF
Mrs. Schwartz of West Vernon,
went to the cities last week to re-
sumo his studies at the State Agrl-
culture college, where he is taking
a full course. His sister Rosa ac-
companied him and will visit friends
for a week or ten days.
There was only three days or
school for the pupils in the Rambo
and Cayen districts this week, as
the teachers, Miss Jessie Wilcox
and Miss Rosetta Hobby were IN
Mankato attending the S. T. A.
While Messrs. Partridge and Ston :
er were in the vicinity of Brainard,
they enjoyed visit with the Bap .
cock people, former residents OF
Vernon Center. Mr.. and Mrs. Ly-
man Babcock and one son are living
ION a 24O acre farm about fourteen
miles from Brainard, which tney
own and work together. There be-
ing two set of buildings on this
farm, the two families live in sep
arate homes. The other three sons
are in the butcher business In
Brainard. They employ three men,
and it takes the entire force OF SIX
men to look after the inside work.
All are we'll and prospering.
Mrs. Charles Starbuck and little
daughter. Betty, who have been Wis
iting her sister. Mrs. Elwood at
Ames, Iowa, returned yesterday to
their home in West Vernon.
The Baptist aid society held its
first meeting for the month OF Oc-
tober at the home of Mrs. A. Z.
Wilbur. The society is working
diligently for their annual bazaar
which will be held some time in
November. The date of their chick
en- pie supper has been set for Wed
nesday, October %.
Harry Bates who has been work
ing the Kelley farm for the past
several years, has decided to quit
farming and will hold public auc-
tion the latter part of. October Mr..
Bates will go into business at AL
bert Lea and expects to move his
family to that city soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Kleinfeter
and the latters brother, George Lack
of Iowa, are on their way to Eyota
where they have purchased gem
eral store which they intend to op-
crate. They stopped off at Vernon
for a short visit at the l.. Ashley
home.
A. L. Tucker has finished baling
the fax straw from an eighty acre
field of fax on the II. G. Kraus farm,
west of town.. The three car loads
obtained were shipped to the cities
the first of the week, where Mr..
Kraus sold 1t to a paper mill plant
Mrs. Ida Miller entertained the
Mission circle on Thursday evening,
at her home in West Vernon. At
the close of the usual activities a
delicious luncheon was served by
the hostess. The next meeting will
be at the Rob Sewers home in South
Vernon. Mrs. Sewers and Miss Jen-
ME Tetum will be the hostesses.
Mrs. Hattie Jacobs of Tacoma,
Wash, has been honored during the
mast week at several delightful
functions, which took place in the
old home neignborhood of North
Vernon. Last Sunday at their home,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Mertersdorf
kept, open House and entertained
at big family dinner, covers being
laid for twenty three. Among the
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Waite of Lake Crystal Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred rMeftersdorf and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mertersdorf
and children and c.. F. Moore of st.
Paul. Wednesday, Mesdames Fred
and George Mertersdorf entertained
Mrs. Jacobs who is a sister of the
Mertersdorf brothers, Of North Ver-
non and Mrs. Homer Waite Of Lake
Crystal.
AS 1t is optional with the public
school teacher, as to whether they
will attend the Southern Minnesota
Teachers association, being held in
Mankato Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday of this week, or the N. e. A.
held in st. Paul. The school facul-
ty: F. M. Lindenmeyer, Mrs. r. G.
Champlin and the Misses Sylvia
Ashley, Blossom Renneke and Eliza
beth Bomelyn, decided to attend the
latter.
Tuesday, October 1, in honoring
Mrs. Ann Mattingly eighty fifth ma
tai day, the Sunshine Birthday club