Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-03-21
LOCAL NEWS NOTES


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this week at Belmont.
Father Schleicher was in Potosi
Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs Thos. Hore of Little Grant
was a Lancaster caller Thursday.
Lewis Schneider, of Cassville,
was here on busin oss Wednesday.
Oh is. Donaldson of Cassville
was a Lancaster visitor Wednesday
-Thos. Bailie, of Bloomington,
was at the county seat on business,
Tuesday.
Miss Josie Hedemann, of Bloom
ington, is the guest of Mrs. Walter
Lathrop this week.
"A. G. Smith left Thursday
morning on a business trip to
Stevens Point, Wis.
Geo. E. Budd and A. J. WED
enbeck transacted business in
Platteville, Wednesday.
Mrs. Philip Bast has traded her
farm for one near Sitter and is
moving there this week.
Miss Matte Watson, of Livings
ton, is enjoying a visit at the home
of w. A. johnson, north of this
city.
The Ladies' of the M. E. church
are going to give a covered dish
dinner at the chapel next Wednes-
day; all tie ladies are invited and
bring your husband, it is election;
every body seeking office come.
Two marriage licenses have
been issued since last reported; one
to Ohas. A. Hammond, Hickory
Grove; and Cora Gilbertson, Fenni
more and the other to Herman
GuIke, South Lancaster, and Lizzie
HOre, Little Grant.
Another st Patrick's day par
ty"was given at the home of Miss
Nettie Angus. Miss Angus and Miss
w 5 Lathrop were the hOstesses:
green, of course, was the prevail
ing color aud was certainly IN evil
dence. The guests spent a very en-
joyable evening.
Louis Fischer who returned
from Chicago, Monday. reports that
Mrs. Fischer has almost entirely re-
covered from the effects of the oper-
alton which she lately underwent
at the PresbY terrain hospital there.
She will leave the hospital shortly
and visit at the home of q cousin in
1he CITY.
A subscriber to the Herald at
Cassville wrote to us this week
asking us to change his address
from that city to Ipswich, but for
got to sign his name to the request,
so we do not know whose paper to
change. We shall be glad to receive
the information from somebody
there who knows about it.
Lee Beadle, a little lad of six
years, is one of the latest applicants
for the perfect attendance certifi-
cate. Lee attends the school In
District No. 1, town of Millville,
and although he lives 8 miles from
school has not been absent or tardy
for 100 days. This is a record for
other pupils to think over.
In comparing the district school
records of this year with those of
past years one thing is noticeable
That is that there are many more
country school pupils of the ages of
II and Is than there were ever be-
fore. This coupled with the fact
that the general average attendance
is much better this year than ever
before is proof conclusive that
greater interest in district educa-
tional affairs has developed recent
ly- The old idea that a pupil at
the age of IL or Is has enough
schooling and should quit school
whether he has completed his course
or not is a thing of the past.
No community can afford to
rest content on the victories of the
past. 1t is no doubt all right to
point with pride to past achieve
ments, but the past may have been
ever so good, but that will not
build for the future. New occasions
present new problems that must be
solved. Each year has duties that
must be met and with that kind of
genius and fortitude that conquered
the past, made it willing slave of
events. When the word community
is mentioned it means more than
those who live within the corporate
limits of a municipality. 1t means
the country for miles around, for all
orc dopoudoDt on fho growth of tho