The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-09-07
NEWS NOTES OF kERNs

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NEWS NOTES OF kERNs
Road Improvement On Highway I'd
Judson; Personal Talk
Kerns, August 2S-The Ladies'
Aid society will meet with Mrs
Frank Jefferson next week Thurs-
day afternoon, September 8. Tht1
will he election of officers, and other
business matters will be taken mp.
The Kerns band will play ct the
Swan Lake pavilion the afternoon
of Labor Day. Everyone IL invited
to hear the band.
The ball game Sunday afteruo0s
between Judson and Kerns was Won
by Kerns, the score being twenty
FIVE to six.
The ice cream social last weeI
Wednesday evening was wei at
Ralph coggershail viii b. princi.
ready at JuSson looking aftetthis
Evalyn and Myrtle Nordgren wiz
attend the Mankato high school this
Harold Chapman and Ed Ccgger-
sbalr viii attend the Mankato high
school.
daughters Of Portland, Ore. who haya
been visiting Mrs. Hjerpe left Port
land Monday SO as to get back when
the school begins.
Mrs. g. Vefter is very Ill ut the
Emmanuel Hospital at Mankato.
Gertrude, Kenneth and Margaret
Eldred of Mankato have been stay
ing with their aunt and uncle. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Jefferson, while Mr.
and Mrs. Edred have been spend
ing a few days In Duluth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Michels spent
Sunday evening at the H.. A. Han
son home.
Addie Thurston, Mrs. Ge0rge Petef-
son and children, Loretta Roberts,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Loucks and chill
dren, had a picnic dinner at the
! caves near st. Peter.
Last week Monday evening, Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Eyerson and CHI
dren, G. A. Evenson and Charlie
FafBberg. returned from 3 ten days
motor trip They drove three hun
dred and sixty miles the nrsf dny
and during their absence visited
Mrs. Lane Hammack sister OF Mrs.
Everson of Enderlin, 8. D. They
also visited the Alfred Jonas family
at jamestown. They had delight
full trip and saw some fne crops
A number from the neighborhood
attended the st. Peter Hatr last
week II. A. Hanson exhibited q num-
Der OF Polled short horn cattle. He
won seven first prizes, six second
prizes, two third prizes and two
champions. Grid Morris taksa
Mr.. Hanson and Grid took the cattle
to Mankato MONDAY and are ready
for the Mankato Fair.
Floyd Cole got several first prizes
on~his chickens at the St Peter fair.
Roy Anderson got first prize on an
Aberdeen Angus calf at the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jefferson and
baby: Mrs. Amy Lindsay, Gertrude,
Kenneth and Margaret Eland took
"a long ride Sunday afternoon and
passed through Nicollet. Klossner.
New .Ulm and returned through
CORTLAND.
Earl Frazier Of Salt Lake City
visited Will Carter last week.
Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Busick entertained Mr.. and Mira. Blk
Baker and children, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Hanson and children and Mr..
and Mrs. L. Chapman and children.
Some of the young people from the
neighborhood attended Under Two
Flags" at the Grand theatre IN Man
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Grice visited y
MT; and Mrs. George r. Smith n,,p arid hsxa
bought hay baler.
School viii begin in district 81 on
September 10. !
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Stolt and chill
dren visited Mr.. and Mrs. ID Hopp
Julia Loucks and verna Mann viii
attend the Lincoln school In Man
Kato and will stay with Mrs. c. II.
Loucks.
Last week Wednesday Mr. and
Mira. I'D Hopp went to Niccllet and
joined an auto party OF leignt cals.
and went to Morgan where they at
tended the golden wedding celebra-
ton OF Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hopp.
There were two hundred people
present and every one had q good
time. The Nicollet crowd started
home after an early breakfast the
next morning. Ed Hopp IL Q uew- :,
phew Of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hopp.
People who travel tho river road
which LEADS tOWdrQS Juu6VQ Will %
pleased to hear that great improve
rncnt has been made on 1t near the
school house In district No. .16. Last
Sunday twenty men gave their time
and worked al! day on she road. one
man bought dynamite and large
piece Of ground was blown out, Will
Page and some Of his men from
North Mankato helped with the work
At the noon hour. Mrs.. Page and the
women from the neighborhood served
q chicken dinner, picnic style. Ice
cream was furnished Tor the dinner
by some OF the boys. This was 9
real community gathering and . good
social tins was enjoyed.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Smith and
daughter Mande visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Gf1ce Sunday.
Religious service was held In the
school house IN district 81. Sunday
evening.
Earle Grice is recovering nicely
from an operation, which he UNDER
went some time ago.
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