Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-06-18

on Sunday.
%. j. Oswald, of BagleY, spent
Sunday here.
Mrs. Mary Poland visited in
Platteville last week.
Lloyd Durni visited friends in
Plattevllle last week.
WIN. j. Carmody went to Madi-
son on business Friday.
Al Hunsaker autoed to Patch
Grove on business Friday.
L. Newman, of Bagley, was a
Lancaster visitor on Sunday.
Miss Jessie McGonigal is visiting
her sister, Mrs. John Henkel.
Miss Beth Lishe1ness went to
Beloit Saturday to visit with friends.
Miss Leila Goble is home from
Beloit, where she has been a student
Carol Weber, of Fennimore,
visited relatives here Friday evening.
j. ]. Seaman and wife of Fenni.
more, were Lancaster callers Satur-
day.
"A. E. Lewis was in Prairie du
CHEN on business the first of last
week.
Keenan, Bennett, student at the
q. of w, arrived here Sunday for his
vacation.
The American History Club will
meet with Mrs Geo. E. Budd on Sat-
urday afternoon
Judge and Mrs Goodsell visited
at the Cunningham home in Platte
Vile on Thursday.
-Supt. ]. c. Brockert held a
teachers examination in Platteville
the first of last week.
Miss Bessie Hunter, VINO has been
visiting at the L. D. Eastman home,
returned to Livingston Saturday.
Guy HorsfalI autoed to Madison
on Friday and had his auto truck
overhauled. He returned Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs George Hough re-
turned to their home in Hartford Sat
urday after brief visit here with
relatives.
Miss Lila Wendell. who has been
teaching the deaf and dumb at Council
Bluffs Ia, returned home last week
to spend the summer.
"A nurse came Friday to care for
Miss Maude Carthew, who is serious
ly i'll at the home of her parents, Mr..
and MIS-. John Carthew.
John Day and family, accom-
panied by Mrs. Graves, autoed to
Bloomington Friday and attended the
commencement exercises.
Don't fail to see the great human
flag depicted by 100 or more Lancaster
school girls, on the court house,
lawn, next Friday morning at 10
O'Clock at the conclusion of the
Soldiers parade.
There is to be d cleaning up
"bee'' at Boice Greek Cemetery, a
few miles south Of the city next NJ on
day, June %, and everybody interest
ed is requested to come and help with
the work-Committee.
Miss Ethel Day, who for several
months has assisted DR.. G. G..
NARROW 10 his insurance business
has accepted position with the
Board Of Health, at Madison. She
left Monday morning to assume her
duties there.
John Davis had barn raising at
his farm on Buckwheat Ridge about
eight miles east of the city, across
Platte river last Thursday. A frame
32x7O feet was erected and the siding
and part of the roof put on that day.
About 100 people were present eighty
of whom were men, and the ladies
served a bountiful dinner and supper
for all. The contractor and head
carpenter was Walter Atkinson, and
the mason work was done by Leo
Meysembourg, of this city, and his
force of men.
A law recently passed by the
Legislature authorizes an increase in
the tuition of non resident pupils in
high schools from the present rate of
so cents a week to a maximum of
| $1.00 per week. Under the 50cent
tuition non residents are being eduoat-
ed in our high school at loss to the
district-a condition that in justice
ought to be changed. If the tuition
is raised to the maximum it will
come very near meeting the actual
cost of instruction in the high schools